fri, nov 7

THEATER | The River

The Athena Theater Company presents The River, written and directed by Julia Fawcett,

’04. Composed of six short acts, The River tells the story of two women, Irene and her daughter Mary, who explore language and femininity as a rising river threatens to flood their home. Through Nov. 8. 8 p.m. Tickets $5; $4 students, $3 Adams residents. Adams Pool Theater. (TIH)

MUSIC | Fallen Angels

The Fallen Angels’ first concert of the year features guest appearances by the Crimson Dance Team and the Darthmouth Aires. 8 p.m. Free. Lowell Lecture Hall. (TIH)

THEATER | What The Hell Is Your Problem?

A provocative dark comedy written by Tom Noonan, this play’s title is more than indicative of its substance. You might just find yourself caught up within this bitingly sadistic play. Cruel satire on self-help seminars is just the beginning. 8 p.m. Tickets $5; $4 students, $3 Adams residents. Adams Kronauer Space. (TIH)

FILM | Gimme Shelter

This delectable chronicle of the Rolling Stones 1969 United States tour is, hyperbole aside, the greatest music documentary ever made. Others can praise Stop Making Sense, The Last Waltz and Don’t Look Back, but Gimme Shelter is the most historically relevant, the best paced and features the best set list. It’s better than Woodstock, too—it’s its shorter, evil twin, climaxing at the murder-marred Altamont Speedway concert which many have dubbed the event that ended the Sixties. Highlights include a young, comparatively normal-looking Mick Jagger wearing a pi-emblazoned jumpsuit as he struts through “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” and a dazzlingly languid “Love in Vain,” full of slo-mo and sensual red lighting. This is the rare concert movie that grips you as fully as a great fiction film. Don’t miss it. Harvard Film Archive, Friday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. (BJS)

FILM | Finding Nemo

The Harvard Undergraduate Council continues their nights of $1 film screenings with this summer’s animated underwater blockbuster hit, the latest from the indescribably talented Pixar studios. With the voices of Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres, Finding Nemo chronicles the saga of one fish combing the ocean for his lost son, Nemo. 8 p.m. Tickets $1. Science Center C. (TIH)

THEATER | Faust I

Full-frontal nudity hits the Loeb Ex stage in this creative interpretation of Goethe’s Faust, directed by Clint J. Froehlich ’05. 7:30 p.m. Free. Loeb Experimental Theater, 64 Brattle St.

THEATRE | Gheri Dosti