T Time: Week of July 23, 2009
Entertainment
Michael Lang discusses ‘The Road to Woodstock’
Friday, 7 p.m.
Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard St., Brookline
MBTA: Green C Line to Coolidge Corner
Free, 617-566-6660
www.brooklinebooksmith.com
In conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the landmark concert, Woodstock co-creator Michael Lang releases a memoir laying out the insider-detail behind the legendary “peace and music” festival, from the last-minute change of venue to the disastrously unorganized ticketing process to Richie Havens’ opening notes to the unrealized notion of Roy Rogers closing out the show (yes, post-Jimi Hendrix).
‘Kill Bill’
Through Sunday
Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle St., Cambridge
MBTA: Red Line to Harvard
$9.50/$7.50, 617-876-6837
www.brattlefilm.org
The Brattle pays tribute to recently passed actor David Carradine with a screening of his B-blasted comeback, in which he plays the title target. Volumes 1 and 2 of Quentin Tarantino’s martial-sploitation classic screen through the weekend.
‘Sneaker Pimps’
Saturday, 8 p.m.
House of Blues
15 Lansdowne St., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Kenmore
$20-$25, all ages, 888-693-BLUE
www.hob.com/boston
www.sneakerpimps.net
For some of us, sneakers are those things we wear while we’re laying on the couch considering (and then bagging) a trip to the gym. For others, kicks — especially rare ones — are a way of life. This buy-sell-trade-and-show-off tour — with performances by Clipse and J. Cole — showcases more than 1,000 coveted, drool-worthy pairs.
Music
Bleu CD Release Party
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
One-time local and all-time popsmith Bleu takes a break from his West Coast ways to celebrate the release of “A Watched Pot,” which, considering we chatted with him about it more than two years ago, very much earns its title.
The Briggs
Thursday, 9 p.m.
Middle East Upstairs
480 Mass. Ave., Cambridge
MBTA: Red Line to Central
$9, 18+, 617-864-EAST
www.mideastclub.com
Snotty punk boys the Briggs, with their anthemic shodder, “This is L.A.,” dare to take the stage at the Middle East.
Local
Celtics Dancer Finals
Thursday, 6 p.m.
House of Blues
15 Lansdowne St., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Kenmore
Free, 18+, 888-693-BLUE
www.hob.com/boston
www.nba.com/celtics/dancers
Green Spandex, spray-on tans, teeth whiter than the sun — yup, it’s the Celtics Dancer finals. And you can get a sneak preview of the 2009/2010 dance team care of Qdoba. Tickets are free at Qdoba locations, or tonight at the House of Blues box office.
Culture
‘A New and Native Beauty: The Art and Craft of Greene & Greene’
Through Oct. 18
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Ave., Boston
MBTA: Green E Line to Museum
Adults $17, seniors and students 18 and older $15, youths 7-17 $6.50, Under 6 Free
617-267-9300
www.mfa.org
California architects Charles and Henry Greene, who studied at MIT, get the nod from the MFA with an extraordinary exhibit touching on their early work and contributions to the American Arts and Crafts Movement.
‘Water Board: a play about torture’
Thursday, 8 p.m.
Cambridge YMCA
820 Mass. Ave., Cambridge
MBTA: Red Line to Central
$20/$8 for students and seniors, 617-797-1981
www.cambridgeymca.org
Stephanie Skier and Nadeem Mazen go beyond method in this artful politicking stage piece, in which the pair convey their disdain for simulated drowning — by performing it on each other.