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At Harvard Daily Entertainment & Events

18 November Thursday

Concert

Lunchtime Organ Recitals. Andrew Shenton. Adolphus Busch Hall, 12:15 p.m.

Exhibitions

Busch-Reisinger Museum. Through Dec. 12. "The Sketchbooks of George Grosz." Exploring the many sides of the former dada activist through more than 80 of his previously unexhibited sketchbooks.

Fogg Art Museum. Through Jan. 6: "The Art of Time: Clocks, Watches, and other Timepieces from Harvard Collections." Includes many historically significant pieces seldom seen in public. The inner works of each timepiece will be displayed outside the case to help viewers appreciate the clockmakers' art. Through Jan. 9. "An Offbeat Collection of Dutch and Flemish Paintings." Featuring 20 works from the 16th and 17th century Netherlands, all drawn from a private collection.

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Sackler Museum. Through Jan. 23: "Buddhist Art: The Later Tradition." A survey of Buddhist art from the 8th through the 18th centuries, emphasizing works from China, Korea and Japan but also including ones from Nepal and Tibet.

Through Nov. 21: "Rothko's Harvard Murals." Five monumental abstract murals painted for the University.

Schlesinger Library. Through Dec. 3: "Votes for Women: An Exhibition of Suffrage Posters." Original British and American suffrage movement posters.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center. $5 for students. "Model" at 7 p.m. This shows men and women models at work on TV commercials, fashion shows, print advertising, posing for magazine covers and ads for a variety of products. "Night of the Hunter" at 10 p.m. At stunning and dramatically gripping portrayal of the ordeal an unscrupulous man inflicts on two children in order to find where their deceased father has hidden $10,000.

Talk

Press and Politics: Who's Using Whom? Daniel Schorr, senior news analyst, National Public Radio. ARCO Forum, 8 p.m.

What is happening to American Democracy? Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building, 4 p.m. Refreshments at 6 p.m., followed by workshops, 7-8:30 p.m.

Theatre

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Through Nov. 28. By Edward Albee. The comedy presents one of the most memorable of married couples - George and Martha - in a searing night of dangerous fun and games with their two guests, Nick and Honey, who innocently become their foil. Hasty Pudding Theatre, 8 p.m. $19-$32. Call 496-8400 for tickets and more information.

Merlyn. The story of a young Merlyn the magician and the legendary history of fourth century Britain. The first original musical on the Mainstage in years. We have it all: love, war, sex, death, symbolic dreams and spectacular magic. Loeb Mainstage, 8 p.m. $5 for students.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood. A dark leading man, a romantic ingenue, an opium vendor, twins from Cylon, a pious reverend, and a cockney laborer. Which one of these people killed Edwin Drood? The audience decides when the cast and crew presents an evening of musical murder and intrigue. Agassiz Theatre, 8 p.m. $3/$5/$7 for students.

Teen Lust and Stopped Clocks. A fastpaced comedy about suburban high school drug culture and the 1986 Challenger explosion. Set in Concord, NH, the hometown of schoolteacher/astronaut Christa McAuliffe, the play focuses on the awkwardly traumatic lives of Kurt, a dyslectic pot dealer; Dennis, a lovelorn ice cream scooper; and Wanda, a leukemia-stricken cheerleader. Loeb EX, 7:30 p.m. Free. 19 November Friday

Concert

Mozart Society Orchestra. Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center. $5 for students. "Manufacturing Consent" at 7 p.m. In an energetic fusion of images and ideas, this film explores the political life and times of the controversial author, linguist and radical philosopher Noam Chomsky. The film focuses on democratic socieies where populations are subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control.

Theatre

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Through Nov. 28. By Edward Albee. Hasty Pudding Theatre, 8 p.m. $19-$32. Call 496-8400 for tickets and more information.

Merlyn. For more information see Thursday's listing. Loeb Mainstage, 8 p.m. $5 for students.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood. For more information see Thurday's listing. Agassiz Theatre, 8 p.m. $3/$5/$7 for students.

Rope. An exciting thriller allegedly based on the Leopold/Loeb murder trial. Was made into a movie by Alfred Hitchcock. Dunster JCR, 8 p.m. $3 for students.

Teen Lust and Stopped Clocks. For more information see Thursday's listing. Loeb EX, 7:30 and 10 p.m. Free. 20 November Saturday

Concert

Arlo Guthrie. Presented by Folktree Concertmakers. Sanders Theatre, 7 p.m.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center $5 for students. "Manufacturing Con- sent" at 2 and 7 p.m. See Thursday's listingfor more information.

Theatre

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ThroughNov. 28. By Edward Albee. See Thursday's listingfor more information. Hasty Pudding Theatre, 5 and9 p.m. $19-$32. Call 496-8400 for tickets and moreinformation.

Merlyn. See Thursday's listing for moreinformation. Loeb Mainstage, 8 p.m. $5 forstudents.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood. SeeThursday's listing for more information. AgassizTheatre, 2 and 8 p.m. $3/$5/$7 for students.

Rope. See Friday's listing for moreinformation. Dunster JCR, 8 p.m. $3 for students.

Teen Lust and Stopped Clocks. SeeThursday's listing for more information. Loeb EX,7:30 p.m. Free.21 November Sunday

Concert

University Art Museums. ContraltoDorothea Brinkmann and pianist Luise Bosgerchianperform works by Hindemith, Wolpe, Wedekind, andGershwin in connection with the exhibition, "TheSketchbooks of George Grosz." Fogg Art Museum,5:30 p.m. $4 for students; $3 for Friends of theUniversity Art Museums.

Boston Chamber Music Society. Performworks by Shostakovich, Brahms, Beethoven. SandersTheatre, 8 p.m.

Cabaret. Andy Baer Quartet. Upstairs atthe Pudding, 10 Holyoke St., Cambridge. 8 p.m.$10. Call 864-1933 for information andreservations.

Film

Harvard-Epworth Film Series. Josef vonSternberg's "An American Tragedy." Harvard-EpworthUnited Methodist Church, 1555 Mass Ave. $3.

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center.$5 for students. "Manufacturing Consent" at7 p.m. In an energetic fusion of images and ideas,this film explores the political life and times ofthe controversial author, linguist and radicalphilosopher Noam Chomsky. The film focuses ondemocratic societies where populations aresubjected to more subtle forms of ideologicalcontrol. Women Talking. Film created byMidge Mackenzie featuring conversations withleading personalities in the forefront of theWomen's Liberation Movement. Carpenter Center,2:30 p.m. Free.

Theatre

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ThroughNov. 28. By Edward Albee. See Thursday's listingfor more information. Hasty Pudding Theatre, 2 and7 p.m. $19-$32. Call 496-8400 for tickets and moreinformation.

Rope. An exciting thriller allegedlybased on the Leopold/Loeb murder trial. Was madeinto a movie by Alfred Hitchcock. Dunster JCR, 8p.m. $3 for students.22 November Monday

Concert

Homage to William Byrd. A candlelightconcert of Renaissance keyboard music performed byJames Niccolson on the Flemish double virginal.Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Krikland St., 8 p.m. $10for students.

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Presentedby Don Law Co. Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m.

Film

Afro-American Film Series. "DivineHorseman" at 4:30 p.m., Science Center D.

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center.$5 for students. "Beauty and the Beast" at5:30 p.m. "Scenario du film passion" at7:30 p.m. A poetic video of study of the cinematicand creative process by deconstructing the storyof Jean-luc Godard's 1982 film."France/tour/detour/deux/enfants: Verite"at 9:30 p.m. Constructed around interviews with aFrench schoolgirl and schoolboy on questions bothphilosophical and quotidian.23 November Tuesday

Film

Afro-American Film Series. "DivineHorseman" at 8 p.m., Science Center D.

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center.$5 for students. "Manufacturing Consent: Part2" at 9:15 p.m. See Thursday's listing formore information. "Farrebique" at 7:30 p.m.This is a powerful cinematic choronicle of anisolated farm and its inhabitants through thechanging landscape of an entire year.

Theatre

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ThroughNov. 28. By Edward Albee. SeeThursday's listingfor more info. Hasty Pudding Theatre, 8 p.m.$19-$32. Call 496-8400 for tickets and moreinformation.24 November Wednesday

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center.$5 for students. "Los Olvidados" at 7:30p.m. A gang of young boys fight for survival inthe urban ghetto of Mexico City. "ManufacturingConsent: Part 1" at 9:15 p.m. "ManufacturingConsent: Part 2" at 5:30 p.m. See Thursday'slisting for more information.

Theatre

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ThroughNov. 28. SeeThursday's listing for moreinformation. Hasty Pudding Theatre, 8 p.m.$19-$32. Call 496-8400 for tickets and moreinformation

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