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ria Rodriguez. The grand prize winner of the Human Impact Institute’s 2017 Sat 2/3 Creative Climate Awards and a 2018 Cost Earthwatch Fellow, Rodriguez’s work Free touches on the limitations of language and offers experiential methods for reconnecting with other species and our planet. “Quickening the Dust: Rekindling our Living Link,” a solo exhibition of work developed during the residency and featuring work on species extinction, climate change and political agency, will run from February 3 through February 23, with an opening reception held on Saturday, February 3, from 6-9pm. The evening will feature a live improvisational performance by OFF LAND. An interdisciplinary artist who works predominantly in video installation and new media, Allison makes digital spaces that have a deep sense of humanity. She talks about nature, loss and hope in her work, while tackling hard topics, like extinction and war. Everything she does is saturated with patience and love. The new body of work Allison will be creating during her residency is bound to be bountiful, real and replenishing, providing fantastic visions while asking the most difficult questions. A Panel Discussion, “Rekindling our Living Link: —DEI XHRIST Art & Environmentalism in a Contemporary Context,” will be held in conjunction with the exhibition on February 15 from 6-8:30pm. This panel will include a series of presentations by artists from the greater Boston area focusing on environmental issues in their work. Read more about Allison and her work at allisonmariarodriguez.com
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N O T E S F R O M T H E CREW WITH HASSLE ART EDITOR CHLOE DUBOIS
What a time for an artist to be involved with Boston Has-
sle! We just partnered with Dorchester Art Project and headquartered ourselves there, giving us two whole rooms with white walls, you know, galleries. There is so much potential! Our calendar is stacked. I want you to pick up an issue of The Compass, or check our site, and instantly be able to make your art show itinerary for the month. By the way, I am constantly combing the web for more diverse events, so please reach out to us at Hassle if you want your event promoted! The key part of maintaining a life as an artist is actively surrounding yourself with creative people. For me, the crew at Hassle is just that. It’s not often that you enter a room and have your crazy artist ideas taken so seriously. Furthermore, I am challenged to reach outside the realm of making my own work, to promote and cover art throughout the city. The task itself is a craft, and volunteering for Hassle and The Compass have become an integral part of my “practice.” Like keeping up with a sketchbook, or material testing, being an editor for Hassle has been highly rewarding work. I am constantly looking for first-class-art-appreciators to join me in this pursuit of art promotion—please reach out to us if you want to help out!
Are you interested in meeting people in your area who are making the world a better place? Do you have a lot of feelings about the future of this country and how we’re getting there? Come join MuckRock and Boston Hassle for our first ever Public Interest Potluck! We—like you, no doubt—are excited to move into 2018 with a renewed sense of purpose, optimism and community. To kick that off, we’re bringing together a diverse host of nonprofits, activists and engaged civic participants to share what they’re working on and what they envision for the future of their communities. In order to ensure progress on pressing issues, we must engage in conversations that are inclusive and call on collaborative action from our community at large. That is why we are calling on you to come share your cause with other dedicated individuals who fight for public interest issues throughout Greater Boston. Our night of dialogue will include music, drinks, light eats and opportunities to get involved in matters that matter to you! The event will be emceed by MuckRock founder Michael Morisy and include short speeches from Kade Crockford of ACLU Massachusetts, queer activist Evan Greer and State Rep Mike Connolly. The night will be catered by Food Not Bombs and held at the Garment District on Thursday, February 8th between 6pm to 9pm. Come out and discover the buffet of ways people in our neighborhoods are exchanging and using information for the betterment of us all! —GRACE RAIH
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f there’s one positive side effect of living in a world where science is dismissed as fiction and fiction increasingly embraced as fact, it’s When how science fiction has once again become 2/9-2/19 a vital medium for public discourse. As press Cost time, there are at least two serious Best Picture $75 marathon contenders with solid sci-fi cores (either would $130 festival be the first in history to win), and hard sci-fi TV shows like The Handmaid’s Tale and Black MIrror feel more accurate and relevant than any 24-hour news channel. In implausible times, one must rely on the fantastic. Fortunately, Boston is ahead of the game. This month marks the 43rd annual Boston Science Fiction Film Festival, the longest running genre festival in the country. Across its many decades, Boston SciFi has become one of the most revered institutions of its kind, presenting eleven days of exciting new voices, curated classics, and a dazzling array of shorts from around the world, all culminating in a 24-hour marathon guaranteed to get your President’s Day off on the right foot. Highlights of this year’s lineup include Antonio Llapur’s mind-bending animated feature SPACE DETECTIVE, and the harrowing Spanish cyber-slasher FRAMED. What’s more, we are thrilled to announce that Boston Hassle is once again hosting this year’s night of locally grown sci-fi cinephilia! Keep watching the site for the Film Flam team’s ongoing coverage of the festival-- and, as always, keep watching the skies. —Oscar Goff Somerville Theatre
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here aren’t too many places left in Boston where you can get a pair of overalls, a midcentury dresser, vintage records, a working XBox, a crockpot, a few paperbacks, and a new set of wine glasses all in the same trip. With four locations around the city, Boomerangs is a one-stop shop for everything. Each store is a deep-rooted part of its neighborhood and a regular destination for locals, and each one’s got a different vibe. Hit up the JP location and redo your entire apartment with their huge (and cheap) furniture and art selection. Treasure-hunt the racks for vintage outfits in Central Square. Browse for vinyl, books, and antique jewelry over in West Roxbury. And for the super fashion-minded, check out their boutique in the South End for a thoughtfully curated, always changing selection of designer clothes. At Boomerangs, they’re constantly restocking. You can go three different times in a week and find completely new items. Tons of regulars stop by every day so they don’t miss out on any of the cheap treasures. They also have some of the most creative window displays in town, filled with one-of-a-kind curiosities that you can bid on. The best part? All of the money goes to run services for those living with HIV/AIDS. Under AIDS Action Committee and Fenway Health, shopping at Boomerangs supports live-saving programs as state and federal funding for HIV/AIDS declines. The community knows how important this is, too, so they’re more than eager to give back—you’d be amazed at some of the high-quality stuff folks donate. Bring them your gently-used clothes, books, and other knick-knacks and know that they’ll find a good home and support a much-needed local cause. The Boston Hassle and Boomerangs have supported each other for a long time, and you can find the Compass at all of their stores. Stop by to pick up your next issue, and you’ll probably leave with something else you can’t live without. Check out shopboomerangs.org for Boomerangs locations and hours in Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, Central Square, and the South End. —COMPASS STAFF
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Thu 2/1 Funeral Advantage w/ Lady Pills, teenender, Deep Secret @Great Scott 8:30pm $10 Thu 2/1 Eleanor Elektra, Melissa Weikart and TheJosh Shpak Quartet @Lilypad 7:30pm $10 Fri 2/2 Psychedelic Cinema @deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum 6:30pm Ages $5-25 Fri 2/2 Vantage Point, Streetsweeper, Ugly, more @ Harcore Stadium 7pm All Ages $10 Fri 2/2 The Furniture, DYR FASER, John Garrett @The Jeanie Johnston Pub 8pm 21+ $ome Cost Fri 2/2 Destroi!, CAC, Moose Knuckle, Not Revolt @Club Bohemia 9pm 21+ $10 Fri 2/2 La Boum Valentine Edition Queer Dance Party @Bella Luna Restaurant and Milky Way Lounge 10pm 21+ FREE Sat 2/3 Nice Guys, KTB, Gobby and SCUM @Deep Thoughts 9pm All Ages $5-10 Sat 2/3 Unapologetiquette: Donna Vatnick, Savoire Faire, Siv Disa @Lilypad Inman 5pm All Ages $12 Sat 2/3 Goodbye New England Show PT II featuring Spirit Ghost, Today Junior, Beeef @Mass Apparel Concept Store 6pm All Ages FREE Sat 2/3 Mike's Bday w/ Bird Organ, Spnd to Death, Olivia C, N Coffins @UnchARTed 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Sat 2/3 Inaugural Artist-in-Residence Show: Allison Maria Rodriguez with music provided by Off Land @ DAP 6-9pm All Ages Sat 2/3 Waste Management, Innocent, Lawman, Skinned Alive @The Space Studio 7pm All Ages $7 Sat 2/3 Hut XIV : Gunn & Truscinski, Stella Corso, K.J. Holmes @School for Contemporary Dance and Thought 8pm All Ages $10
Mon 2/12 The Dirty Byrds Release Show ft. Mon 2/19 Osvy @Plough & Stars 10pm Bruvs, Mnemonist, The Woodchix @Middle Free East Up 7PM Doors 18+ $10 Thu 2/22 Man Trouble, Swivel, A Wish Tue 2/13 Non Event Presents: Andrew for Fire @O'Brien's Pub 8pm $10 Sun 2/4 Marcel Zaes – Pul- Neumann experimental coffee house @Cafe Thu 2/22 Strangers by Accident, Atlas sations [Bitumen] @Studio Fixe 7pm All Ages $5 Wed 2/14 Lady Pills, Prior Panic, Ozlo, Lab (Acoustic) @Atwoods 9:45 21+ $8 550 7pm All Ages $11 Squitch @The Burrow 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Thu 2/22 Shea’s Lounge! A Punk Night Sun 2/4 Midway or the @Jeannie Johnston Pub Highway Open Mic Night w/Angela Sawyer @Midway Wed 2/14 Valentine’s Day w/ S the Suppli- 10pm 21+ Free cant, Jazz Massagers, the Over Easies @ Cafe 9PM 21+ Free Deep Thoughts JP 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Sat 2/24 Solei, The Grass Gypsys, All of the Animals. Brian O'Connell @SpontaMon 2/5 DYR FASER & Edge neous Celebrations 8pm Petal Burn @ONCE 7:30pm Wed 2/14 Occvlta (Berlin Germany), I-Destroyer, Apollyon, Legions Descend All Ages $8 18+ Free @O'Brien's Pub 8pm 21+ $12 Sat 2/24 CRASHfest ft. Rubblebucket, Tue 2/6 Citrusphere, André Thu 2/15 Shea’s Lounge @Jeanie Johnston Vieux Farka Toure, Mokoomba and Obin, Breaking Forms @ Guest DJ: Jen McMahon Theme: LOVE & more @House of Blues Boston 4:30pm Great Scott 8:30pm $8 HATE Live Band: St. Ripper $48 Wed 2/7 Sound Art China @ Sat 2/24 SOLD OUT - Phoebe BridgLe Laboratoire Cambridge Thu 2/15 Major Stars, Black Helicopter & Henry Owings @ONCE Somerville 9pm $10 ers w/ Soccer Mommy @Great Scott 6:30pm FREE 6:30pm $15 Thu 2/8 Powerslut, Thrust Fri 2/16 Bent Knee, Bearstronaut, Roz and Sat 2/24 Andrew DiMarzo Trio EP ReClub, Leafcutter, Ski Bunny the Rice Cakes @Sonia 7pm $15 lease Show w/ Ali Mcguirk Trio and Alec @O'Brien's Pub 8pm 21+ $8 Fri 2/16 Palm w/ the spirit of the beehive @ Hutson @Lilypad 7-10pm $15/$12 adv. Great Scott 10pm 21+ $15 Thu 2/8 MuckRock and Sun 2/25 Midway or the Highway Open Boston Hassle present… PUBLIC INTEREST NIGHT! Fri 2/16 Disco Party @Vivant Vintage 8pm- Mic Night w/Angela Sawyer @Midway Cafe 9PM 21+ Free Ft. Michael Morisy (Muck- 1am Rock), Evan Greer (Fight For The Future), Kate Crawford (ACLU) and Mike Connolly (State Rep) plus DJs and Snacks @ Sat 2/17 Porches @Brighton Music Hall 8pm Fri 2/23- Sun 2/25 XFEST 2018 A fes$15 tival of improvised sound, video and Garment District 6-9pm All Ages Free movement. @Dorchester Art Project. Thu 2/8 Music Industry Hangout Night hosted by Lysten Sat 2/17 George Clinton & Parliament Funk- Fri 8pm-12am, Sat 12-5pm, 8pm-12am, Boston @Plough & Stars 8pm-12 adelic: Mardi Gras Madness Tour @House of Sun 12-3pm $uggested Donation Blues 8pm $29.50 Fri 2/9 Girlpool @Paradise Rock Club 7pm All Ages $16 Sun 2/25 Thomas Lehn and Marcus Schmickler / Howard Stelzer @SMFA Fri 2/9 Psych Noise Cotillion @The Jeanie Johnston Pub 8pm Sat 2/17 School Drugs(NJ) & Sister Munch(NYC) w/Laughing Stock, Ugly, Isiso- 7pm-10pm $15 gen admission | $10 21+ FREE lations @O'Brien's Pub 8pm 21+ $5-10 students + Non-Event members Fri 2/9 The Bentmen @ONCE Somerville 9pm 18+ $18 Sat 2/17 Drone Night V: Dream a Little Mon 2/26 Thrust Club, Electric Street Queens, Sister, Disco Nap @Charlie's Fri 2/9 Bounty Hunters from Mars presents Live Techno ft. As- Dream of Drone @The Hearing Room in sistant Director, Dinnersss, Square Machine, Adammmmmm Lowell 7pm-10pm All Ages $uggested Do- Kitchen Shows 8pm 21+ $5 nation to the space @Deep Thoughts 9pm All Ages $5 Suggested Donation Sat 2/17 Old Wave, The Low Cards, Chadley Mon 2/26 Wallows, Field Medic, Funeral Sat 2/10 MAGlory Presents: A Nite of Abstraction @Gallery X Kolb, Audrey Ryan @ask a musician 7:30pm Advantage @Mid East Up 7pm All Ages $15-18 6pm All Ages $6 Sum 2/18 NOISE SHOW: C.H.S DogHospice Duo (W Mass), Duendecitos (Bos/PVD) and Mon 2/26 American Echoes, John GarSat 2/10 Prison(NY), Security, High Command, Gizzards @ more @Dorchester Art Project $5-10 All rett Band @Zuzu 10pm 21+ $1 Democracy Center 7pm All Ages $6-10 Ages 8pm Mon 2/26 Casanovas in Heat (record Sat 2/10 Tiny Moving Parts w/ Mom Jeans, Oso Oso @The Sun 2/18 Midway or the Highway Open Mic release and last show!) with Bombers, Sinclair 7pm All Ages $15 (SOLD OUT) Night w/Angela Sawyer @Midway Cafe 9PM Conmen, Fake Boys @UnchARTed 8pm All Ages $5 Sat 2/10 Kina Zore ft. Free Marrabenta Dance Class @Lizard 21+ Free Lounge 9:30pm 21+Couples $20 Singles $15 Pre Sale $8 Mon 2/19 Today Junior, The Dazies, Dutch Tue 2/27 Catylyn's 30th Birthday ExtravTulips @Charlie's Kitchen pm 21+ $5 aganza with fullsour, Mini Dresses, Anna Saturday 2/10 Boston Hassle presents… Storytime at the Altman, Catylyn and Friends, Kathy Ape’s Nest VALENTINE’S DAY I’M LOVIN’ IT EDITION with Casey Currey, George Luke, Parvo Fernandez, Emily and Ernie, Chris Mon 2/19 I am Become Death, Rats in the Snax @O'Brien's Pub 8pm $8 Braiotta, Angela Sawyer, Death Shepherd, Tyler Derryberry @ Wall, Cop/Out, Vaulted @O'Brien's Pub 8pm Dorchester Art Project 8:00p-10:00p All Ages $10 suggested 21+ $10 Wed 2/28 Spirit donation for artists Level, Banny Sat 2/3 Freaux, Grace Givertz, Brennan, Squitch (solo) @the planet 7:3011:30pm All Ages
Grove (LA) @ Dorchester Art Project 9pm All Ages $10
Sun 2/11 Midway or the Highway Open Mic Night w/Angela Sawyer @Midway Cafe 9PM 21+ Free Mon 2/12 Solei, Trishes (LA), Ansonia @Plough & Stars 10pm 21+ Free
Wed 2/28 The Art of Rhythm ft. Maria Finkelmeier @Oberon 7:309:30pm Seats $30 Standing $15
Mon 2/12 Sheer Anxiety [Andrea Pensado + Chris Strunk] & John Trudeau @WZBC 90.3 Fm 7pm All Ages FREE Mon 2/12 Eye Design Presents: Idiot Genes, Twin Foxes, Sneeze, Chemical Wire @Charlie's Kitchen 9pm 21+ $5 Mon 2/12-2/28 Liza Lim, Australian composer, doing a Boston University Center for New Music Residency with multiple performance dates, lectures, open rehearsals and masterclasses Mon 2/12 John Maus w/ Gary War @Sinclair 7pm 18+ $16 adv, $18 dos
DISCOVER THE OTHERS WESTERN MASS
2/7 Palehound, Weaves, Hammydown @Gateway City Arts 8pm $12.50 2/3 MT FEB Instore: Peace-Loving, Wet Tuna, j Burkett, Xamxax Goom @Mystery Train Records 6:30pm All Ages $ome Cost 2/9 Kindling, Twin Foxes, more TBA @13th Floor Music Lounge 9pm 18+ $7 2/18 Prints, Stefan Christensen, Mike Barrett @ Mystery Train Records 6pm All Ages $ome Cost
CHOSEN SHOWS OF NEW ENGLAND AND BEYOND RHODE ISLAND
2/15 Pyrrhon, Ehnahre, Kintaan, Jay Randall & More @Machines With Magnets 9pm All Ages $ome Cost 2/16 Sontag Shogun, Phurrne, House Red, Titans of Jazz @Machines With Magnets 9pm All Ages $ome Cost 2/27 Subtle Degrees, Black Pus, & Matt Crane / Jeb Bishop duo @Machines With Magnets 9pm All Ages $ome Cost
MAINE NEW HAMPSHIRE
2/10 Nice Life EP Release Show w/ Giant Knife, Big Mess (MA), and Diva Cup @ Apohadion Theatre (Portland) 8pm All Ages $5 2/23 Xylouris White @SPACE Gallery (Portland) 8:30pm All Ages $10-12
2/3 Tuft (release gig), Evan Benoit, Hannah Liuzzo, Rick Rude @Sue’s 8pm All Ages $5 2/15 Black Norse, OroborO, GASH, Spacekase @Sue's 8pm All Ages $ome Cost 2/16 Experimental Offerings II ft. Crank Sturgeon, Dei Xhrist, Overhang, Closer Bones, Klyk V E R M O N T 2/3 O’Death, Wren Kitz, Blair @The Studio 598 Main St. Laconia 8pm-12 Wolfhand @ArtsRiot (Burlington) 8pm All Ages $12-14
CONNECTICUT
2/2 Murphy's Law, Flapjack Attack, Pull it Together @Cafe Nine (New Haven) 9pm 21+ $15 2/26 Xylouris White w/ Trevor Healy @ Cafe Nine 7pm 21+ $5
NEW YORK
2/5 The Dreebs, NE Patriots, KTB, Kate Mohanty @Secret Project Robot (Brooklyn) 8pm All Ages $7 2/9 Palm (Record Release), Melkbelly, Sammus @MARKET HOTEL (Brooklyn) 9pm All Ages $17 2/17 L O T I O N, Witchtrial (DC), Pobreza Mental, Twisted Thing @Secret Project Robot 9pm All Ages $10
2/10 Pop-up Shop: From Africa With Love @ Zone3 11AM-8PM 2/1 Opening Reception: Guided by (Female) Voices @Aviary 6-9PM 2/1 Opening Reception: Renée Green @The Carpenter Center for the Arts
2/10 Cocktail Hour - Romancing the Square @13FOREST Gallery 6PM-8PM 2/11 BOSTON HASSLE’S BLACK MARKET @ Cabridge Elks Lodge 1PM-6PM
Sun 2/11 THE HANDMAID'S TALE (1990) dir Volker Schlöndorff @BRATTLE [35mm] A dystopia all too believable Double feature w/ THE HUNGER GAMES Managing Editor: Oscar Goff Contributing Writers: Kyle Amato, Kyle Brunet, An- Sun 2/11 David Lynch: The Art Life @ICA ders Croft, Oscar Goff, Matthew Martens, Nick Perry Free with Museum Admission Thu 2/1 February Dispatches: Best of the Video -Drunk Film Festival @Davis Sq Small alternative film festival, founded 2014 in Toronto, Canada. Trying to show things in a way that other festivals don’t: In loud drunken spaces.
2/2 Exhibition: Green Street Gallery Reunion @ Laconia Gallery 5:30PM 2/2 Art & Activism: Art Funds Art Tour @Makeshift 7PM-11PM
Fri 2/2 AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000) dir. Mary Harron @COOLIDGE [35mm] Not for stray cats
2/2 Opening Reception: THRIVE @Fountain Street Gallery 6PM-8PM 2/11 Play: Conflict Zone: A play of Mental Health and Other Wars @Outpost 186 3:30pm, 7:30pm Students: $8 adv $12 dos. Adults: $12 adv $15 dos
Mon 2/12 THIS IS CONGO (2017) dir. Daniel McCabe @BRATTLE A non-hopeless report from a state of disunion. Presented by DocYard - Director in person! Tue 2/13 CASABLANCA (1942) dir Michael Curtiz @BRATTLE [35mm] Anti-fascist Valentine’s tradition Also screens 2/14!
2/13 Artist Talk: Keren Cytter @SMFA 6PM-8PM
Wed 2/14 WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... (1989) dir. Fri 2/2 PSYCHEDELIC CINEMA dir. Ken Brown @ Rob Reiner @COOLIDGE [35mm] DECORDOVA SCULPTURE PARK groovy night of film, music, and art making ft. Kool You’ll want what she’s having Aid Cocktails Fri 2/16 A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT () dir. Ana Lily Amirpour @COOLIDGE after midFri 2/2 BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE (2017) dir Robin night 12-2am Campillo @BRATTLE The first Vampire Western ever made in the Farsi Soaring French-language AIDS drama language Area premiere! Screens through 2/8
2/2 Opening Reception: Forms & Alterations @808 Gallery (BU Art Galleries) 6PM-8PM
2/14 Poetry: Ariana Brown & no Romance Open Mic @The Boston Poetry Slam 7:15PM-12:00PM
Fri 2/2 PSYCHEDELIC CINEMA @DECORDOVA Vintage loops from the Boston Tea Party!
2/3 Opening Reception: In Due Time,work by Elizabeth Mooney @MUSA Collective Boston 4-PM-6PM
2/15 Panel Discussion and Performance: Rekindling our Living Link ft. Allison Maria Rodriguez @Dorchester Arts Project 6PM-8:30PM
Sat 2/3 THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (1982) dir. Amy Holden Jones @COOLIDGE [35mm] Surprisingly feminist slasher fare
2/2 Opening Reception: Stranger Danger @ Abigail Ogilvy Gallery 5PM-8PM 2/2 Opening Reception: Gray Area @Kingston Gallery 5PM-8PM 2/2 40th Anniversary: Artists M - V @Gallery NAGA 6PM-11PM
2/12 Artist Talk: Dr. Deborah Willis @MassArt 6PM-8PM
2/3 Opening Reception: Quickening the Dust: 2/15 Workshop: Manifesto & Collage @Practice Inaugural AiR Exhibition featuring Allison Maria Space 6-8:30PM $10 Rodriguez @Dorchester Arts Project 6PM-9PM 2/15-2/25 Praxis Stage Event: For Colored Girls 2/3 Opening Reception: Culture Hustlers - Art- Who Have Considered Suicide, When The Rainists Minding Their Business @The Mills Gallery bow is Enuf @Hibernian Hall Check website for 6PM-8PM times praxisstage.com $20 2/3 Opening Reception: Shut up and Listen, an 2/15 Fundraising: Handcrafted @Fountain attempt to diversify the art scene in Lowell, MA. Street Gallery 7PM-11PM Organized by High Five Arts @250 Jackson St. 5th Floor, Lowell MA 6PM-8PM 2/21 Workshop: Boston by Map @BPL Boylston
St. 6PM - 7:30PM 2/4 Workshop: Paint with Microbes - ASM Agar Art Contest 2018 @ BosLab $15 2/21 Boston Poetry Slam: Team Semis @Cantab Lounge 8PM 18+ $5 2/4 Workshop: Music, Storytelling & Art @ Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center 4PM 2/22 Art Making: [SENSE]ation Day, Rose Clancy - 5:30PM - Dangerous Objects Made Safe @The Fuller
Craft Museum 10AM-3PM 2/5 Opening Reception: Abstract Art @Art Studio 99 5PM-7:30PM 2/22 Oil Painting Demonstration with Mia Cross @Kathryn Schultz Gallery 11am-1pm 2/6 Artist Lecture and Reception: Clarity Haynes | Baba Na Gig @WSRC Kniznick Gallery 5PM-8PM2/22 Lecture: PCE Lecture: Frontera De Oro: Photographs from the Southwest @MassArt 2/6 Author Talk: Designing Reality @MIT Muse- 6:30PM-8:30PM um 6:30PM-8PM
2/23 Grad Student Talk: Future of Digital Media 2/6 Boston Hassle Volunteer Hang: Pal-entine's Arts in the Museum @MIT List Visual Arts CenDay Celebration @Practice Space (1307 Cam- ter 12:30-1:30PM bridge St, Cambridge, MA), 6pm-9pm, All Ages, FREE 2/24 Artist Talk: Denise Marika (Bodywaves) @ Howard Yezerski Gallery 3PM-5PM 2/7 Visiting Artist: Laurie Anderson @Tsia Performance Center (BU) 7PM 2/24 Artist Discussion - Etched & Carved @13FOREST Gallery 4PM-6PM 2/7 Opening Reception: Before Projection Video Sculpture 1974-1995 @MIT List Visual Art 2/25 Photography: Retrospective of Afro-EthCenter 6PM nographs with Reginald L. Jackson @The Community Church of Boston 11AM-1:30PM 2/7 Artist Talk: Jillian Mayer @SMFA 6PM-8PM
2/25 Open Call Deadline: Gallery 263’s Curatori2/7 Artist Talk: Sound Art China by Wenhua Shi al Proposal Series @Gallery263 @Le Laboratoire 6:30PM-7:30PM 2/25 Theater Performance: Con el agua hasta 2/8 Opening Reception: Face It @ Kathryn Schul-el cuello @Villa Victoria Center for the Arts 3PM tz Gallery 6PM-8PM $20 2/8 MuckRock and Boston Hassle present… 2/28 Artist Talk: PUBLIC INTEREST NIGHT! Featuring Michael Carolina Caycedo Morisy (MuckRock), Evan Greer (Fight For The @SMFA 6PM-8PM Future), State Rep Mike Connolly and Kade Crawford (ACLU) plus DJs and Snacks @Garment District 6-9pm All Ages Free 2/9 Opening Reception: Linear Time @Gateway Arts 5PM-7PM 2/10 Artist Talk: Rudolf Lingens @Gallery 263 7PM - 8PM 2/10 Fashion Show: Alamód @ Wentworth Institute of Technology 6PM-9PM $10 2/10 Paint and Skate with Revere Parks and Recreation @Cronin Ice Arena 5:10PM - 7PM
Sat 2/17 JENNIFER'S BODY (2009) dir. Karyn Kusama @COOLIDGE [35mm] Underrated teen horrorshow Sun 2/18 Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry @ICA 1-3PM Free with Museum Admission
Sun 2/4 NEAR DEATH (1989) dir. Frederick Wiseman Wed 2/21 CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (2010) dir. Werner Herzog @COOLIDGE [35mm] @HFA [16mm] Herzog below the earth’s crust A haunting look at the terminally ill Director in person!! Sun 2/4 An Art That Nature Makes: The Work of Rosamond Purcell @ICA Free with Museum Admission Tue 2/6 THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson @COOLIDGE [35mm] Milkshakes are not provided Wed 2/7 OUTFITUMENTARY (2001) dir K8 Hardy @ BRATTLE Affecting and personal exploration of queer identity Director in person!! Thu 2/8 THE COOLIDGE AWARD: WERNER HERZOG @COOLIDGE Herzog in person. HERZOG. IN. PERSON. Q&A + INTO THE INFERNO screening @1:00 Award gala @8:00
Fri 2/23 FACES PLACES (2017) dir. Agnès Varda @HFA Varda and protege trek and keep track. Director in person!!
Fri 2/23 A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (1946) dir Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger @ BRATTLE Fri 2/9 IDIOCRACY (2006) dir Mike Judge @BRATTLE What we talk about when we talk about forever. New restoration! Also screens 2/24 [35mm] A documentary about the current state of things Fri 2/9 STRANGE DAYS (1995) dir Kathryn Bigelow @ Fri 2/23 THE BABADOOK (2014) dir. Jennifer Kent @COOLIDGE BRATTLE [35mm] Important horror flick exploring mental health Dystopian vampire oddity Double feature! Sat 2/24 RAW (2016) dir. Julia Ducournau @ Fri 2/9 BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL (2017) dir. Takashi COOLIDGE Girl discovers true awakening through canniMiike @MFA balism Invincible limb-slinging samurai models mentorship. LISTINGS NOTE: Below is the venue abbreviation key: Fri 2/9 PARIAH (2011) dir. Dee Rees @VU BRATTLE - Brattle Theatre Uncompromising coming of age tale (Also catch COOLIDGE - Coolidge Corner Theatre Mudbound on Netflix!) DECORDOVA - deCordova Sculpture Park & Free for VU members! Museum (Lincoln) HFA - Harvard Film Archive Fri 2/9 - Mon 2/19 BOSTON SCI-FI FILM FESTIVAL! MFA - Museum of Fine Arts Boston See front page SOMERVILLE - Somerville Theatre VU - Video Underground (JP) Sat 2/10 FREDDY'S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE [35mm] – Projected on ACTUAL FILM! (35mm (1991) dir. Rachel Talalay @COOLIDGE [35mm] unless otherwise noted) Freddy’s on a whole new level Sat 2/10 MY BEST FIEND (1999) dir. Werner Herzog @COOLIDGE Herzog & Kinski - Best of enemies Sat 2/10 CHILDREN OF MEN (2006) dir Alfonso Cuarón @BRATTLE [35mm] The bleakest future ever put on screen Double feature w/ A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
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