The Appleseed Cast are performing this Thursday at the Space in Hamden.
MUSIC
4.15
The Appleseed Cast
@ The Space
Hamden, Conn.
$12 / 7 p.m.
The Appleseed Cast is an indie post-rock band based in Lawrence, Kansas, currently comprised of singer/guitarist Christopher Crisci, guitarist aaron pillar, bassist Nate Whitman and drummer John Momberg. The band’s predominately guitar-based music has gradually evolved in a relatively short space of time (arguably due to a combination of line-up changes and natural musical progression) from intense, heavy emo indebted to such acts as Mineral and Sunny Day Real Estate to a unique “post-rock” sound hinging on inventive, intricate drumming, subtle guitar arpeggios and impassioned vocals. For this special show they will be performing Low Level Owl I and II back-to-back, each in its entirety!
4.17
The Thermals@ The Space
Hamden, Conn.
$12 / 7 p.m.
The Thermals’ brand of simple, catchy, snotty punk-pop sounds all sweaty and covered in lint and crumbs and broken glass and whatever else was all over their practice space floor. And while the sound is still appropriately raw and in your face, there is definitely more of a pop to punk ratio. Although for every lilting melody and sugary sweet hook, the Thermals stomp it to bits within minutes. Lots of folks here think that this is what the Mountain Goats would sound like all drugged up and punk rock supercharged, with the vocalist’s nerdy whine, sung/spoken delivery and oblique wordy lyrics. Imagine the simple jangle pop of the Strokes, the skewed take on classic Beatlesque songwriting of Guided By Voices, the three chord stomp of the Ramones and add lots of packed basement, broken down van, DIY and punk rock snarl and you’ve got The Thermals!
4.22
Mastodon
w/ Between the Buried and Me
@ the Webster
Hartford, Conn.
$25 / 6 p.m.
FILM
4.14
Soundtrack for a Revolution
@ Real Art Ways
Hartford, Conn.
$6.25 / 7 p.m.
“[A] skillfully assembled history of the civil rights movement, with musical interludes. It’s civil rights’ greatest hits: Montgomery, Selma, Birmingham; “Eyes on the Prize,” “We Shall Not be Moved,” “We Shall Overcome.” It’s the kind of film that will have audiences clapping and singing along. And why not? The images and stories may be familiar, but it’s history worth retelling.” – Mike Hale, The New York Times
“The film puts a fresh spin on the issues and struggles of the civil-rights movement.” – Jennie Punter, The Globe And Mail
4.14
April in Paris Film Festival: Money and Class – La Graine Et Le Mulet
@ Cinestudio
Hartford, Conn.
$7 / 7:30 p.m.
LA GRAINE ET LE MULET (The Secret of the Grain) A brilliant family portrait about an aging immigrant from Tunisia, who spends his days delivering fish via motorbike in a French coastal village, but dreams of opening his own couscous restaurant. Director Abdel Kechiche says he started out with the idea of making “a popular fantasy, the kind of story they like to tell in the projects: the myth of those who made it.” But as he became more interested in the father and his children and the rich ambiance of his French/Tunisian culture, he decided the film should capture the more subtle drama of “a real family meal or the beginnings of an emotion showing through on someone’s face.”
Other films include 4.15: Z at 7:30 p.m.; 4.16: Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie at 7:30 p.m.; 4.17: L’Argnent de Poche at 2:30 p.m. and Un Capitalisme Sentimental at 8 p.m.
4.16
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
@ Real Art Ways
Hartford, Conn.
$6.25 / 7 p.m.
“A straight-ahead, enthralling story of moral courage … So many people risked their livelihoods to put the 7,000-page Pentagon Papers out there… We have not celebrated Daniel Ellsberg enough. Let’s begin.”
- David Edelstein, New York Magazine
“Fortunately, the staunchly committed and controversial Ellsberg, now 78, is still around to tell his history-making tale, and he lends the film gravitas as both its persuasive narrator and primary talking head.”
- Gary Goldstein, LA Times
“Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith’s film deserves recognition as an exemplary piece of nonfiction filmmaking, it pulses with the suspense and momentum of a sleek thriller — a wily caper flick that just happens to revolve around one of the most crucial chapters in recent American history.”
- Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post
“This is meaty, dramatic stuff – see this movie with your teenagers and watch their jaws hit the floor.”
- Ty Burr, Boston Globe
4.18-21
Mr. Hulot’s Holiday
@ Cinestudio
Hartford, Conn.
$7 / 7:30 p.m.
“A film I would see every other day if I had the time… I think Tati worked with sound and music better than most anybody I’ve seen. He can zoom in on the absurdity of life without losing his love for human beings.” – David Lynch.
“Some of the funniest and loveliest slapstick imaginable… casting off the tyranny of a plotline in favor of loosely associated tones, episodes, and images. The soundtrack, in which dialogue is subsumed by sound effects, is a masterful piece of musique concrète.” – Dave Kehr.
“When has a film so subtly and yet so completely captured nostalgia for past happiness? The movie is about the simplest of human pleasures: The desire to get away for a few days, to play instead of work, to breathe in the sea air, and maybe meet someone nice. It is about the hope that underlies all vacations, and the sadness that ends them. And it is amused, too, that we go about our days so intently, while the sea and the sky go about theirs.” – Roger Ebert.
4.18-21
Shutter Island
@ Cinestudio
Hartford, Conn.
$7 / 7:30 p.m.
ART
4.15
Creative Cocktail Hour
@ Real Art Ways
Hartford, Conn.
$10 / 6 p.m.
On the third Thursday of every month, creative people come together for conversation, art, and music. This month: swing dancing, with instruction and live music from the O Tones.
CCSU
4.14
Inter Residence Council Dean’s Cup
@ Semesters
Student Center
7 p.m.
4.16
Battle of the Bands
@ Welte Auditorium
6 p.m.
4.16
Devil’s Den @ 10 PM: Youth in Revolt and PRIDE Karaoke and Game Night
@ Semesters
Student Center
10 p.m.
4.16
Culture Shock Fashion Show
@Alumni Hall
Student Center
7 p.m.
4.18
CAN Movie Night: Youth in Revolt
@ Semesters
Student Center
4.19
Poetry Reading Gray Jacobik
@ Marcus White Living Room
4 p.m.
