Books, Movies, Theater, Trips

Movie Tuesdays here at 1 pm

Tuesday, July 23 – – The Hate U Give (2018) Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby

Tuesday, July 30 – – Puzzle (2018) Kelly Macdonald, Irrfan Khan, David Denman

Concerts at Fenway

Saturday, August 31 and Sunday, September 1 – – Zac Brown Band at 6:30. $68-$112; https://www.mlb.com/redsox/tickets/concerts/zac-brown-band

Friday, September 13 – – The Who at 6:30. $75-$195; https://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?pid=8670433&agency=FENWAY_CONCERTSA&tfl=Boston_Red_Sox-tickets-Boston_Red_Sox:_Tickets:_The_Who_at_Fenway_Park-na-x0-Desktop-Landscape

Saturday, September 14 – – Billy Joel at 7:30. $100-$160; keep checking, no tickets as of June 11 https://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?pid=8667622&agency=FENWAY_CONCERTS&tfl=Boston_Red_Sox-tickets-Boston_Red_Sox:_Tickets:_Billy_Joel_at_Fenway_Park-na-x0-Desktop-Landscape

Theater Club

August 11 – – La Cage Aux Folles at 2 pm, Reagle Theater in Waltham, $39, transportation included. Pay by check or cash to Brookline Senior Center. Register: 617. 730. 2777

Sunday, October 20 – – New Rep Comes to You with The Scarlet Letter, presented here at 2 pm. $5

Movie Wednesdays at Putterham Library

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

Wednesday, July 24 – – Gloria Bell (2018) Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Caren Pistorius

Wednesday, July 31 – – The Upside (2017) Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman

Movie Thursdays at Pleasant St Library

31 Pleasant St, Brookline at 1:30 – – 617. 730. 2370

Thursday, July 25 – – Lady Bird (2017) Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts

Coolidge Corner Theater, 290 Harvard St

617. 734. 2500

Maiden

Midsommar

The Farewell

Yesterday

Click for times and one-night only

Brookline Recreation

How to register www.brooklinerec.com 617. 730. 2082 call Sara. Or main recreation at 617. 730. 2069. 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, July 25 – – Guided canoe tour, Charles River, Newton includes transportation and canoe. 10-3 pm. $25/$34.

Book Discussion Group at Putterham Library

Meets in the Community Room at Putterham Library from 2-3 pm. Books available here. Leaders: Charlotte Millman and Batia Bloomenthal

Monday, September 16 – – Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee

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Public Issues Book Discussion, 9 am here

Leader: Tom Faulhaber – – Nonfiction book discussion including public issues, history and current events. GROUP MEETS HERE 9-10 am

TAF

Tuesday, July 23 – – Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone, by Richard Lloyd Parry

Tuesday, August 27 – – The Retreat of Western Liberalism, by Edward Luce

Tuesday, September 24 – – The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters, by Tom Nichols

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 – – is Best of Boston for Chinese Sichuan and the bar’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.

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

Cafe Sushi, 1105 Mass Ave, Cambridge 617. 492 0434 – – Best of Boston’s sushi that’s reasonable with no attitude and lunch to beat the band

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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.”