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Years ago, a self-proclaimed “film buff” friend-of-a-friend challenged AUGUST 15 me, exactly as douchily as you’d imagine, to name a successful female filmmaker. Putting on my BRATTLE smarmiest film school smirk, I answered, “Maya Deren.” As predicted, THEATER he looked at me blankly and asked, “Did she do any studio work?” She didn’t—and that’s exactly why she matters. $11.50 ($9.50 Working as a purely underground independent filmmaker in 1940s, Deren was a straight-up pioneer, paving the way for FOR MEMBERS) the the likes of Kenneth Anger, Andy Warhol, and David Lynch. (Not tied to any one medium, she also worked in dance, poetry, and photography, and extensively studied the Vodou religion of Haiti). Her most famous film, 1943’s MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON, is a milestone of spooky surrealism, in which Deren is pursued by a mirror-faced spectre to the strains of a spare, experimental score by Teiji Ito. For the unfamiliar (or the initiated), the Brattle will present a program of Deren’s work (including MESHES) in a double feature with Robert Eggers’ excellent, Deren-influenced THE WITCH on 8/15, as part of their summer-long series HEROIC! WOMEN WHO INSPIRE. See it, and remember the next time you hear a hackneyed mansplanation of auteur theory: as always, women were there first. —OSCAR GOFF
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Valdez is a sculptor who is highly engaged in Boston’s community. She works with ideas about the home, drifting from place to place, and immigration. As an artist and residence at the Eliot School this summer, she, together with a core of teen makers, are designing an installation that the public will be contributing to. This project is a part of the broader Home/ Hogar work that Nora has been creating. You may be familiar with her carved sculptures of caregivers and the traditional home, 8/10: 10:30-noon which are monumentalized in materials like stone. This project @Connolly branch of BPL is taking a step back from her traditional modes of making and finding ways for the com8/10: 1-2:30pm munity to have a voice in this @Egleston sq. project. Anyone who wishes to branch of bpl express creativity about these concepts can join it at various libraries around Jamaica Plain. 8/13: 2-4pm jamaica plain Using old manilla luggage tags, branch of bpl people can express their feelings about home and place. Write see the full poetry, draw pictures, or just installation on come to talk and learn. At the 8/25 from 2-4pm end of the month, there will be @elliot school a culmination event where the entire project will be unveiled annex outdoors. The core group and Valdez have designed walls that will structurally resemble homes and the luggage tags will be arranged on these installations. In November, you will be able to catch this work at Galatea Gallery alongside Nora’s stand-alone sculptures. —CHLOE DUBOIS
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NOTES FROM TH E C R E W This org is a dang beauacesy o u can tiful and powerful force.
Jumping in as Compass Production Manager a few months ago, I had no idea I would be swept away in the countless creative currents that are surging through this lovely group of heads. My official job title carries a simple task...GET THIS THING PRETTY AND PRINTED!...after wrangling that procedure I now have the freedom to move around the org to see where my ideas and energy can fit. It's exciting!! Especially when I think back to little ol' me at one of them first Homegrown fests many many moons ago...2011? 2012? I don't know, but that fest was definitely one of the most impacting events of my creative career. Seeing Hassle veterans Guerilla Toss absolutely kill it for the first time made me re-conceptualize DIY art and music. From then on I traveled to Boston from Lowell for many Hassle shows throughout college. After schooling I got my butt to this city to fully immerse myself in the culture, but I still hadn't thought about volunteering. I was so focused on my own thing...writing music, teaching music, performing music (which has gone well in this city full of loving AND experimental musicians). I've since taken a long break from performing regularly and knew I had to find something along with teaching that could contribute to the culture...then the holy Zuckerberg God of FB unveiled an opportunity in my news feed: open position for the Compass Production Manager...woo! The transition was seamless. Since joining, I've bounced around a bit: doing live sound at shows, building a flippin' zine library at Dorchester Art Project, soon teaching music at DAP, and most importantly coordinating the distribution of this zine! Distro is one of the best ways to get in touch with your community. If that's your prerogative then hit me up at kevin@brain-arts.org. We currently have distro routes that need a head and are always looking to expand our reach. Speaking of exciting opportunity! August events are gonna blow the lid off the end of your summer! Definitely don't miss GlovePilot on 8/9 at DAP! Come zang and be a bud! Thankz for snagging issue #102! —KEVIN DACEY
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When the twisted yet brilliant mind of David Lynch produced the iconic series “Twin Peaks” over 25 years AUGUST 30 8PM ago, it’s rebirth and subsequent plunge off the demented deepend DORCHESTER on Showtime was far from a forgone ART PROJECT conclusion. Now that the series has been elevated from obscure cult hit to cool Millennial talking point, it makes sense that Brooklyn based $10 SUGGESTED experimental outfit Killer Bob would change their name to the decidedly “un-Googleable” JOBS–a moniker as indeterminate as their genre. With jarring tunes that blend accessible melodies and sharp, abrupt twists, the band allows hypnotic beats and fuzz to meander in and out of acerbic riffs. They’re part classic no-wave, part avant-garde punk, and all NYC–don’t let this enigma sweep through Boston without your eyes on it! Alongside this touring powerhouse are Salem-based rockers SUPERTEEN who’ve been at it for some time and whose recent 2018 LP “Over Everything” mixes the best elements of twangy post-hardcore and concisely determined indie rock into a furiously cacophonous cocktail. Easing you into the raucous explosion are two more subtle yet equally hard to define artists. Magadalena Abrego’s largely improvised and wholly experimental guitar outbursts defy expectations, making her sonic anomalies feel right at home on this bill. Finally, fellow Boston solo artist Maggie Rosenberg brings her ethereal, stripped-down pop emulsions to this eclectic yet purposeful lineup. Everything on the menu is great and luckily you don’t have to choose. This is a four course meal for the ages. —MIKE ACHILLE
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TRASH IS TRAGIC
Saturday 10am--2pms Hello, my trashy babies! I’m awake this morning at the ungodly hour of 8am, thru Nov brought to you by a dump truck rolling fux-style down my street. The trash 31 Germaniacollector said “hey Mel, time to wake up, you got work to do.” She did it in her Street, JP own freaky deaky way - by slamming bins on the sidewalk and yelling at her colleague. And I did wake up, and the first thing I rememEver wake up on a Saturday with that persisting question bered was that this column is two days overdue (sorry, Emma). in your head—where can I find tasty food, good coffee, Here’s this month’s nugget of Zero Waste Wisdom: gocool local people to hang with, live music, cute dogs, good ing ZW isn’t a willpower thing, it’s a planning thing. When vibes, and sunshine, all in one place while supporting com- you set yourself up to not make trash, it’s pretty crazy how to munity and local agriculture? Egleston Farmers Market is how much you can not make trash. With that in mind, I’m have a zero the place for you. Located in the Egleston Square neigh- gonna be a real bummer rn and tell you summer babies waste borhood between JP and Roxbury, the cozy community that, produce-wise, it’s time to start planning for winter. festyle li market sets up behind the Sam Adams Brewery. It’s an easy Eating summer produce in winter means taking advantage spot to meander to if you’re walking through Southwest of this delightful produce orgy right fucking now. So I’m makCorridor Park (between Jackson Square and Stonybrook T ing space in My Friend The Freezer. I’m ‘bout to introduce him stops on the Orange Line). There’s live music every week, to a wanton array of produce from the farmer’s market: lusty and a chill atmosphere. You can take your time here. Talk blueberries, sensual raspberries, syphilitic tomatoes. They’re to the vendors and sip on some coffee from El Colombia- among the summer produce I freeze for winter, because buyno roasters, and get a snack from Mr. Tamole or Samosa- ing them out of season doesn’t make a lot of sense: they’re shipped thouMan. Besides beautiful veggies from farms like The Food sands of miles, come in plastic containers, are expensive, and taste bad. In Februaries past, throwing a handful of thawed blueberries into oatmeal Project, Brookford Farm, and The Neighborhood Farm, you can also find fresh-caught seafood from Red’s Best, has really helped back me off a ledge or two. I’ll make soup using a jar of my pasture-raised meat and local dairy, homemade pasta, own roasted tomatoes and think, “hey Mel, remember when the sun came out homemade soap, a vendor specializing only in hummus, in Massachusetts and it made foods?” I’ll reminisce about all the great things the and more. Plus you can get your CBD fix from CBD Thera. sun brings, like open windows and waking up to the sound of trash collection. Head over to bostonhassle.com for a detailed, insanely researched Nourish your belly and the local economy. You’ll be suptutorial on HOW TO STORE SUMMER PRODUCE FOR WINTER. porting a volunteer and community-led market who’s . . and PS - STOP PEEING IN WALDEN POND. Yes, I’m mission is “fostering our food-based community, bringing looking at you! All the human wiz up in Walden is fuxpeople together from all parts of Jamaica Plain and Roxing with the pond’s chemistry. Big time. Not to brag, bury…committed to helping make local, healthy food afbut I’ve gone in Walden for three swims this summer fordable.” You can also bring your EBT card and earn SNAP and haven’t peed once. Hold it in, brothers and sisters! benefits. Even if you don’t want to spend any dollars, the market is totally a cool Place to —MELANIE BERNIER Hang and soak up the good vibes. THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY A GRANT —MAYA MORTMAN FROM THE BOSTON CULTURAL COUNCIL, A LOCAL AGENCY
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