The Boston Globe - 08.08.2019

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B10 The Boston Globe THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2019


ROB DELANEY
Rob Delaney has lived in the UK for
a number of years now, but the co-
median and Marblehead native will
be back in town for a pair of shows
in front of a hometown crowd at
the Wilbur this Thursday. Delaney’s
first show of the evening is sold
out, but there are still a number of
tickets remaining for his 10 p.m.
set.(Thursday, Aug. 8, at 10 p.m.;
The Wilbur, Boston; $37; all ages)


‘HAIRSPRAY’
The west end of Faneuil Hall Mar-
ketplace will transform into an out-
door movie theater this Thursday
as part of the third annual Movies
on the Marketplace series. Cosplay-
ers will greet guests prior to this
Thursday’s screening of “Hair-
spray,” and attendees will be able
to win prizes like admission to
nearby attractions and gift certifi-
cates to local businesses.(Thurs-
day, Aug. 8, from 7:30 p.m. to
10:30 p.m.; Faneuil Hall Market-
place, Boston; free; rated PG)


BOSTONCONTEMPORARY
DANCE FESTIVAL
The Boston Contemporary Dance
Festival will bring together a di-
verse group of dance artists from


both the Boston area and across
the United States for a pair of
shows this Saturday. Check out
the 2 p.m. showcase for perfor-
mances from local ensembles, or
the 7:30 p.m. national showcase
headlined by Cirio Project, a group
created by former principals in the
Boston Ballet.(Saturday, Aug. 10,
at 2 p.m. or 7:30 p.m.; Huntington
Avenue Theatre, Boston; $15-$55;
all ages)

JIMMY BUFFETTAND THE
CORAL REEFER BAND
The mayor of Margaritaville, fresh
off an on-brand role in the Matthew
McConaughey movie “The Beach
Bum,” will bring the party back to
the Bay State this weekend, with
Parrotheads flocking to the Xfinity
Center for a Saturday evening
show. Don’t forget to bring a shak-
er of salt.(Saturday, Aug. 10, at
8 p.m.; Xfinity Center, Mansfield;
$99-$146; all ages)

KHALID
It’s been a dizzying rise for Texas
singer-songwriter Khalid, who went
from posting songs on Soundcloud
as an unsigned artist a few years
ago to headlining a show at TD Gar-
den this weekend on the strength
of his No. 1 album “Free Spirit,”
which came out in April. Khalid will
have some help from opener Clairo,
a Carlisle native who has seen her
own rise to fame thanks to Internet
stardom.(Saturday, Aug. 10, at
7:30 p.m.; TD Garden, Boston;
$45-$120; all ages)
KEVIN SLANE, Boston.com

Want more ways to get out of your
homeand not be bored in the city
this weekend? Checkout five addi-
tional thingsto do from now
through Sunday at boston.com/
BosTen.

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KhalidwillperformatTDGardenSaturday.


BIGPLANS

THINGS TODOTHISWEEKEND

Earlier this summer, Netflix took
the North Shore by storm whenit
kicked off production on its upcom-
ingAdamSandlermovie “Hubie Hal-
loween.” Now, the streaming giant is
ready to start filming a new movie on
the South Shore.
Netflix and LD Entertainment will
begin workin August on “The Sleep-
over,” a family-friendly action-come-
dy that will film in several South
Shore towns like Hanover and Scitu-
ate, as well as Boston.
The script, which landed a spot on
the prestigiousBlack List in 2017,
centerson siblings Kevin and Clancy,
whose boring suburban life is upend-

ed whenbad guys break into their
home and kidnap their parents. The
kids soonrealize that their stay-at-
home mom had been hiding a few se-
crets, so they set out with two friends
on an adventure to find and rescue
their parents.
Filmingis expected to kick off
Aug. 19 and continue into Septem-
ber.
A message posted on the town of
Hanover’s website said that film
crews would be on hand at Hanover
High School until Aug. 21.
“Ourhigh school is in a bit of a
self-contained area, so I don’t think it
will disrupt people’s daily lives,” said

Town ManagerJoseph Colangelo.
“More thananything, I think people
are excited about it. We’re looking
forwardtoit.”
Netflix has kept the local film in-
dustry busy recently. Along with “The
Sleepover” and “Hubie Halloween,”
the company filmed teen drama “The
Society” in 2018and 2019, and is
slated to begin shooting its second
season later this year. The company
also filmed theMarkWahlbergdetec-
tive movie “Wonderland” here in
2018, as well as scenesfrom season
two of theSpike Leeseries “She’s Got-
ta Have It” on Martha’s Vineyard.
KEVIN SLANE, Boston.com

Netflix will begin filming another movie in

Mass. this month, this time on the South Shore

Errol Morris’s “American Dharma”
will finally get a theatrical release,
more than a year after it first pre-
miered at the Venice Film Festival.
TheSteve Bannondocumentary
has been acquired by newly formed
distributor Utopia, which will plot an
awards-friendly release date for it later
this year. The news, first seen in The
HollywoodReporter, marksa signifi-
cant reversal of fortune for Morris, the
Cambridge filmmaker and noted doc-
umentarianwho’d long struggled to
sell “Dharma,” a movie viewed as ra-
dioactive by some due to its focus on
the former Trump advisor.
Morris, 71, is no stranger to con-

tention. His films “The Fog of War”
(2003) and “The Unknown Known”
(2013) studied the two most contro-
versial defense secretaries in recent
memory:Robert McNamaraandDon-
aldRumsfeld.
But when interviewed by the Globe
earlier this year, Morris expressed sur-
prise that “American Dharma” hadn’t
found a distributor. He credited this to
Bannon’s so-called “deplatforming” by
publications like The New Yorker,
whose editorDavidRemnickdisinvit-
ed Bannon fromthe magazine’s presti-
gious festival last September.
“I think as the country becomes
less angry, particularly the left, then it
would be possibleto look at the movie
as a movie,” Morris told the Globe
then. “If it’s politically incorrect even
to showit to people, then what? The
issue isn’t whether it’s a good film or a
bad film. The issue is if the film should
exist at all.” ISAAC FELDBERG

Errol Morris’s controversial

Steve Bannondocumentary

is heading to theaters

THIBAULT CAMUS/AP/FILE
Steve Bannon,formeradviserto
PresidentTrump,is thesubject
of “AmericanDharma,” by
Cambridgefilmmaker Errol
Morris(top).

CRAIGF. WALKER/GLOBE STAFF/FILE

Calling all performingpups:now
might be yourtimeto shine.
Boston Ballet is searching for one
or two pooches to perform as “stage
dogs,” for its Septemberproduction
of “Giselle” at the Boston Opera
House. No pirouettes required.
The company is looking for four
breeds in particular: Borzois,Point-
ers, Irish wolfhounds, and hounds.
The gig is for well-behaved ca-
nines only, naturally. Eachdog must
be able to walkcalmly on a leash,
and be comfortable around noise,
people, and brightlights.Eachfour-
legged performer will be pairedwith
a dancerfor its three minutes of
fameonstage, which will occur ap-
proximately 20 minutes into the first
act.
Dog ownersget their own perks:
$60 per performance,complimenta-
ry tickets to the performanceof their

choice, and their name printed in the
program’s insert.
Owners also get a parkingspace
in the loading dock at the theatre, as
well as a spot backstage to watch
their belovedfur baby.
“Giselle”is a romantic ballet that
tells the tale of a peasant girl who
goes mad and dies of heartbreakaf-
ter beingdeceived by her lover.
The first rehearsaltakes place
Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m., followed
by anotherrehearsal Wednesday,
Sept. 18, at 1:30 p.m.The finaldress
rehearsal takes placethat nightat
7:30. Performances take placeevery
day or night Sept. 19-29.
If you think yourdog has what it
takes, contact the Boston Ballet’s
production stage manager, Craig
Margolis, at CMargolis@bostonbal-
let.org. And breaka leg.
MARTHAMERROW

The Mead Art Museum at Amherst College has re-
ceived an anonymous donation of more than 170 works
of contemporary art, including pieces by such well-
known artists as David Hockney, Mona Hatoum, Cindy
Sherman, Mark Bradford, and Christian Marclay.
With works ranging from Andres Serrano’s portrait of
Johnathan Lee Iverson, the first African-American ring-
master of a major US circus, to Mona Hatoum’s intestine-
shaped silicone “Rubber Mat” (1996), and Matthew Day
Jackson’s “Sacajawea (American Martyr Series)” (2005),
crafted fromscorched wood,
mother of pearl, abalone, yarn,
and more,the collection boasts
an idiosyncratic selection of
artwork, Mead Art Museum di-
rector and chief curator David
E. Little said in a phone inter-
view. “It’s not cookie-cutter,” he
said.
Visitors will be able to view
many of the recently donated
works in a celebratory exhibi-
tion, “Starting Something
New: Recent Contemporary
Art Acquisitions and Gifts,”
which opens Sept. 10 and runs
through May 31. Little curated
the exhibit, which will unite
more than 60 contemporary works, pulledfromboth the
newly donated collection and the museum’s own recent
acquisitions.Artworks in the exhibit date from 1967 to
the present.
Among the worksfromthe gift that will be in the
show are an eerie theatrical diptych by Sherman and
what Little calls a “sweet” and “magical” Hockney etch-
ing of a dog curled up on a chair.
The anonymousgift is a boon for the Mead, in part be-
cause contemporary art is notoriously cost-prohibitive.
These days, institutions with limited budgets are hard-
pressed to compete in the market with wealthy individu-
al buyers. “It’s not just the universities and colleges that


can’t afford contemporary work,it’s also the major muse-
ums,” says Little. “They have been priced out — even
places like MoMA and the Whitney.”
“So to be able to get that scope of workhas a tremen-
dous impact on us, and the quality as well,” Little said.
He’s looking forward to the opportunities for students to
interact with the works as research resources for proj-
ects, and he says he hopes to invite many of the living art-
ists in the collection to speak on campus.
With a student body around 45 percent composed of
students of color, Amherst College should offer students
access to artwork that speaks to them, Little believes. He
hopes this gift will help make that goal a reality — “so
that, when students come in, they can see their own lives
and their own cultures reflected in the work,” Little said.
“It’s nice for students to come in and see workthat
speaks directly to their generation.”
NORA MCGREEVY

Doesyourdog havewhat it takes

to be a starin BostonBallet’s ‘Giselle’?

JESSICA RINALDI/GLOBESTAFF/FILE
BostonBallet is searchingforoneor two well-behaveddogswhoare
comfortablearoundnoise,people,andbrightlightsto performonstage.

Mead Art Museum


receives donation


of more than 170


contemporary works


STARTING
SOMETHINGNEW:
RECENT
CONTEMPORARY ART
ACQUISITIONS
ANDGIFTS
At the MeadArt
Museum,
41 Quadrangle,
Amherst,Sept. 10
throughMay 31.
413-542-2000,
amherst.edu/
museums/mead.


MATTHEWDAYJACKSON
Matthew Day Jackson’s “Sacajawea(American
Martyr Series)”
Free download pdf