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Friday, March 19

FILM | Love Actually

The Undergraduate Council’s continuing series of bargain film screenings continues with this romantic comedy (Hugh Grant alert) which tells the vaguely interrelated stories of a dozen or so Londoners as they fall into and out of love. It’s all hopelessly complicated and dreadfully charming and leads up to an uplifting scene in Heathrow Airport that may or may not tie everything together. Hopefully there are still some surprises. Tickets $1. 8 p.m. Science Center B. (NAS)

FILM | The Season of Men

This characteristically French twist on an Arabic story about sex and impossibility takes place on the island of Djerba where trader husbands return to their wives for only one month of the year. That four week break in the clouds proves only to be a frenzy to catch up on lost love and conceive children. The remainder of the year on Djerba is filled with the frustration and desperation to remind the viewer that the absence of men does not necessarily free women from oppression. Director Moufida Tlatli will appear in person. Tickets $6. 7 p.m. Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy Street. (MAM)

DANCE | The Chippendales Show at the Roxy

What could be better on a Friday night than half a dozen bronzed and brawny men wearing nothing but bowties? Pure entertainment awaits at one the Roxy, one of Boston’s hottest nightspot complex according to their website. Garrett and Jeff, with their dashing smiles and chiseled arms, will be headlining the show produced by Lou Pearlman (*NSync, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, etc.) If you’re choosing between this and Scrabble, stash your shame and head downtown. Tickets $35 (VIP), $30 (Gold). 18+. Doors 7 p.m. Show 8 p.m. The Roxy, 279 Tremont Street, Boston. (ACE)

MUSIC | Christopher Maltman

The Houghton Library of Rare Books presents the third concert in their chamber music series. For their March performance, British baritone Christopher Maltman sings a variety of pieces, including Purcell, Gurney, Butterworth, Lowe, and Wolf. The concerts, all held in the library, are also intended to give the concertgoers a chance at intermission to get a glimpse of some of the amazing books Harvard has in its libraries, from a first edition of Mao’s Little Red Book to Goethe’s thesis. Tickets $20 regular, $10 students. 8 p.m. Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library. (LFL)

MUSIC | Radcliffe Choral Society Spring Concert 2004

Harvard’s premier all-female choir presents their spring concert, dubbed “Sacred Works and Folk Songs.” Conducted by Katherine Fitzgibbon, the choir will sing works by Rachmaninoff, Lasso, Dienes, Byrd, and Jameson Marvin (Harvard’s Director of Choral Activities). Many pieces in the performance will also be performed by the group in South Africa this summer. The performance also includes selections by the Cliffe Notes, the Choral Society’s acappella subgroup. Tickets $14 regular, $7 students and seniors. 8 p.m. Lowell Lecture Hall. (LFL)

MUSIC | MTV Jams

The Opportunes, Harvard’s oldest co-ed acappella group, performs in their Spring Jam this Friday. In addition to having finished their sixth album this year, the Opportunes have also received their sixth nomination from the Contemporary Acappella Recording Association. The group will perform in Sanders, joined by special guests T.H.U.D. and the Harvard Bhangra Team. Tickets $10 regular, $7 students. 8 p.m. Sanders Theater. (LFL)

MUSIC | Bach Society Orchestra Plays Eroica

This Friday, the Bach Society presents Wei-Jen Yuan ’06, playing Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor op. 16 and Beethoven’s Symphonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur op. 55, “Eroica.” Yuan’s recent performances include a solo performance and a regular-season performance with the Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra in the Chaing-Kai Shek Music Hall as part of the Young Artist Series. Conducted by Alexander Misono. Tickets $8 regular, $6 students and seniors. 8 p.m. Paine Hall. (LFL)

Saturday, March 20