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Confront Your ISSUES 3 @ Boston Neighborhood Network
Palberta, Rong, Beverly Tender, Lucy &&& more
The first time I heard Well Palberta was after pickreaders … here we are … aning up a copy of their Speother 12 unique issues of this rag compiled, cial Worship split with (New Range in filmmaking is crucial; to not pigeonhole printed, and dispersed around our beloved neighborEngland) yourself into a single genre of filmmaking and to hoods, and it's time to celebrate. It’s time to confront your issues Patriots. WHEN : adapt a certain style across a spectrum of stories … your Compass issues! This time, we’ve had the honor of teaming W h o 12/7 @ 8pm no matter the type. There is no better example to up with the Boston Neighborhood Network in Egleston Square, who showcase this than the talents of directing brothers offered up their historic wall space (formerly walls of an old MBTA WHERE: was this splendidly quirky rock band with so many acute angles and abrupt tempo changes? Each song Joel & Ethan Coen. Whether it be the power station) to our 2019 featured header artists. The art has a spot WHEN: drifted in and out of so many themes — sonically and stoner comedy The Big Lebowski or the been hung and will hang through December, but YOU come (All Ages) lyrically — amounting to irregular cacophonous bursts anxiety-inducing tale of one man's inse- 12/5-12/29 hang on Dec. 12 for our reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and give curities in A Serious Man, the Coens can props to these artists! This ain’t just your typical reception, HOW MUCH: that ended almost as soon they began. The punkish WHERE: $10 three-piece of Ani Ivry-Block, Lily Konigsberg and do it all. To prove this, the MFA has genthough. Our amazing sponsors have MFA Nina Ryser swap instruments multiple times over the erously put together a collection of their provided gifts that we will be raffling off! Love 1369 Coffee course of every show as they soundtrack some sort best work to make sure your Coen-Cat- HOW MUCH: House, or crave recording time at Pink Noise Studios? We of imagined, possibly deranged, yet brilliantly constructed series ion is complete. From the classic Fargo, MFA.org for gotchu. We’re also able to pay homage to local heroes Jaof folk tales. Or foreign commercials. I’m not quite sure just yet. to their Oscar-winning No Country for showtimes & son Trefts of Illegally Blind and Jonathan Nankof by having Several albums later and fresh off a stint playing with Bikini Kill Old Men, the Coen Brothers series is them come down and spin their favorite local jams while pricing in NYC, there’s no better time to catch this raucous trio. Rong is a filled with their essentials and a few we party on. Who knows, maybe we’ll perfect compliment to Palberta’s erraticness and has become one of hidden gems in between. The series also includes hear some unreleased tracks from WHEN: my favorite punk bands playing today. Sharp, aggressive lyrics belt the black & white, Roger Deakins-shot The Man Who Trefts! This ain’t all about the Compass 12/12 @6-9pm first forth — sometimes stated, sometimes shouted — as if the band finds Wasn't There, the bizarre Barton Fink and their though! Now’s your chance to learn WHERE: itself precariously perched atop a precipice, staring into the infinite feature film, Blood Simple. The film list is huge, but it's about the org whose building we’ll be void. The calm before their impending storm often explodes outward only indicative of the type of career the Coens have Boston hanging in. Check out bnnmedia.org for with piercing blends of noisy, squealing guitars. Beverly Tender walk had. Do yourself a favor and visit the MFA website, Neighborhood a head start. I know sometimes we can the middle ground on this bill. Their meandering guitars and technical build yourself a schedule and make sure you catch seem like a pretty mysterious bunch of Network drumming recall the best indie rock of the Northeast in years past proall of your favorite films by the one and only (Egleston Square) freaks chiseling away at each of these —Kyle Brunet viding comforting coordinates through the aforementioned storm. The Coen Brothers. issues in the dark, but this is one time, HOW MUCH: the whole Compass team will be hangin’ melodic, electronic minimalism of LUCY brings us all back to the bedHow to live a zero FREE room where so much of what makes all this music great first began. HARD. Maybe this will be a good time to see waste lifestyle And more you say?! Who knows, but you’ll have to show up to find what we’re all about and how you can get involved … I may it. Ask around, get to the gig, don’t be a jerk. even take a pitch from you about the article you really want It’s the most garbage-y time to see in the freshly expanded 8-page Compass! of the year, my lil’ trash an—Mike Achille gels! This December, be radical —Kevin Dacey and GIVE GIFTS, NOT GARBAGE. Here are ways to reduce holiday-themed carbon emissions, organized by the effort involved. AND MO ZERO EFFORT Dump: New gifts. Replace with: Quality hang time RE!!! with loved ones. Share a cherished book, record, or artwork from your collection. SMALL EFFORT Dump: Gift wrap and ribbon. Paper that’s laminated, metallic, glittered or textured is fun, but not recyclable. Ribbon, made of plastic and damaging to recycling machinery, is 1000% garbage. Replace with: Wrap a gift within a gift - bento bag (easy to make), handkerchief, wooden box, jar, tote. Use compostable/recycled alternatives - this newspaper, brown craft paper, post-consumer gift wrap, The places “ribbon” of twine. Dump: Plastic gifts. They’re made from you can hang this month are fossil fuels and nearly impossible to repair once broken. Replace with: Anything else! MEDIUM EFFORT Dump: winter markets — lots of them! I’ve highlighted Amazon, online stores, big box retailers. Their evils to the envithree exciting, community-centered markets that can’t ronment, workers, and local economies are well-documented. be missed. First on the calendar is the JP Crafts Fair, on SatReplace with: Holiday markets, craft fairs, fleas, small busiurday, Dec. 7, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 6 Eliot St. in JP, hosted by Hey all! I'm Claire, an intern with Brain nesses. They’re infinitely more fun to visit, and you the First Church in Jamaica Plain. Stop by to support local artists probably won’t get trampled. Or, make something Arts Org this fall! I've been digging into a ton of reand craftspeople, and to get your holiday shopping out of the way yourself! Dump: Shipping, especially overnight search about nonprofits in Boston these past few months at the same time! Sunday, Dec. 8 will be Brain Arts’ own BRAIN Marand two-day. Replace with: Locally-sourced and have just published my first write-up about the orket Flea, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Cambridge Community Center! gifts. If shipping is essential, avoid last-minute ganization DOT Not For Sale. DN4S began in 2017, but the Our flea market’s name change from the Black Market Flea marks an purchases and use ground transit. Dump: Food Dorchester advocacy group has been fighting issues that have organizational rebrand that focuses on brainy, or conscious, art and culwaste from holiday meals. Replace with: A dinbeen affecting Boston neighborhoods for decades. DN4S, as ture. There will be tons of different artists at the flea, and everything from ner party calculator, such as SaveTheFood.com, the group is abbreviated, uses collaboration and empowerment handmade artwork to tees, pins, ceramics, jewelry, zines, vintage clothto estimate how much food is needed at your as processes for advocacy against community displacement annual Hanukkah orgy (all eight crazy nights!). ing, accessories, books, tarot readings, haircuts and more for sale, along and gentrification. The group calls for truly affordable housing in Freeze leftovers you can’t gobble within a week. with raffle prizes and coffee from 1369 Coffeehouse! Entry is just $1! Dorchester, built for those most in need. By hosting community And no cumming on the cauliflower, it spoils! The third market is Society of Arts + Crafts’ Craft Boston Holiday 2019 dinners on the third Thursday of every month, DN4S prioritizes putMAX EFFORT Dump: Air travel. One passenger’s Show, which will be held in the Hynes Convention Center from Friday, ting those most at risk of displacement in power in the org. Where share of emissions on a 2,500-mile flight melts 32 Dec. 13 to Sunday, Dec. 15. The show is both an event for local craft ensquare feet of arctic summer sea ice cover. Woof. DOT Not For Sale has been setting its sights: the new luxury “DOT thusiasts and for fine art collectors. Admission is free for anyone with a Replace with: CarBlock” development. Learn more about DOT Not 4 Sale in a fullstudent ID or under 18, $12 for seniors and $15 for the general public. pool, train, or bus. length feature on the Brain Arts blog! Take advantage of the variety of art markets going on this time of If flying is absolutely —Claire Foley necessary, nix another year! 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