Friday Happenings

Movies

We'll stop shilling for the MFA's John Cassavetes and Peter Falk series when the films that it screens stop ruling. Husbands (1970) is a movie about bromance and loss that stars Cassavetes, who also directed it, Falk, and Ben Gazzara as a trio of suburban professionals who go to London to get laid after their buddy dies. Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, 7 p.m., $10/$8.

New Music

The Tufts New Music Ensemble presents an evening of weirdness that starts with a performance of its own topical musical theater piece Joe the Plumber and includes a performance of Alvin Lucier's iconic I Am Sitting in a Room. Distler Performance Hall, Tufts University, 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, 8 p.m. Free.

Strings

The Emerson String Quartet, one of the most lauded such ensembles in the U.S., presents a diverse program that includes Janácek, Barber, Shostakovich, and Charles Ives's Bostonist-endorsed String Quartet No. 1, “A Revival Service”. Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, 30 Gainsborough St., 8 p.m. $45 and up.

Shopping

The Fort Point Art Community center, with a newly expanded space, converts into South Boston's gift shop this weekend, featuring crafty items from Fort Point's diminishing but still numerous gaggle of artists. Made in Fort Point, 12 Farnsworth St., South Boston, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., through Sunday.