The Globe's Kathleen Wereszynski has an interesting feature on a couple of Russian artists who have taken a former Masonic Lodge in Davis Square as their home and turned it into "a temple of art." I'm going out to get hard copy in hopes of pictures. ... Steve Morse says Carlos Santana was smokin' at the Tweeter Center last night, especially when joined by openers Los Lonely Boys. ... Richard Dyer says the Boston Early Music Festival has finally achieved a long-held goal of recording one of its opera productions. The BEMF's recording of Johann Georg Conradi's ''Ariadne" comes out next month, but is on sale at BEMF events now.
The Herald's Terry Byrne reports that Matt Damon is returning to Cambridge next Saturday for ``Breaking New Ground, An Event to Benefit Central Square Theatre and to Honor Matt Damon" at the Hotel at MIT. The event is a benefit for the campaign to build a 175-seat theatre for the Nora Theatre Company and the Underground Railway Theatre. Jimmy Tingle hosts the $1,500-a-seat event. Call 617-694-3268.
The Herald's Bob Young writes about a band with "a feverish mix of Turkish music and electronica" called Oojami, which makes its local debut Sunday night at the Regent Theatre in Arlington. The North London group's "belly-dancing-gone-clubbing" style is being promoted by onetime Police manager and Sting pal Miles Copeland. Sounds like a night on the town, no? Tix, $20 at www.regenttheatre.com. Headline of the day award for "Turkey Club."
Also in the Herald, Bill Brotherton reports a fine time was had by all, especially some Father's Day dad-and-son pairs, at the Robert Plant show last night at the Pavilion. He notes that opening act The Soundtrack of Our Life's "lead singer Ebbot Lundberg, wearing a Beatles mop-top haircut and a tunic that was way too snug at the midriff, looked like one of Robin Hood's merry men. The one who drinks lots of beer and eats at McDonald's all the time."
The Berkshire Eagle's Allison Tracy has a long, chatty, but knowledgable interview with Jacob's Pillow Director Ella Baff about the coming season.
"Mom was not invited, though it's unlikely she'd want to go anyway. This was a testosterone-heavy crowd."<---hmmm...I'd have to say this crowd was made up of 50% women, most of them screaming for Robert. I think this guy was dreaming or something ;-)
Posted by: Janet | June 18, 2005 at 10:03 PM