The Weekly What Calendar Listings: May 4-May 10
Thursday
Robert Silverman plays sob jazz piano at 8 p.m., Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St., $2 donation
David Moss--uses 100 instruments in a 90 minute act. 1 p.m., Suffolk Univ. on the Temple Walk
Elvis Costello with Mink de ville and Nick Lowe--Orpheum at 7:30
Jim Kweskin plus Papa John Kolstad--Passim's (492-7679)
Gold & Columbus East--Springfield Saloon (661-7700)
Molly Malone--Back Hoom at the Idler (354-9489)
Why Are Japan and the Soviet Union Such Distant Neighbors? Factors Underlying the "Northern Territories" Problem--Hiroshi Kimura from George Washington University, Seminar room 3, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge St. at 2 p.m.
Reflections on Women Today--Nora Ephron, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Yard at 4 p.m.
Position and Role of the Federal Government: Carter Plan--Timothy Whalen, acting district director for the Immigration and Naturalization Service at 8:15 p.m.
A Response to the Carter Plan--Jose Medina, former director of the Centro de Immigration at Georgetown Law School, at 9 p.m.
Boston University opera workshop--opera scenes selected from Bartered Bride, Hansel und Gretel, Hin und Zurueck, and others. At 855 Comm. Ave., Boston at 8 p.m.
Shiela Waxman plays piano works of Chopin, Bach and Schubert at Adams House LCR at 8 p.m.
Jospuin des Pres Orgy--on WHRB, 95.3 FM from 7 p.m. to 12 midnight. Call 495-4818 for details.
James Johnson Chorale performs at Busch-Reisinger Museum at noon. Call 495-2317 for details.
Dumbwaiter--Explosives B Cabaret at 11
Good Evening and Cox and Box--Winthrop JCR at 8
Figaro--Loeb Mainstage at 8
Schubert's Last Serenade--Charles Playhouse at 8:10
Memorial Hall Dance--'50s, '60s, '70s and Disco music, 9 p.m. $2.00, college id required
UFW Benefit Dinner--Cinco de Mayo Festival, Gutman Library Conference Room, 6:30 p.m.
Friday
Andy Pratt--Robin Lane, benefit for Boston Clamshell, 8 p.m., Arlington st. Church, 355 Boylston St. $4.00
Jim Kweskin plus Papa John Kilstad--Passim's
Tasty Licks--Springfield Saloon
Molly Malone--ldler
Health Care in China: A Brief Biased View--Dr. H. Richard Nesson, associate professor of Medicine, main amphitheater, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital at 12:20 p.m.
Measurement of Forces Between and Within Lipd Membranes--Dr. V. Adrian Parsegian, NIH, Science Center A at 2 p.m.
A Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility--Gary Becker, Univ. of Chicago, Harvard 104 at 4 p.m.
Mouse Teratocarconoma and Mouse Embryo: Cell Surface and Development--Francois Jacob of the Institut Pasteur in Paris, Science Center B at 4:30 p.m.
Law School Forum: Bowie Kuhn--commissioner of baseball, Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall at 8 p.m.
Patricia Tao performs piano pieces by Chopin, Schubert, Bach and Beethoven at Adams House LCR at 8:30 p.m.
Dvorak Chamber Music Orgy--WHRB plays recordings from its collection on 95.3 FM from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Quadrivium Spring Concert--Marleen Montgomery directs at First Church in Cmabridge, 11 Garden St., at 8:15 p.m. Tickets $1.50. Call 876-5829 for info.
Ruth Meyers plays works for harp in Marshall Room, BU School for Arts, 855 Comm. Ave. at 6 p.m. Call 353-3345
Boston University Opera Workshop--see Thursday listing
Marlboro Chamber Music--Brahms and Schubert at the Longy School of Music at 8:30 p.m. Call 353-3355
Dumbwaiter--11
Good Evening and Cox & Box--8 and 11
Figaro--8
Schubert--8:10
Riches--Lowell JCR at 11
Dudley House Grand Ball--Lehman Hall, 8 p.m., $3.00
Boston Museum of Science Giant Garage Sale--Museum of Science Garage, 10-4
Saturday
Duke Ellington Music Festival--U Mass's Alumni Stadium, Featuring: Duke Ellington orchestra, Patti Labelle, McCoy Tyner, others. $7. Gates open 10 a.m.
Renaissance, with Al Demiola--Music Hall at 8 p.m. $6.50-$7.50
Journey/Ronny Montrose--Orpheum at 8 p.m. $6.50-$7.50
An Evening of Irish Folk Music with Joe and Antoinette McKenna--First Congregational Church, 11 Garden St., 8 p.m. Call 352-6595
Jim Kweskin plus Papa John Kolstad--Passim's
Tasty Licks--Springfield Saloon
Surprise Guests--Back Room at the ldler
WHRB Live Folk Orgy--Sever Quad, 12-8
Chris Goertzen and Joe Stein, Folk Guitarists--Kirkland JCR, 8:30 p.m.
Outdoor Concert of Steel Band Music by The Boston Silver Stars--Radcliffe Quad, 12:30 p.m.
Jim Kweskin plus Papa John Kolstad--Passim's
Surprise Guests--ldler
District Redlining--Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wisc.), Piper Auditorium in Gund Hall at 4 p.m.
Cinco de Mayo Chicano Celebration: Latino Health Conference--Countway Library, HMS, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Bach Society Orchestra--Kodaly, Vivaldi and Mozart performed at Sanders Theatre at 8:30 p.m. Tickets available at door or Holyoke Ticket Office.
Final Sherry Concert of the Year--Twentieth Century Music for Flute, Cello and Piano played by Mather Music Society in Mather Dining Room at 4:15 p.m.
French Music of the Renaissance--Boston Camerata performs Dufay, Josquin, Lassus and others at Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Ave., Boston, at 8:30. Tickets $3.50. Call 241-8734 for details.
Good Evening and Cox & Box--8 and 11
Figaro--8
Schubert--7:30
Riches--8 and 11
Boston Museum of Science Giant Garage Sale--10-4
A presentation of works by contemporary poets--Phillips Brooks House, 7 p.m.
Sunday
Trombone Madness--Emmanuel Church at 6 p.m., $2
A Trombone Explosion--Berkleo performance Center at 8:15, concludes Boston Sackbut Week
Winthrop Chamber Players perform works of Copland, Stravinsky and Poulenc. At Tonkens Memorial Room, Winthrop House, at 4 p.m.
Open reading of 1812 Overture--At Lowell House courtyard. Rehearsal 1:30, performance 3 p.m.
Concerto Concert--Works of Bach, Grieg and Wagner at Currier House Fishbowl at 8:30 p.m. $1 admission
Harpsichord Recital--Music of Frescobaldi Haydn and J.S. Bach. At Old Cambridge Baptist Church, 1151 Mass. Ave. at 3 p.m.
Lydia Artymiw, pianist, plays Beethoven, Schumann, Ravel and Rachmaninoff. At Cabot Hall, South House at 8:30 p.m.
Gabriel Chodos performs piano works by Mozart, Schubert and Chopin at Jordan Hall, Boston, at 8 p.m. Call 262-1120
French Music of the Renaissance--at Sanders Theatre. See Saturday listing.
Schubert--3 and 5
Riches--8
Poetry Reading--Clayton Eshelmon, Science Center A. 7:30 p.m.
Monday
A Congressional Perspective on Arms Control--Sen. John C. Culver '54 (D-Iowa), seminar room 1, Center for International Affairs, 6 Divinity Ave. at 4 p.m.
Cambridge Forum: Nuclear Arms Control--Jack Ruina, professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT, and Kosta Tsipis, senior researcher at MIT's Center for International Studies, MIT Chapel at 4 p.m.
U.S. Postal Service Plans for Electronic Message Services [EMS]--John J. Wise, assistant Postmaster General, and Edward E. Horgan, executive assistant to the Postmaster General, Aiken 241 at 4 p.m.
An Evening of Chamber Music--Members of Music 180 play at Sanders Theater at 8:30 p.m.
Piano works performed by Holly Iwatake at BU Concert Hall, 855 Comm. Ave., Boston, at 2 p.m. Call 353-3345
Annease Arrington performs at the keyboard at BU Concert Hall, 855 Comm. Ave., Boston at 8 p.m.
Piano recital--Judith Walter plays at Marshall Room, BU Concert Hall, 855 Comm. Ave., Boston at 8 p.m.
Tuesday
Women's Rights: Litigation as a Strategy--Carol Greenwald, Radcliffe Institute research associate Agassiz colloquium room at 3:30 p.m.
On Being an Israeli Author--Amosoz, Israeli novelist and political figure, Emerson 105 at 4 p.m.
Peggy Charren--director of Action for Children's Television, Gutman Library fourth floor lounge at 7:30 p.m.
Voice recital--Isabel Shattuck sings at BU Concert Hall, 855 Comm. Ave., Boston, at 6 p.m.
Martin Anderson plays the viola in a recital at Jacob Sleeper Hall, BU School for the Arts, 855 Comm. Ave., Boston, at 8 p.m.
Pablo Casals Orgy--Recordings of works by Bach, Brahms, Schubert and other. On WHRB 95.3 FM from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Daniel Silverman performs works for trombone at BU Concert Hall, 855 Comm. Ave., Boston, at 8 p.m.
Soprano Rita Monahan and pianist Joe Stukas perform Brahms, Puccini and Duranti at Adams House LCR at 8 p.m.
Wednesday
Occupational Segregation by Sex--Andrea Beller, Radcliffe Institute research associate, Agassiz colloquium room at 3:30 p.m.
Bombs at Bay, or the Dog that has not Barked so Far: Reflections on the Avoidance of Nuclear War Since 1945--McGeorge Bundy, president of the Ford Foundation and former dean of the Faculty, auditorium of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, 2 Divinity Ave. at 4 p.m.
Cambridge Forum: Failure and Success: The Chinese Revolution--John K. Fairbank, Higginson Professor of History Emeritus, 3 Church St. at 8 p.m.
Adult Development, education and the mentoring Relationship--Daniel Levinson of Yale, Longfellow 100 at 8 p.m.
Chamber works by Mozart and Reger at Holmes Living Room, North House, at 9 p.m.
Claudia Kiel gives a piano recital at BU Concert Hall, 855 Comm. Ave., Boston, at 6 p.m.
Handel Orgy--Israel in Egypt and other works on WHRB 95.3 FM from 12 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Henry Santos plays piano pieces in Marshall Room, BU School for the Arts, at 6 p.m.
Veronica Jochum plays "Moonlight" Sonata and other works at Jordan Hall, Boston at 8 p.m. Call 262-1120 for details
Schubert--8:10