1. Pre-Game
Sulking about the profound lack of debauchery for this year’s tailgate? No need; head on over to Tommy Doyle’s for an 8:15 a.m. breakfast and booze spread. Manager Garrett H. Tingle says that the Irish pub will serve up a “full brunch menu.” Brunch, in this case, means package deals of eggs, home fries, toast, and beers ($12-20, substitutions $2-3). The pub is also cooking up wings, burgers, and more. Who needs a U-Haul?
Sat., Nov. 18 at 8:15 a.m. Tommy Doyles.
2. Back to Back Baritones
Not one but seven a capella groups will grace the Yard this pre-turkey weekend. On Friday, the choice is yours: catch the Harvard and Yale Glee Clubs’ annual collaboration, or scope out the Harvard Krokodiloes and the Yale Whiffenpoofs at Memorial Church. Post-game, don’t fret: the Harvard Din and Tonics, the Radcliffe Pitches, and the Yale Spizzwinks perform in one concert, the Harvard-Yale Jamboree (clever title no additional charge).
Glee Club Concert Fri., Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. Sanders Theatre. Tickets $8 for students.
Kroks Concert Fri., Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. Memorial Church. Tickets $5 for students.
Dins and Pitches Concert Sat., Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. Sanders Theatre. Tickets $8 for students.
3. Hit the Beach
Or at least a Beach Boy. Brian Wilson of “Good Vibrations” fame plays at Boston’s Orpheum Theatre on Friday night. The rumored-to-be unstable Wilson is in town for one night only, the same weekend as Harvard-Yale. Coincidence?
Fri., Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Orpheum Theatre. Tickets $35-$75, available at www.ticketmaster.com.
4. It’s a Dance Party...IN YOUR MIND
If you see Harvard’s alternative crowd grooving in silence in various places around the Square on Friday night, don’t worry: it doesn’t (necessarily) mean that you’re wasted. Building on the original Dance Conspiracy of two years ago, WHRB will pass out portable radios and start blasting sweet tuneskies over the airwaves on 95.3 FM. This is the dance party that can “go anywhere,” so be prepared to shake your groove thing all over campus. Remember to bring your own headphones.
Fri., Nov. 17 at 9:45 p.m. in Adams House courtyard (in the Adams building across from the Lampoon). Free.
5. Gotta Dance
Missed last weekend’s once-in-a-lifetime “Swan Lake” performance by the Russian Kirov Ballet? To make up for your cultural ignorance, the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center (that’s so Cambridge...) presents a preview of the Boston-based dance company Snappy Dance Theater’s original production, “String Beings.” According to Snappy’s website, the performance “explores the relationship between manipulating and being manipulated.” Don’t forget your rape whistle.
Fri., Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center. Tickets $20 for students.
