Friday, March 12

MUSIC | Blodgett Chamber Music Series - Ying Quartet

Since 2001, the Ying siblings have been the Blodgett Artists in Residence at Harvard. The quartet will be performing this Friday as part of a year-long series of performances. The program includes Janacek’s Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata;” a selection of music by Zhou Long, Chen Yi and Ge Ganru; Tchaikovsky’s Quartet No. 1 in D, Op.11. Tickets free, limit two per person. 8 p.m. Paine Hall. (LFL)

MUSIC | Carl Cox and John Debo at Avaland.

This club night was “Voted America’s #1 Club Night, Most Popular U.S. Club at the 2003 Las Vegas Club Show Awards,” according to their website, which must mean something good. Carl Cox is an English DJ and entrepreneur who has recently been named the “greatest DJ in the world,” possibly by himself. He is also the founder of Worldwide Ultimatum Records and Ultimate Music Management, mastermind of the F.A.C.T. dance compilations, and architect of the upcoming “Phuture 2000,” continually attempting to push the traditional DJ boundaries. John Debo is the co-founder of Avaland, whose mix CD Chrome 01, was released at the end of 2000 on Bliss Productions. His current musical magic focuses most strongly on deep, dark, moody, heavy, progressive tunes. Tickets $20. 19+. 10 p.m. The Avalon Night Club, 15 Lansdowne Street, Boston. (SAW)

FILM | Wet Hot American Summer

Every Friday in March at midnight, the Coolidge Corner Theatre will be playing this pants-wettingly hilarious parody of ’80s summer camp movies. And every Friday in March, the Crimson Arts section will feature this film in its Happening section. One of the funniest movies ever. Tickets $9. Midnight. Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline. (BBC)

MUSIC | The Get Up Kids

Kansas City emo outfit the Get Up Kids perform their intermittently mellow and driving Vagrant pop for maudlin girls and boys. Label-mates with the more famous and even more sentimental Dashboard Confessional, the Kids just released Gulit Show, their follow-up to 2002’s subdued On a Wire. Joining them are Recover and singer-songwriter Rocky Votolato. The title of Votolato’s most recent album, Suicide Medicine, should give you a good idea of what to expect from him. Tickets $16. All ages. 6 p.m. Axis, 13 Lansdowne St., Boston. (SLS)

Saturday, March 13

MUSIC | Winter Concert

The Mozart Society Orchestra, conducted by Chris Kim, presents its annual Winter Concert. The program includes David T. Little’s “Immolation;” W.A. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 “Elvira Madigan” performed by Wei-Hsun Yuan, winner of the MSO Freshman Concerto Competition; and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9. Tickets $9 regular, $7 students (2 per ID). 8 p.m. Paine Hall. (LFL)

MUSIC | The European Masters

The Harvard University Wind Ensemble presents a beautiful collection of European wind classics. Performing six times this year, the Ensemble features a group of 55 musicians dedicated to the performance and examination of wind literature. Directed by Thomas G. Everett, the combination of percussion and wind instruments makes for a refined yet powerful performance. 8 p.m. Tickets $10 regular, $10 student (2 per ID). Lowell Lecture Hall. (HRM)

Sunday, March 14

MUSIC | Schubert/Crumb/Chausson