T Time: Week of July 16, 2009
Entertainment
TD Garden Golden Ticket Giveaway
Today, noon
TD Garden
100 Legends Way, Boston
MBTA: Orange or Green Line to North Station
Free, all ages, 617-624-1850
www.tdgarden.com
You don’t get to own the Garden at the end of the ride, but a year’s worth of tickets to free shows and games could be yours care of this Charlie-owed contest trip. The TD Garden, recently excising “Banknorth” from the marquee, celebrates its new moniker by passing out 19,600 chocolate bars — five of which will house a coveted golden ticket and a chance at the season pass. Scrumpdiddlyumptious!
Rippin’est Town 5: Mods ’n’ Rockers Scooter Rally
Friday and Saturday
Howard Johnson’s Fenway (and other locations)
1271 Boylston St., Boston
MBTA: Green D Line to
Fenway
Event prices vary
www.myspace.com/massachusetts
Carl Perkins vs. Small Faces. Bikes vs. scooters. Leather vs. suits. Why choose? The Allstonians and the Swinedells top the “Meet ’n’ Greet” opening night party at the Baseball Tavern; the Emerald Necklace Loop shoves off Saturday morning; and the Classic Motor Competition and Monster Barbecue rounds things out at Great Scott.
Movies by Moonlight Series: “The Long, Long Trailer”
Friday, dusk
Boston Harbor Hotel
70 Rowes Wharf, Boston
MBTA: Blue Line to Aquarium
Free, 800-752-7077
www.bhh.com
The honeymoon road-trip comedy, “The Long, Long Trailer,” with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez at the wheel, kicks off the Boston Harbor Hotel’s free summer screenings.
Music
The Datsuns
Friday, 9 p.m.
T.T. the Bear’s Place
10 Brookline St., Cambridge
MBTA: Red Line to Central
$12, 18+, 617-492-BEAR
www.ttthebears.com
New Zealand rockers The Datsuns finally drop stateside behind their 2008 slab, “Head Stunts,” a dozen tracks chock-full of garage pomp, fist-pumping choruses and serrated guitar licks. Future of the Left and Turbo Fruits open.
“Rock the Bells” Tour with Nas, the Roots, Common and more
Saturday, 2 p.m.
Comcast Center
885 South Main St., Mansfield
$40-$50, 617-931-2000
www.ticketmaster.com
KRS-One, Nas, the Roots, Damian Marley, Big Boi, House of Pain, RZA and local boy-done-good, Sage Francis, top the top-heavy bill of hip-hop’s shed spread.
Local
ArtBeat
Friday, 5-10 p.m. and Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Davis Square, Somerville
MBTA: Red Line to Davis, Free
www.somervilleartscouncil.org
With a different theme each year, Somerville’s annual celebratory to-do, ArtBeat, puts “Somerville ... of the future!” on the marquee, taking 2009 to 3009. Or somewhere between. Rounding out the weekend, you’ve got more than 20 bands performing, the “Robot Island” exhibit, a futurama parade with wind-powered vehicles and the Time Capsule Project. Might we recommend including this Metro?
Lantern Festival
Tonight, 6-9 p.m.
Forest Hills Cemetery
95 Forest Hills Ave.,
Jamaica Plain
MBTA: Orange Line to
Forest Hills
$10 suggested donation,
617-524-0128
www.foresthillscemetery.com
Forest Hills Cemetery celebrates 11 years of this 2,000-year-old tradition. Design a lantern and set it adrift in Lake Hibiscus with hundreds of others in honor of a loved one’s passing. Samurai taiko drummers, gospel singer Ron Murphy, the Tsai-Fong Troupe and other music and dance groups perform.
Culture
“Trash Menagerie”
Through May 1, 2010
Daily, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square, Salem
MBTA: Commuter Rail
to Salem
$15 adults/$11 students,
978-745-9500
www.pem.org
The Peabody Essex Museum upends traditional media with this recycled-objects exhibit. Michelle Stitzlein’s “Sulphur Blue Smeck” butterfly uses “mixed junk,” Ann Smith’s “Camel” is fashioned with used electronic parts and Tom Deininger’s “Filter Rabbit” is sculpted out of used cigarette filters. Take that, pastels!
Artist-in-Residence Talk: Su-Mei Tse
Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
Isabella Stewart Gardner
Museum
280 The Fenway, Boston
MBTA: Green E Line
to Museum
Adults $12, seniors $10, students $5
617-566-1401
www.gardnermuseum.org
In conjunction with her exhibit, “Floating Memories Opens,” which debuted this week, Gardner artist-in-residence Tse discusses her enigmatic installation pieces, which marry sound and image. The Gardner’s curator of contemporary art, Pieranna Cavalchini, leads the discussion.
“On the Road with Michael” Photo Exhibit
Through Sept. 14
Exhibit on display 24 hours
a day
Staffed hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Panopticon Gallery
Hotel Commonwealth
502C Comm. Ave., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Kenmore
Free, 617-267-8929
www.panopt.com
Watertown photographer Joshua Touster spent seven weeks traveling with the Michael Jackson’s 1984 “Victory” tour — shooting from the stage, from the sidelines and from the fans’ point of view outside closed doors. Touster will be at the opening reception tonight, 5 to 7 p.m.
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