Let your hips do the talking
Quit the bellyaching. OK, so the days are darker and the nights chilly. That doesn’t mean you and your baby can’t have a steamy night on the town. Loosen up that collar, because Saturday night will shake you up and cool you down.
We start on the outer rings of the Hub and move our way inward.
The Middle Eastern theme begins with stuffed grape leaves, baba ganoush, and spinach borek appetizers at Karoun (839 Washington St., Newton, 617-964-3400,
karoundining.com). Appetizers run $6 to $9; entrees include dolma, grilled eggplant layered with ground beef, pine nuts, onions and spices in tomato sauce ($21), and lamb kebab served with rice or with cracked wheat pilaf ($21). Open to 1 a.m. on Saturday. The restaurant features live Middle Eastern, Armenian, and other Eastern music and belly dancing on Fridays and Saturdays starting at 9:30 p.m.
But how about witnessing a bountiful bevy of bellies?
That would be at “Babelesque” by the Bellydance Superstars at the Regent Theatre (7 Medford St., Arlington, 781-643-4747, regent theatre.com). The company, which is produced by impresario Miles Copeland, hopes to do for the hips what “Riverdance” did for the ankles, that is, introduce mainstream audiences to folk dance through spectacle. In this case, the spectacle involves tribal, Egyptian, and Oriental dancing. The show begins at 8 p.m.; tickets are $32.50 to $37.50.
If you want a sweet nibble afterward, head down to Central Square and the Middle East Restaurant (472-480 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 617-864-3278, mideastclub.com) for some chocolate baklava ($2.75), rice pudding ($3.75), or namura or honey cake, ($2.75.) Dessert served until midnight on Saturday. Stick around for one of the club’s live music shows or head home and practice those belly-dancing moves in private.
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