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 Take a stroll or a course at the Arnold Arboretum this winter. ARNOLD ARBORETUM |
EXHIBITIONS. At the Fogg,
Building Representation: Photography and Architecture,
Contemporary Interactions opens January 23. Continuing exhibits
include Gian Lorenzo Bernini: Sketches in Clay; The Art of
Identity: African Sculpture from the Teel Collection; France and
the Portrait, 1799-1870; Circa 1874: Emergence of Impressionism;
Sublimations: Art and Sensuality in the Nineteenth Century; Investigating
the Renaissance; and American Paintings after 1950. At
the Sackler, Symbol and Substance: The Elaine Ehrenkranz
Collection of Japanese Lacquer Boxes closes on January 3,
but Mastery and Elegance: Two Centuries of French Drawings
from
the Collection of Jeffrey Horvitz continues through January
31. Remaining on view are Divinely Inspired: Images of Mystics
and Mendicants; Empress, Goddess, State: Depictions of Women on
Ancient and Byzantine Coinage; Coins of Alexander the Great; Selections
from the Nelson Goodman Collection; and a wall drawing by
Sol LeWitt, in the lobby. At the Busch-Reisinger, A
Laboratory of Modernity: Aspects of Art in Weimar Germany continues
until January 10. An exhibit of the photographs of German- French
artist Wolfgang Schulze, Wols Photographs, begins on February
13.
The Harvard Museum of Natural History shows off the exhibit The Beetle Boom: Beetle Stories and Beetle Secrets in the Friends' Gallery. Call 495-3045 for specifics.
Nuzi and the Hurrians: Fragments from a Forgotten Past continues at the Semitic Museum. Call 495-4631 for specifics.
There's still time to see The Art and Science of Finding Time, continuing at the Houghton Library until February 26. Call 495-2441 for details.
THEATER. The American Repertory Theatre presents Racine's great tragedy Phaedra, through January 14, and The Merchant of Venice, until January 22. Don DeLillo's new play, Valparaiso, debuts on January 29. Ibsen's The Master Builder begins February 12. All shows are at the Loeb Theatre. Call the box office, at 547-8300, for tickets.
Hasty Pudding Theatricals #151, I Get No Kick from Campaign, kicks off on February 11 and has its last performance in Cambridge on February 21. Call 495-5205 for ticket prices and showtimes.
FILM. Among the series in January and February at the Harvard Film Archive are Five Directors--showcasing the work of Kiarostami, Antonioni, Akerman, Cassavetes, and Bresson; Jazz on Film; and a run of films by Jane Campion, director of the acclaimed movie The Piano. Call 495-4700 for a schedule and ticket prices.
MUSIC. In conjunction with a conference on Schoenberg's work (see "Programs"), the Mendelssohn String Quartet performs his String Quartets no. 1 and no. 2 on February 26, and the Juilliard String Quartet performs String Quartets no. 3 and no. 4, and the String Trio, the next evening. Free passes to the concerts, held in Paine Hall at 8 p.m., are available at the Sanders Theatre box office beginning on February 12. Call 496-6013 for more information.
The Harvard Art Museums' midday organ recitals at Adolphus Busch Hall resume on February 25 at 12:15 p.m. Call 495-9400 for additional details.
On January 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Fogg, the Cambridge Society for Early Instruments and the Harvard Art Museums sponsor the concert My Heart's in the Highlands. Call 423-2808 for details.
Call 495-4818 for details about WHRB's winter orgies, broadcast during the first two weeks of January at 95.3 FM.
PROGRAMS. The music department sponsors the symposium Schoenberg's String Quartets and Trio on February 26 and 27. To register for the conference, call 495-9859; for more information, call 496-6013.
The Arnold Arboretum has a full roster of winter educational programs. For a complete list of courses, call 524-1718.
On January 21 and February 18, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center
for Astrophysics offers free observatory nights. Call 495-7461
for details, or call 496-star for a recorded guide to the night
sky.
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accuracy in these events listings, but cannot accept responsibility
for any errors. Please double-check all dates, times, and locations
for events with their sponsoring organizations.