Updated 21:25, July the 29th, 2009
Entertainment
‘Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo’
Tomorrow and Saturday, 10 p.m.
Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle St., Cambridge
MBTA: Red Line to Harvard
$9.50, 617-876-6837
www.brattlefilm.org
What? Marijuana isn’t legal yet? Too bad — because such substances are pretty much the only thing that make this ’80s classic, screening as part of “The Class of 1984” series, redeemable. That, and Turbo’s TFA (totally freakin’ awesome!) dancing-on-the-ceiling scene. Those dressed in ’80s garb get two-for-one admission (and a large amount of ridicule).
‘Experiment: OBEY Redux’
Tomorrow, 9 p.m.
Institute of Contemporary Art
100 Northern Ave., Boston
MBTA: Silver Line to World Trade Center
$35/$125 VIP, 21+, 617-478-3100
www.icaboston.org
Shepard Fairey bids farewell to his “Supply and Demand” exhibit (closing Aug. 16) with a swank dance blowout. He will DJ, along with mash-up king Z-Trip, and Chuck D of Public Enemy makes a special appearance, too.
United Styles World BBoy Cup
Saturday and Sunday, 3-11 p.m.
Cyclorama @ Boston Center for the Arts
539 Tremont St., Boston
MBTA: Orange Line to Back Bay
$25/$45 weekend, 617-426-5000
www.bcaonline.org
www.karmaloop.com
You could hang with Turbo at the Brattle, or you could witness the real deal. Breakdancing crews from as far-flung as Australia and Poland battle it out in Saturday’s preliminaries for a shot at $35,000 and a slew of other prizes on Sunday. Our “other prizes” would need to include a case of Icy Hot and a post-concussion babysitter.
Music
WFNX Best Music Poll
Saturday, 4 p.m.
City Hall Plaza, Boston
MBTA: Green or Blue Line to Government Center
Free, www.wfnx.com
FNX gives you six reasons to skip the beach Saturday when the Bravery, the Airborne Toxic Event, Passion Pit, Metric, the Gaslight Anthem and Ra Ra Riot perform for free at City Hall Plaza as part of the alt radio station’s annual concert.
Tinted Windows
Monday, 7:30 p.m.
The Paradise
967 Comm. Ave., Boston
MBTA: Green B Line to
Pleasant St.
$20, 18+, 617-562-8800
www.thedise.com
Ummm, don’t think about this supergroup too hard. Smashing Pumpkins’ James Iha on guitar, Adam Scheslinger (Fountains of Wayne) on bass and Cheap Trick’s Bun E. Carlos behind the kit? As fronted by Taylor Hanson? Mmm, yeah, your head might explode. But heck if they haven’t fashioned the perfect summer soundtrack. The Everyday Visuals and Free Energy start the night.
The Holmes Brothers with Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Ave., Boston
MBTA: Green E Line to Museum
$28/$24, all ages, 617-267-9300
www.mfa.org
On “State of Grace,” the Holmes Brothers transform radio mainstays such “Bad Moon Rising,” “I Want You To Want Me,” and “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?” into soulful, hallelujah-praise-the-lord nuggets. Opening the night is Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, who have delivered one of the best albums of the year with their Daptone debut, “What Have You Done, My Brother?”
Local
Salem Maritime Days
Tomorrow and Saturday
Derby Wharf, Salem
MBTA: Commuter Line to Salem
Free, 978-740-1663
www.nps.gov/sama
Salem hosts a celebratory ode to the sea as the Kalmar Nyckel, a colonial-era ship that carried some of America’s first settlers to Delaware, drops anchor for three days of tours. The festival also boasts historic house tours, live music and craftsman and trade demos such as blacksmithing, salt making, decoy carving and knotting.
Culture
Roxbury Film Festival
Through Sunday
At various locations including the Museum of Fine Arts, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Wenworth and MassArt
$5-$125, 617-849-6321
www.roxburyfilmfestival.org
Among the highlights at the 11th annual Roxbury Film Festival are “Business of War,” a Boston-set tale of an inner-city guy with downward destiny looking to move up; the documentary “One Bad Cat,” about outsider artist Reverend Albert Wagner; “Prom Night in Mississippi,” which traces the steps leading up to the first-ever integrated senior prom of a Mississippi high school, with help from benefactor Morgan Freeman (the year? 2008); and closing out the weekend is the Robert Townsend-helmed documentary, “Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy.” See G. Valentino Ball’s story for more info in tomorrow’s Metro.
“We Are Massachusetts”
Photo Exhibit
Saturday, 1-3 p.m.
Boston Public Garden
Enter at Arlington St., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Arlington
Free, www.bostonphotographycenter.com
Artists of the Boston Photography Center eschew wire and nails for their own hands with a “living gallery” at the Boston Public Garden this weekend. Photographers will personally present their works from a community-themed collection representing their vision of “Massachusetts.”