“Everything we learned about science, we learned from the movies.” That’s what the folks down at the Center for Astrophysics claim. Begin your education at the Center’s monthly sci-fi screening. This month in Silent Running (1972), one heroic botanist and three robots take the mission to rescue earth’s vegetation into their own hands in the face of government inaction. Free. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. for the 7:15 p.m. screening at the Center for Astrophysics. (JET)

MUSIC | Eyedea and Abilities

MC Eyedea and DJ Abilities have garnered praise for technical prowess as well as for their song-oriented approach to the mostly battle-driven scene of underground hip-hop. They perform at the Middle East in support of their new album E&A with Illogic, & DJ Przm and Los Nativos. 18+, $12 advance, $14 at door. Middle East downstairs. (EF)

Saturday, Nov. 13

MUSIC | Hot Water Music

Post-hardcore mainstays Hot Water Music play an afternoon show downstairs at the Middle East for all you scene kids with free afternoons. Also on the bill are Alexisonfire, Planes Mistaken for Stars and Moments in Grace. All ages. $12. 1 p.m. doors open. Middle East downstairs. (EF)

MUSIC | Scissorfight

New Hampshire veteran metalheads Scissorfight cook up something evil at the Middle East with like-minded Antler and the Benders. 8 p.m. doors open, 18+. $10 advance, $12 at door. Middle East downstairs. (EF)

Sunday, Nov. 14

MUSIC | Bach: Magnificat, Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass

One of Massachusetts’ premiere choral institutions performs some of the greatest music ever written this weekend in Sanders. The Masterworks Chorale, conducted by Allen Lannom, has performed with the likes of the Pittsburgh Symphony and the Boston Ballet. Now they present “Back: Magnificat, Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass.” Reserved seating, tickets range from $18-$39. Or try student rush and pay $5 cash at the door, but get there 1 hour early. 3 p.m. Sanders Theatre. (ECMV)MUSIC | Brahms, Dvorak, Stravinsky Rite of Spring

Experience soothing Brahms and Dvorak side by side with jolting Stravinsky in the Boston Chamber Music Society’s classical music mix. The show will include Brahms’ “Two Songs for Mezzo Soprano, Viola and Piano, Op. 91;” Dvorak’s “Piano Quartet in D major, Op. 23;” and Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.” Non-student tickets range from $17-$46; student tickets, $8. For $5 rush tickets, arrive an hour early. 7:30 p.m. Sanders Theatre. (ECMV)