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FRIDAY, JULY 8

ART

It would be oh-so-Left Bank of you to join the Brookline Arts Center’s Photography Salon (86 Monmouth Street, Boston) this evening at 6:30 p.m., n’est-ce pas? Here’s your chance to swan about and nod pensively as landscape photographer Mark Richards discusses the pieces in his solo exhibition "Sometime in New England." Okay, so there’s no slinky soirée to follow, but since the event itself is free, we suggest you stifle your indignation at the absence of Champagne. To learn more, visit www.brooklineartscenter.com

Named for one of the inventors of Kodachrome film, the triennial-or-so "Leopold Godowsky Jr. Color Photography Awards" weren’t meant to be seen in black and white, so use your imagination. Including career-making portfolios by five photographers, the exhibit is up today through August 7 at the Photographic Resource Center, 832 Comm Ave, Boston | 617.975.0600.

AT THE CLUBS

On the spin cycle, guest DJ Marco Bailey takes charge at Avalon (15 Lansdowne Street, Boston) tonight. This Belgian import has spun with the likes of Carl Cox and Cristian Varela, making a name for himself from Europe to Japan. Tonight, he mans the turntables with Boston native Paul Dailey, regular DJ at Ultra, in Providence, and Metronome, in Burlington. Pull on your hot pants and tube tops — this is one dance party you don’t want to miss.

ELECTROFUNK. If you remember Lovewhip as the embarrassingly decent funk/juju band from a couple years ago, it’s time to take another look. After getting kidnapped and reprogrammed by the city’s foremost basement-party hipsters, frontwoman Erin Harpe has been reborn as a soulful electro-rock diva, and on the band’s new EP, Virtual Booty Machine, club remixes outnumber studio tracks 7-4. With Cassette’s MicL Potvin and Plunge into Death’s Mark E. Moon adding off-the-meathook reggaeton smash and Casio-beat dance punk and vocodered come-ons, it’s Stefani-esque certified potassium. Release party with UV Protection + Campaign for Real Time | Milky Way, 405 Centre St, Jamaica Plain | 617.524.3740.

JAZZ. Ron Carter’s rhythm and tone has influenced a couple of generations of jazz bassists, beginning in the ’60s on numerous Blue Note LPs and with the Miles Davis Quintet. He plays three-way conversations with guitarist Russell Malone and pianist Mulgrew Miller in his Golden Striker trio at the Regattabar, in the Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett St, Cambridge | 617.395-7757.

OTHER LIVE SHOWS:

For the following shows, see the Club Directory for phone numbers and addresses.

ABBEY LOUNGE | Somerville | Coffin Lids

ALL ASIA CAFE | Cambridge | 8 pm | Geoffro Cause | 10 pm | Riverside Project

AQUA | Boston | Greg Luttrell

THE BEACHCOMBER | Quincy | Clutch Grabwell + Joe Kidd

THE BIG EASY | Boston | "Mardi Gras Friday"

BRAVO at THE MFA | Boston | Damon Carter

CANTAB LOUNGE | Cambridge | Upstairs | Little Joe Cook & the Thrillers

CLUB 58 | Quincy | "Get Some Fridays" hip-hop with the Freakas

CLUB PASSIM | Cambridge | 8 pm | Meg Hutchinson + Anais Mitchell

DICK’S LAST RESORT | Boston | Classic Trax

DODGE STREET BAR & GRILL | Salem | "Hootenanny Weekend"

DRUID PUB | Cambridge | 6 pm | "Traditional Irish Seisiun" with Peter Molloy & Friends

ENCORE | Boston | "Cabaret Open Mic" with Jan Peters + Colleen Powers + Michael Ricca + Brian Patton

ENORMOUS ROOM | Cambridge | "all st*rs have eyes" with Amy Lee Grill + DJ David Day

THE GOOD LIFE DOWNTOWN | Boston | Weepin’ Willie

GRAND CANAL | Boston | Magnus

GREAT SCOTT | Allston | "The Pill" with Lifestyle

GREEN BRIAR | Brighton | Maxie Courtney

GREEN DRAGON | Boston | Accent

HARPERS FERRY | Allston | Sam Kininger Band + DC & the Allstars

HENNESSY’S | Boston | Swerve

JASMINE & KENDALL LOUNGE | Cambridge | 6 pm | Marianne Solivan Jazz Quartet | 10 pm | Carol O’Shaughnessy

JOHNNY D’S | Somerville | Grandsons + Stan Martin Band

KENNEDY’S | Boston | 5 pm | Peter Rice | At 9 pm | Springhill Rounders

KIRKLAND CAFE | Somerville | Republic + Michael Rakusin + Gavin House + Mickey Bliss Organ Combo

LES ZYGOMATES | Boston | Ronnie Ron Trio

LIZARD LOUNGE | Cambridge | 8 pm | Tim Blane | 9:30 pm | Bourbon Princess

MIDDLE EAST | Cambridge | Upstairs | Emergency Music + Furvis + Dirty Whites + Blythe Hollow | Downstairs | Condition Blue + Uprise + 4 Degrees Warmer + Hydronaut

MR. DOOLEY’S TAVERN | Boston | 5 pm | Tommy & Alan | 9 pm | Sunday’s Well

O’BRIEN’S | Allston | Wrong Side of the Tracks + SWAT + Jonee Earthquake Band + Scars + Deviations

OCEANA RESTAURANT | Boston | Mike DiBari Trio

PADDY O’S | Boston | Last Laugh

PARRIS | Boston | Lima Bean Riot

P.A.’S LOUNGE | Somerville | Ponies in the Surf + O’Death + Milo Jones + Skeletonbreath + Ryan Lee & the Mindless

PERKS COFFEEHOUSE | Norwood | 8 pm | Liz Reed

THE RACK | Boston | 10 pm | "Anthem Elite Model Search"

REGATTABAR | Cambridge | Ron Carter + Golden Striker Trio

ROGGIE’S | Brighton | Upstairs | Ali

THE ROXY | Boston | 8 pm | Digable Planets + J Live

RYLES | Cambridge | Brazilian Jungle Band

SEA NOTE | Nantasket Beach | Incredible Casuals

SISSY K’S | Boston | 5 pm | Matt Browne | 9 pm | Stu Sinclair & Kevin Kirrane

SOLSTICE CAFE | Mission Hill, Boston | "Soundclash Series" with Static + MrMatt

SPONTANEOUS CELEBRATIONS | Jamaica Plain | "Next Level" with DJs Nomadik + Kwesi Johnson + Kiki Breevlife + Ladies of Boston Reggae

TANTRIC LOUNGE | 10 pm | "Hookah Friday"

TOAD | Cambridge | Mason Dixon + Vitamen

TOP OF THE HUB | Boston | Bob Nieske Group

T.T. THE BEAR’S PLACE | Cambridge | My Little Radio + Sidewalk Driver + Ginsko Method + Le Jeune

WALLY’S CAFE | Boston | 9:30 pm | Jason Palmer/Warren Wolf Jazz Collective

WATERWORKS | Quincy | Frequency 7

WELLFLEET BEACHCOMBER | Wellfleet | 9 pm | Bettie Seveert

ZEITGEIST GALLERY | Cambridge | 9:30 pm | George Schuller & Free Range Rat

OTHER DJ SHOWS:

AN TAIN | Boston | 5 pm | DJ Sean O | 10 pm DJ David Natola

AN TUA NUA | Boston | "Superlovers" early hits to the latest sounds with DJ Vinny

ARIA | Boston | "Foundation Friday" with DJ Klutch

ATLAS DANCE | Boston | "Top 40 Dancing"

AVALON | Boston | 10 pm | "Avaland" guest DJs with residents Eli Wilkie + Alex Whalen + Jay P

THE AVENUE | Allston | 9 pm | DJ Steve Auston

AXIS | Boston | 10 pm | "Flavor Friday" with DJ Master Millions

BLARNEY STONE PUB | Dorchester | Commercial dance and R&B

BLUE CAT CAFE | Boston | DJ Pete Winfrey

BOSTON ROCKS | Boston | Top 40 Dance & hip-hop with DJ Bruno

BUCK MULLIGAN’S | West Roxbury | R&B, rock, and dance with DJ Keith

BUZZ BOSTON/EUROPA | Boston | "Club Twist for Women"

CANTAB LOUNGE | Cambridge | Downstairs | DJ du Jour

CLUB CAFE | Boston | "Non Stop Video Show" with VJ Tom Yazbek

COMMON GROUND | Allston | DJ eRock

DEVLIN’S LOUNGE AND BAR | Brighton | "Uptempo House" with DJ Paul Dailey

EMBASSY | Boston | 10 pm | "Hip-hop" with DJ Just Nyce

ENORMOUS ROOM | Cambridge | "all st*rs have eyes" with Amy Lee Grill + DJ David Day

THE E ROOM AT THE GOLDEN TEMPLE | Brookline | Vocal house, 70s, 80s, 90s with DJ Bob Gallagher

THE EXCHANGE | Boston | House and hip-hop with DJs Tiziano + Luca

GREEN STREET GRILL | Cambridge | "Latin DJ & Dance"

G-SPOT | Boston | "Deep, sexy house" with DJs Mike Traylor + Paul Incus

HONG KONG | Cambridge | Top 40 Hip-Hop, Rock & Club Classics with M.C. Renn

I/D | Boston | "Bashment" Reggae DJ Juneyacool

THE INDEPENDENT | Somerville | 10 pm | "Mash Ave" with DJs BC + Lenlow

THE INTERNATIONAL | Boston | "The Basement" house music with DJ Bradford James

THE KELLS | Allston | "Ladies Night" with DJs Doc + Kieran

MANRAY | Cambridge | "XMortis," goth industrial fetish with DJ Chris Ewen and industrial with DJ Mothra

McGANN’S | Boston | 10 pm | Hip-hop, R&B, Reggae, & House with DJ Sparky

THE MODERN | Boston | "Mission" with DJs Odi + Keithy Bee vs. Mathius + Illux

ORLEANS | Somerville | DJ Tom

PHOENIX LANDING | Cambridge | "Junkbox Heroes" with Phat Mike

THE PLACE | Boston | 10 pm | VJ Laptop

THE POINT | Boston | "Fluid" house and techno with DJ troupe Recordheadz

Q | Boston | "Hip-hop & Top 40" with DJ Massai

REDLINE | Cambridge | 9 pm | Deep Soulful Chicago House with DJs KC + Rodney Marable + Craig Kapilow

RIVER GODS | Cambridge | "Appliance of Science" with Unlockedgroove

ROGGIE’S | Brighton | Lounge | "Dance Your Ass Off" with DJ Hoff

THE ROXY | Boston | 10:30 pm | "The Cat Club" with DJ Adilson plus special guest DJs

SCRUFFY MURPHY’S | Dorchester | "Party Time" with DJ Jen

SISSY K’S | Boston | Upstairs | "Dance Party" old school and new dance with DJ Tom McKenna

SOLSTICE CAFE | Mission Hill, Boston | "Soundclash Series" with Static + MrMatt

SPONTANEOUS CELEBRATIONS | Jamaica Plain | "Next Level" with DJs Nomadik + Kwesi Johnson + Kiki Breevlife + Ladies of Boston Reggae

STEWART’S | Everett | 9 pm | "On Tap" UK Hardhouse, progressive trance, techno with Jbeta + DJ Fishstix

SUGAR SHACK | Boston | "Boston’s A-List" Hip hop, old school, and top 40 with DJ B-Spin

SWEETWATER CAFE | Boston | Old and new dance hits with DJs KC + Gallo

TOAST | Somerville | "Ladies Night" 80s, New Wave with DJ 9-1

TRATTORIA IL PANINO | Boston | 70s, 80s, and 90s with DJ Zino; progressive, top-40, club, and international with DJ Peter D

21st AMENDMENT | Boston | DJ Sean Daly

VENU | Boston | "Roomba" Latin sounds with DJ Roger M | house with DJ Arsit

VERTIGO | Boston | "Dream Lounge" international, Latin and house with DJ Marcocci | vocal and high energy house with DJ Soulheris

WEST STREET GRILLE | Boston | Top 40 funk and dance with DJs Gabe + Lazee Boy

COMEDY

BEANTOWN COMEDY VAULT | 781.729.2565 | at Remington’s, 124 Boylston St, Boston | "Boston Attitude" with Danny Kelly

COMEDY STUDIO | 617.864.5311 | 1236 Mass Ave, Cambridge | Walsh Bros. + Bob Hagearty + Tom Liszanckie + Steve Calechman + Marc Basch Taylor Connelly + Seamus Carabine + Derek Gerry

IMPROV ASYLUM | 617.263.6887 | 216 Hanover St, Boston | 8 and 10 pm | "Pork Fried Clowns" | Midnight | "The Night Shift"

IMPROVBOSTON THEATRE | 617.576.1253 | 1253 Cambridge St, Cambridge | 8 pm | "Pirate Lives" | 10 pm | "Theatre Sports"

JIMMY TINGLE’S OFF BROADWAY | 617.591.1616 | 255 Elm St, Somerville | 7:30 pm | "Jimmy Tingle’s American Dream" | 10 pm | "It’s Not That Late Show" with Peter Dutton + Baratunde + Derek Gerry

PUPPET SHOWPLACE THEATRE | 617.731.6400 | 32 Station St, Brookline | 8 pm | "Improv Comedy" with Kitsch In Sync

CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERTS

It’s opening night at Tanglewood, and James Levine will be leading the BSO in Mahler’s epic (a newspaper didn’t call it the "Symphony of a Thousand" for nothing) Symphony No. 8. They might not be able to jam that many performers into the Koussevitzky Music Shed, but we’re sure they’ll do their best. Tanglewood is at 297 West St, Lenox | 8:30 pm | $18-$1000 | 617.266.1200.

In town, meanwhile, the Charles Ansbacher and the Boston Landmarks Orchestra will be offering their own out-of-this-world program: Thomas Oboe Lee’s Pluto, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, and Holst’s The Planets. They’re at the Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston | Tonight + tomorrow at 8 pm | Free | 617.520.2200.

POPULAR MUSIC CONCERTS

3 DOORS DOWN + STAIND + BREAKING BENJAMIN | 6:30 pm | Tweeter Center, 885 South Main St, Mansfield | $24-$66 | 617.931.2000

BLUESUNION | with Peter Parcek + Ted Drozdowski + Andrew Mazzone + Larry Dersch + Mike Fritz | 8-11pm | Nunziato Field, Union Square, Somerville | Free | 617.513.6755

MOHAMED CAMARA | African drumming | 7 pm | Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St, Cambridge | Free | 617. 577.1400 ext. 10

DEAN MARCELLANA LATIN JAZZ GROUP | 12:30 pm | outside Borders, corner of School + Washington Sts, Boston | Free | 617.482.2139

FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS | 7:30 pm | Boarding House Park, Lowell | $10 | 978. 275.1783

BUDDY GUY & ERIC JOHNSON | 8 pm | South Shore Music Circus, 130 Sohier St, Cohasset | $33 | 617.931.2787

JACOB WILLIAM’S PARAMPARA | 8 pm | Artists-at-Large Gallery, 6 Webster St, Hyde Park | $8 | 617.276.3223

MOHAMED KALIFA KAMARA | West African drumming + dancing | 7 pm | Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St, Cambridge | Free | 617.349.4385

ROCK & BLUES CONCERT CRUISE | with the Ryan Montbleau Band | 8 pm | 1 Long Wharf, Boston | $25 | 800.594.TIXX

DANCE/PARTICIPATORY

BALKAN DANCE | 7:30 pm | Scalzi School of Dance, 101 Bigelow Ave, Watertown | $8 | 617.840.2362

HAVANA CLUB SALSA | 8:30 pm | Greek Club, 288 Green St, Cambridge | $12 | 617.312.5550

INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE | 8 pm | Park Avenue Congregational Church, 50 Paul Revere Rd, Arlington | $7, $4 for students | 781.662.7475

RENAISSANCE DANCE | with Renaissonics | 7:30 pm | First Congregational Church, 11 Garden St, Cambridge | $8 | 617.661.3353

DANCE/PERFORMANCE

As anyone who saw Ronald K. Brown/Evidence at Zero Arrow Theatre in Cambridge this spring, words can’t really describe the nonstop action. But if it’s words you want, note that Ronald and company will be teaming up with five-time Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon (doing the songs of Billie Holiday and her own compositions) and videographer Robert Penn for the premiere of Blueprint of a Lady. That’s on George Carter Rd, Becket | Tonight at 8 pm, tomorrow at 2 pm + 8 pm, and Sunday at 2 pm | $49.50-$55 | 413.243.0745 or www.jacobspillow.org

Rennie Harris Puremovement doesn’t need much introduction either, but for the record, Jacob’s Pillow is promising "hip-hop legends, complete with popping, locking, and funk style." Couple Rennie and Ronald K. Brown (see above) with any of the three concerts Tanglewood is offering (James Levine in the Mahler Eighth tomorrow, Kurt Masur and Joshua Bell doing Mendelssohn and Bruckner on Saturday, Masur and Emanuel Ax doing Beethoven and Tchaikovsky on Sunday) and you have a well-rounded Berkshires weekend. Jacob’s Pillow is on George Carter Rd, Becket | Tonight at 8:15 pm, tomorrow at 2:15 + 8:15 pm, and Sunday at 5 pm| $18-$20 | 413.243.0745 or www.jacobspillow.org

AGUA DE COCO | "Bahia to Bamako" | 8 pm | Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave, Cambridge | $8 | 617.308.2692

ANIKAI DANCE + NANDLAL NAYAK + AKHRA WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE | 7 pm | Harvard University, Lowell Hall, corner of Oxford and Kirkland Sts, Cambridge | Free | 617.495.4024

DINING & WINING

Prix fixe dinners are lovely and all, but don’t you sometimes wish you could choose the courses yourself, rather than having to rely on the chef’s whims? Thanks to Grotto (37 Bowdoin Street, Boston), now you can. Throughout July, the restaurant is celebrating its second anniversary by offering a three-course, $30 build-your-own meal featuring any appetizer, entrée, and dessert from the regular menu. Call 617.227.3434 for reservations and information.

Chris Douglass says he just might play the number 27 on his next lottery ticket. The chef/owner of Icarus (3 Appleton Street, Boston) has reason to favor the number: the restaurant celebrates its 27th birthday this month, and was also rated 27 (out of 30) for food in the 2005 Zagat Survey. What better way to recognize both achievements than with a three-course prix fixe dinner menu, served during the first 27 days of July for — what else? — $27. Call 617.426.1790 for reservations and information.

EVENTS

COPLEY SQUARE FARMERS’ MARKET | Today and Tues 11 am-6 pm | Copley Square, along St. James Ave, Boston | Free | 781.893.8222

AT THE MOVIES

You’ll see stars, stars, and more stars when you attend this or any installment of the "Movies by Moonlight" series at the Boston Harbor Hotel (70 Rowes Wharf, Boston), held Friday nights through September 2 on the waterfront terrace of Intrigue Café. Tonight's feature is the 1962 classic To Kill a Mockingbird; watch Gregory Peck battle racism in his Oscar-winning turn as Alabama lawyer Atticus Finch while soaking up the sea breeze and supping on savories like crabmeat crêpes and wood-grilled shark. Next Friday, catch Ernest Borgnine as a butcher/mama’s boy looking for love in the 1955 romantic comedy Marty. The free screenings start at sundown; call 617.856.7744 for further information.

OPENING THIS WEEKEND: What took so long for the best of the Marvel Comics superheroes to reach the screen? We’ll see when the Fantastic Four take action with Michael Chiklis (TV's The Shield) as the Thing, Chris Evans as the Human Torch, Jessica Alba as the Invisible Woman, and Ioan Gruffudd as Mr. Fantastic. Tim Story (Taxi) directs. Why is this summer blessed with so many zombie movies? They spawn from meteorites in Undead, from Australian directors Michael and Peter Spierig. Why are custody battles so often entangled with aqueous ghosts? Dark Water is Walter Salles’s remake of the 2002 thriller from Hideo Nakata, the creator of the original Ring; Jennifer Connelly and Ariel Gade star. Has Isabelle Huppert ever made a film in which she hasn’t appeared naked? Ma mère is unlikely to be an exception as she plays the title mom who goes wild when her two-timing spouse dies. Christophe Honoré adapts the Georges Bataille novel. Is punk dead? See for yourself when We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen, Tim Irwin’s documentary about the pioneering ‘80s band, screens at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Does the French New Wave live on? Find out at the Boston French Film Festival, which continues today at the Museum of Fine Arts with André Téchiné’s Les temps qui changent/Changing Times.

For more movies and showtimes, see our Movie Theater directory.

READINGS & LECTURES

DIRE SERIES LITERARY COOKOUT & OPEN MIC with Steve Almond + Sarah Getty + Jason Hatfield | 6 pm | Out of the Blue Gallery, 106 Prospect St, Cambridge | Suggested donation $5 | 617.354.5287

THEATER

Cape Cod Theatre Project kicks off its annual summer series of new-play readings with the withering Neil LaBute’s Autobahn. Stage, film, and TV actor Bill Pullman heads the cast of this latest stage work from the dramatist (bash, Fat Pig) and filmmaker (In the Company of Men, Nurse Betty), a series of vignettes set "within the emotionally charged confines" of a car’s front seat. It plays through tomorrow at Falmouth Academy, 7 Highfield Drive, Falmouth | $18, $10 for students with ID | 508.457.4242.

The venerable Williamstown Theatre Festival opens its mainstage season (on a brand new mainstage) with Oscar Wilde’s comedy of manners Lady Windemere’s Fan. And the director knows the territory: Moisés Kaufman’s first big success was Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. The epigram flinging continues through July 17 at the WTF, Route 2, Williamstown | $20-$52 | 413.597.3400.

Donald Margulies’s Pulitzer-winning Dinner with Friends explores the ripples in a long-time marriage when the couple’s best friends break up. Directed by Elliot Norton Award winner Scott Edmiston for Gloucester Stage Company, it’ll run through July 17 at 267 East Main St, Gloucester | $30, $20 for seniors and students | 978.281.4433.

The fabulous Varla Jean Merman (a/k/a Jeffery Roberson) sets up camp in Provincetown as the "award-winning, flame-tressed celebutante" applies her glamor and her experience to the Seven Deadly Sins in I’m Not Paying for This!, which continues through September 10 at the Post Office Cabaret, 303 Commercial Street, Provincetown | $22.50 | 508.487.9793.

Also on the Cape: Billed as "a psychological thriller from the Front Lines," Pugilist Special won Best Fringe First at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival. Now Adriano Shaplin’s play, which is about a female explosives expert assigned to a team of Marines aiming to take out an Arab despot called "The Bearded Lady," continues its New England debut at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, next to the Town Pier in Wellfleet | Through July 16 | $19-$25, $12 student rush | 508.349.WHAT or www.what.org