culture

TREASURES OF SIAM. Get a taste of culture at the Harvard-MIT Thai Cultural show. Traditional dances, music ensembles and skits of ceremonies will be performed. For those motivated more by testosterone or dining-hall angst, keep in mind the martial arts exhibition and the after-show reception with Pad Thai and Thai Iced Tea. Friday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $12, $8 students, available at the Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222. Lowell Lecture Hall. (LAA)

WINTERFEST. Fast all morning, because you’ll need room for the Taiwanese Cultural Society’s annual winter food and cultural festival, offering both a 22 course Taiwanese meal, and the opportunity to make a chopstick gun. Between bites , learn a little Taiwanese language, or watch performances from the Asian American Dance Troup or TCS Chinese Yoyo Club. Friday, March 7 at 8:15 p.m. Tickets $7, available at the Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222. Quincy Dining Hall. (LAA)

music

MISSA SOLEMNIS. The Radcliffe Choral Society, Harvard Glee Club and Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum join forces to sing this Beethoven masterpiece. The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music and professional soloists Carole Haber and David Kravitz promises to be mythic in both proportion and impact. See article, page B-1. Friday, March 7 at 8 p.m. Tickets $9 to $28, available at the Harvard Box Office or by phone (617) 496-2222. Sanders Theater. (LAA)

LOUIE BELLSON. A legendary jazz drummer Duke Ellington once called “the greatest musician alive” performs this weekend with Kenny Hitchcock (sax), Derek Smith (piano) and Jay Leonhart (bass) in Cambridge. Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8 at 9 p.m. Tickets $25, available at Ryles or by phone (617) 876-9330. Ryles Jazz Club, 212 Hampshire Street, Inman Square, Cambridge, (617) 876-9330. (LAA)

KID KOALA. Montreal-based DJ Kid Koala will be in Harvard Square for an evening-long presentation of scenes from his book “Nufonia Must Fall.” The show will make use of a slide projector, four turntables, two electric pianos and the stylings of DJ Jester and DJ P-Love. The event is presented by the Middle East. Thursday, March 13, 7 and 10 p.m. Tickets $15, available in advance at the Brattle Theatre Box Office, the Middle East Box Office, or through Ticketmaster. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., (617) 876-6837. (BJS)

BACH SOCIETY ORCHESTRA, in their third concert of the season, will once again challenge their namesake, performing Copland’s Appalachian Spring, Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Beethoven’s famous Symphony No. 5. The hour-and-a-half concert will feature pianist Katherine Chen ’06, winner of Bach Soc’s Concerto Competition. Friday, March 7 at 8 p.m. Tickets $8, $6 students, available at the Harvard Box Office or by phone (617) 496-2222. Paine Music Hall. (LAA)

dance

MORRIS ON THE MOVE. See Mark Morris, the acclaimed choreographer, for free when he comes to town for “A Conversation with Mark Morris on the Creative Process.” Moderated by Christopher Lydon, former host of WBUR’s “The Connection,” the event promises to thrill both dancers and would-be New York artistes. Monday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets free but required, available at the Harvard Box Office or by phone (617) 496-2222. Sanders Theater. (LAA)

theater

AUDIENCE & A MONOLOGUE. Immerse yourself in cutting-edge avant-garde theater in a wizened old space. Written and directed by Dan Poston ’03-’04 and presented by the Leverett House Arts Society, this experimental one-act aims to engage the audience more than the usual stage production. Runs Thursday, March 6 through Saturday, March 8. Tickets $4-$6, available at the Harvard Box Office or by phone (617) 496-2222. Leverett Old Library. (LAA)

HIGHWAY ULYSSES. See preview on Page 2. Saturday, March 1, through Saturday, March 22. Tickets $34-$68. American Repertory Theater, Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St. (617) 547-8300. (SNJ)

IT’S A WONDERFUL AFTERLIFE. Where would you like to visit after you die? The Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 155th spoof takes you through Heaven, Hell, and Limbo in a production of Divine Comedy proportions. Meet Rabbi Noah Fense, Nun Taken, and the Roman General Curtis Interruptus. Hilarious. Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets $25 weekdays, $27 weekends. Group discounts available. Through Wednesday, March 19. Hasty Pudding Theater, 12 Holyoke St., (617) 495-5205. (TIH)

TALK TO ME. Spend a night in boarding school and the Adams Pool—but leave the drama to the actors. An original play by Ellenor J. Honig ‘04, Talk To Me deals with obsession and friendship, and challenges the line between performance and reality. Thursday, March 13 through Saturday, March 15th at 8 p.m, with an additional show at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets $5, $4 students, available at the Harvard Box Office or by phone (617) 496-2222. Adams House Pool Theatre. (LAA)