The 4th Annual "Some Like It Hot" Chili Cook-Off hits Harvard Square on Saturday
Process Objects
and Instrumentation | Reception for Jason Sanford's (Neptune
guitarist) new exhibit featuring homemade instruments (he'll play the
instruments at the closing reception in late February, date TBA). It opens at Aviary Gallery on
Thursday, February 2 with a reception from 6-9 pm | aviarygallery.com
Adam Johnson
| Reading from his critically acclaimed new novel The Orphan Master's Son at Porter
Square Books on Thursday, February 2 @ 7 pm | portersquarebooks.com
Jamie Lynn Hart | Indie pop at the
Middle East Corner on Thursday, February 2 @ 10 pm | mideastclub.com
"An Evening with
Jennifer Getzinger" | Phoenix film critic Geral Peary hosts this Cinematheque
event with the director of, among other projects, "The Suitcase" episode of Mad Men, which
screens before the talk in Room 101 of the BU College of Communication on Friday,
February 3 @ 7 pm | bu.edu/com/academics/film-tv/cinematheque
"4th Annual Some
Like It Hot Chili Cook-Off" | You know the drill...local eateries square
off in a chili cook-off to determine who's got the best chili in the ‘hood. Try
them all and then cast your vote. Participating restaurants include Crema Café,
Fire + Ice, Grafton Street,
Grendel's, Russell House, and more. That's at Harvard Square (in front of Bob
Slate's), Cambridge
on Saturday, February 4 from 1-3 pm | harvardsquare.com
"Chinese New Year
Celebration" | Traditional acrobatics, drumming, music, dance and more
performed by the Chinese Folk Art Workshop in celebration of the new year at
the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts on Saturday, February 4 @ 3 pm | villavictoriaarts.org
"Mother
Superior's Midnight Mass" | Kick off the work week right with a Sunday
night dance party with Mother Superior, Heavy Krishna, and Spenser Gralla at ZuZu
on Sunday, February 5 @ 10 pm | zuzubar.com
"In Conversation
with Christopher Ricks: Samuel Beckett- Going to Confessions" | Part one
of the series featuring Beckett's "A
Piece for Television- Eh Joe" at the Richard Roosevelt Room in the Mugar Library
at BU on Tuesday, February 7 @ 7 pm | bu.edu/archives
"Hip Hop vs
Dubstep: Resurrection" |
DJ Detonate, Dinoblunt, Mung Bandit, and a guest DJ set by Digital Monk Sound
System set it off in a hip-hop/dubstep showdown at Good Life on Wednesday, February
8 @ 9:30 pm | goodlifebar.com
Dan Chaon |
He reads from his eerie new collection of short stories Stay Awake at the
Brookline Booksmith on Wednesday, February 8 @ 7 pm | brooklinebooksmith.com
Documentary film
screening | Screening of new doc Acting Together on the World Stage, a
film about artists, community leaders, and others who are working to bridge and
support different communities through art. A reception with refreshments, in
the gallery, proceeds the screening at Medicine Wheel Productions on Thursday, February
9 @ 6:30 pm | mwproductions.com
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