Sneak Peek -- FRI 9/12 to SUN 9/14

Oh, boy. I'll add the extra links when I can... There is SO MUCH free music this weekend. If you were a crazy T-riding, yo-yo fool, you could catch hours and hours of great free entertainment.

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FRI 9/12

6pm
Copywrite, Burnt MD
at Underground Hip-Hop Headquarters, 234 Huntington Ave, Boston (South End-ish)
FREE / 15+

FRI 9/12

7pm
Winedown: "Cambridge Local First"
at Harvard Book Store 1256 Mass Ave, Cambridge (Harvard Sq)
FREE

FRI 9/12

9:30pm
Tom Petty Tribute Show
Feat: Brendan Boogie Band, The Great Bandini, Watts, The Rationales, Jenee Halstead w/ Broken Blossoms
at Middle East - Upstairs, 472 Mass Ave, Cambridge (Central Sq)
$10 / 18+

Every band is doing Petty tunes. Plenty of special guests.

FRI 9/12

7pm to 7:30pm
Silent Rave, Yo!
by the fountain, 206 Clarendon St, Boston (Copley Sq)
FREE

Bring an iPod -- or something with headphones -- and silently dance together. Listen to whatever you want. Pretty fun, actually.

FRI 9/12 to SUN 9/14

Various Times
Newbury Comics' 30th Anniversary
at various Newbury Comics Locations
FREE

As a rule of thumb, acts will probably perform about 30 minutes. There are more happenings at stores outside of Greater Boston.

FRI 9/12

at Newbury Street
Passion Pit (5pm)
Mission of Burma (7pm)

at Harvard Sq
Dar Williams (6pm)

at Newton
Free Food from Blue Ribbon Barb-B-Q (5pm to 7pm)

SAT 9/13

at Norwood (Grand Opening on the Automile)
Wally The Green Monster (10am)
Big D & The Kids Table (2pm)

at Newbury Street
The Kooks (1pm)
GZA - autograph signing only (5:30pm)

at Faneuil Hall
Tulsa (3pm)
Los Lonely Boys (5pm)

at Harvard Sq
Sam Phillips (3:30pm)
Apollo Sunshine (7pm)

SUN 9/14

at Norwood
Bang Camaro (3pm)

Also

- 30% off on: used CD's & DVD's; vinyl (records); trading cards; comics; and graphic novels
- Enter To Win an iPod Nano and 8-CD Collection -- at each store
- Free CD samplers and other stuff (while supplies last)

FRI 9/12 to SUN 9/14

Various Times
(ahts): Boston Arts Festival
at Christopher Columbus Park, Boston (North End/Waterfront)
FREE

Friday : 2 to 7:30 pm,
Saturday & Sunday: Noon to 6 PM

Besides over 65 artists exhibiting and selling their works, there's a lot performances on 2 stages this year.

Some highlights:

FRI 9/12

5:45 to 6pm: Blue Man Group
6pm to 7:30 pm: Buffalo Tom

SAT 9/13

5pm to 5:30 pm: Everyday Visuals
5:45pm to 6:30 pm: Bleu

SUN 9/14

4:15pm to 4:45 pm: Iyeoka
5pm to 5:30pm: Tarbox Ramblers
5:45pm to 6:15 pm: Bon Savants

FRI 9/12 to WED 9/17

Various Times
Boston Film Festival
at Kendall Landmark Theatre, One Kendall Square, Cambridge
$10

A lot of these will be appearing wider release soon, but you could see them now...

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SAT 9/13

11am
"Tabu"
at Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St, Cambridge (Harvard Sq)
FREE

Elements Of Cinema: HFA Programmer David Pendleton will lead discussion afterwards.

SAT 9/13

4pm to 11pm
Open House / Dance Party
at Goethe-Institut Boston, 170 Beacon Street, Boston (Back Bay)
FREE

4pm to 7pm: an informal Open House of upcoming events & courses with traditional German food and drink, raffles and German book sales

7pm to 11pm: dance to cutting-edge German pop music (like SNL's "Sprockets"?)...

SAT 9/13

7:30pm to 11pm
Tango by Moonlight
over the Charles River, on the Weeks pedestrian bridge, Memorial Drive side, near Dewolf St, Cambridge
FREE

The last tango -- of the year... on the bridge...

Raindate: SUN 9/14
(Regardless of clear or cloudy skies, raindates are used only if it is actually raining at 8 pm on the primary date.)

SAT 9/13

6pm
Somerville Moped-Scooter Rally & Concourse
Feat: Broken River Prophets, The December Sound, The Big Disapointments, The Sharp Darts
at Union Sq Plaza, Somerville (nexus of Somerville Ave, Washington St, Bow St)
FREE

You don't need wheels to hang out and enjoy.

SAT 9/13

8pm
Mieka Pauley, Bethel Steele
at Loring-Greenough House, 12 South St, Jamaica Plain
$10

Presented by JP Unplugged

SAT 9/13

9:30pm
Ketman, Alec Redfearn & The Seizures, Monique Ortiz, Hel Toro, Zoig-Ma-Noig
at Abbey Lounge, 3 Beacon St, Somerville (Inman Sq)
$12

More than $10, but the Abbey might close down so please think about going any night this upcoming week.

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SUN 9/14

2:30pm
Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School Cabaret: Life Drawing Class
at Great Scott, 1222 Comm Ave, Allston
$7 / 18+

A fun, low-key, bawdy drawing session for all levels with some games (and a bar!)

This month's model: Katrina Galore

SUN 9/14

Noon to 6pm
Allston Village Street Fair
on Harvard Ave, from Brighton Ave to Cambridge St, Allston
FREE

It's hard to say who's playing when, but performers include: Casey Desmond, Three Day Threshold, Barnicle, The Allstonians, Love In Stockholm, Bad Ash, Logan 5 And The Runners, The Autumn Hollow Band, Rogue Heroes, Nate Gibson & The Gas House Gang

SUN 9/14

1pm to 5pm
Open House
at Cutler Majestic Theater, 219 Tremont St, Boston (Theatre District)
FREE

Get the first look at the upcoming season, meet select artists and companies, watch special live preview performances along with video excerpts, sample fare from local restaurants, tour the historic Majestic back to front, top to bottom, learn about the fascinating history (did you know there is an old entrance to the T in the lower lobby?) ask all those questions you've wondered about, see what's new in the neighborhood, hear about all that's on the horizon and enter for a chance to win some awesome prizes

SUN 9/14

9:30pm
The Wonderful Spells, Movers and Shakers, The Weight
at Milky Way Lounge, 403 Centre St, Jamaica Plain
FREE