Jonathan Richman: The unstoppable persistence of pure rock & roll. 8:30pm. Presale tickets $15.
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Christmas Parade: 25 years of tradition marches down Second Street. 6-9pm.
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Jonathan Richman fly into the mystery

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY

This week in the music section we are meditating on purity—of intent and personality and transmission, which align themselves only as mathematically frequently as a three-wheel slot comes up only cherries, and possibly that is where Jonathan Richman’s unstoppable persistence is rooted; as the song warned me [...]