Wednesday Happenings

Movies

-- The 5th annual Coolidge Award goes to producer Jeremy Thomas, whose movies include The Last Emperor, Sexy Beast, and the Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle. Nicolas Roeg, Bob Rafelson, Debra Winger, Julien Temple, Art Garfunkel, and Tim Roth will attend an award ceremony honoring Thomas and his work. Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline, 8:00 pm. $35 everyone / $30 Coolidge Corner members. (CR)

Books

-- Alexander McCall Smith has another tale in his light-hearted No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency stories, in which Precious Ramotswe proves she is Botswana's--and the fictional world's--best detective. Her latest outing is titled The Miracle at Speedy Motors. First Parish Church Meetinghouse, 3 Church St., Cambridge, 7:00 pm. $5. (Presented by Harvard Book Store.) (CR)

-- Got your head in the clouds? Perhaps you'll develop a devotion to Cloud Cult tonight at the Middle East. The experimental indie rock band is joined by The Forms and Ezra Furman and the Harpoons for a multifaceted funfest. Middle East Downstairs, 472 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. $10/$12. (KS)

Art Talks

-- Renowned Spanish artist Antonio López García, the guy who made the MFA's new baby heads, gives a talk about the museum's retrospective of his fifty year career. Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, 7:00pm. $10/$12.

Caroline Roberts and Kerry Skemp contributed to this post.

Image from Cloud Cult's website.

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