Events on Tuesday, September 28

Albert and David Maysles: Two Early Films

Film: Shorts

Albert and David Maysles: Two Early Films

Tuesday 9/28 @ Light Industry

In search of "the particular character of this company," the Maysles brothers interviewed the myriad employees of IBM from its assembly-line... 

Indie Press Night

Books: Reading

Indie Press Night

Tuesday 9/28 @ Word

We're very interested to see how Jon Cotner and Andy Fitch read Ten Walks/Two Talks, their update of the "meandering and... 

Grass Widow w/ Babies and Web Dating

Music

Grass Widow w/ Babies and Web Dating

Tuesday 9/28 @ Monster Island

It would be lazy to call Grass Widow "lo-fi," or lump them in the same category as Vivian Girls, Dum Dum... 

Dead Confederate

Music

Dead Confederate

Tuesday 9/28 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Georgia rockers Dead Confederate made their debut album, Wrecking Ball, in a tiny, dingy Austin studio — the same place where... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Clean Slate for the Pessimist</em>: An Exercise in Default Accountability

Art

Clean Slate for the Pessimist

Tuesday 9/28 @ Various Locations Along the BQE

Designed to look like a large-scale guerilla marketing campaign, this project, which began as a critique of the appropriation of art... 

Laurie Anderson: <em>Delusion</em>

Music: Experimental

Laurie Anderson

Tuesday 9/28 @ BAM Harvey Theater

We're hard-pressed to think of a better opener to BAM's annual Next Wave Festival than local legend Laurie Anderson. Whether playing... 

VENT

Festival: Performing Arts

VENT

Tuesday 9/28 @ Soapbox Gallery

As the names of both the festival and the gallery suggest, these events are all about taking advantage of our fave... 

Slavic Soul Party!

Music: Global

Slavic Soul Party!

Tuesday 9/28 @ Barbès

While punk outfits like Devotchka and Gogol Bordello boldly appropriate traditional Eastern European music, their gypsy-inspired mosh pits lack a certain... 

Bela Lugosi's Dead, Vampires Live Forever

Film

Bela Lugosi's Dead, Vampires Live Forever

Tuesday 9/28 @ BAM

Vampire fever has overtaken America, but BAM does several better than Bella and (as much as we love him) Erik Northman....