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March-April 2005 > New England RegionalExtracurricularsComment A full slate of activities can be found throughout the University this season, ranging from performances of children’s theater and French baroque dance music, to displays of Japanese calligraphy and Native American history. SEASONAL Arts First www.harvard.edu/arts; 617-495-8676 May 5-8 • The University’s annual performing arts festival showcases undergraduate talent in and around Harvard Square. This year’s Harvard arts medalist is poet Maxine Kumin ’46. Also set for May 1 (rain date May 8) is the Harvard Square Business Association’s MayFair, offering artisans, theatrics, dance, and concerts from noon to 6 p.m. (www.harvardsquare.com.)
THEATER The American Repertory Theatre www.amrep.org; 617-547-8300 March 5-26 • Dido, Queen of Carthage, by Christopher Marlowe, tells of a tragic infatuation. March 16, 18, 22, and 23 • Island of Anyplace • This fantastical tale by Charles Marz teaches children about all aspects of the theater. April 1-24 • Olly’s Prison, by Edward Bond, reveals a man driven to commit an unspeakable act. NATURE AND SCIENCE The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics www.cfa.harvard.edu/events.html; 617-495-7461 Free observatory nights on the third Thursday of every month. MUSIC Memorial Church www.fas.harvard.edu/~tickets; 617-496-2222 March 23 at 8 p.m. • "Chaos and Order" (French dance suites), Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra.
www.fas.harvard.edu/~tickets; 617-496-2222 March 4 at 8 p.m. • "Stravinsky, Saint-Saëns, and Brahms," Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra. March 5 at 8 p.m. • "Concerted Talent," Radcliffe Choral Society. April 15 at 8 p.m. • "Hindemith, and Songs for Soprano and Orchestra," Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra. April 24 at 3 p.m. • "Duruflé’s Requiem," Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus. FILM The Harvard Film Archive www.harvardfilmarchive.org; 617-495-4700 March 11 at 7 p.m. • The Milk of Human Kindness (a French film), followed by a discussion with its director, Dominique Cabrera. March 25-April 3 • "L.A. on Film" looks at contemporary life in the City of Angels. EXHIBITIONS Fogg Art Museum www.artmuseums.harvard.edu; 617-495-9400/9422 Opening March 19 • From Heart, Mind, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings, including many from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries.
Continuing • "As though my body were naught but cinders:" Fin-de-Siècle Vienna presents works in various media from the turn of the twentieth century.
Through March 20 • Masterworks of East Asian Painting. Through April 17 • Japanese Calligraphy and Painting. Continuing • The Sport of Kings: The Art of the Hunt in Iran and India explores the age-old tradition in paintings, ceramics, decorative arts, and weaponry.
Carpenter Center for Visual Studies www.ves.fas.harvard.edu; 617-495-3251 March 18 through April 22 • Yvonne Rainer: Radical Juxtapositions 19612002. A retrospective on the dancer/choreographer/filmmaker.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology www.peabody.harvard.edu; 617-495-1027 Opening April 14 • Breaking the Silence: Nineteenth-Century Indian Delegations to Washington, D.C. Photographs and documents.
Harvard Museum of Natural History www.hmnh.harvard.edu; 617-495-3045 Continuing • Origins: Life’s First Three Billion Years. The exhibition examines ancient microscopic life and its evolution.
LIBRARIES Pusey Library Through April 15 • The Harvard Theatre Collection presents 100 Theatrical Photographs by Angus McBean (1904-1990), many of them portraits. 617-495-2445.
Events listings also appear in the University Gazette. |
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