The beat goes on in Harvard Square
Even for those of us who haven't seen the inside of a college classroom in years (and have certainly never seen the inside of a Harvard classroom), Harvard Square remains a place to feel young and frisky. So grab your study buddy tonight for a little midweek action in the heart of Cambridge.
Start with the first Burger Eats & Berklee Beats event in the courtyard of the Charles Hotel. The four-part series features music by Berklee students and alumni, starting tonight with Pat Carroll, a jazz saxophonist and composer from Pleasanton, Calif. To complement the beat, beefalo burgers (a lean buffalo-cow hybrid) will be sizzling on an outside grill, flipped by Henrietta's Table executive chef Peter Davis. Upcoming shows: Alex Meek and the gypsy swing band Shine (Aug. 13); singer Eleonora Bianchini (Aug. 20); and the Berklee Monterey Quartet (Aug. 27), composed of Berklee students performing in the Monterey Jazz Festival. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Concert is free (burger and sides $9.50; draft beer $5.50). 1 Bennett St., Cambridge. 617-661-5000. www.regattabarjazz.com
Then travel back to the 1970s, a time of truly dissipated youth, with Ang Lee's "The Ice Storm" at the Brattle Theatre. The 1997 movie has an all-star cast, including Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Tobey Maguire, Elijah Wood, Katie Holmes, and Christina Ricci, whose lives are careening out of control in New Canaan, Conn., as the country reels from Watergate. The screening is part of the Brattle's "Disturbed Suburbs" series. 7:30 and 10 p.m. $7.50-$9.50. 40 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-876-6837. www.brattlefilm.org.
Return to the 21st century with a late-night brew of masala chai ($3.35) or Red Groats tea ( $2.61) at Tealuxe. Open Wednesdays until 10 p.m. 0 Brattle St., Cambridge. 617-441-0077. www.tealuxe.com.
Over your cups, discuss ways you can turn your wild youth into an even wilder old age.
