Boston – Wednesday, May 14
Updated 2008-05-08 03:39
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THURSDAY >> Max Mara Fashion Show/Tailored for Success Benefit @ Morton’s The Steakhouse, 699 Boylston St., Boston. MBTA: Green Line to Copley 5:30 p.m, $75, 617-266-5858, www.tailoredforsuccess.org Meghan F.’s pick!

SATURDAY >> National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive @ Your house! Leave nonperishable canned or boxed goods before your mail carrier arrives Saturday morning. www.helpstampouthunger.com David T.’s pick!

SATURDAY >> Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation 5K Walk/Run @ Carson Beach, William J. Day Blvd., South Boston. MBTA: Red Line to JFK/UMass 9 a.m, $25, www.mmrfrace.org/boston Kelcey J.’s pick!

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POLL POSITIONDeath Cab For Cutie gets behind their new disc, “Narrow Stairs,” a gauzy mesh of hyperliterate lyrics and Ben Gibbard’s prepubescent croon, just in time to top the WFNX Best Music Poll bill with Bob Mould, Presidents of the United States of America, Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls, Eli “Paperboy” Reed and Passion Pit. It all kicks off Saturday, 5 p.m., at the Bank of America Pavilion (290 Northern Ave., Boston. MBTA: Silver Line to Silver Line Way). Tickets $38, all ages; call 617-931-2000 or go to www.ticketmaster.com for more info. POLL POSITION
Death Cab For Cutie gets behind their new disc, “Narrow Stairs,” a gauzy mesh of hyperliterate lyrics and Ben Gibbard’s prepubescent croon, just in time to top the WFNX Best Music Poll bill with Bob Mould, Presidents of the United States of America, Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls, Eli “Paperboy” Reed and Passion Pit. It all kicks off Saturday, 5 p.m., at the Bank of America Pavilion (290 Northern Ave., Boston. MBTA: Silver Line to Silver Line Way). Tickets $38, all ages; call 617-931-2000 or go to www.ticketmaster.com for more info.
 

 
 

ENTERTAINMENT

Lewis Black
Tonight, 8
Opera House
539 Washington St., Boston
MBTA: Red or Green Line to Park Street
$52.50-$72.50, all ages
617-259-3400
www.ticketmaster.com
Black, as always, is going to be on about something. Bring extra aspirin to throw on stage because the guy is pretty much one spitting-nails sentence away from a heart attack.

David Copperfield
Friday, 9 p.m.; Saturday, 2, 5 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, 1, 4 and 7 p.m.
Opera House
539 Washington St., Boston
MBTA: Red or Green Line to Park Street
$27.50-$62.50, all ages
617-259-3400
www.ticketmaster.com
You laugh now — “Me? Go see (insert haughty voice here) David Copperfield?” — but when you wake up midshow in your living room, enveloped in smoke and surrounded by 500 doves, you’ll become a believer.

AltCom! Comedy Fest
Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.
Somerville Theatre
55 Davis Square, Somerville
MBTA: Red Line to Davis
$32, 617-625-5700
www.somervilletheatreonline.com
For every watered-down mainstream stand-up routine, there exists, in a bizarro world, a bunch of twisted whackheads doing their (read: your) version of funny. In other words, if you aren’t a fan of Dane Cook’s frat-boy schtick, you’ll shake your lobster claw at the sky and say, “Yes! Fellow weirdos!” when you read AltCom’s lineup. Check out tomorrow’s Metro for our interview with Patton Oswalt; also performing you’ve got Lexington native and “Flight of the Conchords” super, Eugene Mirman, along with Todd Barry, Emo Philips and others.

Kaiju Big Battel
Saturday, 8 p.m.
The Roxy
279 Tremont St., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Boylston
$20, 18+, 617-931-2000
www.ticketmaster.com
“The world’s only live monster wrestling spectacle” was born in your backyard, kids. From a single performance at the Revolving Museum in 1994, this subculture goodness has turned into an international costumed sensation (likely because everybody thinks it came from Japan). This weekend, Dr. Cube is forced to take the bench (though we can’t imagine he’ll stay there) as Neo Teppen goes up against Call-Me-Kevin for the Kaiju Championship Belt. Gasp!

MUSIC

Erykah Badu and The Roots
Tonight, 7:30
The Orpheum
One Hamilton Place, Boston
MBTA: Red or Green Line to Park Street
$45-$55, all ages, 617-931-2000
www.ticketmaster.com
The nonpareil Badu hits town behind “New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War,” another mash of politically smacked funkadelic. The Roots, who chat with Metro’s Malcolm Venable on page 18 about their new record, open up the night.

The Teenagers
Tonight, 9
The Paradise
967 Comm. Ave., Boston
MBTA: Green B Line to Pleasant St.
$14, 18+, 617-562-8800
www.thedise.com
The Teenagers combine the cheekiness of Cake with the melodic bounce of punk-pop for an end result that conjures a strange mix of two local faves — Papas Fritas and Porsches on the Autobahn. Team Robespierre and Hearthrob kick things off.

Clinic
Friday, 9 p.m.
The Paradise
967 Comm. Ave., Boston
MBTA: Green B Line to Pleasant St.
$15, 18+, 617-562-8800
www.thedise.com
The surgical scrub-donning Clinic returns with “Do It!,” another platter of uneasy, sideways kinks that remind you a bottle of absinthe and a noose are never too far away.

El Perro Del Mar
Friday, 9 p.m.
Middle East Downstairs
480 Mass. Ave., Cambridge
MBTA: Red Line to Central
$15, 18+, 617-864-EAST
www.mideastclub.com
El Perro Del Mar — the project moniker of Sarah Assbring — delivers another resplendent disc of soft sway with “From the Valley to the Stars.” The Gothenberg songstress is joined by Lykke Li and Anna Ternheim.

GET TO THE POINTThe Fort Point Art Walk goes down Friday, 4-7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., with more than 80 artists and galleries opening their doors to the pubic. We’ll be at the Fort Port Arts Gallery (300 Summer St., Boston. MBTA: Red Line to South Station) checking out the whimsically twisted works of Kelly Anona Kerrigan, showing as part of “Dressing Room,” a joint exhibit with Lisa Costanzo. Get maps off the Web site or pick one up in the area. Call 617-423-4299 or go to www.fortpointarts.org for more info.  GET TO THE POINT
The Fort Point Art Walk goes down Friday, 4-7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., with more than 80 artists and galleries opening their doors to the pubic. We’ll be at the Fort Port Arts Gallery (300 Summer St., Boston. MBTA: Red Line to South Station) checking out the whimsically twisted works of Kelly Anona Kerrigan, showing as part of “Dressing Room,” a joint exhibit with Lisa Costanzo. Get maps off the Web site or pick one up in the area. Call 617-423-4299 or go to www.fortpointarts.org for more info.
 
 

LOCAL

Yoga on the Square
Today, noon-1 p.m. and 1-2 p.m.
Copley Square
At Dartmouth and Boylston streets
MBTA: Green Line to Copley
Free
www.drinkbetterwater.com
You could woof down a large fry and Diet Coke at lunch or you could let go of that pent-up boss ire and hit Glaceau’s yoga sessions. Free yoga mats, Smartwater bevs and really sore hamstrings await. E-mail laura.smartwater@yahoo.com to reserve a spot.

Mother’s Day Brunch
Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Top of the Hub
Prudential Center
800 Boylston St., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Copley
$67, 617-536-1775
www.topofthehub.net
When you care enough to give the very best, you book mom a reservation at the Top of the Hub. The exquisite menu and world’s eye view can’t be beat.

High Trek Adventure
Saturday, 11 a.m. check-in, Noon start
Lir
903 Boylston St., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Hynes
$50
www.hightrekadventure.com
You’re not the only one addicted to “The Amazing Race” and now you can join your fellow zig-zagging denizens at this citywide scavenger hunt. Mozambique isn’t on the docket but navigating Newbury Street is a challenge by any standard. Proceeds benefit AIDS Action Committee.


CULTURAL

Jane Goodall discusses ‘Reason for Hope’
Tonight, 8
Colonial Theatre
106 Boylston St., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Boylston
$35-$45/$12 students, 617-429-9090
www.ticketmaster.com
In her new book, world-renowned primate expert Jane Goodall fuses memoir and public plea as she looks back at her upbringing, tutelage under Louis Leakey and how her life’s work led her to activism.

Yaron Brook
Tonight, 6:30
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington St., Boston
MBTA: Blue Line to State
Free, 617-482-6439
www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org
www.fordhallforum.org
President of the Ayn Rand Institute, Yaron Brook, discusses “Woodstock’s Legacy: The Rise of Environmentalism and the Religious Right” in this Ford Hall Forum lecture. Building on Ayn Rand’s 1969 Ford Hall lecture, “Apollo and Dionysus,” Brook, using Rand’s Objectivism underpinnings, draws parallels between religion and environmentalism in the four decades since that beacon concert.

Common Boston
Friday through Sunday
Various locations
Free, 617-951-1433
www.commonboston.org
Purveyors of architecture will be setting about town this weekend for the Boston Society of Architects’ annual celebration of culture and urbania. Six Boston neighborhoods — Fort Point, Dudley Square, Maverick Square, Ashmont, The Fenway and Jackson Square — host an array of lectures, walking tours, film screenings and food tastings.
 
Theatre Marathon
Sunday, noon to 10 p.m.
Boston Center for the Arts
539 Tremont St., Boston
MBTA: Orange Line to Back Bay
$25, 617-933-8600
www.bostontheatrescene.com
The Boston Playwrights’ Theatre celebrates the 10th anniversary of its whirlwind blur of 50 10-minute plays. Yes, 50 plays — stock up on your cultural karma all in a few hours.


SPORTS

Celtics vs. Cavaliers
Tonight, 7
TD Banknorth Garden
100 Legends Way, Boston
MBTA: Orange or Green Line to North Station
$18-$1,1651.50, 617-931-2000
www.ticketmaster.com
In Game 2 of the second round of the NBA playoffs, the C’s take on LeBron James and the rest of the Cleveland gang.
 

MAY FLOWERSHarvard Square’s annual Mayfair, rescheduled from last week, will take place Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. (MBTA: Red Line to Harvard). Much like the Square itself, the festival caters to all walks —mom can go for a hot air balloon ride; kids can partake in sidewalk chalk drawing; dance fiends will be checking out the Jose Mateo troupe and the NBW All-Stars and Breaking Crew on the Dance Month stage; your MFA-wielding sister can pick up a new sculpture; cinephiles will tuck into the dark of the Brattle Theatre for free screenings and music fans will be scoping out locals Hallelujah the Hills, Rumble winners Girls, Guns and Glory, and singer-songwriter Tim Gearan along with the headliner, Philadelphia’s sloppy soul brothers, Dr. Dog. And for everyone else there’s food, drink, ice cream and Burt’s Bees lipgloss. Call 617-491-3434 or go to www.harvardsquare.com for more info.  MAY FLOWERS
Harvard Square’s annual Mayfair, rescheduled from last week, will take place Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. (MBTA: Red Line to Harvard). Much like the Square itself, the festival caters to all walks —mom can go for a hot air balloon ride; kids can partake in sidewalk chalk drawing; dance fiends will be checking out the Jose Mateo troupe and the NBW All-Stars and Breaking Crew on the Dance Month stage; your MFA-wielding sister can pick up a new sculpture; cinephiles will tuck into the dark of the Brattle Theatre for free screenings and music fans will be scoping out locals Hallelujah the Hills, Rumble winners Girls, Guns and Glory, and singer-songwriter Tim Gearan along with the headliner, Philadelphia’s sloppy soul brothers, Dr. Dog. And for everyone else there’s food, drink, ice cream and Burt’s Bees lipgloss. Call 617-491-3434 or go to www.harvardsquare.com for more info. 
 
 
 



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