Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Halloween Cheapage

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From the "Better-late-than-never Dept", here's some cheap Halloween stuff in some kind of order. I didn't do my whole spiel on each, because I was havng a good time over the weekend...

Also: You could check BostonUSA's page with various Halloween things. Heck, you might want to find pumpkin patches in Eastern MA.

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TUES 10/30

10pm
Anderson Comedy’s Halloween Spooktacular
at Middle East - Corner, 480 Mass Ave, Cambridge (Central Sq)
FREE / 18+


TUES 10/30 & WED 10/31

7:30pm to 9:30pm
"Tomes of Terror II": Halloween Live Radio Plays
at First Congregational Church, 89 College Ave, Somerville (Davis Sq)
$12 / $10 for students and seniors


WED 10/31

8pm
Halloween Bike Ride 2007
Meet at Green Street T Station, 150 Green St, Jamaica Plain
FREE

Imagine the type of fun-loving, free-spirit types that would ride all around town in costume. It sounds like they get into a bunch of shenanigans along the way, and I think it would be great to join them. You don't have to wear a costume or decorate your bike, but you should. The ride starts around 8:30 and goes about 20 miles at an easy pace. The route is a secret, but last year pedaled through Coolidge Corner, Harvard Sq, Central Sq, Kenmore Sq, Allston, and back to JP.

Helmets and lights are encouraged.


WED 10/31

The Luxury as Def Leppard (11:30pm), The Motion Sick as Poison (10:40pm), Sidewalk Driver as Ziggy Stardust & Spiders From Mars (9:50pm), Red Red Rockit as Jimi Hendrix Experience (9pm)
at TT the Bear's Place, 10 Brookline St, Cambridge(Central Sq)
$8 w/ costumes, $10 without

Maybe I should dress up as Scrooge on Halloween, because I've had a hard time getting into the spirit even when I was a kid. Of all the Halloween-themed rock shows (bands doing a set of songs by famous bands), I picked this one because it was the cheapest -- if you wear a costume. (Be creative and save a few bucks, or channel that time when you trick-or-treated without a costume when you were too old.) The bands are rather good, and they made some good material choices.


WED 10/31

8pm
Joe Carson as Jeff Buckley (11:45pm), Girls Guns and Glory as Ryan Adams (11pm), Cassavettes as Neil Young (10:20pm), 28 Degrees Taurus as The Velvet Underground (9:35pm), The Main Drag as Elliott Smith (9pm)
at Hennessy's Upstairs, 25 Union St, Boston (near Faniuel Hall)
$8

I probably would've written about this one had I seen in it time. There will be a costume contest too.


WED 10/31

9:30pm
The Pill's 5th Annual Halloween Show
The Daily Pravda (as David Bowie And The Spiders From Mars), The Lie Society (as Blur), Mako (as Stone Roses), Perennials (as The Libertines)
at Great Scott, 1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston
$10 / 18+


WED 10/31

9pm
Crimson Ghosts (Midnight), Rock City Crimewave (11pm), Gein & The Graverobbers (10pm), Ghouls Night Out (9pm)
at Church, 69 Kilmarnock St, Boston (Fenway)
$10 / 21+


WED 10/31

The Big Big Bucks as The Breeders, The Indefinite Article as Talking Heads, Baker as The Cars, The Self Righteous Brothers as The Beatles, The Creedence Clearwater Revivalists
Middle east up
$9 advance / $10 day of show / 18+


WED 10/31

9:30pm
"Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn"
$5 in costume / $10 without

5pm
"It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
FREE

at Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St, Cambridge (Harvard Sq)


WED 10/31

8pm
Barstool Sports Wicked Halloween
at Hurricane O'Reilly's, 150 Canal St, Boston
FREE w/ RSVP

All must be in costume! (Best bet to see slutty costumes.)
Free Bud Light from 8pm to 9pm.


WED 10/31

9pm
Halloween Party with DJ Gucci Vuitton
at The OTHERside Cafe, 407 Newbury St, Boston (Back Bay)
$5

$5 includes two beer tickets.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Cheap Thrills: 10/12 to 10/17

If you'd like to know what I said, you can subscribe -- or ask me.

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FRI 10/12

9pm

The Chandler Travis Philharmonic, John Powhida International Airport, Amy Fairchild
at Lizard Lounge/Cambridge Common, 1667 Mass Ave, Cambridge (between Harvard Sq & Porter Sq)
$10 / 21+


FRI 10/12

7:30pm, 9:30pm, and 11:30pm
"American Landing: Jimi Hendrix Experience Live at Monterey"
at the Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St, Arlington
$8 advance / $10 day of screening


FRI 10/12

8pm
NorthBEAST Regional Poetry Slam
at Cambridge Family YMCA Theater, 820 Mass Ave, Cambridge (Central Sq)
$6 advance / $7 door


FRI 10/12 and SAT 10/13

6pm to 9pm (SAT: Noon to 6pm)
ArtsCentral 2007
in Central Square businesses & along its streets, Cambridge
Buttons: $10 for 14+ / $5 for 10 to 13 / FREE under 10


FRI 10/12 thru SUN 10/21

Various Times
6th Annual Boston Latino International Film Festival

at Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St, Cambridge (Harvard Campus)
$8
at Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St, Brookline
$9.75
at Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston (Fenway)
FREE
at Howard Thurman Center, 775 Comm Ave, Boston (BU Campus)
FREE

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SAT 10/13

3pm to 6pm
Project YUM: Food Festival Celebrating Local Crops & Global Shops
at Union Sq Plaza, Somerville (nexus of Somerville Ave, Washington St , Bow St)
FREE

First there was MUM, then SUM, now YUM. This is the last outdoor festival in Union Square this year, and it should be a good one. There will be plenty of free tastings of the local/international flavors as well as a cornucopia of food info. Highlights include: 'mix your own masala', 'Dish! A giant interactive culinary map', 'healing powers of foods', pumpkin carving contest, and Balla Kouyate will rock the Malian balafon music at 4:30pm.

There's also an 'Iron Chef'-style between the chefs of Gargoyles, Evoo, & The Independent beginning at 3pm. They'll be given local produce, $75 to spend in local markets, and one hour to see whose cuisine reigns supreme. Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone, a writer from Edible Boston magazine, and an audience member will judge.

As usual, the Saturday Farmers Market will precede the fun from 9am to 1pm.

Rain Date: 10/14


SAT 10/13

10am to 1pm
15th Annual Tour de Somerville
Starts at Seven Hills Park, behind the Somerville Theatre (Davis Sq)
FREE


SAT 10/13

5pm to 9pm
"The Truth of Spirituality, is Happiness": Reception
at Aladdin Auto Repair, 162 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge (behind the Fresh Pond movie theater)
FREE


SAT 10/13

9:30pm
Pet Genius, Clouds, Blacktail, Angels Of Meth
at Middle East - Upstairs, 472 Mass Ave, Cambridge (Central Sq)
$8 / 18+


SAT 10/13

10pm
A.K.A.C.O.D.
at Alchemist Lounge, 435 South Huntington Ave, Jamaica Plain
FREE

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SUN 10/14

9am to 6pm
WGBH Public Open House
at WGBH, One Guest St, Brighton
FREE


SUN 10/14

"Bridges Between The West and West Africa": Ashley Maher (7pm), Balla Tounkara (8:30pm)
at The Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge St, Cambridge (Inman Sq)
$10 Suggested Donation

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MON 10/15

1pm
Robby Krieger: Interview & Performance
at Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass Ave, Boston (Back Bay)
FREE


MON 10/15

7pm
Garry Kasparov, "How Life Imitates Chess": Discussion
at First Parish Church, 3 Church St, Cambridge (Harvard Sq)
$5 (tix available at Harvard Book Store or 617-661-1515)

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TUES 10/16

6pm
Define-a-Thon
at Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St, Boston (Copley Sq)
FREE


TUES 10/16

9:30pm
Cheap Time, Triple Thick, Thunderhole
at Church, 69 Kilmarnock St, Boston (Fenway)
$8 / 21+

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WED 10/17

9pm
Soulkore's "Stardust Open Mic" w/ DJ Nomadik & Dis N Dat Band
at Milky Way Lounge, 403 Centre St, Jamaica Plain
FREE / 21+


WED 10/17

6:15pm
"A Tale of Two Towns: 4,500-Year-Old Urban Footprints at Giza, Egypt": Lecture & Reception
at Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave, Cambridge (Harvard Campus)
at Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Ave, Cambridge (Harvard Campus)
FREE

WED 10/17

7pm
"14 Degrees - A Paranormal Documentary"
at Showcase Cinemas, 565 Squire Rd, Revere
$10

Thursday, October 11, 2007

FRI 10/12 & SAT 10/13: ArtsCentral: "See Art in Everything"


The Potluck

Image of the mural "The Potluck" used with permission, courtesy of the Central Square Business Association.

6pm to 9pm (SAT: Noon to 6pm)
ArtsCentral 2007
in Central Square businesses & along its streets, Cambridge
Buttons: $10 for 14+ / $5 for 10 to 13 / FREE under 10

The ArtsCentral theme says, "See Art in Everything," and they're not far off. Central Square will be bursting with even more art than usual. The creative juices will be flowing with a wide array of art exhibits/installations, performances, arts & crafts vendors, and participatory fun. It's well distributed over more than 40 spots -- most are close to Mass Ave between the YMCA and MIT Museum.

There's a lot of free outdoor performances & store exhibits, but you could support the arts and buy a button. You get into the 'special' events with it, and the button can be used to redeem various food & retail discounts in the area.

The Friday festivities consist of 6 events including a 'barbecue & avante garde poetry reading' at Out of the Blue Art Gallery, a vintage kids movie at Carberry's, and an opera singer at La Groceria (am not sure how they're going to keep out regular diners, but a button is 15% off the food).

At the Temple St Stage, I'd probably try to catch The Chicken Slacks Soul Revue (Noon) or Mamadou's take on West African music (1pm) but there's a variety of music, dance, and more here and at the Main St Stage on the other end. Inside the Cort Putnam furniture store, it will be mainly jazz and a spoken word performance. If you're a jazz guitar fan, you might find Brian O'Connell (Noon) interesting; he'll play a 'touch guitar' where both of hands will be on a double-wide neck to play melody and accompaniment at the same time.

A couple other notables are ImprovBoston comedy performances at The Field every couple hours and a rededication of the mural behind Harvest Co-Op (beginning at 4pm) with the artist David Fichter as well as a "short play by Cambridge youths".

See the website for full schedule & map (PDF), and see below for the list of discounts.

Purchase buttons at Cambridge Savings Bank (Central Sq) , Economy Hardware, Leader Bank, University Florist, and the Central Square Business Assoc. office (130 Bishop Allen Dr).


BUTTON DISCOUNTS

- The Asgard; 350 Mass Ave.
-- ½ off appetizers; October 8-14

- The Phoenix Landing; 512 Mass. Ave.
-- 10% off food; October 12-14

- Economy Hardware; 434 Mass. Ave.
-- 10% off entire purchase; October 5-19

- Desi Dhaba; 401 Mass. Ave.
-- 15% off food excluding alcohol; Month of October

- Cinderella's Restaurant; 901 Mass. Ave.
-- 10% off order (except alcohol); October 8-14

- Toscanini's; 899 Main Street
-- Free drink upgrade on any non-ice cream beverage; Oct. 1-14

- Carberry's; 74 Prospect Street
-- 10% off any purchase; October 8-14

- Ten Thousand Villages; 694 Mass. Ave.
-- 10% off full purchases; October 13

- La Groceria Restaurant; 853 Main Street
-- 15% off food; October 12-13

- Hot Off the Press; 736 Mass. Ave.
-- 10% off food order; Month of October

- The Middle East; 472 Mass. Ave.
-- 10% off of food; October 8-11; 20% off of food; October 12-13

- Lewis' Beauty Salon; 44 Prospect St.
-- $5 off service; Month of October

- MIT Museum; 275 Mass. Ave.
-- Free Admission with Button; October 13

- Artist & Craftsman; 580 Mass. Ave.
-- 10% off most items; October 12-13

- Teddy Shoes; 548 Mass. Ave.
-- Free gift with purchase over $25.00; October 13

- Pearl; 579 Mass. Ave.
-- 25% one non sale item; October 12-13

- Venus Cosmetics; 480 Mass. Ave.
-- 20% off purchases; October 13

Monday, October 01, 2007

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

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