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THE BIG THREE HASSLE FEST 8!! 11/4-11/5 @Brighton Music Hall featuring Wolf Eyes, Girlpool, Pharmakon, Silver Apples, Guerilla Toss, Doomsday Student, Bugs and Rats, Ava Luna, Sad13 and so many more!
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Hear ye, hear ye, come one, come all, to the next great collaborative DIY music fest of the Fall! I’m talking HASSLE FEST 8!! The latest incarnation of our underground, above ground, all around dance/bob/ slam jam of a party happening not this month but next on Nov. 4th and 5th (we wanted to give you plenty of time to realize the epicness of this year's lineup). Did I say epic? I meant friggin legendary. We got them classic, hard to nab performances by Wolf Eyes and Silver Apples (Silver Apples?!? you heard right). Girlpool’s soft rock with a Mike Tyson lyrical punch plus local ex-pats G.Toss (#needsnointro), the power hungry Bugs and Rats, Sadie Dupuis’ solo project Sad13, the celestial Ava Luna, the mind bending Surface to Air Missive (is that a flippin recorder?!) and the apocalyptic Doomsday Student (ex-Arab on Radar, WHAT?!?). Lemme drop some science on you — icebergs exist mostly underwater, you can only ever just get a glimpse of the tip. Same goes for HF8 cuz we got SO MUCH MORE coming at you...this is just the tip of the berg. Stay tuned for more announcements in the coming weeks and get advance tix now!! Already so worth it, only gonna get better. www.bostonhasslefest.comto 1960s youth culture, alive to the possibilities of vivid color, aggressive design, and Godardian editing, and as virtuosic with the infinite varieties of irony as Ozu, for instance, was sensitive to the subtleties of human emotion. Mining a then faintly scandalous but now merely fashionable fascination with underworlds and their underfolk, Suzuki’s best-known late ‘60s works (Branded to Kill, say, and Tokyo Drifter) are jazz-soaked gems set among yakuza, prostitutes and night clubs, and subject to the avant-pop tricks then in trade. — Matthew Martens
MOMENT // OF // CLARITY PLACES YOU CAN
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these rad places that supported Hassle Fest 8 FILM Presidential elections can be draining. Popular media can diminish elections to ugly play-by-plays, instead of informing viewers on the intricacies of proposed policy. The media offers back-and-forth bloodsport to consume as ideological and interest groups clash over overarching narratives. Problematically, this presentation turns us into spectators who exist to up ratings. It makes us understand our role in the likes of major social change as a television viewer. Punditry, cable news networks, and sound bites all help us feel informed every four years. However, the overwhelming nature of this coverage makes it feel as if federal elections are the end-all in enacting change that affects everyday life. Though voting in federal elections is undoubtedly important and should be encouraged, the nature of their coverage downplays the relevance of local policy, which affects immediate issues such as education, affordable housing, and cultural development. Beyond practical policy measures, psychologically, feeling like a spectator to a political drama can be demoralizing. The American public, the couch-dwelling contingent, is forever “watching from home” instead of working to make their community better. Rhetoric from major media sources often causes us to forget that we have the ability to vote and dedicate ourselves to such community improvement. There is an essential magic in movement, the cause and effect of understanding oneself as a specific impetus for change. Not everyone is a policymaker, but even a small amount of engagement with local politics can make a difference. Find Nov. 2016 local ballot measures by Googling “Mass. gov Current Petitions Filed”. Find more information about state elections here: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/
PAM GRIER, SUPERSTAR! Fri 10/7-Sat 10/8 @HFA $12
From #OscarsSoWhite to the proposed orientalization of Scarlett Johansson, representation in film has never been a hotter-button issue. It is remarkable, then, to think that one of the most bankable stars of the 1970s was a black woman working almost exclusively in independent film: Pam Grier. A strong female lead in the male-dominated, not-alwaysdignified world of blaxploitation cinema, by turns funny, soft, chilling, and extraordinarily badass — Grier could command the screen like no other. Moreover, she was simply a great actress, something Quentin Tarantino took note of when he revived her career with JACKIE BROWN in 1997. Yet, apart from a few nominations for that film, Grier, with sad predictability, has been neglected by mainstream award shows. Fortunately, Grier will get her due this month at Harvard, where she will be named this year’s W.E.B. DuBois Medalist. On Friday, 10/7, Grier will be onhand to introduce her iconic performance in FOXY BROWN (1976), followed by a conversation with the great Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Grier will return on Saturday, 10/8, to introduce her triumphant return in JACKIE BROWN. It’s an unmissable opportunity for anyone even slightly interested in film-- and a great excuse to watch some kickass movies.set among yakuza, prostitutes and night clubs, and subject to the avant-pop tricks then in trade. — Oscar Goff
NOTES // FROM // THE // CREW
This November will mark the fourth consecutive Hassle Fest that I’ve helped to plan. I was initially asked to write this column to discuss all of the work that I’ve put into this year’s Fest (spoiler alert: it’s been a sh*tload). As I type this, it’s impossible to imagine Hassle Fest growing to this magnitude without the dedication and perseverance of dozens of volunteers, local businesses, and countless others both in--and out--of the music scene. Brighton Music Hall — and Lance Tobin in particular — have been incredible to work with. If you see Lance on the street, give him a high five. But the Fest is so much more than the venue, the lineup, or our incredible sponsors, some of whom have generously supported the Fest for multiple years. After the countless hours our volunteers spend updating our website and social media (and receiving incessant emails from me about tweaking it), soliciting sponsors, setting up our art installation, designing poster and program artwork, planning—and executing—our fundraising video campaign, and doing a myriad of other tasks that I can’t think of at the moment; it’s the sum of all the hard work that each of these people put in for months leading-up to the Fest that makes it the freakin’ awesome event that I look forward to each year (with equal parts anxiety and excitement). I’m proud to be a part of such a dynamic team of volunteers and I’m psyched to share our collective efforts with you on November 4 & 5. Rock n’ roll, Dan M.
ART Christian Marclay’s The Clock @Museum of Fine Arts Boston
On view through Jan 2017 (24hr screening Fri 10/14- Sat 10/15) In Ben Lerner’s novel 10:04 (2014), the protagonist attempts to arrive at a screening of Christian Marclay’s art installation The Clock (2010) in time for the clip from the film Back to the Future (1985) where Marty is able to return to 1985. This will occur at 10:04 pm in all three realities. But he doesn’t make it. We, the reader, anticipate the protagonist’s arrival at the film for the very reason that we already know the title of Lerner’s text, and therefore know it is important. But when the appointed time is missed, and the character readjusts his expectations and continues to watch the Marclay piece, we are left hanging in our expectation. This is the brilliance of The Clock. Assembled from thousands of film and television clips where a clock face is visible on screen, each clip corresponds to the viewer’s real time. The resulting experience breaks down the illusion of cinematic escapism and our individual desire to order our experiences of time as a linear trajectory. However, we remain caught in the addictive moment where expectation meets climax unable to become disentangled from our cultural conditioning. — Maggie Jensen
Sun 10/9 (New England) Patriots, Essential Tremors (TN), Suicide Magnets (RI) @The Fat Man 8pm All Ages $5-10 *A Boston Hassle Effort*
Hips), Jordonna (Dreebs/PC Worship) and Noa Mori @Outer Limits 10pm All Ages $5-10 *A Boston Hassle Effort*
Mon 10/10 Duchess Says, Future Punx, Full Color, Los Condenados @O’Brien’s 8PM 18+ $10…*A Boston Hassle Joint Effort*
Sun 10/16 Told Slant, Puppy Problems, Yowler @Great Scott 9pm 18+ $12-14
Tue 10/11 Patti Smith (musician, artist, and author of new book M Train) in Conversation with Michael Patrick MacDonald @Berklee Performance center 7pm All Ages $25
view the full calendar at bostonhassle.com
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Tue 10/4 Jenny Hval, Olga Bell @Great Scott 9pm 18+ $12
Sat 10/1 75 Dollar Bill, Major Stars, Wendy Alembic @Deep Thoughts 8:30pm All Ages $Donate$ Sat 10/1 Diarrhea Planet, Western Medication @Sinclair 8pm 18+ $15 Sat 10/1 The Queers, Svetlanas, the Fantastic Plastics, Oc45, Kyle Trocolla @Middle East Upstairs 4pm 18+ $10 Sat 10/1 Ordinary Affects Presents: Morgan Evans-Weiler @Washington St. Arts Center 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Sat 10/1 Y2K International Live Looping Festival featuring Frank Difficult, EDT-Emily Dix Thomas, Lucid, Brain Integrative Project (FR), MANDOMAN-Hideki Nakanishi (JP), Sylvain Poitras (CAN), Cindy, Sawprano (CA), WD-41~Willie Oteri/Dave Lazcko (TX), Zu-Krewe (AS220 Youth) @AS220 9pm All Ages $7-10 Sun 10/2 Poster Children @Great Scott 9pm 18+ $15 Sun 10/2 Diarrhea Planet, Western Medication @Fete (Providence) 7pm $15 Sun 10/2 Brujeria @Brighton Music Hall 7pm 18+ $20 Sun 10/2 Illegally Blind Presents: Kikagaku Moyo, Herbcraft, E, 28 Degrees Taurus @Middle East Upstairs 7pm All Ages $12 Sun 10/2 Y2K International Live Looping Festival featuring Shawn Greenlee, HOST-Alex Maddalena, House Red, Jeremy Joubert, LIE GROUP-Chris Anderson (PVD)/Thomas Bell (MI) Collette McCaslin (CA), Ed Osborn, and Caroline Park @AS220 4pm All Ages $ome Cost Mon 10/3 Ash, Hawai @Middle East Upstairs 8pm 18+ $23 Mon 10/3 Built To Spill, Hop Along, Alex G @ Paradise 7pm 18+ $26 Mon 10/3 Thee Cavemen, Sticker Shock, Heartbreaker, Andy California @Zuzu 10pm 21+ Free Mon 10/3 Matt Weston, Sheer Anxiety, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ @Washington St. Arts Center 8pm All Ages $Donate$ Tue 10/4 Titus Andronicus, Happiness, A Giant Dog @Brighton Music Hall 6pm All Ages $18 Tue 10/4 A Global Threat, Savageheads, Cinderblock, Piss Dogs @Mid East Up 8pm 18+ $10 Tue 10/4 Monthly Fem Showcase! featuring Peach Ring, DENT, Olivia W-B, Pinky Promise @ Midway 8pm 21+ $5 Tue 10/4 Shaves: A Night of Storytelling w/Angela Sawyer @a spot 9pm All Ages $ome Cost Tue 10/4 Bastian Void, GS Sultan (NYC), Belarisk (Pvd), Peter Seligman (NYC) @ O’Briens, 8pm 21+ $5-10 sliding *A Boston Hassle Effort*
DISCOVER THE OTHERS
GET OUT OF TOWN! CHOSEN SHOWS OF NEW ENGLAND AND BEYOND WMASS: 10/7 Rick Rude, Dot Gov, Bunny's A Swine, Husks, Jesse R Berlin @Firehaus (Worcester) 6pm All Ages $5 WMASS: 10/14 Ghosts of Jupiter w/ special guests Atlas Lab @Electric Haze (Worcester) 8pm 21+ $8-10 RI: 10/2 Diarrhea Planet, Western Medication @Fete (PVD) 7pm $15 RI: 10/2 Profligate, Valise, POOL, RRLEW @Machines with Magnets
Tue 10/11 Public Speaking, Domestique, House Red, Blevin Blectum, Droplet @Aurora (PVD) 8:30pm All Ages $7
Mon 10/17 Teenage Fanclub, Skylar Gudasz @ Sinclair 7pm 18+ $23 Mon 10/17 Eye Design Presents: Cinemechanica, Idle Pilot, Never Give a Goat the High Ground, Great News @O’Briens 8pm 18+ $8 Tue 10/18 Caveman, Cheerleader @Great Scott 9pm 18+ $13
Tue 10/11 Non-Event Presents: Offal (Danny from Fat Worm of Error) @Cafe Fixe 7pm All Ages $5
Wed 10/19 Non-Event Presents: Olivia Block and Animal Hospital (solo) @Metropolitan Waterworks Musuem 6:30 All Ages $10-15
Wed 10/12 Lysten Boston Presents: Dyr Faser, Public Speaking, Anda Volley @Middle East Corner 9PM 18+ $5
Thu 10/20 Illegally Blind Presents: Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Earthquake Party! @Middle East Upstairs 8pm 18+ $12
Wed 10/5 St. Ripper, Video Filth, Pandemix @ Ol’ Yeller 6pm All Ages $6
Wed 10/12 Allston Pudding Presents: halfsour (EP release show), Kindling, Big Eyes, Laika’s Orbit, daephne @Mid East Up 7pm All Ages $10
Fri 10/21 Scanners “Raw Scan” w/ HOGG, Andy Ortmann, Unguent, Truck Stanley’s Night Dreams, & DJ Won’t @Hassle HQ
Thu 10/6 Saint Vitus, The Skull, Witch Mountain, Magic Circle @Middle East Downstairs 7pm 18+ $20
Wed 10/12 Discharge, EyeHateGod @Brighton Music Hall 8pm 18+ $26
Thu 10/6 Eric Gagne @Union Coffee Co. (Milford, NH) 7pm 21+ $5
Thu 10/13 Illegally Blind Presents: Sales, Roz and the Ricecakes, Strange Mangers @Middle East Upstairs 8pm All Ages $14
Fri 10/21 Burn, Incendiary, Glory, Chaos Cross, New Vision @Hardcore Stadium 6pm All Ages $20
Wed 10/5 The Faint, Gang of Four, Pictureplane @Paradise 7pm 18+ $25 Wed 10/5 Porches, Japanese Breakfast, Rivergazer @Sinclair 8pm 18+ $15
Thu 10/6 Pantha du Prince @Sinclair 9pm 18+ $18-20 Thu 10/6 Nice Guys, Rick Rude, Bunny’s a Swine, Horse Girl @O’Briens 8pm 18+ $5-10 Fri 10/7 Rock Against The TPP w/ Mirah, Debo Band, Taina Asili, Bell's Roar, Evan Greer @ Spontaneous Celebrations 6pm All Ages Free Fri 10/7 Littlefoot, Friendship, Du Vide, Request Freebird, Tuxis Giant @Modesthaus 8pm All Ages $5 Fri 10/7 Ovlov, Donovan Wolfington, Caddywhompus, Maura @Mid East Up 8pm 18+ $10 Fri 10/7 Sarah Hennies, John Krausbauer, Luke Martin (Ensemble) @Washington St. Art Center 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Fri 10/7 HONK Fest 2016 featuring La Fanfare Invisible (Paris, France), Original Pinettes Brass Band (New Orleans, LA), Le Pompier Poney Club (Marseille, France), Extraordinary Rendition Band (Providence, RI) @ ONCE 8:30pm All Ages
Fri 10/21 Footings, Gun Mother, Planet of Adventure @O’Briens 9pm 18+ $ome Cost
Thu 10/13 Illegally Blind Presents: NOTS, The World, Funeral Cone, Birthing Hips @Zuzu 9pm 21+ $10
Sat 10/22 Eye Design Presents: Kal Marks, Dicaprio, Warehouse, Birthing Hips @O’Brien’s 8pm 21+ $8
Thu 10/13 Beware The Dangers Of A Ghost Scorpion! with Dead Trains, Dr. Gasp @ONCE 8pm 21+ $5-10
Sat 10/22 Chris Corsano, Sheer Anxiety (Pensado/Strunk) and Peach Ring w/ MC Angela Sawyer @Caldor’s 8pm All Ages $8 Suggested *A Boston Hassle Effort*
Thu 10/13 Andrew Weatherall, Mike Swells, Coralcola, Baltimoroder @Middlesex 8pm 21+ $20 Fri 10/14 Cosmonauts, Gymshorts, Future Spa, Atlantic Thrills, Eric & The Nothing @Jerky’s (Providence) 7pm $10 Fri 10/14 PRE~Halloween Bong Wish as Ween Mini Dresses as Beat Happening Birthing Hips as Mariah Carey/Sonny Sharrock @Lilypad 10pm All Ages $ Fri 10/14 Elka Bong (Al Margolis and Walter Wright) @Church of the Advent 7pm All Ages $ome Cost Fri 10/14 Request Freebird, We Can All Be Sorry, White Laces, Jarva Land, The Owens @Trixie’s Palace 8pm All Ages $5
Sat 10/8 Illegally Blind Presents: Jacuzzi Boys @Middle East Upstairs 7pm All Ages $12
Sat 10/15 Seratones, Dirty Bangs @Brighton Music Hall 6pm 18+ $12
Sat 10/8 Pale Monsters, The Furniture, The Dazies @O’Briens 8pm 21+ $8
Sat 10/15 Birds In Row, Listener, Mercy Ties, Ascend/Descend @Hardcore Stadium 6pm All Ages $10
Sat 10/8 Eric Gagne @Harlow’s Pub (Peterborough, NH) 8:30pm 21+ $ome Cost
Sat 10/22 Floorpunch, Murphy's Law, No Tolerance, Waste Management, Clear, Violence to Fade, Take Control, Direct Impact, Corrective Measure, Spirit of Youth, Crossfire, Search @ Hardcore Stadium 2pm All Ages $20 Sat 10/22 I Heart Noise Showcase #4 with Ian Ethan Chase, Phone Home (Brooklyn), The Sound Down Cellar, Skyjelly, The Occular Audio Experiment, Michael Bravata @OOTB2 8pm All Ages $7-10 Sat 10/22 PWR BTTM, Bellows, Lisa Prank, & Tancred @3S Artspace (Portsmouth, NH) 9pm All Ages $7-10 Sun 10/23 James Discovers, Request Freebird, Solei, Will & Chelsea @Potato Emporium (msg for addy) 5pm All Ages $5 Mon 10/24 Show Me The Body, Mail Thief, Deadbeat Club @Gross Outlet 8pm All Ages $10…*A Boston Hassle Joint Effort* Mon 10/24 Pujol, Banana, Sun Young, The Disembowelment Choir @Charlie’s Kitchen 9PM 21+ $5 Mon 10/24 The Owens, Dust From 1000 Years, Bunny Boy, We Can All Be Sorry @Mid East Up 7pm All Ages $10
Sat 10/8 HONK Fest 2016 @ Davis Square 12pm All Ages
Sat 10/15 Future Carnivores, Soft Pyramids, The Gala @Lilypad 10pm All Ages $
Tue 10/25 No Parents, White Fang, Birth Defects @Great Scott 9pm 18+ $10
Sat 10/8 James Discovers @The Burren 3pm All Ages
Sun 10/16 Cosmonauts, Rye Pines, Magic Shoppe, Future Spa @O’Brien’s 8pm 21+ $10
Tue 10/25 The Pack A.D. with Salem Wolves and She Keeps Bees @ONCE 8pm 21+ $12
Sat 10/8 KLYAM Presents: A Mouth is a Mouth Noise Fest II featuring -1, Id M Theft Able, G. Gordon Gritty, Asher Tuil, The Craters, Orgins @Black Lodge 4pm All Ages $ome Cost
Sun 10/16 Margaret Glaspy, Palehound @ Sinclair 7pm 18+ $12
Sun 10/9 HONK Fest 2016 Parade @Davis Square
9pm All Ages $8 RI: 10/9 Downtown Boys, The World, Secret Circle, Hairspray Queen @ Aurora (PVD) 8pm All Ages $10 RI: 10/13 Hairspray Queen, 1AM, halfsour (BOS), Hellrazor (CT), Joseph @News Cafe (Pawtucket) 9pm All Ages $6 RI: 10/21 Shellac, Shannon Wright, Minibeast @The Met (Pawtucket) 8pm All Ages $15 CT: 10/25 And the Kids, Palm, Mal Devisa @The Space (Hamden, CT) 7pm All Ages $12 CT: 10/29 The Proletariat, M-13, Haste @Cafe 9 (New Haven, CT) 9pm All
Sun 10/16 Illegally Blind Presents: Omni @ Middle East Upstairs 7pm All Ages $10 Sun 10/16 Squelcher, Disembowelment Choir (Fat Shuggy, JOSS and Carrie from Birthing
Ages $ome Cost CT: 10/29 HalloweenTime w/ Jean Pool, Whiner, Spowder, Bilge Rat, Johnny Cola @J Haus (New Bedford, CT) 8pm All Ages $ome Cost NH: 10/4 Good Fortune, Tiny Hazard, Lina Tullgren, Steve Beres @Wrong Brain HQ (Dover, NH) 8pm All Ages $ome Cost NH: 10/6 Eric Gagne @Union Coffee Co. (Milford, NH) 7pm 21+ $5 NH: 10/7 Crystal Methodist, Life Asylum, D-Sagawa, Crossfire, P'Derrigerreo @Wrong Brain HQ (Dover, NH) 8pm All Ages $5-10 NH: 10/13 Slingshot Dakota, Kissis-
sippi, Notches, and Bunny Boy (tour home-coming) @Wrong Brain (Dover, NH) 8pm All Ages $ome Cost NH: 10/16 Heavy Pockets (Tape Release), Idiot Genes. Rick Rude, The Skaggs @Wrong Brain HQ (Dover, NH) 8pm All Ages $5 ME: 10/1 Waking Windows Portland, ME featuring Vetiver, Death Vessel, Luyas, Pile, Jeff the Brotherhood, Huntress & the Holder of Hands, Paper Castles, Rough Francis, Rick Rude, Soft Eyes, Footings, Carinae and so many more @Portland, ME (see website for specific details) ME: 10/20 Shellac with Shannon
Wright @Space Gallery (Portland, ME) 8pm 18+ $15 ME: 10/26 Show Me the Body with Phallus Uber Alles, Safe/Word & Nycterent @Space Gallery (Portland, ME) 8pm All Ages $8 NY: 10/22 And the Kids, Palm, Mal Devisa @Baby’s All Right (Brooklyn) 8pm 18+ $12-14 NY: 10/30 Night Of Mischief w/ Big Ups, Devtones, Two Inch Astronaut & Fern Mayo @Shea Stadium (Brooklyn) 8pm All Ages $ome Cost
Tue 10/25 One Way System, Total Chaos @Mid East Up 8pm 18+ $10
Fri 10/7 Opening Reception: MELD @Lens Gallery, 6-8:30pm
Tue 10/25 LA SERA, Springtime Carnivore, gobbinjr @Brookline Teen Center 6:30 All Ages $12-14 *A Boston Hassle Joint Effort*
Ongoing Exhibition: First Light: A Decade of Collecting at the ICA @Institute of Contemporary Art
Wed 10/26 Psychic Ills @Great Scott 9pm 18+ $13
Thu 10/13 Opening Reception: Edgar Arceneaux: Written in Smoke and Fire @MIT List Visual Arts Center, 6pm
Wed 10/26 Weyes Blood (CA), Mini Dresses, Los Greys @First Baptist Church 8PM All Ages $10…*A Boston Hassle Joint Effort*
Fri 10/14 Opening Reception: Fertile Solitude @Mills Gallery, 6-8pm
Wed 10/26 Turnstile, Angel Du$t, Fury, Free, Big Bite @Hardcore Stadium 6pm All Ages $15
Fri 10/14 – Sat 10/15 Extended Hours: Christian Marclay: The Clock @Museum of Fine Arts, 10/14 at 9pm – 10/15 at 5pm
Thu 10/27 FRKSE, PC WORSHIP, Nycterent, Steam Traktor @Child World 8pm $7-$10 *A Boston Hassle Effort*
Sat 10/15 Lyceum III: A New Framework for Dialogue, part of a series of public programs organized by Sam Durant @The Meeting House, 2-4pm
Thu 10/27 Stay Mad Productions Presents: Churchburn, PanzerBastard, Lunglust, Ritual Blade, and Upheaval @O’Briens 8pm 21+ $13
Sat 10/15- Sun 10/16 Open Studios: Fort Point Arts Community @Fort Point, 12-6pm Ends Sun 10/16 Exhibition: Liz Deschenes and Nalini Malani: In Search of Vanished Blood @ Institute of Contemporary Art
Fri 10/28 Pond @Great Scott 10pm 18+ $15 Fri 10/28 Garrett Klahn (of Texas Is The Reason), Burglary Years, Ghosts of Sailors at Sea @Middle East Upstairs 6:30pm 18+ $10 Sat 10/29 Henry Rollins @Wilbur Theatre 7pm All Ages $37 Sat 10/29 Cass McCombs, Delicate Steve @ Café 939 8pm All Ages $16 Sat 10/29 Eye Design Presents: Growing Up Spooky! featuring The Dazies (as The Exploding Hearts), Dirty Bangs (as Nirvana), Glass House (as The Jesus and Mary Chain), Bruvs (as The Beatles) @Plough and Stars 10pm 21+ $5 Sun 10/30 Hinds, Cold Fronts @Middle East Downstairs 8pm 18+ $15 Sun 10/30 Trash Talk, Antwon @Middle East Upstairs 7pm All Ages $16
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Sun 10/16 Artist Talk: Liz Deschenes @Institute of Contemporary Art, 2pm Sun 10/16 Pop Up: Stark Naked: Uncovering Bodies, Objects and the Futility of Desire @ Gallery Kayafas, 7-10pm Mon 10/17 Exhibition: Marka27: Retro Native @ LOT F Gallery, hours on request Ongoing Exhibition: Carrie Mae Weems: I once knew a girl… @The Cooper Gallery Ongoing Exhibition: Steve Locke: school of love @Samson Projects Sat 10/21 – Sun 10/22 Dance: BalletX @Institute of Contemporary Art, 8pm Sun 10/22 Public Program: Art21 Film Screening @MIT List Visual Arts Center, 4pm Sun 10/22 Reception: Leah Piepgras: Parallel Universe @GRIN, 6-9pm
Ends Sat 10/1 Exhibition: ¡CAPICÚ! LET THEM EAT CAKE @Distillery Gallery
Ends Sun 10/22 Exhibition: Time Machine @ Proof
Sat 10/1 Opening Reception: Jessica Deane Rosner: Stitching Mona @Yellow Peril Gallery, 6-9pm
Thu 10/27 Reception: Embodied Absence: Chilean Art of the 1970s Now @Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 5:30pm
Sat 10/1 Artist Talk: Mieke Bal on Nalini Malani @Institute of Contemporary Art, 2pm Sat 10/1- Sun 10/2 Performance: Run of the Mills: Searching for a Phase Change @Mills Gallery, 10/1 at 8pm, 10/2 at 3pm Tue 10/4 Fall Photo Lecture Series: Lucy Soutter @MassArt, 2-3:30pm Ongoing Exhibition: UH-OH: Frances Stark 19912015 @Museum of Fine Arts Wed 10/5 Lecture: Cristina Ricupero: “Secret Societies” @MIT ACT Cube Thu 10/6 Opening Reception: Language Product @Boston Arts Academy Thu 10/6 Opening Reception: Parts Unknown: Flag Show @Aviary, 6-9pm Thu 10/6 Forum: History, Women and Modern India @Institute of Contemporary Art, 7pm Ends 10/15 Exhibition: María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Letter of the Year @Samson Projects
Fri 10/28 Artist Talk: Ursula Von Rydingsvard @MIT List Visual Arts Center Sat 10/29 Public Program: Dante Festival @Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, all day Ends Sat 10/29 Exhibition: Sandy Litchfield: Deciduous City @Carroll and Sons Gallery Ends 10/30 Exhibition: ARt: Augmented Reality @Cyberarts
FILM/// Managing Editor: Oscar Goff Contributors: Kyle Amato, Kyle Brunet, Nate Fisher, W. Logan Freeman, Oscar Goff, Andy Houldcroft, Matthew Martens, Pablo Torroella
Sat 10/1 SERENITY (2005) dir. Joss Whedon @ COOLIDGE Space western fan-service Mon 10/3 327 CUADERNOS (2016) dir. Andres Di Tella @HFA A literary legend revisits his homeland’s labyrinths Director in person!
Sun 10/30 NOSFERATU (1922) dir. F.W. Murnau @ BRATTLE The original, German Dracula tale Live musical accompaniment! Mon 10/31 THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) dir. James Whale @BRATTLE Monstrous romantic experimentation Free!
Tues 10/4 TALE OF TALES (2015) dir. Matteo Garone @BRIGHT LIGHTS Baroque Italian fantasy Free!
Mon 10/31 THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) dir. Tobe Hooper @ COOLIDGE Backwoods family slasher classic Double feature w/ PSYCHO
Fri 10/7 BLOOD SIMPLE (1984) dir. Joel and Ethan Coen @ BRATTLE Remastered Coen Bros. original New restoration – screens through 10/9
For more in-depth coverage of the Boston cinescene, check out : http://www.BostonHassle.com/Film-Flam
Fri 10/7 THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (1979) dir. Stuart Rosenberg @COOLIDGE Depressive family horror Mon 10/10 THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) dir. John Frankenheimer @COOLIDGE Mommy issues meet communist conspiracies Tues 10/11 SHIN GODZILLA (2016) dir. Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi @KENDALL Japanese kaiju revival Also screens 10/16-17 Thurs 10/13 – Sun 10/16 BOSTON TERROR ‘THON @SOMERVILLE Four days of horror and lunacy Sat 10/15 TOTAL RECALL (1990) dir. Paul Verhoeven @MFA BENNY! SCREW YOU!!!!! Free overnight screening! Fri 10/21 ON THE SILVER GLOBE (1988) dir. Andrzej Zulawski @BRATTLE Who needs Jodorowsky’s DUNE? Also screens 10/22
LISTINGS NOTE: Below is the venue abbreviation key: Brattle Theatre – BRATTLE Bright Lights @Emerson – BRIGHT LIGHTS Coolidge Corner Theatre – COOLIDGE Harvard Film Archive – HFA Kendall Square Cinema – KENDALL Museum of Fine Arts Boston – MFA Somerville Theatre – SOMERVILLE PREFERRED CARRIERS You can find the Compass every month at the following locations: 1369 Cambridge Lilypad Cambridge Tres Gatos Jamaica Plain Midway Cafe Jamaica Plain Bocca Studios Somerville Thrift Shop of Boston Roslindale Out of the Blue Cambridge City Feed Jamaica Plain Please support the businesses that support the Compass! We thank them!
Fri 10/21 SHAFT (1971) dir. Gordon Parks @HFA Shaft’s his name. Shaft’s his game Sun 10/23 OUTSKIRTS (1933) dir. Boris Barnet @HFA On, Russian Revolution Fri 10/28 THE FLY (1986) dir. David Cronenberg @COOLIDGE Transformative tale of handsome man become grotesque Sat 10/29 THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1991) dir. Barry Sonnenfeld @BRATTLE America’s first weirdo family Sat 10/29 UNEARTHED AND UNTOLD: THE PATH TO PET SEMATARY (2016) dir. John Campopiano @BRATTLE Homegrown King studies Premiere screening! Double feature w/ PET SEMATARY Sat 10/29 16th ANNUAL HALLOWEEN MARATHON @COOLIDGE Traditional Samhain endurance test Sun 10/30 LARISSA SANSOUR SCI FI TRILOGY (2009-2015) dir. Larissa Sansour @MFA Crystalline visions of a possible Palestine. Director’s sister in person!
GRRL HAUS CINEMA is taking submissions! We are looking for short films and music videos made by women. We are taking submission until November 1st. With entry notification by November 11th. Submissions should include links to works (Not Downloads) Videos up to 15 mins. Long Submission is FREE! We are looking for diverse and strong pieces that are MADE BY WOMEN. Please send links and a brief description of work to grrlhauscinema@gmail.com ALL experience levels are encouraged to submit The event will be taking place December 2016 at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, MA.
1 COMIC ARTISTS: (1) Mike Kadomiya (2) Justin Mulkern (3) Brian Connolly (4) Vickie Smalls
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Aries You accidentally tortured an ant to death (your aim was for it to send a message to the rest of its hill via pheromones, without considering that it was actually a living thing dying slowly from your horrible jabs), so now whenever you go to a cafe a line of ants use their disproportionate strength to steal your order ticket. Have fun smelling and paying for food you can't eat, asshole! Three fictional characters: a good cop x 3 Lucky Show: Daniel Bachman @ Deep Thoughts JP Taurus If a phase in your life that you recall fondly was a dark time for everyone else, you were probably the problem. Three fictional characters: Daria, Dawn Davenport, Don Draper's diaper Lucky Show: Bong Wish as Ween @ Lilypad Gemini Next time your white dealer (weed, mescaline, raw milk, I'm not here to judge you) invokes the name of Jah as a greeting, tell that 'baldhead' to do the memory of Bob Marley a
favor and drop dead. Three fictional characters: some combination of religious figures to be edgy Lucky Show: Weyes Blood @ First Baptist Church Cancer Stop making excuses for being a bad friend. You're selfish and only appear in my DMs after you get dumped, just own it!!! Three fictional characters: the California Raisins, the Partridge Family, the Monkees Lucky Show: PC Worship @ Child World Leo You finally found someone who likes getting banned from Facebook groups as much as you do. Instead of Netflix and Chill, enjoy Troll and Stuff Each Other's Holes. Three fictional characters: Mr Toad, unicycle frog, bemused amphibian face that likes Donald Trump Lucky Show: Jordonna @ Outer Limits Virgo As a vocalist, your hushed yelps and panting whines give listeners the sensation that you're divulging a useless secret, like which dumpster has the best Naked juice. Three fictional characters: Polar seltzer bear, Coca Cola polar bear, CGI Tom Hanks in Polar Express
Lucky Show: Request Freebird @ Modesthaus Libra Libra will mostly likely buy Playboy with Sky Ferreira on the cover for the articles AND the groin sensations. Three fictional characters: all the pets in Homeward Bound Lucky Show: 75 Dollar Bill @ Deep Thoughts JP Scorpio Best way to scare a Scorpio is to fill an empty Poland Spring bottle with fountain seltzer, cap it, and give it a casual shake... Three fictional characters: the keister bunny, Mylanta Klaus, and the vermouth fairy Lucky Show: Patti Smith @ Berklee Sagittarius There's no wrong way to pour seltzer all over your chin and up your nose as part of some sort of soggy pro-sobriety fetish video. Three fictional characters: you, yourself, and you-rene Lucky Show: Cinderblock @ Middle East Aquarius If you didn't want your castle to be adorned in Swastikas for the new Transformers film you probably should've built something a trifle more modest (this one is primarily for Winston Churchill but could be applied elsewhere).
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Three fictional characters: Jupiter and any two of his mistresses (after whom the moons of Jupiter are named) Lucky Show: DENT @ Midway Capricorn Everybody can tell that you've been working out but they're all too jealous to compliment and/or still too heartbroken from your last physical improvement to stroke your engorged arm and purr again. Three fictional characters: eater of all the Big Papi donuts x 3 Lucky Show: Birthing Hips @ ZuZu Pisces If you're having nut allergies I feel bad for you, Pisces. You got 99 peanuts and Epipens are like $600. Three fictional characters: Whore of Babylon, Mary Magdalene, Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge Lucky Show: Jenny Hval @ Great Scott