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MONDAY, JULY 11

AT THE CLUBS

In any other hemisphere, Sweden’s Backyard Babies wouldn’t bother kicking your ass in a room smaller than the FleetCenter. But since this is America the Stupid, where we hate any glam-punk that’s ballsier than Mötley Crüe but less butch than Mike Ness, they’ll make an exception, probably just this once. The last time they were in town, just before the release of their best-of collection Tinnitus, they cleaned out the metro-area drug supply; fortunately, Dregen’s the only guitar player on the planet with the Thunders-worthy licks to back up his appetite for destruction. With NYC hardcore/glam-rock legend Todd Youth’s latest band Chelsea Smiles + Toronto hair-metal gypsies Crash Kelly | Great Scott, 1222 Comm Ave, Allston | $9 | 617.734.4502.

OTHER LIVE SHOWS:

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

ABBEY LOUNGE | Somerville | Pubstage | Kate McDonnell

BELL IN HAND TAVERN | Boston | "Tommy’s Jam Session"

BOSTON ROCKS | Boston | "Martini Mondays"

THE BURREN | Somerville | Front Room | 10 pm | "Traditional Irish Music"

CANTAB LOUNGE | Cambridge | 8 pm | "Geoff Bartley’s Open Mic" | 9:30 pm | Hall Kirkham

CHARLIE’S KITCHEN | Cambridge | 9 pm | Dead Like Death + Czolgosz + Super Power

CLUB PASSIM | Cambridge | 8 pm | Dave Palmeter

DICK’S LAST RESORT | Boston | John Erikson

DODGE STREET BAR & GRILL | Salem | Beverly Hillbillies + Mystery Tramps

ENCORE | Boston | Clara Lofaro Quartet

GREAT SCOTT | Allston | Backyard Babies + Chelsea Smiles + Crash Kelly

GREEN BRIAR | Brighton | "Irish Seisiun"

GREEN STREET GRILL | Cambridge | "Havana Club Salsa & Rueda Dance"

HARPERS FERRY | Allston | Michelangelo + Riding Shotgun

HENNESSY’S | Boston | Joe Carson

THE INDEPENDENT | Somerville | 7 and 10 pm | "Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament"

LES ZYGOMATES | Boston | Steven Spungin

LIZARD LOUNGE | Cambridge | 9:30 pm | Pamela Means Jazz Project

MIDDLE EAST | Cambridge | Upstairs | Pinocchio Syndrome + Piles + Daniel Striped Tiger + Sanguine

MILKY WAY | Jamaica Plain | 9 pm | "Acoustic Universe"

O’BRIEN’S | Allston | Machinery God + Nau-Zee-Aun + Ultra Plush + Mass Dirge + Uncle Big Time

O’CONNOR’S | Boston | Gannon Brothers

PURPLE SHAMROCK | Boston | Scott Damgaard

SISSY K’S | Boston | Justin Beech

TOAD | Cambridge | 7 pm | Shwang 10 pm | Tim Gearan Band

TOP OF THE HUB | Boston | Marty Ballou Trio

T.T. THE BEAR’S PLACE | Cambridge | Cass McCombs + Love as Laughter + Pants Yell

VAPOR | Boston | "Piano Open Mic" with Michelle Curry

WALLY’S CAFE | Boston | Jose Ramos & the Special Blend

ZEITGEIST GALLERY | Cambridge | 7:30 pm | Gabrielle Louise + Jem Martin + Jamie Garamella | 10 pm | Fringe

DJ SHOWS:

AN TUA NUA | Boston | "Ceremony" goth & industrial

AXIS | Boston | 10 pm | "Static" Gay night drag show with DJ Adilson

BLUE CAT CAFE | Boston | DJ Armen

BRENDAN BEHAN PUB | Jamaica Plain | "Sonic Ginger" down tempo lounge and dub with DJs Martini + Ah Dub

THE E ROOM AT THE GOLDEN TEMPLE | Brookline | House and acid jazz with DJ Johan Van Cauwenberghe

PHOENIX LANDING | Cambridge | "Makka Mondays" Hip-Hop and Reggae with DJs Voyager :01 + Uppercut

RIVER GODS | Cambridge | 8 pm | "Weekly Wax"

TOAST | Somerville | "Industry Night"

VERTIGO | Boston | "The Movement" deep house, house, and progressive with DJ Eric Santangelo

COMEDY

COMEDY CONNECTION | 617.248.9700 | Upstairs at Faneuil Hall, Boston | 8 pm | "Amateur Showcase" with Kevin Knox

KENNEDY’S, (617 426-3333), 42 Province St., Boston. "Comedy Night."

POPULAR MUSIC CONCERTS

CAROLE KING | Tonight at 8 pm | Cape Cod Melody Tent, 21 W. Main St, Hyannis | Thurs at 8 pm | South Shore Music Circus, 130 Sohier St, Cohasset | $62.50 | 617.931.2787

MATT JENSON’S ACID REGGAE XPERIENCE | 7:30 pm | David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston St, Boston | Free | 508.424.4837

RUSTY SCOTT QUARTET WITH PATRICE WILLIAMSON | 12:30 pm | South Station, corner of Summer St + Atlantic Ave, Boston | Free | 617.482.2139

DANCE/PARTICIPATORY

BULGARIAN/BALKAN DANCING | 7:30 pm | Green Street Studios, 185 Green St, Cambridge | $12 | 617.840.2362

HAVANA CLUB MAMBO MONDAY SALSA DANCE | 9:30 pm | Green Street Grill, 280 Green St, Cambridge | $8 | 617.312.5550

ISRAELI FOLK DANCE | 8 pm-midnight | Temple Kehillath Israel, 384 Harvard Ave, Brookline | $4, $3 for students | 617.484.4282

NEW ENGLAND SQUARES + CONTRAS | with Yankee Ingenuity | 7:30 pm | Scout House, 74 Walden St, Concord | $7 | 781.272.0396

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE | 7:45 pm | Springstep, 98 George P. Hassett Dr, Medford | $7, $4 for students | 617.661.5899

SWING ARLINGTON | 9 pm (with lessons at 6:45 + 7:45 pm) | Elks Dance Hall, 56 Pond Lane, Arlington | $10 before 9 pm, $6 after | 617.623.3134

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

CENTRAL SQUARE FARMERS’ MARKET | noon-6 pm | Parking Lot 5, Bishop Allen Dr and Norfolk St, Cambridge | Free | 781.893.8222

CITY HALL PLAZA FARMERS’ MARKET | Today and Wed 11 am-6 pm | City Hall Plaza, Cambridge St, Boston | Free | 781.893.8222

GAY & LESBIAN

LESBIAN RAP | 7:30 pm | Women’s Center, 46 Pleasant St, Cambridge | Free | 617.354.8807

LIVING ART GROUP for lesbian + bisexual + transgender or queer women, 13-25 | 6-8 pm | Boston GLASS Community Center, 93 Mass Ave, Boston | Free | 617.266.3349

SPEAKEASY DISCUSSION GROUP FOR LGBT YOUNG ADULTS 18-25 | 7 pm | Boston GLASS Community Center, 93 Mass Ave, Boston | Free | 617.266.3349

AT THE MOVIES

Ask Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Beck, and Keith Richards who their top 10 influences are and chances are they’ll include the subject of Don McGlynn’s documentary, Spider John Koerner: Been There Done That, which traces the peripatetic folk musician’s travels from his home town in Minneapolis to Cambridge’s the Plough and Stars. Koerner himself and director McGlynn will be on hand at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St, Brookline | 7:30 pm | 617.734.2501.

Most of the scare tactics exploited by horror films down to the present day were established in the opening point-of-view tracking shot of Rouben Mamoulian’s adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1931 trailblazer Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Fredric March is brilliant as the overreaching scientist who discovers the potion that will release his inner demon. It’s at the Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Boston | 6 pm | Free | 617.536.5400 x 4250.

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

READINGS & LECTURES

GRUB STREET RIOT ACT OPEN MIC | 7 pm | Johnny D’s, 17 Holland St, Somerville | Free | 617. 776.2004

ALICE MATTISON reads her work | 8 pm | Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, 24 Pearl St, Provincetown | Free | 508.487.9960

STONE SOUP POETRY OPEN MIC with Jack Powers | 8 pm | Out of the Blue Gallery, 106 Prospect St, Cambridge | Suggested donation $4 | 617.227.0845