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· Music round-up: Polysics at the Knitting Factory; Helmet at the Troubadour; the Beat It Wally benefit brings Garbage, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Victoria Williams, and others to the Alex Theatre.
· Somehow, Meryl Streep will find a way to get an Oscar nomination for her performance in photographer Laurie Simmons' three-act cinematic musical, The Music of Regret, screening tonight at the Hammer.
· The Pleasure Chest offers striptease lessons from "seasoned" (we put that in quotes only because it sounds vaguely spicy) burlesque performers Courtney Cruz and Shelby Jones. It's a ladies-only seminar, so men with boa and fishnet fetishes must wait in the parking lot until the event is over.