What’s Going On (USA)
Film
May 1, 8 p.m.
Cambridge, The Brattle Theatre
Jan Egleson and Paul Sherman: Billy in the Lowlands
Director Egleson discusses one of Boston’s most iconic independent films.
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Music
May 4, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia, Painted Bride Art Center
Mehr and Sher Ali: Qawwali Music of Pakistan
Qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music, builds hypnotic rhythms and tones through forceful singing techniques to achieve a breadth of frequencies unknown to the Western vocal tradition. Mehr and Sher Ali are masters of this extraordinary art.
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Readings
May 2, 7 p.m.
New York, McNally Robinson Books
Jonathan Lethem and DJ Spooky
Jonathan Lethem reads from his new novel, You Don't Love Me Yet. Paul D. Miller, an artist, writer, and musician who works under the moniker DJ Spooky, presents his book Sound Unbound, a meditation by various artists (including Lethem) on the remix.
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Exhibitions
May 5 - 10, 6 - 8 p.m.
New York, Cooper Union School of Art
B.F.A. Student Exhibition
Senior students at Cooper show their work – which includes exhibitions of painting and mixed media, as well as a film screening – before venturing into the professional world of art.
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