Friday, Dec. 10

VES | Stephen Prina of The Red Krayola

The event honoring newly-appointed VES professor Stephen Prina will feature a special guest. The concert and film screening will be followed by a reception with the honorees. Free admission. 11 p.m. The Carpenter Center. (ECMV)

THEATER | The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance is one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular comic operettas. Frederick is a duty-bound young man mistakenly apprenticed to a dreaded band of pirates called the Pirates of Penzance. When he turns 21, Frederick decides to leave the band and devote his life to the extermination of the pirates, but dewey-eyed maidens, bungling policemen and soft-hearted pirates thwart his efforts in a hilarious, topsy-turvy plot. Tickets available through the Harvard Box Office, evening shows for $8 and matinees for $6. Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Agassiz Theatre. (NNH)

DANCE | Harvard Ballet Company’s Classic n’ Country

HBC, an entirely student run company with 52 members, will hold its first of two yearly performances starting this Friday. Shows will be held at the Rieman Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets available through the Harvard Box Office for $5 with a Harvard I.D. Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Memorial Church. (NNH)

MUSIC | Behold That Star!

The Kuumba singers present their annual Christmas concert. The singers are a 90-member choir dedicated to the expression of black creativity and spirituality through song. They are currently under the direction of Sheldon K. X. Reid ’96. Tickets are free through the Harvard Box Office. Friday and Staurday at 8 p.m. Memorial Church. (NNH)

THEATER | Whose Wife is it Anyway?

From the team that brought Noises Off to Harvard last year, Whose Wife is it Anyway? is a clever political farce/sex comedy by a master of the genre. A protracted hit in the West End of London and on Broadway, the show combines elements of Yes, Minister and Fawlty Towers. It’s certain to leave you giddy. Tickets are $7 through the Harvard Box Office. Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Also Dec. 16, at 8 p.m., Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and Dec. 18 at 2 p.m. Winthrop JCR. (NNH)

MUSIC | The Music of Sir Harrison Birtwistle

Enjoy the music of Blodgett Distinguished Artist Birtwhistle, as performed by pianist Aleck Karis and soprano Tony Arnold. Pieces will include “26 Orpheus Elegies,” “Nenia: The Death of Orpheus,” “Harrison’s Clocks” and “Verses.” Free and open to the public. Friday at 8 p.m. John Knowles Paine Concert Hall. (ECMV)

Saturday, Dec. 11

FASHION | Haute