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you’re a teen who’s passionate about music, chances are that resources for you are scant, if not non existent, and probably not super relevant to the kind of music you like. Meanwhile, the diversity of kids represented in the handful of amazing music after-school programs in and around Boston attests to the universal need for space, support, and community. Though these programs are few, they point the way ahead as models for effective, engaging music education. DIY shows are another area where we have to lead the charge. All ages shows are the exception not the rule and kids are barred from far too much of Boston’s thriving music culture, as fans and as performers. Additionally, they lack the wherewithal to organize their own music scenes, either because they lack example to look up to, or the community necessary to make their projects viable. where? Yes Fest is one step in the long term project to change that. brookline From a committee formed out of teen and adult reps from teen center Brain Arts, the Brookline Teen Center, Girls Rock Campaign, when? the Newton YCCA and Zumix, we are booking 15 teen bands Sat 10/21 noon-10pm and artists from the Greater Boston Area for a full day of music and art, free for teens, to showcase all of the amazing outHow much? put already coming from the Greater Boston teen music com$10 but free 4 teens munity. Kids looking to start new projects will have a place to come together. Come be a part of this first-of-its-kind event and show support for the future culture of Boston. -wes kapl;an
moment of clarity
with mithsuca berry
Although I am teetering toward an age that frees me of
some teen obstacles, the time to 18 is slower than ever. I have this devotion and need to get into bigger spaces and really absorb all the inspiration I can.That's hard when you're shut out of those opportunities. To some, being 17 means I am too much of a liability to roam free amongst the older creatives. I recently attempted to see one of my absolute favorite bands, their first show across seas. Every lingering moment I thought about it, I'd be flooded @FOXYFRIES with scenarios where I could feel a bass drum in my chest and the sound and colors turning into inspiration in my mind. Although my mind was set on this chance, the 18+ label on this show was not working in my favor. It took so much energy and crossed finger for me to simply be given the chance. I wish it were more normal for me to be part of the conversation, and not deemed as too much for my age. I hold the same capacity to appreciate what's being created now as someone beyond my age range. I finessed into the how and it turned out to be one of the best shows I had been to in a while. I had a moment of reflection afterward that truly made me appreciate those working toward inclusive creativity and entertainment. Shout out to the youth who curate things as a platform for connecting to others. I look forward to the next wave of young creative thinkers to share their raw voice to their community. Keep an eye out for YesFest, an event where all will be able to experience fresh expression from the next gen.
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won't rest here. Claire Ashley's engorged inflatables sprawl across BU's Gallery 808 like an overcrowded beach. Neon, graffiti-esque paintings mark their surfaces; ropes and wooden frames contain them, with rolls of air and plastic skin bulging out from the places they've been constricted. The walls are hung with energetic abstract paintings. The sculptures feel almost sinister, as much as something that's inspired by plush bodies, children's cartoons, and the abundant female form can. Claire Ashley is here to take up space, and we can adore her for that. Her scrappy insistence and ethic of agility led to this: monumental sculpture you can pack up and drive across state where? lines: soft, round, reaching, falling, Gallery 808 breathing forms that interface with when? a gazillon architectural phalluses. per formance There is an anxious tension to the on 10/14 work; its majesty clashes with its show ongoing impermanence. The sound of the air pumps is an undercurrent throughout the exhibit, and I can't help but wonder how the room would deconstruct if the power went off. What could be hidden behind these mutable plastic skins? Do these alien bodies have bones? -maryam yoon
notes from the crew with dan mcmahon
Hi I’m Dan and I have coordinated our biggest annual festival
HASSLE FEST for the past four years. This year’s fest (#9!!!) is fast approaching, and even as I type this, I’m not quite sure how we’ve managed to pull this off. If for nothing else, BRAIN Arts/ Boston Hassle is known for bringing you the wildest, weirdest and most awesome performers that can be found on this planet. The lineup this year is packed with heavy-hitters, including DAN DEACON and PERE UBU. Yeah, you read that right. DEACON. AND. UBU. Xiu Xiu, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Obnox…oh yeah, and ONO will be returning this year too. For local representation, the awe-inspiring dance moves of Ed Balloon, hip-hop stylings of Solo Sexxx, and the garage rockness of Nice Guys are just some of the talent that has been assembled for your listening pleasure this year. Not to mention there SPONSORED IN PART BY will be an immersive art installation by top local psychedelic projection artist Chris Konopka. We are psyched. As always, this amazing/audacious/ anxiety provoking artistic marvel would never happen if it weren’t for the incredible work done by our dedicated team of volunteers. Organizing and executing an event of this size is no easy task, and I am forever grateful for every single person who has contributed to this cause. See you all at ONCE Ballroom in Somerville.
STRANGE INSPIRATION S: THE CINEMA tIC ORIGINS OF ‘STRANGER THINGS’
The ‘80s are back! At least, where? it seems that way. Between the Netflix Brattle originals show STRANGER THINGS and Theatre the curr ent box office smash IT, the ‘80s are all the rage again. You know, the good when? times when kids would ride down steep F r i 1 0 / 2 7 hills with their metal bikes? When crea- T h u 1 1 / 2 1 tures haunted the night and kids with a H o w much? sense of no control went looking for said creatures? Okay, maybe only a handful $9-$11 of these movies apply to that description, but nevertheless, the STRANGE INSPIRATIONS series, nicely packaged by the good people at Brattle, will be a great retrospective into the films that inspired this new craze. From the kids doing crazy things for the sake of adventure in E.T, THE GOONIES, and STAND BY ME, to killer aliens preying on the flesh of THURS humans7/13with a double feature of ALIEN SUN @ could you ask for? This seand THE THING, what7/30 more MFA ries has everything, even rarities like PRINCE OF DARKNESS, SCANNERS, and EXPLORERS! Every film (with the exception of FIRESTARTER, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, and E.T.) are in 35mm, so make your way to the Brattle to celebrate Halloween with the ultimate collection of STRANGER THINGS inspirations! -Kyle Brunet
PLACES YOU CAN HANG
with Anya Smolnikova
Dorchester Art Project (DAP) is an artist-run space in Dorchester, MA. Located in the historic Howard Building, formerly known as the Howard Art Project, DAP hosts thirteen artist's studios, two galleries and a performance space. Their mission is to support Boston artists and provide innovative, critically engaged programming. By creating an alternative space for experimental and emerging artists of all disciplines, they seek to foster new connections across Boston’s diverse art communities. Located at 1486 Dorchester Avenue, almost underneath the Red Line at Fields Corner, DAP's turquoise doorway can be easy to miss, but once inside and up the steep, painted stairs you're in for a surprise. The top of the landing opens into a room with high exposed brick walls and a small stage, and from there, gritty hallways lead to a large and well-lit gallery space with pristine white walls and a smaller space with a projector just around the corner. These galleries are surrounded by artist studios where artists of all kinds work daily. DAP is in a period of transition and is currently running a fundraiser to keep the space open and to jumpstart a new season of shows and events. You can visit their GoFundMe page to learn more and give at www.gofundme.com/dorchesterartproject. DAP is also proud to launch their first Artist in Residence program featuring Allison Rodriguez as the inaugural resident in the fall of 2017. Check in soon to see the event schedule at www.dorchesterartproject.org
THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE BOSTON CULTURAL COUNCIL, A LOCAL AGENCY WHICH IS FUNDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL, AS ADMINSTRATED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS + CULTURE
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Sat 10/7 Teenender, Slow Caves, Deep Secret @O’Briens 8pm 21+ $8
Sun 10/1 Together Pangea, Tall Juan, Daddy Issues @Sonia 7pm All Ages $15 Sun 10/1 Zola Jesus @ICA 7:30pm All Ages $ome Cost Sun 10/1 Denzel Curry, Show Me the Body @ Middle East Downstairs 7pm 18+ $20
Sat 10/7 Ralph White, Old Wave @ Deep Thoughts 8:30pm All Ages $5-10 sugg. Donation Sat 10/7 Boston Punk Benefit for Rosie’s Place featuring The Welch Boys, Pint Killers, Jason Bennett and the Resistance, and Guns of Brighton @Midway Cafe 9pm 21+ $10-12
Sun 10/1 Grutch, Machine Girl (nyc), ____highlightreel, Ancient Origin @Studio 550 (Central Sat 10/7 Kill Your Idols, Cut Throat, Square) 8pm All Ages $10…*A Boston Hassle Opposition Rising, Reason To Fight, Combatent @Hardcore Stadium Joint Effort* 6pm All Ages $15 Mon 10/2 METZ, Uniform, Gymshorts @Sinclair Sat 10/7 Rare Boston Visit: Iconic 8pm 18+ $17 Free Jazz Pianist (s) trio + solo featuring Burton Greene w/Ra-Kalam Mon 10/2 Eye Design Presents: Ozlo, Tough Bob Moses, Damon Smith, and Eric Guy, Birdwatching @Zuzu 10pm 21+ $5 Zinman @Lilypad 7:30pm All Ages Tue 10/3 Alvvays, Birthing Hips @Paradise 7pm $ome Cost 18+ $17
Tue 10/3 Cloakroom, Elizabeth Colour Wheel, Sneeze @Middle East Upstairs 7pm 18+ $12
Sat 10/7 Future Arts Festival w/ Abadabad, The Dazies, Esh @The Armory 5:30pm All Ages $15
Tue 10/3 The Owens, Holy Golden, The North- Sun 10/8 Rock ‘n Lowell Fest featuring Meg Kelly, Chuckin the eastern Railroads @Zuzu 10pm 21+ $5 Reeds, Mint Green, Surprise Party, Tundrastomper, Squash, Ozlo, Wed 10/4 Dinosaur Jr., Easy Horse Mode, Analog Heart, shiver., Action @Sinclair Big Mess @UnchARTed 2:30pm All Ages $8 8pm 18+ $35 Wed 10/4 Wand, Sun 10/8 Pope, Young Jesus @Mid East Up 7pm 18+ $10-12 Darto, Zip-Tie Handcuffs, Julep Sun 10/8 Lady Pills, Petty Morals, @Elks Lodge Muck & The Mires, The Dazies @ 8pm All Ages ONCE 2pm All Ages $10 $12 Thu 10/5 Dinosaur Jr., Easy Action @Sinclair 8pm 18+ $35
Mon 10/9 Winter, Peach Pit @Great Scott 9pm 18+ $9
Mon 10/9 LIVE Piano Painting by Solei + Pop up performance @ Christian Science Plaza Thu 10/5 JESUS DRINKS FREE! 1950s-70s coun- (outdoors) for ‘Opening try, gospel, soul and RnB spun by 2 atheists @ Our Doors Festival’ presented by the Jeanie Johnston 9pm-Close FREE Fenway Alliance 10am-4pm Thu 10/5 LVL UP, Loone, Littlefoot @Middle East Thu 10/5 Herbie Hancock @The Orpheum 7:30pm All Ages $ome Cost
Upstairs 7pm All Ages $12
Tue 10/10 Curta, Pink Thu 10/5 Los Bungalitos, Suffer On Acid, Black Navel, Skyjelly Palm, Martyrs, Kind Crew @UnchARTed 8pm All @Midway Cafe 9pm 21+ $8 Agfes $5-$10 Fri 10/6 Terror Pigeon, JOSS, Cyberbully, Tooky Tue 10/10 Zanois, Ozlo, Kavanagh @Deep Thoughts 8:30pm All Ages $5 Weekend Greg, Squitch, The Michael Character @O’Briens 8pm 18+ $8 Fri 10/6 KLYAM Presents: Johnnie And The Foodmasters, Picniclunch, ____Highlightreel, Dylan And The Ded Beets @Club Bohemia 8:30pm 21+ $8 Fri 10/6 Bong Wish, Dougie Poole @Jeannie Johnston 9pm $ome Cost
Wed 10/11 Japanese Breakfast, Mannequin Pussy, The Spirit Of The Beehive @Sinclair 7pm All Ages $13
Wed 10/11 No Dreams, Dog Lady Fri 10/6 Black Beach, Elephants, Mint Green @ Island, Gene Pick, Soaplands & Vehement Caress @Moon Villain BU Central 7pm All Ages Free 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Fri 10/6 Vespers 07: Taylan Susam, Polly Hanson @Washington Street Arts Center 8pm All Ages Wed 10/11 Non Event Presents: Robert Beatty + Steven Warwick @ $5-10 Le Laboratoire Cambridge 8pm All Ages $10-15 Sat 10/7 Whistle Jacket, The Double-Stops, +TBA @Pink Noise (East Cambridge) 8pm Doors All Ages $5 sugg. donation
Wed 10/11 Dyr Faser, 28 Degrees Taurus, Uranium Daughters @O’Brien’s 8pm 18+ $8
Sat 10/7 Crocodiles (San Diego), Saint Pe (of Black Lips ), Boston Cream, Second Becky @ First Parish Church (Harvard Sq) 8pm Doors All Wed 10/11 Rogozo, Time, QueeriAges $12 adv $15 day of...*A Boston Hassle and od Bomb, Department of Everything, Disembowlment Choir @ KLYAM Joint Effort* Deep Thoughts 8pm All Ages $5
Sat 10/21 Radiator Hospital, Outer Spaces, halfsour, Horse Girl @Cambridge YMCA 6pm All Ages $10
Thu 10/12 Vein, Harness, Mourned, Typecaste @Hardcore Stadium 7pm All Ages $10 Sat 10/21 M/S/T (nyc), Solid State Sun 10/1, Idea Hub: Kinetic SculpEntity, Mzungu (nyc), Prone @ tures@MIT Museum, 12-4pm Thu 10/12 BRUTAL MEASURES (Lydia Lynch/ Studio550 All Ages $5-10 suggestWeasel Walter duo), Dame, Sisters of Shad- ed…*A Boston Hassle Joint Effort* Mon 10/2, Archives Open Hours@ Harvard Art Museums, 1-4pm every dowwe @Elks 7pm all ages $12…*A Boston Sat 10/21 Obsidian Tongue, In Mon in Oct Hassle Joint Effort* Human Form, Marrowfields, Aerial Sat 10/14 ‘Nosferatu’ with live music by Jeff Ruin, Dwell In Moonblood @Sam- Mon 10/2, What about Revolution? my’s Patio (Revere) 8pm 21+ $10 Three Lectures on Aesthetic Practices Rapsis @Aeronaut Brewing 8pm All Ages after 1917@Harvard Art Museums, $10 Sat 10/21 Propagandhi, Iron Chic, and 6-7:30pm Sat 10/14 Dreamscape #12 ft. Ominous De- Heartsounds @Middle East Downs Tues 10/3, Opening Reception: Wole scent, Qi Hammer, Meta Mora Solei duo, Art 7pm 18+ $25 Soyinka: Antiquities Across Times and of the Loop, Dirt Lux visuals @Hope Central Sat 10/21 YES FEST BOSTON, Great- Place@The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery Church 8pm doors $5-$10 All Ages…*A er Boston’s Only Youth-Fueled of African and African American Boston Hassle Effort* Music and Arts Festival w/ Wild Art, 6pm - artworks include masks, Painting, Whoknowgabby & Amos head-dresses, dolls from Nigeria Sat 10/14 Primal Feelings, Sun Young, Date Stuff @Deep Thoughts 9pm All Ages $5-10 Found Alice, Smokey and Sandman, Mother Russia, Questionable Tues 10/3, 10/24, 10/31, Artist Talks: sugg. donation Dog + many more @Brookline Caitlin Cherry, Corin Hewitt, Tomashi Sat 10/14 Roz & The Rice Cakes (LP release) Teen Center $10 admission (FREE Jackson, respectively@Room 303, 808 Comm Ave. 7:30pm - the physical, the with Audrey Harrer and Anjimile @Lilypad for teens) All Ages 12-10pm... Presented by 18 Minus Collective political, the self 7pm All Ages $10 in partnership with Brookline Teen Center, Zumix, Girls Rock CamTues 10/3, Empathy for Conflict paign Boston, Newton YCCA and Resolution@MIT Museum, 6-7:30 BRAIN Arts. salon-style conversation on interpersonal conflicts Sun 10/22 Kal Marks, Rozamov, Husbandry, The Nomad Stones @ Tues 10/3 Boston Hassle VolunteerMiddle East Upstairs 8pm 18+ $10 ing: Pumpkin Painting @300 The Fenway 6-9pm Free thinking of volMon 10/16 Eye Design Presents: Twist, Sun 10/22 Mini Dresses (LP release unteering? Try volunteerhang! Baby!, Babylawns @Zuzu 10pm 21+ $5 show) with Lina Tullgren @Great Wed 10/4 and 10/5 Waiting Rooms Mon 10/16 Allysen Callery and Karen Zanes Scott 9pm 18+ $12 @Boston Museum of Science 7-9:30 @The Plough and Stars 10pm 21+ Free Sun 10/22 MDC, The Elected Of- pm $30 18+ Building-size installation ficials, Opposition Rising, Goola- exploring bureaucracy of contempoMon 10/16 Roberto Ottaviano @Outpost goon, Wimp @Hardcore Stadium rary life 186 8:30pm All Ages $ome Cost 6pm All Ages $10 Thur 10/5, Opening: The Enemy by Mon 10/16 Druj, Rik And The Pigs, Video Karim Ben Khelifa@MIT Museum, Filth, Bombers, Security @Jeannie Johnston Tue 10/24 Pujol, Eggy and the California, Flowers, Darklands Daytime and Evening hours available 21+ $8 @O’Briens 8pm 18+ $10 Daily, $10-20. Tue 10/17 Illegally Blind and Lupine GathTue 10/24 Secret Sessions Pres10/5-10/8 Future Arts Festival @Arts erings Present: Deeper, St. Ripper, Gravel, ents: Lee “Scratch” Perry @Mid East at the Armory 5:30-11pm each day Leopard Print Taser @O’Briens 8pm 18+ $10 Down 8pm 18+ $25 $15-$35 per day Boston’s Largest Contemporary Art Festival Thu 10/19 Gun Mother, Narrow Waves, Thu 10/26 Jaw Gems, Mammal Scream Castle, Gizzards, Tuft @O’Briens Dap @Thunder Road 7pm 21+ $10 Fri 10/6, Opening: For a Future to be 8pm 21+ $8 Possible/Cho một tương lai có thể có@Cyberarts Ngoc-Tran Vu and Anna Thu 10/19 Pears, Russian Girlfriends, Choke Thu 10/26 The Annual GRCB Halloween Cover Band Fundraiser Wexler 6-9pm, exhibit and participaUp @Middle East Up 8pm 18+ $13 @O’Brien’s 7pm 18+ $10 tory installation construction $5 sug. (closes 10/8) - healing intentions Thu 10/19 Shea's Lounge: A Punk DJ Thu 10/26 Yumi Zouma, She-DevNight featuring live band TBA@ ils, Photocomfort @Lilypad 7pm All Fri 10/6 Art, Science and Social Jeanie Johnston 9pm FREE Ages $12 Practice with B. Stephen Carpenter II @105 Mass Ave, Cambridge 2-4pm Thu 10/19 Monk's $Free Registration encouraged LecDream: Thelonious Monk at 100 @Jordan Sat 10/28 Eye Design Presents: Hall (New England Conservatory) 7:30pm Growing Up Spooky - Live music ture on socially engaged practice as and horror films (lineup TBA) intentionally disruptive art All Ages $ome Cost @O’Briens 8pm 21+ $ome Cost Fri 10/6 Hearing in Color: Synesthesia Fri 10/20 Boston Underground Summit 10! and the Musician @Geological LecFeaturing PANICSVILLE (25 year Anniversary Sat 10/28 Boston Hassle presents…Storytime at the Ape’s ture Hall 6:30-8:30 Free Lecture and tour), Diva Karr, Yahkel, S Nicaenum, Manes performance Prophet (VT), +DOG+, Service, and 2 more Nest LINDSAY METIVIER BIRTHDAY EDITION with Chris Braiotta, TBA! @Cambridge Elks 8pm All Ages $10 Angela Sawyer, Kate Peruzzi, Ben Fri 10/6 Laboratory of Longings: sugg. donation…*A Boston Hassle Joint Dryer, Death Shepherd, Tyler Der- the Experiments of Ani Liu @Boston Effort* ryberry, Mike Gintz, Dark Crystals, Center for the Arts 7-9pm $20 Playful Katrina Galore, Ben Selman, Talbot Experimentation Fri 10/20 Nick Shea (album release party) Talbot Talbot, Gabe Boyer, George with Sway Casey and DJ Slipwax @549 Sat 10/7 Two Year Anniversary Columbus Ave. 7:30pm All Ages $10 sugg. Luke, and M.A.C. @Industry Lab Cambridge 8pm-10pm All Ages Celebration @Abigail Oglivy Gallery donation Suggested Donation 7-10pm Sat 10/21 Illegally Blind Presents: Melkbelly Sun 10/29 Nancys, Friendly Psychic Sat 10/7, Idea Hub: 3D Printing and + TBA @Lilypad 6pm All Ages $10 Design@MIT Museum, 12-4pm Strangers, We Can All Be Sorry, Black Beach @ Sun 10/8 Gallery Talk: Josephine HalZuzu 10pm 21+ $5 vorson on Dana Schutz @ICA Boston 2-3pm Mon 10/30 Dame, Shadow Age, Security @ONCE Sun 10/8, Idea Hub: 3D Printing and 7pm 18+ $Donate$ Design@MIT Museum, 12-4pm
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Tue 10/31 Boris 25th Tues 10/10, Using Digital Tools to Anniversary Tour with Explore American Political Divides@ Endon, Mutoid Man @ MIT Museum, 6-7pm Brighton Music Hall 7pm 18+ $20 Wed 10/11, Gallery Talk: From Royal Fancy to Revolutionary Propagan-
da—Photography in the 19th-Century Iran@ Harvard Art Museums,12:30-1pm
Sat 10/21, Materials Lab Workshop: Shell Bead Carving with Elizabeth James-Perry@Harvard Art Museums, 11-1pm Wed 10/11, Public Program | Tour: Public Art and Architecture Tour@MIT List, 10-11am, 2-3pm Sat 10/21, Chain Reaction@MIT Museum, 12-4pm Web 10/11, The Comic Book Story of Video Games @MIT Museum 6-7:30pm Thur 10/12-10/14 Enchanted Forest @Boston City Hall 5-10pm Thur 10/12 TEDxCambridge 2017 @Boston Opera House
OCTOBER FILM CONTENT Sun 10/22 Breaking The Mold: A symposium on Managing Editor: Oscar Goff craftsmanship @Umbrella Community Art Center Contributing Writers: Kyle Brunet, Anders Croft, W. Mon 10/16 13TH ROUGH CUT MEDIA SCREENING Logan Freeman, Oscar Goff, Matthew Martens, Nick 1-9pm $45 for general, $25 for students @Canopy City 7-10pm free community screening Perry for video works in progress Sun 10/22, Chain Reaction@MIT Museum, 12CALENDAR BLURBS: 4pm Thu 10/19 STRIKE (1925) dir. Sergei Eisenstein @
Tues 10/24, Gallery Talk: Materials, Techniques, and History of Augustin Edouart’s Silhouettes@ Thur 10/12 Visiting Artist: Martha Rosler @Jacob Harvard Art Museums, 12:30-1pm Sleeper Auditorium 6:30-9pm Tues 10/24, Big Data 101@MIT Museum, Thur 10/12, Book Talk: Julia Bryan-Wilson: Fray: 6-7:30pm, Art and Textile Politics@Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Level 3, Bookshop, 4:30-6pm Wed 10/25, Gallery Talk: Dutch Drawings in Focus—Gentleman, Peasant, Soldier@Harvard Art Thurs 10/12 Book Talk: Julia Bryan-Wilson: Fray: Museums, 12:30-1pm Art and Textile Politics @Carpenter Center for Visual Arts 4:30-6pm Thur 10/26, Gallery Talk: Philosophy Chamber Conversations—Decay@Harvard Art Museums, Fri 10/13, Lecture: Making Room: Cartography, 12:30-1pm Collecting, and the Construction of Empire@ Harvard Art Museums,6-7:30pm Thur 10/26, Opening Reception: Heimo Zobernig: chess painting@MIT List, 6-8pm Fri 10/13 East Meets Words Featuring Kates @ East Meets West Bookstore 7-10pm $5-$20 Sat 10/28, Idea Hub: Kinetic Sculptures@MIT Museum, 12-4pm Fri-Sat 10/13-15, Performance: Birdsongs@Cyberarts Joanne Rice and Tom Plsek, at 8pm each Sat 10/28 2017 Artist Awards Closing Talks @100 night. $10-$20 sug. - a case against extinction Pier Four Boulevard 1-4pm Fri-Sun 10/13-15, Fort Point Open Studios Fri 4-7pm, Sat/Sun 12-6pm - visit the studios
Sun 10/29, Idea Hub: Kinetic Sculptures@MIT Museum, 12-2pm
Sat 10/14, Opening Reception: Kathy Soles @ HallSpace, 3-6pm
Sun 10/29 HALLOWEEN BLACK MARKET ft. homemade artwork, prints, patches, records, tees, pins, ceramics, jewelry, zines, body care, tea, vintage clothing, accessories, books @Elks Lodge Central Sq 11am-5pm SAL Ages $1 enttry *A Boston Hassle and Ignore Rock nRoll Heroes Effort*
Sat 1014 Claire Ashley: Opening Reception @ Boston University Art Gallery 3-6pm
Mon 10/16 LOST LANDSCAPES OF LOS ANGELES (2017) dir. Rick Prelinger @HFA Snippets of time-capsule quotidiana, repurposed and spectacular. Director in person!
Sun 10/1 THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970) dir. Dario Argento @BRATTLE Argento’s horror-mystery classic.
COOLIDGE The Soviets’ master mythmaker’s first feature bristles and bites. Live score by Alloy Orchestra!
Mon 10/2 MOTHERLAND (2017) dir. Ramona Diaz @ Fri 10/20 RAWHEAD REX (1987) dir. George Pavlou BRATTLE @COOLIDGE Newborns for miles in a Manila maternity ward. Ireland will never be the same. Presented by The DocYard - Director via Skype! New digital restoration! Also screens 10/21 Fri 10/6 VAMPIRE’S KISS (1988) dir. Robert Bierman @MFA Nic Cage goes full meme. Mon 10/9 Indigenous Resistance Day Film Screening @Ayni Institute 6:30-8pm Instead of celebrating Columbus Day
Fri 10/20 SOLARIS (1972) dir. Andrei Tarkovsky @ BRATTLE Lost in space, lost in memories. New restoration! Screens through 10/22 w/ STALKER
Sat 10/21 FIGHT: New Filmmakers Workshop @ Thur 10/5, Public Program | Film Screening: Citizen- The Cape Ann Cinema and Stage 11am-2pm Film Intervening Getting High Team (F.I.G.H.T. for short) four@MIT List, 6-8pm Tue 10/10 OPEN SCREEN @ will serve as a vehicle for troubled 18 - 25 year olds COOLIDGE who have been directly affected by drug abuse. Open mic for filmmakers-- BYOF! Tue 10/10 THE MOLE PEOPLE (1956) dir. Virgil Vogel @BPL Vintage subterranean monster mash. Free!
Tue 10/24 THE BEYOND (1981) dir. Lucio Fulci @ COOLIDGE Legendary Italo-gore baffler recut by its legendary composer! Live score by Fabio Frizzi!
Thu 10/12 BADLANDS (1973) dir. Terrence Malick @ Thur 10/26 THE MONSTER SQUAD (1987) di. Fred BRATTLE Dekker @COOLIDGE The genesis of Malick’s cinematic career! Better than The Avengers. Author Jim Shepard in person! Thur 10/12, Public Program | Film Screening: Citizenfour @MIT List, 6-8pm
Sat 10/28 HALLOWEEN HORROR MARATHON @ COOLIDGE DON’T LET YOUR BUTT FALL ASLEEP...
Sat 10/14, Harvest Banquet Special Exhibition: Alexa Guarglia @Gallery 263, 6-9pm Tues 10/31, Gallery Talk: Spooky, Bloody Times— Thu 10/12 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABUPrints of the French Revolution@Harvard Art Mon 10/30 CARRIE (1976) dir. Brian De Palma @ LOUS STAINS (1982) dir. Lou Adler @COOLIDGE Sat 10/14, Symposium: The Room Where It Museums, 12:30-1pm COOLIDGE Definitive girl-punk classic! Happens: On the Agency of Interior Spaces@ High school is hell and then you die. Harvard Art Museums, 10am-5pm Tues 10/31, Gallery Talk: The 500th Anniversary of Double feature w/ CHRISTINE Fri 10/13 FRIDAY THE 13TH: PARTS II & VII Martin Luther’s 95 Theses@Harvard Art Museums, (1981/1988) dir. Steve Miner/John Car Buechier @ Sat 10/14 SOULS OF WOMEN: Womanism, Arts, 3:00-3:30pm Tue 10/31 PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1987) dir. John ROCKY WOODS Music and Social Change @Zumix 6-8pm, Panel Carpenter @BRATTLE The first appearance of Jason paired with Jason vs. discussion of black and brown female artists Ongoing, Exhibit: Handled@Gallery 263 (closes A cylinder of green goo + satan = apocalypse??? Carrie. The simple one with the ridiculous one! 10/7) Double feature w/ GHOSTBUSTERS Outdoor double feature - presented by Coolidge Sat 10/14, Family FUNstruction@MIT Museum, Ongoing, Exhibit: Unveiled HallSpace Drawing Corner Theatre! 6-8:30pm Project 2017@HallSpace (closes 10/7) Tue 10/31 PREVENGE (2016) dir. Alice Lowe @ Ongoing, Exhibit: Please Interrupt If You Don’t EMERSON Fri 10/13 THE FLORIDA PROJECT (2017) dir. Sean Sun 10/15, Scratch@MIT Museum, 12-2pm Understand@A.R.E.A. (closes 10/14) A fetus compels its mother to search the land for Ongoing, Exhibit: Feeling Feeling Emmy Bright & Baker @COOLIDGE blood! Sean Baker’s follow up to his hot indie film, TANGERWed 10/18, Gallery Talk: After Leonardo da Vin- J.R. Uretsky@the Distillery (closes 10/14) - earnest Free! INE! No iPhones this time. ci@Harvard Art Museums, 12:30-1pm notebook art Ongoing, Special Exhibition: “Richard Yarde: Por- Area premiere! LISTINGS NOTE: Thur 10/19, Gallery Talk: The Daguerreotype traits”@UMass Gallery (closes 10/27) Below is the venue abbreviation key: Fri 10/13 THE ROOM (2003) dir. Tommy Wiseau @ as Democratic Image@Harvard Art Museums, Ongoing, Exhibit: Chinese Dreams@Bakalar & AERONAUT - Aeronaut Brewery (Somerville) COOLIDGE 12:30-1pm Paine Galleries - reverberations of the cultural BERKLEE - Berklee Performance Center A film with the passion of Tennessee Williams. revolution BPL - Boston Public Library (South Boston branch) Thur 10/19, Public Program | Film Screening: Ongoing, Exhibit: Immortal City @Rose Art MuseBRATTLE - Brattle Theatre November Actions@MIT List, 6-7:30pm um, Kevork Mourad paintings - fantastical witness Sat 10/14 Home Movie Day 2017 @Somerville Me- COOLIDGE - Coolidge Corner Theatre dia Center Film drop-off and registration: 12:00 am of destruction EMERSON - Bright Lights Emerson Thur 10/19, Opening: Big Bang Data@MIT Ongoing, Exhibit: Urbano Encounters: Eight Years to 1:00 pm Film screening: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm HFA - Harvard Film Archive Museum, of Creating Social Change in Boston@Urbano MFA - Museum of Fine Arts Boston Sat 10/14 SUSPIRIA (1977) dir. Dario Argento @ interventions ROCKY WOODS - Rocky Woods Reservation (MedCOOLIDGE Thur 10/19 Opening: We Just Fit, You and I @ Ongoing, Exhibit: Judith Leeman: arvensis@Proof Dario Argento’s terrifying look into the world of a field) Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Opening Re-Gallery - systemic imagination WGBH - Yawkey Theatre, WGBH twisted ballet school. ception 5-8pm bodies and architectures Ongoing, Exhibit: Dana Schultz@ICA $15 Free New uncut 35mm restoration! Also screens 10/17 Thurs 5-9pm - the queen of muck paintings Please see our sister website BostonHassle.com/ Thur 10/19 Geoffrey Chadsey: Heroes and Ongoing, Exhibit: Carmen Papalia: Open Access: w/ INFERNO Film-Flam for our full listings w/ showtimes and Secondaries @Boston University Art Galleries Practicing Accessibility Together@Gallery 344 other info. FILM FLAM SEEKS VOLUNTEERS!!! 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Fri 10/20, Me(dia) Response: self-awareness and 7:30 pm & 10:00 pm Director in person! activism through art-making | Part 3: Creative Ongoing Fafnir Adamites Action@MIT List, 12-2pm - participatory work- & John Christian AnderSun 10/15 CAT VIDshop son @ Boston Sculptors EO FEST @BERKLEE Gallery What more do you Sat/Sun, 10/21 & 10/22, Boston Art Book Fair@ Ongoing Brendan Killian need to know?! Boston Center for the Arts Mill Gallery noon - @ The Gallery at The Gate 6pm - Organized by BCA and Bodega Ongoing Darkness Made Sun 10/15 NOSFERVisible: Derek Jarman and ATU (1922) dir. F.W. 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10/5 Pile, Kal Marks @Club Metronome (Burlington, VT) 8pm 18+ $10-12 10/8 Saint Pe, Crocodiles @ArtsRiot (Burlington, VT) 7:30pm All Ages $10-12
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10/10 Japanese Breakfast, Mannequin Pussy, spirit of the beehive @Space Gallery (Portland, ME) 7:30pm All Ages $10-12 10/22 Sinkane, The Kominas @Space Gallery (Portland, ME) 8pm All Ages $12-15
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10/4 Live NNA Music featuring Kalbells, Erica Eso, Ryan Power, Tredici Bacci, Patrick Higgins, Lea Bertucci, Birthing Hips, Wren Kitz @Brooklyn Bazaar 7pm All Ages $10-15 10/6 Guerilla Toss, Eartheater, Platinum Vision @Our Wicked Lady (Brooklyn) 8pm 21+ $ome Cost
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10/6 Pile, Rick Rude, Greed Island @3S Artspace (Portsmouth, NH) 8pm All Ages $8-12 10/27 Greed Island, Goddard, Hoop, Connecting Chasms @Sue's 7pm All Ages $ome Cost
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10/7 Fernand Pinto Presents: The Real Kids, Daddy Long Legs, Jacques Le Coque @Cafe Nine (New Haven, CT) 9pm 21+ $15 10/8 Mountain Movers, Rob Noyes, Stefan Christensen, Alexander @Willimantic Records (Willimantic, CT) 3pm All Ages $7
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