First, the weather: It’s raining. In more exciting news, this weekend brings a Nordic-themed Christmas Pig Market and Crafty Wonderland, a drive-through Nutcracker Vignettes experience in Westmoreland, a Dickens Carolers concert at Edgefield, and more no-fuss events that’ll give you a bang for your buck. See them all below, and find even more options in this week’s top picks.
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FILM
The Matrix
The year is 1999, a computer hacker named Neo (Keanu Reeves) learns from a mysterious figure, Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), that the world he lives in is not real, but a sinister computer simulation designed by machines to keep humans content while farming their bodies for energy. He is also told the year is not 1999, but closer to 2199. After dealing with the shock of this revelation, Neo decides to leave the simulation, enter “the desert of the real” (the real world, which is dark, grim, and gothic), and join the human rebellion against the machines. Revisit the seminal sci-fi flick before the franchise’s fourth installment comes out later this month.
Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood District ($10)
