Monday Happenings

Big Stones, Big Ideas

Christopher Stevenson, an Easter Island expert, speaks on the decline of the island's civilization and its effect on present-day sustainability matters. The talk is presented by the Archaeological Institute of America and Earthwatch.Tickets includes cocktail and hors d'oeuvres reception. 5:30-8:30 pm, The Lenox Hotel, 61 Exeter Street. $40/$25. [More info] (KS)

Movies

The loss of Ricardo Montalban has been hard for all of us. Find closure this week at the Brattle. The Ricardo Montalban retrospective kicks off tonight with Mystery Street (1950), Montalban's spin around Boston. It's a John Sturges film noir procedural about a murder on the Cape with a Harvard connection. Location shots in Boston and Cambridge make for good landmark spotting. Double feature with Border Incident (1949). Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge. Tickets and more information.

Community Meetings

The fire that ravaged Peterborough Street in January has Fenway and Kenmore residents anxious about what will take the place of the beloved restaurants that were destroyed. Today, neighbors, restaurant owners, and city officials will meet with the owner of the damaged building to discuss the future of the street. Let's hope that it doesn't include KFC or Pizza Hut. Church of Boston, 69 Kilmarnock St., 6 p.m. Free. More information.

Shucks

The Massachusetts Oyster Project, which has been seeding oyster beds in the Boston Harbor watershed, hosts a benefit Shuck-Off tonight. Admission gets you four oysters, a beer, and a chance to learn how Bostonist's favorite bivalve might clean up the murky Harbor. Tavern on the Water, Pier 6, 8th St., Charlestown, 6 p.m. $10 donation.

Kerry Skemp contributed to this post.