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Boston Herald
Gotta love it
By Herald staff
Friday, July 25, 2008
READ: ‘CONFESSIONS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT’ BY LAURIE VIERA RIGLER
Dances by candlelight, grand dinner parties and men with manners. Jane Austen’s depictions of courtship and life in Regency era England are romantic perfection. But was it really that ideal? In this quick, amusing 2007 novel - now available in paperback (Dutton publishers, $14) - Los Angeles singleton Courtney remedies heartbreak with a night of vodka and Austen novels. She awakens to find herself one of Austen’s contemporaries - with no indoor plumbing in sight.
DO: 50 MICS BOSTON MIX TALENT COMPETITION
The whole planet has gone gaga over talent shows. But in Boston we’ve been weeding out suckers and applauding rising stars for years - talk to any major local rapper or r & b diva and most likely they got their start on the Strand Theatre stage. The tradition continues tonight when Supreme Entertainment’s 50 MICS competition swings into Precinct in Somerville. Judges, including Hermela from 617 Live, will be picking from dozens of hot young local artists looking for a chance to make the final round in New York City next month. Tonight at 9 at Precinct, 70 Union Sqare, Somerville. Call 617-623-9211.
DO: SALSA PARTY ON THE CHARLES WITH BIO RITMO
Here’s a party that comes along only when the stars are aligned. Salsa the night away on the banks of the Charles River to one of the hottest Latin bands in the country, Virginia-based Bio Ritmo. Tomorrow, SalsaBoston teams with Havana Club and Community Boating to turn the docks of Community Boating (located near the Longfellow Bridge and the Red Line’s Charles Street station) into a dance floor - literally - with room for hundreds of couples to step to the Afro-Cuban-electronica-samba fusion of Bio Ritmo. The benefit event features beginner dance lessons at 8:30 p.m. and DJ D. Martinez spinning the latest Latin hits. Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Call 617-523-1038 or 617-513-9841, or go to community-boating.org.
SEE: ‘VAMPYR’
“Dracula” smacula. Film collectors will want to get their hands on the Criterion Collection’s new two-disc edition of Danish master Carl Theodor Dreyer’s “Vampyr.” Released only a year after Bela Lugosi rhapsodized about the “children of the night,” Dreyer gave the world its first arthouse vampire movie. Inspired by Anglo-Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu’s lesbian-tinged Gothic tale “Carmilla,” Dreyer serves up a nightmarishly dreamy meditation on vampirism, death and premature burial. Shot by film-noir-specialist-to-be Rudolph Mate (“The Dark Past,” “D.O.A.”) in villages outside Paris, the shadow-filled “Vampyr” is half-silent, half-talkie and entirely unsettling.
EAT: KOREAN FOOD AT JOHN’S MARKET
When you’re jonesing for homemade Korean fare, stop by John’s Market in Allston, where the owners prepare a full line of meats and banchan sides/salads. You’ll find precooked stews, marinated pork and beef bulgogi ready to hit the frying pan, cabbage and radish kimchi and a slew of seasoned veggies and fish - all you need for a Korean meal. John’s also sells the peppers, pastes and condiments necessary to fully stock a Korean pantry. You gotta love Seoul food. 75 Linden St., Allston; 617-202-3791.
COMPILED BY TENLEY WOODMAN, MAT SCHAFFER, CHRIS FARAONE, BOB YOUNG, JAMES VERNIERE
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