Open screening night. If your movie is less than 7 minutes long, and you sign up between 6:30-7 p.m. Wednesday night, they will show it during the screenings from 9:30-11 p.m. Accepted formats: 16mm, Super8, VHS, Mini Dv, and DVD. Support the artistic efforts of the Cambridge community in what will be no doubt an intellectually stimulating Thursday-night diversion. The Zeitgeist Gallery, 1353 Cambridge St. (SW)

MUSIC | Steve Winwood

Those who are looking for the classic Steve Winwood of the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic and Blind Faith and his solo albums, Back in the High Life and Roll With It, will be disappointed with Winwood’s performance. Instead, his show is based on his new album, About Time, the newest step in Winwood’s continuous maturation. This time, the Hammond B-3 organ is the center of the album, which allows him new ways to experiment and continue his exploration of his diverse influences. Watch him break new ground. 7 p.m. Tickets from $31.50 to $49. The Orpheum, 1 Hamilton Place, Boston. (SW)

MUSIC | George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic

When you hear these men, you can’t help but shake your groove thing! They have brought us the majesty of “Chocolate City,” the mystery of “Dr. Funkenstein,” the “Agony of Defeet,” and the “Theme From The Black Hole,” among others. At each of their shows and in every performance, “Fantasy Is Reality” and every audience member can’t help but “Do That Stuff.” 9 p.m. Tickets $28; 18+. The Roxy, 279 Tremont St, Boston. (SW)

thurs, oct 9

VISUALS | 100 Weaves of India

Rare antique and contemporary textile crafts from different regions of India will be on display. Several of these weaves and embroideries embody centuries of ancient craft traditions through which rural and tribal artisan communities have earned their livelihood. Part of the revenue raised by the exhibit will benefit the endangered artists of India through FIRE: Funding Indian Rural Enterprise, details of which can be seen at www.projectfire.org. Through Oct. 12. Free opening reception at 6 p.m. with an Indian classical dance performance in the Kathak Style by Sanjeevani Kukreja. Zeitgeist Gallery, 1353 Cambridge St. (SW)

MUSIC | Hieroglyphics’ Full Circle Tour

Features Del tha Funkee Homosapien, one of hip-hop’s most interesting musical innovators, who has pulled his posse, the Hieroglyphics, out of relative obscurity with a strong electronica-influenced MC style. With a strong sense of flow and solid rhymes indisputable to anyone who wants to see why underground hip-hop has a strong fan base, they bring the beats back into service for black culture and blatantly demonstrate the ridiculousness of the bling-bling culture. 8 p.m. $20 advance, $23 door; 18+. The Middle East Downstairs, 472 Massachusetts Ave. (SW)

MUSIC | Boston Philharmonic Discovery Series

The Boston Philharmonic comes to Sanders Theatre to celebrate everyone’s favorite Bohemian Gustav Mahler with a retrospective. For those not familiar with our illustrious, bespectacled friend, commentary will be read before each piece, making sure the audience gets a full understanding of the genius they are lucky enough to witness. The concert hits all the right notes, featuring “Blumine,” “Songs of a Wayfarer” and “Symphony No. 1 (Titan).” Tickets $54, $42, $30, $15; $4 off for students/seniors. 7:30 p.m. Sanders Theater. (SW)

READINGS | Ultimate Punishment

Scott Turow subtitles his autobiographical book A Lawyer’s Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty, but the interest comes less from his position as lawyer as from his second career: best-selling author of such thrillers as Presumed Innocent, Reversible Errors and his memoir of his years at Harvard Law School. Here, he mines his experience as a lawyer to explicate how and why his views on the death penalty have changed over the years, and why we should agree with him. Expect plenty of high-voltage arguments. 6 p.m, Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall, 1515 Mass. Ave. (SW)

films