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Charles Lada talks about “The Search for Stellar Origins.” Extracurriculars The Arnold Arboretum www.arboretum.harvard.edu SEASONAL At Zero Arrow Theatre 617-524-1718 IRST • April 11 at 8 p.m. • April 2-May 4 • Through March 30 www.harvardgleeclub.org Elections and Erections—A Chronicle of Changing Nature features the photographs 617-495-5730 Fear and Fun, written and performed by of Erik Gehring, who has been shooting To celebrate its 150th anniversary (see page satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys, explores political images at the 265-acre site during the last 69), the Harvard Glee Club o≠ers the madness and outrageous events. two years. www.erikgehring.com. world premiere of Dominick Argento’s • April 13, 1-2:30 p.m. Apollo in Cambridge, and joins the Holden NATURE AND SCIENCE Take a guided stroll through the arbore- Choruses for Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms. The Harvard-Smithsonian Center tum to search for blooming plants and • May 1-4 for Astrophysics other signs of spring. The event is free, www.fas.harvard.edu/arts www.cfa.harvard.edu/events.html but advance registration is necessary. 617-495-8690/76 617-495-7461 • April 15 at 7 p.m. The annual Arts First festival o≠ers dances, Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden Street. Come to a free lecture by Kenneth Help- concerts, plays, and other performances in • March 28 at 7:30 p.m. hand, author of Defiant Gardens: Making Gar- and around Harvard Square. Saxophonist Science-fiction movie night features Mis- dens in Wartime. Joshua Redman ’91 is the Arts Medalist. sion to Mars (2000; rated PG). Lectures, followed by rooftop viewings LIBRARIES THEATRE (weather permitting), occur as follows: http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/exhibitions The American Repertory Theatre • March 20 at 7:30 p.m. 617-495-2450/5 www.amrep.org; 617-547-8300 “Science News: The Good, The Bad, and • Continuing At the Loeb Drama Center the Outrageous” with USA Today journalist Annual International • Through March 16 Dan Vergano. Photo Contest showcases images taken by Julius Caesar. The company presents three of • April 3 at 8 p.m. undergraduates during study trips abroad Shakespeare’s most vivid characters— “Crazy About the Moon,” a staff lecture in 2006 and 2007. Caesar, Brutus, and Mark Antony—as for kids aged 8-13. 617-496-4027 they grapple with tyranny, political ambi- • April 17 at 7:30 p.m. • Through April 26 tion, and revolution. Harvard College Observatory associate Building on Strength and Broadening Left to right: Elections and Erections at ART; an image from the annual College international photography contest on display at Lamont Library; traditional Korean drumming at Arts First. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: COURTESY OF ART; THE HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY ©PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE; KRIS SNIBBE/ARTS F

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Horizons offers works, including Alfred Rediscover life Edward Chalon’s watercolor The Three without worries. Graces (page 28E), that show how recent acquisitions support teaching and research. Explore lifelong interests and meet EXHIBITIONS new friends, all Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts on the beautifully www.ves.fas.harvard.edu wooded campus of 617-495-2317 RiverWoods at Exeter, • April 3 at 6 p.m. “An Evening with Jeff Koons.” The artist the Seacoast’s premier life care community. speaks about his work; a reception follows. Riverwoods residents • Through April 6 Tom and Mimi Adams Experience peace of mind while you live your best life. Call today for your personal Two or Three Things I Know About Her features the video, sound, and slide work tour (800) 688-9663 or (603) 658-1500. of five New York City artists: Moyra Davey, K8 Hardy, Sharon Hayes, Ulrike Müller, and Wynne Greenwood, and ex- amines the intersection of sexuality, free- dom, and urban spaces. Two or Three Things I Know About Her at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

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examines the social and political mean- DANCE ings of wall paintings from Arizona, Peru, The Harvard Dance Center Guatemala, and Mexico. The opening talk www.fas.harvard.edu/~dance is by Boston University assistant profes- 617-496-2222; 617-495-8683 sor of archaeology William Saturno. 60 Garden Street. Semitic Museum • March 19 at 7:30 p.m. www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic A discussion with the dancers follows the 617-495-4631 performance, by members of the Boston Continuing: The Houses of Ancient Is- Ballet Company, of excerpts by choreogra- rael: Domestic, Royal, Divine features a phers Twyla Tharp and George Balanchine. full-scale replica of an Iron Age (ca. 1200- • April 4-5 and 11-12 at 8 p.m. 586 b.c.e.) village house. The Harvard Contemporary Dance En- Harvard Museum of Natural His- semble performs works by Paul Taylor and tory Trey McIntyre, and the Threepenny Opera www.hmnh.harvard.edu Suite, by program director Elizabeth Berg- 617-495-3045 man, accompanied by the Harvard Wind • Opening March 20 Ensemble. Sea Creatures in Glass. Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka, the same father-and- son team that produced the glass flowers, The created hundreds of exquisite glass inver- www.harvardfilmarchive.org tebrates, 60 of which are on display in this Visit the website for complete listings. exhibit. See delicate anemones and jelly- 617-495-4700 fish, squid, sea slugs, and other sparkling, • March 9-10

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• March 15-28 Manoel de Oliveira. This compre- hensive retrospective explores the life and work of the acclaimed Por- tuguese director who, at 99, is still making films throughout Europe.

MUSIC Sanders Theatre www.fas.harvard.edu/~tickets/ 617-496-2222 • March 14 at 8p.m. The Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum performs Bach’s Mass in B Minor to help celebrate conduc- tor and director of choral activities Jameson Marvin’s 30 years at the University. • April 19 at 4 p.m. Harvard Jazz Bands with Benny

THE HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY Golson and Mulgrew Miller. appears in person to discuss his films, in- At Lowell Hall: HARVARD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY cluding All the Real Girls, Undertow, and • March 15 and April 25 at 8 p.m. Events listings also appear in the Univer- Snow Angels, which will be shown as part The Harvard Wind Ensemble performs sity Gazette, accessible via this magazine’s of the series. various works. website, www.harvardmagazine.com.

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