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Member Discounts and Events
Arthur Read
Virginia and Patrick Graves of Beverly
use their MemberCards at The Boston
Language Institute, Boston By Foot and
The Boston Athenaeum. For a complete
directory of 150+ discounts, go to
wgbh.org/membercard
REELAbilitiesBoston
Six films from around the world about people with
disabilities will highlight the first REELAbilitiesBoston
Film Festival. My Spectacular Theatre, a Chinese
film from director Yu Lang, will open the festival on
2/2 at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown.
Other films in the REELAbilitiesBoston Film Festival
include War Eagle, Arkansas from Robert Milazzo;
Shooting Beauty from George Kachadorian; Snow Cake by Marc Evans; Warrior Champions from
Brent and Craig Renaud; and Anita from Marcos Carnevale. Presented by The Boston Jewish Film
Festival, 2/2–2/8 at various venues throughout the Boston area. Members save $1 off tickets,
limit 2 per person. Info: 617-244-9899 x210; bjff.org
69˚ S.: The Shackleton Project
Phantom Limb’s 69˚S.: The Shackleton
Project incorporates theater, dance,
puppetry, photography and film to tell the
story of Sir Ernest
Shackleton’s 1914
trans-Antarctic
expedition—the
real-life story of
a group of gentlemen
frozen
(literally) in crisis.
The play highlights a contemporary dilemma:
the realities of a changing environment
and the planet’s uncertain future.
Presented by ArtsEmerson, 2/7–2/12 at the
Paramount Center Mainstage in Boston.
Members save $5 off tickets over $26. Info:
617-824-8400; artsemerson.org
Wild Swans
China, at the heart of the 20th century,
became a nation transformed beyond recognition.
Through the eyes of one fiercely
courageous family, Wild Swans takes you
on a journey
from the early
days of Communist
hope
and struggle,
through the
Mao Cultural
Revolution, to
the birth of a
superpower. Presented by the American
Repertory Theater, 2/11–3/11 at the Loeb
Drama Center in Cambridge. Members
save $5 off regularly priced tickets. Info:
617-495-2668; amrep.org
Peabody Essex Museum
Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native
American Art celebrates Native American
ideas that have crossed time and space
to be continuously refreshed with new
concepts and expressions. Experience
this vitality through sculpture, paintings,
ceramics, textiles, photographs, videos
and monumental installations drawn from
collections worldwide. Through 4/29 at the
Peabody Essex Museum. Members save
$2 off general museum admission. Info:
978-745-9500; pem.org
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Jazz in Performance
Arni Cheatham
Tue, 2/21, 8–10pm, 8pm tour of WGBH
studios, 9pm performance
In more than 25 years as a jazz saxophonist,
Arni Cheatham has appeared with such
notables as Jimmy Giuffre, Charlie Persip
and Son Seals, and has opened for legends
Cab Calloway and Gary Burton. For more
than two decades, Cheatham has played lead alto with The Aardvark
Jazz Orchestra. Join us to hear Cheatham play live in our Fraser studio.
Tickets free to Jazz Club, Leadership Circle and Ralph Lowell Society
members. Info: 617-300-5400; wgbh.org/cheatham
Taste of WGBH
Wine Loves Chocolate, Chocolate Loves Wine
This year, celebrate Valentine’s Day with a little nuance. Wine and
chocolate are the classic accompaniments to the romance of this iconic
day: chocolate comes in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, flavors and
compositions, while wine comes in a selection of intensities, textures
and flavors. Join us on Mon, 2/14,
6–8pm at the WGBH studios (One
Guest Street, Boston) to discover
what these palate-pleasing matchups
do for you. Tickets: $20 for
members, $25 for non-members.
Info: wgbh.org/boxoffice
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