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Rembrandt at the MFA The Museum of Fine Arts unveils its winter blockbuster on October 26 with "Rembrandt’s Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Elder," a mammoth 200-work retrospective of the 17th-century master drawn from an array of national and international collections that’s being billed as the biggest exhibit in decades to examine "the full range and variety of Rembrandt’s work as an etcher from 1626 to 1661 in the context of his paintings and drawings." The MFA is at 465 Huntington Avenue; the exhibit runs through January 18, and as is usual with these big shows, admission is ticketed for specific dates and times. Said tickets, which include a return visit to the MFA within 30 days, are $22 and on sale now; call (617) 542-4MFA. Kid stays in the picture The genre-shredding iconoclast turntablist Kid Koala wowed audiences earlier this year with a combination graphic novel/soundscape about a lonely robot titled Nufonia Must Fall, which he toured in a way-cool multimedia production. Now, he’s getting reanimated for a tour behind his latest proper album, Some of My Best Friends Are DJs (Ninja Tune), for which the venues will be arranged in cabaret seating and which will include "3 DJs, a piano, slide projector, and a dose of cheeky comedy" as well as 30-second animated clips peppering an evening of what he’s begun to call "vinyl vaudeville." The tour hits the Middle East, 480 Massachusetts Avenue in Central Square, on November 4, for shows at 6 and 9 p.m. Tickets are $15; call (617) 864-EAST Squashed again The only sporting event that’s ever been allowed to take place at hallowed Symphony Hall (not counting the MusiQuiz back in, if memory serves, 1942) was last year’s US Open Squash Championships, and if we didn’t have the photographic evidence, we’re not quite sure we’d believe they actually took place. After an attempt in 2001 — aborted in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks — the Championships went off without a hitch last fall, and they’re back again this September 13 through 16. Some interesting facts about the court, which will be assembled a mere toss of the baton from the BSO stage: the 42 panels of the walls required the use of 14 tons of sand and weigh 22,000 pounds, and they’re made of bulletproof, one-way-transparent glass — an effect accomplished by baking white and colored ceramic dots into the glass and then keeping the court very light and the seating area very dark. This year’s Open brings the world’s 28 top-ranked players to Symphony, including No. 1 Peter Nicol, of England, and defending champ David Palmer, of Australia. Qualifying rounds begin September 13 at 7 p.m.; the final is September 16 at 7:30 p.m. Symphony Hall is at 301 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, and tickets are $20 to $80; call (877) 524-5685. The Honor roll Philadelphia may still refer to itself, with a sly wink, as the city of brotherly love, but one of the things it now specializes in is churning out rabid independent wrestling leagues. Still, the latest Philly export, a league that calls itself the Ring of Honor, distinguishes itself by allowing a modicum of decorum: its combatants must shake hands before and after the match, you can’t bodyslam the ref, and there are no sneak attacks allowed. When the ROH comes to the Charbonneau Field House in Wakefield on September 6, the main event will be a grudge between the journeyman WCW/WWE/ECW character Raven and an upstart straight-edge kid called CW Punk, who’ll go toe-to-toe in the "Clockwork Orange House of Fun Steel Cage Match." There’s more than half a dozen bouts on the undercard, including appearances by the Carnage Crew, the Backseat Boyz, Samoa Joe, and AJ Styles. That’s at 60 Farm Street in Wakefield; show time is 7:30 p.m., and tickets are $15 to $30. Call (215) 891-9404, or visit www.rfvideo.com. |
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