At Harvard

Concerts

The Sounds of Blackness--performed by Berklee School of Music Gospel Choir. Room 227, Medical Education Center, Medical Area. 260 Longwood Ave., Boston. Noon to 1 p.m.

Films

Mapantsula--by African filmmakers Thomas Mogotlane and Oliver Schmitz. Science Center A at 7:30 p.m. Free.

Smoking and Sipping Espresso

Dunster House Coffee House--9 p.m. Dunster House Grille. Acoustic guitar, music, jazz, and poetry reading. Bring your European smokes.

Lectures

Reproductive Rights of Women, Abortion, and Contraception--Lynn Paltow, attorney, and Laura Rosenbury, undergraduate. Lyman Common Room at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 4968879.

Business and Social Networks in China, 1644-1949--Takeshi Hamashita, professor at the institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo. Room 102, Sever Hall at 4:15 p.m.

The Multiparty Movement and Government Policy in Kenya, 1990-91--led by Gibson Kamau, lawyer, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School. Room 2, Coolidge Hall at 12-30 p.m.

A National System of Educational Assessment for the U.S.: Some Lessons from Abroad--David Stevenson, deputy director of the National Council on Educational Standards and Testing. Eliot-Lyman Room, Longfellow Hall at 1 p.m.

"Institutional Change in Europe: Maastricht and Beyond"--Robert Keohane, professor and chairman of Government Dept. Cabot Room, Center for European Studies at 8 p.m. Friday 7 Feb.

Performance Art

Laurie Anderson--will perform her show "Voices from Beyond." Sanders Theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets are $22.50 and $19.50. For information, call 496-2222. Learning from Performers discussion with students at 1:45 p.m. Open only to Harvard and Radcliffe undergraduates. Limited. Call 495-8676 for location and registration information. Bring your electric violin.

Dance

Harvard-Radcliffe Ballroom Dance Club Winter Ball--at Memorial Hall from 8 p.m. to midnight. $11 general admission, $20 for couples, $8 for students, $15 for student couples. Tickets are available at the Holyoke Center Ticket Office, by calling 493-3767, and at the door.

Lectures

Canada--a view from the speaker's chair. At the CFIA. John Fraser, Speaker of the House of Commons, Government of Canada. Room 409, Coolidge Hall, at 4 p.m.

Japan and the New World Order--Ezra Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences. Room 2, Coolidge Hall, 4 p.m.

The Irano-Turkish Ambiance of Medieval Armenian Poetry: A Case-Study of Erznka--S. Peter Cowe, professor, Columbia University. Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue, at 3 p.m.

Films

The Commitments--sponsored by the Harvard Irish Cultural Society. Dublin band goes Motown. Great soundtrack. Shoulda been sponsored by the Harvard Irish-African American Society. In Science Center C at 8 and 10 p.m. $3.

The Doctor--sponsored by Quincy House Film Society. In Quincy House Dining Hall. 8 and 10 p.m. $3.

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown--sponsored by Latinas Unidas. An Almodovar film. Mather House Junior Common Room. 7 p.m. Free admission.

Castle Cagliostro--sponsored by the Dunster House Anime Society. Japanese animated comedy. Dunster House VCR room, basement of C entry. 7:30 p.m. Free admission.

Theater

The Indolent Boys--new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning Kiowa author N. Scott Momaday presented by Harvard Native American Program. Agassiz Theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets available by calling 495-4912, at Sanders Theatre Box Office in Memorial Hall, and at the Agassiz Theatre Box Office.

Misalliance--by George Bernard Shaw. In the American Repertory Theatre at 8 p.m. 64 Brattle Street. Through March 7. Call 547-8300 for tickets.

Book Sale

Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library Book and Record Sale--to be held from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the Loeb Music Library (North Yard). For more information call 495-2794. Saturday 8 Feb.

Films

The Commitments--sponsored by the Harvard Irish Cultural Society. In Science Center C at 8 and 10 p.m. $3.

The Doctor--sponsored by the Quincy House Film Society. In Quincy House Dining Hall. 8 and 10 p.m. $3.

Castle Cagliostro--sponsored by the Dunster House Anime Society. Japanese animated comedy. Dunster House VCR room, basement of C entry. 7:30 p.m. Free admission.

Theater

The Indolent Boys--new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning Kiowa author N. Scott Momaday presented by Harvard Native American Program with audience discussion following. Agassiz Theatre at 3 p.m. Tickets available by calling 495-4912, at Sanders Theatre Box Office in Memorial Hall, and at Agassiz Theatre Box Office. Sunday 9 Feb.

Concerts

The Masterworks Chorale--will perform Francis Poulenc's Mass in G, Aaron Copland's In the Beginning and Randall Thompson's Frostiana. Allen Lannom, artistic director. Sanders Theater at 4 p.m. $22, $16, $10 general admission and $17, $12, $7 for students and seniors. For tickets, call (617) 566-9048 or (617) 245-1091.

Art

Agitprop--exhibit sponsored by student group for mobilization of the visual arts. Featuring the work of Bill Brown, Joshua Byard, and Tom Plucinsky. Installation show. Adams House Squash Courts. 10 Linden Street. Opening from 7-9 p.m.

Women of Courage--portraits of African-American women who have improved the lives of African-American people and society at large. Through Feb. 28. At the Bunting Institute, 34 Concord Avenue. Call 495-8631 for more information. Monday 10 Feb.

Films

Harvard Film Archive--The Proud Valley-directed by Pen Tennyson. 7 p.m. Red Hot Riding Hood-directed by Tex Avery. 7 p.m. Viridiana-directed by Luis Bunuel. 5:15 and 9 p.m. $6.50 Tuesday 11 Feb.

Films

Harvard Film Archive--Double feature of Three Songs of Lenin directed by Dziga Vertov at 7 p.m. and The End of St. Petersburg directed by V. I. Pudovkin at 8:15 p.m. $5. Nanook of the North directed by Robert Flaherty at 5:30 p.m. $6.50.

Lectures

"Racial Socialization in African-American Families"--by Janie Ward, assistant professor of education and human services at Simmons College. Conference Room, Murray Research Center, Radcliffe Yard at noon.

Coping With China: U.S.-China Policy--Robert Ross, Dept. of Political Science, Boston College. Room 1, Coolidge Hall, at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday 12 Feb.

Films

Harvard Film Archive--Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song directed by Melvin Van Peebles at 7 p.m. $6.50. Paths of Glory directed by Stanley Kubrick at 5:15 and 9 p.m. $6.50.

Lectures

Michael Graves--architect, Princeton. The presentation is a part of the Graduate School of Design's Lecture and Exhibition Series on Design. Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall at 6 p.m.

The Politics of Literacy: The Ethiopian Literacy Campaign--Radcliffe College Colloquium Series presents Susan J. Hoben, Bunting Institute fellow and adjunct assistant professor of anthropology any research associate, African Studies Center, Boston University. Bunting Institute, 4 p.m. Live-Aid wasn't enough for them.

Keep In Mind

The 15 MINUTES Boardwill be holding a spring comp meeting on February 24, 1992, at the Harvard Crimson building. Crimson Design, which also helps produce 15 MINUTES, will meet at the same time and place.