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Wednesday, November 19 – Sunday, May 10: “Photographic Figures" at the MFA

by Liza Weisstuch | November 14, 2008

We’ve never spent an entire night in the Museum of Fine Arts (465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 617.267.9300), so we can’t tell you about any ancient Egyptian ghosts or bronze ballerina sculptures that pirouette to life when the doors are locked. But there is one long-held secret we can reveal: the MFA has one of America’s earliest, historically significant collection of photos. Most were shot by legendary photographers, but they’re often packed away in storage. This month, however, that secret is a cause for public excitement as the museum unveils its new Herb Ritts Gallery, which will be dedicated to the art of the camera. The inaugural exhibit, “Photographic Figures,” focuses on about 75 works by a veritable all-star team of sharp shooters, including Man Ray, Alfred Stieglitz, Lee Friedlander, and Ritts himself. Photo-journalism, surrealism, modernism, landscapes, and nudes are just a few of the picture-perfect themes on display. You’ll be camera-ready with admission to the MFA ($17; $15 for students over 18). ...

Wednesday, November 5 – Sunday, November 16: Boston Jewish Film Festival

by Liza Weisstuch | November 03, 2008

What politicians speak about broadly and hesitantly, filmmakers delve into headlong. We’re referring to religion, and now that the interminable election is over, we want some straight talk. Just in time comes the 20th annual Boston Jewish Film Festival, which includes 46 independently􀀐produced films that address all things tribal from an assortment of perspectives. The Gen X filmmakers whose work takes the spotlight at the festival tackle big issues, like the personal effects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, negotiating Jewish identity in our cyber-saturated world, and baseball in the promised land. It kicks off on a humorous note at the Museum of Fine Arts (465 Huntington Avenue, Boston) on November 5 with The Deal, in which William H. Macy, Meg Ryan, and LL Cool J take a multicultural stab at making a movie about the life of former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. In addition to screenings, which mostly happen at the MFA, the Institute of Contemporary Art (100 Northern Avenue, Boston), and the Coolidge Corner Theatre (290 Harvard Street, Brookline), there are panel discussions and opportunities to kibitz with directors. Visit www.bjff.org for additional venues, films, times, and prices.

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Tuesday, November 11: Alejandro Escovedo

by Liza Weisstuch | November 03, 2008
Alejandro Escovedo would be a perfect character in a Rick Moody novel. There’s the epic history that smacks of southwestern Americana (growing up with a father in a Mariachi band, seeing John Lee Hooker as a child). There’s the self-discovery from years of unfettered artistic exploration, rock, and debauchery (playing in the Nuns, a San Francisco punk band in the 1970s; living for long stints at the legendary Chelsea Hotel). And there’s the way friendship was his lifeline when he recently battled Hepatitis C. (Musicians including Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams banded together to make a fundraising album.) Then there’s recovery, which led him to encounters with long-admired idols like the Velvet Underground’s John Cale, who produced an album for him in 2006. Escovedo’s latest project, Real Animal, blends his penchant for rootsy rock with his punk past. He offers his reality check tonight at the Museum of Fine Arts (465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 617.369.3306) at 7:30 p.m. Get tickets ($25; $20 for members, students, and seniors) at www.mfa.org....

Through Sunday, November 2: British Advertising Films

by Liza Weisstuch | October 17, 2008

We feel no shame in telling you that, regardless of Tom Brady’s sorry condition, we cannot wait for the
Super Bowl. But there’s a long, bleak winter between now and February 1, and we have to get our clever
commercial fix before then. Thank goodness for the annual engagement of British Advertising Films at the
Museum of Fine Arts (465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 617.369.3306). We hear David Beckham makes a
cameo in one, and a gorilla with a penchant for percussion shows up in another. (We should introduce him
to a little pink drumming bunny we know.) What are they trying to sell? Figuring it out is part of the fun of a
good advert. All we can tell you is that you’ll see a whole bunch of them for the low, low ticket price of $10
($8/students and seniors). Hurry! It’s an offer you can’t refuse! Check www.mfa.org/film for show times.

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Thursday, September 25: College Night

by Erin Souza | September 22, 2008

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Tuesday, September 23 – Monday, January 19: Karsh 100

by Liza Weisstuch | September 22, 2008

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Wednesday, July 16

by Liza Weisstuch | July 10, 2008
What started in 2003 as a bunch of guys getting together one night a week at a New York club to dabble in a modern interpretation of forro, a jubilant Brazilian folk dance music, became Forro in the Dark , an alluring ensemble that has garnered attention...

French Film Festival

by Liza Weisstuch | June 23, 2008
THURSDAY, JULY 10 – SUNDAY, JULY 27 Oui, mes cheries, c’est le temps! For those of you who haven’t studied French since high school (or who find waiters correcting your pronunciation when you order pot au feu or andouillette), this means “Yes, my darlings...

Son Volt

by webteam | May 19, 2008
SATURDAY, MAY 24 Jay Farrar is to altcountry what Coltrane is to jazz, what the Sex Pistols are to punk, what Dion and the Belmonts are to doowop, what … well, you get the point. Farrar sauntered onto the scene in 1989, when he and Jeff Tweedy (later...

The art of the game

by Heather Bouzan | April 22, 2008
From 2007 Red Sox rookies Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima to the ’08 opening series in Tokyo, Boston and Japan are inextricably linked by baseball. Now the Museum of Fine Arts (465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 617.267.9300) is honoring that bond with...

"El Greco to Velázquez" and "Antonio López García" at the Museum of Fine Arts

by Heather Bouzan | April 07, 2008
SUNDAY, APRIL 13 - SUNDAY, JULY 27 It's "Spanish Spring" at the Museum of Fine Arts (465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 617.267.9300), and we're excited for the chance to revisit our high-school foreign-language roots. The season is headlined...

“SMFA Traveling Scholars” at the Museum of Fine Arts

by Heather Bouzan | January 28, 2008
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 - SUNDAY, MARCH 2 We can see how, as an artist, one might benefit from a change of scenery. Luckily for six talented up-and-comers, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) provides the requisite cash with its annual Traveling...