Spike Lee ripped the cover off urban America for my 13-year-old self with his 1989 tour de force. He speaks and signs copies of his photo memoir "Spike Lee: Do the Right Thing" 12/24 at Barbara's Bookstore at Maxwell Street, er, University Village.
Bradley Rust Gray's romantic microdrama "The Exploding Girl" starring Zoe Kazan has its local premiere Saturday in the Blue Whiskey Independent FIlm Festival.