MUSIC

12.2
Abandon All Ships
@ Webster Underground
Hartford, CT
$10 / 630pm doors

12.3
Twiztid
@ Webster
Hartford, CT
$20 / 7pm doors

The Nerds
@ Toad’s Place
New Haven, CT
$12 adv. / 8pm doors

Max Creek
@ Pearl Street
Northampton, MA
$15 / 9pm

12.4
Nonpoint
@ Webster
Hartford, CT
$16 adv. / 630pm doors

12.7
Hinder
@ Webster
Hartford, CT
$25 adv. / 6pm doors

FILM

12.1 – 12.4
The Social Network
@ Cinestudio
Hartford, CT
$8 / 730pm

A sure bet for inclusion on critics’ list of 2010’s Top Ten Films, The Social Network is a kinetic, supercharged suspense movie about the invention of Facebook. Director David Fincher, whose villains were only slightly more ruthless in his films Se7en and Zodiac, taps right into the genius, ambition and betrayal that turned one Harvard undergrad (Steve Zuckerman) into the country’s youngest billionaire; leaving some of his friends and collaborators in the dust. Along with a chilling performance by Jesse Eisenberg, there’s Justin Timberlake as Napster creator Sean Parker, and soon-to-be-stars Rooney Mara (chosen to play Lisbeth Salander in the US version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), and Andrew Garfield, the next Spiderman.

12.5 – 12.8
Waiting for Superman
@ Cinestudio
Hartford, CT
$8 / 730pm

Not since Davis Guggenheim’s last film (An Inconvenient Truth) has a documentary had the potential to get people engaged in averting catastrophe. In this case it is the inadequate and unfair education of American children, especially among the poor. Alternately scathing, matter-of-fact, and simmering with outrage, Waiting for Superman details drastic decline and also some innovative ways forward in American schools. Getting to the heart of the matter, Guggenheim follows the drama of five children hoping to win a place (by lottery) in a charter school that may make or break their futures. A must-see movie for educators, parents, policy makers, and anyone who claims to care about social change. “By showing how fiercely dedicated idealists are making a difference, it is a call to arms.” Stephen Holden, New York Times.

CCSU

12.1
ACabellas
@ Founders Hall
7pm

12.2
Ebony Chorale Ensemble
@ Founders Hall
7pm

12.4 – 12.5
Albano Ballet – “The Nutcracker”
@ Welte Auditorium
3pm
Tickets available at Albano Ballet website

12.5
ACapella Fall Concert
@ Founders Hall
7pm

12.8
Divisi
@ Founders Hall
730pm