Concerts

The Sounds of Blackness--performed by Berklee School of Music Gospel Choir. Room 227, Medical Education Center, Medical Area. 260 Longwood Ave., Boston. Noon to 1 p.m.

Films

Mapantsula--by African filmmakers Thomas Mogotlane and Oliver Schmitz. Science Center A at 7:30 p.m. Free.

Smoking and Sipping Espresso

Dunster House Coffee House--9 p.m. Dunster House Grille. Acoustic guitar, music, jazz, and poetry reading. Bring your European smokes.

Lectures

Reproductive Rights of Women, Abortion, and Contraception--Lynn Paltow, attorney, and Laura Rosenbury, undergraduate. Lyman Common Room at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 4968879.

Business and Social Networks in China, 1644-1949--Takeshi Hamashita, professor at the institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo. Room 102, Sever Hall at 4:15 p.m.

The Multiparty Movement and Government Policy in Kenya, 1990-91--led by Gibson Kamau, lawyer, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School. Room 2, Coolidge Hall at 12-30 p.m.

A National System of Educational Assessment for the U.S.: Some Lessons from Abroad--David Stevenson, deputy director of the National Council on Educational Standards and Testing. Eliot-Lyman Room, Longfellow Hall at 1 p.m.

"Institutional Change in Europe: Maastricht and Beyond"--Robert Keohane, professor and chairman of Government Dept. Cabot Room, Center for European Studies at 8 p.m. Friday 7 Feb.

Performance Art

Laurie Anderson--will perform her show "Voices from Beyond." Sanders Theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets are $22.50 and $19.50. For information, call 496-2222. Learning from Performers discussion with students at 1:45 p.m. Open only to Harvard and Radcliffe undergraduates. Limited. Call 495-8676 for location and registration information. Bring your electric violin.

Dance