Friday, October 03, 2008

Sneak Peek -- SAT 10/4 & SUN 10/5

Lumen Eclipse 60-second Film Fest
It should be a great weekend (even though my mother is visiting)...

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SAT 10/4

8am
Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Grand Opening
above the Big Dig / along the old Artery [PDF map], Boston (North End to Chinatown)
FREE

Someone else said the website's event calendar sucks, and I agree. I'm guessing event guides will be available at the information kiosks. Suffice to say, there will be lots of fun-interesting-informative exhibits or activities or performances happening along the Greenway. There is also a text-message game to play for a prize of some kind...

SAT 10/4

1pm
2008 Ig Informal Lectures
at Room 250, Bldg 10, 222 Memorial Dr, Cambridge (MIT Campus)
FREE

Don't pay to see the actual award show!

A half-afternoon of improbably funny, informative, brief (5 minutes each, plus a few questions & answers with the audience), high-spirited public lectures, in which the new Ig Nobel Prize winners will attempt to explain what they did, and why they did it.
Presented in association with the MIT Press Bookstore

SAT 10/4

5:30pm to 10pm
1st Annual 1-Minute Film Fest
on Palmer Street, Cambridge (alley between Cardullo's and Border Cafe, Harvard Sq)
FREE

Lumen Eclipse requested minute-long submissions for their film festival, and over 100 will be screened. It looks there will be an hour of hanging out with DJ until the unveiling of the shorts begin at 6:30pm. Pants Yell! are going to play 3 15-minute sets that will probably happen at hourly intervals... Funny folks from Union Square Round Table will be MC'ing.

SAT 10/4

4pm to 8pm
"Fireworks on the Mystic"
along the Mystic River waterfront, about 180 Foley St, Somerville (across from the Assembly Sq Marketplace)
FREE

The fireworks should start around 7:30pm, but there'll be plenty of "family- and kid-friendly games and entertainment" beforehand to celebrate the big changes coming to Assembly Square. (I found this image of the plan.)

Redbones will be there; maybe other food vendors too.

SAT 10/4

6pm to 9 pm
Peter Pizzi, "Tea and Sympathy": Opening Reception
at Atlantic Works Gallery, 80 Border St, East Boston
FREE

"Provocative new works in Video, Photos and Dioramas"

SAT 10/4

9pm
TraniWreck: The Benefit Extravaganza
at Great Scott, 1222 Comm Ave, Allston
$10 / 21+
Have you been meaning to check out TraniWreck but it's always on a Sunday? Have you been curious about what Big Moves is all about? Or What The Femme Show is? Perhaps you just want to ask Johnny Blazes out on a date? Or ask Heywood Wakefield to cook you dinner? Well, now is your chance to have any and all of these queries answered... WE WILL SATISFY YOU. We've planned an extravagant irreverent and sexually exciting show for you and it's a benefit also!
Performances by: Heywood Wakefield, Becca D'Bus, Frieda Fries, Johnny Blazes, Red Rider, Maggie Crowley, Big Moves, Mel O'Drama, Can Can Revolution, Miss Honey Suckle, Kielbasia (Best Drag Queen with an Accordion).

SAT 10/4

The Swinedells (Midnight), The Dixons (11pm), Arty Hill (10:15pm), Monica Passin (9:45pm), Nate Gibson (9:15pm), Preacher Jack (8pm)
at Church, 69 Kilmarnock St, Boston (Fenway)
$10 / 21+

A Cow Island Records anniversary showcase.

SAT 10/4

The Noise 27th Anniversary Celebration
Sgt Maxwell's Peace Chorus (11pm), Angeline (10pm), 27 (9pm)
at Cantab Underground / Club Bohemia, 738 Mass Ave, Cambridge (Central Sq)
$8

Special guests may include: John Pohida (The Rudds), Frank Rowe (Classic Ruins), Randy Black (Limbo Race), Kelly Knapp & Simon Ritt (The Darlings), David Mirabella (The Rationals)

SAT 10/4

3pm to ?
12th Annual City of Presidents Fall Pub Crawl
meet at Firefly's BBQ, 516 Adams St, Quincy
Cost of your drinks

The best pub crawl I've ever been on. A great crowd of mainly friends, but newcomers are welcome.

The gang will be at Firefly's until about 3:45pm. "Festivities then proceed to Villa Rosa, a longtime Quincy institution that makes its fall crawl debut. We'll be there until about 4:30pm before heading through West Quincy toward the Square." Ten more pubs on deck ending at Tully's.

Be nice! Play by the rules! Put your money in the kitty.

You can e-m-a-i-l quincypubcrawl]> <[yahoo.com for more info.

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SUN 10/5

10am to 5pm
Baked Fresh: An Indie Music, Arts and Design Festival Feat: Emily Elbert, Tripl3 Crown, Adam Payne, The Sterns, DJ Redd Foxx
at SoWa Open Market, 540 Harrison Ave, Boston (South End)
FREE

I really don't know what the deal is, but I think this is going to be a good time, and there's all the usual weekly arts/crafts/etc vendors (ending 10/26).

Get there early for FREE MAP Boston tote bag filled with "cool shwag". I'm guessing the bands start around 1pm...

SUN 10/5

10:15am
Bow Tie Bike Ride
meet at Cambridge Common, Cambridge (near Harvard Sq)
FREE
After a two-year hiatus, the bow-tie ride is back. Join us for 14.5 scenic miles by bike, as we circle our bow-tie shaped city's eastern perimeter, tie the knot in the center of Cambridge, then loop around the western border.

This will be a gorgeous Autumn ride, at an easy pace on mostly level terrain. For those looking for a shorter ride, join up at the half-way stop at 11:30 AM at Longfellow Park.
SUN 10/5

Noon to 4PM
Minuteman Bikeway Celebration
begins on Bikeway near Alewife T station to Bedford [PDF map]
FREE

A good day for a bike ride. Refreshments, activities, speakers at 4 locations.

SUN 10/5

6pm
Folktober Festival
at Plough & Stars, 912 Mass. Ave, Cambridge (Central Sq)
$5 / All Ages

Frank Morey Band w/ Kevin Stevenson (10:30pm), Scarce (9:30pm), Mary Lou Lord (9pm), Kelsey Bennett (8:20pm), Jinx Brothers (7:50pm), Elizabeth Butters (7:20pm), Bob Cenci (6:50pm), Jay Allen (6:30pm)

The Sunday Night Fried Chicken & Catfish menu is friggin' delicious...

SUN 10/5

8pm
Locksley, Hymns
at Cafe 939, 939 Boylston St, Boston (Back Bay)
$10 / All Ages

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