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Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakip Sabanci Museum, Sabanci University, Istanbul, opens on October 9 at the Sackler.

SPECIAL. The Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, on September 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Sanders Theatre, honors scientific research which "cannot or should not be reproduced." Call (617) 491-4437 for details.

Olympic silver medalist Paul Wylie '91 emcees the figure-skating exhibition and benefit An Evening with Champions on October 15 and 16. Call 493-8172 for tickets.

EXHIBITIONS. At the Fogg, Sargent in the Studio closes on September 5; Lifeworld: Portrait and Landscape in Netherlandish Prints, 1550-1650 opens on October 30; and Timeless Beauty: Representing the Ideal in Neoclassical Drawing ends on October 31. Remaining on view are The P.R.B. and Pre-Raphaelite Painting; France and the Portrait, 1799-1870; Sublimations: Art and Sensuality in the Nineteenth Century; Investigating the Renaissance; American Art after 1950; and Gian Lorenzo Bernini: Sketches in Clay. At the Sackler, both Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakip Sabanci Museum, Sabanci University, Istanbul and A Grand Legacy: Arts of the Ottoman Empire open on October 9. Continuing exhibits include Nature as Metaphor: Paintings from China, Korea, and Japan; Empress, Goddess, State: Depictions of Women on Ancient and Byzantine Coinage; and Wall Drawing #830, by Sol LeWitt, in the lobby. At the Busch-Reisinger, German artist Hanne Darboven's work goes on view on September 4. For details, call 495-9400.

At the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Rocks from Outer Space: Meteorites from the Collection of Q. David Bowers closes October 31. Call 496-8204 for more details.

The Art of Leon Bakst, at the Harvard Theatre Collection, closes on September 18. Call 495-2445 for details.

MUSIC. On stage at Sanders Theatre are the Harvard Chinese Students Association (with the Chinese Performing Arts Exchange), on September 25; the Harvard and Princeton Glee Clubs, on October 22; the Harvard University Jazz Band, Harvard Wind Ensemble, and Harvard University Band, on October 29; the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, on October 30; and the Harvard-Radcliffe Callbacks and Radcliffe Pitches, on October 31. Call 496-2222 for tickets to the concerts, all at 8 p.m.

Pianist Max Levinson '93 kicks off the Houghton Library Chamber Music Series with a recital on October 8 at 8 p.m. Call 495-2440 for information.

On October 19 at 8 p.m., the Harvard University Choir joins the Berlin Chamber Choir for a performance in Memorial Church. Call 496-2222 for details.

Blodgett Artists in Residence the Mendelssohn String Quartet perform on October 29 at 8 p.m. in Paine Hall; free passes to the concert are available at the Harvard box office on October 15. Call 496-6013 for details.

FILM. For a schedule of screenings at the Harvard Film Archive, call 495-4700.

THEATRE. Nobel laureate Dario Fo's satire We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! debuts in September at the American Repertory Theatre. Call 547-8300 for dates, times, and tickets.

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