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Ask Dr. Dollar: Arthur MacEwan Explains the Recession

16 November 2008 - 8:55am | RadioView
by Dave Goodman (I.B.I.S. Radio)

On Friday, November 7th, Professor Arthur MacEwan aka "Ask Dr. Dollar" spoke at the Jamaica Plain Forum. He addressed the roots of the financial meltdown, including the mortgage crisis, and described some of the policies President-elect Barack Obama should change in order to help individuals as well as corporations.

This is a radio story which aired on WMBR's "RADIO with a VIEW" on Sunday, November 16, 2008 and produced by Dave Goodman.

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Imperishable Beauty Dazzles at MFA

15 October 2008 - 3:59pm | Smoskow
by Shirley Moskow

Art preserves - youth never fades and flowers never wilt - so even though the calendar tells us it’s October, it’s still summer at the Museum of Fine Arts where “Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry” is on view through November 9. Bejeweled butterflies, exotic enameled dragonflies, fantastical flora, and beautiful women who first saw the light of day a century or more ago glow with perpetual life.

Anish Kapoor Plays Artful Mind Games

19 August 2008 - 11:06am | Smoskow
by Shirley Moskow

If you’re going to visit only one museum this summer, make it the Institute of Contemporary Art, and make it soon. The Anish Kapoor exhibition closes September 7. “Past, Present, and Future” is the first museum survey in the United States of the London-based artist’s sculpture in more than 15 years, and many of the works are on view here for the first time.

WALL-E Pulls Few Punches in Fine Environmental Family Flick

3 July 2008 - 4:43pm | jpramas
by Jason Pramas

Having seen pretty much every film Pixar has ever produced, and finding their work to be uniformly excellent, I went to check out their latest release, WALL-E, with high expectations - and I'm pleased to say that they were met. Director Andrew Stanton (of Finding Nemo fame) and his team have brought what could easily have been just another sci-fi cartoon throwaway to life in what will probably shortly be considered an instant classic.

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