Boston Jewish Film Festival
Tuesday, October 25 through Sunday, November 13
Times and Locations Vary
(617) 244-9899
The 2011 Boston Jewish Film Festival will take place from October 25th through November 13th, with a wide variety of films, all of which fall under this year’s theme, “Neighbors Near and Far”. At the Boston Jewish Film Festival website you can watch trailers, view the schedule, and read more about the featured films. Screenings will take place at multiple venues: AMC Framingham, Arlington Capitol Theatre, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Fenway Community Health Center, Hollywood Hits Premiere Theatres, Museum of Fine Arts- Boston, Showcase Cinema de Lux Patriot Place, Showcase Cinemas Randolph, and West Newton Cinema.
Science on Screen: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Tuesday, November 1 @ 7pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline 02446
617-734-2500
$9/adults, $7/seniors, students, Museum of Science Members, Free/Coolidge members
The Coolidge Corner Theatre and Museum of Science co-present a screening of The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, the award-winning film by Luis Buñuel, as part of the Science on Screen program. The film will be preceded by a discussion about sleep and dreams from a cognitive neuroscience viewpoint, with Robert Stickgold, Ph.D, associate professor of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and director of the Harvard Medical School Center for Sleep and Cognition. Get Tickets
Inside the Presidential Debates w/ Jim Lehrer
Tuesday, November 1 @ 6pm
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, 02138
617-661-1515
$5
Harvard Book Store presents Jim Lehrer, award-winning journalist and executive editor and former anchor of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS, who will discuss his new book, Tension City: Inside the Presidential Debates, from Kennedy-Nixon to Obama-McCain, at the Brattle Theatre. Get Tickets
Celebrity Science Series w/ Majora Carter
Wednesday, November 2 @ 7pm
Museum of Science, Cahners Theater, 1 Science Park, Boston 02114
617-723-7500
$15
As part of the Celebrity Science Series and the Let’s Talk About Food ongoing programs, the Museum of Science presents Growing Green, a lecture with Majora Carter, eco-entrepreneur and president of Majora Carter Group. Get Tickets
Steve Curwood of NPR’s “Living on Earth”
Wednesday, November 2 5:30pm-8pm
Emmanuel College Auditorium, 400 The Fenway, Boston 02115
617-522-2700
Free
The Emerald Necklace Conservancy will hold their annual meeting on November 2nd, featuring Roxbury native and host of National Public Radio’s “Living on Earth”, as the keynote speaker. The meeting is free and open to the public. Register to Attend
Day of the Dead Party in East Cambridge
Thursday, November 3 6:30pm
Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., East Cambridge, 02141
617-577-1400
Ages 21+
$10-$12
The Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center will host an El Día de los Muertos Celebration, featuring live music from Mariachi Multicultural de America, traditional Mexican dance performances by Xuchipilli, a short film about El Día de los Muertos, and Mexican food and drink available for purchase. Get Tickets
Amir D. Aczel, on The Lives of the Great Mathematicians
Thursday, November 3 @ 7pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 02138
617-661-1515
Free
Historian of Science, and internationally-recognized author, Amir D. Aczel, will be at the Harvard Book Store to talk about the quirky lives and history of some of the world’s greatest mathematicians, as explored in his new book, A Strange Wilderness: The Lives of the Great Mathematicians. The event is free and open to the public.
Friday Forum: Robert Trivers, On Self-Deception
Friday, November 4 @ 3pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 02138
617-661-1515
Free
The Harvard Book Store presents a Friday Forum discussion with Robert Trivers, sociobiologist and Professor of Anthropology and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University, who will talk about themes from his new book, The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life. This author event is free and open to the public.
A Conversation About America w/ Tom Brokaw
Friday, November 4 @ 7pm
First Parish Church, 1446 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge 02138
617-661-1515
$5
The Harvard Book Store presents Tom Brokaw, award-winning journalist and reporter for NBC News, who will be at the First Parish Church in Harvard Square to discuss his new book, The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation About America; Who We Are, Where We’ve Been, and Where We Need to Go Now to Recapture the American Dream. Get Tickets
Birds and Brew
Friday, November 4 7pm-10pm
Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan, 02126
617-983-8500
Ages 21+
$35/in advance, $40/at the door
Boston Nature Center presents Birds and Brew, a fundraising event featuring beer tastings with 7+ local breweries and bird demonstrations by Blue Hills Trailside Museum. The event will also have live music, trivia contests with prizes, and pub food from local restaurants. Shuttles will run between the Forest Hills Station and the Boston Nature Center every 20 minutes. Get Tickets
North Bennet St. School Open House
Friday, November 4 10am-2pm
Saturday, November 5 10am-3pm
North Bennet St. School, 39 N. Bennet Street, Boston 02113
617-227-0155
Free
The North Bennet St. School of craftsmanship will open its doors to the public for an open house on November 4th and 5th. Visitors will have the chance to talk with students and faculty members, view studio spaces, and watch demonstrations. Full-time programs at the school include Bookbinding, Cabinet and Furniture Making, Carpentry, Jewelry Making and Repair, Locksmithing, Piano Technology, Preservation Carpentry, and Violin Making and Repair.
Boston Christmas Crafts Festival
Friday, November 4 Noon-7pm
Saturday, November 5 10am-6pm
Sunday, November 6 10am-5pm
Seaport World Trade Center, 200 Seaport Blvd., Boston 02210
617-385-5000
All Ages
$10/in advance, $12/at door, Free/Kids
The annual Christmas Festival at the Seaport World Trade Center features a marketplace of arts and crafts items by over 300 artists from around the country. There will also be a Gingerbread House Competition, where competing chefs will be judged by a celebrity panel, with the proceeds to benefit Housing Families. Tickets are priced at 10 bucks, but be sure to print out the ‘discount’ coupon to take along if you plan on paying at the door. The coupon is for $2 off your admission ticket; although the term discount is a bit of a misnomer since it will simply result in you paying $10 like everyone else (the ticket price at the door happens to be $12). It’s an interesting trick by the event hosts to make you think you are getting a deal, but the coupon must be used to prevent you from paying more than everyone else. Get Tickets Online
MasterChef 3 Open Casting Call
Saturday, November 5 10am-6pm
Le Cordon Bleu, 215 First St., Cambridge, 02142
323-790-8051
Free
FOX TV will be in Boston on November 5th in search of contestants for the third season of MasterChef. If you are interested in applying, you can attend the open casting call at Le Cordon Bleu anytime between 10am and 6pm. Applicants are strongly encouraged to pre-register here as well.
Fall Wine Fest 2011
Saturday, November 5
Noon to 2:30pm or 3pm-6pm or 7pm-10pm
Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., Boston 02116
781-444-7771
Ages 21+
$29-$69
Boston Event Guide presents the 2011 Fall Wine Fest, a wine tasting event featuring wines from all over the world, gourmet food samplings, prize drawings, and music by DJ Karl. There are three sessions on Saturday, November 3rd; the tasting from 3pm to 6pm has sold out. Regular priced tickets for the other two sessions, Noon to 2:30pm and 7pm to 10pm, are $69, but if you order early, you can get a significant discount. More Info
Talk Cinema presents Melancholia
Sunday, November 6 @ 10am
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline, 02446
617-734-2500
$10-$20
The Talk Cinema program at the Coolidge Corner Theatre is a Sunday morning ongoing series featuring independent and foreign films that have not yet been released, as selected by film critic, Harlan Jacobson. Each film is followed by a discussion with critics, filmmakers, scholars, or other related experts.
Author, Joan Didion Discusses New Memoir
Monday, November 7 @ 7pm
First Parish Church, 1446 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge 02138
617-661-1515
$5
The Harvard Book Store presents Joan Didion, award-winning novelist, essayist and memoirist, who will be at the First Parish Church in Harvard Square, to discuss her latest memoir, Blue Nights. Tickets are $5 and are on sale now. Purchase them