At Harvard Daily Entertainment & Events

Art Exhibits

Fogg Art Museum. "American Painting at Mid-Century: Highlights from a Private Collection" considers tht vital moment in the history of avant-garde painting in New York by artists such as Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning, Cy Twombly, Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein and Barnett Newman. Through Nov. 14.

Peabody Museum. "Encounters with the Americas," exploring features of unique civilizations that developed before 1492. Ongoing.

Sackler Museum. "From India's Hills and Plains: Rajput Paintings from the Punjab and Rajasthan," features lively vignettes of Hindu gods and goddesses and deptictions of courtly activities vividly painted in brilliant pallettes. Through Oct. 31.

Concert

Chamber Music in the Houghton Library. The Jefferson Players will present a Monticello program, including song and music song and music by Handel, Haydn, Corelli and Maria Cosway. Houghton Library, 8 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 495-2449. $8 for students; $25 for series subscriptions for students.

Films

Harvard Film Archive. "Basic Training" at 7 p.m. "Blade Runner" at 10 p.m. $5 for students. Carpenter Center.

Talk

Recent Developments in Vietnamese Law. A brown-bag lunch with Nguyen Ngoc Bich '73, lawyer, Saigon, Vietnam. Pound Hall, 419, 12:30 p.m. Talk begins at 1 p.m.

Theatre

The Late Great Ladies of Blues and Jazz. With Sandra Reaves and the All Star Jazz Band. A musical tribute to Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Ethel Waters, Mahalia Jackson, Ma Rainey and Dinah Washington. Loeb Drama Center, 8 p.m. Call 547-8300 for more information.

The Heidi Chronicles. By Wendy Wasserstein. Directed by Carolyn Rendell. Produced by Monica Salamon and Lori Smith. Leverett Old Library, 8 p.m. $4 for students; $3 for Leverett residents.

Voices. By Susan Griffin. Directed by Jeanne Smoot. Produced by Roger Wong. Loeb Ex., 7:30 p.m. Free. 8 October Friday

Art Exhibit

Israeli and Palestinian Artists. The exhibition, showing throughout October, will open at 6:30 p.m. at the Dudley House Common Room. Refreshemnts. Call 496-4006 for more information.

Concert

Harvard University Art Museums Fall Concerts. Pianist Noel Lee performs works of Copland, Carter, Cage and Lee, in connection with the exhibition Mark Rothko's Harvard Murals. Fogg ART Museum, 8 p.m.

Films

Harvard Film Archive. "Lyrical Nitrate/Bruce Conner Films" at 7 p.m. "Lyrical Nitrate" is a tribute to early cinema, constructed from color tinted and toned nitrate films found deteriorating in the attic of an Amsterdam theatre. "Garden of Scorpions" at 9 p.m. "Garden of Scorpions" is the story of a soldier, who, through love, becomes a capitalist tool. $5 for students. Carpenter Center.

Talk

Elections in Post-Communist States: Latvia and Poland. A brown-bag lunch with Rita Peters, University of Massachusetts, Boston, and Sarah Terry, Tufts University and Executive Committee, RRC. Coolidge 4, noon.

Theatre

The Late Great Ladies of Blues and Jazz. With Sandra Reaves and the All Star Jazz Band.2 Loeb Drama Center, 8 p.m. Call 547-8300 for more information.

The Heidi Chronicles.See Thursday Listing. Leverett Old Library, 7:30 and 10 p.m. $4 for students; $3 for Leverett residents.

Voices. See Thursday Listing. Loeb Ex., 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Free. 9 October Saturday

Films

Harvard Film Archive. "Garden of Scorpions" at 2, 5 and 9 p.m. "Lyrical Nitrate/Bruce Conner Films" at 7 p.m. $5 for students. Carpenter Center.

Theatre

The Late Great Ladies of Blues and Jazz. With Sandra Reaves and the All Star Jazz Band. Loeb Drama Center, 8 p.m. Call 547-8300 for more information.

The Heidi Chronicles. See Thursday Listing. Leverett Old Library, 8 p.m. $4 for students; $3 for Leverett residents.

Voices. See Thursday Listing. Loeb Ex., 7:30 p.m. Free. 10 October Sunday

Concert

Mystical Arts of Tibet. Playing 10-foot long dunchen trumpets, as well as drums, bells, cymbals and gyaling horns, Fifteen Minutes recommends

Heidi Chronicles

Ivy League baby boomer Heidi Holland looks back on the 60s, 70s, and 80s and contemplates life, love, sex, work, friends, and lemon souffle. ten Tibetian Buddhist monks from DrepungLoseling Monastery, present an evening of sacredmusic and dance for world peace and healing.Sanders Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $18. Call 496-2222 fortickets and information.

Films

Harvard Film Archive. "Garden ofScorpions" at 2, 5 and 9 p.m. "LyricalNitrate/Bruce Conner Films" at 7 p.m. $5 forstudents. Carpenter Center.

Theatre

The Heidi Chronicles. See ThursdayListing. Leverett Old Library, 2 and 8 p.m. $4 forstudents; $3 for Leverett residents.11 October Monday

Films

Harvard Film Archive. "La Bete Humaine"at 5:30 p.m. "Triumph of the Will" at 7:30 p.m."In Memoriam: Paul Sharits" at 9:30 p.m. $5 forstudents. Carpenter Center.12 October Tuesday

Films

Harvard Film Archive. "Triumph of theWill" at 5:30 p.m. "La Marseillaise" at 7:45 p.m.$5 for students. Carpenter Center.

Talk

Rude Republic: Politics and Fiction in theAge of Political Enthusiasm. Stuart Blumin,professor of American history, Cornell University.Sever 202, 4:15 p.m.

Eve, Susanna and Judith: Pleasure, Power andRepresentation. With Margaret Miles, BusseyProfessor of Historical Theology at HarvardDivinity School. Sackler Museum, 6 p.m. Call495-4544 for more information.13 October Wednesday

Films

Harvard Film Archive. "The Overcoat" at5:30 p.m. "The Passion of Joan of Arc" at 7:30p.m