FILM | The Matrix

You know what it is. You’ve seen the sequels. Now, get a chance to catch up with the classic original. The bullet time that’s launched a thousand imitators and parodies. The movie that made Keanu Reeves briefly respectable. Now that’s worthy of a “whoa!” 7 p.m. The Harvard Film Archive. (SAW)

LECTURE | The Annual Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Lecture

Distinguished actor of stage and screen James Earl Jones will speak on “The

Color of Delusion” in recognition of his receipt of the 2004 Harvard Foundation Humanitarian Award. Free and open to the public. 6 p.m. Memorial Church. Reception to follow in the Great Space, Robinson Hall. (JJH)

Thursday April 29

MUSIC | Elefant

These bouncy indie rockers are getting all sorts of bizarre Strokes comparisons, but they’re much more closely related to the Stills school of bass-driven Morrissey cribbing. A year after the release of their record, Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid, they’re finally getting some wider attention due to heavy touring and radio play for the tune “Misfit.” Seachange and Lockgroove open. $10 in advance, $12 day of show. 18+. 8 p.m. Middle East Downstairs, 472 Massachusetts Ave. (BBC)

Ongoing

DANCE | Harvard Ballet Company

The Harvard Ballet Company is having its spring concert, presenting a mix of classical and contemporary ballet from various choreographers and different time periods. The company will perform excerpts from “Coppelia,” a ballet about a man who doesn’t realize he is in love with a life-size doll, as well as new and existing pieces by student and professional choreographers. Tickets $8 regular, $5 with Harvard I.D. 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Rieman Center for the Performing Arts. (SLS)

THEATER | Travesties

The Adams House Drama Society is putting on Travesties, a Tony Award-winning play by Tom Stoppard. Set in 1917 Zurich, the witty comedy follows a fictive plot involving Irish novelist James Joyce and Russian revolutionary Lenin. Tickets $10 regular, $5 students, $4 Adams House residents. Through May 1. Adams House Pool Theatre. (SLS)

THEATER | Guys and Dolls

This production of Guys and Dolls, the musical based on a story by Damon Runyon, is being presented by the Cabot House Musical Theatre. The romantic comedy follows a cast of colorful characters in New York City as they weave in and out of one another’s lives, singing songs like “Luck be a Lady Tonight,” “Adelaide’s Lament” and “Rockin’ the Boat.” Tickets $7 regular, $5 students. Through May 1. Cabot House Junior Common Room. (SLS).