Music
Friday, April 15. Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra presents “Hindemith,” and “Songs for Soprano and Orchestra.” 8 p.m., Sanders Theatre. $8-13, $6-10 students. Tickets available at Harvard Box Office.
Saturday, April 16. Ralph Stanley & his Clinch Mountain Boys and the Peter Rowan/Tony Rice Quartet. 8 p.m., Sanders Theatre. $30, $25 students. Tickets available at Harvard Box Office.
Sunday, April 17. Boston Conservatory Orchestra presents “Bolcom, Sibelius.” Bruce Hangen, conductor. Program includes Bolcom, Symphony No. 4:1 and Sibelius, Symphony No. 2. 2 p.m., Sanders Theatre. $12; students, senior citizens $5. Tickets available at Harvard Box Office.
Sunday, April 17. “A Concert of Classical Arabic Music.” Harvard Middle East Music Study Group Ensemble. Bassam Saba, director. 4 p.m. Paine Hall. Admission free.
Thursday, April 21. Harvard Organ Society Recital. 12:15 p.m., Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland St. Admission free.
Thursday, April 21. Harvard Classical Club presents “Mostellaria of Plautus.” 7:30 p.m., Agassiz Theatre . $5. Tickets available at Harvard Box Office.
Performance
Thursday, April 14, through Saturday, April 16. “Dancers’ Viewpointe V.” Features new works commissioned by the Harvard Dance Program, and selected student works. Professional choreographers include Susan Shields, former member, White Oak Dance Project; Michael Foley, former member, Sean Curran Dance Company; Elizabeth Bergmann, director, Dance Program, OFA; and Boston choreographer Brenda Divelbliss. 8 p.m., Rieman Center, Radcliffe Yard. $10, students/senior citizens, $8. Tickets available at Harvard Box Office.
Friday, April 15 through Saturday, April 16. “CityStep: Art in Motion.” 7:30 p.m. (Sat. 1 and 5 p.m.). Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School. $5. Tickets available at Harvard Box Office.
Thursday, April 21 through Friday, April 22. 13th Annual Spring Performance of the Harvard Ballet Company. 8 p.m., Rieman Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets $10; $6 students. Tickets available at Harvard Box Office.
Theater
Thursday, April 21 through Saturday, April 23. “This Is Our Youth.” Presented by Adams House Drama Society. 8 p.m. Adams House Pool Theatre. $6; students $5; free for GSE students (limit one per ID). Tickets available at Harvard Box Office.
Ongoing through April 16. “Carousel.” Various show times and ticket prices. Some discounts available. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St. Tickets available at Harvard Box Office.
Ongoing through April 16. “Princess Ida, or the Castle Adamant.” Various show times and ticket prices. Some discounts available. Agassiz Theatre. Tickets available at Harvard Box Office.
Ongoing through April 17. “What the Butler Saw,” performed by the Leverett House Drama Society. 8 p.m., Leverett Old Library. $20; $7 Harvard undergrads; $5 Harvard undergrads with discount coupon; $12 Harvard graduates and affiliates, non-Harvard full-time students, and senior citizens. Tickets available at Harvard Box Office.
Film
Friday, April 15. “Not on the Lips” (France/Switzerland, 2003). 7 p.m. Harvard Film Archive. Tickets $8; students and senior citizens $6. Tickets at the Harvard Film Archive.
Saturday, April 16 through Monday, April 18. “Memories of Murder.” Various showtimes. Brattle Street Theatre. Tickets $9, available at Box Office.
Saturday, April 16. “La Guerre est finie” (France/1966). 9 p.m. Harvard Film Archive. Tickets $8; students and senior citizens $6. Tickets at the Harvard Film Archive.
Sunday, April 17 “Providence” (France/Switzerland, 1977). 7 p.m. Harvard Film Archive. Tickets $8; students and senior citizens $6. Tickets at the Harvard Film Archive.
Monday, April 18. “Untold Scandal” (South Korea/2003). 7 p.m. Harvard Film Archive. Tickets $8; students and senior citizens $6. Tickets at the Harvard Film Archive.
Tuesday, April 19 through Wednesday, April 20. “The 48 Hour Film Project.” 4:15 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:40 p.m. Brattle Street Theatre. $9. Tickets available at Box Office.
Wednesday, April 20. Guo Xiaolu’s “The Concrete Revolution.” Director will be present for screening and discussion. 7 p.m. Carpenter Center, Room B-4. Free and open to the public.
Thursday, April 21. “A Night at the Opera.” 3:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 8 p.m. Brattle Street Theatre. $9. Tickets available at Box Office.
Readings
Friday, April 15. Charolotte Gordon discusses “Mistress Bradstreet: The Untold Life of America’s First Poet.” 3 p.m. The Harvard Book Store. Free.
Monday, April 18. Stacy Schiff discusses “Improvisation: Franklin France and the Birth of America,” 6:30 p.m. The Harvard Book Store.
Tuesday, April 19. Michelle Feynman reads from “Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track: Letters of Richard P. Feynman.” 6:30 p.m. The Harvard Book Store.
Wednesday, April 20. Alcia Suskin Ostiker reads from “No Heaven.” 6:30 p.m. The Harvard Book Store.
Wednesday, April 20. Alan Tonelson discusses “The Race to the Bottom: Why a World Wide Worker Surplus and Uncontrolled Free Trade Are Sinking American Living Standards.” 7:30 p.m. First Parish Church. Free.
Thursday, April 21. Neil Gershenfeld discusses “Fab: Personal Fabrication, Fablabs, and the Factors in Your Computer.” 6:30 p.m. First Parish Church. Free.
Visual Art
Ongoing through April 17. “Huyghe and Corbusier: Harvard Project.” Open Mon.-Sat. 9-11:30 p.m., Sun. noon-11:30 p.m. Carpenter Center. Free.
Ongoing through May 25. “City of Stone: Aleppo’s Rehabilitation.” Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., Open Mon.-Thu., 8:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri., 8:30 a.m-6 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Free.
Ongoing through April 27. “Two-Person Art Show,” featuring paintings, dioramas by Dan Marks, HMS, and furniture made with found objects and discarded wood by Yoav S. Liberman, woodworking instructor, Eliot House. Harvard Neighbors Gallery, Loeb House, 17 Quincy St. Open weekdays only; call (617) 495-4313 for hours. Free.
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 June 30. “Life is a Catwalk (La Vida es una Pasarela),” featuring the work of Colombian artist Jaime Ávila. David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 61 Kirkland Street. Free.
Ongoing. “Ceramics” presented by the Ceramics Program of the Office of the Arts. Main floor, Hilles Library, 59 Shepard Street. Free.
Ongoing through April 28. “Playthings,” a showing of art by Peter Smuts. Three Columns Gallery, Mather House. Admission free.
Ongoing through April 30. “Bringing Japan to Boston.” The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $7.50; students and seniors $6. 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. $7.50; students and seniors $6. 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. $7.50; students and seniors $6. 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; students and seniors $6. Free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon; Wed. 3-5 p.m.
Ongoing through December 30. “From Nation to Nation: Examining Lewis and Clark’s Indian Collection.” The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $7.50; students and seniors $6. 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. $7.50; students and seniors $6. Free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon; Wed. 3-5 p.m.
Ongoing. “Imazighen! Beauty and Artisanship in Bertber Life.” The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $7.50; students and seniors $6. Free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon; Wed. 3-5 p.m.
Ongoing. “Pacific Island Hall.” The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $7.50; students and seniors $6. Free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon; Wed. 3-5 p.m.
Ongoing through June. “Painted by a Distant Hand: Mimbers Pottery of the American Southwest.” The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $7.50; students and seniors $6. 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. $7.50; students and seniors $6. Free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon; Wed. 3-5 p.m.
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. $6.50; $5 students and senior citizens; free with Harvard ID.
Ongoing. “Marks of Enlightenment, Trackers of Devotion: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and Wiliam Burto Collection.” Sackler Museum. Open Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. $6.50; $5 students and senior citizens; free with Harvard ID.
Ongoing. “The Sport of 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. $6.50; $5 students and senior citizens; free with Harvard ID.
—Compiled by Rebecca M. Harrington.
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