Up next, Brattle will host a Harvard Bookstore talk with feminist philosopher Judith Butler and screenings from the Independent Film Festival Boston starting Thursday.

A plumbing issue forced The Brattle to shut down for the weekend, but the well-known Harvard Square theater will be ready to go for the Independent Film Festival Boston this week, organizers say.

Cloe Axelson, senior editor of WBUR’s ideas and opinion page Cognoscenti, will moderate a conversation with author Gretchen Rubin about her new book, "Secrets of Adulthood: Simple Truths for Our ...