January 20, 2008
Happenings: Blonde Redhead, BYSO, Langella Honored
Music
--In a show rescheduled from September, Blonde Redhead will provide art-damage rock, and maybe some literal damage. Really. The last time Bostonist saw this band, they were crashing into each other onstage. DCist spoke to Kazu Makino about their album's name (23) and a few other things. The Paradise Rock Club, 7:00 pm, $20.
--Mission of Burma will, appropriately enough, play to raise money for the US Campaign for Burma at Great Scott at 8:00 pm. It's sold out. Do what you must.
--The Boston Youth Sympthony Orchestra performs Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte. Sanders Theatre. Harvard University. 3:00 pm. $25-$30. BYSOWEB.org
Movies
The Boston Society of Film Critics will hold its first-ever awards screening, and Frank Langella, who received Best Actor for his performance as an author in Starting Out in the Evening, will be in attendance. A reception will be from 5:00 to 6:30 at Noir at the Charles Hotel, followed by a showing of Starting Out in the Evening at the Brattle at 7:00. The reception and screening costs $25, and the screening alone is $12.
Photo by Sebastian Mlynarski, courtesy of 4AD/Beggar's Banquet.


