Community Corner
Get Out: Pre-Oscar Films, One-Act Plays and an Encore Bard
What's up this weekend in Brookline.
Where/When: The Coolidge Corner Theatre, all weekend long
Why Go: See a slew of Academy Award contenders before Sunday night's award-a-palooza begins. Not just The King's Speech, but Academy Award-nominated Live Action Shorts, Animation Shorts and Documentaries, including Inside Job.
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Pricing: $6.75 - 9.75
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2. While we're at the Coolidge: Encore of 'Live' King Lear
Where/When: The Coolidge Corner Theatre, Saturday @ 10:30am (doors & pre-show @ 10am)
Why Go: Derek Jacobi as King Lear was captured live at London's National Theatre earlier this month. If you missed it before, this will be a second encore.
Pricing: $6.75 - 9.75
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Where/When: , 379 Hammond St, Chestnut Hill
Why Go: The Church of Redeemer wraps up its winter concert series with Nicholas Kitchen, violin and Yeesun Kim, cello (both founding members of the award-winning Borromeo String Quartet) and Boston Symphony Orchestra assistant principal oboist Keisuke Wakao performing works by Stravinsky, Beethoven, and Franck.
Pricing: $25 at the door, $20 in advance, $10 for students
4. Original plays by Boston College students
Where/When:
Friday & Saturday at 7:30pm; Sunday at 2pm
Why Go: New Voices 2011 offers two original one-acts by BC student playwrights. One play examines the romantic thoughts and lives of eight undergraduate women. The other tells the story of an estranged brother and sister coping with a mysterious stranger who emerges from the basement.
Pricing: Adults: $15, students and seniors: $10
Where/When:
Why Go: A great place to hang out and drink coffee on the weekend.
Pricing: Varies
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