November Events

Below is the start of the Remarkable November Events post. I apologize it is up a little late, but I've been preoccupied with searching for a new apartment. I will be updating this post with new events throughout the month and especially in the next couple of days when I have some time, so check back frequently.


22nd Annual Boston Jewish Film Festival
November 3-14
Times Vary
617-244-9899
$11-$12

The Boston Jewish Film Festival will offer film screenings at the following venues:

AMC Framingham -22 Flutie Pass, Framingham, MA 01701
Arlington Capitol Theatre- 204 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, 02474
Coolidge Corner Theatre- 290 Harvard St., Brookline, 02446
Hollywood Hits Premiere Theatres-Exit 24 (Endicott Street), Route 128, Danvers, MA 01923
Museum of Fine Arts- 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 02115
Showcase Cinema de Lux Patriot Place- Patriot Pl, Foxborough, 02035
Showcase Cinemas Randolph- Route 139, Exit 20A off Route 24, Randolph, MA 02368
Stuart Street Playhouse- 200 Stuart Street, Boston 02116
West Newton Cinema-1296 Washington Street, West Newton, 02465

Movie tickets can be bought at the Boston Jewish Film Festival website or at the individual venue where the movie is playing.





Gerrymandering:Special Film Screening Event
Friday, November 5
8pm
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, 02138
617-876-6837
$9.75

Brattle Theatre presents Gerrymandering, a documentary by Director, Jeff Reichart, about the practice of dividing voting districts for political gain. This film screening event will also feature appearances by Special Guests. Get Tickets.


Dennis Lehane @ The Coolidge
Friday, November 5
6pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline, 02446
617-566-6660
$5

Brookline Booksmith presents Dennis Lehane at the Coolidge Corner Theatre to read from his new novel, Midnight Mile. Lehane is the best-selling author of Mystic River, Shutter Island and The Given Day. For tickets, call Brookline Booksmith at the number above.


Spike and Mike @fter Midnite
Friday & Saturday, November 5 & 6
Friday & Saturday, November 12 & 13
11:59pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline 02446
617-734-2500
$9

Coolidge Corner's @fter Midnite Program presents Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation on Friday and Saturday, November 5th & 6th and Friday and Saturday, November 12th & 13th. Get Tickets.


Documentary Film Premiere: Coexist
Saturday, November 6
7pm
Temple Israel, 277 Longwood Ave., Boston, 02115
617-275-5692
FREE W/ RSVP

Mass Humanities presents a free premiere screening of Coexist, a documentary film about Forced Reconciliation as a social experiment that is currently taking place in Rwanda. The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. RSVP to coexistdocumentary@gmail.com.


The Radicalization of Margaret Fuller
Sunday, November 7
3pm-6pm
Arlington Street Church, 351 Boylston Street, Boston 02116
FREE

Mass Humanities and Arlington Street Church present two conversations as part of the Margaret Fuller Bicentennial Conversation Series, which will be modeled after the conversations Margaret Fuller offered to women and eventually men as well, during the late 1830s and early 1840s. The topics to be discussed by experts at this event are as follows:
Clouded by Secret Sin: Margaret Fuller and the Darker Side of Woman in the Nineteenth Century and Margaret Fuller and 1848: Forging a United Radical Tradition.


Sneak Preview: Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Sunday, November 7
10am
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline 02446
617-734-2500
$20/General Admission, $10/Students

The Talk Cinema program at the Coolidge Corner Theatre offers sneak previews of films before they are released, followed by an audience discussion led by various scholars, critics and filmmakers. The November 7th Talk Cinema event will show Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, the latest documentary by Alex Gibney. Get Tickets.


Paul Auster Reads From Sunset Park
Tuesday, November 9
6pm
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge 02138
617-661-1515
$5

Harvard Book Store presents award-winning novelist, Paul Auster, who will appear at the Brattle Theatre to read from his novel, Sunset Park. Other bestselling books by Auster include Oracle Night and The Book of Illusions. Click here to purchase tickets.


Off the Couch @ the Coolidge: Fair Game
Tuesday, November 9
7:30pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline, 02446
617-734-2501
$9/Adults, $6/Kids, Seniors

The Coolidge Corner Theatre Off the Couch Program presents a screening of the film, Fair Game, followed by a discussion with members of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society. Click here to watch the movie trailer and/or to order tickets.




Please Remove Your Shoes: Film Screening and Q&A
Wednesday, November 10
7:30pm
Regent Theatre, 7 Medford Street, Arlington, 02474
(781) 643-4488
$10

Please Remove Your Shoes is a "revealing documentary about broken government process (and an) empathetic story about a half dozen public servants who try to fix it". This film screening event will be introduced by the Executive Producer of the film, Frederick C. Gevalt, who will also host a Q&A session after the show. More info and tickets.




Spike and Mike @fter Midnite
Friday & Saturday, November 5 & 6
Friday & Saturday, November 12 & 13
11:59pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline 02446
617-734-2500
$9

Coolidge Corner's @fter Midnite Program presents Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation on Friday and Saturday, November 5th & 6th and Friday and Saturday, November 12th & 13th. Get Tickets.


Europe's Grand Operas: La Traviata
Saturday, November 13
10am
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline, 02446
617-734-2501
$17-$20

The Coolidge Corner Theatre and Boston Lyric Opera present La Traviata, shown in High Definition on the big screen, as performed at the Teatro alla scala in Milan. La Traviata features music by Giuseppe Verdi and the performance is conducted by Lorin Maazel. This opera will show in Italian, with English subtitles. Buy Tickets.

Comics for Recovery Comedy Show
Sunday, November 14
7pm (Doors @ 6pm)
Regent Theatre, 7 Medford Street, Arlington 02474
781-643-4488
$20-$25

The 5th Annual Comics for Recovery Comedy Fundraiser will benefit Right Turn Addiction Services and will feature such locally and nationally known comedians as: Mike Prior, Tony V., Joey Carroll, Ken Rogerson, George MacDonald, Jim Lauletta, David John, and Jessica Casciano. Boston Comedy Veteran, Jack Lynch will host the show. Get Tickets.



One-Man Star Wars Trilogy
Monday, November 15
8pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline, 02446
617-734-2501
$17-$20

Writer/Performer, Charles Ross will appear at the Coolidge Corner Theatre to perform his One-Man Star Wars Trilogy piece live on stage. In this solo show, Ross apparently plays all the characters, recreates the effects, sings from John Williams' score, flies the ships, and fights both sides of the battles from the original Star Wars Trilogy, while also adding commentary on the side. The show has old out in over 250 cities worldwide and has been described as "FUNNIER than you could possibly imagine" by Spin. The event will also include a special appearance by members of the 501st New England Garrison, a worldwide Star Wars costuming organization. Get Tickets.



Beijing Taxi: Film and Discussion
Tuesday, November 16
6:30pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline, 02446
617-734-2501
$15

Coolidge Corner Theatre and Primary Source present a screening of the documentary film, Beijing Taxi, followed by a discussion with Director, Miao Wang. Get tickets here and RSVP at http://primarysource.kintera.org/beijingtaxi or to Gina Sultan (gina@primarysource.org or 617.923.9933 x 16).


Edwidge Danticat Discusses Life as an Immigrant Artist
Wednesday, November 17
7pm
First Parish Church Meetinghouse, Mass. Ave & Church St., Harvard Square, Cambridge
617-661-1515
$5

Harvard Book Store, Cambridge Forum and W.E.B. DuBois Institute of African and African American Research present Haitian American Author and Artist Edwidge Danticat, who will discuss Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work, her new book which is part memoir, part biography. Purchase Tickets.


Philosophy Cafe at Harvard Book Store
Wednesday, November 17
7:30-9:30pm
Harvard Book Store, Lower Level, 1256 Mass. Ave, Cambridge, 02138
617-661-1515
FREE

The November Philosophy Cafe meeting at Harvard Book Store will discuss
"A Puzzle about Pleasure: How and Why is it Good?" The conversation is free and open the public; no particular knowledge or expertise is required. For full details on this month's meeting topic and links to optional related reading materials, visit the November Philosophy Cafe event page.



A New Generation of Spike & Mike
Friday and Saturday, November 19 & 20
11:59pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline, 02446
617-734-2501
$9

Coolidge Corner @fter Midnite presents A New Generation of Spike & Mike, featuring a new collection of animated shorts. Get Tickets.


All Night Burlesque Marathon
Saturday, November 20
Midnight through 8am
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline, 02446
617-734-2501
$20/in Advance, $30/Day of Show

The Burlesque Marathon will feature 100 on stage acts by both local and national burlesque performers; it will take place all night long and end in the morning with a pastry breakfast. Hosting the show will be Scratch (The Boston Babydolls), Miss von Danger (Red Light Burlesque), Eva Destruction, and Lady Miss Iris. For full details and a list of performers, visit The Boston Babydolls website. Or click here to purchase tickets.




Mary Poppins Sing-a-Long
Friday, November 26 10:30am, 2pm, 7pm
Saturday, November 27 10:30am, 2pm
Sunday, November 28 2pm
The Regent Theatre, 7 Medford Street, Arlington 02474
781-643-4488
$12-$15

The Sing-A-Long Mary Poppins event will feature a restored version of the 1964 film with on-screen lyrics to aid the audience in singing along with the movie. Moviegoers will also receive a complimentary bag of interactive props to compliment the sing-a-long. Audience members are encouraged to dress up as their favorite Mary Poppins characters, as well. More info and tickets.


Bombay Bellywood
Sunday, November 21
7:30pm (Doors @ 7pm)
The Regent Theatre, 7 Medford Street, Arlington 02474
781-643-4488
$32-$45

Internationally acclaimed dance troupe, known as the Bellydance Superstars, will be at The Regent Theatre on November 21st to perform their latest show. Bombay Bellywood "merges traditional and tribal bellydance with India dance styles, rich in costuming and exciting, emotive, infectious music" (Bellydancesuperstars.com). For more info, visit http://www.bellydancesuperstars.com/ or http://www.bombaybellywood.com/, or get tickets here.




MIT Museum's F.A.T. Chain Reaction
Friday, November 26
1-4pm
MIT Rockwell Cage Gymnasium, 120 Vassar St., Cambridge, 02139
617-253-5927
$10/Adults, $5/Kids, Students, Seniors Free/Kids Under Age 5, MIT ID holders

Each year on the Friday after Thanksgiving, over 1,500 people gather at the MIT Museum to witness Artist/Inventor Arthur Ganson create a machine made up of various contraptions that are formed on the spot by MIT Student teams and a diverse group of other participants. For more information on attending or participating in this event, click here.


Salman Rushdie Reads From New Novel
Monday, November 29
7pm
First Parish Church Meetinghouse, Mass.Ave. & Church St., Harvard Square, Cambridge
617-661-1515
$10

Harvard Book Store presents internationally renowned award-winning novelist, Salman Rushdie, who will appear at the First Parish Church Meetinghouse in Harvard Square to read from his latest novel, Luka and the Fire of Life. Previous prize-winning books by Rushdie include Grimus; Midnight's Children, Shame, and The Satanic Verses. Purchase Tickets for this author event before they sell out.