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ALMODÓVAR
In honor and anticipation of his next movie, PAIN AND GLORY, the Coolidge and El Planeta are partnering to present Cine Almodóvar, a selection of films from acclaimed director Pedro Almodóvar. And while it is no simple task to pick only a handful of Almodóvar films out of the director’s prolific filmography, the Coolidge and El Planeta have together selected an exquisite range of films that showcases Almodóvar’s work from the late 1980’s to the early 2000’s. Cine Almodóvar begins with the queer melodrama LAW OF DESIRE (9/3), moving next to screwball comedy WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (9/17), WHEN: then to the iconic ode ALL ABOUT 9/3 - 10/1 MY MOTHER (9/24), and finally culWHERE: minating with an unsettling drama, TALK TO HER (10/1). The series pro- Coolidge Corner vides a glimpse not just into the director’s long-term focuses—queer Theatre characters, women-centered stories, and culebrón motifs—but also the ways in which Almodóvar’s lens has refined and evolved over the course of a decade. For both newcomers and Almodóvar-philes alike, Cine Almodóvar is an exciting platform to experience the director’s work on the big screen. Visit Coolidge.org for showtimes & ticket info. —Nicholas Perry
& CUL TU RE G U ID E
LOCAL ART
CELEBRATIONS! Save the date for a very special day in art history this month -- SEPTEMBER 14! Firstly, it is the last day of Nick Cave’s “Augment” installation at the Boston Center for the Arts. This massive inflatable art piece is certainly one to witness, and luckily September 14 is the first day of its public journey to Pic by Robin Lubbock/WBUR Uphams Corner, Dorchester where it will be installed at 555 Columbia Road as part of inPublic festival put on by DS4SI and Company One. Plus, it is a public journey that all are welcomed to participate in --- it’s a PARADE, people!! Meet at the BCA at 11AM to be part of this joyous proWHEN: cession. Once you get to Uphams Corner, the festivities 9/14 continue! September 14 is ALSO the Uphams Art and Health Festival -- meet local artists, as well as shop and WHERE: learn about the intersection of art and health in ways BCA, you didn’t expect. There will also be music presented by Upham's BAMS Fest so that is reason enough to attend. Lastly, Corner, and there is indeed ANOTHER festival happening on this day Field's Corner a quick bus/bike ride away in Fields Corner! Tết Trung Thu or Mid-Autumn Moon Festival is a huge holiday in Vietnam. NOVA will be hosting their own version with games, entertainment and food vendors -- and a Lantern Making competition that we are helping facilitate as Dorchester Art Project! AND there is a new gallery show opening 7-10pm that night at DAP. Wow, what a whirlwind of multiculturalism, art and appreciation for what’s real and local. —Emma Leavitt
PLACES YOU CAN HANG:
The Video Underground
You probably don’t need me to tell you that the Video Underground in JP is the spot to find DVDs of the rare, local, foreign, cult, kitsch, and classic variety. But do you know it’s a place you can hang? Maybe so. After all, Kevin, the friendly and fastidious proprietor, has been hosting weekly $5 screenings for quite some time, complete with thoughtful introductions and fresh popcorn galore. Or if you’re like me, whose idea of hanging is standing around drinking coffee, talking about films and gentrification, then yes, you know. But most folks of the underground ilk find that to truly hang it’s apropos to sit, relax, stretch out the legs and take time with that smooth cup of joe, place it down between sips, pick up an art rag and ponder what the night may bring. I’m here to tell you now what you most likely don’t know - the VU is becoming just such a place to hang. They’re expanding the 3203 Washington Street outfit to include cafe seating, a menu of fine crepes (gluten-free and vegan!), a separate cinema screening area, all the best caffeinated drinks in town, plus a few refreshing options for the somehow-naturally-stimulated set. Did I mention Kevin is friendly, knows his flicks, and genuinely loves his work? Have you seen Clerks? He’s not that guy. Support the underground. Get hopped up; chow. Watch movies. Talk to Kevin; talk amongst yourselves. Hang at the new VU. —Neil Horsky
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A CELEBRATION OF WOMXN IN MUSIC Listen up! The sound of Boston has always been dominated by fierce, strong, and talented womxn, gender non-binary, and gender non-confirming performers from all ages, races, identities and musical genres. Want to celebrate this powerful legacy of femme talent by watching some prime examples rock out on stage? Then you don’t want to miss Bust Out Boston at Brighton Music Hall on September 8. This year’s genre-diverse lineup ranges from emerging artists such as Genie Santiago and The Downhauls to an established act like Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys, plus headliners: Wellesley College alum, genre-defying, national touring artist Caroline Rose and one of Boston’s most prominent rappers Dutch Rebelle. Yeah, it’s WHEN: going to be Kick. Ass. 9/8 In our time of #metoo and Donald Trump, womxn find themselves at once being heard, WHERE: yet also facing the threat of suppression Brighton and the reversal of rights—isn’t that moving Music Hall backwards…uh, hello!? The female-identifying community needs to throw the switch on their amplifiers and get louder. Come be a part of it. Join us in breaking the status quo this September 8.
—BAO volunteer Tom Rose & Bust Out Boston
NOTESFROM THE CREW:
Hey y’all! Moe here. I’m the Marketing Director for the Brain Arts Organization, with Moe Beltre which basically means I help manage our social media platforms and find other ways of getting the word out about our events and projects. I started out as an intern and decided to keep on volunteering. Due to the nature of volunteer-run organizations there is a lot of space for learning. I was coming out of college after studying Advertising and Graphic Design and didn’t have any “real world experience” so when Sam (Director of Brain Arts) offered me the title of Marketing Director, I saw it as an opportunity to learn and grow. But it still puzzles all my friends to why I decide to do unpaid labor on top of the 35 hours I work at a coffee shop and my own personal music endeavors. Well..uhh...I enjoy it! From painting walls at DAP to sharing a flyer for a show on the Boston Hassle’s Instagram. I enjoy working for the space and platforms that supports local creatives. Supporting local artists is important to me and that is what drives me to keep volunteering. Hmmm but what if that’s not #1 on your list? Well…... Head down to the Dorchester Art Project on September 21st for a Brain Arts Org Volunteer Fair to learn more about volunteering with us and other local Boston-area nonprofits like Boston 826, Girls Rock Camp, Boston DSA, Dorchester Food Coop and many more! —Moe Beltre
THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE BOSTON CULTURAL COUNCIL, A LOCAL AGENCY WHICH IS FUNDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL, AS ADMINSTRATED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS + CULTURE
Sun 9/15 Boy Harsher w/ Olivia Neutron-John Sat 9/7 Rogozo, AD.UL.T, Freaking @Outpost @Brighton Music Hall 7pm 18+ $14 Tue 9/24 Ingrid Laubrock New Quartet @The 186 8pm All Ages $5-10 Lilypad 8pm All Ages $20 Sat 9/7 Major Stars rec release w/ Sun 9/15 Heatmap, Children of the Flaming Mountain Movers & Chris Brokaw Wheel, Dyr Faser, The Endorphins @O'Brien's Tue 9/24 Forges (MD), Bystander, Knock Over Rock Band @Hong Kong Harvard Pub 9pm 21+ $8 City, Low Brow @Worthen Attic (Lowell) 8pm Shows 8pm 21+ $10 21+ $5 Sun 9/15 Inspector 34, The Brankas, S T B T T L Sat 9/7 Laughing Stock LAST C O, Brown Lasers @Midway Cafe 8pm 21+ $7 Wed 9/25 Boston Hassle presents Dreamscape SHOW/Last Laugh Release @ 21: Lindsay Clark, Ruby Luna and the Fox, more Great Scott 9pm 21+ $8 Mon 9/16 Colin Self + more TBA @Dorchester TBA! 8pm All Ages $10 Art Project 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Sat 9/7 9th Annual JP Music Wed 9/25 Stone Series: Wendy Eisenberg @NaFestival @Pinebank Baseball Tue 9/17 Dude York w/ Edge Petal Burn and tional Sawdust 7pm All Ages $ome Cost Field 12-7pm All Ages Free Peach Fuzz @ONCE Somerville 7pm 18+ $12 Wed 9/25 Kal Marks (EP Release Show) w/ BethSat 9/7 Tysk Tysk Task, WildWed 9/18 Ancient Filth, Alpha Hopper, Tossed lehem Steel, Notches, Seed @O'Brien's Pub 8pm cat Slim, Tiffy, Old Rochelle @ Aside @Front Street Coffee House 7:30pm All 18+ $10 Worthen Attic (Lowell) 8pm Ages $7 21+ $5 Fri 9/27 DUMP HIM (LP Release) w/ Butch Baby, Sat 9/7 The Mill Town Rounders @The Hearing Room Wed 9/18 Julian Lage Trio @The Sinclair 7pm NotR, LQP, Moonish Brute @The Democracy 18+ $26-31 Center 7pm All Ages $7-10 8pm All Ages $ome Cost
Sun 9/1 The Furniture, Remnose, Tuxis Giant @ Lilypad Inman 6pm All Ages $10 Sun 9/1 Big Business w/ A Deer A Horse @Great Scott 8:30pm 18+ $13-15 Mon 9/2 The Benji's, Lunar Throne, Freaking, NonStop Disco @Midway Cafe 8pm 21+ $5 Mon 9/2 Lung, Shellshag, Prior Panic, + 1 TBA @ Charlie's Kitchen 8pm 21+ $5 Tue 9/3 Boogarins w/ Carinae @Great Scott 8pm 18+ $15 Tue 9/3 Material Girls. Oh, Yes. + tba @Hong Kong Harvard Shows 8pm 21+ $ome Cost Tue 9/3 Minx, VAT, Amy Mantis & The Space Between @Midway Cafe 8pm 21+ $5 Wed 9/4 The Dirty Pennies, Zip-Tie Handcuffs, Birdgangs @O'Brien's Pub 8pm 18+ $8 Wed 9/4 Boston's Creative Economy Mingle Fierce Urgency of Now! @Boston Public Library 6-9pm All Ages Free Wed 9/4 The Vibrators, Sticker Shock, Battery March, Duck and Cover @O'Briens Pub 8pm 18+ $12 Thu 9/5 Jesus Drinks Free: Soul and Country DJ Night hosted by DJ Dan Shea & DJ Nick Branigan 9pm-1am 21+ FREE
Sat 9/7 Choke Up 10 Year Party Night One w/ Luau Thu 9/19 Baabes, Fur Purse, North By North Fri 9/27 Child Of Night, Bring Her, 6th Circle, (reunion), Rebuilder, Depressors @O’Briens 8pm 21+ (Chicago), Sadie Vada @O'Brien's Pub 8pm Vince Chic @The Farm 8pm All Ages $8-10 18+ $10 $10 Fri 9/27 Mill City Speaks Poetry Night @Coffee Sun 9/7 Somerville Rock And Roll Yard Sale @Union Fri 9/20 Jerry Paper w/ Bong Wish @ONCE and Cotton (Lowell) 7:30pm All Ages FREE Somerville 8pm 18+ $13 Square 11-5pm All Ages Free Sat 9/28 WIMP, With War, Listless, B/\gg/\ge, Sun 9/8 Boston Hassle presents: Green Market Flea! Fri 9/20 Infest, Converge, Wound Man, Bur- Maafa, Feminine Aggression, Ultra Deluxe, Kis@Cambridge Community Center 12-6pm All Ages den, Peace Test @Hardcore Stadium 6:30pm sies, Trophy Hunt, Perennial, Carrion Eater, Dim All Ages $30 into Dross @The Democracy Center 2-7pm All $1 Ages $15-20 Sun 9/8 Color Killer, Private Instigators, Jonee Earth- Fri 9/20 Conflict, Escuela Grind @Sonia 6:30pm All Ages $15 Sat 9/28 Housefire, Secret Boyfriend, Dave Pubquake Band, DOP @Midway Cafe 3pm All Ages $5 lic, Evicshen @Aviary Gallery 6pm Ages $ome Sun 9/8 Matt Twaddle Quartet @Outpost 186 Fri 9/20 Guerilla Toss, Sloppe Jane, Carinae @ Cost Brighton Music Hall 7pm 18+ $15 6:30pm All Ages $10 Sat 9/28 Cerebral Rot, Fetid, Blessed Offal, VomSun 9/8 Scumbag Fred, Pain Chain, Chuck Steak, Fri 9/20 The Feelies @The Sinclair 7pm 18+ it Forth, Garroted @Ralphs Rock Diner 8pm 21+ $12 H5tBB, Pleasure Coffin @Ted's House 8:30pm All $20-23 Ages $5-10 Fri 9/20 Priors, Black Beach, Far Corners, Andy Sat 9/28 Claude Bourbon @The Hearing Room (Lowell) 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Mon 9/9 Subhumans w/ FEA and Savageheads @ California @Midway Cafe 8:30pm 21+ $10 ONCE Somerville 7pm 18+ $15 Fri 9/20 OroborO, Ex-Temper, Service, Phys. Ed Sun 9/29 Sidney Gish @The Sinclair 7pm All Ages $15-18 Tue 9/10 Eli Winter, Joseph Allred, Rob Noyes @Out- @O'Brien's Pub 9pm 21+ $8 post 186 8pm All Ages $10 Fri 9/20 Otter River, Squash, Tv Shirt, Comet Sun 9/29 Moor Mother, Jerusalem In My Heart, Mal Devisa @WBUR City Space 7pm All Ages Wed 9/11 Boris @Paradise Rock Club 7pm 18+ $20 Pond @Worthen Attic (Lowell) 8pm 21+ $5 $16 Wed 9/11 Bong Wish, Squitch, Will Orchard, and Sat 9/21 LadiesCon 2019 @The Somerville ArSweet Petunia @Bella Luna/ Milky Way 7:30pm All mory 11-5pm All Ages Free Ages $10 Sat 9/21 Bleached w/ The Paranoyds @BrighWed 9/11 Fully Celebrated Orchestra with special ton Music Hall 8pm All Ages $17 guests Shalashaska @Midway Cafe 8pm 21+ $5 Sat 9/21 Bedbug, Annie Krivit & Co, Lily McKThu 9/12 Triptides, Flaural, Lady Pills @Lilypad In- own (PA), Butch Baby @The Cowboy Initiative 8pm All Ages $5-10 man 7pm All Ages $ome Cost
Thu 9/12 Mega Bog @O'Brien's Pub 8pm 18+ $10-12 Thu 9/5 Break The Chains: Ruby Luna and The Fox EP Release Show with support by Billy Dean Fri 9/13 Gulch, Hands of God, Drain, Sick Minds, Thomas, Optic Bloom, and Evan Greer @Bella Judgement @Sons of Italy (Hingham) 6pm All Ages Luna/Milky Way 9pm 21+ $13-20 $12
Sat 9/21 Brain Arts Org Volunteer Fair @ Dorchester Art Project 11am-4pm All Ages Free
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Sat 9/21 Choke Up 10 Year Party Night Three w/ Kill Conrad (Reunion), Save Ends, The Furs Fri 9/6 2019 BU Fall Arts Fair @GSU 11-2pm All Fri 9/13 Church Girls, Schmave, Puppy Problems, Pri- @O'Brien's Pub 8pm 21+ $10 Ages Free or Panic @Lilypad Inman 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Sat 9/21 Harborlights (Album Release) w/ Fri 9/6 Neil Hamburger w/ Major Entertainer @ Fri 9/13 Butch Baby, Hit Like A Girl, Prof. Caffeine, Reckoner, Mountain Man, Kind King @SamONCE Somerville 8pm All Ages $22 Calicoco @McSpanky's (Lowell) 8pm All Ages $5-10 my's Patio (Revere) 8pm 18+ $10
Fri 9/6 Lucretia Dalt, Aaron Dilloway, Adam Foam Sat 9/14 Sneeze ‘fin’ record release w/ Psychic Weight Sat 9/21 Acoustic Show @OK House (Lowell) & Mary Stout @Dorchester Art Project 8pm All and Today Junior @Hong Kong Harvard Shows 8pm 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Ages $ome Cost 21+ $10 Sun 9/22 Thought Bomb ft Karmenife and Fri 9/6 Nebula, Sasquatch, Set Fire @Great Scott Sat 9/14 Pomello (NY), more TBA @Democracy Cen- Melissa Lozada-Olivia @Ralphs Rock Diner 9:30pm 21+ $15-18 8:30pm 21+ $10 ter 7pm All Ages $ome Cost Fri 9/6 StrangeColorSky (Album Release), Zach Sat 9/14 Uphams Corner Art & Health Festival @Up- Sun 9/22 Nerves & Fir, GEPH, Valence, Waiver Boudrot, StellaStarfox, The Shirts and Shoes @ Wire @Worthen Attic (Lowell) 8pm 21+ $5 hams Corner 11am-3pm Free Worthen Attic (Lowell) 8pm 21+ $5 Sat 9/14 Choke Up 10 Year Party Night Two w/ SigFri 9/6 Dead Moon Audio Launch Party @Dead nals Midwest, Me in Capris, Halfsour @O'Brien's Pub Moon Audio 6pm All Ages $ome Cost 8pm 21+ $10 Sat 9/7 5th Evolution of Hip Hop Festival @Union Square (Somerville) 3pm All Ages $ome Cost Sat 9/14 Bradley Copper Kettle and Friends @Warp and Weft 10pm 21+ $ome Cost
Discover the Others: Pick of the Month:
Xiu Xiu with Million Brazilians @Space Gallery (Portland) 8pm All Ages $13-15 If ever there was a sister scene to what’s happening in Boston at any given time, that scene is in Portland, Maine. For the uninitiated, it’s less than two hours from Boston and contains a wealth of art, music, food, and more - often at nontraditional venues like the great Space Gallery where you should head to catch Californian experimental legends, Xiu Xiu. For nearly 20 years the band, led by Jamie Stewart, has constantly evolved and transformed; mutating and weaving in and out of various members and genres to produce a cataclysmic emulsion of sonic stimulation. Incorporating film, performance art, visuals, and so much more, the band is a true and faithful musical representation of a Pollack painting. Adding to the experimental mix on this particular outing are Thor Harris and Christopher Pravdica, both former members of SWANS. Maine’s own punk driven, avant explorers Million Brazilians kicks it off. Get after it. —Mike Achille
Mon 9/23 Rob Noyes, The Gromfins, Vic & Donna, Life Partners @Charlie's Kitchen 9pm 21+ $5 Mon 9/23 Ezra Furman @Great Scott 8:30pm 18+ $15
W. M A S S
Sun 9/1 Ruth Garbus Record Release with Potted Plant, Eliot Cardinaux @The Root Cellar 8pm All Ages $10-12 Sun 9/29 Juan Waters, Jesus Vio, Narks @Flywheel Arts Collective 8pm All Ages $10
RHODE ISLAND
Thu 9/12 Lame Genie, Oroboro, Bat House, Bochek @Machines w/ Magnets 8pm All Ages $10 Sat 9/21 Infest, Converge, Wolf Whistle, Escuela, Pummel @AS220 1-6pm All Ages $30
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Sat 9/14 Takedown 10! featuring Dead Gowns, Dan Blakeslee, Ezra Cohen, Rick Rude, Amander Glasser, Gilliver, and more TBA + fundraisers, performances, potluck, and more! @Rock Maple Woods 12-10pm All ages $20
MAINE
Thu 9/19 Jaw Gems, Guerilla Toss, Contrapposto @Space Gallery (Portland) 8:30pm All Ages $10-12 Tue 9/24 Moor Mother, Achene @Space Gallery (Portland) 8pm All Ages $12-14
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Fri 9/13 A LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (2019) dir. Bi Gan @MFA If SHARKBOY AND LAVA GIRL was an art film. Also screens 9/22
Mon 9/9 Demonstrations: Kogei-Kyoto ceramic artists @Harvard Ceramics 10am - 5pm Tue 9/10 Workshop: A Change of Heart: Challenging Imposter Syndrome with Rayshauna Gray @PRX Podcast Garage 6:30-8:30pm $20 Sun 9/1 - Sun 9/8 Lanni Orchard Sunflower Festival (time varies) tickets range $12 (entrance +1 Tue 9/10 : Opening Reception: Kogei-Kyoto @ flower) - $150 (photography pass for all days) Society of Arts and Crafts 6-9pm Thu 9/5 Reception: Mending Memories with Thu 9/12 Opening Reception: Todd Gieg’s NarAdrian Fernandez @301 Gallery (Montserrat row Gauge Diorama @The Lynn Museum 5pm7pm $20 College of Art) 5pm - 8pm Thu 9/5 Opening Recpetion: Crossing Lines, Thu 9/12 Opening Reception: Redacted: A solo Constructing Home @Harvard Ed Portal Cross- show featuring the work of Allie Bartlett @William Morris Hunt Memorial Library 5-7pm ings Gallery 5-7pm Thu 9/5 Opening Reception: It’s Not Time for Thu 9/12 Art and Beer: Arts & Ales @the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum 5 - 8pm $30 That @Aviary 6-9pm Thu 9/5 Opening Reception: Fally Exhibitions @ Thu 9/12 Opening Reception & Roundtable: Faheem Majeed @Tufts University Art Galleries Tufts University Art Galleries 6-9pm 6-8pm Thu 9/5 Biennial Artists Roundtable: Landscape’s Alternative Narratives @Decordova Mu- Thu 9/12 Opening Reception: Prints as Sculpture @Maud Morgan Visual Arts Center 6-8pm seum 6:30-8pm SOWA FIRST FRIDAY 9/6 Opening Reception: A Mirror for You - Reception @ A R E A Opening Reception: Fringe by Clint Baclawski @ Abigail Ogilvy Gallery Remainder Remains w/Tatiana Flis & Elizabeth Alexander @Fountain Street Gallery Mary Lang & Ilona Anderson @Kingston Gallery Christina Zwart & Christopher Abrams @Boston Sculptors Gallery
Fri 9/13 2nd Fridays Open Studios @The Mill Contemporary Art Studios 6pm - 9pm Sat 9/14 Opening Reception: Respect @Curation 250 6pm-9pm Sat 9/14 Art and Beer: Hops & Crafts @Brookline Arts Center 1pm - 5pm $30
Sat 9/14 Uphams Corner Arts and Health Street Festival @Uphams Corner Health Center 11Fri 9/6 Back to Cool: Hosted by The Cauldron 3pm @Spaceus 467 Washington St ft. speakers Katytarika Bartel and Zenaida Elena and vendors Sat 9/14 4th Annual Revere Beach Art Festival @ Revere Beach 11am-4pm 6-8:30pm Fri 9/6 CALL FOR ART DEADLINE: Fiberous @The Sat 9/14 Workshop and Making: Who Gets to Gallery at West Acton Village Works 6pm $35 Make History? The Story of Monuments and Statues (activity for kids) @Eliot School of Fine (submit online) & Applied Arts 2pm - 4pm Sat 9/7 Party on the Bridge: Montserrat College of Art festival @ Remond Park (Salem, MA) 4pm- Sun 9/15 Closing Reception: Art Educators of Massachusetts Exhibition @The State Transpor9pm tation Building 4-5pm Sat 9/7 Opening Reception: Devitrified with Colby Charpentier @Harvard Ceramics 4pm- Sun 9/15 Workshop: Intro to Brush Calligraphy @Spaceus 467 Washington St. 1-3pm then 3:307pm 5:30pm $35 Sat 9/7 Tea & Talk with Artists @Foutain Street Gallery (w/ artists of Remainder Remains) Sun 9/15 Workshop: Taxidermy Teacup Mouse Class @Hive & Forge (Salem, MA) noon-4pm 3-4pm $150 Sun 9/8 Boston Hassle presents Green Market Flea! An Eco Friendly Market ft. workshops by Sun 9/15 Outdoor Art: Sculpture Walk @The EuResonant Energy and All in Energy @Cam- stis Estate 10am - 11am $15 bridge Community Center 12-6pm $1 Entry Sun 9/15 Deadline to Submit CALL FOR ART Sun 9/8 Yoga in the Park @The deCordova Mu- Crossing the Line: In Search of Sanctuary @Nave seum 11:30am-12:30pm (with museum admis- Gallery sion) Tues 9/17 Stirring the Pot: A Night of Feminist Tues 9/10 (and every consecutive Tuesday Comedy @Spaceus 467 Washington St 6:30through December) Drawing Nights @Store- 8:30pm $18 front for Somatic Practice 6pm - 9pm Tues 9/17 Photography Reception: Double Take @ Greater Boston Theatre Company (Stoneham, MA) 6:30 - 8pm Wed 9/18 Workshop: Intro to Silkscreen @AS220 (Providence, RI) 6-9pm $100 Wed 9/18 Latinx Heritage Night@MFA Boston 5-9:45pm FREE Th 9/19 Lecture: AIGA Boston presents Power of Ampersand @SMFA Tufts Library 6-8pm Th 9/19 Reception: BAC Artist Residency with Crislin Waldman and Erik Grau 6pm - 8pm
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Tue 9/3 Human Variety Hour: Boston's most authentic, most inclusive live variety show ft. comedy and music! 8pm Pay What You Can! Wed 9/4 Illegally Blind Presents Media Jeweler / Lane $10 All Ages Fri 9/6 Lucrecia Dalt, Aaron Dilloway, Adam Foam & Mary Stout 8pm $10 Suggested Donation All Ages Sat 9/7 MiMo: An Electronic Music Festival 8pm $10 Suggested Donation All Ages Sun 9/8 The Funk Pad ft. Notebook P, Mycompiledthoughts, Leo the Kind, Stefan and Meech ft. sounds by DJ Lolo & Drew 8-11pm Fri 9/13 Benefit Show for RAICES ft. Christopher Lee Rodriguez and friends!
Fri 9/13 CARRIE (1976) dir. Brian De Palma @VU SEPTEMBER FILM CONTENT Bullies, dirty-pillows, telepathy, and Jesus! Managing Editor: Oscar Goff Contributing Writers: Kyle Amato, Kyle Brunet, Fri 9/13 FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980/2009) dir. Sean Oscar Goff, Cheyenne Harvey, Trevor Howell, MatS. Cunningham/Marcus Nispel @ROCKY WOODS thew Martens, Nicholas Perry Jason and his mom teach summer camp safety Outdoor double feature in a campground in the Tue 9/3 LAW OF DESIRE (1987) dir. Pedro Almodówoods! Presented by COOLIDGE var @COOLIDGE [35mm] Early Almodóvar gay love triangle Sat 9/14 BLUE VELVET (1985) dir. David Lynch @ COOLIDGE [35mm] Wed 9/4 BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE A boy finds an ear NOTES (2019) dir. Sophie Huber @BRATTLE Jazzumentary Mon 9/16 CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 (1926) dir. Agnes Theatrical premiere. Screens through 9/12 Varda @COOLIDGE Heart-stopping peak of the new wave sublime. Fri 9/6 PINK FLAMINGOS (1972) dir. John Waters @ COOLIDGE [35mm] Wed 9/18 THE NIGHTINGALE (2019) dir. Jennifer Filth is my politics! Filth is my life! Kent @MFA Brutal and intense revenge story set in 1825 AusFri 9/6 SCHOOL OF ROCK (2003) dir. Richard Linklatralia ter @VU Also screens 9/20 Jack Black’s greatest work Fri 9/20 DEAR WHITE PEOPLE (2014) dir. Justin Fri 9/6 PARIS IS BURNING (1991) dir. Jennie LivingSimien @VU ston @MFA Sincere message from the faces of black intellecAnd it makes for one glamourous blaze, honey tualism Sat 9/7 THE SOUVENIR (2019) dir. Joanna Hogg @ Sat 9/21 THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS (2012) MFA dir. RZA @COOLIDGE A look into a troubled yet intense relationship RZA is the man with the iron fists in 19th century Also screens 9/8 & 9/15 China. Sat 9/7 POLYESTER (1981) dir. John Waters @ Sun 9/22 MARS ATTACKS! (1996) dir. Tim Burton COOLIDGE [35mm] @SOMERVILLE [35mm] Uproarious suburban satire with Divine Remember Mars Attacks trading cards? They’re back. In movie form! Sun 9/8 BALLOON (2018) dir. Michael Herbig @ COOLIDGE Sun 9/22 GIRL SHY (1924) dir. Fred C. Newmeyer A DDR family floats west by luftballon. & Sam Taylor @SOMERVILLE [35mm] Presented by Goethe-Institut Boston Romance and slapstick with Harold Lloyd Live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis Mon 9/9 MIDNIGHT TRAVELER (2019) dir. Hassan Fazili @BRATTLE Mon 9/23 UNDERWORLD (1927) dir. Josef von A family escapes the Taliban - in real life Sternberg @COOLIDGE [35mm] Skype Q&A w/ producer Su Kim. Presented by DoLawyers, gangsters, and pots and pans. cYard Live score by Alloy Orchestra Tue 9/10 NY CAT FILM FESTIVAL @KENDALL The best cat video ever made. Thu 9/12 US (2019) dir. Jordan Peele @MFA Hands across America Free outdoor screening!
Mon 9/23 THE SEER AND THE UNSEEN (2019) dir. Sara Dosa @BRATTLE The socio-political implications of invisible elves Director in person. Presented by DocYard
Thu 9/26 FAST COLOR (2019) dir. Julia Hart @MFA Three generations of super women find their Fri 9/20 Call for Art: Freedom Through Art is a power group art show centering the work of incarcerated Thu 9/26 WINGS OF DESIRE (1987) dir. Wim artists www.haymarket.org Wenders / THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (2001) dir. Sat 9/21 South End Open Studios (various loca- Wes Anderson @MT AUBURN Contemplate mortality with Wim & Wes tions on the South End/SoWa area) 11am-5pm Outdoor double feature IN A CEMETERY! PreSat 9/21 FREE MUSEUM DAY (brought to us by sented by Coolidge
Smithsonian Magazine) at various, participating museums across the country such as the MFA and Fri 9/27 EIGHTH GRADE (2018) dir. Bo Burnham the Harvard Art Museums (check online for com- @VU IG and Enya montages plete list) Mon 9/23 Poetry Open Mic Night @Trident Book- Sat 9/28 PARADISE HILLS (2019) dir. Alice Waddington @MFA sellers & Cafe 7-8:30pm Fairy-tale finishing school as world-conditioning Wed 9/25 Talk with writer KL Pereira about her new tool. publication: A Dream Between Two Rivers @BosSun 9/29 SWALLOW (2019) dir. Carlo Mirabelton Athenaeum noon - 1pm la-Davis @MFA Thu 9/26 DIY Night: Embroidery @The McMullen To own the world, eat it. Museum of Art (free and open to the public)
Sun 9/29 BE NATURAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF Thu 9/26 DANCE: We Try to Live Together @ The Cy- ALICE GUY-BLACHÉ (2018) dir. Pamela B. Green @MFA clorama 7:30pm Don't forget the importance of Alice Guy-Blaché
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In our August issue, a formatting error caused the poor reproduction of a comic by Heide Solbring about the Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network. We, at the the Boston Compass, apologize for the error and reprint the comic at its intended quality in recognition of the important work of BIJAN staff .
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1. Continual emergence of projects Come to me with a diagram of who you are Haven’t fully disclosed the unsettling nature Containment brings forward And i have not figured it out yet The way to look at the dreamy images And the thought of looking brings
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Finally the black market package comes in the mail A whole lot of it and so it turns out you are not under arrest. You stash it in popcorn tins in your pantry. Since i broke off into shapes i have not asked about it but today you give me a portion to blow out the window into the dark blue hallway and you guessed it, into the funhouse entrance Brain-Arts very own Chris Hughes wrote in their article: ‘On Making Tapes and the ‘Un-Spotification’ of Music’ (check it out on Bostonhassle.com!) “how [we] buy music, if at all”. I’m gonna take a different stab at it. In a nutshell, music streaming is a further restructuring and centralizing of the way we consume and we should resist that.
I can see there would be nothing able to be done that would make you look any less like an angel 2. Acceptance Of the strange happenings when growth can be noticed Last year it was the top too it was something else and now We both agree every moment that grows on top of the last Turns to become the better moment in retrospect Watching always watching i feel bad for keeping such strong eyes on the little self Morphing like little halos on the craniums of cerberus Turning to myself here on the aztec patterned sofa A pat on the knee very clean with coffee on my teeth Asking her to come outside to suck on smoke The night is pleasant and inside a blend of time limits A grey braid and a purple coat, trying hard not to notice the differences Because the pot of honey is translucent anyway, the sun shows behind the slow drip Staying here with her much longer and coming home to long fingers —Raquel Balboni Raquel Balboni's first collection of poems will be published in February 2020 by Art and Letters. Raquel has poems forthcoming in Spoke, and in the anthology Boston (Dostoevsky Wannabe, 2020).
Rachel D.
Personally, I’ve returned to 'my own library' which exists both in a few CD stacks but also in a carefully curated ‘Music’ folder on my devices. I can add to my collection however I want: by buying CD’s at shows, through Bandcamp, or the deadly sin of ‘music sharing’ which is somehow infinitely more illegal then buying a used $1 CD at a thrift store.
“Do you remember?” Asks Phil Collins. “Remember what?” You reply. “The Alamo.” If you don’t, Phil certainly does. What started as childhood fandom for the show “Davey Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier” grew into the world’s largest private collection of Alamo artifacts. As a child, Phil would reenact the battle of the Alamo in his garden after watching Davey Crockett. Upon first setting his eyes on the Alamo while touring the USA in 1973, he became enthralled by its history. When his wife gifted him a receipt for a saddle purchased by one of the couriers dispatched by Lieutenant Colonel William B. Travis, it became the start of a collection worth tens of millions of dollars. “I’ve had a love affair with this place since I was about five years old,” Collins said, “Why I didn’t get as fascinated by something in English history, I’ll never know.” He added, “Some people would buy Ferraris, some people would buy houses. I bought old bits of metal and old bits of paper.” Collins stored the artifacts in a house in Switzerland before deciding to donate them to Alamo Museum: “There’s no point in my keeping the cream of it for me because I want everyone to see everything.” As well as donating the items, he published a coffee table book called “The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector’s Journey.” As thanks for the gift, he was named an honorary Texan and the Alamo museum is raising money to construct a building dedicated to Phil’s collection. He plans to continue collecting and sending artifacts to San Antonio.
—DLM
—Zachary Fairbrother
Spotify is a consolidated corporate music structure that offers the convenience of a large catalog of digital content (“Music”). Apple, Google, Etc. are all working towards the same principle: control the flow of information. Ostensibly, artists themselves benefit from these structures, but it’s clear that the structures more closely resemble serfdom than anything else- with Spotify executing iron will over its catalog and distributing music as it sees fit. To me, the digital pirates ethos still rings true: data just wants to be free. Digital Rights Management (DRM) has been around as an idea since long before ‘digital’ as a form of control over information referred to as intellectual property (IP). Somehow, through convenience or otherwise, we’ve all been cajoled into the renters sphere, where the IP we ingest is only ours temporarily.
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