Books, Movies,Theatre, Trips

Movie Tuesdays here at 1

Tuesday, August 14 – – Murder on the Orient Express (2017) Kenneth Branagh, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe

Tuesday, August 21 – – Black Panther (2018) Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o

Tuesday, August 28 – – 20th Century Women (2016) Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig

Theatre Club

TBA

Movie Wednesdays at Putterham Library

959 West Roxbury Parkway, Chestnut Hill at 1:30 – – 617. 730. 2385

Wednesday, August 15 – Battle of the Sexes (2017) Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Sarah Silverman

Wednesday, August 22 – Lady and the Tramp (1955) animation

Wednesday, August 29 – Downsizing (2017) Matt Damon, Christopher Waltz, Kristen Wiig

Movie Thursdays at Main Library

31 Pleasant St at 1pm – – 617. 730. 2380

Coolidge Corner branch is closed for renovation

Thursday, August 16 – Love, Simon (218) Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel

Thursday, August 23 – Faces Places (2017) Agnes Varda documentary

Thursday, August 30 – Finding Your Feet (2017) Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie

Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St

617. 734. 2500

BlacKkKlansman

Blindspotting

Eighth Grade

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Three Identical Strangers

Click for times and one-night only

Concerts at Fenway

September 2 and September 4 – – Pearl Jam

Tickets: https://www.mlb.com/redsox/tickets/concerts

Brookline Recreation

How to register www.brooklinerec.com 617. 730. 2069 or at any recreation facility. Pricing reflects resident/nonresident – Bus pick up and drop off at Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester St and Soule Recreation Center, 652 Hammond St

Thursday, August 16 – – Blue Hills Trailside Museum in Canton. Code 110094-5E, 11:45-4:30 pm, $30/$40

Book Discussion Group at Putterham Library

Meets in the Community Room Mondays from 2-3 pm these dates. Books available in the library. Leaders: Charlotte Millman and Batia Bloomenthal

Back in September

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Public Issues Book Discussion, 9 am

Leader: Tom Faulhaber – – Nonfiction book discussion including public issues, history and current events. Books available here at the Center. Bring your regular library card to check out books. Books will be returned to drop boxes at the Coolidge Corner Library (which is closed) or 50 Pleasant St. Books available here until August 15. Borrowing available only to those with an official library card. Group MEETS HERE from 9 -10 am

TAF

Tuesday, August 28 – – Our Kids: the American Dream in Crisis, by Robert D. Putnam

Tuesday, September 25 – – Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy, by Cathy O’Neil

Boston Galleries

Adelson Galleries, 520 Harrison Ave, Boston 617. 832. 0633

Alpha Gallery, 460 Harrison Ave, Boston 617. 536. 4465

A R E A Gallery, 460 Harrison Ave, Boston 857. 209. 1321

Galatea Fine Art, 460 Harrison Ave, Boston 617 542. 1500

Kabinett Gallery, 450 Harrison Ave, Boston 617. 826. 9377

Kingston Gallery, 450 Harrison Ave, Boston 617. 423. 4113

Rafius Fane Gallery, 460 Harrison Ave, Boston 508. 843. 2184

Steven Zevitas Gallery, 450 Harrison Ave 617. 778. 5265

Vose Galleries, 238 Newbury St, Boston 617. 536. 6176

Best of, says Boston Magazine

Blossom Bar, 295 Washington St, Brookline Village 617. 734. 1870 – – wins Best of Boston for Chinese Sichuan and the bar program’s not too shabby either

Mamaleh’s, 15 Hampshire St, Cambridge 617. 958. 3354 – – is Best of Boston for deli: pastrami, corned beef, knishes, latkes, lox and chopped liver, pickled herring and a full bar.

Dinner with Music at Best of Boston’s Magnolia Smokehouse’s Ellis Room downstairs, 6 Harvard St, Brookline Village 617. 566. 3782 with live music Thursday to Saturday: jazz, funk and blues to go with salads and barbecue.

Deep Ellum, 477 Cambridge St, Allston 617. 787. 2337 – – is Best of Boston’s hot dogs with craft brews

Kaju Tofu House, 636 Beacon St, Kenmore Square 617. 936. 4252 – – Best of Boston’s Korean: banchan, bibimbap, dumplings, fried noodles, tacos, short ribs. Also in Allston at 56 Harvard Ave 617. 208. 8540

Our Fathers, 197 N. Harvard, Allston 617. 303. 0101- – Israeli Best of Boston’s Middle Eastern and deli

Prairie Fire, 242 Harvard St, Brookline 617. 396. 8199 – – Best of Boston pizza with great servers and a serious bar

Deuxave, 371 Comm Ave, Boston 617. 517. 5915 – – Bring all your money for Best of Boston’s fine dining where Commonwealth meets Mass Ave. French American, which can only mean $3,000 bottles

Les Sablons, 2 Bennett St, Cambridge 617. 268. 6800 – – Best of Boston’s private dining where you should also bring all your money

Cafe Sushi, 1105 Mass Ave, Cambridge 617. 492 0434 – – Best of Boston’s sushi that’s reasonable with no attitude

Close

Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St, Brookline 617. 566. 6660 Best of Boston again, new and used books, gifts, cards Brookline Booksmith

Fenway Park Tours, Jersey Street, Boston 617. 226. 6666 Daily 10-5 Tour the press box, dugout and field

Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St, Boston 617. 482. 6439 Daily 9:30 – 5 $6

SoWa First Friday, 450 Harrison Ave, South End 978. 337. 4191 free Browse art for sale from 70 artists who open their studios the first Friday each month

Museums

Boston Children’s Museum, 308 Congress St, Boston 617. 426. 6500 Focus on science, health, fitness and culture

Bostonian Society Old State House Museum, 206 Washington St, Boston 617. 720. 1713 Historical presentations, artifacts, images, architecture Daily 9-5

Edward M. Kennedy Institute, 210 Morrisey Blvd, Boston 617. 740. 7000 Includes a replica of his office and reproduction of the U. S. Senate chamber

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St, Cambridge 617. 495. 9400 Daily 10-5 $13/$15

Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Dr, Boston 617. 478. 3100 Next of Kin: Seeing Extinction of Endangered Animals, ongoing Call for hours

International Museum of World War II, 8 Mercer Rd, Natick 508. 651. 1944 Marking the 75th anniversary of entering the war, 75 objects from its collection of 500,000

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston 617. 566. 1401

Jackson Homestead and Museum, 527 Washington St, Newton 617. 796. 1450

JFK Presidential Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston 617. 514. 1600 Daily 9-5 https://www.jfklibrary.org/

Larz Anderson Auto Museum, 15 Newton St, Brookline 617. 522. 6547 Vintage American cars

Mary Baker Eddy Library, 200 Mass Ave, Boston 617. 450. 7000 Tues-Sunday 10-4 Mapparium

Mass Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St, Boston 617. 536. 1608 Free Permanent collection of paintings, photographs and document including a copy of the first printing of Declaration of Independence

McMullen Museum at Boston College, 2101 Comm Ave, Boston 617. 552. 8587

MIT List Visual Arts Center, 20 Ames St, Cambridge 617. 253. 4680 Free

New England Aquarium, 1 Central Wharf, Boston 617.973. 5206 Among others, the giant ocean tank

Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation, Mass General Hospital, 2 N. Grove St, Boston 617. 724. 8009 Permanent collection of medical discoveries, patient care and research at MGH with photographs, artifacts and interactive media

Rose Art Museum at Brandeis, 415 South St, Waltham 781.736.3434 Wed-Sun, 11-5, free. Jennifer Packer: Tenderheaded (paintings of funerary flowers thru July 8. Permanent collection of 8,000 pieces of art including ’60s and ’70s American words ongoing

Sports Museum at TD Garden, 100 Legends Way, Boston 617. 624. 1234 Artifacts from the area’s professional and college teams, ongoing

West End Museum, 150 Staniford St, Boston 617. 723. 2125 “The Last Tenement documents the West End’s history and immigrant community from 1850-1958.”