MUSIC | Altan

Spent your St. Patrick’s Day drinking O’Douls and studying for midterms? Get in touch with your inner leprechaun on with Altan, “the hottest group in the Celtic realm these days,” according to the Boston Globe. The Irish sextet features fiddler/vocalist Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and the acclaimed rhythm section of Dáithí Sproule on guitar, Dermot Byrne on accordion and Ciarán Curran on bouzouki. Altan has been around since the eighties and is consistently rated among the most exciting groups in all of Irish music. Tickets $35, $30, $25. 8 p.m. Sanders Theater, 45 Quincy Street. (MAM)

CULTURE | Tenth Annual Celebration of Black Women

The Harvard Black Men’s Forum pays tribute to black women in a night of awards and entertainment. Honorees will range from national figures to Harvard seniors to student leaders from Boston high schools, all of whom have contributed to Harvard and society at large. Tickets $18 with undergraduate I.D. 6 p.m. Sheraton Hotel, 39 Dalton St, Boston. (NAS)

Sunday, March 21

MUSIC | E. Power Biggs Memorial Recital

As part of the series that honors organ great E. Power Biggs, Harvard invites Emmanuel Hocde, the winner of the 2002 Chartres Organ Competition and organist for the St. Eloi in Paris. He will play on the historic Flentrop organ in the Romanesque Hall of Adolphus Busch Hall. Tickets $15, $10 w/ Harvard I.D. 4 p.m. Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland Street. (MAM)

MUSIC | Heather Hates You

Imagine marrying nerd-rock wailings of Weezer stirred together with the aggressive, British bounce of the Clash. Somewhere in that music stew would be Heather Hates You. Calling their sound “an edgy and intellectual brand of aggressive but melodic pop-punk,” Heather Hates You isn’t afraid of mixing things up. This hometown favorite will be playing tracks off of their first studio album Operation Suckerpunch and will be joined by Simple Discourse and The Casual Lean. Tickets $6. 18+. 9:15 p.m. T.T. the Bear’s Place, 10 Brookline Street, Central Square. (ACE)

MUSIC | Handel’s Solomon

The Harvard University Choir, Directed by Edward Elwyn, will perform what many consider to be Handel’s most creative and magnificent work. Professional soloists from the Boston area will supplement the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, which is directed by Robert Mealy. Tickets $10, $5 for students. 8 p.m. Memorial Church. (MAM)

LECTURE | Sir David Attenborough

As recipient of the Roger Tory Peterson Medal, Sir David Attenborough will give the Roger Tory Peterson Memorial Lecture, “Bird Artists and Artist Birds: Plumes and Bowers in New Guinea” Sunday, which focuses on his work in natural history. He is a conservationist, natural history filmmaker, and host of the popular BBC series, “The Life of Birds.” The series documented some of the world’s rarest birds and involved 256,000 miles of travel – 10 times around the earth. Tickets free but required in advance; available at Harvard Box Office. 4 p.m. Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street. (MAM)

Monday, March 22

MUSIC | The Spirit of Fes