The Boston Globe - 08.08.2019

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/

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GREG ALLEN/INVISION/AP/FILE

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)”