Friday, Nov. 12

DANCE | Fall Concert 2004: Dances for an Autumn Evening

The Harvard Contemporary Dance Ensemble is a small, dedicated group of outstanding student dancers, alums, and professionals. Visiting choreographer Sean Curran has set the program for the Ensemble’s seasonal performance. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office $10, $5 for students, seniors. 8 p.m., Saturday at 8 p.m. Rieman Center for the Performing Arts. (JET)

MUSIC | Cartoon Concert

Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny team up with Rossini this Friday night at the Harvard Pops’ concert of cartoon music. In the Pops’ tradition of creative, multimedia performance, the program includes actual cartoon screenings, live vocals, skits, and original pieces by conductor Allen Feinstein ’86 and Ben E. Green ‘06 (with cartoons). Experience the Pink Panther and other classics as never before. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office $8, $5 for students, seniors. 8 p.m. Lowell Lecture Hall. (JET)

THEATER | The Physicists

The Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club takes on nuclear physics this fall with student director Mike Donohue’s production of this Cold War comedy by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. During a stay at a mental hospital three men who claim to be (and may in fact be) physicists Newton, Einstein, and Mobius, become involved in a web of murder, madness, and feigned identity—not to mention international espionage. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office $12, $8 for students. Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Thursday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. Loeb Main Stage. (JET)

MUSIC | Venice vs. Rome

Roman composer Arcangelo Corelli and his contemporary, Antonio Vivaldi of Venice may have shared genius in common, but their musical personalities were as different as can be. The talented members of the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, led by award-winning director Robert Mealy ’85, bring the works of these two masters to life for an evening of musical contrasts. Tickets $10, $5 for students, seniors. 8 p.m. Memorial Church. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office. (JET)

MUSIC | Festival of Women’s Choruses

Radcliffe Choral Society, along with visiting women’s choral groups from Cornell, Mt. Holyoke, Vassar, and Wellesley will perform in a series of three concerts over two days. Joining the college groups are several area high school choirs and Boston-based professional women’s ensemble Tapestry. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office $16, $8 for students. 8:15 p.m, Saturday at 8:15 p.m. Sanders Theater. (JET)

FILM | Silent Running