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wume, magdalena abrego, & dashawn Borden Baltimore, Maryland synth/drum duo WUME
NEW Local CINEMA playwright brings FROM you a slice of life BRAZIL
summon churning, hypnotic pulsations that physically impact the listener. Like part of WHEN: Elizabeth James crashed onto the Boston theater some cultic ceremony, their minimalist sonic 11/16 WHEN : scene with her 2017 production of “Uncommon experiments burst and pop in perfect rhythm 11/5-11/6 Ties,” a look into the life of Valerie, a middle-aged WHERE: to vibe out, wherever you may be. I personalwoman tired of “doing the right thing” to please DAP WHERE: ly put WUME on to get hyped up and low key everyone around her except her. Audiences at Hi- DUDLEY CAFE make everyone in the room a fan … waiting HOW MUCH: bernian Hall were alternately stunned and moved for that inevitable “yo who tf is this?” from $10 +FEES by Valerie’s story of coming to grips with her own HOW MUCH: across the room. Happened with Dashawn $17 WHEN: The world of cinema is an ever evolving beast, identities and desires. James followed Borden at the DAP office for example, so we thought we would what with the amount of new releases thrown at 11/2-11/9 this debut by hosting a stage reading have the Fields Corner native kick off this night of transcendent us every week. As a cinephile who likes to watch WHERE: of her next work, “Yes, Jesus Loves Me” at Dorchester’s rhythms and cosmic sounds. Borden is a young R&B, hip-hop as many new releases as possible, this can make Great Hall. This choreopoem delves into the coexistence and jazz percussionist who has quickly made a name for himMFA it extremely difficult to catch a lot of the smaller, of homosexuality and religion using stories gained self both as a musical visionary and a true community leader foreign films I'd like to see in between. Hell, it's hard HOW MUCH: through interviews with members of the local LGBTQ and activist. After Dashawn gets everyone’s attention, we are $13 to to see these movies in theaters, let alone VOD. community. Feedback following the stage reading was lucky enough to have the extremely radical Magdalena Abrego at Luckily, your best friends over at the Museum of ($10 for MFA so touching, James took the project back to the interthe core of this incredible night. This Boston-based triple threat Fine Arts always make sure that you get to catch members) view phase. According to Ms. James, “The untold story is is not only a beacon of improvisation and experimental music in the best of international cinema. Case in point: the a life unlived. I believe everyone has a story and someBoston — she is also an educator and editor of her own zine, Input/ New Cinema from Brazil series. The festivities start on November 2nd times, to feel alive … to stay alive, you must tell your Output Mag. Equally comfortable flying solo or accompanied by with director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s surprise Cannes Festival hit story!” James’ latest work, “Welcome to Me-Ma’s,” will run other talented musicians from Boston and beyond, Abrego continBACURAU, followed by ARABY. The festival continues on November over two days, Nov. 15 and 16 at Dudley Café in Roxbury. uously ups the ante and lays down blissful and beautifully erratic 8th with THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE GUSMÃO, and concludes This production depicts two sisters, one mixed-race and compositions. Honestly, the same can be said for all the players on on November 9th with MARIGHELLA. This curated festival celebrates the other not, as they confront the complexities of family, the bill, which promises to be an all-around wild the best working directors out of Brazil today, including the likes of sisterhood and colorism. Elizabeth first conceived the ride. Please keep your hands inside the cart at all Wagner Moura and Karim Aïnouz. It's not every day you get to these piece in a play writing class with Mr. Ed Bullins at Roxbury times during the shows and try not to flail. type of films at a theater, so do yourself a favor: escape the horrors Community College in 2003. “[Welcome to Me-Ma’s] is of the cineplex, head over to the MFA, and give the films that truly about the barriers within ourselves, about colorism and —Michael Achille, Sam Potrykus deserve your attention a try. intra-racial conflict,” James said. “I wanted to put it out —Kyle Brunet there and tell my sisters of all hues this; that I love you and I am here for you.” Don’t miss “Welcome to Me-Ma’s!” Tickets are available via Eventbrite. —Liz James- Maisha Ni Sanaa wit h E m m a Fa r ma n We often think of energy efficient homes as the Howdy readers! I hope that you’re curled up with our little paper provenance of fancy folk who “own land” in your local coffee shop, on the T, a sunny park bench, or your and “have bank cozy couch. Wherever you are right now, you may be wondering accounts.” Pfft. I’ll never How did this cool little arts and culture guide find its way into have enough money for the downpayment on a house, my hands? Here at the compass we have an extraordiunless it’s a doghouse with a 100-year mortgage, and nary team of volunteers helping us bring this arts and my selling agent is a Rottweiler named Brodie McBones culture guide from concept to reality. As the Distribufrom Bone-afied Realty. Still, we plebeians can cheaply tion Coordinator, my job is to ensure that our labor of love reaches you Bostonians! Our adored readers! The plug the leaky orifices of energy waste in our pleebzones. For Compass strives to bring our communities together, example... ELECTRIC AVENUE: Using renewable electricity is one This month’s hang-able place ventures beyond obscure VHS rental illuminate underground artistic achievements, and let of the most effective ways individuals can address the climate stores turned coffee shops and hole-in-the-wall hat stores turned y’all know about the haps around town. Unfortunately crisis. By adding renewable power to the grid, energy offsets alternative performance spaces. Yes, this month we are really getting there are many neighborhoods in Boston that have not displace the demand for fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse experimental! Located on Mass Ave, past Porter, in the northwest received enough of our Compass love, and we need gas emissions. If your apartment can throw a few extra bones fringes of Cambridge, Pemberton Farms is a family-owned grocery your help to fix that. We want to share our mission of towards electricity, consider offsetting through the Green Energy store that has been a mainstay of the area since 1930. If you’re lucky, artistic inclusion and shine a spotlight on rad subterraConsumers Alliance. This nonprofit helps MA households convert wandering its friendly aisles, you might run into fourth-generation nean content creators in the communities of Mattapan, to renewable electricity, without changing energy providers. It owner, Greg Saidnaway, who has made some positive changes in retakes five minutes to make the switch online. The additional cost, cent years. In addition to increasing the number of local brands on the Dorchester, Jamaica Plain and Roxbury. Not only are we looking to expand our readership, but we’re expanding approximately $10-20/month, is tax-deductible. WATERWORLD: store’s shelves—pro tip: get a fresh chicken from Featherbrook Farms, Greywater is domestic wastewater other than toilet water. Some content too! The Compass is working to expand from delivered each Thursday—he is responsible for upping the community four to eight pages, and we need designers, content homeowners install greywater systems to collect and store water for programming. We’re a bit late for PemberFest, their annual local managers, creators, thinkers, doodlers, and everything reuse on their precious lawns. My greywater “system” is more handsbeer festival, which is as cute as it sounds, but be sure to check in between. If you’re passionate about the Compass and on, but costs negative dollars to implement. I simply think about water social media for any November happenings. want to become more connected with the city we call as a resource (because it is) that I pay for (because I do) and Pemberton, or “Pemby” as my husband and I lovingly refer to it, is recycle as much as possible. After a bath, soap hand-washing in more than just a supermarket; it’s a member of the community, and home, whether that be walking around your neighborthe used water. Capture and reuse cold water run-off from the it’s got something for everyone. For uppity Cambridge shoppers, it’s hood dropping off papers or sharing your artistic talents in print, please reach out and join our team! And make beginning of a shower. Water plants using old water from rinsing/ got hyper local food options; a killer craft beer selection; an insane sure to fill out our expansion survey using the QR code soaking produce. Turn off the tap when dishwashing. Soak ‘em, bulk refill section (who doesn’t want their bird food in bulk?); and on the back page. scrub ‘em, and rinse. Use a dishwasher if you have one, they’re even a CHEESE MONGER!!!! But they also offer plenty of convencompassdistro@brain-art.org for distribution inquiries generally more efficient. Rinse soapy dishes over a bin of dirty tional/affordable options (inc. discounts on day old bread!). And dishes. If it’s yellow, let it mellow. kevin@brain-arts.org for expansion inquiries if you don’t see what you like, they take suggestions, which won’t Keep food scraps, oils, “flushable” get lost into a vacuum of nothingness (i.e. Jeff Bezos’s soul). So get wipes, paint, and tampons out of — Emma Farman out there and support independent groceries. They’re a rare breed the pipes. these days. And Pemby’s a damn good one. THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE BOSTON CULTURAL COUNCIL, A LOCAL AGENCY —Karine Vann —Melanie Bernier
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