“Heart of a Dog” is musician, artist, and director Laurie Anderson’s first feature since her 1986 concert film, “Home of the Brave.” A valentine to her beloved Lolabelle, it is also a meditation on the security state that has grown up in the midst of her West Village neighborhood in the decade and a half since 9/11. The film doesn’t touch on the death of her husband Lou Reed, but he’s listed in the credits. As critic Steve Erickson wrote, “Human and animal mortality are clearly on her mind. We should all be so lucky as to have a method of dealing with it as productive as making ‘Heart of a Dog.’” Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th St. Jan. 24 & 31, Feb. 7, 7 pm. Tickets are $14; $12 for students & seniors at symphonyspace.org.
