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This morning, the Bostonist sports desk received a press release concerning the painting of Milan Lucic reproduced above, and we immediately knew that we had to post about it. The painting, by Russian artist Veronika Loginova, will be auctioned at the November 27 and November 28 Bruins home games, and the proceeds from its sale will benefit the Sports Museum. Here's what our crack team of sports art critics had to say about the work:

Harvard Square is celebrating the Year of the Rat with a Lion Dance Parade. Perhaps even more meaningful for some Cambridge residents, the Hong Kong (yay scorpion bowl!) is holding an open house in honor of its 54th anniversary. But be aware that they are having a craft party, not a scorpion bowl party. 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, free.

Choreography, audience participation, and live musical performances abound: Saturday 11/18 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Sing-A-Long Based on the musical television episode "Once More, With Feeling" and now a hallowed national tradition, the Buffy Sing-A-Long was born in Brookline, and its doula was former Coolidge Corner Theatre program director Clinton McClung, who's back to host this event at his old haunt. You'll be supplied with lyrics, a goodie bag full of props, and the freedom to...

At first it was hard to tell if it had begun, and what exactly it was. So Percussion had quietly positioned themselves in one corner of the stage and the lights had dimmed, and when the Museum of Fine Art's sold-out Remis Auditorium had hushed itself we began to hear a net of beads rubbing around a gourd-shaped object in front of a microphone. This gentle clacking was joined by some barely-perceptible fuzz and a few lonely notes from a xylophone or a glockenspiel. Maybe twelve minutes later, one of the percussionists asked the audience if we were awake. Those of us who didn't answer in the affirmative definitely regained consciousness with the next piece: the first movement of Steve Reich's "Drumming" was an intricate four-bongo affair that So Percussion pulled off with energy and astounding precision, as much an athletic feat as a musical performance.

How do you take Fine Art and make it hip for the kids? A DJ, Live Music, or Free Food? If you filled in the oval next to "D – All of the above" you'd be spot on for the effort the Museum of Fine Arts is putting on this Thursday, September 28 - College Night. If you can't scrounge up a student ID there's always Wednesday night entry without admission fee thanks to the Citizens Bank Foundation.