Boston – Tuesday, January 6
Published 2008-11-20 05:00
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VIDEO GAMES & VIOLINSTo call it classical crossover would be an understatement. The orchestral phenom, Video Games Live!, created by composer/conductors Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall in 2005, has given 8-bit birth to a global touring franchise and a top Billboard soundtrack. The pair, with full orchestra in tow, delight in soundtracks from newer Nintendo and XBOX offerings like “Super Mario Brothers,” “Warcraft” and “Halo,” along with classic Atari releases such as “Frogger,” “Donkey Kong,” “Space Invaders” and “Pac-Man.” That’s tomorrow, 8 p.m., at the Citi Performing Arts Center’s Wang Theatre (270 Tremont St., Boston. MBTA: Green Line to Boylston). Tickets are $35-$75; call 800-447-7400 or go to www.citicenter.org  for more info.VIDEO GAMES & VIOLINS
To call it classical crossover would be an understatement. The orchestral phenom, Video Games Live!, created by composer/conductors Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall in 2005, has given 8-bit birth to a global touring franchise and a top Billboard soundtrack. The pair, with full orchestra in tow, delight in soundtracks from newer Nintendo and XBOX offerings like “Super Mario Brothers,” “Warcraft” and “Halo,” along with classic Atari releases such as “Frogger,” “Donkey Kong,” “Space Invaders” and “Pac-Man.” That’s tomorrow, 8 p.m., at the Citi Performing Arts Center’s Wang Theatre (270 Tremont St., Boston. MBTA: Green Line to Boylston). Tickets are $35-$75; call 800-447-7400 or go to www.citicenter.org  for more info.
 

 
 

ENTERTAINMENT

Jim Gaffigan
Tonight, 8
Wilbur Theatre
246 Tremont St., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Boylston
$44.75-$54.75, 617-931-2000
www.ticketmaster.com
One of the cornerstones of Jim Gaffigan’s routine is his self-deprecating whisper; the other, it would appear, is food. No one takes on bacon, cake and pie, bologna, vegetables and Hot Pockets quite like the Great Pasty White Hope. You’ve got five other chances to eat up Gaffigan’s “Sexy Tour”; he’s at the Berklee Performance Center tomorrow and Saturday, 7:30 and 10 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m.

Artie Lange
Tomorrow, 7:30 and 10 p.m.
Wilbur Theatre
246 Tremont St., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Boylston
$58-$75, 617-931-2000
www.ticketmaster.com
We were hoping to see Howard Stern punching bag Artie Lange at the Agganis Arena just last weekend as part of Denis Leary and Cam Neely’s “Comics Come Home” benefit. Though he didn’t show, Lange did make it through another week despite his halftime line in the death pool. He also signs his new memoir, “Too Fat to Fish,” Saturday, 2 p.m., at Borders Back Bay.

New England Fan Experience
Tomorrow, 3 p.m.-1 a.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 a.m.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Hotel
575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
$10-$229, 781-986-8735
www.nefe.us
Whatever your pop culture fix — Spike & Mike’s Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation, “Twilight,” “Dr. Who,” “Star Trek: Voyager,” Anime Kaiju — you can get your fix at the three-day nerd panacea, the New England Fan Experience, which covers science fiction, science fact-ion (real live astronauts!), fantasy, anime, gaming, tech stuffs and that Match.com profile sinker, costuming.

Anita Shreve reads from ‘Testimony’
Tomorrow, 7 p.m.
Porter Square Books
25 White St., Cambridge
MBTA: Red Line to Porter
Free, 617-491-2220
www.portersquarebooks.com
Tufts alum Anita Shreve, author of “The Pilot’s Wife” and “The Weight of Water,” delivers her latest dramatic weave, “Testimony,” about a student sex scandal at a private Vermont high school.

MUSIC

Bishop Allen
Tonight, 9 p.m.
Middle East Downstairs
480 Mass. Ave., Cambridge
MBTA: Red Line to Central
$12, 18+, 617-864-EAST
www.mideastclub.com
Former Cantabrigians Bishop Allen received a nice push to the national landscape care of their flailing pop ditty, “Middle Management,” being chosen for the “Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist” soundtrack. The Brooklyn group trafficks in delightful indie nuggets dabbed with shouty pogo bits and precious ukulele. Electric Owls open, along with Mean Creek; Passion Pit has canceled.

International Pop Overthrow
Through Sunday
Church
69 Kilmarnock St., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Fenway
$10, 21+, 617-236-7600
www.churchofboston.com
The sixth annual IPO fest settles in at Church for four nights of local and national acts. Tonight sees master popsmith Andy Pratt joining The Kickbacks and young’ns The Mystery Tramps; weekend highlights include The Motion Sick, John Powhida International Airport, Bird Mancini, Frank Ciampi, Gene Dante and The Future Starlets and Lemonpeeler.

Sondre Lerche
Saturday, 9 p.m.
The Paradise
967 Comm. Ave., Boston
MBTA: Green B Line to
Pleasant St.
$15, 18+, 617-562-8800
www.thedise.com
Norwegian wunderkind Sondre Lerche blends jazz, lounge and smart-pop elements (a la XTC and Brendan Benson) into an effervescent mélange on his new shorty, “Polaroid Pumpkin Party EP,” which, in keeping with his homespun DIY ethic, features one-of-a-kind Polaroids from his recent goings-on such as Halloween parties, Election night and friends’ dinner gatherings. British folkie Sylvie Lewis, a Berklee grad, opens the night.

ICE, ICE BABYSkating fans now have something to do when they’re not pawing their Katerina Witt and Kristi Yamaguchi posters — the Frog Pond on Boston Common opens this week. The rest of us will just be an “I Love Lucy”-like menace. Hours are Sunday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (except Mondays, till 5 p.m.); tomorrow and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., through March 17 on Boston Common (Enter at Charles Street, Boston. MBTA: Green Line to Arlington or Park Street). Admission is $4/children 13 and under free. Skate rentals: $8/$5. Call 617-635-2120 or go to www.bostoncommonfrogpond.org.ICE, ICE BABY
Skating fans now have something to do when they’re not pawing their Katerina Witt and Kristi Yamaguchi posters — the Frog Pond on Boston Common opens this week. The rest of us will just be an “I Love Lucy”-like menace. Hours are Sunday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (except Mondays, till 5 p.m.); tomorrow and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., through March 17 on Boston Common (Enter at Charles Street, Boston. MBTA: Green Line to Arlington or Park Street). Admission is $4/children 13 and under free. Skate rentals: $8/$5. Call 617-635-2120 or go to www.bostoncommonfrogpond.org.
 

 

LOCAL

Ski & Snowboard Expo
Today and Tomorrow, 4-10 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Bayside Expo Center
200 Mt. Vernon St., Columbia Point, Boston
MBTA: Red Line to JFK/UMASS
$12, 617-474-6000
www.onthesnow.com
The Globe’s snow to-do is stuffed to the powdered gills with freestyle aerial demos, the “Nor’easter Snowdown” Rail Jam Competition, ice cream socials, a snow park and learning center for kids, trivia matches, giveaways, vendor look-sees, and musical sets by Adam Ezra, Evan Goodrow and more.

Everybody Wins! ‘Boston, Books & Baseball’ Benefit
Tonight, 6/7 p.m.
State Street Pavilion
Fenway Park
4 Yawkey Way, Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Kenmore
$150 VIP/$75
www.fabulousinfullforce.com
Ernie and the Automatics top a bill for the literacy-mentoring group, Everybody Wins. Billy Costa emcees, while ABC’s Steve Levy and Maria Stephanos and Butch Stearns of Fox 25 act as celebrity readers. Silent and live auction items include tickets to a 2009 Red Sox game (with access to batting practice), a basketball signed by the 2008 Celtics championship team, getaways to St. Croix and a chance at “Diner for a Day” on Costa’s show, “TV Diner.”

‘Evening of Celebrating Children’ with Kevin Youkilis
Saturday, 6 p.m.
Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel
138 St. James Ave., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Copley
$250, 888-901-KIDS
www.christophershaven.org
Christopher’s Haven, a nonprofit that provides housing and other services to children undergoing cancer treatment, will honor Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis and his wife Enza Sambataro at a gala benefit that will include a meet-n-greet, live auction, dancing and a certain warm fuzzy feeling.

Faneuil Hall Tree
Lighting Ceremony    
Saturday, 5:30 p.m.
Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston
MBTA: Green or Orange Line to Haymarket
Free, 617- 523-1300
www.faneuilhallmarketplace.com
It’s not even Thanksgiving and our ears are already starting to bleed from all the holiday music. But Christmas lights? We can never get enough of those. Mayor Menino flicks the switch then rocks out to a very busy Ernie and the Automatics. No Santa songs, please, Ernie.

CULTURAL

‘Herb Ritts & Horst P Horst’ Exhibit
Saturday through Dec. 19
Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Robert Klein Gallery
38 Newbury St., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Arlington
Free, 617-267-7997
www.robertkleingallery.com
The Robert Klein Gallery brings together more than 25 pieces from two celebrated photographers, Herb Ritts and Horst P Horst, whose stunning black-and-whites, usually fashion spreads and portraits, towed the line between provocative and pornographic. Ritts’ “Tony in White” is shown above. The opening reception is Tomorrow, 6-8 p.m.

Gardner After Hours’ ‘Divine Comedy’
Tonight, 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum
280 The Fenway, Boston
MBTA: Green E Line to Museum
$12, students $5
617-566-1401
www.gardnermuseum.org
The Gardner’s nighttime series “After Hours” continues this month with a Dante-driven theme. Owing to Ms. Gardner’s love of the poet, the soiree will highlight her Dante manuscript collection, along with a multimedia reading by video and performance artist Joan Jonas (additional cost $23/$10). The museum’s current exhibit, “The Triumph of Marriage: Painted Cassoni of the Renaissance,” running through Jan. 18, is also highlighted — because marriage is its own purgatory.

Kenneth Cole ‘Awearness’ Signing
Tonight, 6-8 p.m.
Kenneth Cole
Copley Place Mall
100 Huntington Ave., Boston
MBTA: Green Line to Copley
Free, 617-867-9580
www.kennethcole.com
Fashion man Kenneth Cole makes good on all that Made In China karma with his new do-gooder tome, “Awearness: Inspiring Stories about Making a Difference.” Cole will sign copies at his  store in the Copley Place Mall.

SPORTS

WWE’s ‘Survivor’
Sunday, 7:45 p.m.
TD Banknorth Garden
100 Legends Way, Boston
MBTA: Orange or Green Line to North Station
$27-$302, 617-931-2000
www.ticketmaster.com
Thanksgiving afternoon you’re probably going to have to give your brother the ol’ Camel Clutch for finishing off the pecan pie. You’ll need pointers and WWE’s got ‘em. Chris Jericho takes on returning Boston son John Cena; The Undertaker, Triple H, The Big Show, Rey Mysterio and Shawn Michaels also bless the mat for this PPV event.

DEVIL WENT DOWN TO DUBLINConor McPherson’s latest offering, the Tony-nominated “The Seafarer,” sets the dark tale of two brothers, a blind man and his degenerate caretaker sibling, against the backdrop of Christmas Eve in Dublin. But it isn’t Santa making his way through the night — it’s the devil. The Speakeasy Stage production runs through Dec. 13 at the Boston Center for the Arts (539 Tremont St., Boston. MBTA: Orange Line to Back Bay). Tickets $30-$50; call 617-933-8600 or go to www.bostontheatrescene.com for more info. DEVIL WENT DOWN TO DUBLIN
Conor McPherson’s latest offering, the Tony-nominated “The Seafarer,” sets the dark tale of two brothers, a blind man and his degenerate caretaker sibling, against the backdrop of Christmas Eve in Dublin. But it isn’t Santa making his way through the night — it’s the devil. The Speakeasy Stage production runs through Dec. 13 at the Boston Center for the Arts (539 Tremont St., Boston. MBTA: Orange Line to Back Bay). Tickets $30-$50; call 617-933-8600 or go to www.bostontheatrescene.com for more info.
 
 
 



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