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2.1.2005 | Tues Music Film Series: 5 Sides of a Coin Exploding the myth that Hip-Hop is merely 'rap music,' 5 Sides of a Coin is an in-depth look at the worldwide phenomenon of Hip-Hop. Today Hip-Hop is a multi-billion dollar industry and a socially relevant culture. "5 Sides of a Coin" features exclusive interviews and footage of Hip-Hop's pioneers, insiders, critics and fans, including Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, Jazzy Jay, Gil Scott-Heron, Run DMC, Jurassic 5, De La Soul, Dilated Peoples, Beat Junkies, Q-Bert, Mix Master Mike, The Pharcyde, DJ Spooky, The Stereo MC's and many, many more Hip-Hop artists interviewed around the world. Their voices define the culture in their own words: the good, the bad and the flossy. Embraced by a diverse cross-section of youth, Hip-Hop is a powerful force, one that transcends its commercial trappings and controversies, that stands alone as the number one youth movement in the world. (2003, 70 min.) 7p, All ages, $5 per screening $12 pass for all 4 films. http://www.120seconds.com
2.3.2005 | Thurs Thursday Night Thing: Presented by the ICA at MECA "Decasia" is an experimental feature which sets stunning archival footage to an original symphonic score by Bang On A Can co-founder Michael Gordon. Using nitrate-based master elements with severe emulsion deterioration, “Decasia” depicts Man’s struggle to transcend his own mortality as the very fabric of his world disintegrates before our eyes. This event 8p, All ages, $5 http://www.decasia.com
2.4.2005 | Fri First Friday Art Walk w/ Dinner "Light in the Dark" On Februrary 4st, First Friday we are extending the gallery hours to include a dinner catered by Johnny Walker from 8-9 followed by a conversation hosted by Jeff Barnum, several of the artists from the "Light in the Dark" exhibition, and other personalities from the local arts scene. We will be sitting in intimate groups and begin the dialog discussing the art works in the show. For dessert we will move on to broader ideas about light or lack of it, in our global culture. Dinner $8 a plate. 5-8p, dinner at 8p, artist talk at 9p, All ages
2.5.2005 | Sat Sage Francis with Sol.illaquists of Sound and Jared Paul
 Sage Francis has been escaping the real world through music from a young age. He has since won prestigious freestyle battle championships and poetry slam titles, and his spoken word performances have been featured on ESPN and ABC X-Games commercials. He has also officially toured the US twice, once with Atmosphere, once with Anticon, and has been on the road booking one-off shows independently for a few years. 9p, 18+, $10/$12 day of show http://www.sagefrancis.com
2.6.2005 | Sun The Dresden Dolls with Regina Spektor and The Funeral [SOLD OUT] Move over White Stripes: the latest American rock duo sensation is The Dresden Dolls. Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione have opened for Beck, Jane's Addiction and the B-52's. Their alternative pop-rock, riot grrrl catharsis and German cabaret mix inspires cheers of joy and giddy laughter. Regina Spektor shares the bill with her New York styled anti-pop, which has been pleasing even the most curmudgeonly reviewers. Local rockers The Funeral open. 7p, 18+, $10
2.8.2005 | Tues Music in the Dark: Jandek on Corwood "The longest-running, weirdest, loneliest enigma in popular music is a guy from Texas who calls himself Jandek." (Douglas Wolk, Boston Phoenix) 25 years, 35 albums and not a single live show or public appearance. The documentary film Jandek on Corwood definitively explores the most intriguing mystery in modern music. Featuring revealing interviews, evocative imagery and one of the most bizarre and compelling soundtracks in film history, Jandek on Corwood will challenge the viewer's conception of music, art and the nature of celebrity. (2003, 88 min.) 7p, All ages, $5 http://www.jandekoncorwood
2.11.2005 | Fri Words and Images Presents: Mittens, Harpswell Sound, SEEKONK WMPG and the University of Southern Maine unleash "Words and Images," an annual journal of writing and visual arts. This party celebrating the 2005 publication also features the music of Seekonk, Harpswell Sound, and MIttens. 8:30, 18+, $7
2.12.2005 | Sat Lunchbox with Cathryn Falwell: A Curious City and SPACE event Cathryn Falwell is armed and not a bit dangerous. With scissors in hand, Cathryn snips at papers of all colors and textures to construct her collage of picture books. Both DAVID'S DRAWINGS and BUTTERFLIES FOR KIRI use paper cut outs and collage to tell stories of kids experiencing art. And where else do kids experience art? At the LUNCH BOX, of course. Join author/illustrator Cathryn Falwell, our dashing art instructor Kelly McConnell, bookseller Curious City and array of beautiful assistants for an origami and paper collage fandango. 1p, Ages 3+, $3/person, $5/family
2.12.2005 | Sat The Valentine Ball Come dance it down to the underground house sounds of dj's Ian Hammond, Helicopter Pete, Blacksmith and a very special guest. Ian has played his funky, sleazy house in clubs and parties from coast to coast and beyond. Blacksmith and Helicopter Pete come to us by way of Boston, New York City and Nantucket with crates full of the best in tribal and progressive house. Sound by Applehead. Deco by NYC's Black Helicopter Productions. 9p, 21+, $5
2.15.2005 | Tues Music Film Series: "You See Me Laughin'" "You See Me Laughing'" is a personal journey into the lives and music of the last of the Mississippi hill country bluesmen: farmers and laborers first, musicians second; men who, year after year, congregated on back porches and in tiny juke joints to drink and sing and play guitar. "You See Me Laughin'" takes us on the road and into the homes of R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, T-Model Ford, Cedell Davis, Johnny Farmer and Asie Payton - musicians who've labored for the blues tradition despite lives steeped in poverty and violence. These are bluesmen unlike the famous few who've made it out of the Mississippi Delta. Most have lived among the same farms, small bars and competitive rivalries their entire lives. The result is a raw, powerful music that is fused with the cultural landscape of its musicians.(2002, 78 min.) 7p, , $5
2.16.2005 | Wed Creative Conversations Our hope is that these gatherings are a way to connect creative individuals: to each other, to organizations, to information, to opportunities. We encourage you to invite others. 7p, All ages, free
2.17.2005 | Thurs Light in the Dark: Video Shorts In conjunction with "Light in the Dark," the curators present an evening of short films. Artists presented include Rachel Clarke, Randy Devost, Kate Katomski, Walter Ungerer, and Birgit Rathsmann. 7p. free, All ages
2.18.2005 | Fri Moshe & Bread Double CD Release Party Former kNOw Complex members, Moshe & Bread, release their long awaited debut solo albums. (Moshe's "Tending To The Sheep" & Bread's "Peasant"). Accompanying them on stage will be fellow Milled Pavement artists: Kgb, Dj Mayonnaise, jdwalker, Sontiago, Raygunomics, and more. K-the-I???, Oddofall & Ember-1 open. Dj set by DJ shAde. 9p, 18+, $5
2.22.2005 | Tues Music Film Series: End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones In 1974, the New York City music scene was shocked into consciousness by the violently new and raw sound of a band of misfits from Queens called the Ramones. Playing in a seedy Bowery bar to a small group of fellow struggling musicians, the band struck a chord of disharmony that rocked the foundation of the mid-seventies music scene. This quartet of unlikely rock stars traveled across the country and around the world connecting with the disenfranchised everywhere, while sparking amovement that would resonate with two generations of outcasts across the globe. Although the band never reached the top of the Billboard charts, they managed to endure in face of fleeting success and crushing interpersonal conflicts by maintaining a rigorous touring schedule for twenty-two years. Tracing the history of the band, from its unlikely origins, through its star-crossed career, bitter demise and the sad fates of Joey and Dee Dee, End of the Century is a vibrant, candid document of one of the most influential groups in the history of rock. (2004, 108 min.) 7p, , $5 http://www.endofthecentury.com/
2.23.2005 | Wed In My Backyard Artist Talk "In My Backyard" is an Arts and Performance Festival hosted annually by Susan Bickford that is outside of an institution, media and background/experience inclusive, and uncensored. In this open framework of radical and unexpected becoming, participation itself is valued beyond aesthetic "success" of its components. Susan will show Jessica Yankura's Photographs of In my Backyard 4, and talk about the experience of organizing this festival as an aspect of her work as an artist. There will be an organizational meeting afterward for anyone that is interested in participating in "In My Backyard 5". Free, 7p. all ages
2.25.2005 | Fri Phantom Buffalo with Special Guests Local superfavorites return from hiatus to play sweet pop, melting hearts across all borders. 8:30p, $5, 18+

[ UPCOMING ]

3.03.05 | Thu | TNT (Thursday Night Thing) 8p, $3-5 sugg., All ages
3.04.05 | Fri | First Friday Arts Walk: Featuring the work of Zach Kane 5-8pm, free, All ages
3.05.05 | Sat | Vagina Monologues TBA
3.06.05 | Sun | Vagina Monologues TBA
3.10.05 | Thu | Atmosphere 9p, $15 adv / $18, 18+
3.12.05 | Sat | Vorcza Trio 8:30p, $8, all ages
3.18.05 | Fri | Elliot Earls 7p, $5, All ages
3.19.05 | Sat | WMPG Fashion Fundraiser TBA
3.24.05 | Thu | Conifer, Playing Enemy and Sulaco 8:30p, $6, 18+
3.27.05 | Sun| Dead Meadow and Jennifer Gentle 8:30p, $6, 18+
3.28.05 | Mon | Crooked Fingers with Liz Durrett 8:30p, $8 adv / $10 dos 18+
3.29.05 | Tue | Lyrics Born 9p, 18+
3.30.05 | Wed | Ok GO with The Sun and In the Arms of Providence 8:30, $10, all ages
4.01.05 | Fri | First Friday Arts Walk: 5-8pm, free, All ages
4.03.05 | Sun | Mason Jennings 8p, 18+, $12
4.06.05 | Wed | Mono -- 8:30p, $7, 18+
4.07.05 | Thu | TNT (Thursday night Thing) 8p, $3-5 sugg., All ages
4.08.05 | Fri | Cerberus Shoal 8:30p , 18+
4.09.05 | Sat | Sole 9p, $8, 18+
4.13.04 | Wed | SPACE Open House 6-8p, free
4.15.05 | Fri | Women + Girls Film Festival All ages
4.16.05 | Sat | Women + Girls Film Festival All ages
4.17.05 | Sun | Women + Girls Film Festival All ages
4.22.05 | Fri | Mary Lou Lord 8:30p ,$10, 18+
5.04.05 | Wed | Why? + Miss Ohios -- 9p, $6, 18+
5.05.05 | Thu | TNT (Thursday night Thing) 8p, $3-5 sugg., All ages
5.06.05 | Fri | First Friday Arts Walk: 5-8pm, free, All ages
5.07.05 | Sat | Deerhoof and nedelle -- 8:30p, $8, 18+
5.21.05 | Sat | 2nd Annual PROM


And always more to come...stay tuned.

 

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