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Making space in the male dominated art canon is the driving force behind the paintings by Tala Madani at MIT’s List Visual Arts Center. A hefty task for sure, Madani navigates There generations of male portraiture with humor and skepticism. The work, highly cineare many things that ma-graphic in nature, is at once sleek and crude. They span epochs, with the painted illuminacome with Spring: tions of projectors exposing here a man-Christ embracing the Madonna, and there, a row of dejected Leaves back on the Buddha-like figures. Madani shows little to no mercy in her detailed examination of the other side to all trees, bird songs, the countless number of victorious Generals, Kings, and Priests that flood our history books. Through the artflowers, the return of ist’s well-researched eye the viewer experiences a figurative emasculation of all these men, from Napoleon to Freud. warm weather, and the Although Thing. Calm down comics the paintings fans, I’m not talking about are composithe stoney Fantastic Four @MIT List (6/3 - 6/25) tionally quiet, behemoth. I’m talking Madani emabout Peterborough, NH’s Kung Fu at the Coolidge ploys gesture to annual music and art fest @COOLIDGE emphatically slash the Thing in the Spring into her canvases presented in cooperation Even for cult film audiences, the world of kung fu pop culture icons with The Glass Museum. cinema can be daunting. Even beyond the cultural that alternate Yeah yeah, I know we sent gap, there’s just so much of it, and not all of it is readbetween graffiti and you to VT for Waking Winily available on these shores. Those that are available hieroglyphs. You can dows last month but seriusually exist in a variety of cuts, dubs, and titles, and imagine them to be ously, events like these only are frequently only distributed via fly-by-night outfits. sick headlines for the happen once a year and Sometimes it helps to have a guide, and the RZA can hero’s downfall, a mark are too sick to miss. Spread only do so much. Fortunately, the Coolidge has you over her fallen victims. across 4 days from Thursday covered with a month’s worth of classic kung fu midThe aggressive nature 6/9 - Sunday 6/12 this year nite movies from the legendary Shaw Brothers. Up on of these icons are balfeaatures a variety of installathe chopping block are BASTARD SWORDSMAN (6/3anced by soft transitions tions, readings, and performanc6/4), THE EIGHTH DIAGRAM POLE FIGHTER (6/10-6/11), es by the likes of Paul Flaherty, of electric colors to the MYSTERY OF CHESS BOXING (6/17-6/18), and RETURN Chris Corsano, State Champion, monochromatic and then TO THE 36TH CHAMBER (6/24-6/25). Seasoned fans will Beauty Pill, Bunny’s a Swine, Coke the childlike simplicity of relish the chance to catch these films on rare 35mm prints, and Weed, Animal Hospital, Paper Cas- the figures as if drawn on a newbies will recognize familiar faces (like KILL BILL’s Gordon Liu) tles, and plenty of local talent including computer by a first time user. and character names (such as CHESS BOXING’s Ghost Face Killer). -Maggie Jensen Pile, Digital Prisoners of War, and Doug As an added treat, Boston Kung Fu will be on hand for each screenTuttle. Did I mention there’s also Broke: ing with introductions and live demonstrations! (Those wishing to further The Affordable Arts Fair with one of a kind work by one of a kind people all for untheir education should head over to Kung Fu Video in Downtown Crossder $50?! Yuuuppp...head north again this month because despite rising gas prices, ing, which is a mindblowing thing which exists in our town). –Oscar Goff –Michael Achille this Peterborough fest is one of the best things every Spring.
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HOT TOWN: Summer in the city. It’s outdoor show season—getting dirty & gritty. We survived another tumultuous Mercury retrograde; now that everybody is safe from cosmic doom—whether you believe in astrology or not, it’s time to shake things up with purpose. Rousing progress is being made with our POST-FACEBOOK campaign. We are working to call attention to the overlooked problems of social media’s manipulation, re: the ways we spend our time, receive information, and interact with the world. We are fighting back by providing a compilation of exciting alternatives to free you from “the feed”.
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COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS AND THE FUTURE OF EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
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$upport: Our organization is entirely volunteer-run: we are a team dedicated to promoting local music, arts, and film, with a focus on everything independent and weird. Please consider donating to directly benefit the Greater Boston arts. We appreciate any and all contributions toward continuing our cause! 1369 COFFEEHOUSE BostonHassle.com/support. T In this city (and other coastal metropNestled on the corner of Springfield and Cambridge St. in Inman wi olises of such opportunity) developers have –Krista Lavrentios Square, 1369 Coffeehouse is home to an eclectic community of neighborth commercialized the “grit” of urban living, selling Sa hood characters. A range of 20 somethings artists and musicians weave togethrit higher income residents on pale images of interactivity, er with retired police officers and fire chiefs. Young MIT kids with serious eyebrows ha diversity, and the magic of compressed living. There are of and giant textbooks sit next to new moms with toddlers and giant strollers. Couples R am course an endless series of narratives on gentrification, homogwho have been coming in weekly since the store opened share the space with people on ak enization, and displacement. Greater Boston, as well all know, has awkward but beautiful first OKCupid dates. r i sh suffered considerably in the commodification of urban living, or at least na the trappings of it. It’s not all doom and gloom today, luckily. Founded in January of 1993, in the former home of 1369 Jazz Club, this coffeehouse can have lines out the door on a summer Sunday but also feels like a cozy, worn in living room. Sleek is Introducing the Community Land Trust, a nonprofit organization, charged with the not a word you will ever feel here. stewardship of community assets, including local business, community improvement institutions, and affordable housing. Community Land Trusts are governed democratically, by This feeling is fostered by the current owner Josh Gerber, who said he loves numerous things a board of neighborhood residents, homeowners, and local leaders. about the coffeehouse, but “Primarily the people. The sense of community amongst the staff and neighborhood.” For 1369, community can mean a remembered favorite order, participating in an Inman The CLT structure is paradigm shifting, in that it provides a means for neighborhoods to preSquare movie night, hosting a local musician, or volunteering. serve their affordability, and as a natural consequence, economic and demographic diversity. Development, ownership, and long-term planning decisions are not driven purely by profitabilThe people who work behind the bar care about each other and their neighborhood. ity, but rather visionary goals that residents and local leaders set for their neighborhoods. The Taste any of the drinks and you know they care about coffee as well. Try the damn CLT model also provides residents with a sense of stability, guaranteeing affordability into perpefine cold brew (buy it by the refillable growler if you can’t get enough). The todtuity. Stability, without the looming threat of future displacement, accordingly motivates individuals dy rests for 24 hours before being served. They will send a kind and groovy to invest more of their time and effort into getting to know the people around them. hipster to deliver your growler by bike if you can’t make it to the store.
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Boston has recently seen movement to promote and adopt the CLT structure as a tool to stabilize neighborhoods and preserve their authenticity. For example, The Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative has been lauded as a model case study. Of course, CLTs require a degree of public investment. However, it’s arguable that the resulting quality of life benefits would make such an investment very worthwhile.
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There is an influx of exciting new positions opening up in our organization: PR manager, photography coordinator, street team, funding team, and writers! Join us for the monthly volunteer hang: 1st Tuesday of every month at Farmer Horse Coffee from 6-9 p.m. We can’t wait to meet you! Tuesday’s no good? Inquire within and visit BostonHassle.com/volunteer.
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Feeling nostalgic? Add to the cyber scrapbook that is the BostonHassleMuseum.tumblr.com, we are always adding submissions of short stories coupled with flyers from past shows!
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Lookout: First outdoor Black Market to be held in JP this July. We are accepting applications for vendors as well as an opportunity to be the featured installation artist.
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