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February 2017: Entertainment

Film.

–The Santa Barbara International Film Festival – Feb 1-11

–The San Francisco Indie Fest marks its 19th year – Feb 2-16

–I Am Not Your Negro, a documentary about James Baldwin by Raoul Peck that incorporates previously unpublished texts by the author – opens Feb 3

–God Particle is the latest from J.J. Abrams – it’s about astronauts on a space station, and stars Selma’s David Oyelowo and Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Feb 24

–Tulip Fever, starring Alicia Vikander and featuring Cara Delevingne, is set in the 17th century in the Netherlands – Feb 24

–A United Kingdom stars David Oyelowo as the first democratically-elected President of Botswana, with Rosamund Pike as his wife – Feb 10

Television.

–Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant star in Santa Clarita Diet, premiering on Netflix – Feb 3

–Legion, a Marvel mutant franchise from showrunner Noah Hawley (of Fargo and Before the Fall fame) debuts on F/X – Feb 8

–Girls final season starts on HBO – Feb 12

–Big Little Lies, a star-studded miniseries (Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley) launches on HBO – Feb 19

–The 89th Academy Awards air on ABC, with Jimmy Kimmel hosting – Feb 26

Theater.

–Sunset Boulevard starring Glenn Close opens on Broadway – Feb 9

–Significant Other, a comedy about a romantic looking for love in Manhattan, appropriately opens on Feb 14

–The Price by Arthur Miller opens with a star-studded cast – Feb 16

–The revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday in the Park with George starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford opens in the newly-remodeled Hudson Theatre, the first Broadway production to play the space in almost 50 years – Feb 23

Popular Music.

–The Grammy Awards, hosted by James Corden, will air on CBS – Feb 12

–Lorde will release her long-awaited sophomore album this month

–Madison Square Garden’s lineup includes The Lumineers – Feb 2-3; The Red Hot Chili Peppers – Feb 15-18); Billy Joel – Feb 22; and Ariana Grande – Feb 23-24

–Also in New York: Patti LaBelle plays King’s Theater in Brooklyn – Feb 11-12; Lauryn Hill’s rescheduled concert at Radio City Music Hall is Feb 25; rappers Run the Jewels are at Terminal 5 – Feb 26-27

–In LA, Sting performs at the Hollywood Palladium – Feb 8-9 and Alicia Keys is at the Belasco Theater – Feb 8

–The Noise Pop Music & Art Festival of indie music, film and art celebrates its 25th anniversary in San Francisco – Feb 17-27

Books.

–Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin by Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin – the parents of Trayvon Martin tell their sides of the story about his death – Feb 1

–I Was Trying to Describe What It Feels Like: New and Selected Stories by Noy Holland – Feb 1

–Valley of the Gods: A Silicon Valley Story by Wall Journal reporter Alexandra Wolfe – an expose of elite tech culture; her new catch phrase? Asperger’s Chic.

–The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen – a collection of stories by the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Sympathizer – Feb 7

–Lincoln in the Bardo, the first novel from short-story master George Saunders, is about a grieving Lincoln visiting the grave of his lost son during the height of the Civil War – Feb 14

–The Fortunate Ones by Ellen Umansky – a missing painting connects the lives of Holocaust escapee Rose, and Lizzie, a 30-something lawyer whose father has just died – Feb 14

–Why I Am Not A Feminist by Jessa Crispin – a response to We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Feb 21

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