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FRIDAY, JULY 1

AT THE CLUBS

INDIE. We don’t have room for another dance-punk record in our trash bin and neither do you, so let’s just agree not to call Shy Child anything of the sort. Anyway, Nate Smith and Pete Cafarella used up all that shit in their other band (the Touch and Go/Dischord indie-electro-funk collective Supersystem/El Guapo), and Shy Child’s One with the Sun sticks to party jams: opener "The Noise Won’t Stop" sounds like last summer’s Nina Sky jawn transcribed for live drums and vintage synths, "Shinshine" jacks a chant from Franky Beverly and Maze, and in electro-house mode the Children fuse the endless horizons of the DFA with the low-tech bombast of DFA1979. They’re at the Paradise Lounge, 969 Comm Ave, Boston | 9 pm | $8 | 617.562.8814.

JAZZ. Singer Lizz Wright debuted in 2003 with Salt (Verve), which showcased her phenomenal range, control, and power — but it’s hers new Dreaming Wide Awake (Verve) that’s got folk-soul fans from No Depression to NPR getting all Tom Cruise about her. The new disc shows she’s got taste to match her skills, mixing jazz and R&B in covers (Joe Henry, Ella Jenkins) and originals (including a couple written with Norah enabler Jesse Harris). She’s at Scullers, in the DoubleTree Guest Suites Hotel, 400 Soldiers Field Road (at the Mass Pike), Allston | 617.547.6211.

METAL. In the 1980s, the California thrash band Hirax were but a footnote: among the legions of bands signed to Metal Blade who never got anywhere near as big as Metallica, they entered the metal-trivia lexicon by crossing paths with original ’tallica bassist Ron McGovney and employing a black frontman. As they’ve reminded us since getting back together in 2000, their lack of fame wasn’t for lack of speed, density, or tough-ass-looking spiked wristbands. With Municipal Waste, Coliseum, and Defcon 4 | Middle East, 472 Mass Ave, Cambridge | $12 | 617.864.EAST.

DJ. At a time when Internet insta-buzz and mixtape hype can make anyone a superstar DJ overnight, Caps + Jones are still New York City’s best-kept secret. Their mixes (including their recent Moving in Stereo) employ ultra-quick edits and a ridiculously broad range of influences, but to call the style "kitchen sink" would be to discount the obvious attention that goes into each selection. And it’s no different live — call it "forward-thinking party music" if you must, but know that while you’re chatting about it, valuable ass-shaking time is slipping away. Three bucks won’t get you a pretzel at a Madonna, Slim Thug, or David Bowie show, but tonight it’ll get you into Enormous Room to hear all three. With the unstoppable indie-crunk blends of Certified Bananas’ P. Nice and the Audiovandal | 567 Mass Ave, Cambridge | 617.491.5550.

OTHER LIVE SHOWS:

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

ABBEY LOUNGE | Somerville | Mainstage | Orange Park + Knee Hi’s + Welcome + Sparkola | Pubstage | Barclay Martin + Brad Hoshaw

ACTON JAZZ CAFE | Acton | Wendee Glick

ALL ASIA CAFE | Cambridge | 6 pm | Ken Ballou | 8 pm | Bevy & the Smokestacks

AQUA | Boston | Greg Luttrell

THE BEACHCOMBER | Quincy | Salacious Crumb

BRAVO at THE MFA | Boston | Damon Carter

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

CLUB LIDO | Revere | Mental + Mark Porter’s Floorpunch + Stop & Think + Cold World + Justice & Iron Age

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

CLUB PASSIM | Cambridge | 8 pm | Maeve + Brooke Campbell

COMMON GROUND | Allston | Lincoln Conspiracy

DICK’S LAST RESORT | Boston | Fakers

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 | Incadence

GREEN DRAGON | Boston | Free Pop

HENNESSY’S | Boston | Spike the Punch

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

JOHNNY D’S | Somerville | Alto Reform School + Bad Saints

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

KIRKLAND CAFE | Somerville | Nancy Mroczek PhD

LES ZYGOMATES | Boston | Ronnie Ron Trio

LIZARD LOUNGE | Cambridge | 8 pm | Kevin Griffin | 9:30 pm | Kahoots + Moonshot + Scotch Rocks

MIDDLE EAST | Cambridge | Upstairs | Hirax + Municipal Waste + Coliseum + Defcon 4 | Downstairs | Grift + Kweejeebo + Tommy & the Tigers

MR. DOOLEY’S TAVERN | Boston | 5 pm | Eamonn Sheehan | 9 pm | Christy O’Connell

O’BRIEN’S | Allston | Fast Actin’ Fuses + Amigazo + Drags

OCEANA RESTAURANT | Boston | Mike DiBari Trio

PADDY O’S | Boston | Pig Pen

PARADISE ROCK CLUB | Boston | 9 pm | Cowboy Mouth

P.A.’S LOUNGE | Somerville | + Debutantes + Chemist Camp + Nicky Click

PERKS COFFEEHOUSE | Norwood | 8 pm | Jon Macey + Mr. Curt

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

ROGGIE’S | Brighton | Upstairs | Ali

RYLES | Cambridge | Ken Clark Organ Trio

SCULLERS | Boston | Lizz Wright

SEA NOTE | Nantasket Beach | Funky White Honkies

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

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.

TOAD | Cambridge | Coots

TOP OF THE HUB | Boston | Chris Taylor Quartet

T.T. THE BEAR’S PLACE | Cambridge | Kings of Nuthin + Charms + Frank Morey + Texas Bobby & Steph

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

WATERWORKS | Quincy | Chad LaMarsh

WELLFLEET BEACHCOMBER | Wellfleet | Badfish + Roots Down Below

WESTERN FRONT | Cambridge | David Bailis

ZEITGEIST GALLERY | Cambridge | 7 pm | Glenn Jones & Chuck Anastasio | 9:30 pm | Bob Gallagher

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

THE BIG EASY | Boston | "Mardi Gras Friday"

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

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 | "Flesh" with DJs Chris Ewen + Tim Ryan

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 | Hi-NRG and pop house 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 Tony Moschetto

COMEDY STUDIO | 617.864.5311 | 1236 Mass Ave, Cambridge | Walsh Bros. + Josh Lerner + David Powell + Sean Sullivan + Patrick Bulger Gary Sohmers

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 | "2 Minute Marathon" with Peter Dutton + Baratunde

CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERTS

Out at Tanglewood, the pre-official opening festivities continue with the Juilliard String Quartet in Haydn’s Quartet Opus 76 No. 5, Bartók’s Quartet No. 5, and Dvorák’s Quartet No. 12 (American). That’s in Seiji Ozawa Hall, 297 West St, Lenox | 8:30 pm | $16-$46 | 617.266.1200 or www.bso.org

BOSTON POPS CONDUCTED BY KEITH LOCKHART | "Baby Boomer Bash" with Liz Callaway | Tonight + tomorrow at 8 pm | Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave, Boston | $16-$120 | 617. 266.1200

POPULAR MUSIC CONCERTS

The Civil War, the conquistadors’ slaughter of the Aztecs, the homogenization of modern commercial radio: it’s all Don Henley’s fault. That’s the sub–Cliffs Notes summary of Dirty Projectors’ post–September 11, chamber-pop "glitch-opera" The Getty Address, though lone Projector Dave Longstreth probably wouldn’t recognize it. Written for chorus, strings, and winds, atomized on a laptop, then sung like a folk song, Getty is a way-semiotic concept album that’s (thankfully) far easier to enjoy than to get your head around. Longstreth presents it with accompanying (dirty?) video projections at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St, Brookline | midnight | 617.734.2501.

AARON CARTER | 8 pm | Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton Beach, NH | $20 | 603.929.4201

CHRISSY CERRETANI | 4:30 | City Hall Plaza, Boston | Free | 617.227.1528

MELISSA FERRICK + CATIE CURTIS | 7:30 pm | Boarding House Park, Lowell | $10 | 978. 275.1783

FLOUNDERS | noon | City Hall Plaza, Boston | Free | 617.227.1528

MARK KNOPFLER | 8 pm | Bank of America Pavilion, 290 Northern Ave, Boston | $35-$65 | 617.931.2000

DANCE/PARTICIPATORY

BAILATANGO MILONGA | 9 pm (with a lesson at 8:15 pm) | Extreme Dancesport Studio, 288 Norfolk St, Cambridge | $10 ($15 with class) | 617.792.4533

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

DANCE/PERFORMANCE

The past and future of contemporary dance coincide — but don’t collide — at Jacob’s Pillow (358 George Carter Road, Becket) this weekend, as the Martha Graham Dance Company and Australia’s Chunky Move take the stage (not the same one, of course). At the Ted Shawn Theatre, the famed corps founded by the late Martha Graham — whom many consider the mother of the modern-dance form — performs a retrospective of her choreographed works, among them the solo piece Lamentation and Errand into the Maze, a collaboration with Isamu Noguchi (he designed the set). For tickets ($55) and further information, visit www.jacobspillow.org, or call 413.243.0745. | Gnossienne, El Penitente, Errand into the Maze, and Acts of Light | Tonight at 8 pm, tomorrow at 2 + 8 pm, Sun 2 pm | Jacob’s Pillow, Ted Shawn Theatre, George Carter Rd, Becket | $49.50-$55 | 413.243.0745

Meanwhile, the Doris Duke Studio Theatre hosts avant-garde Australian collective Chunky Move as they perform Tense Dave, a literally dizzying pomo combo of dance and theater that takes place on a revolving stage. Check it out tonight or tomorrow night at 8:15 (or opt for a weekend matinee); for tickets ($20), call or visit the Pillow's Web site. Tense Dave | Tonight at 8:15 pm, tomorrow at 2:15 + 8:15 pm, Sun 5 pm | Jacob’s Pillow, Doris Duke Studio Theatre, George Carter Rd, Becket | $18-$20 | 413.243.0745

DINING & WINING

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

BOSTON HARBORFEST with tours + performances + re-enactments + concerts + cruises + more | Through Mon. | throughout Boston | 617.227.1528 or www.bostonharborfest.com

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

AT THE MOVIES

Are we nuts to think you’d ever waste a Friday night in a museum auditorium, watching a subtitled documentary about the writing process of an old French lady? Maybe. But what if that prim-and-proper lady were Dominique Aury, the noted book editor and Legion of Honor awardee who confessed in 1994, at the age of 86, to penning one of the best-selling works of S&M erotica of all time, Story of O, under the pseudonym Pauline Réage? And what if the documentary, Writer of O, directed by Pola Rapaport, examined the love affairs and personal demons that led her to write the novel — through both interviews and dramatic recreations? See, we’re not so crazy — just a little hot and bothered. Catch it at the Museum of Fine Arts (465 Huntington Avenue, Boston) at 8 p.m.; for information on tickets and other show times, visit www.mfa.org or call the Remis Box Office at 617.369.3306.

Every year the Harvard Film Archive shares its collection of classic and esoteric films. This year’s "Summer Double Features" starts out with King Vidor’s humanist masterpiece Our Daily Bread (1934), in which a couple leave the Depression-racked city to found a collective farm, and the cynical Cynara (1932), in which Ronald Colman plays a married London barrister whose casual flirtation leads to something uglier. The HFA is in the Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St, Cambridge | Our Daily Bread Tonight at 7 pm + Sunday at 8:30 pm; Cynara Tonight at 8:30 pm + Sunday at 7 pm | 617.495.4700.

OPENING THIS WEEKEND: You might say Yes to Sally Potter’s new film starring Joan Allen as an American scientist who has an affair with a Lebanese surgeon, even though much of the dialogue is in rhyming couplets. If your answer is no, however, you could consider on the Rebound Steve Carr’s comedy about a big-time college coach (Martin Lawrence) demoted to the JVs after making a scene. Of course, between Me and You and Everyone We Know, that has the look of a formula film, so maybe we should opt for this quirky romantic comedy by first-time director Miranda July about a divorced shoe salesman and a flaky performance artist that was a prize winner this year at Cannes. Otherwise, we can follow La marche de l’Empereur/March of the Penguins to Antarctica in this Luc Jacquet documentary that’s narrated by Morgan Freeman. Or head to South Central LA for Rize, David LaChapelle’s documentary look at the neighborhood’s street-dance scene.

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

READINGS & LECTURES

SONIA SANCHEZ + D.A. POWELL read their poetry | 8 pm | Fine Arts Work Center, 24 Pearl St, Provincetown | Suggested donation $5 | 508.487.9960

THEATER

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.

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 outdoor Publick Theatre opens its 35th season with not the usual Shakespeare but another elegant British wordsmith, as Diego Arciniegas directs Tom Stoppard’s dazzling Arcadia, which is set at a British country house in the early 19th century and the present and treats of history, philosophy, romance, literary sleuthing, and landscape architecture. The Publick is at 1400 Soldiers Field Rd, Brighton | Tonight–September 4 (in repertory) | $30, $25 seniors + students | 617.782.5425.

You could just do Hello, Dolly! Or you could make Louis Armstrong the star attraction. That’s what happens at Cape Playhouse, where three-time Tony nominee Andre De Shields stars in a new musical he wrote with James Mirrione. Called Ambassador Satch — The Life and Music of Louis Armstrong, it continues through tomorrow. The Cape is at 820 Main Street, Route 6A, in Dennis, and tickets are $25 to $45; call (877) 385-3911, or visit www.capeplayhouse.com

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," makes 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

Franz Kafka never made it to the USA, but that didn’t stop him exploring us from the New York harbor to an Oklahoma of which Rodgers and Hammerstein never dreamed. The American Repertory Theatre’s Gideon Lester has adapted the resulting novel, Amerika, for the ART at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street in Harvard Square, where it continues through July 10. Tickets are $12 to $72; call (617) 547-8300, or visit www.amrep.org