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culture

LUAU 2003. Join the Harvard Hawaii Club, Holoimua O Hawaii, in celebrating its fourth annual Luau. In Hawaii, luaus are local-style parties held to celebrate special events, such as births or weddings. Here at Harvard, the luau is a time for Hawaii natives and enthusiasts to join with members of the commmunity in a celebration of Hawaiian culture. The evening includes an assortment of traditional Hawaiian food, island music, and a show featuring Polynesian song and dance. Saturday, March 15, at  8:00 p.m. Tickets $10, available at the Harvard Box Office or by phone at (617) 496-2222. Quincy House Dining Hall. (TIH)

THE MISS HARVARD PAGEANT. It’s what Miss America would be like if you were to upgrade brains and talent, and add a few men in drag. Presented by IMPACT to raise money for education and emergency relief in Kenya, Gambia, China and Nepal. Friday, March 14, at 9 p.m. Tickets $6, available at the Harvard Box Office or by phone at (617) 496-2222. Leverett House Dining Hall. (TIH)

readings

BLACK WRITERS READING. Maryse Conde (Segu), Darryl Pinckney (Out There: Mavericks of Black Literature) and Patricia Powell (The Pagoda) speak together next Wednesday, presented by the W.E.B du Bois Institute. The last event of the Black Writers Reading Series, the reading promises to be well-attended, interesting—and it’s your last chance. Wednesday, March 19 at 4 p.m. No tickets required. Barker Center, Thompson Room, 12 Quincy St. (LAA)

DEAN GRODZINS.  He may not have a namesake building in Harvard Yard, but Unitarian minister Theodore Parker was almost as influential as Ralph Waldo Emerson in shaping the Transcendentalist movement.  Grodzins, winner of the Society of American Historians’ Allan Nevins Prize, will engage in a discussion of his recent Parker biography “American Heretic:  Theodore Parker and Transcendentalism.”  Friday, March 14 at 3 p.m. Free. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, (617) 661-1515. (TJC)

HAROLD BLOOM. This guru of literary theory and Sterling Professor of the Humanities and English at Yale University will make an appearance in Cambridge to speak about his new book Hamlet: Poem Unlimited. Having already produced a New York Times bestseller about Shakespeare, Bloom’s new book promises a closer analysis of the character we all love and know (for at least 25 lines or so) by heart. Thursday, March 20 at 6 p.m. Tickets available free of charge at the Harvard Book Store information desk. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway. (LAA)

music

THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET. Legendary pianist Brubeck will stop by Sanders Theatre for two back-to-back concerts this weekend. Equally distinguished as a composer and a performer, Brubeck has maintained a reputation as a progressive, intellectual jazz musician throughout a career now half a century long. Put on your beret, buy some cigarettes, and have a night of guaranteed cutting-edge jazz. Saturday, March 15 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets $29.50 to $35.50, available through the Harvard Box Office or by phone (617) 496-2222. Sanders Theatre. (LAA)

O TRIUMPHALE DIAMANTE! The Harvard University Choral Fellows teams up with the Boston Camerata to sing Music for Ferrara, 1400-1500. Audience members will be granted a chance to hear twelve of the best singers on campus—whom you may have seen scrambling off to sing in Memorial Church early on weekday mornings—with a group of the best singers in the world. Sean Gallagher, assistant professor of music, will deliver a pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m., for the musicologically-inclined. Tickets are $20-$40; students receive a $10 discount. Friday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. The Memorial Church. (LAA)

BERRY SAKHAROF. The biggest rock star in Israel leaves his enormous fanbase in the Middle East to try his hand at engaging an American audience at, appropriately enough, the Middle East Club. The show is sponsored by the Hillel Foundation of Cambridge. Sunday, March 16 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30, $20 students, available at the Middle East Box Office or by phone (617) 931-2000. Middle East Club, 472 Massachussetts Ave. (617) 864-3278. (BBC)

LES NUBIANS.  Born to a French father and a Cameroonian mother, sisters Hélène and Célia Faussart will bring their smooth mix of R&B, soul, African rhythms, and light hip-hop to Harvard Square for what promises to be a sultry, smoky late-night show.  Citing influences ranging from Ella Fitzgerald to De La Soul, the bilingual duo are touring in advance of their new album “One Step Forward.”  Friday, March 14 at 10 p.m.  21+ with ID required.  Tickets $20, available at the House of Blues, by phone (617) 497-2229, or through Ticketmaster.  House of Blues, 96 Winthrop Street, (617) 491-2583. (TJC)

MARYSE CONDÉ, DARRYL PINCKNEY, AND PATRICIA POWELL.  Hailing from Guadeloupe and considered one of the premier literary voices of the modern Francophone world, Condé will read from her 1996 tale Segu.  She will be joined by Darryl Pinckney, whose work Out There:  Mavericks of Black Literature is based on a recent series of lectures at Harvard. Briggs-Copeland Fellow Patricia Powell, who will present her novel The Pagoda.  The event is co-sponsored by Harvard’s W.E.B. DuBois Center and Harvard Book Store.  Wednesday, March 19 at 4 p.m.  Free.  Thompson Room, Barker Center, 24 Quincy Street. (TJC)

TELEMANNIA. The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (HBCO) performs an evening of G.P. Telemann’s colorful and brilliant multiple concerti for several instruments. One of America’s only undergraduate baroque orchestras, the HBCO brings these vivid works to life again, featuring Jon A. Daniels ’03, recorder, Na’ama Lion, baroque flute, Justin Haynes ‘03, viola da gamba, Brian K. Lee ’03, baroque violin and Seth Ament ’03, baroque cello. Directed by Robert Mealy ‘85. Tickets are $10, $5 for students. Saturday, March 15 at 8 p.m. Busch Hall. (TIH)

CLUB PASSIM BENEFIT CONCERT. 2003 Club Passim Benefit Concert featuring Odetta, Greg Brown and Garnet Rogers. Friday, March 14, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $45, $35, $25 and $15 for obstructed view; $100 VIP seats (includes post-concert reception with the artists) available only through Club Passim at 617-492-5300. Sanders Theater, Memorial Hall. (TIH)

TAARANA. A concert that celebrates diverse forms of South Asian music, Taraana mixes classical South and North Indian music, folk songs, modern pop songs, with fusion pieces integrating jazz and hip hop. Uniting musicians from diverse corners of Harvard College with musicians from MIT and BU to present South Asian music, Taraana will be the first of its kind in the history of Harvard University. All profits from the concert will support shelters in Lowell and Worcester. Tickets $5, available at the Harvard Box Office or by phone at (617) 496-2222. Saturday, March 15, 2003 at 7:00 p.m. Lowell Lecture Hall, 14 Kirkland St. (TIH)

MOZART SOCIETY ORCHESTRA. The Harvard Mozart Society Orchestra presents a concert featuring Gabriel Faure’s “Pelleas & Melisande,” Edouard Lalo’s Cello Concerto in d minor featuring Stephanie J. Lai, ’06, the 2002 Freshman Concerto Competition Winner, and Sergei Prokofiev’s Excerpts from the ballet “Romeo and Juliet.” Saturday, March 15, at 8 p.m. Tickets $8 regular, $6 students (2 per ID), $6 seniors, available at the door, the Harvard Box Office or by phone at (617) 496-2222. Paine Music Hall (TIH)

dance

JOSE MATEO’S BALLET THEATRE.  Take a critically-acclaimed ballet company, add a dash of cabaret atmosphere, and what do you get?  Local choreographer Jose Mateo’s new show, which will unveil two new dances in a novel setting that places dancers and spectators on the same visual plane.  Audience members can sip cocktails during the show, making this one of the classiest and most relaxed evenings of ballet around.  Friday, March 14 and Saturday, March 15 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, March 16 at 4 p.m.  Runs through Sunday, April 13.  Tickets $28, available by phone (617) 354-7467.  Old Cambridge Baptist Church, 400 Harvard Street. (TC)

TAP THIS! TAPS. Harvard’s only tap dance performance group, features a wide variety of musical styles from pop to samba to Irish in TAP this! TAPS’ fifteen undergraduate members will showcase their dance and choreography skills. The show will also feature guest stars Expressions and Mainly Jazz. $7 regular, $5 students (2 per ID), and $5 seniors, on sale at the Harvard Box Office or by phone at (617) 496-2222. Friday, March 14, 7:30 p.m. Lowell Lecture Hall, 14 Kirkland St. (TIH)

theater

TALK TO ME. Spend a night in boarding school and the Adams Pool—but leave the drama to the actors. An original play by Ellenor J. Honig ’04, Talk To Me deals with obsession and friendship, and pushes the line between performance and reality. Thursday, March 13 through Saturday, March 15th at 8 p.m, with an additional show at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets $5, $4 students, $3 Adams House residents, available at the Harvard Box Office or by phone (617) 496-2222. Adams House Pool Theatre. (LAA)

IT’S A WONDERFUL AFTERLIFE. Where would you like to visit after you die? The Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 155th spoof takes you through Heaven, Hell, and Limbo in a production of Divine Comedy proportions. Meet Rabbi Noah Fense, Nun Taken, and the Roman General Curtis Interruptus. Hilarious. Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets $25 weekdays, $27 weekends. Group discounts available. Through Wednesday, March 19. Hasty Pudding Theater, 12 Holyoke St., (617) 495-5205. (TIH)

THE MENAECHMI OF PLAUTUS. Come one, come all, to this hilarious comedy of errors, otherwise known as the Harvard Classical Club’s production of Plautus’ ancient Roman comedy. A provocative medley of song and satire, this bawdy parade of stock characters and wild confrontations has charmed audiences for over 2000 years, providing the inspirational fodder behind Shakespeare’s A Comedy of Errors and Sondheim’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. See story on page B-6. Friday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, March 15, at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets on sale at the Harvard Box Office or by phone at (617) 496-2222. Agassiz Theatre. (JET)

SAKINA’S RESTAURANT. Aasif Mandvi’s Obie Award winning comedy comes off its long off-Broadway run with a fresh viewpoint. The Harvard South Asian Association presents “Sakina’s Restaurant,” a funny and heart-warming one-man show that centers around Azgi, an Indian emigrant who comes to New York to work in a restaurant and realize the “American dream.” Through the varied perspectives of Indian-born and second generation Indian-Americans, a series of vignettes strung together by clever and touching parables follow his impassioned and humorous attempts to make sense of America. Friday, March 14 at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 15 at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets $6 adults, $5 students, children, seniors, available at the Harvard Box Office or by phone at (617) 496-2222. Leverett House Old Library. (TIH)

HIGHWAY ULYSSES. This adaptation by American Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Robert Woodruff follows a modern-day Ulysses as he travels to retrieve his son, who is being held by state social services after the death of his mother, Ulysses’s ex-wife. The play takes a powerful and bleak journey through a mind tortured by a violent, war-filled past. Based on the prototypical road trip saga, the show is simultaneously the poignant memoir of an abused wife and mother and a commentary on the myths of war and heroism. Daily at 7:30 p.m. except Mondays (2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Sundays) through March 22. Tickets $34-$68, available at the ART Box Office or by phone 617-547-8300. American Repertory Theater, 64 Brattle St. (SHP)

improv

IDES(ISH) OF MARCH. Join the Immediate Gratification Players (otherwise known as the IGP) for yet another evening of improv. Who cares if the very next day will be the anniversary of the death of Julius Caesar? They sure don’t. Let’s laugh! Friday, March 14th at 8 p.m. Free. Adams House Lower Common Room. (TIH)

visuals

ON THE SURFACE. A solo exhibition of paintings and drawings by artist Sue Williams, who joins the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies as a visiting faculty member during Spring 2003. Through April 13. Hours are Mondays through Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., and Sundays noon to 11:30 p.m. Free admission. Call (617) 495-3251 for more information. Lobby, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St. (TIH)

STEVEN HOLL: LIGHT, MATERIAL AND DETAIL. The highly celebrated American architect enjoys a double exhibition across MIT’s campus. Works examined include the Helsinki Museum of Contemporary Art, Holl’s expansion to the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City and MIT’s very own Simmons Hall dormitory. Through April 16. Free. Hours: Mondays through Fridays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wolk Gallery, MIT School of Architecture and Planning. Mondays to Fridays 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m, Compton Gallery, MIT Museum. (RJK)

WEINBERG. The Adams Art Space features an exhibition of Matt Weinberg’s new work. Open viewing Friday, March 14. Includes a reception from 6-8 p.m., and also open to the public on Saturday, March 15 from 6-8 p.m. and Sunday, March 16 from 2-8 p.m. For more information, or for an appointment, contact weinberg@fas.harvard.edu.

THE COLOR YELLOW: BEAUFORD DELANEY. The exhibit, which is the first retrospective of an African-American artist at a Harvard University museum, is also Delaney’s first retrospective since he passed away in 1979. It features 26 highly textured, vibrant paintings by the underappreciated 20th-century African-American expatriate artist, most of which are dominated by warm, vivid shades of yellow See full story in the Feb. 28 Arts section. Through May 4. Hours: Mondays through Saturdays, 10 to 5 p.m.; Sundays 1 to 5 p.m. Free. Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., (617) 495-9400. (CWP)

IMAGE AND EMPIRE: PICTURING INDIA DURING THE COLONIAL ERA. The exhibit features about 50 different works of art that capture different views of colonial India. The paintings, decorative objects, figurines, photographs and sketches not only document the colonial era (17th-20th centuries) in India, but also demonstrate the cross-pollination between British and Indian artistic traditions. See full story in the Feb. 7 Arts section. Through May 25. Hours: Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. $6.50, $5 students/seniors, free for Harvard ID holders, Cambridge Public Library card holders and to people under 18. Group rates available. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, (617) 495-9400 (CWP)

BUDDHIST ART: THE LATER TRADITION. This comprehensive exhibit at the Sackler of Buddhist art from China, Korea, Japan, Tibet and India spans more than a thousand years. Surveying the transmission of Buddhism throughout East Asia from the 10th through the 18th centuries, the exhibit feature 72 pieces, including scroll paintings, Buddhist “sutras” or sacred texts, Chinese censers and Tibetan bell handles. See full story in the Feb. 14 Arts section. Through Sept. 7. Hours: Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. $6.50, $5 students/seniors, free for Harvard ID holders, Cambridge Public Library card holders and to people under 18. Group rates available. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, (617) 495-9400. (CWP)

film

ALIAS BETTY. This psychological thriller directed by Claude Miller follows Betty Fisher (Sandrine Kiberlain) as she deals with the loss of a son and the strange adventures that ensue from her unbalanced mother’s (Mathilde Seigner) attempt to replace him with a kidnapped boy. Critics —Freudian and otherwise—have hailed the film, and Miller, Kiberlaine and Seigner have all earned awards for their work. Alias Betty screens Friday, March 14 through Sunday, March 16 at 5:15, 7:30 and 9:45 at the Brattle Theater. (LAA)

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ABOUT SCHMIDT. About Schmidt, in a bizarrely somber, comedic fashion, is possibly the most depressing film of Jack Nicholson’s long career. His performance as a retired insurance executive is a deeply complex and hilariously tragic portrayal of the most banal aspects of one man’s post-mid-life crisis. Director Alexander Payne, famous for his digressions on suburban angst in films such as Election and Citizen Ruth, keeps the tone light and the characters archetypally and deliciously bizarre. About Schmidt screens at 12:15, 3:15, 7 and 10 p.m. (CJF)

ADAPTATION. At its core, Adaptation is an analysis of the intellectual diseases that plague every writer, from editorial pressure to sibling rivalry to unrequited love. But its narrative edges make it a unique experience. Nicolas Cage plays writer Charlie Kaufman (the real-life writer of the film), who becomes consumed by his assignment to adapt Susan Orlean’s meditative nonfiction novel The Orchid Thief and his own personal eccentricities. Like Kaufman and director Spike Jonze’s previous film Being John Malkovich, several plots overlap and intertwine with surprising at dramatic twists, creating a frustrating, complex film that is infinitely insightful and weirdly moving. Adaptation screens at 12:30, 3:30, 6:15 and 9:15 p.m. (CJF)

CHICAGO. The potential revival of the Hollywood musical is upon us with Chicago—for better or worse. Ignoring its politicized ramifications as a genre revival, Chicago on its own is a pretty wild ride, showcasing once and for all that the new school of glitzy film stars can sing better than Jennifer Lopez. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger, and especially John C. Reilly are surprisingly watchable in this furiously edited, expensive adaptation of the murderous Broadway classic. Chicago screens at 1, 4, 7:30 and 10:10 p.m. (CJF)

THE HOURS. This adaptation of Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer-winning novel is unapologetically Oscar bait, backed by a triumvirate of A-list actresses (Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore). Yet for a film of its ostensible weight, The Hours certainly takes easy shots at its lead trio—three colossally boring straw women who rediscover their lost vitality in drearily obvious ways as the picture progresses. Perhaps The Hours’ greatest value rests in its side-by-side comparison of Moore, the greatest actress of her generation, and Streep, the most acclaimed actress of hers; when judged head-to-head, Moore ends up easily topping Streep, if for no other reason than that Streep persists in being an actress onscreen while Moore is content to be a person. The Hours screens at 12:45, 3:45, 6:45 and 9:45 p.m. (BJS)

THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE. Kevin Spacey stars as Professor David Gale, an anti-death penalty crusader accused of murdering a fellow activist (Laura Linney) in this issue movie from Alan Parker (Angela’s Ashes). Once Gale reaches death row, he gives his side of the story to an ambitious reporter (Kate Winslet). The film’s trio of Oscar darlings and hot social topic should lend some class and relevance, respectively, to the reportedly twist-heavy story. The Life of David Gale screens at 12, 3, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. (BJS)

KENDALL SQUARE CINEMA

ONE KENDALL SQ., (617) 494-9800

BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE. Michael Moore’s quintessential documentary on red-neck Americana and its political basis has turned more heads in curiosity than a gun show in Harvard Square would. Criticized for its self-indulgence and questionable objectivity, Bowling for Columbine is nonetheless a dazzling example of the power of politically charged cinema. Probably the most talked-about film of the year, Bowling for Columbine effectively condenses nearly a decade of American history into a digestible, moving meditation on the sources of American gun violence. That’s no small feat. Bowling for Columbine screens at 4:30 and 9:50 p.m. (CJF)

CITY OF GOD. Brazilian Fernando Meirelles’ high-energy depiction of gang warfare in the titular Rio de Janeiro slum has been met with critical raves and comparisons to the mob pictures of Martin Scorsese. The protagonist, a young photographer named Rocket, succeeds in evading the gang lifestyle; his childhood friend fails to follow suit, instead succumbing to the temptations of crime and power. Dynamic, darkly funny and spitting electricity, City of God presents a strife-ridden world lurching towards destruction. City of God screens at 1, 3:50, 6:40 and 9:35 p.m. (BJS)

HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT. Audrey Tautou, whose titular role in Amelie spurred countless critics to rediscover the word “gamine,” turns her wide eyes and mischievous smile to service the Fatal Attraction scenario of this French thriller. The film begins from Tautou’s perspective, charting her imagined affair with a French cardiologist, before it replays the same events from the cardiologist’s more lucid viewpoint. What emerges from thismultiple-perspective tale is a study of romantic delusion that owes more to Rashomon than to the latest Sandra Bullock product. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not screens at 2:30, 4:50, 7:20 and 9:40 p.m. (BJS)

IRREVERSIBLE. See preview. Irreversible screens at 2:40, 5, 7:30 and 10 p.m.

LOST IN LA MANCHA. Visionary director Terry Gilliam’s ill-fated recent effort to make a Don Quixote movie is chronicled in this new documentary. After a difficult pre-production period, Gilliam’s film is slapped with a malicious case of Murphy’s Law once it begins shooting. Six days of location work, flash floods, screaming jets and an injured star force the production to shut down, leaving insurance agents to smooth over the chaos and Gilliam fans to ponder what might have been. Jeff Bridges, who starred in Gilliam’s The Fisher King, narrates. Lost in La Mancha screens at 2:20 and 7:40 p.m. (BJS)

THE PIANIST. Adrien Brody’s magnetic, largely silent performance in Roman Polanski’s Holocaust drama almost compensates for The Pianist’s inconsistent tone and distasteful political sensibilities. Brody’s Wladek Szpilman, who could hardly have picked a worse time and place to be Jewish, transforms from cocky concert pianist to starving phantom hunted by Nazis after escaping death in the bombed-out ghetto. The film soars briefly as it reflects on the redemptive power of music and the Szpilman’s commitment to survival; it stumbles badly in its misleading depiction of universally heroic Poles and in its sympathy for an officer of Hitler’s vicious army to the east. The Pianist screens at 2:50, 6 and 9:10 p.m. (NKB)

THE QUIET AMERICAN. Michael Caine is garnering some of the best reviews of his career for his role as a hardened journalist in this adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel. The film, set in 1950s Vietnam, pits Caine against Brendan Fraser’s undercover American spy as Fraser vies for the affections of Caine’s Vietnamese mistress (Do Thi Hai Yen). Fraser’s intervention in the romance is intended to parallel the film’s other plot—a commentary on the early American efforts to eradicate communism in Vietnam. Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons) and Robert Schenkkan adapt Greene’s book, while Phillip Noyce (Rabbit-Proof Fence) directs. The Quiet American screens at 2, 4:20, 6:55 and 9:15 p.m. (BJS)

RIVERS AND TIDES. A documentary about erosion may sound as appetizing as a plate piled high with General Wong’s Chicken, but filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer has apparently met the challenge and created an erosion movie worth seeing. Rivers and Tides tracks artist Andy Goldsworthy, a Scottish sculptor of what he dubs “earthworks,” organic creations positioned in a fashion and location that leaves them vulnerable to the elements. Works of stone, ice and wood are placed on land or in the sea in such a way that they are beaten into uselessness or oblivion. Sounds like an Ingmar Bergman PBS documentary. Rivers and Tides screens at 1:50, 4:10, 6:45 and 9 p.m. (BJS)

RUSSIAN ARK. The latest film from Russian director Alexander Sokurov uses 2,000 actors and thirty-five rooms of The Hermitage museum to bring 300 years of Russian history to life. Even more astonishingly, the film is presented in one single 95 minute, continuous, unedited, technologically and artistically miraculous SteadiCam shot. Critical awe—from Roger Ebert to the Village Voice (in which it appeared on five of six critics’ top-ten lists for 2002) —has followed wherever it goes. Russian Ark screens at 2:10, 4:40, 7:05 and 9:20 p.m. (LAA)

TALK TO HER. With Golden Globes and the Oscars just around the corner, the only recognition that Pedro Almodovar’s pretentious Talk to Her deserves is as the year’s most overrated film. Though beautifully shot and populated with a set of unusually complicated characters, Talk to Her shamelessly and outrageously asks its audience to sympathize with a rapist. The film manages, paradoxically, to be both sloppily edited and deadeningly self-conscious. As it progresses, the audience is slowly but surely ushered into a stupor very closely resembling that of the coma victim at the story’s inane center. Talk to Her screens at 1:10, 4, 7:10 and 9:55 p.m. (NKB)

—Happening was compiled by Tiffany I. Hsieh ’04, Ryan J. Kuo ’04, Benjamin J. Soskin ’04, Nathan K. Burstein ’04, Clint J. Froehlich ’05, Ashley Aull ’06, Christopher W. Platts ’06, Samuel H. Perwin ’04, Ben B. Chung ’06, Julia E. Twarog ’05 and Thomas J. Clarke ’04.

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