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The Phoenix cleans up

We're just back from the New England Newspaper & Press Association's annual awards gala at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers — $8 beers! — and we've got a nice little stash to report.
Huzzahs
By PHOENIX STAFF | February 17, 2012

Sign conundrum continues; monuments 'join' movement

The mystery of where OccupyMaine's signs went is partially solved: it turns out their removal was witnessed — and by a police officer!
Occupy Watch
By JEFF INGLIS | January 27, 2012

Reassessing the Chemical Industry

Every time I pop some leftovers in the microwave, the thought runs through my mind that I might be eating an extra dosage of some 14-letter synthetic chemical, added to the plethora of components in the plastic container.
Letters to the Portland Phoenix editor, December 16, 2011
By PORTLAND PHOENIX LETTERS | December 16, 2011

#Occupy Media

The tent villages of the Occupy movement — including those here in Maine — are excellent visual reminders of, and ever-present embodiments of, the social- and economic-justice challenges that our society faces.
Press Releases
By JEFF INGLIS | December 16, 2011

The Ploughshares years

After reading an item on the Boston Globe book page noting that DeWitt Henry had published a memoir, I bought a copy of the book.
A different perspective on the venerable Boston lit mag's early years
By GEORGE KIMBALL | November 11, 2011

Photos: Michael Walsh joins the cast of Spookyworld

Phoenix staffer Michael C. Walsh tries his hand at Spookyworld-style haunting on October 22, 2011.
Litchfield MA | October 22, 2011
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | October 28, 2011

Indentured servitude and other keys to the Rhode Island recovery

Despite the continual awarding of tax breaks to various upper-income types, we Rhode Islanders are told our business climate is still near bottom. So I make these seven modest suggestions for addressing the problem.
Dollars and Sense
By BARRY SCHILLER | September 02, 2011

Spreading Maine ideas

"Innovation is part of Maine's legacy and DNA." So says Adam Burk, executive director of TEDxDirigo, the independent group working to create a local TED conference for Mainers.
Talking TED
By DEIRDRE FULTON | August 26, 2011

The deCordova thinks about ''murals''

In "Wall Works" at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, curatorial fellow Lexi Lee Sullivan attempts to corral a trend in art today that spans graffiti and interior decoration.
Off the Wall
By GREG COOK | July 22, 2011

George Kimball, 1943-2011

George Kimball, Phoenix sports editor (back when there was such a thing) for nearly 10 years, Boston Herald columnist for 25 more, and truly one of the great boxing writers of our time, passed away last week at his home in New York City. He was 67.
In Memoriam
By SEAN KERRIGAN | July 15, 2011

Podcast: Eugenia Williamson 5-5-11

Phoenix Staff Writer Eugenia Williamson calls in to talk about JUGGALOS. DOWNLOAD: Podcast: Eugenia Williamson 5-5-11To download, right click, then click "save link as"
By MorningIntern | May 05, 2011

Podcast: David Bernstein 4-28-11

The Phoenix's own David Bernstein calls in to talk about our pal Mumbles Menino. DOWNLOAD: Podcast: David Bernstein 4-28-11To download, right click and choose "Save Link...
By MorningIntern | April 28, 2011

Photos: The Providence Phoenix Annual Best in RI Awards Show

The Providence Phoenix honors the Best in RI at the Met on April 20, 2011. Check out the winners here .
The Best of Rhode Island Awards | The Met | April 20, 2011
By RICHARD MCCAFFREY | April 22, 2011

SXSW Coverage: The Boston Phoenix + First Contact

Read about what should be in your iPods for the next year here (via thephoenix.com). Dom, Kanye West, The Kills, Brother, Foster The People, The Strokes...
By FNXWeekenders | March 20, 2011

Photos: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. performs at SXSW

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. performs live at the Phoenix in Austin, TX, for SXSW, on March 16, 2011.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. | SXSW | The Phoenix, Austin TX | March 16, 2011
By JANICE CHECCHIO | March 18, 2011

Photos: SXSW, Day 1

Phoenix staffers explore SXSW on its first day, March 15, 2011.
South by Southwest | March 15, 2011
By KELLY DAVIDSON | March 18, 2011

The 300th Hoopleville

Hoopleville's on its 300 strip for the Phoenix!
Hoopleville
By DAVID KISH | March 11, 2011

WFNX's top 101 songs in 2010

WFNX listeners voted online at wfnx.com for six weeks to create this list of 2010's best songs.
WFNX's most popular songs in 2010
By WFNX AND PHOENIX STAFF | January 07, 2011

Review: Somewhere

Sofia Coppola doesn't shy from dipping into the sophomoric, or indulging in the obvious, self-conscious metaphor.
Sofia Coppola is closer than you think
By PETER KEOUGH | December 31, 2010

Phoenix-"Lisztomania" (remix)

Click here to hear it, courtesy of Intern Sawtooth.
By FNXAdmin | December 16, 2010

Daft Punk Join Phoenix On Stage

Leave it to Hipster Runoff's Alt Report to take a pretty cool collaboration & poop all over it. Click here for their blog, complete with...
By FNXAdmin | November 09, 2010

[phlipcam video] Phoenix @ Agganis

The above extreme-stage-right video of Phoenix pretty much perfectly encapsulates Monday's show: loud and dramatic and heavily favoring tracks off Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Based on...
By Michael C. Walsh | October 20, 2010

[Q&A] Phoenix’s Thomas Mars on fame, the accidental “1901” single and performing live without shoelaces

If you blinked you might have missed it — French rock band Phoenix went from toiling in relative obscurity for essentially all of the 2000s...
By Michael Marotta | October 15, 2010

The Big Hurt: Alternative rock songs

I got up this morning filled with a furious hatred of alt-rock — I was tossing and turning half the night with Third Eye Blind's "Semicharmed Life" stuck in my head, a torment I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
Who Charted?
By DAVID THORPE | October 08, 2010

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