theater

The Children of Herakles. See cover story. Through Jan. 25. Tickets $34-$68. American Repertory Theater, Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., (617) 547-8300.

Fiddler on the Roof. See story. Friday, Jan. 10 at 1 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m.. Tickets $9, $7 students/seniors, available at the Harvard Box Office or by phone (617) 496-2222. At the Agassiz Theater, Radcliffe Yard.

The Two-Character Play. See story. 7:30 p.m. nightly through Sunday, Jan 12. Tickets free at the Loeb Box Office. Loeb Experimental Theater, Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., (617) 547-8300.

readings

Randall Kennedy, reading from his new book Interracial Intimacies. Kennedy, a Harvard Law School Professor, stirred controversy last year with his bestseller Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word. His newest work is a lengthy examination of the shifts in relationships between blacks and whites throughout American history. Thursday, Jan. 16 at 6 p.m. Sponsored by Harvard Bookstore, Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway. (BJS)

New England Poetry Club reading. The NEPC, founded in 1913 by Amy Lowell, Robert Frost, and Conrad Aiken, sponsors the oldest poetry reading series in the country. Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway at Trowbridge St., (781) 643-0029. (TIH)

art

Duo: Oliver Jackson/Marty Ehrlich. This exhibition, entering the final stretch of its four-and-a-half month stay at the Sert, consists of six enormous paintings and an hour of recorded music. Artist Jackson and composer Ehrlich collaborated on the project when they were both in residence at Harvard two years ago. Through Jan. 19. Hours: Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. Free. At the Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St, (617) 495-9400. (BJS)

Portrait Photographs by George Platt Lynes. See feature on facing page. Through Jan. 28. Hours: Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Copeland Gallery and the Edward Sheldon Exhibition Rooms, Pusey Library, (617) 495-2445. (BJS)

Yary Livan. Livan is the sole living master of Cambodia’s traditional ceramics and kiln building techniques, having miraculously avoided a death in Pol Pot’s Killing Fields. He has produced paintings, sculpture and pottery over his long career. Saturday at 9 a.m. Ceramics Program of Harvard’s Office for the Arts, 219 Western Ave., Allston. (BJS)

music

The Moe Jones Monday Night Revue. Host Moe Jones and his seven-piece band are keeping the House of Blues awash in soul and R&B stylings on Monday nights throughout the month. This week, they share the stage with The Matthew Stubbs Band and Racky Thomas. Monday, Jan. 13 at 9 p.m. Tickets $7. The Original House of Blues, 96 Winthrop St., (617) 491-2100. (BJS)

Swiss violinist Helena Winkelman with guest pianist Anton Kernjak. The performance, sponsored by the Pro Musicis Foundation, includes pieces by Schubert, Lutoslawski, Kurtag, and Beethoven. Saturday, Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. Tickets $15 for students. Pickman Concert Hall at Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St., (617) 566-5218. (TIH)

The Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra. Music by Beethoven, Mozart and Copland, followed by a wine and cheese singles reception courtesy of Pro Amore. Sunday, Jan. 12 at 3 p.m. Tickets $9-$42, available at the Harvard Box Office or call (617) 496-2222. Sanders Theatre. (TIH)