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Comics
Los Angeles-based screenwriter Dani Dixon is launching 13, a comic book series about a society in which all children, on their 13th birthday, are granted a superpower that lasts one year. “They can do whatever they want,” explains Dixon, “but they’ll be judged for the rest of their lives by the choices they make.” Tumble Creek Press releases 13 into comic stores in New York, L.A., and Tennessee (a lead character’s home state) in mid-November.
Film
Fresh off a riveting performance that made In the Valley of Elah a powerful anti-war statement, Tommy Lee Jones stars in the Coen brothers’ adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men. Jones stars as a sheriff trying to contain a spate of brutal violence that has enveloped a small town near the Rio Grande. As with Elah, there’s Oscar buzz. (Opens nationwide Nov. 21.)
Paintings
Andrea Kantrowitz sees a strong connection between sex and food, and her sensual, vibrant still lifes explore that relationship. In her new exhibit, Ravished, Kantrowitz presents nine colorful representations, including peppers, garlic, and a horned melon, which Kantrowitz describes as being “torn open by hand to see how they grow.” (Through Dec. 20 at Kenise Barnes Fine Art; 1955 Palmer Ave., Larchmont, N.Y.; www.kbfa.com.)
Film
The independent film company Five Sisters Productions is named for Maria, Jennifer, Ursula, Gabrielle, and Charity Burton. Their father, Roger Burton, is a co-producer; and their mother, Gabrielle, a co-producer and writer. Their most recent film, Temps, a comedy about five “non-slacker” friends navigating life and love in their twenties, was filmed in Boston and Cambridge. (DVD release Nov. 30.)
Theater
Pianist and singer Gary Negbaur has written music for theater, film, and dance and he is collaborating with Jerry Silverstein (Urban Cowboy) on a musical called True Beauty. Negbaur’s newest production, Wine Lovers, co-written with Michael Green, is about an unlikely romance that blossoms during a wine class—and the audience becomes the class. (Dec. 1 at The Triad theater; 158 W. 72nd St., N.Y.; www.triadnyc.com.)
Classical
Daedalus, a seven-year-old string quartet that includes violinist Min-Young Kim and cellist Raman Ramakrishnan, has been touring the world since it won the Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2001. On December 2, they’ll perform their last concert of the year, playing Beethoven, Brahms, and Shostakovich. (At the La Jolla Athenaeum Music & Arts Library; 1008 Wall St., La Jolla, Calif.; www.ljathenaeum.org.)
Documentary
A new HBO documentary, Sand and Sorrow, from director Paul Freedman, follows Pulitzer Prize-winning Kennedy School prof Samantha Power, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, and activist John Prendergast as they investigate genocide in Darfur. George Clooney narrates. Elie Wiesel and Barack Obama, for whom Powers serves as an advisor on foreign affairs, are also featured. (Premieres Dec. 6 on HBO.)
Rock
It’s been a busy year for Brooklyn-based indie band Bishop Allen. Formed in 2003 by Justin Rice and Christian Rudder, and named after a street in Cambridge, Bishop Allen released its second album, The Broken String, in July. In November, the band embarks on its first European tour, hitting hotspots from Groningen to Düsseldorf and Zagreb. (See www.bishopallen.com for tour dates and locations.)
Classical
Violinist Joseph Lin’s many honors include First Prize in the Concert Artists Guild International Competition in 1996, when he was just 17, and a Fulbright scholarship in 2004 to study the Chinese zither in Beijing. Lin’s Formosa Quartet will be playing music by Mozart, Shih-hui Chen, and Brahms. (Dec. 14 at the Library of Congress’ Whittall Pavilion; 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. Call 202-397-7328 for tickets.)
Rock
Abe Kinkopf, aka Father Abraham, the bespectacled front man of Boston’s The Indefinite Article, calls his band “eclectic and brash.” The genre-straddling group released its second album, Things You Don’t Know, in October. The band will be rocking in the New Year with its newest member, a metronome. (Dec. 31 at Harpers Ferry; 158 Brighton Ave., Allston, Mass.; www.harpers ferryboston.com.)