Getting Ahead of Ourselves: April 17-23

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TUESDAY, APRIL 17

Ian McEwan Lecture

John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Alex Ross ’90 talk

Trinity Church, Boston, 6 p.m.

The New Yorker music critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist will speak on sacred music of the 20th century.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18

David Liebman master class

Music Building, room 9, 4 p.m.

World Book Night

Harvard Book Store, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, APRIL 19

“Sleep Dealer” screening and lecture

Harvard Film Archive, 2 p.m.

Director Alex Rivera will present his globalization-themed sci-fi film “Sleep Dealer” followed by lecture entitled “Engineering the Border, Imagining America.”

Patrick Corbin master class

Harvard Dance Center, 5 p.m.

Fourth Annual Playwrights’ Festival *

Farkas Hall, 6 p.m.

“Pizza Ex Machina: A Slice of Destiny” *

Agassiz Theatre, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20

David Michalek conversation

Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, 3 p.m.

Michalek created a multi-screen video installation, “Slow Dancing,” which will hang in front Widener Library from April 20-29. Michalek will discuss his work with Dance Director Jill Johnson in a conversation hosted by University President Drew G. Faust and moderated by Visual and Environmental Studies professor Giuliana Bruno.

Década de oro (Presencia Latina)

Lowell Lecture Hall, 7 p.m.

Concert by Bach Society Orchestra

John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 8 p.m

“Hart Crane” *

Loeb Mainstage, 8 p.m.

“Mass in A-flat,” Schubert (Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus)

Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m.

Reconfigured (Harvard-Radcliffe Modern Dance Company) *

Harvard Dance Center, 8 p.m.

“The Wizard of Oz” *

Cabot House Junior Common Room, 8 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 21

Concert by Kuumba Singers

Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m.

Eleganza 2012

Lavietes Basketball Pavilion, 7:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, APRIL 22

The Animated Films of William Kentridge

Harvard Film Archive, 5 p.m.

MONDAY, APRIL 23

Q&A with William Kentridge

Emerson Hall, room 105, 7:30 p.m.

* repeated event