Forget Facebook and other mindless distractions, stimulate your cranium in between cramming for exams, drafting final essays or putting together your portfolio with a few films premiering at the fifth anniversary of the Independent Film Festival of Boston.
Meadowlark, The Linguists, Encounters at the End of the World
American Teen, Crawford, The Tracey Fragments
Cartoons are history. Well, at least they are in the new graphic novel adapted from historian Howard Zinn's bestselling book, A People's History of the United States. Zinn and cartoonist Mike Konopacki will present their collaborative effort tonight at 6 p.
Not many bands can claim to have collaborated with Ozzy Osbourne, Kris Kristofferson and The B52's, but then again, Was (Not Was) isn't like many bands. Fresh off a nearly 20-year break, Was (Not Was) is finally releasing a new album, Boo! Keeping with their genre-bouncing sound, the disc offers a range of styles, including funk, jazz and soul.