Wednesday Happenings

Still of Ricardo Montalban as Khan courtesy Brattle Theatre.

The MFA hosts a talk with Jonathan Lopez, author of The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren. The book was covered last October in The New Yorker; catch up on the details here and you can be one of those annoying audience members that nods along in agreement with what the presenter is saying. Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, 7 p.m. $18/$15. (AC)

Wine

If it seems like we shill every week for The Second Glass's Crash Course Wine Seminars, that's because they are superlatively informative. Tonight, learn the history of the Cabernet Sauvignon grape varietal. Downtown Wine and Spirits, 225 Elm St., Somerville, 7 p.m. $15.

Khaaaaaan!

Any Ricardo Montalban tribute will include his turn as the menacing and superhuman but three dimensionally challenged Khan Noonian Singh, the personification of James T. Kirk's anxieties of inadequacy. But the Brattle's goes one better. The theater has paired Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) with "Space Seed," the Star Trek episode that birthed the character. And the Brattle didn't stop there. Khan screens as a double feature with the original pilot for the Wonder Woman television series—the one with Cathy Lee Crosby that was scrapped for the Lynda Carter series—in which Montalban plays an evil spy. Bonus points if the pilot screens on film. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge. Tickets and showtimes.

Motherships

As much as we revere George Clinton's legacy, we are sort of afraid that the hard living Dr. Funkenstein has become a shadow of his former self. Don't hold us to it, but don't be surprised if he doesn't tear the roof off of any suckers during his performance tonight. House of Blues, 15 Lansdowne St., 7 p.m. $25.

Arlo Crawford contributed to this post.