Brookline Senior Center
Books, Movies, Theater,Trips
Movie Tuesdays here at 1
Tuesday, Apr 16 – – Free Solo (2018) Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature with professional rock climber Alex Honnold
Tuesday, Apr 23 – – Vice (2018) Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carrell
Tuesday, Apr 30 – – If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) Stephan James, Regina King, Dave Franco
Movie Wednesdays at Putterham Library
959 West Roxbury Parkway, Chestnut Hill at 1:30 – – 617. 730. 2385
Wednesday, Apr 17 – – Green Book (2018) Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini
Wednesday, Apr 24 – – Juliet, Naked (2018) Chris O’Dowd, Rose Byrne, Kitty O’Beirne
Movie Thursdays at Pleasant St Library
31 Pleasant St, Brookline at 1:30 – – 617. 730. 2370
Wednesday, Apr 18 – – Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells
Wednesday, Apr 25 – – Mary Poppins Returns (2018) Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Meryl Streep
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St
617. 734. 2500
Amazing Grace
Gloria Bell
Peterloo
Us
Click for times and one-night only
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
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Book Discussion Group at Putterham Library
Meets in the Community Room at Putterham Library from 2-3 pm these dates. Books available. Leaders: Charlotte Millman and Batia Bloomenthal
Monday, Apr 22 – – The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story, by Hyeonseo Lee
Monday, May 20 – – Letters to my Palestinian Neighbor, by Yossi Klein Halevi
Monday, June 17 – – Educated, by Tara Westover
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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
Tuesday, Apr 23 – – Strangers in their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right, by Arlie Russell Hochschild
Tuesday, May 28 – – Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
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 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
Cafe Sushi, 1105 Mass Ave, Cambridge 617. 492 0434 – – Best of Boston’s sushi that’s reasonable with no attitude
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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.”