Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 9-15, 2008 <strong>Harvard</strong> University Gazette/ 17comedyInsideSat., Oct. 18—“Comedy for a Cause2008.” (<strong>Harvard</strong> Concert Commission)Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets are$25 general; $15 <strong>Harvard</strong> affiliates andstudents; $10 <strong>Harvard</strong> students.<strong>Harvard</strong> Box Office (617) 496-2222.concerts‘Just One Thing’Holyoke Center exhibits pho<strong>to</strong>sby Sarah BettencourtPage 19‘Sketches from the Shore’Mixed media by Lyle Ash<strong>to</strong>nHarris on view at Du BoisPage 22East meets West... in Mitsuko Asakura’sintricate weavesPage 25Thu., Oct. 9—“Midday Organ Recital.”(The Memorial Church, HAM) DavidEnlow, organist and choirmaster, Churchof the Resurrection, New York, New York,and the Juilliard School. Adolphus BuschHall, 29 Kirkland St., 12:15 p.m. Freeand open <strong>to</strong> the public. Audience membersare encouraged <strong>to</strong> bring a lunch.www.harvardartmuseum.org.Fri., Oct. 10—“Student MusicPerformance Series.” (HAM) SacklerMuseum, 485 Broadway, 3 p.m. Freewith the price of admission. (617) 495-9400, www.harvardartmuseum.org.Sun., Oct. 12—“Wagner/Zwilich/Elgar.” (<strong>Harvard</strong> Box Office) Bos<strong>to</strong>nConserva<strong>to</strong>ry Orchestra with BruceHangen, conduc<strong>to</strong>r; Michael Sakir, guestconduc<strong>to</strong>r; Irina Muresanu, violin; andAndrew Mark, cello. Sanders Theatre, 2p.m. Tickets are $12 general; $10 alumniand WGBH; $5 students/senior citizens;other discounts available. <strong>Harvard</strong>Box Office (617) 496-2222.Events for Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 9-23, 2008Wed., Oct. 15—“Bar<strong>to</strong>k, Saint-Saens,Dvorak.” (<strong>Harvard</strong> Box Office) Bos<strong>to</strong>nPhilharmonic Orchestra. SandersTheatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are(Continued on next page)‘Lost in Learning’ features a collection of black-and-white prints by pho<strong>to</strong>grapher Eva Timothy investigating the role exploration has <strong>to</strong> play in education from both his<strong>to</strong>ric andcontemporary perspectives. The exhibit is on view at the Three Columns Gallery at Mather House through Oct. 17. See exhibitions, page 20.ABOVE: Eva Timothy, ‘Light - Opticks Title Page by Sir Isaac New<strong>to</strong>n’
18/ <strong>Harvard</strong> University Gazette Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 9-15, 2008(Continued from previous page)$70/$55/$40/$15 general; $5 off students/seniorcitizens; other discountsavailable. <strong>Harvard</strong> Box Office (617) 496-2222.Thu., Oct. 16—“Midday Organ Recital.”(The Memorial Church, HAM) HaesungPark, Thorn<strong>to</strong>n School of Music, Universityof Southern California. AdolphusBusch Hall, 29 Kirkland St., 12:15 p.m.Free and open <strong>to</strong> the public. Audiencemembers are encouraged <strong>to</strong> bring alunch. www.harvardartmuseum.org.Fri., Oct. 17—“Student MusicPerformance Series.” (HAM) SacklerMuseum, 485 Broadway, 3 p.m. Freewith the price of admission. (617) 495-9400, www.harvardartmuseum.org.Sat., Oct. 18—“Ravel, Prokofiev &Haydn.” (Bach Society Orchestra) BachSociety Orchestra performs, featuringRachel Lee ’10, violin. Paine Hall, 8 p.m.Tickets are $12 general; $8 students/senior citizens. <strong>Harvard</strong> Box Office (617)496-2222.Guidelinesfor listingevents inCalendarEvents on campus sponsored by theUniversity, its schools, departments,centers, organizations, and its recognizedstudent groups are publishedevery Thursday. Events sponsored byoutside groups cannot be included.Admissions charges may apply forsome events. Call the event sponsorfor details.To place a listingNotices should be e-mailed, faxed, ormailed <strong>to</strong> the Calendar edi<strong>to</strong>r. Pertinentinformation includes: title ofevent, sponsoring organization, date,time, and location; and, if applicable,name of speaker(s), fee, refreshments,and registration information. Asubmission form is available at thefront desk of the <strong>News</strong> Office, 1060Holyoke Center. Promotional pho<strong>to</strong>graphswith descriptions are welcome.AddressesMail:Calendar edi<strong>to</strong>r<strong>Harvard</strong> Gazette1350 Massachusetts AvenueCambridge, MA 02138Telephone: (617) 496-2651Fax: (617) 496-9351E-mail: calendar@harvard.eduDeadlinesCalendar listings must be received atleast one week before their publicationdate. All entries must be receivedby 5 p.m. on Thursday. If youare uncertain about a deadline, holidayschedule, or any other information,please call the Calendar edi<strong>to</strong>rat (617) 496-2651.OnlineThe Calendar is available on the Webat http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette. Click on Calendar.Available spaceListings for ongoing exhibitions,health and fitness classes, supportand social groups, and screeningsand studies are provided on a spaceavailablebasis. Information not runin a particular issue will be retainedfor later use.Screenings/studies and supportgroup listings must be renewed byJan. 5 or Aug. 30 <strong>to</strong> continue runningfor an additional term.Sun., Oct. 19—“Bar<strong>to</strong>k, Saint-Saens,Dvorak.” (<strong>Harvard</strong> Box Office) Bos<strong>to</strong>nPhilharmonic Orchestra performs, featuringGeorge Li, piano. Sanders Theatre, 3p.m. Tickets are $78/$60/$45/$25general; $5 off students/senior citizens;other discounts available. <strong>Harvard</strong> BoxOffice (617) 496-2222.Sun., Oct. 19—“Durufle, Faure,Mendelssohn.” (<strong>Harvard</strong> Box Office)Bos<strong>to</strong>n Chamber Music Society performs.Sanders Theatre, 7:30 p.m.Tickets are $50/$40/$30/$20 general;$8 tickets in the $30 and $20 sectionsstudents; $4 off senior citizens; otherdiscounts available. <strong>Harvard</strong> Box Office(617) 496-2222.Thu., Oct. 23—“Midday Organ Recital.”(The Memorial Church, HAM) ChristianLane, assistant university organist andchoirmaster, the Memorial Church.Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland St.,12:15 p.m. Free and open <strong>to</strong> the public.Audience members are encouraged <strong>to</strong>bring a lunch. www.harvardartmuseum.org.Thu., Oct. 23—“Hough<strong>to</strong>n LibraryChamber Music Series.” (Hough<strong>to</strong>nLibrary) Richard S<strong>to</strong>ltzman, clarinet;Yehudi Wyner, piano. Edison andNewman Room, Hough<strong>to</strong>n Library, 8p.m. Tickets are $25 general; $15 students.<strong>Harvard</strong> Box Office (617) 496-2222, (617) 495-2445, htc@harvard.edu.danceFri., Oct. 17-Sat., Oct. 18—“Raunak2008.” (South Asian Dance Company)7th annual intercollegiate fusion charitydance show. Featuring performancesfrom groups from <strong>Harvard</strong>, MIT, UPenn,UMass Amherst, Brown, Tufts, BU, NYU,and others. Proceeds will be donated <strong>to</strong>Y.R.G. CARE, a nonprofit based inChennai dedicated <strong>to</strong> fighting the AIDSepidemic through direct service andresearch. Lowell Lecture Hall, 17Kirkland St., corner of Kirkland andOxford streets, Fri.: 9 p.m.; Sat.: 8 p.m.Tickets are $10 general; $7 students.<strong>Harvard</strong> Box Office (617) 496-2222.theaterAmerican Reper<strong>to</strong>ry TheatreThrough Sat., Oct. 11—“Let Me DownEasy,” written and performed by AnnaDeavere Smith, is a journey in search ofhuman qualities that are <strong>to</strong>o seldom inthe news — compassion, generosity,and grace in the face of a complexworld. Directed by Eric Ting with newmusic elements composed by JoshuaRedman.—Performances take place at the LoebDrama Center, various times. Ticketprices range from $15-$79 general; $25students; $10 off for senior citizens;group discounts available. Hot Tix:Select performances <strong>to</strong> all productionshave limited $25 tickets available.Tickets are available through the A.R.T.Box Office (617) 547-8300, in person atthe Loeb Drama Center Box Office, orwww.amrep.org.Thu., Oct. 9-Sat., Oct. 11—“Ajax inIraq,” written by Ellen McLaughlin anddirected by Scot Zigler, uses Sophocles’“Ajax” as a lens through which <strong>to</strong> viewand interpret the current war in Iraq.World premiere presented by theA.R.T./MXAT Institute for AdvancedTheatre Training. Discussions with EllenMcLaughlin will follow the 7:30 performanceson Oct. 9 and 10, and also the1:30 performance on Oct. 11.—Performances take place at ZeroArrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. andMass. Ave. at 7:30 p.m. each night,with an additional matinee at 1:30 p.m.on Saturday. Tickets are $10 general;$5 students/senior citizens; free forA.R.T. subscribers. Tickets are availablethrough the A.R.T. Box Office (617) 547-8300, in person at the Loeb DramaCenter Box Office, or www.amrep.org.Sat., Oct. 18-Sun., Nov. 9—“TheCommunist Dracula Pageant,” byAmericans, for Americans with hallucinations,phosphorescence, and bears, byAnne Washburn and directed by AnneKauffman, draws from trial transcriptsand from Romania’s rich folklore. Theworld premiere dramatizes the final daysof Nicolae and Elena Ceausecu, theau<strong>to</strong>crats who ruled Romania from 1965<strong>to</strong> 1989, and travels across Romanianmyth and his<strong>to</strong>ry through three time periods:1989, 1976, and the fifteenth century.■ Thu., Oct. 23—“Under 35 Night.”Post-show mingling at Sandrine’s Bistro.—Performances take place at ZeroArrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. andMass. Ave., various times. Tickets are$25-79 general; $25 students; $10 offsenior citizens; $15 student rush; groupdiscounts available. Hot Tix: Select performances<strong>to</strong> all productions have limited$25 tickets available. Tickets areavailable through the A.R.T. Box Office(617) 547-8300, in person at the LoebDrama Center Box Office, orwww.amrep.org.filmThu., Oct. 16—“Presentation of 2008McMillan-Stewart Fellowship inDistinguished Filmmaking <strong>to</strong> Mahamat-Saleh Haroun.” (Film Study Center)Screening of “Daratt (Dry Season)”; discussionwith filmmaker <strong>to</strong> follow. Lecturehall, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St.,7:30 p.m.Fri., Oct. 17—“CES UndergraduateBoard Movie Screening.” (CES) FilmTBA. Lower level conference room, CES,27 Kirkland St., 6:30 p.m.ebruemm@fas.harvard.edu.Fri., Oct. 17—“Screening of ShortFilms.” (Film Study Center) Screening ofshort films by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun.Lecture hall, Carpenter Center, 24Quincy St., 7 p.m.Brazil Studies Program, DRCLASFilm screenings take place in TsaiAudi<strong>to</strong>rium, CGIS South, 1730Cambridge St. Sponsored by the BrazilStudies Program, DRCLAS, and the<strong>Harvard</strong> Brazilian Organization.Tue., Oct. 14—Mat<strong>to</strong>s and Abreu’s“Jongos, Calangos e Folias: MúsicaNegra, Memória e Poesia” (2005) at 6p.m.The Coyote’s Trail Film Series, DRCLASFilm screenings take place in TsaiAudi<strong>to</strong>rium, CGIS South, 1730Cambridge St. Sponsored by LatinAmerican Studies. chbarron@fas.harvard.edu,www.drclas.harvard.edu.Thu., Oct. 9—Hill’s “Guest Worker”(2006) at 6 p.m.Thu., Oct. 23—Becker’s“Romántico” (2005) at 6 p.m.<strong>Harvard</strong> Film ArchiveAll films are screened in the MainAudi<strong>to</strong>rium of the Carpenter Center forthe Visual Arts, 24 Quincy St. Video presentationsare presented in B-04, asmaller audi<strong>to</strong>rium next <strong>to</strong> the mainaudi<strong>to</strong>rium. Programs are subject <strong>to</strong>change; call for admission charges anddetails. The Film Archive publishes aschedule of films and events that isavailable at the Carpenter Center. (617)495-4700, http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/.Thu., Oct. 9—No screeningsFri., Oct. 10—Palestine DocumentaryToday: “The Roof,” “Around,” and “Ricoin the Night” at 7 p.m.; “33 Days” and“The Shooter” at 9 p.m.Sat., Oct. 11—Martel’s “LaCiénaga” at 7 p.m.Sun., Oct. 12—Shalom’s “To See IfI’m Smiling” at 3 p.m.; Martel’s “LaNiña Santa” at 7 p.m. with direc<strong>to</strong>r inperson. Special events tickets are $10.Mon., Oct. 13—Martel’s “TheHeadless Woman” at 7 p.m. with direc<strong>to</strong>rin person. Special events tickets are$10.Tue., Oct. 14—Free VES screening:“Goodbye, Dragon Inn” (2003) at 7p.m.Wed., Oct. 15— Free VES screening:“The Man with a Movie Camera”(1929) at 7 p.m.Thu., Oct. 16—Haroun’s “DrySeason” and “Letter from New York”and “Expectations” at 7:30 p.m. withdirec<strong>to</strong>r in person; free eventFri., Oct. 17—Haroun’s “Sex, Gumboand Salted Butter” and “Kalala” at 7p.m. with direc<strong>to</strong>r in person; free eventSat., Oct. 18—Program One: Filmsby Bruce Conner at 7 p.m.Sun., Oct. 19—Program Two: Filmsby Bruce Conner at 3 p.m.; ProgramThree: Films by Bruce Conner at 7 p.m.Mon., Oct. 20—Silva’s “BalkanRhapsodies: 78 Measures of War” at 7p.m. with direc<strong>to</strong>r in person. Specialevents tickets are $10.Tue., Oct. 21—Free VES screening:“La Notte” (1960) at 7 p.m.Wed., Oct. 22—Free VES screening:“Oc<strong>to</strong>ber” (1928) at 7 p.m.Thu., Oct. 23—No screeningsFri., Oct. 24—Minnelli’s “The Badand the Beautiful” at 7 p.m.; Minnelli’s“Two Weeks in Another Town” at 9:15p.m.Real Colegio ComplutenseFilms are presented at Real ColegioComplutense, 26 Trowbridge St., inSpanish with English subtitles. Free andopen <strong>to</strong> the public. (617) 495-3536,www.realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu.Fri., Oct. 10—Huerga’s “Salvador(Puig Antich)” (2006) at 7:30 p.m.Fri., Oct. 17—Buñuel’s “Los olvidados”(1950) at 7:30 p.m.Fri., Oct. 24—Saura’s “Goya enBurdeos” (1999) at 7:30 p.m.radio<strong>Harvard</strong> Radio WHRB (95.3 FM)WHRB presents the finest in classical,jazz, underground rock, news, and sportsprogramming, and has 24-hour liveInternet streaming from its Web site.Program guide subscriptions are free.(617) 495-4818, mail@whrb.org,www.whrb.org.“Hillbilly at <strong>Harvard</strong>”—Saturdays, 9a.m.-1 p.m.Living on Earth, National Public Radio’sjournal of the environment, hosted bySteve Curwood, Department of Earthand Planetary Sciences, and producedin cooperation with <strong>Harvard</strong> University, isaired on more than 270 NPR stationsnationally and on more than 400 outletsinternationally. In easternMassachusetts, the program airsSunday, 7 a.m., WBUR 90.9 FM. (617)868-8810, loe@npr.org, www.loe.org.exhibitionsArnold Arboretum“Jamaica Plain Open Studios: Artists inthe Arboretum” features Arboretuminspiredwork by local artists. (ThroughOct. 10)—Lecture hall, Hunnewell Building, 125Arborway, Jamaica Plain. Call ahead forhours. (617) 524-1718, www.arboretum.harvard.edu.“Science in the Pleasure Ground” providesa captivating retrospective on theoldest arboretum in the nation. The centralfeature of the exhibit is an 8-foot by15-foot scale model of the Arboretumthat includes his<strong>to</strong>rical vignettes andpresent-day attractions. (Ongoing)—Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway,Jamaica Plain. Hours are Mon.-Fri., 9a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun.,noon-4 p.m.; closed holidays. (617)524-1718, www.arboretum.harvard.edu.“Twelve Months: Painting Through theSeasons” features paintings by KateCardamone portraying each month ofthe year. Reception with the artist Sat.,Oct. 18, 1-3 p.m., followed by a walkthrough the landscape led by the artist.(Oct. 18-Dec. 14)—Lecture hall, Hunnewell Building, 125Arborway, Jamaica Plain. Call ahead forhours. (617) 524-1718, www.arboretum.harvard.edu.Cabot Science Library“Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Even RoamingCaribou Do It: Migration in the AnimalKingdom” looks at the migration ofmammals, birds, and insects, with anemphasis on how human behavior andactivity impacts the movement of animalsthrough the environment. (Oct. 17-Jan. 22)—Cabot Science Library. (617) 496-5534.“Sublime Spectacle: Exploration andGeology in the Grand Canyon” showswhat the canyon consists of and how itwas formed, and also discusses theexploration of the canyon by scientists inthe 19th century. Clarence Dut<strong>to</strong>n’s“Atlas <strong>to</strong> Accompany the Tertiary His<strong>to</strong>ryof the Grand Cañon District” will be ondisplay. (Through Oct. 10)—Cabot Science Library, main floor.(617) 496-5534.Carpenter Center“Lossless” is a video installation byRebecca Baron and Douglas Goodwin.The series of five pieces looks at thedematerialization of film in<strong>to</strong> bits, exposingthe residual effects of the processthat makes file sharing possible. Theproject considers the impact of the digitalage on filmmaking and film watchingand the materiality and demateriality offilm as an artistic medium. (ThroughDec. 7)—Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center, 24Quincy St. Hours are Tue.-Sun., 1-5 p.m.(617) 495-3251,tblanch@fas.harvard.edu,www.ves.fas.harvard.edu.“New Faculty Show” features work bySanford Biggers, Taylor Davis, GregHalpern, David Lobser, and CatherineLord. From film and video <strong>to</strong> mixedmedia sculpture <strong>to</strong> animation and pho-CalendarabbreviationsWhere abbreviations appear in Calendar listings,the following list may be used <strong>to</strong> findthe full name of the sponsoring organization.Belfer Center for Scienceand International Affairs BCSIABunting Society of Institute Fellows BSIFCenter for American Political Studies CAPSCenter for European StudiesCESCenter for Governmentand International Studies CGISCenter for Jewish StudiesCJSCenter for Middle Eastern Studies CMESCenter for Populationand Development Studies CPDSCenter for Quality of CareResearch and Education QCARECenter for the Studyof Values in Public Life CSVPLCenter for the Studyof World ReligionsCSWRCommittee for the Concernsof Women at <strong>Harvard</strong>-Radcliffe CCWCommittee on African Studies CASCommittee on Degreesin Women’s StudiesCDWSCommittee on Inner-Asianand Altaic StudiesCIAASCommittee on Iranian Studies CISDavid Rockefeller Centerfor Latin American Studies DRCLASDivision of Biological Sciences DBSDivision of Health Sciencesand TechnologyDHSTEast Asian Legal Studies Program EALSGraduate School of DesignGSDGraduate School of Education GSE<strong>Harvard</strong> AIDS InstituteHAI<strong>Harvard</strong> Art MuseumHAM<strong>Harvard</strong> Buddhist Studies Forum HBSF<strong>Harvard</strong> College LibraryHCL<strong>Harvard</strong> Divinity SchoolHDS<strong>Harvard</strong> Education ForumHEF<strong>Harvard</strong> Family Research Project HFRP<strong>Harvard</strong> Film ArchiveHFA<strong>Harvard</strong> Foundation for Interculturaland Race RelationsHFIRR<strong>Harvard</strong> Gay and Lesbian Caucus HGLC<strong>Harvard</strong> Institutefor International Development HIID<strong>Harvard</strong> International OfficeHIO<strong>Harvard</strong> Law SchoolHLS<strong>Harvard</strong> Medical SchoolHMS<strong>Harvard</strong> Museum of Natural His<strong>to</strong>ry HMNH<strong>Harvard</strong> School of Dental Medicine HSDM<strong>Harvard</strong> School of Public Health HSPH<strong>Harvard</strong>-Smithsonian Centerfor AstrophysicsCfA<strong>Harvard</strong> University Center for theEnvironmentHUCEInstitute of PoliticsIOPKennedy School of Government HKSLaw School Human Rights Program LSHRPLaw School Programin Jewish StudiesLSPJSOffice for Information Technology OITOffice of International Education OIEOffice of Work and FamilyOWFPhilosophy of EducationResearch CenterPERCProgram on InformationResources PolicyPIRPProgram on International ConfictAnalysis and Resolution PICARProgram on Nonviolent Sanctionsand Cultural SurvivalPNSCSProgram on U.S.-Japan Relations USJRPSchool of Engineering andApplied SciencesSEASTechnology & EntrepreneurshipCenter at <strong>Harvard</strong>TECHTrade Union ProgramTUPUkrainian Research InstituteURIUnited MinistryUMWeatherhead Center forInternational AffairsWCFIA
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