Movies
The MFA calls Les Saignantes "the first science fiction film to come out of Africa," which should be reason enough to see it. But did we mention that it has won comparisons to Russ Meyer? And that it's about a group of women determined to rid their distopian future world of all men? Cameroon director Jean-Pierre Bekolo wins Bostonist's seal of approval. Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, 6:00pm (also screening Sunday). $8/$9

Books
Inventor Nikola Tesla has riveted performers and metal bands for years. Recently, thespian Mike Daisey delivered Monopoly, a one-man show largely devoted to the life of Tesla. Author Samantha Hunt has her turn at Tesla as she recreates Tesla's last days at the Hotel New Yorker in The Invention of Everything Else: A Novel. Bostonist also had the chance to talk to her about the book. Harvard Book Store, 7:00 pm, free.

Music
--Darkbuster's Hometown Throwup continues with Gimme Danger and Jason Bennett & The Resistance. Bostonist has the scoop about all the bands playing this week's Throwup. Harper's Ferry, 9:00 pm, $10.

--Did you know Big Head Todd and the Monsters were still around? Neither did we, but now we do. Todd will bring his big head and some monstrous accompaniments to the Paradise. The band's new album, All the Love You Need, is available for free download online if you want to get ready for the show.

--During lunch, La Donna Musicale performs classical & baroque music composed by composers who were not dudes: Barbara Strozzi, Antonia Bembo, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Julie Pinel & Anna Bon. MIT Chapel (Amherst St. & Mass. Ave., Cambridge), noon, free!

Art
MFA Curator of Prints & Drawings Clifford Ackley gives a gallery talk on "Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914-1939" (Bostonist liked the bocce players, and the dazzle ships). Museum of Fine Arts, 11:00 am, free with museum admission.

Theater
The Way Theatre is doing Don DeLillo's "Love-Lies-Bleeding." The show closes Saturday, and tickets are available for all 8:00 pm shows up until that date, along with a Saturday matinee at 4:00 pm. And we hear from trusted sources that the show is excellent. Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 949 Comm Ave.

C. Fernsebner, Rick Sawyer, and Kerry Skemp contributed to this post.

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