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9.24 Calendar

Event of the Week: Saturday Night Live castmember Seth Meyers comes to Northeastern Sunday night as part of Kappa Sigma’s 7th Annual Comedy Night. Meyers also co-hosts Weekend Update with hilarious Amy Poehler. Tickets are available at the Blackman box office in Ell Hall. Blackman Auditorium; 8 p.m.; $5 NU ID+1; [email protected].

Thursday, Sept. 24 – Want to go to a concert where you can get your groove on? Rock out to techno guru and DJ Moby. Most famous for the song ‘Southside’ off his 1999 album Play, which featured No Doubt frontwoman Gwen Stefani, Moby is sure to provide a slew of dance-worthy jams. None of that slow stuff.’ He’ll be at the House of Blues, 15 Lansdowne St.; $25; 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show. 888-693-2583.

Friday,’ Sept. 25 – Get some action Friday night at the encore of the 2009 Indie Erotic Film Festival. The 4th Annual IXFF consists of short films dripping with drag queens and plenty of saucy scenes. When else are you going to see some knockers and wieners on the big screen without being a total creeper? Exactly. Coolidge Corner Theater, 290 Harvard Ave., Brookline; $10; Midnight; 617-734-2500

Saturday,’ Sept. 26 – Did you know that marshmallow fluff was invented in 1917 right here in Boston? Are you asking yourself ‘WTF?’ Well, that’s because Union Square is hosting What the Fluff? in tribute to genius Fluff creator Archibald Query. Music, artists, fluff events. Meanwhile, some Massachusetts legislators are trying to get the Fluffernutter sandwich to be the official sandwich of Massachusetts. WTF? Union Square, Washington and Prospect Streets, Somerville; Free; 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.; 617-955-0080.

Sunday, Sept. 27 – Audiences in 150 cities will vote this week on the best films from the Manhattan Short Films Program. Each year, 12 finalists are selected from hundreds of short film entries and then shown to the masses for the winners to be chosen. Here, you can see 12 films in half the time it takes to watch one ‘Lord of the Rings.’ Your mind = blown. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave.; 3 to 4:30 p.m.; $8 for students; 617-267-9300.

Monday,’ Sept. 28 – New York City’s art-rockers Yeah Yeah Yeahs are in town. Even though they’ve more than earned their chops in the music world, it’s generally accepted that their shows are worth going to just to see what clothing extravaganza Karen O is going to have on. Will it be a peacock feather dress? A kimono made of T-shirts? A skin-tight tinsel body suit? Orpheum Theater, 1 Hamilton Place; $32.50; 7:30 p.m.; 617-679-0810.

Tuesday, Sept. 29 – The spontaneous and the sophisticated will be joined in marriage this week as Andrew W.K. & Calder Quartet perform together. The Calder Quartet is a chamber ensemble that will perform with A.W.K. on solo piano. And according to the theater, there will be plenty of opportunity for ‘rapt listening and raucous dancing.’ Sounds about right for a distinguished chamber ensemble plus Andrew W.K. Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Ave., Brookline; $25; 9 p.m.; 617-734-2500.

Wednesday,’ Sept. 30 – The Harvard Film Archive collects and screens fine foreign, art, historical and other films on a regular basis, most of which are from the pre-Depression era. It’s showing ‘Metropolis,’ a 1927 film set in a futuristic city where one character predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences. The HFA has a collection of 35mm and 16mm material for almost 14,000 titles. Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Arts, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge; Free; 7 p.m. 617-495-4700.

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