US – Thursday, March 18
Published 21:37, May the 20th, 2009
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Matt Berninger, the dark prince of The National, leads the Brooklyn brood-pop band into the House of Blues (15 Lansdowne St., Boston. MBTA: Green Line to Kenmore) Saturday, 8 p.m., behind a new benefit compilation, “Dark Was the Night,” produced by National brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner. New-jazz man Colin Stetson opens. Tickets $22, all ages; call 888-693-BLUE or go to www.hob.com/boston for more info.  Matt Berninger, the dark prince of The National, leads the Brooklyn brood-pop band into the House of Blues (15 Lansdowne St., Boston. MBTA: Green Line to Kenmore) Saturday, 8 p.m., behind a new benefit compilation, “Dark Was the Night,” produced by National brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner. New-jazz man Colin Stetson opens. Tickets $22, all ages; call 888-693-BLUE or go to www.hob.com/boston for more info. 
Photo: Abbey Drucker
 

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Entertainment

Frederic Fekkai
Today, noon-3 p.m.
Saks Fifth Avenue
Prudential Center
800 Boylston St., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Copley
Free, 617-937-5261
www.saks.com
Celebrity stylist Frederic Fekkai (the creator of some of our favorite lock products) is giving free one-on-one 10-minute consultations by appointment at Saks’ Pru location. It’s free ... until you walk away with $150 in “must-have” product, that is.

Anime Boston
Friday-Sunday
Hynes Convention Center
900 Boylston St., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Hynes
$50 pass/$25-$30 per day
www.animeboston.com
The number of gamers who actually interact with humans will increase exponentially this weekend when Anime Boston, a celebration of all things animation, gaming, Manga and, well, Japan weirdness, goes down at the Hynes. Panel talks, swap meets, live gaming sessions and costumed karaoke take place during the three-day nerd out.

Music

Bill Frisell’s 858 Quartet
Tonight and tomorrow, 7:30 and 10 p.m.
Regattabar @ the Charles Hotel
One Bennett St., Cambridge
MBTA: Red Line to Harvard
$28, 21+, 617-661-5000
www.regattabarjazz.com
Polyglot guitarist Bill Frisell fires through a pair of doubleheaders with his 858 Quartet. We’re pretty sure 858 alludes to the number of genres Frisell has traversed in his 25-year career.

Local

B4: Boston’s Best Bartender Brunch
Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Burtons Grill
1363 Boylston St., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Fenway
617-236-2236
www.burtonsgrill.com
This friendly throwdown, as judged by celebrity sippers, sees neighborhood barkeeps — from South End’s Stella, Newbury Street’s Stephanie’s, Kenmore’s Eastern Standard, host Burtons Grill and others — going head-to-head and shaker-to-shaker. Proceeds benefit I Hate Cancer.

Culture

‘Minds That Move the World’ Speaker Series: Charlie Rose with James Carville and Karl Rove
Wednesday, 8 p.m.
Citi Performing Arts Center
Wang Theatre
270 Tremont St., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Boylston
$38-$178, 800-447-7400
www.citicenter.org
Is this a boxing match or a speakers series? At least one sane man, Charlie Rose, will be on the stage. He’ll interview/ referee the dichotomous politicos.                        

Selene Angier

 

 
 
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