ON THE TOWN
A weekly guide to the arts in Boston September 10 - 18 Compiled by Fred Choi
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Avalon
Next: 423-NEXT.
Sept. 15: Edwin McCain + the Beth Hart Band, $15.
Sept. 16: Cheap Trick + Guided by Voices, $20.
Berklee Performance Center
Berklee College of Music
1140 Boylston St.
Free student recitals and faculty concerts, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. some weekdays. For info. on these concerts, call the Performance Information Line at 747-8820.
Sept. 10: John Prine, $26.50, $22.50. Call Ticketmaster for tickets.
Oct. 16: Cesaria Evora, $28, $24.
Centrum Centre
Ticketmaster 931-2000.
Sept. 10: Alan Jackson with Andy Griggs & Brad Paisley, $27.
Sept. 12: Lenny Kravitz, Smashmouth, Buckcherry, $35, $25.
Fleet Center
Ticketmaster: 931-2000
Sept. 21-22: Backstreet Boys. Both shows sold out.
Sept. 24: Celine Dion, $75, $59.50 and $39.50.
Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts (Great Woods)
Ticketmaster: 931-2000.
Sep. 11: R.E.M. $39.50 pavilion, $29.50 lawn.
The Middle East
Ticketmaster: 931-2000.
Ticket prices vary. Call 354-8238 for more info.
Sep. 10: Banjo Spiders.
Sep. 10: Cibo Matto.
Sep. 11: Low.
Sep. 11: Royal Trux.
Sep. 12: Swingin' Utters.
Sep. 12: PTL Klub.
Sep. 13: June of 44.
Sep. 15: Southern Culture On The Skids.
Sep. 15: Botanica.
Sep. 16: Genius/GZA.
Sep. 16: Cave In.
Sep. 17: The Mr. T Experience.
Sep. 18: The Upper Crust.
Sep. 19: Super Furry Animals.
Paradise Rock Club
Next: 423-NEXT.
Sept. 14: L7 + School Of Assassins (cd release). $10 adv., $12. day of.
Sept. 15: Manic Street Preachers + Remy Zero. $10 adv., $12. day of.
Jazz Music
Regattabar
Concertix: 876-7777
Ticket prices vary. Call 661-5000 for more info.
Sept. 10-11: Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters (four shows).
Sept. 14: Dominique Eade Quartet.
Sept. 15: Eric Reed Trio.
Sept. 16-18: New York Voices (five shows).
Sculler’s
Ticketmaster: 931-2000
Ticket prices vary. Call 562-4111 for more info.
(All performers have two shows per day unless otherwise noted)
Sep. 14: Jane Bunnett and Spirits of Havana.
Sep. 16: Arturo Sandoval.
Sep. 17-18: Mose Allison.
Sep. 22: Kendrick Oliver and the New Life Orchestra.
Sep. 24-25: Rebecca Parris and Friends.
Sep. 27: Brad Conner (one show).
Sep. 28: John O'Neil and Jan Peters (one show).
Classical Music
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tickets: 266-1492.
Performances at Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston unless otherwise noted.
Oct. 1,2. Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection.” Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Paula Delligatti, soprano;
Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano; Tanglewood Festival Chorus; John
Oliver, Chorus conductor. Tickets available: $34, $27 Oct. 1, $24 Oct. 2.
Theater
Blue Man Group
Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton Street, Boston, indefinitely. Curtain is at 8 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, at 7 and 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 3 and 6 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets $35 to $45. Call 426-6912 for tickets and information on how to see the show for free by ushering.
Shear Madness
Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 Warrenton Street, Boston (426-5225), indefinitely. Curtain is at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, and at 3 and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets $30-34.
1999 Out on the Edge Festival of Lesbian & Gay Theater
At the TheaterZone, 100 Captains Row #306, Chelsea, MA 02150, (617) 887-2336. All performances will be held at the BCA Theater, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street, accessible by both the Orange and Green MBTA lines. Call theater for ticket prices and reservations.
Wild Nights
Sep. 10, 11 at 8:00 p.m., Sep. 12 at 2:00 p.m. With Emily by Madeleine Olnek, directed by Olnek & Stormy Brandenberger featuring Deb Margolin as Emily Dickinson. The Theater Offensive is proud to present Olnek's newest red-hot romp. The Village Voice declared that star “Deb Margolin’s Emily is fabulously unstrung, provoking frequent laughs with her pop-eyed edge of hysteria.” Thirty characters, songs and dances, and a peek at the action underneath Emily's hoop skirt!
Before I Disappear
Sep. 10, 11 at 10:00 p.m., Sep. 12 at 7:00 p.m., with musical director Andrew Azzarello. Recently featured Greg Louganis on stage. Billings' hit musical show is a classic, heart-warming, autobiographical story of a little boy who grows up to marry his high school sweetheart... except that by then they're both lesbians. Complete with drugs, drag shows, tricks, and triumphs.
Exhibits
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
280 The Fenway, Boston. (566-1401), Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $10, $7 for seniors, $5 for students with ID ($3 on Wed.), free for children under 18.
The museum, built in the style of a 15th-century Venetian palace, houses more than 2500 art objects, with emphasis on Italian Renaissance and 17th-century Dutch works. Among the highlights are works by Rembrandt, Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, and Whistler. Guided tours given Fridays at 2:30 p.m.
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Ave., Boston. (267-9300), Mon.-Tues., 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Wed., 10 a.m.-9:45 p.m.; Thurs.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. West Wing open Thurs.-Fri. until 9:45 p.m. Admission free with MIT ID, otherwise $10, $8 for students and seniors, children under 17 free; $2 after 5 p.m. Thurs.-Fri., free Wed. after 4 p.m.
Mon.-Fri.: introductory walks through all collections begin at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; “Asian, Egyptian, and Classical Walks” begin at 11:30 a.m.; “American Painting and Decorative Arts Walks” begin at 12:30 p.m.; “European Painting and Decorative Arts Walks” begin at 2:30 p.m.; Introductory tours are also offered Sat. at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Permanent Gallery Installations: “Late Gothic Gallery,” featuring a restored 15th-century stained glass window from Hampton Court, 14th- and 15th-century stone, alabaster, and polychrome wood sculptures from France and the Netherlands; “Mummy Mask Gallery,” a newly renovated Egyptian gallery, features primitive masks dating from as far back as 2500 B.C.; “European Decorative Arts from 1950 to the Present”; “John Singer Sargent: Studies for MFA and Boston Public Library Murals.”
Gallery lectures are free with museum admission.
Museum of Our National Heritage
33 Marrett Rd., Lexington, 02421. (781-861-6559). Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Admission free.
The Museum presents an exhibition of 93 rare and beautiful photographs drawn from the celebrated collection discovered in the attic of the Medford Historical Society in 1990. One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of Civil War photographs to survive, the Medford pictures are nationally known for their breadth and depth of subject matter. Through Nov. 14.
Museum of Science
Science Park, Boston. (723-2500), Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fri., 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission free with MIT ID, otherwise $9, $7 for children 3-14 and seniors.
The Museum features the theater of electricity (with indoor thunder-and-lightning shows daily) and more than 600 hands-on exhibits. Ongoing: “Discovery Center”; “Investigate! A See-For-Yourself Exhibit”; “Science in the Park: Playing with Forces and Motion”; “Seeing Is Deceiving.”
Ongoing: “Everest: Roof of the World”; “Living on the Edge.” Admission to Omni, laser, and planetarium shows is $7.50, $5.50 for children and seniors. Now showing: “Laser Depeche Mode,” Sun., 8 p.m.; “Laser Offspring,” Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; “Laser Rush,” Sun., 9:15; “Laser Beastie Boys,” Thurs.-Sat., 9:15 p.m.; “Laser Floyd’s Wall,” Fri.-Sat., 10:30 p.m.; “Friday Night Stargazing,” Fri., 8:30 p.m.; “Welcome to the Universe,” daily; “Quest for Contact: Are We Alone?” daily.
Commonwealth Museum
220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, 02125. Located across from the JFK Library. Hours: M-F 9-5, S 9-3. Admission is Free. For more info. or to arrange a tour, call 617-727-9268.
The Archaeology of the Central Artery Project: Highway to the Past
The exhibit focuses on life in Colonial Boston as interpreted through artifacts recovered from the “Big Dig” before the construction began. Artifacts and information on display examine leisure activities, tavern life, the life of three colonial women, and Native Americans.
Other Events
The End of the World hosted by Crash 22
Oct. 2, 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. at The Revolving Museum (288-300 A St., Boston, MA) A millenium-end arts explosion to benefit AIDS Action. Boston-based band Crash 22 will host a charity event at the Revolving Museum designed to infuse new life into the Boston Arts community and to benefit the AIDS Action Committee. The twelve-hour event will feature live music (including the Allstonians, Jess Klein, and others), visual art, readings from writers and poets, film, fashion, and interactive events. The event is co-sponsored by WBCN 104.1 FM and Tremont Ale. Tickets $15 available at the door or by calling 617-868-0198.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey
Ticketmaster 931-2000.
Oct. 15-24. “The Greatest Show on Earth” is returning to the FleetCenter. Fun for the whole family! $35 (VIP), $25, $15 and $10.
The Dance Complex
526 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA, 02139, (617) 547-9363.
Sept. 19 at 5 p.m. Recycled Lives. New and recent works by Nancy Marsh. $5.
Oct. 15, 16 at 8 p.m. debrabluth/jesterfly. A multi-media performance event.
Herbert Hoover: Examining the Evidence
Sept. 13 at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum (Columbia Point, Boston, MA, 02125). A one-day conference exploring the life, the career, and the myths surrounding the 31st President of the United States. From 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Includes the lectures “Herbert Hoover: Political Orphan,” “Hoover and the Progressive Ideal,” “Hoover
Confronts the Great Depression,” and “Hoover’s Unlikely Friendships: Joseph P. Kennedy and Harry S. Truman,” plus others. Free to the public, but reservations are recommended. For reservations or more information, call (617) 929-4571.
Films of Marcello Mastroianni
At the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 02115. For tickets and more information, call 369-3770. Tickets are $7, $6 MFA members, seniors, students, unless otherwise noted.
White Knights by Luchino Visconti (Italy/France, Le notti bianche,
1957, 107 min.). Visconti set this Dostoevsky story (later adapted by Pyriev and Bresson) in contemporary Italy, imbuing it with the look and movement of dreams. Shy Mastroianni falls for a strange, sweet girl (Maria Schell) who spends her time yearning for a sailor (Jean Marais) who promised to return after a year had passed. Sep. 10.
La Notte by Michelangelo Antonioni (1961, 122 min.). The second film in Antonioni's trilogy (along with L'Avventura and L'Eclisse) on what he called “the great emotional sickness” of the era, La Notte is widely acclaimed as one of the finest films in cinematic history. Mastroianni plays a famous writer who feels his talents are completely spent; Jeanne Moreau plays his disenchanted wife. The film tracks a day in their life from an afternoon visit to a dying friend through an all-night literary party. Sep. 15, 16.
La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini (1960, 174 min.). Sep. 18.
Enrico IV by Marco Bellochio (1984, 95 min.). Sep. 23.
“Sargent Summer” in Boston
Local cultural institutions present exhibitions and programmes about the masterful American artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925).
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Through Sep. 26: Sargent: The Late Landscapes: The exhibit represents the first in-depth exploration of an overlooked aspect of the artist’s career. Late in his life, Sargent began refusing portrait commissions to paint landscapes professionally. The fourteen paintings and watercolors are taken from collections throughout the United States and Europe.
Museum of Fine Arts
Through Sep. 26: An exhibit of 160 Sargent works, including his finest oils, watercolors, and studies for murals - some never before exhibited. In collaboration with the Tate Gallery, London, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, the exhibit will feature portraits of influential figures of the time, including Monet, Rockefeller, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Isabella Stewart Gardner. To coincide with the exhibition, the MFA is restoring its famous Sargent murals, begun in 1916. For more info., call 267-9300.
The Boston Public Library
Continuing each Sat. through Sep.: Tours of Sargent’s murals in the library and talks on his life.
Jeff Robinson Trio: Performance and Poetry Jam
Oct. 9, 8 p.m. at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Blacksmith House, 56 Brattle, Cambridge, MA. The Jeff Robinson Trio will be performing their critically acclaimed CD entitled Getting Fixed, as well as hosting an open mike poetry jam. The trio is receiving wide acclaim for its music and jazz poetry projects. Tickets: $5. Call (617) 547-6789 for more information.
Chang-rae Lee Reading
Riverhead Books is pleased to announce that Chang-rae Lee, author of the critically acclaimed Native Speaker, will be coming to Boston on Friday, October 1 as part of a national tour to promote his new book, A Gesture Life. Lee will read from the book at Wordsworth (30 Brattle Street, Cambridge) at 6 pm. Reception open to the public at 5.
The Samaritans 5K Run/Walk
Oct. 16: At 10 a.m., first annual Run/Walk along the Charles River, designed to boost awareness about suicide prevention, and to raise funds for the only suicide prevention center in Greater Boston. All proceeds from the event will be used to benefit The Samaritans’ supportive and life-saving services. Prizes given to the top finishers of various age categories, and first 250 registrants will receive complimentary t-shirts. Pre-reg. fee: $12. For more info., call 617-536-2460.
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