Cheap Thrills: 9/28 to 10/5

I'll probably add some of the descriptions soon...

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FRI 9/28
* Mikhaela Reid & Masheka Wood, "Attack of the 50-Foot Mikhaela"
* Tango by Moonlight
* The Great Burriers, The Big Disappointments, Whistle Jacket, Shepherdness

SAT 9/29
* "What the Fluff?": A Celebration of the Gooey Edible
* AltWheels Festival
* Feast of Flesh
* BeanTown Jazz Festival
* Trails & Sails -- and SUN 9/30

SUN 9/30
* Project Move
* Boston Babydoll Burlesque Birthday Bash

MON 10/1
* First Monday at Jordan Hall
* The Campaign For Real Time, God Fires Man, Tsunami Retirement Fund, and more

TUES 10/2
* Stroke 9 -- Free Performance
* Boston Palestine Film Festival -- and WED 10/3

WED 10/3
* Great Lake Swimmers, Arthur & U, Horse Feathers
* The Civil War Remembered: Panel Discussion

THUR 10/4
* Geoff Farina
* "PlayByPlayMen and the Art of the Perfect Call"

FRI 10/5
* Sameer/Happy Endings, Baker, Self-Righteous Brothers, The Luxury
* The Pill's 10th Anniversary
* "365 Days/365 Plays"

MON 10/8
* Opening Our Doors! 2007

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FRI 9/28

7pm
Mikhaela Reid & Masheka Wood -- Slideshow & Book Signing
at Center for New Words, 7 Temple St, Cambridge (Central Sq)
FREE

FRI 9/28

7:30pm to 11pm
Tango by Moonlight
Over the Charles River on the Weeks pedestrian bridge, Memorial Drive side, near Dewolf St, Cambridge
FREE

FRI 9/28

The Great Buriers (11:45pm), The Big Disappointments (10:45pm), Whistle Jacket (9:45pm), Shepherdess (9pm)
at Abbey Lounge, 3 Beacon St, Somerville (Inman Sq)
$8

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SAT 9/29

4pm to 7pm
"What the Fluff?": A Celebration of the Gooey Edible
at Union Sq Plaza, Somerville (nexus of Somerville Ave, Washington St , Bow St)
FREE

SAT 9/29

10am- 6pm
AltWheels Festival
at City Hall Plaza, Boston (Govt Center)
FREE

SAT 9/29

Midnight
J. Cannibal's Feast Of Flesh V: Music, Burlesque, Horror Film, etc
Feat: Bad Ash, Black Cat Burlesque, "Evil Dead"
at Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St, Brookline
$10

SAT 9/29

Noon to 6pm
7th Annual BeanTown Jazz Festival
on Columbus Ave, near Mass Ave, Boston (South End)
FREE

SAT 9/29 and SUN 9/30

2007
"Trails & Sails"
All Around Essex County
FREE

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SUN 9/30

9pm
Project Move presents "The Elements"
at Milky Way Lounge, 403 Centre St, Jamaica Plain
$7

SUN 9/30

8:30pm
Boston Babydoll Burlesque Birthday Bash
at Paradise Lounge, 969 Comm. Ave., Boston (near BU)
$10 / $8 w/ retro attire / 18+

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MON 10/1

8pm
First Monday at Jordan Hall
at Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston (New England Conservatory/Fenway)
FREE

MON 10/1

9:30pm
The Campaign For Real Time, God Fires Man, Tsunami Retirement Fund, Speed Chess Tourney, Jason The Escape Artist
at Great Scott, 1222 Comm Ave, Allston
$7 / 18+

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TUES 10/2 and WED 10/3

Various Times
Boston Palestine Film Festival
at the Langdell South Building, 1563 Mass Ave, Cambridge (Harvard Campus)
FREE

TUES 10/2

1pm
Stroke 9
at Borders, 10 School St, Boston (Downtown Crossing)
FREE

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WED 10/3

9:30pm
Great Lake Swimmers, Arthur & Yu, Horse Feathers
at Middle East - Upstairs, 472 Mass Ave, Cambridge (Central Sq)
$9 advance / $10 day of show / 18+

WED 10/3

6:30pm
"The Civil War Remembered: Union, Confederate, and African American Perspectives": Panel Discussion
at Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St, Boston (Copley Sq)
FREE

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THUR 10/4

10pm
Geoff Farina
at Plough & Stars, 912 Mass. Ave, Cambridge (Central Sq)
$3

THUR 10/4

7pm
"PlayByPlayMen and the Art of the Perfect Call"
at Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St, Brookline
$10

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FRI 10/5

Sameer / Happy Endings (12:15am), Baker (11:15pm), Self-Righteous Brothers (10:15pm), The Luxury (9:15pm)
at TT the Bear's Place, 10 Brookline St, Cambridge (Central Sq)
$9

FRI 10/5

8:30pm
The Pill's 10th Anniversary
at Great Scott, 1222 Comm Ave, Allston
$10 / 21+

FRI 10/5 and SAT 10/6

8pm to 9:30pm
"365 Days/365 Plays"
at Kresge Little Theater, 48 Mass Ave, Cambridge (MIT Campus)
FREE

A week's worth of plays.

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SUN 10/7

Noon to 6pm
Annual Harvard Square Oktoberfest
along JFK St, Brattle St, Mass Ave, Church St, and Charles Sq in Harvard Sq, Cambridge
FREE

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MON 10/8

10am to 6pm
Opening Our Doors! 2007
All around the Fenway
FREE

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Link of the Week:

This was my favorite time-waster of the week.

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Quote of the Week:

"Don't tase me, bro!"

-- Andrew Meyer

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th-th-that's all, folks.

~r