THUR 10/7: Art, Talk, Reggae, Rock, Jazz, Funk

Hey, the HonkFest is nigh!

The Fifth Annual Honk! Festival starts on Friday with bands appearing around the area during the day followed by a show at Western Front ($10). Davis Square will be teeming with brass bands on Saturday, then they're parading down to Harvard Square's Oktoberfest on Sunday.

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THUR 10/7

6pm to 8pm
William Kentridge, "Ambivalent Affinities and Projects": Opening Reception
at Bakalar Gallery (South Bldg)

6pm to 8pm
"Graphic Intervention: 25 Years of International AIDS Awareness Posters 1985–2010": Opening Reception
at Paine Gallery (South Bldg)

at the Massachusetts College of Art, 621 Huntington Ave, Boston (The Fens)
FREE

Two (or three) new exhibits have opened at adjacent MassArt galleries. It seems like there are two discrete collections of South African multimedia artist William Kentridge, and this is apparently his first solo exhibition in the Boston.

"Graphic Intervention" had thousands of posters to choose from and picked more than 150 from dozens of countries where one can see different cultural and aesthetic choices to educate and advocate.

THUR 10/7

6:30pm to 8pm
"Who is Winning the Childhood Obesity Battle?": Discussion
at C. Walsh Theater, Suffolk University, 55 Temple St, Boston (Beacon Hill)
FREE

The panel includes a researcher, a public policy person, and healthcare industry reps. After the panel discussion, there's a period for audience questions.

Registration recommended.

THUR 10/7

6:30pm to 8pm
Jill Lepore, "The Tea Party's Revolution & the Battle for American History": Lecture
at Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St, Boston (Downtown Crossing)
FREE

Let's make sure that "Tea Party" remains more than a one-dimensional co-opt by a political movement. Author and history professor JIll Lepore provides the context to understand the Boston Tea Party compared to people who dress up in colonial costumes and wave signs.

THUR 10/7

9pm
"A Tribute To Peter Tosh"
at Church, 69 Kilmarnock St, Boston (Fenway)
$10

Feat: The Dis-N-Dat Band, Progressive Youth Sound, Tosh 1

It's likely a little-known fact that Peter Tosh's youngest son has lived in Boston since two years before his murder in 1987. Tosh 1 seems to have taken inspiration from his father & other greats and developed well.

I assume the two other strong and authentic reggae bands will also perform some Tosh tunes to make more of "tribute".

THUR 10/7

9:30pm
You Can Be A Wesley, earthquake party!, The Inhalers
at Great Scott, 1222 Comm Ave, Allston
18+ 9pm $8

There wasn't a lot of specific info that I could find on this show. I think the bands will play while other local rockers may be modeling the hippest togs sold at Uncle Pete's Shop. There was a mention of screening local shorts, which would sensibly be shown between bands.

Anyway it should be a good night with the generally sunny indie-rock of You Can Be A Wesley, fuzzy, juicy bursts of lo-fi pop by earthquake party, and The Inhalers' punkiness.

THUR 10/7

9:30pm
Live Rock Band Karaoke
at Milky Way Lounge/Bella Luna, 284 Amory St, Jamaica Plain (The Brewery Complex)
FREE / 21+

At the old Milky Way Lounge, the Nickel and Dime Band was house band for the weekly "live karaoke" night. It's been a couple years, and they have found the new location, which is a bit more T-friendly for folks outside of JP who feel like getting on stage to singing "Billie Jean" with real musicians.

THUR 10/7

10pm
Elizabeth Shepherd
at Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge St, Cambridge (Inman Sq)
$10

When one says "jazzy, piano-playing singer-songwriter chick", someone more popular than Elizabeth Shepherd may come to mind. This is something jazzier and more robust; it's modern with a funkier vibe while in a trio setting.

If I haven't said it lately, the Lily Pad has excellent acoustics that can enhance piano/small ensemble performances like this.


THUR 10/7

10pm
"James Brown Lives"
at The Beehive, 541 Tremont St, Boston (South End)
FREE

The "Godfather of Soul" had his flaws, but I think it would be nice to still have his funky life-force in the corporeal domain.

The music lives on records, samples, and so many bands. It seems like this is funky-jazzy group (many who've played in Sam Kininger Band) with a couple horns will be playing with the singer from a James Brown tribute band.