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Welcome to the Dollhouse
(FILM) Todd Solondz’s hilariously caustic portrayal of the humiliations of junior-high-school life won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. The film’s geeky heroine, Dawn “Wiener Dog” Wiener, attempts to navigate her way through puberty while enduring one indignity after another from her peers, family, and teachers. As always at Central Cinema, you can enjoy snacks and beer while watching. (Central Cinema, 1411 21st Ave, 686-6684. 7:15 and 9:30 pm, $5, late show 21+. Runs July 26—30.) GILLIAN ANDERSON

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The world is sleeping. Heads aint ready. This be the future of Israel. To quote a sample used by the German hiphop crew Freundeskreis, “The way I give back is through the knowledge of my raps.”