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Arts First, Now and Always: Our Picks...Your Choice

Saturday

11:30 a.m. ARTS FIRST Parade. Make a spectacle of yourself and then gorge yourself at the Science Center at a barbecue picnic. Starts at the Inn at Harvard.

1-1:20 p.m. Same Old Psyche, Sane Old Psycho. Noam Weinstein '99 is back, singing and performing an entirely new repertoire of original songs. Loker Coffee-house.

1:30-1:50 p.m. Gumboots Dance. Developed by South African miners, a gumboot dance must be seen, heard and felt to be truly appreciated. Sanders Theatre.

1:45 p.m. 1000 BALLS. More oranges than you thought possible will float above you. Meet at 1:30 p.m. if you, too, want to throw things into the air. Outside Science Center.

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3-3:20 p.m. On Thin Ice. Improvisational comedy created on the spot through suggestions from the audience. Sanders Theatre.

3-5 p.m. Student Film and Video Screenings. Quality short films by students and graduates, ranging from ref-elections on Star Wars to a careful study of homeless women. Carpenter Center, Room B-04.

3:30-3:50 p.m. Arabic Calligraphy for Children. Engaging workshop for kids of all ages and skills. Museum of Cultural and Natural History, Romer Hall.

4-4:20 p.m. Italian Love Songs from the Turn of the Century. Donaudy. Tosti. Denza. Cardillo. Dig it. Fogg Museum Courtyard.

4-4:20 p.m. Seventeen Brief Symphonic Pieces. Don't be fooled, as this three-piece rock band, The Pissed-Officers, will allow things to get out of hand. Science Center A.

4-5 p.m. Pops First! Here's a chance to hear some of the finest film and Broadway scores ever composed, as performed by the Harvard Pops Orchestra. Sanders Theatre.

8 p.m. A Celebration of Brahms, Schubert, and Mendelssohn. Featuring the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, Harvard Wind Ensemble, Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society and Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum. Tickets: $6/8/11 students; $8/11/13 general. Sanders Theatre.

Sunday

12-2 p.m. Blue Tantrum. Down at Mather House something big is happening: Outdoor musical performance featuring Andy Eggers '99, Gian Pangaro '98, Scott Roy '98 and Noam Weinstein '99.

2 p.m. Open Reading of the 1812 Overture. All musicians of all levels can join in this open performance of the cannon-filled classic (helium balloons will suffice) Lowell Courtyard.

3 p.m. Capoeira: Dance of Liberation. The Harvard Brazilan Organization presents a thrilling, even over whelming, ritual of high-powered dance and song Dunster Courtyard.

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