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Looking back on what has been a devastating year, I think about the many powerful works of art that have cut through the pervasive doom and provided the perspective or hope needed by so many of us. Some of the most notable of these include the public artwork of Sam Durant in Concord, Mehdi Ghadyanloo’s mural on the Greenway, Tala Madani and Edgar Arceneaux at MIT, Walid Raad at the ICA, Carrie Mae Weems at Harvard, and the concurrent shows of Steve Locke this fall in the South End. The works of these artists vary in their political intensity, but all speak to the urgency of the situation of our continually divided world. Some uncover a latent optimism as in the rising figures of Ghadyanloo, or Madani’s female empowerment through the rather brutal emasculation of the male portrait, while the installations of Durant and Locke directly emphasize our inability to learn from a long history of racial injustices. What I find so encouraging is the unblinking directness with which these artists address us. We should not be allowed to hide from the realities that are lived by our neighbors, or that we suppress in ourselves, particularly in a city that so often faultily believes itself to be a bubble free of fear and inequality. —Maggie Jensen Image: Steve Locke, School of Love, Samsøn Projects, 2016 (installation view). photo: Maggie Jensen
Notes from the crew
FILM Anastasia Cazabon, the mind behind Grrl Haus Cinema, describes the Boston-born festival as an effort to represent female filmmakers who are criminally undervalued. Emphasizing independent and DIY filmmaking, the event boasts a diverse roster of twenty female artists coming from a wide range of backgrounds, both local and international. It’s the kind of event that feels rare to the filmmaking community—a chance to submit your work and embrace the identity that makes it speak. Likewise, it’s a chance for the community to give these artists the support and opportunity for feedback they are all too often robbed of in a male-dominated industry. So what does that mean for you? It means that coming out to Grrl Haus is more than just buying a ticket. Your attendance at this event shows your support to a new generation of filmmakers whose unique voices and expanding visions challenge the increasingly familiar and stale material of our current visual arts. The list could go on and on as to why you should be here, but the real question is: why wouldn’t you be here? This event is kickass and supports the arts. Featuring work by: Samantha Adler de Oliveira, Silvia Biagioni, Kristin Bonelli Pearson, Alayna Cabral, Kelsie Cabral, Sophia Cacciola, Silvia Camagni, Rachel Cole, Ashley Czajkowski, Alison Folland, Anne Forte, Çağıl Harmandar, K8 Howl, Eimi Imanishi, Kate Jessop, Morwenna Kearsley, Natalja Kent, Cara Kuball, Daphna Mero, Jenny Plante, Jessica Renzelman, Homa Sarabi and Kim Venable. Mon 12/19 @Brattle Theatre, $10 —Andy Houldcroft
This month there are TWO monumental misadventures manifesting right here in town—and we wanna direct your gaze to both! What’s more? These are two long time local homies dropping new tunes in our eager eardrums. Round 1—December 10th—Lilypad: The sultan of subtlety, the acoustic autocrat, the maestro of magnificent six string manifestations Rob Noyes is releasing his new album to you, and me, and everyone. Noyes has been hailed for his sweeping, complex fingerstyle guitar playing, which is both technically celestial and sonically heartwarming. If you were standing naked on Mass Ave in January, his tunes would be the sweater you so desperately need. He’ll be filling our souls alongside other local luminaries including world renowned finger guitarist Glenn Jones, a giant. Donna Parker will also be waiting in the shadows to welcome us into her sonic sepulcher along with the inimitable Animal Hospital. Hey art historians, did I mention the album cover was done by the legendary Raymond Pettibon?! Come snag this wax. Round 2 - December 16 - Zayre’s Parking Lot (you know what’s up): Wiry cabinets of curiosity that interweave blasts of distorted electro fuzz and jarring bursts of word salad, Angela Sawyer’s sets bring out the WOW and the HUH? in all of us. If you’re unfamiliar, come into the fold and pick up one (or both!) of her TWO count’em TWO new records: Croaks out on Feeding Tube, and On the Pedestrian Side out on Weird Ear. She’ll also have a fresh cassette and a 7” from her hardcore band, -1, for sale too. Wow! This evening she’ll be providing us with a glimpse into her unique void alongside Steve Norton and Andrea Pensado, Hard Rugs, Noisebreaker, Matt Robidoux, Id M Theft Able and more. So many contemporary free jazz, experimental electronic, implausible performance purveyors that our heads are likely to explode (or implode?) It remains to be seen. Be there to find out. Sat 12/10 Rob Noyes (LP release) with Glenn Jones, Donna Parker, Animal Hospital @Lilypad 10pm All Ages $10 Fri 12/16 Angela Sawyer LPs Release Show! @Zayre’s Parking Lot w/ Hard Rugs (Keith Waters, Jesse Collins), Steve Norton/Andrea Pensado, Noisebreaker (MC5 style goof band with drummer Alan Richardson) and Mark Johnson/Id M Theft Able/Matt Robidoux soopergroop plus MC Ethan Marsh with Angela Sawyer backing. 8pm All Ages $5-10 *A Boston Hassle Effort* —Michael Achille
OK. We somehow made it through 2016. Just about Through rain, anyways.. The world lost sleet & snow Pauline Oliveros today, one of the many tragic losses this it's year, making this past month particularly dismal. Many seem to be content with the comfort the social media echo Not a lot on my radar for gigs this month. Some spatterings of Hardcore gigs like AHC fest as chamber provides but not us, well as Street Dogs and Mighty Mighty Bosstones gigs... this restless bunch chooses to create in the face of futility. In Negative Approach opens the month up with Waste Management December 1st at Hardcore fact we are really looking forward to 2017 and the ongoing process Stadium in Central Sq. and ending the month and year is the "New Year's Siege" gig with of reducing community strain and increasing community gain. Boston area Outsider Hardcore legends SIEGE playing with Sadist, Leash, Rejiem, Nycterent, Talking about organizing, promoting, attending and all that... Guilt and more at Red Alert Skatepark in Dover, NH. Rejiem has just recently released a new tape EP which they plan to cut to vinyl called "Forced We applied for two programming grants and win or lose we’re To Live In Such A Cruel World" on M39, Funeral Cone's LP "Turn Me On Dead Man" comes out mid December on 100% Breakfast, Purgatory demo is letting the process itself influence our activities in 2017 - the idea recorded (no word on a release date), Sadist's 2nd ep "Beauty Fades" coming out soon on Hardcore Victim, Video Filth/Mutant Itch split ep co-released by Dark Raids/Total Fucker Records out sooner, Laughing Stock 3rd cassette out sometime! is to do less shows so that we may spread our resources further. We have always tried to book every show that was requested Funds Needed! of us, doing 10-15 a month for the past several years, providing Artist and Satanic activist, Jex Blackmore, is raising funds to support her project, "A Compelling State Interest" a site-specific film that captures the opportunities and funding to hundreds of artists a year. But now experience of a woman waiting in a motel room for her abortion procedure over the course of twenty-four hours. with so many other folks booking DIY shows in town that need has To learn more visit: www.JexBlackmore.com/donate decreased and the need for promo has increased, so we adjustin’. We will continue to meet every Monday to bolster Boston culture and all are welcome. We’re also offering new internships at many of P l a c e s Yo u C a n H a n g . . . . . W i t h U S ! The Compass Production team!!! the area colleges so that we can give credit where credit is DUE. As fall rolls into winter, we bid adieu to our dearest Production Manager Reynaldo de la Fuente, who has been an absolute boss keeping tabs on So do something with yourself and let us know how our org can the production of this humble rag. Best of luck to you in your journeys ahead. Meanwhile, we remain committed to the production of this important support you. We aren’t going anywhere. cultural resource. These listings not only provide valuable information for sweet happenings around town, they also uplift and inspire the folks in our —Sam P creative community who are listed. Moving forward means changes and new faces, which means that there is an opening on our production team! If you've ever wondered how this newspaper gets created, it is through the efforts of real people just like you who do real things that you, yes you, have the capacity to do! We seek self-motivated, organized individuals with a passion for making an impact in the world around them. We cannot offer compensation for this 5 hr/week position but the reward is great. You will gain experience creating a real publication by the people for the people. You will gain a network of dedicated creators and passionate individuals—you will gain brain. Email Emma@brain-arts.org if you are interested in being considered for this position.
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MUSIC GIGS Tue 11/1 Mitski, Fear Of Men, Mal Devisa @ Paradise 8pm 18+ $16 Thu 12/1 Dead Elect, Tin Flowers, Personal Space @ONCE 8pm 21+ $5-8 Thu 12/1 America's Hardcore Fest w/ Negative Approach, Waste Management, Hardware, Chaos Cross, Rare Form @Hardcore Stadium 6PM All Ages $20 Thu 12/1 Rallidae (NYC) album launch tour, with Custom Drummer (members of Listening Woman!) @Gallery 263 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Fri 12/2 Solo Sexx (record release), Miss Geo, Nikolas (NYC), and DJ Afropanther (W Mass) plus a few burlesque and drag performances between sets @Building 19 & 3/4s 8pm All Ages $5-10 *Presented by Boston Hassle and Riot Darlings Booking* Fri 12/2 America's Hardcore Fest w/ Peacebreakers, Praise, Wild Side, Glory, Faze @ Hardcore Stadium 5pm All Ages $20 Fri 12/2 Planned Parenthood Benefit featuring Deathdealer, Big Mess, Mail Thief, Kids Luv Cops @Democracy Center 7pm All Ages $5-10 Fri 12/2 High Command, Brazen Gate, Disavow, The Hurt Ensemble, The Oracle @Hotel Vernon (Worcester) 8pm 21+ $8 Fri 12/2 Fiesta Melon, Streight Angular @ Plough & Stars 10pm 21+ $5 Sat 12/3 America's Hardcore Fest w/ Fury, Unified Right, Big Contest, Protester, Hard Stripes, Krimewatch, Civic Duty, FREE @Middle East Upstairs 12pm All Ages $20 Sat 12/3 America's Hardcore Fest w/ Power Trip, Freedom, Forced Order, Impalers, Gag, Red Death, Lock, Depths of Reality, Warfare @ Hardcore Stadium 6pm All Ages $25 Sat 12/3 Stephanie Germaine, Tyrone Jones, James Discovers, Jarva Land, Tom Ass10, Fat Shuggy @Somewhere in JP 3pm All Ages Donate about $5
Sat 12/3 Benefit for Standing Rock: Art show + live performances TBA @Distillery 5pm All Ages $Donate Sat 12/3 Standing Rock Benefit afterparty: DJ’s TBA @Firebrand Saints 10pm Sat 12/3 Angela Sawyer @The Know Show 8pm All ages $ome Cost
Sun 12/4 More Than This @Democracy Center 8pm All Ages $5 Sugg. Donation Sun 12/4 JP Holiday Flea Market @Spontaneous Celebrations 1pm All Ages Free Mon 12/5 Scanners with Craow, Isabella, Pod Blotz, DJ Won’t @hour spot 9pm All Ages $10-15
Over Brass @Middle East Upstairs 7pm All Ages $10
Mon 12/5 Seek n Find and Rad Castle Present: Escape-ism (Ian Svenonious solo), Shells (MI), Luxardo and Jim Leonard @Zuzu 10pm 21+ Free
Fri 12/9 Guerilla Toss, Nice Guys, Wydyde, Steep Leans @Pozen Center Massart 8pm All Ages $5
Tue 12/6 Illegally Blind Presents: Ultimate Painting, Eztv, Doug Tuttle, John Andrews & the Yawns @Middle East Upstairs 7pm All Ages $12
Fri 12/9 Benefit for Feminist Fiber Art and Father Bills & Main Spring featuring Gravel, Poor Baby, Prior Panic, Elizabeth Colour Wheel @ Makeout Point 8pm All Ages $5-10
Tue 12/6 American Wrestlers, Varsity, Sinnet @ Great Scott 9pm 18+ $10
Sat 12/10 Squelcher (Record Release), Gobby, Benjamin Boeldt (Baltimore) and PRONE w/ visuals by Christopher Konopka @Filene’s Basement 8pm All Ages $10 suggested *Boston Hassle Joint*
Tue 12/6 Non Event Presents: Reinier Van Houdt @Goethe-Institut Boston 8pm All Ages $10-15 Tue 12/6 Black Beach, Vein, Shrink, Deficiency @O’Briens 8pm 18+ $8 Tue 12/6 December Fem Showcase! Featuring Raq City, Prior Panic, Single White Female, Alaina Stamatis @Midway Cafe 8pm 21+ $5
Sat 12/3 Nice Guys, Ricecrackers, Mint Green, Nick Owen, Gatsby @Makeout Point 8pm All Ages $5-10
Sat 12/10 E, Lotus Ignite, Articles of Audio, Medical Maps @Midway Cafe 9pm 21+ $8 Sat 12/10 5th Annual Wrong Brain Holiday Bizaare @Millspace (Newmarket, NH) 11am All Ages $1 Sat 12/10 3rd Annual Neutrinos Holiday Special with Idiot Genes, Eric and the Nothing, + special guest @News Cafe (Pawtucket) 8pm All Ages $6
Sat 12/3 Eye Design Presents: Personal Space, All Talk, Peace Prize @Plough and Stars 10pm 21+ $5
Sat 12/10 Downtown Boys, Space Camp, RUUNE, Perennial @Flywheel Arts Collective 7:30pm All Ages $10 Sat 12/10 Rob Noyes (LP release) with Glenn Jones, Donna Parker, Animal Hospital @Lilypad 10pm All Ages $10
Sat 12/3 JP Holiday Flea Market @Spontaneous Celebrations 1pm All Ages Free Sat 12/3 Dr. Bewkenheimer, Seven Hill Psycho, The Deadites, At Will @Ralph’s Diner (Worcester) 8pm 21+ $15 Sat 12/3 Picnic Lunch, Hill Haints, Wishroom @No Problemo (New Bedford) 10pm All Ages Free Sat 12/3 Pushing a Brain II featuring White Cube (mtl), Skin Tone (mtl), Grasspath (w. ma), Matt Robidoux (w. ma), Blankets (mtl), Forbes Graham (bos), State Vector, Collapse (btv), Wren Kitz (btv), Kevin Bloom & The Static Circus (btv), Throat of the Loon (btv), DaVen Wilder (btv), Gahlord Dewald (btv), Ouzkxqlzn (btv), Caleb Humphrey (btv), Shepherd of the Choir (btv), Iams(btv) @Burlington City Arts 4pm All Ages $10-20 Sun 12/4 Red Fang, Torche, Whores @Sinclair 8PM 18+ $20 Sun 12/4 Midway or the Highway Open Mic Night w/Angela Sawyer and Gabe Stoddard @ Midway Cafe 9PM 21+ Free Sun 12/4 Ordinary Affects presents music by Antoine Beuger and John Lely performed by: Morgan Evans-Weiler, J.P.A. Falzone, Noell Dorsey, Stephanie Clarke, Laura Cetilia @ Washington St. Arts Center 7pm All Ages $ome Cost
Wed 12/7 Twin Peaks, together Pangea, Golden @Sinclair 9pm All Wed 12/7 MOLT Department of EveryPope, Kar’Nam @Midway 21+ $6
Daze Ages $17 CORPS, thing, New Cafe 8pm
Thu 12/8 Downtown Boys, Dent, Funeral Cone @Middle East Upstairs 8pm All Ages $12 Thu 12/8 Stove, Primal Feelings, Sun Young, Mothers Day @Deep Thoughts 8pm All Ages Thu 12/8 Flasher, Swim Team, Halfsour, Notches @O'Brien's 8pm 18+ $10-12 Thu 12/8 John Malia & Marie Sonderskov, Forbes Graham and Dan Wick, Jorrit Dijkstra Ensemble @Washington St. Arts Center 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Fri 12/9 Peter Murphy @Middle East Downstairs 7pm 18+ $25 Fri 12/9 Major Stars, Taiwan Housing Project, Mini Dresses, KSZNK (Ben from Bent Shapes) @O'Brien's 8pm 21+ $8 Fri 12/9 Morne, Kyoty, Phantom Glue, Chrome
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Sat 12/10 People of the North, BIG A little a, Joel Roston @Deep Thoughts 8:30pm All Ages $5-$10
Sun 12/11 Black Market @ Cambridge Elks Lodge 11-5pm All Ages $1 *Presented by Boston Hassle and Ignore Rock and Roll Heroes* Sun 12/11 Chris Cohen, Beach Toys, Lina Tullgren @Lilypad 10pm All Ages $12 Sun 12/11 Midway or the Highway Open Mic Night w/Angela Sawyer and Gabe Stoddard @ Midway Cafe 9PM 21+ Free Sun 12/11 Non Event Presents: VOUTCHKOVA/ THIEKE DUO Micro Worlds + Blurred Music @Goethe-Institut Boston 7pm All Ages $ome Cost Sun 12/11 X__X (OH), New England Patriots, Shiny Beasts @ Middle East Upstairs $12 18+ 7pm *A Boston Hassle Effort* Sun 12/11 Foodman (Japan), DJ Fulltono (Japan), Giant Claw (OH), Ice Joke @Gross Outlet 8pm ALL AGES $10 presented by Boston Hassle and Orange Milk Records Mon 12/12 Turned Out A Punk Live with Damian Abraham @Great Scott 9pm 18+ $15 Mon 12/12 Big Mess, Pixels, CosMc @Charlie’s Kitchen 9pm 21+ $5 Mon 12/12 KLYAM and Rad Castle present X-Mas Freakout! featuring Tiki Twins @Zuzu 10pm 21+ Free
ME: 12/2 What We Can Do: First Friday VT: 12/3 Pushing a Brain II featuring Racial Justice Non-Profit Fair @SPACE White Cube (mtl), Skin Tone (mtl), Gallery (Portland, ME) 5pm All Ages Grasspath (w. ma), Matt Robidoux (w. Machines With Magnets (Pawtucket) ma), Blankets (mtl), Forbes Graham 9pm All Ages $8 ME: 12/10 Contempt, Prison Hit, (bos), State Vector, Collapse (btv), WMASS: 12/3 Hut VI : Chris Corsano, RI: 12/17 Japanese Breakfast, EsV-Sect, Combatant @Central Gallery Wren Kitz (btv), Kevin Bloom & The Jacob Fried, Katie Martin @School for kimeaux @Columbus Theater (Provi(Bangor, ME) 6pm All Ages $5 Static Circus (btv), Throat of the Loon Contemporary Dance and Thought dence) 7pm All Ages $10 (btv), DaVen Wilder (btv), Gahlord (Northampton) 8pm All Ages $10 ME: 12/16 Wedding Camp, Diva Cup, Dewald (btv), Ouzkxqlzn (btv), Caleb RI: 12/17 Sweet Jesus, V-Sect, HardBuddusky, Badfellows @SPACE Gallery Humphrey (btv), Shepherd of the Choir WMASS: 12/3 Acorns In the Blender ware, Holy Hands, Slow Death, Line of (Portland, ME) 8pm All Ages $8 (btv), Iams(btv) @Burlington City Arts Presents… Sunburned Hand Of The Sight, Brother @Aurora (PVD) 9pm All 4pm All Ages $10-20 Man, Gnaw, Weeping Bong Band and Ages $5 VT: 12/3 Final 242 Main Show! featuring Desmadrados Soldados De Ventura My Revenge!, Get A Grip, Fight Back, NY: 12/8 Ramp Local presents PC Wor(UK) @13th Floor Music Lounge 9pm $7 NH: 12/1 Colin of Arabia, Guilt, LunHellascope, Spies In America, Rough ship, (New England) Patriots, neolibz for 21+ $10 for 18+ glust, Iron Gag, War Graves @Shaskeen Francis, The Path, Suburban Samuand LGHQ @Sunnyvale 8pm All Ages Pub (Manchester, NH) 9pm 21+ Free rai, Vultures Of Cult, Better Things, $10 WMASS: 12/4 Phantom Erratic #11 fea- NH: 12/10 5th Annual Wrong Brain Hol- Cbrasnke, The Wards, Be Aggressive, turing Azpackt, Pod Blotz, Craow, Boy iday Bizaare @Millspace (Newmarket, Tyler Daniel Bean, Noodle, Sink Or NY: 12/10 Impalers, Haram, Subversive Harsher @Jane Doe Jr. (Greenfield) NH) 11am All Ages $1 Swim, The Red Summer Sun, Doom Rite, Exotica @Don Pedro (Brooklyn) 8pm All Ages $10 Service, Mr. Doubtfire, Reverser, Pola- 8pm All Ages $ome Cost NH: 12/16 Holiday Noise featuring roid Love @242 Main (Burlington, VT) WMASS: 12/9 Chris Weisman, Larkin Experimental Santa, SSS, Jen Gelineau 12pm All Ages NY: 12/13 Sad13, Vagabon, Emily Reo, Grimm, Daikon Radish, French Neg@Ratskellar (Dover, NH) 8pm All Ages Told Slant @Baby’s All Right (Brooklyn) ative @Mixed Nuts Co-op (Amherst) $ome Cost 8pm 21+ $10 9pm All Ages
GET OUT OF TOWN! CHOSEN SHOWS OF RI: 12/14 Forced into Femininity, VOSP, NEW ENGLAND AND BEYOND Power Monster, Thornn, YÜ//F @
NY: 12/13 Dead Companionship, DOG, S.S.S (OH), and PVSSY Heaven @THE GLOVE 9pm All Ages $8 NY: 12/14 Ava Luna, Sarah Kinlaw, Fits @Shea Stadium (Brooklyn) 8pm All Ages $ome Cost CT: 12/3 Bad Heaven (ex-Snowing), Bilge Rat, Stampeter (last show), Art School Girls, Ice Cream Orphan @ Bloomfield Village Pizza (Bloomfield, CT) 7pm All Ages $8-10 CT: 12/9 Krem on Wool, Underwear, Id M Theft Able, Wendy Eisenberg @Crunch House (West Haven, CT) 7:30pm All Ages $ome Cost CT: 12/17 Rob Noyes, The Mountain Movers, Alexander @Willimantic Records (Windham, CT) 6pm All Ages $ome Cost
Tue 12/13 Basement, Citizen, Turnover @Royale 7:30pm All Ages $22.50
10pm 21+ Free
Wed 12/14 Experimental Santa, SSS (ohio) ,Victoria Shen, Confusion Band @Allston Spot 9pm All Ages $5-10
Tues 12/27 Holidazed Cover Band Spirit Lifter! w/ Ween (members of Fat Creeps), Grateful Dead (members of Guerilla Toss, ZEBU!, Mystical Misfits), Duet Town - Sally Horowitz (Secret Lover) & Eric James Yankus-Franco sing famous duets and Creedence Clearwater Revival (dust from 1000 yrs) @Midway 8pm 21+ $5 Presented by Deep Thoughts JP
Thu 12/15 Forced into Femininity, TRIM, CYBERBULLY, Journey to the Center of the Colon @Deep Thoughts 8:30pm All Ages $5-$10
Thu 12/29 Shaves: A Story Telling show featuring Angela Sawyer @a spot 8pm All Ages $Donate$
Fri 12/16 Hallelujah The Hills, Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion, Crooked Coast @ Great Scott 10pm 21+ $10
Thu 12/29 Disposable America Showcase featuring Horse Jumpler of Love, Soft Fangs, Funeral Advantage, Saccharine, Lilith @Great Scott 8pm 18+ $10
Fri 12/16 Angela Sawyer LPs Release Show! @ Zayre’s Parking Lot w/ Hard Rugs (Keith Waters, Jesse Collins), Steve Norton/Andrea Pensado, Noisebreaker (MC5 style goof band with drummer Alan Richardson) and Mark Johnson/Idm Theftable/Matt Robidoux soopergroop plus MC Ethan Marsh with Angela Sawyer backing. 8pm All Ages $5-10 *A Boston Hassle Effort*
Sat 12/31 Diarrhea Planet, Vundabar @Sinclair 8pm 21+ $25 Sat 12/31 Somerville Symphony Orkestar, Dirty Bangs @ONCE 8pm $20
Fri 12/16 Dreamscape #8 featuring Jada Yvette, Lexi Havlin, John Shakespear, and Wire Panic @Hope Central Church (JP) 7:30pm All Ages $ome Cost
Tue 11/1 Lecture: Meriem Bennani @Boston University, 7:30-9pm
Wed 12/14 Sad13, Vagabon, Emily Reo, Told Slant @Middle East Upstairs 8pm 18+ $10
Fri 12/16 237, SEA, Black Table and Of The Sun @Trendy Shit Town 8pm All Ages $5 Sat 12/17 Mercury On Mars, Electric Street Queens, Il Mostro, Black Tourmaline @O'Brien's 8pm 21+ $8 Sat 12/17 You People (release show), Brown Lasers, Furanimal @Lilypad 10pm All Ages $8-$10 Sat 12/17 Rob Noyes, The Mountain Movers, Alexander @Willimantic Records (Windham, CT) 6pm All Ages $ome Cost Sat 12/17 Grizzler @WSAC 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Sun 12/18 Eskimeaux (Solo), Japanese Breakfast (Solo) @Middle East Upstairs 1pm All Ages $12 Sun 12/18 Magic Shoppe, UUBBUURRUU @O’Brien’s 8pm 18+ $8 Sun 12/18 6th Annual JP Rocks and Rolls Record and Art Fair @Spontaneous Celebrations 11am All Ages Free Sun 12/18 Planned Parenthood Benefit featuring Fucko, Planet of Adventure, Great Lakes, and Yoni Gordon @Great Scott 9pm $10 Sun 12/18 Midway or the Highway Open Mic Night w/Angela Sawyer and Gabe Stoddard @ Midway Cafe 9PM 21+ Free Mon 12/19 Rad Caslte Presents: Old Hat and Earth Heart @Zuzu 10pm 21+ Free Tue 12/20 Non Event Presents: Abdul Sherzai @Café Fixe 7pm All Ages $5 Wed 12/21 Unearth, Worshipper, Soul Remnants, Swivel @Sinclair 7:30pm 18+ $18-20 Thu 12/22 Dirty Fences, Zip-Tie Handcuffs, The Pragmatics, Burns Bone Death @Great Scott 9pm 18+ $10-12 Sun 12/25 Midway or the Highway Open Mic Night w/Angela Sawyer and Gabe Stoddard @ Midway Cafe 9PM 21+ Free Mon 12/26 Rad Castle’s Santa Surprise! @Zuzu
ART SHOWS Thu 12/1 Vigil: 25 Years of Medicine Wheel @ Cyclorama, open 24hrs Thu 12/1 Gallery Talk: The Materiality of Mourning @Harvard Art Museum, 12:30-1pm Thu 12/1 Reception: Bing Lin: Sonic Scenery: gameLAN 2.0 @Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 6:30-8:30pm Fri 12/2 Exhibition: Measuring the Well @Lens Gallery, 6-8:30pm Sat 12/3 Dance: On Display: A Movement Installation @Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 12-1:30pm & 3-4:30pm Sat 12/3 Artist Talk: The Living Room Project with Gabriel Sosa @Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1-3pm Ends 12/4 Exhibition: Ebony G. Patterson: Dead Treez @808 Gallery, Boston University Ongoing The Artist’s Museum @Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston Mon 12/5 Lecture: Chus Martínez: The Duck is the Übermensch @MIT Act Cube, 6-8pm Mon 12/5 Artist Talk: Carrie Mae Weems: Past Tense/ Future Perfect @Brattle Theater, 4pm Mon 12/5 11th Annual Photo Book Auction @ Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 5:308pm Tue 12/6 Lecture: Yto Barrada @Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2-3:30pm Wed 12/7 Lecture: VALIE EXPORT: Medial Imaginations @Harvard Art Museum, 6-7:30pm Fri 12/9 Reception: APATHiE @Distillery Gallery, 7pm Ends 12/10 Exhibition: BLAA Exhibition trans/ draw @Gallery 236 Ends 12/11 Exhibition: Martine Gutierrez: True Story @Boston University Ends 12/11 Exhibition: J.R. Urestsky: What I Found Out There @Boston University Ongoing Public Art: Mehdi Ghadyanloo: Spaces Of Hope @Dewey Square Park Fri 12/16-Sun 12/18 Performance/Installation: PERMEATE @Mobius, 7pm Ends 12/17 Exhibition: Jennifer Schmidt: Palmed the Thumb @Proof Gallery
Ends 12/18 Exhibition: Fertile Solitude @Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts Ends 12/21 Exhibition: Justin Kimball: Elegy @ Carroll and Sons Ends 12/21 Exhibition: Raúl Gonzalez: Forbidden Frontera @Carroll and Sons Ends 12/23 Exhibition: EL YUMA: Cuban contemporary art @A R E A Ongoing Exhibition: Embodied Absence: Chilean Art of the 1970s Now @Carpenter Center Ongoing Exhibition: Nick Cave: Until @MASS MoCA Ongoing Exhibition: Christian Marclay: The Clock @Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Ongoing Exhibition: Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning @Harvard Art Museum Ongoing Exhibition: Edgar Arceneaux: Written in Smoke and Fire @MIT List Visual Arts Center
FILM
SCREENINGS Managing Editor: Oscar Goff Contributors: Kyle Amato, Kyle Brunet, W. Logan Freeman, Oscar Goff, Andy Houldcroft, Matthew Martens, Nick Perry, Pablo Torroella Wed 11/2 THE INTRUDER (1962) dir. Roger Corman @SOMERVILLE Shatnerian-yet-timely racial parable Thurs 12/1 JACKIE (2016) dir. Pablo Larraín @ BRATTLE Artistic First Lady biopic. Free preview screening! Thurs 12/1 GREEN ROOM (2015) dir. Jeremy Sauliner @EMERSON A punk rock horror flick. Punk’s not dead...yet Free! Fri 12/2 TRAILER APOCALYPSE @COOLIDGE Bob Murawski’s movie trailer holiday Fri 12/2 EVOLUTION (2015) dir. Lucille Hadzihalilovic @BRATTLE From mother’s murk emerge monsters and men Area premiere – screens through 12/8 Sat 12/3 GANJA & HESS (1973) dir. Bill Gunn @ HFA Experimental Black vampire horror
Fri 12/16 LA LA LAND (2016) dir. Damien Chazelle @COOLIDGE A musical ode to everything good and bad about the creative capital of the world Sat 12/17 KRAMPUS (2015) dir. Michael Dougherty @BRATTLE Like Santa, but wants you dead Sat 12/17 INLAND EMPIRE (2006) dir. David Lynch @MFA David Lynch at his most confounding Also screens 12/30 Wed 12/21 LETHAL WEAPON (1987) dir. Richard Donner @BRATTLE Unhinged Mel Gibson back when it was endearing Thurs 12/22 CERTAIN WOMEN (2016) dir. Kelly Reichardt @MFA Slow cinema saddling big stars with sad souls. Also screens 12/28 & 12/29 Fri 12/23 JURASSIC PARK (1993) dir. Steven Spielberg @MFA A theme park filled with prehistoric carnivores. What could go wrong? Also screens 12/24, 12/31 Fri 12/23 KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005) dir. Shane Black @BRATTLE Neo-noir Badass satire Sat 12/24 THE MASTER (2012) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson @MFA Is Philip Seymour Hoffman a cult leader or visionary? Damn good movie either way Also screens 12/28 Mon 12/26 DETECTIVE STORY (1951) dir. William Wyler @BRATTLE Dumb detective meets moral ambiguity Wed 12/28 PATHS OF GLORY (1957) dir. Stanley Kubrick @BRATTLE Kirk Douglas and his butt chin battle the injustices of war Fri 12/30 CASABLANCA (1942) dir. Michael Curtiz @BRATTLE They’ll always have Paris For more in-depth coverage of the Boston cinescene, check out : http://www.BostonHassle.com/Film-Flam
LISTINGS NOTE
Below is the venue abbreviation key: Coolidge Corner Theatre – COOLIDGE Harvard Film Archive – HFA Museum of Fine Arts Boston – MFA Somerville Theatre – SOMERVILLE
Sun 12/4 A VIDEO CHRISTMAS WITH GEORGE & KAREN (1989-2001) dir. George Kuchar & Karen Redgreen @HFA Holiday cheer from the Underground Thurs 12/8 BLUE VELVET (1986) dir. David Lynch @MFA “Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!” Also screens 12/15, 12/18 Fri 12/9 - Thurs 12/15 THE DEKALOG (1988) dir. Krzystof Kieslowski @BRATTLE The entire searing sequence, newly restored! Fri 12/9 SIGN O THE TIMES (1987) dir. Prince @ BRATTLE Ultra-rare concert 4 U Screens thru 12/11
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Sat 12/10 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) dir. Steven Spielberg @MFA Doo doo DOO doo doo... w/ discussion by author Ben Mezrich!
1369 Cambridge Lilypad Cambridge Tres Gatos Jamaica Plain Midway Cafe Jamaica Plain Boca Studios Somerville Thrift Shop of Boston Roslindale Out of the Blue Cambridge City Feed Jamaica Plain
Sat 12/10 EYES WIDE SHUT (1999) dir. Stanley Kubrick @COOLIDGE Downward spiral Into underground erotica
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Thurs 12/15 DIE HARD (1988) dir. John McTiernan @COOLIDGE Festive Christmas movie featuring Bruce Willis trapped in a building
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Fri 12/16 RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE (2010) dir. Jalmari Helander @ COOLIDGE He knows when you’ve been bad, so you better be good... Fri 12/16 IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) dir. Frank Capra @BRATTLE Capra’s Christmas Classic comes to Cambridge Screens through 12/18
1 COMIC ARTISTS: (1) Justin Mulkern (2) Emma Sophia Cancelada (3) Brian Connolly
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Art in this issue by Sela: sisterjanet77@gmail.com
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AriesThe only difference between you and China's Smog-Sucking Tower is that after the sucking, the air around the tower is 55% cleaner, and the air around you smells 55% more like crotch. New Year's Resolution: try steaming your crotch Lucky Show: Forced Into Femininity @ Deep Thoughts JP Taurus It turns out that your sibling who identifies as a "festival girl" has brought several LED hula-hoops and a dazzling set of fairy wings to Standing Rock, as though they are necessary contributions of solidarity with the tribes actively blocking the Dakota Access Pipeline. Kindly ask your parents to buy her a one-way ticket home and then cancel her credit card. New Year's Resolution: grow herb(s) at home Lucky Show: Femme Identified Showcase ft Alaina Stamatis ;) @ Midway Cafe Gemini As luck would have it the person you have become involved with has an annoying fetish, like sneezing or being bludgeoned with a wrestling trophy. Spend the remainder of your
time together collecting information about their upbringing. That way, when you raise children of your own (elsewhere), you can know to avoid these fuck-ups. New Year's Resolution: win a trophy Lucky Show: Vermin Supreme @ Out of the Blue Too Cancer You're a yoga instructor with a piously restrictive diet and laminated drawings of various gurus strewn about your house. Yet when the local sushi place botches your order, you leave them three threatening Yelps and stake out the preschool of the General Manager's son. Where's your Om, baby? New Year's Resolution: be more flexible Lucky Show: "Ween" @ Midway Cafe Leo You will eavesdrop on some unfortunate nerds talking about how they’re “always crying after orgasm because of the chemtrails” but that they're "getting good at rolling joints thanks to all the fluoride." Don’t start feverishly writing it down so you can repeat it back with accuracy or post it for Likes. Just enjoy the moment. New Year's Resolution: fashion a hat from tin foil
Lucky Show: Stove @ Deep Thoughts JP Virgo Sometimes you wag the dick but most of the time the dick wags you. New Year's Resolution: reign it in Lucky Show: Guerilla Toss @ Mass Art Libra As the weather gets shitty, you find yourself gaining weight and failing all of your classes. Take an evening to watch YouTube videos of Eastern Europeans with guitars doing "Dirty Work" covers and, as you can imagine, you’ll like yourself again. New Year's Resolution: send the maid home early, like 1000x before Lucky Show: Aa @ Deep Thoughts JP Scorpio Discover the comfort that comes when you realize the person for whom you spend a lot of energy boiling over with hatred, coincidentally thinks that you're trash, too.
movements Lucky Show: Eskimeaux @ Middle East Capricorn While you're at home eating ice cream and feeling sorry for yourself, your mouth agape, your mind transfixed on an episode of House of Cards that you've already seen, remember that ice cream actually melts from your spoon and that it will get on your ankles and then you'll experience the ever-painful ankle-freeze, and what's worse, no one will believe you. New Year's Resolution: buy more socks Lucky Show: Chaos Cross @ Hardcore Stadium Aquarius This horoscopic season you'll be surprised by what qualifies as a toilet seat. New Year's Resolution: zip-tie life together Lucky Show: Ian Svenonius @ ZuZu
New Year's Resolution: inner peace Lucky Show: Major Stars @ O'Brien's
Pisces The deli guy isn't lonely or bored; when you came to the register he opened up to you because you're a shaman.
Sagittarius You're not just getting away, you're going to Chili's. New Year's Resolution: more consistent bowl
New Year's Resolution: encourage the deli guy to stock Club Mate Lucky Show: Mike Gordon (of Phish) @ Sinclair