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Lysten Boston and The Record Company bring you Record Company Fest, Thursday May 2nd at The Sinclair. The standout to me is the fusion of artists and types of music gathered together by one of Boston’s premier mission based Ahh, springtime in Boston, when the Charles River bubbles, the Record Companies, yeah those things exist! While it’s at The Sinclair sweet smell of brimstone is in the air, and the Public Garden (one of the bigger venues we feature in the Compass) we love the positively buzzes with the screams of the damned. Okay, maybe lineup and will do anything to boost and support those who continthat’s a little hyperbolic, but with the recent debut of Penny Lane’s ue to support our efforts. Show up to this benefit to help HAIL SATAN? The time does feel right to revisit some diabolical The Record Company create much needed space for Boston area Alright, alright, alright. There’s been a lot of ruckus since classics. Fortunately, this month’s Coolidge midnights have you artists. How can it not be with names like Cliff Notez, Brandie Blaze. B.A.W.D.* last rocked your asses. So, as we all know, for the covered with their new series SATANIC PANIC, compiling some of DJ WhySham? Have you ever seen Dzidor Azaglo? They’re better or the worse, all hell has broken loose on the planet. amazing and starter of the the finest occult cult classics from the ‘30s (the mind-blowingly A battle between light and dark. Of ascension or descent. pop-up Community Black Cotperverse Bela/Boris vehicle THE BLACK CAT) to the 21st century (Ti Some may even say TL:DR “The Apocalypse.” ton Club, a live jam with poets, West’s modern slow-burn classic THE HOUSE story-tellers and more, so This is TinkerHell. Tinkerwhen: OF THE DEVIL). In between, the selections from my view, there is no real 5/3- 6/1 when: Hell, say hello. range from Joe Dante’s beloved comedy @ MIDNIGHT 5/2 telling what you can expect. THE ‘BURBS to Mario Bava’s gothic spookfest … when: Other than that you’ll leave 5/9 7:30pM BLACK SUNDAY, along with a healthy assortwhere: That is our champion, where: the venue knowing that muCOOLIDGE CORNER ment of classic video nasties. Throw on your Sinclair yep she won last season’s THEATER sic in Boston is on the rise where: backwards Led Zeppelin album, dust off tournament. OBERON and that there issomething how much: your paperback Necronomicon, and go see Coincidence? AGES 18+ how much: foreveryone. Show up for $15 GA a seriously evil movie! Anyway, we decided that *shrug* $13.25 the artists, and even if you what’s the harm of doing it all again. It can’t get any how much: can’t make it May 2nd , let $15 - $20 —Oscar Goff worse, amiright? So, come join us at the Oberon all this be on May 19th - doors open at 7pm, the mayhem an outlet for you to check starts at 7:30pm. This is a night of lady on lady arm out these artists at smaller, more wrestlin’ action with all kinds of chaos and beer and intimate DIY venues, If How to live raffle prizes ensuing. ALL proceeds go to support Boston Abortion Support you’ve never checked out Collective, and that should warm you in all the right bits. a zero Anjimile now is your chance. *Boston Arm Wrestling Dames. Yeah, I know I should have led with that, but waste I wanted you to work for it. We’re a group of dames who combine theater, —Chris Hues philanthropy, and hardcore athleticism. lifestyle (visit www.bawdydames.com for more info!) Deuces with love, —Chaotic Neutral Hello my trashy babies! Some people think living “zero waste”
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means I recycle everything in my kitchen. But I try to avoid all single use containers, even recyclable and compostable ones, unless: 1. I can reuse the container, and 2. I need another container. TIT visited the Casella recycling facility in Charlestown, where garbage flows like water. It was existential. I cried. The overwhelming-ness of the plant is best summed up by this mathematical equation: (Willy Wonka’s factory + deeply wounded garbage chaos) x (Caligula-level orgy)² = my day at Casella. Globally, recycling is going through big changes, all of which are worthy of Ever find yourself leaving SoWa on a First discussion in this Pulitzer Prize-winning column. But let’s focus for a Friday, wishing there was something minute on becoming more informed recyclers locally. As the newest member of the Compass team, I’m usually cool to do after gallery hopping? Looking for one of the few events in this city open past 9pm? typing captions into my phone instead of articles in the paper. 15-20% of Casella’s haul isn’t recycled. 16 hours a day, humans manually Head over to La Boum (10pm-1am), the queer dance party My name is Claudia Chick— yes, like the bird. I’m the one remove plastic bags and other contaminants from the recycling stream. held every First Friday at Milky Way/Bella Luna (284 Amory running the Compass Instagram account that I hope you’ve Why is there so much garbage at the recycling facility? all been enjoying. As a senior in college, I’ve been trying to Street, JP). DJ Stella plays everything from 80’s pop to early 1.People try to recycle garbage all the time. It’s a harmful habit known as deliver graphics and information through the account in as 2000’s throwbacks (and the perfect amount of Justin Bie“wish-cycling.” Wish-cycling compromises worker safety, fux with machinery, ber). When I was there in March after Wicked Queer fun and clear a way as possible. Since taking over the account, and generally wastes time and resources. it’s grown by almost 300 followers! Give yourselves a round of 2. Recyclables can’t be processed if dirty, wet, small, or dark in color. Black plastic Film Fest, the good energy built up throughout the applause, because you, the readers, are what keep me doing night—peaking during the last song of the party, an can’t be detected by optical sorters; items under 2” are too small to accurately what I do. absolute classic, the dance-song of all dance-songs, sort; wet and dirty items gum up machinery. They garbage. I believe in the power of print, but I also believe in the power Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.” 3.Recycling is a business. To be recycled, a material must have a market value of digital marketing. The idea behind the Instagram feed is to that is profitable for the recycling company. #7 plastic, plastic film, mixed paper, La Boum (and Milky Way/Bella Luna in general) is a fun represent each of the monthly columns in a visual manner, Styrofoam - these materials have low market value. They might have the recy- place to hang because there’s something for everyone— and I’ve been having a blast. Becoming part of this organizaif dancing isn’t your thing, there’s always a big group cling symbol, but... They garbage. tion has taught me so much and I’m encouraging you to do of people hanging out around the bar. Grab a drink, the same. Whether you’re a designer, writer or anything at all, Curbside Recyclables - must be clean and dry: Corrugated cardboard, boxboard or don’t, and use the opportunity to make some new you can get involved. I never wanted to touch social media or (cereal boxes, paper bags, egg cartons, etc), junk mail, periodicals, office paper, design, but here I am… loving it. #1-6 plastic containers, plastic gallon pails, metal and food cans, aluminum, tin friends (or more likely, given the size of Boston’s LGBTQ+ Brain Arts is looking for volunteers and interns for this coming community, catch up with some old friends)! foil, glass bottles. This event is a safe space for queer, trans, and non binary summer. You’re a photographer? Stellar. You want to distribute Can’t Recycle Curbside: Plastic bags*, plastic film*, plastic packaging*, black folx; in stark contrast to many of the all-white, all-amab Compass copies? Lovely. Want to bop around and see what contissues, towels, plastic, Styrofoam, disposable items (plastic utensils, paper you’re interested in? All totally cool. Chit chat diment packets, straws, stirrers, coffee pods, fiber clamshells), disposable cups gay clubs in the city, La Boum is a space anyone would feel welcomed in. with me or any of our team members to learn (Solo, coffee, soda, soup), bagged or dirty recyclables, clothing/textiles*, food Check out La Boum this May if you want to dance all how you can get in on this. For more informawaste*, “tanglers” (string, rope, hoses), batteries*, electronics*, anything under 2 tion, email compass@brain-arts.org and FOLnight, lose yourself, and boogie oogie woogie. snoogle locations specialty in recycled/composted be can items these * inches. LOW US ON INSTAGRAM! @bostoncompass La Boum is a 21+ event with a $10 cover. it. For an Instant-ham highlight of my Casella trip, follow @melsmoviemagic. —Claudia Chick —Emily Bass Email your garbage questions to melbo.elbow@ gmail.com! THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY A GRANT —Melanie Bernier
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Sat 5/4 Black Pyramid, Overgrowth, Glacier, Sat 5/11 Sleepspirit, Delaney, Chase the Past, Moss Folk @Ralph's Rock Diner 9pm 21+ $8 Northern Hands @UnchARTed, Lowell 9pm All Ages $5 Sun 5/5 UV Rays, Hellrazor, Pet Fox, Curse Word @O'Brien's Pub 8pm 18+ $8 Sat 5/11 Back Central, Kind!, Distressor, DNZL @Thirsty First, Lowell 21+ Mon 5/6 b.mez w/ Michael McLaughlin @Outpost Sat 5/11 Whiskey Duo EP release w/ Amy Be186 8pm All Ages $ome Cost auregard, Arthur Terembula, Bucky Fereke, Mon 5/6 Sneeze, Cult Fiction, Toothbrush, Non- @ Brad Swenson @Warp & Weft, Lowell 8:00PM - 11:00PM Charlie's Kitchen Shows 8pm 21+ $5
Read the full calender at bostonhassle.com
Fri 5/17 Olden Yolk (LP Release Show) w/ Love Strangers @Lilypad Inman 10pm All Ages $12 Fri 5/17 Invaluable, Inspector 34, TV Shirt, Toluca Lake @UnchARTed 8:30pm All Ages $5
Tue 5/28 The Distillers w/ Starcrawler @Royale 7pm 18+ $35
Sat 5/18 Mirah with Sidney Gish @The Hawthorne Barn (Provincetown) 7pm All Ages $30
Thu 5/30 Witches With Dicks, Notches, Distants (IL) + Secret Miracle @Hong Kong Restaurant 7pm 21+ $ome Cost
Wed 5/8 King Dude w/ Kate Clover, Maggot Heart Mon 5/13 Happy Accidents (UK), Greed Island, Sat 5/18 Ozlo, Motel Art, End Joy, Dark Tones, Birdwatching, Traders @Charlie's Kitchen 8pm Gilroy @The Democracy Center 7:30pm All @Great Scott 8:30pm 18+ $15 Ages $5-10 21+ $5 May 9, 2019 Thu 5/9 Damon Krukowski: Ways of Hearing @MIT Thu 5/2 Bay State College Presents: A Festival For Press Bookstore 6pm All Ages $ome Cost The Arts @Brighton Music Hall 6pm All Ages $20 Thu 5/9 EYEHATEGOD, Negative Approach, Sheer Thu 5/2 Country, Gospel, Soul and RnB 4 U: Jesus Terror, Disassociate @Middle East 7pm All Ages $25 Drinks Free @The Jeanie Johnston Pub 9pm-CLOSE 21+ FREE Thu 5/9 Defeater, Born Without Bones, One Step Closer, Kindling @ONCE Somerville 7pm All Ages Thu 5/2 TRC Fest hosted by Oompa and featuring: $15-18 Anjimile, Dzidzor Azaglo, Brandie Blaze, DJ Why Sham, Cliff Notez, Dutch Rebelle, and more + spe- Thu 5/9 Smith/Eisenberg/Ewen, Foambitz, Rosencial appearence by Porsha Olayiwola backed by the stein & Collins, +DOG, and Soft Fantasy @Hotel VerConfirmation Band @Sinclair 7:30pm All Ages $15 non 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Thu 5/2 Beeef, The Water Cycle, and Squitch @Great Thu 5/9 Rogozo, Recital, LANE, Sean Daniel Daniels Scott 8pm 18+ $10 @Dorchester Art Project 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Thu 5/2 Skeletonwitch, Soft Kill, Wiegedood, Por- Thu 5/9 Klaus Johann Grobe, Vinyl Williams w/ DYR trayal of Guilt @ONCE Somerville 8pm 18+ $17-20 FASER @Great Scott 8:30pm 18+ $12 Thu 5/2 Janette King, Ayahn, Maryze @Lilypad In- Thu 5/9 Black Norse, Toothbrush & Tossed Aside @ man 9:30pm All Ages $ome Cost The Press Room 9pm 21+ $ome Cost Fri 5/3 Stephen Malkmus (solo) *SOLD OUT* @Arts Fri 5/10 Space out experimental electronic and viat the Armory 7:30pm All Ages $OLD OUT sual fest! @DAP 6:30pm All Ages $10 Fri 5/3 Kazehito Seki, id m theft able, Noell Dors- Fri 5/10 The Chrome Bouquet ("Bricklayer" Record ey, Victoria Shen @Washington Street Art 8pm All Release Show) @Pink Noise Studios - Somerville Ages $5-10 8pm All Ages $10 Fri 5/3 Choke Up, Keep Score, Depressors, Matt Fri 5/10 Sundrifter, Weighdown, Luxury Deathtrap Murphy @Hong Kong Restaurant 8pm $10 @Hong Kong Harvard Shows 8pm 21+ $10
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Wed 5/1 The Lemonheads @Gateway City Arts 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Thu 5/2 Desertion Trio, Myk Freeman Trio, Fred Cracklin @Root Cellar 7pm 21+ $ome Cost Fri 5/3 Russian Tsarlag, Baby;Baby, Dan Talbot @Root Cellar 8pm 21+ $ome Cost Fri 5/3 Billy Moon, Walking Ghosts, Les Dérailleurs @Flywheel 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Sun 5/5 Flaherty/Meginsky/Johnson, Young/ Shaw, Manure/Aleia @Root Cellar 8pm 21+ $10 Fri 5/10 Male Patterns (Albany), Eye Witness (Boston/Wmass), Recital(RVA) @CSH 8pm All Ages $6-10 Fri 5/10 Big Fuzzy, Ona Canoa, Kimaya Diggs, Hollow Deck @Root Cellar 8pm 21+ $ome Cost Mon 5/13 HIRS, Coherence, Nana Grizol, Yr Heart Breaks, Loam, Escuela, SM @Flywheel 8pm All Ages $10-15 Sat 5/25 X (band) @Gateway City Arts (Holyoke)
Fri 5/31 Lady Lamb w/ Katie Von Schleicher @ Royale 6pm 18+ $20-23 Fri 5/31 Bikini Kill @Brooklyn Steel 7pm 16+ $ome Cost
Tue 5/14 Winter, Sound of Ceres @Lilypad In- Sat 5/18 The Beatings (final show), w/ Hands and Knees @Great Scott 8pm 21+ $12 man 7pm All Ages $12 Tue 5/14 Superjerk, Scare City, Perennial @ Sat 5/18 More Beer Please/Kermit's Finger Split Distant Castle (Worcester) 7:45pm All Ages $5 release w/ S T O P L O S S and Caught Dead @ Worthen Attic 8pm 21+ $5 Tue 5/14 Brother Sun, Ray Sousa, Jay WeatherSun 5/19 Thalia Zedek, Anna Connolly (DC), man @UnchARTed 8:30pm All Ages $5 Weather Weapon, Cotton Candy @Midway Cafe Wed 5/15 Luke Martin: Practices in the Imagi- 3pm All Ages $8 nary @Union Square (Somerville) 7pm All Ages Tue 5/21 Be Like Max, Cuidado, Nick & the AdFree versaries @Hong Kong Harvard Shows 8pm 21+ Wed 5/15 Tacocat w/ Sammi Lanzetta @The $10 Sinclair 7pm 18+ $16-18 Tue 5/21 Wet Nurse, Leopard Print Taser, Wed 5/15 HIRS, Coherence, WIMP, Pain Chain @ Squitch, Sorry @O'Brien's Pub 8pm 18+ $8 Pink Noise Studios 7pm All Ages $10-15 Wed 5/22 Laura Stevenson w/ Kississippi @The Wed 5/15 Jon Snodgrass, Lenny Lashley, Micah Sinclair 7pm All Ages $15-18 Schnabel @O'Brien's Pub 8pm 21+ $12-15 Wed 5/22 TV Dinner @ONCE Somerville 8:00pm Wed 5/15 Major Stars, Thalia Zedek Band, 18+ $10-12 Gromfins, Dyke Mite @Hong Kong Harvard Wed 5/22 Halfsour record release w/ Mini Shows 8pm 21+ $10 Dresses, Anna Altman @Great Scott 8:30pm Wed 5/15 Jessica Pratt w/ Joseph Shabason @ 18+ $10-12 Great Scott 8:30pm 18+ $15 7D Thu 5/23 Radiator Hospital (solo) w/ Swanning Thu 5/16 Basement w/ Nothing, Teenage Wrist (solo) @Outpost 186 8pm All Ages $10 @Royale 7pm All Ages $18-22
Thu 5/16 Meat Puppets @Brighton Music Hall Fri 5/3 Earth Crisis, Dropdead, Eco Strike, Kind! @ Fri 5/10 High Strung Reunion @The Hearing Room 7pm 18+ $22 ONCE Somerville 8pm 18+ $20 8pm-10pm All Ages $10 Thu 5/16 Royal Trux, Wolf Eyes @Middle East Fri 5/3 Living Hour, Really From, Honey Cutt @Pink Sat 5/11 Porchfest @ONCE Somerville 12-4pm All 7pm All Ages $25-30 Noise Studios 8pm All Ages $10 Ages $ome Cost Thu 5/16 Rebuilder, Ramona, SteveO & theCA, Sat 5/4 Emily Reo, Foxes in Fiction, Bedbug @ Sat 5/11 Matvei Yankelevich & Simone White @ the Tim Williams @Hong Kong Harvard Shows 8pm 21+ $10 Lilypad Inman 7pm All Ages $14 Outpost 186 4-6pm All Ages $ome Cost Sat 5/4 Anoushka Shankar @Berklee Performance Sat 5/11 Break the Chains queer dance party: Evan Center 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Greer album release! @Make Shift Boston 6pm All Ages $10-15 Sat 5/4 Wake Up The Earth Festival @Stony Brook Orange Line Stop 12-5pm All Ages FREE Sat 5/11 Cherry Brat, Dred Buffalo, Victim Or Victor, Strange Color Sky @Out of the Blue Too Art Gallery Sat 5/4 Dial Drive (FL), Loser's Circle, The Runouts @ & More 7:30pm All Ages $10 Hong Kong Restaurant 8pm $ome Cost Sat 5/4 Died, Aneurysm, Landowner, Knock Over Sat 5/11 Declan Siefkas, Laura Cetilia @WashingCity @UnchARTed 8pm All Ages $5 ton Street Art 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Sat 5/11 Graham Parker w/ James Maddock @City Sat 5/4 Ultra Deluxe, Seed, Ultra Chapelle, Scrunch- Winery Boston 8pm 21+ $25-35 ies @The Democracy Center 8pm All Ages $7-10 Sat 5/11 Damo Suzuki's Network, MMOSS @ONCE Sat 5/4 Dreamscape 19 [Folk, Prepared Piano and Somerville 8pm 18+ $20-25 Ambient Music] ft. Nate Tucker, Carol, Obliquity (CT), Drops of Clouds. Visuals by Kira City @Hope Sat 5/11 Black Beach, Banana, Cult Fiction, Blue Ray Central Church 8:30pm $10 All Ages @O'Briens 8pm 21+ $8
Tue 5/28 Weyes Blood w/ Jackie Cohen @The Sinclair 7pm 18+ $15-17
Sat 5/18 Last Rights w/ Lion's Law, Conmen, Please Die, The Royal Hounds @Middle East 5pm All Ages $20-22
Tue 5/7 Adult Mom, gobbinjr, Long Neck @ONCE Sun 5/12 Loud Night, Idiota Civilizzato, Plague Dogs, Facepaint @O'Brien's Pub 9pm 21+ $10 Sat 5/18 ONEIDA (NY), Editrix (Western MA), Somerville 7pm 18+ $13-15 Constant Smiles (Martha’s Vineyard) @Landrys Wed 5/8 Fully Celebrated Orchestra w/ The Pep- Mon 5/13 Mark Lanegan Band w/ Simon Bon- Bicycle All Ages 8:45pm *Co-hosted by Illegally Blind* ney @The Sinclair 7pm 18+ $28-33 permints @Midway Cafe 8pm 21+ $5
Fri 5/24 The Undertones (SOLD OUT) @Once Ballroom 7pm $OLD OUT Fri 5/24 Zip-Tie Handcuffs, Teen Mortgage, Bruvs @O'Brien's Pub 8pm 21+ $8 Sat 5/25 Cazador, Mollusk, Overgrowth, Marrow @Midway Cafe 3pm All Ages $5
Sat 5/25 Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright w/ Ilya KaThu 5/16 Blessed, Ozlo, MORE TBA! @O'Brien's minsky @Outpost 186 4-6pm All Ages $ome Cost Pub 8pm 18+ $8 Thu 5/16 Worriers & awakebutstillinbed w/Pity Sat 5/25 Crowfeeder, Intercourse, Heavy Meta, Bystander, Knock Over City @Uncharted Party @The Press Room 8pm 21+ $10-12 8:30pm All Ages Thu 5/16 Show Me the Body, Symbiote, Junta, Cult Fiction, Mangled @Hardcore Stadium 7pm All Ages $15 Fri 5/17 Guided By Voices @Paradise Rock Club 7pm 18+ $30
Wed 5/1 Drinking and Drawing with Sean Patrick Waroba @Zone 3 5:30PM - 8:30PM Thurs 5/2 - 5/5 Harvard Arts First Festival @ Harvard Yard, Plaza and other various locations - google for more info
Fri 5/10 RAFIKI (2018) dir Wanuri Kahiu @BRATTLE Managing Editor: Oscar Goff A lesbian Moonlight, with less fighting and more Contributing Writers: Kyle Amato, Kyle Brunet, dancing Oscar Goff, Cheyenne Harvey, Nicholas Perry Area premiere! Screens through 5/16. Discussion to follow 5/13 Wed 5/1 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952) dir. Stanley Donen @BRATTLE [35mm] Fri 5/10 THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (2009) dir. Ti Stanley Donen’s rainy musical masterpiece West @COOLIDGE [35mm] Double feature w/ ROYAL WEDDING Satanic panic, but make it real Tom Noonan in person! Wed 5/1 FERRANTE FEVER (2017) dir. Giacomo Durzi @MFA Sat 5/11 THE 'BURBS (1989) dir. Joe Dante @ Understanding the “faceless writer” COOLIDGE [35mm] Screens through 5/17 Paranoid romp through not-so-normal suburban town Fri 5/3 WILD AT HEART (1990) dir. David Lynch @VU Sat 5/11 THE LAST TYCOON (1976) dir. Elia Kazan Come for Cage, stay for Dern @SOMERVILLE De Niro & Nicholson do F. Scott Sat 5/4 THE DEVIL'S RAIN (1975) dir. Robert Fuest @COOLIDGE [35mm] MOTHER’S DAY! Some classic ‘70s exploitation, satanism Sun 5/12 WOMAN AT WAR (2018) dir. Benedikt Erlingsson @COOLIDGE DOUBLE FEATURE! One woman’s fight against the destruction of our Sun 5/5 CLUELESS (1995) dir Amy Heckerling @ environment and her struggle to raise a child BRATTLE Is this like a Noxzema commercial or what? Sun 5/12 PSYCHO (1960) dir. Alfred Hitchcock @ Sun 5/5 SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS (1998) dir TaBRATTLE [35mm] mara Jenkins @BRATTLE [35mm] Tender ode to a boy’s best friend Natasha Lyonne, Alan Arkin, and David Krumholtz (in a diaper, no less!) Tue 5/14 BOSTON OPEN SCREEN @COOLIDGE Open mic for filmmakers - B.Y.O.Shorts! Sun 5/5 AN EVENING WITH SKY HOPINKA @HFA Ethnopoetic short film Wed 5/15 SUPPORT THE GIRLS (2018) dir. Andrew Director in person! Bujalski @COOLIDGE Eat the rich, tip your waitress, support this movie Mon 5/6 FIRST MAN (2018) dir. Damien Chazelle Discussion to follow @COOLIDGE Overlooked technical marvel from last year’s OsFri 5/17 TRICK OR TREAT (1986) dir. Charles Martin car race Smith @COOLIDGE [35mm] Intro by ACTUAL ASTRONAUT Jeremy Hoffman!
Crossings Gallery (Harvard Ed Portal) 5PM - 7PM
Fri 5/3 CIC ArtWeek: Global Arts, Eats & Beats @CIC Cambridge 5:30-8:30PM Sat 5/4 - 5/5 Somerville Open Studios @All over Somerville (visit www.somervilleopenstudios. SOWA FIRST FRIDAY 5/3 org) Noon - 6PM
Lynda Scholsberg: Frequency Tuning && Cree Thurs 5/9 Opening Reception: Fragility with MiBruins & Sarah Holis Perry: Reflecting (then chael Talbot@Aeronaut Brewing 5PM - 7PM and Now) @Kingston Gallery Thurs 5/9 5/12 Ceramics Spring Show and Sale Sat 5/4 Create Your Own Art with Alcohol Ink @Harvard Ceramics Department 4PM - 7PM on Yupo @Cogitation Zone, Western Ave Studios, Lowell 12:00PM - 4:30PM $1 per sheet Fri 5/10 1:26 The Art of Epilepsy (with Hidden Truths Project & CURE) @Artists for Humanity Sat 5/4 Western Ave Arts Walk @(Starts at) 6PM - 9PM Harvard Ed Portal 4PM Fri 5/10 Young Art Collectors Social: Co | So Sat 5/4 Closing Reception: Bauhaus Studio: Cocktail Party @Copley Society of Art 7PM Primary MAterials and Secondary Sources @ 10PM
Sun 5/12 Workshop: Video Projection Skillset with Callie Chapman @Studio at 550 1PM - 3PM
Fri 5/17 Matt Shipp/Michael Bisio Duo @The Lilypad 8pm All Ages $15-18
Wed 5/15 PopUp- Conception Art Show @Candibar 5PM - 9PM $20
Fri 5/17 Beton (Slovakia), Hard Charger, Eaten, Marrow @Ralph's Rock Diner 9pm 21+ $12
VERMONT
Sat 5/25 Laura Stevenson @ArtsRiot 8pm All Ages $15 Sun 5/26 Pile @ArtsRiot 7pm All Ages $13
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Fri 5/3 Infest, Scapegoat, Sick Shit, The Fight @The Kingsland (Brooklyn) 7pm $20 Wed 5/8 Cellular Chaos, Id M Theft Able, Recital, Dylan Sherry, Alex C @The Glove 8pm 21+ $ome Cost Sat 5/11 Olivia Neutron-John (Album Release Show), 178 Product, True Blue @Zone One at Elsewhere 6pm 16+ $10 Fri 5/17 Washer, Blessed, Knot (ex-Krill), Snakeskin @The Footlight 9pm 21+ $10 Thu 5/23 Pile @Music Hall of Williamsburg 8pm 18+ $ome Cost
Wed 5/22 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) dir. Stanley Kubrick @SOMERVILLE [70mm] Dun. Dunnn. Dunnnn… DUN DUN!! Wed 5/22 BABYLON (1980) dir. Franco Rosso @MFA Natty dreadlocks riding the London Tube Presented by Boston Hassle!! Screens through 5/31 Sat 5/25 THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO (1979) dir. Hayao Miyazaki @HFA Hayao Miyazaki’s first feature film Special $5 matinee (free w/ Cambridge library card!) Sat 5/25 LORD OF ILLUSIONS (1995) dir. Clive Barker @COOLIDGE [35mm] An underrated gem about an evil magician Thu 5/30 PURPLE RAIN (1984) dir. Albert Magnoli @MFA Prince’s acting debut Thu 5/30 BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (1999) dir. Spike Jonze @CAPITOL Malkovich, Malkovich. Malkovich? Malkovich! LISTINGS NOTE: Below is the venue abbreviation key: BRATTLE - Brattle Theatre CAPITOL - Capitol Theatre COOLIDGE - Coolidge Corner Theatre HFA - Harvard Film Archive KENDALL - Kendall Square Cinema MFA - Museum of Fine Arts Boston SOMERVILLE - Somerville Theatre VU - Video Underground (JP) [35mm, 70mm, etc] – Projected on ACTUAL FILM!
The most hair metal inspired horror movie ever Mon 5/20 STORMY WEATHER (1943) dir. Andrew Please see our sister website BostonHassle.com/ Stone @COOLIDGE Film-Flam for our full listings w/ showtimes and other info. FILM FLAM SEEKS VOLUNTEERS!!! If you would like to get involved with our film section or Thurs 5/16 Lecture: Christ Gustin - founder of Wa- submit listings, e-mail our film editor at Oscar@Brain-Arts.org tershed Center for the Ceramic Arts @Gallery 224 - Harvard Ceramics Program 5:30PM - 6:30PM Thurs 5/23 Exhibition Reception: Making is TakFri 5/17 Opening Reception: You Must Not Stand in ing - Consent in Photography @Crossings Gallery (Harvard Ed Portal) 6PM - 8PM One Place @Distillery Gallery 7PM - 10PM
Thurs 5/16 Curatorial Talk - The Art of Race @ RISD Museum (Providence RI) 6PM - 7:30PM $10-$20
Sat 5/18 Fiesta De Art @North Shore Community Thurs 5/30 EXHIBITION DEADLINE: 2019 EmergDevelopement Coalition 05/18/2019 9:00 PM - ing Artists Exhibition @Cambridge Art Association (submit by 11:59PM) 1:00 AM $25-$30 Sat 5/18 Theater: METCO Presents See You Yester- Thurs 5/30 Opening Reception: Balancing Act day @Arts Emerson - Paramount Black Box 2PM - Urbanism & Emerging Technologies @Boston Society of Architects 6PM - 8PM 4PM $10 Sat 5/18 Workshop: Plant Spirit Meditations & Thurs 5/30 Coleslaw's Corner: Boston's Best Drag Watercolor Dreams @4 Corners Yoga & Wellness Show (in the planetariums with visuals) @Museum of Science 7:30PM - 9PM 2:30PM - 4:30PM $15 Sun 5/19 Curator Tour: Caitlin Rubin on Howarde- ONGOING ART EXHIBITIONS na Pindell @Rose Art Museum 2PM - 3PM You Must Not Stand in One Place @ Distillery GalTues 5/21 Lecture: Preserving Zapotec Weaving lery 5/16-6/21 Practices @Harvard Geological Lecture Hall 6PM Landscape In Its Barest Form @ Jamaica Plain Bos8PM ton Public Library 5/3-6/30 Thurs 5/23 Opening Reception: Erika Beckman - Double Reverse @MIT List Visual Arts Center Still - Encaustic Paintings by Lois Arthur, Clair Ryan-Robertson and Catherine M. Weber @ Newton 6:30PM - 8:30PM Art Center 5/1-6/15 Thurs 5/23 Speaker Series: Discussing the Intersection of Science and Art @rtisan's Asylum 6PM Light Vs. Dark @ Gallery 263 5/2 - 6/1 - 7:30PM $10 donation - reserving a spot online is suggested
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Fri 5/3 Foxtails, StBTtLCO (NYC), Ourselves Alone, The Refectory @Crunch House 7:30pm All Ages $5-10
Groundbreaking Hollywood jazz Intro by Jenny Lumet (granddaughter of Lena Horne!)
Secrets of the Unseen - Marie Craig and Alli- Sun 5/5 Gallery Performance: Clowns Are Us son Maria Rodriguez @Fountain Street Gallery Senses Series @Midway Artist Studios - Fort Point 7PM-9PM Almost Exactly: Casandra C. Jones, Richard Fri 5/17 Reception: No Time For Laundry - SMFA 5/25 Opening Reception: Boston Legends: CurKeen, Daisy St. Sauveur @Abigail Ogilvy Gal- Wed 5/8 Dance in the Galleries: The Davis Sis- MFA Thesis Exhibition @Tufts University Art Galler- rent and Future Pillars of Boston’s Art Scene @ The lery Strand Theatre Gallery 6-9pm ters @Museum of Fine Arts 7PM - 8PM ies 7PM - 9PM
Sat 5/11 FREE SHUTTLE to the Rose Art Museum @Rose Art Museum (shuttle from Waltham Commuter Rail Station) 05/11/2019 noon - 3:45 PM
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Mon 5/27 bedtimemagic, Lockette, Your Diary, Wire Lines @Charlie's Kitchen Shows 8pm 21+ $5
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It was the late 80’s and funk metal had reached its apex in popular music. There were two undisputed titan’s in the field, The Red Hot Chili Peppers led by Anthony Kiedis and Faith No More fronted by Mike Patton. Before their rises to super stardom the bands got along, but then Kiedis saw the video for FNM’s Epic, and perhaps intimidated by Patton’s good looks and talent, felt like he was stealing his schtick. He went so far to say in an interview that the Peppers were going to kidnap him and shave his hair and cut off one of his feet so he would have to find his own style. Patton never offered a comment to this so things didn’t amount to much until years later when Patton’s other group, Mr. Bungle, released an album called California. This stoked Kiedis’ passions again, because California was to be released the same month as the Peppers Californication. Mr. Bungle’s label opted to delay the album by a month to avoid confusion. Matter settled right? Wrong, apparently Mr. Bungle began hearing that the Peppers, specifically Kiedis, were refusing to play festivals if Bungle was on the bill. Patton and the band snapped, airing the grievances in the press and eventually performing a mock set of the RHCP at Halloween show in Kiedis home state of Michigan, parodying the bands style and drug use. Do the two funk-punk legends still hate each other? When asked recently, Patton says, “It’s not worth talking about. I’ve no idea what it was about then and I don’t know now. But I bet we’d have a warm embrace if we saw each other now.” I wonder what Anthony thinks, is it all water under the bridge?
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