MUSIC
2.10
The Beets
w/ Christmas Island, Beach Fossils, The Procedure Club
@ Cafe Nine
New Haven, Conn.
$6.00 / 9:00 p.m.
2.12
Tip the Van
w/Call II Consciousness
@ The Main Pub
Manchester, Conn.
2.13
Trey Anastasio Band
@ Oakdale Theatre
Wallingford, Conn.
$39.50 / 7:30 p.m.
2.14
Assembly of Dust
@ Fairfield Theatre Stage One
Fairfield, Conn.
$25.00 / 7:30 p.m.
2.17
Citizen Cope
@ Toad’s Place
New Haven, Conn.
$22.50 / 9:00 p.m.
FILM
2.10 – 2.13
Me and Orson Welles
@ Cinestudio
Hartford, Conn.
$7.00 / 7:30 p.m.
Director Richard Linklater (Slackers, School of Rock, Before Sunrise) wastes no time in throwing overboard the typical biopic, which he calls “the lamest genre.” Instead, his independently produced movie looks at one week in the life of Orson Welles (Christian McKay) as observed by a young actor who has a bit part in Welles’ soon-to-open version of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. New York City in 1937 is a cauldron of art, desire, and ideas, and it is easy to get caught up in the obvious genius, as well as the self-destructive whirlwind, of one of the movies’ most gifted directors. “Art is a fairy tale we choose to believe in, and this movie, a fiction confected about real people, is too good not to be true.” – A. O. Scott, New York Times. 113 min.
2.12 – 2.17
Four Seasons Lodge
@ Real Art Ways
Hartford, Conn.
$6.25 / 7 p.m.
“It quietly chronicles what may be the last summer at a humble Catskills vacation colony a group of elderly Holocaust survivors have been visiting for decades. If that sounds like a bummer, think again — it’s more like a funny visit with your grandparents, multiplied by a dozen.” – New York Magazine
“The film presents anything but a simplistic narrative, and brings the Holocaust to light in a compelling, personal and emotional package.” – Sol Israel, The Boston Globe
2.12 – 2.13
The End of the Line
@ Real Art Ways
Hartford, Conn.
$6.25 / 9:30 p.m.
“The End of the Line is an apocalyptic documentary that is as beautiful as it is damning.” – Kenneth Turan, LA Times
“The End of the Line documents what threatens to become an irreversible decline in aquatic populations within 40 years. Opportunist species move in to take advantage. Oddly, the disappearance of cod has resulted in an explosion of lobsters, as they lose their chief rival for food.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
2.14
Journey of the Lion
@ Real Art Ways
Hartford, Conn.
$6.25 / 2.00 p.m.
“Howard A. Trott, the subject of Fritz Baumann’s film The Journey of the Lion is a Jamaican Rastafarian who lives an impoverished existence with his two children in a shack on the outskirts of Kingston. Disgusted with modern civilization, Brother Howie, as he is known, dreams of repatriation in Africa. Out of the blue one day, he receives a letter from the sister he hasn’t seen in 30 years inviting him to visit her in London. Leaving Jamaica for the first time in his life, he embarks on a journey that takes him to England and eventually to Egypt and Ghana. [An] eloquently simple film.” – Stephen Holden, New York Times (Critic’s Pick!)
2.14 – 2.16
Casablanca
@ Cinestudio
Hartford, Conn.
$7.00 / 7:30 p.m.
Dooley Wilson was right – the fundamental things do still apply: an excellent story, inspired acting, wickedly smart dialogue, and a timeless moral quandary that engages our minds as well as our hearts. In an occupied North African city during World War II, an apolitical American (Humphrey Bogart) runs Rick’s Cafe. Although he is unfazed by his questionable customers (partisans, Nazis, emigres, swindlers and more), Rick’s cool is shaken when the woman who left him in Paris (a luminous Ingrid Bergman) walks in to his cafe. Before Casablanca, Bogart was cast as mostly criminals and cads, and his very modern ambivalence towards playing the hero keeps this classic on everyone’s top ten lists. Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay. 112 min.
2.15
The Pirate
@ Real Art Ways
Hartford, Conn.
$5.00 / 1:00 p.m.
A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.
Gene Kelly and Judy Garland star in this swashbuckling musical directed by Vincente Minnelli.
2.16
New Moon
@CCSU (Semesters)
New Britain, Conn.
Free / 7:00 p.m.
After Bella recovers from the vampire attack that almost claimed her life, she looks to celebrate her birthday with Edward and his family. However, a minor accident during the festivities results in Bella’s blood being shed, a sight that proves too intense for the Cullens, who decide to leave the town of Forks, Washington for Bella and Edward’s sake. Initially heartbroken, Bella finds a form of comfort in reckless living, as well as an even-closer friendship with Jacob Black. Danger in different forms awaits.
CCSU
2.12
WFCS Freestyle Fridays
The Throw Down (w/ Mikey D. and Kyle Mencel) and The Mix Up (w/ Earle “DJ B-EZ” Nelson)
@ CCSU (WFCS – Student Center)
New Britain, Conn.
4-8 p.m.
