On its first world tour, the Fes Festival of Sacred Music brings together a unique blend of European, North African, and American cultural acts. Inspired by the yearly festival that takes place in Fes, Morocco, the show will feature Andalusian Jewish music from Francoise Atlan, gospel music from The Anointed Jackson Sisters, and south Moroccan tribal traditions from Hadra de Femmes de Taroudant. Jon Pareles of The New York Times calls the show “A festival of believers, but not for believers alone.” Many of the acts are considered masters of their art but are relatively unknown in the West. Monday will be the festival’s Boston area premiere. Tickets $35, $30, $25. 7:30 p.m. Sanders Theater, 45 Quincy Street. (MAM)

Tuesday, March 23

FILM | Tokyo Godfathers

What do you get when you cross a John Ford western with Japanese animation and sentimental Christmas cheer? “A heartfelt urban fable about human decency among the down-and-out,” according to The New York Times. If March is a kind of odd time for a Christmas movie, this tale of a shaggy alcoholic, an aging transvestite, a teenage runaway and an abandoned baby is an odd kind of Christmas movie. Tickets $9. 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 p.m.. The Brattle Theater. (NAS)

FILM | In the Mood for Love

Shimmering with vibrant, romantic color, Wong Kar-wai’s newest film sprinkles solidarity into the vast and anonymous world of 1960s Hong Kong. In stumbling upon love when they expected it the least and needed it the most, two young professionals find each other living in the same apartment building and struggling with the same doubts about their spouses. The inspiration for Lost in Translation, this symphony of detail moves slowly and beautifully through the foundations of longing. Tickets $6. 7 p.m. Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy Street. (MAM)

LECTURE | Linda Nochlin

Guggenheim Fellowship-winning, brilliantly educated and utterly well spoken art historian Linda Nochlin continues her Norton Lecture series on “Bathers, Bodies and Beauty” with another perspective into impressionism. With a critical eye, Professor Nochlin challenges the role of women in 19th century art, offering a feminist perspective. This week’s lecture, Monet’s Hôtel de la Roche Noire: Anxiety and perspective at the seashore, will use a modern eye to find this painting in the context of history. Tickets free. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. Sanders Theatre. (MAM)

Ongoing

DANCE | Viewpointe IV

Harvard’s Dance Program of the OFA presents its annual spring concert, featuring the work of student choreographers as well as professionals in the Boston dance scene, including Lazlo Berdo, Elizabeth Bergmann (director of the Dance Program), Jodi Allen and Adrienne Hawkins. See modern, ballet, jazz, and more; students and teachers dance together in this varied performance. Runs March 18 through March 20. Tickets $10 regular, $8 students and seniors. 8 p.m. Reiman Center for the Performing Arts in Radcliffe Yard. (LFL)

THEATER | Frogs

Performing from an original translation, the Harvard Classical Club will bring The Frogs back to life in a riveting, action filled play, complete with gods, playwrights, and, yes, frogs. Written by Aristophanes, one of the most astonishing comic playwrights of ancient times, the performance tells the story of god Dionysus’s march to Hell in an attempt to bring a great tragedian back from the dead to end the string of mediocre playwrights. Directed by Christopher A. Kukstis ’05, and produced by David H. Camden ’05. Thursday March 18 through Saturday March 20 at 7:30 p.m., with 2:30 p.m. matinee on Saturday. Tickets $5. General Admission. Agassiz Theatre. (HRM)

THEATER | L’Historie et L’Enfant