Film

Friday, March 18. MacIvor’s Wilby Wonderful (U.S., 2004). Director will be present. 5:15, 7:30, 10 p.m. Brattle Theater. $9. Tickets available at theater or www.brattlefilm.org.

Friday, March 18. Mad Cat Festival: The Experimentalists. 7 p.m. Harvard Film Archive. Tickets $8; students and seniors $6. Tickets at the Harvard Film Archive.

Friday, March 18. Mad Cat Festival: The Truth of the Matter. 9 p.m. Harvard Film Archive. Tickets $8; students and seniors $6. Tickets at the Harvard Film Archive.

Saturday, March 19. MacIvor’s Wilby Wonderful (U.S., 2004). Director will be present. 2, 5:15, 7:30, 10 p.m. Brattle Theater. $9. Tickets available at theater or www.brattlefilm.org.

Saturday, March 19-Sunday, March 20. Perlov’s Diary (Israel, 1983). 6 p.m. Harvard Film Archive. Tickets $8; students and seniors $6. Tickets at the Harvard Film Archive.

Monday, March 21. Gabbert’s Sunset Story (U.S., 2004). 3, 5, 7, 9 p.m. Brattle Theater. $9. Tickets available at theater or www.brattlefilm.org.

Monday, March 21. Kim Dong-won’s Repatriation. (South Korea, 1992). 6:30 p.m. Harvard Film Archive. Director in person. Tickets $8; students and seniors $6. Tickets at the Harvard Film Archive.

Monday, March 21. Werker’s Lost Boundaries. (U.S., 1949). 9:15 p.m. Harvard Film Archive. Free.

Tuesday, March 22. Gabbert’s Sunset Story (U.S., 2004). 3, 5, 7, 9 p.m. Brattle Theater. $9. Tickets available at theater or www.brattlefilm.org.

Tuesday, March 22. Greenaway’s The Pillow Book (France/UK/Netherlands, 1996). 7 p.m. Harvard Film Archive. Tickets $8; students and seniors $6. Tickets at the Harvard Film Archive.

Tuesday, March 22. Godard’s JLG/JLG (France/Switzerland, 1994). 9:15 p.m. Harvard Film Archive. Tickets $8; students and seniors $6. Tickets at the Harvard Film Archive.

Wednesday, March 23. Greenaway’s The Pillow Book (France/UK/Netherlands, 1996). 7 p.m. Harvard Film Archive. Tickets $8; students and seniors $6. Tickets at the Harvard Film Archive.

Wednesday, March 23. Ophul’s The Earrings of Madame de ... (France/Italy, 1953). 9:15 p.m. Harvard Film Archive. Tickets $8; students and seniors $6. Tickets at the Harvard Film Archive.

Thursday, March 24. Huston’s The Maltese Falcon (U.S., 1941). 8 p.m. Introduced by novelist Robert B. Parker. Brattle Theater. $9. Tickets available at theater or www.brattlefilm.org.

Music

Friday, March 18. Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum presents Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610. 8 p.m. Sanders Theater. $18-28; students and seniors $9-14. Tickets available through Harvard Box Office.

Friday, March 18. The Music Department presents the Ying Quartet. Program includes Mendelssohn, Shoot, and Brahms. Paine Hall. Free, limit two tickets per person. Tickets available through Harvard Box Office.

Friday, March 18. The Fallen Angels present The Time of Our Lives: Fallen Angels Prom 2005. With an appearance by the Din & Tonics. 8 p.m. Lowell Lecture Hall. $8; students $5. Tickets available through Harvard Box Office.

Friday, March 18-Saturday, March 19. Lowell House Music Society presents Don Giovanni. 8:30 p.m. Lowell House Dining Hall. $12; students and seniors $8; Lowellians $6. Tickets available through Harvard Box Office.

Friday, March 18. Dropkick Murphys. With the Blue Bloods and the Skells. 6 p.m. Avalon, 15 Landsdowne St. $20. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.

Friday, March 18. Ashlee Simpson. 7:30 p.m. Orpheum Theater. $33.50-38.50. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.

Friday, March 18. Orchestra Baobob. 8 p.m. Somerville Theater, Davis Square. $26.50-34.50. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.

Friday, March 18. Percy Hill. 9 p.m. 18+. Paradise Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth Ave. $15. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.

Saturday, March 19. Harvard Opportunes present 25th Anniversary Jam. 8 p.m. Sanders Theater. $10; students and seniors $7. Tickets available through Harvard Box Office.

Saturday, March 19. Mozart Society Orchestra presents Winter Concert with Nora Bartsolik. Program includes Ives, Schumann, and Beethoven. 8 p.m. Paine Hall. $8; students and seniors $6.

Saturday, March 19. Dropkick Murphys. 1:30 p.m. Avalon, 15 Landsdowne St. $20. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.

Saturday, March 19. Dropkick Murphys. With Anti-Hero and Confront. 6 p.m. Avalon, 15 Landsdowne St. $20. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.

Saturday, March 19. Van Morrison. 7 p.m. Orpheum Theater. $68.50-150. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.

Sunday, March 20. Boston Chamber Music Society presents Ravel, Robert Fuchs, Schumann Piano Quintet. 7:30 p.m. Sanders Theater. $17-46; student rush $5 hour before concert. Tickets available through Harvard Box Office.

Sunday, March 20. Dropkick Murphys. With the Casualties and Brain Failure. 6 p.m. Avalon, 15 Landsdowne St. $20. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.

Sunday, March 20. The Samples. 8 p.m. 18+. Paradise Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth Ave. $15. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.

Tuesday, March 22. Jimmy Cliff. Somerville Theater, Davis Square. $29.50-34.50. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.

Wednesday, March 23. Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra presents Chaos and Order. French baroque dance suites. 8 p.m. Memorial Church. $10; students $5. Tickets available through Harvard Box Office.

Wednesday, March 23. Soundtrack of Our Lives. 8 p.m. 18+. Axis, 13 Landsdowne St. $17. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.

Thursday, March 24. Backstreet Boys. 7:30 p.m. Avalon, 15 Landsdowne St. $42. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.

Theater

Friday, March 18. Pig Iron Theater Company presents Hell Meets Henry Halfway. Saturday 2 p.m., both nights 7 p.m. Loeb Drama Center, Experimental Theater. Free. Tickets available at Loeb Drama Center box office.

Thursday, March 24. Pilgrim Theater Company presents N by Laura Harrington. 8 p.m. Adams House Pool Theater. Free, limit of 8 tickets per person. Tickets available through Harvard Box Office.

Ongoing through March 23. The American Repertory Theater presents The Island of Anyplace. Loeb Drama Center. $16. Tickets available at Loeb Drama Center box office or at www.amrep.org.

Ongoing through March 26. The American Repertory Theater presents Dido, Queen of Carthage. Loeb Drama Center. $36-72; student rush $12 day of show. Tickets available at Loeb Drama Center box office or at www.amrep.org.

Readings

Friday, March 18. Harvard Book Store presents Mary Joe Bane, Brent Coffin, and Richard Higgins discussing Taking Faith Seriously. 3 p.m. Free. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave.

Monday, March 21. Harvard Book Store presents Laurence J. Kotlikoff discussing The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know About America’s Economic Future. 6:30 p.m. Free. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave.

Tuesday, March 22. Harvard Book Store presents Robert S. Boynton discussing The New New Journalism: Conversations with America’s Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft. 6:30 p.m. Free. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave.

Wednesday, March 23. Harvard Book Store presents Elaine Showalter discussing Louisa May Alcott: Little Women, Little Men, Joe’s Boys. 6:30 p.m. Free. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave.

Thursday, March 24. Harvard Book Store presents An Evening with Robert B. Parker discussing Cold Service. 6 p.m. Brattle Theater. Free. Tickets available at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave.

Visual Arts

Ongoing through April 22. Yvonne Rainer: Radical Juxtapositions 1961-2002. Open Mon.-Sat. 9-11:30 p.m., Sunday noon-11:30 p.m. Carpenter Center. Free.

Ongoing through April 17. Huyghe and Corbusier: Harvard Project. Open Mon.-Sat. 9-11:30 p.m., Sunday noon-11:30 p.m. Carpenter Center. Free.

Ongoing through March 20. Foreign Office Architects. Open Mon.-Thu., 8:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri., 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Gund Hall Gallery, Graduate School of Design. Free.

Ongoing. Ceramics presented by the Ceramics Program of the Office of the Arts. Main floor, Hilles Library, 59 Shepard St. Free.

Ongoing. The Art of Oceania. The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $7.50; $6 students and seniors. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon; Wed. 3-5 p.m.

Ongoing through April 30. Bringing Japan to Boston. The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admittance $7.50; $6 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon; Wed. 3-5 p.m.

Ongoing. Distinguished Casts: Curating Lost Monuments at the Peabody Museum. The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admittance $7.50; $6 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon; Wed. 3-5 p.m.

Ongoing. Encounters with the Americas. The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admittance $7.50; $6 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon; Wed. 3-5 p.m.

Ongoing. Field Photography: The Marsh Arabs of Iraq, 1934. The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $7.50; $6 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon; Wed. 3-5 p.m.

Ongoing through Dec. 30. From Nation to Nation: Examining Lewis and Clark’s Indian Collection. The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admittance $7.50; $6 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon; Wed. 3-5 p.m.

Ongoing. Arts of Diplomacy: Lewis and Clark’s Indian Collection. The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admittance $7.50; $6 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon; Wed. 3-5 p.m.

Ongoing. The Hall of the North American Indian. The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admittance $7.50; $6 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon; Wed. 3-5 p.m.

Ongoing. Imazighen! Beauty and Artisanship in Berber Life. The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admittance $7.50; $6 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon; Wed. 3-5 p.m.

Ongoing. Pacific Islands Hall. The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admittance $7.50; $6 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon; Wed. 3-5 p.m.

Ongoing through June. Painted by a Distant Hand: Mimbres Pottery of the American Southwest. The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admittance $7.50; $6 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon; Wed. 3-5 p.m.

Ongoing. Photographs by Hillel Burger The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admittance $7.50; $6 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon; Wed. 3-5 p.m.

Ongoing. Crises of Representation: The Decorative and the Feminine in Fin-de-siècle Vienna. Busch-Reisinger Museum. Open Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. Admittance $6.50; $5 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID.

Ongoing. To Students of Art and Lovers of Beauty: Highlights from the Collection of Grenville L. Winthrop. Fogg Museum Open Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. Admittance $6.50; $5 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID.

Ongoing through March 20. A Compelling Legacy: Masterworks of East Asian Painting Sackler Museum. Open Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. Admittance $6.50; $5 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID.

Ongoing. Marks of Enlightenment, Traces of Devotion: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection. Sackler Museum. Open Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. Admittance $6.50; $5 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID.

Ongoing. The Sport of the Kings: Art of the Hunt in Iran and India. Sackler Museum. Open Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. Admittance $6.50; $5 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID.

—Happening listings compiled by Christopher A. Kukstis.