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FILM The Harvard Film Archive Extracurriculars http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa Visit the website for complete listings. Defy the winter doldrums: attend a Krokodiloes in this annual a cappella 617-495-4700 gospel concert, take kids to see Oliver Valentine’s Day concert. • January 5 to February 19 Twist, or dip into the diverse array of ex- Jacques Rivette: A Differential Cinema hibits on o≠er. This season, museums and THEATER explores the major works of this French libraries in and around Harvard Square The American Repertory Theatre New Wave director, combining such pop- provide a wide range of close looks at www.amrep.org; 617-547-8300 ular films as Celine and Julie Go Boating with people (Leonard Bernstein and H.W. • Through January 13 lesser known works, such as Duelle and The Longfellow), places (New England and The Onion Cellar, a musical mystery, fea- Story of Marie and Julien. the Arctic), and things (Peruvian pottery tures the Dresden Dolls, a punk cabaret • January 19-31 and Islamic metalwork.) duo from Boston. Conceived by Amanda The seventh annual New Films from Eu- Palmer and Marcus Stern. rope Festival o≠ers works by filmmakers SEASONAL • Through January 14 who challenge prevailing notions of na- Gospel Tribute to the Kings The Importance of Being Earnest. The Ameri- tional identity and push the boundaries of • January 13 at 8 p.m. can premiere of the Oscar Wilde play as formal convention. www.boxo∞ce.harvard.edu; 617-496-2222 performed by Ridiculusmus, an avant- • February 6-28 Sanders Theatre garde British group. Directed by Jude Poetic Horror, Pop Existentialism, and “Joyful Noise 2007,” an annual gospel con- Kelly. Cheap Sci-Fi: Cold War Cinema 1948- cert featuring the Harlem Gospel Choir, • January 20-February 11 1964. Curated by the visiting lecturer celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther Britannicus, by Jean Racine, is a political and critic J. Hoberman, this series ex- King Jr. and o≠ers a special memorial thriller and family drama set during Nero’s plores postwar tensions in the United tribute to Coretta Scott King. reign. Directed by Robert Woodru≠. States. Valentine’s Jam • February 17-March 24 • February 20-27 • February 16 at 8 p.m. In Oliver Twist, Neil Bartlett’s staging of The Lives of Others: Selected Films of www.boxo∞ce.harvard.edu; 617-496-2222 the Dickens classic o≠ers a vivid depic- Helmut Käutner presents a rare sampling Sanders Theatre tion of nineteenth-century London and a of Käutner’s film work both during and The Radcliffe Pitches join the Harvard child’s perilous journey through it. after World War II.
Left to right: Red Menace, 1949, is part of the February film series Poetic Horror, Pop Existentialism, and Cheap Sci-Fi: Cold War Cinema 1948–1964 at the Harvard Film Archive; Flux Year Box 2, late 1960s, mixed media, on display at the Busch-Reisinger Museum starting February 24; a scene from Oliver Twist, at the American Repertory Theatre from February 17 through March 24. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: COURTESY OF HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE; THE UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS, © PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE; COURTESY THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE
Harvard Magazine 24A Premier NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL SECTION gery for a President. Photographs and Properties cartoons illustrate key themes and slogans from TR’s administrations. Schlesinger Library 378 Broadway www.radcli≠e.edu/schles; 617-495-8647 • February 7 at 6 p.m. The screening of A Place of Rage, a docu- mentary film about African-American activists by Pratibha Parmar. • February 20 at 4 p.m. Barry Gewen, an editor at the New York Times Book Review, discusses the role of books and culture in contemporary life. • Continuing: Images of Women: Selec- Stately 1871 mansard, conveniently located between Harvard and Central Squares. Period tions from the Collection of Sally Fox. The details include 12 foot ceilings with crown prolific photographer and researcher, who molding, a formal dining room, front parlor, liv- ing room with a fireplace an elegantly carved died in February, documented women’s balustrade and ornamented newel post. The
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If you would like to list a property in our March-April issue, contact Myha Nguyen: 617.496.4032 COURTESY OF NASA/JPL-CALTECH/GALEX SCIENCE A composite photograph of the Andromeda galaxy. Learn more about stars and space during Observatory Nights at the Harvard Center for Astrophysics.
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