ARTS
Cuba's art movement
The contemporary art movement in Cuba will be the subject of a discussion and talk featuring curator Ana Joa and photographer Vince Gragg from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Sunday at Galerie Myrtis, 2224 N. Charles St. The talk is held in connection with the current show at the gallery, Cuba: The Island and Its People, which runs through Jan. 11. Go to galeriemyrtis.com.
FILM
'One Foot In the Grave'
Boasting influences that range from the classic Hammer horror films featuring Christopher Lee to a pompous writing instructor, director Chris LaMartina, homegrown Baltimore horror specialist, has scheduled the debut of One Foot In the Grave tomorrow night at the Creative Alliance. A variation on the crawling-hand movie, it features George Stover and 98 Rock DJ Shortbus Don in a tale involving a ballerina with a shorn foot, her pedophiliac boyfriend and the town witch. Also playing: Grave Mistakes (the title is self-explanatory). The fun starts tomorrow night at 8 p.m. at the Patterson, 3134 Eastern Ave. Tickets are $10 ($8 for members). Call 410-276-1651 or go to creativealliance.org.
'Rigoletto'
The Charles Theatre hosts the digital presentation of the Verdi Festival's 2008 performance of Rigoletto. It's the Teatro Regio performance (from Parma) starring Leo Nucci as the cursed jester, Desiree Rancatore as his tragic daughter and Francesco Demuro as the womanizing duke. The show is 6:45 p.m. Sunday and 3:45 p.m. Tuesday at the theater, 1711 N. Charles St. Tickets are $20. To purchase tickets, go to brownpapertickets.com/event/45276.
'Two or Three Things I Know About Her'
Only Jean-Luc Godard could turn a close-up of coffee swirling in a cup into one of the most memorable and imitated images in movie history. See how he does it in Two or Three Things I Know About Her, his 1967 portrait of Paris and a bourgeois woman (played by the marvelous Marina Vlady) who prostitutes herself to support her lifestyle. It plays at noon Saturday and at 7 Monday at the Charles Theatre, 1711 N. Charles St. Call 410-727-3456 or go to thecharles.com.
'Harvard Beats Yale'
Cinema Sundays will present the shockingly good new documentary Harvard Beats Yale 29-29, about a legendary football game on Nov. 23, 1968, between two undefeated Ivy League teams, including testimony from Harvard footballer Tommy Lee Jones. Doors open for bagels and coffee at 9:45 a.m.; movie starts at 10:30 a.m. at the Charles Theatre, 1711 N. Charles St. Admission is $15. Call 410-727-3456 or go to thecharles.com.
