LISTINGS

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1997

HEALTH

AIDS Awareness Week planning meeting

4 - 5 p.m. Join students and staff in artistic projects in recognition of Harvard AIDS Awareness Week, which begins Dec. 1 with World AIDS Day. Dudley House Private Dining Room

LECTURE

"nterAmerican Human Rights"

4 p.m. The Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor Lecture by Visiting Professor Cecilia Medina, an expert in the field. Center for Latin American Studies, 61 Kirkland St.

Humanities in Higher Education

7 p.m. A panel discussion with Harper's editor Lewis Lapham, Mark Edmundson and John Silber. Free. Call 373-5800 for more info. Old South Meeting House, Downtown Crossing, Boston

LITERARY

Marilou Awiakta

4 p.m. Awiakta, a poet, essayist and storyteller from Memphis, Tenn., weaves Cherokee ways, Appalachian heritage and strong feminism. Free. Lesley College, 29 Everett St.

Caledonia Kearns - "Cabbage and Bones"

6 p.m. Caledonia Kearns, editor of "Cabbage and Bones," will host a reading with contributors to this anthology of literature by Irish-American women. Cambridge Public Library

Author Andrea Cleghorn

6 p.m. Cleghorn, author of "Rosie's Place: Offering Women Shelter and Hope," will discuss her new book. Free and open to the public. Boston Public Library, Copley Sq., Boston

MISCELLANEOUS

Harvard-Radcliffe Mock Trial Team Exhibition

7 p.m. Murder in the first! Come watch the undergraduate Mock Trial Team argue the case of State v. Darnell in its first-ever Harvard exhibition. Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall, Harvard Law School

MUSIC

Rooster

9 p.m. Free admission. Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton St., Boston

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Center for Astrophysics Observatory Night Programs

8 p.m. The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics will sponsor a free program on astronomy, featuring a nontechnical lecture, a short film and telescopic observing. Phillips Auditorium for CfA, 60 Garden Street.

Human Cloning: Beneficial Advance or Bioethical Quandary?

8:30 p.m. What are some of the social implications of future human cloning? Explore the numerous and far-reaching implications with bioethicist Ruth Macklin, M.D., and John Robertson, J.D. Memorial Hall 303

THEATER & DANCE

"Red Roses and Petrol"

8 p.m. Joseph O'Connor's first play explores the emotional landscape of an Irish family trying to come to terms with itself. Tickets $16, students $13. Call 497-5134 for info. Boston Ctr. for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., Boston

"Sight Unseen"

7:30 p.m. Donald Margulies' Obie-Award winning comedy/drama about a Jewish artist in a mid-career tailspin. Free. Loeb Experimental Theater

Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale"

8 p.m. Directed by Steve McConnell. Admission $10, students $7. Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., Boston

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1997

FILM

An Evening With Mira Nair

7 p.m. Filmmaker Mira Nair presents two of her films, "India Cabaret" from 1986 and "So Far From India," from 1983. Harvard Film Archive

"Mississippi Masala"

9 p.m. This lively, serious comedy examines the cultural collision between a family of Indian exiles thrown out of Idi Amin's Uganda and the black community of Green Wood, Miss., where the exiles have settled. Harvard Film Archive

LITERARY

Reading by Yve-Alain Bois

3 p.m. Prof. Bois reads from a new book, Formless: A User's Guide. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass Ave.

MUSIC

Harvard/Yale Kuumba Concert

6 p.m. Come see the Kuumba singers of Harvard-Radcliffe sing powerful gospel and contemporary Christian music in the uplifting, African-American tradition. Yale University Campus

Rachel's

7 and 10 p.m. Chamber music composed and performed by indie-rockers may seem like an oxymoron, but this group of excellent musicians pull it off with flair. Tickets $12. Brattle Theatre

Fromm Foundation Visiting Professor Concert

8 p.m. Featuring works by Andrew Imbrie. Free and open to the public. Paine Hall

RELIGIOUS

Islam Awareness Week Dinner

6:30 p.m. A catered dinner followed by a lecture entitled, "Jihad in America?" Tickets are $5 in advance, $6 at the door. Sponsored by the Harvard Islamic Society as part of Islam Awareness Week (November 17-21). Harkness North Dining Hall, Harvard Law School.

THEATER & DANCE

"Red Roses and Petrol"

8 p.m. See Thursday's description.

"Sight Unseen"

7:30 p.m. See Thursday's description.

The Bacchae - American Repertory Theatre

8 p.m. American Repertory Theatre presents the classic Greek drama. Loeb Mainstage in repertory November 21 - January 15. Student rush tickets $12.

Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street

Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale"

8 p.m. See Thursday's description.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1997

FILM

"Flamenco"

1, 5:15 and 9:30 p.m. This absolutely gorgeous 1996 film captures the diverse art of flamenco, a fiery, intensive Spanish dance. More than 300 singers, dancers and guitarists perform. Brattle Theatre

"Contempt"

3 p.m. See Thursday's description.

"Shall We Dance?"

3 and 7:15 p.m. A revealing and affectionate 1997 Japanese portrait of a society where work severely circumscribes life. Brattle Theatre

"A Couch in New York"

7 p.m. This high-style screwball comedy is the latest surprise from Chantal Akerman, one of Europe's leading film experimentalists, with William Hurt and Juliette Binoche. Harvard Film Archive

"The Eighties"

9 p.m. Depicts director Chantal Akerman leading a cast of 64 in a projected big-budget musical, from auditions to script readings to recording sessions. Harvard Film Archive

MUSIC

World Music Workshops

11 a.m. Bulgarian Women's Choir and the Throat Singers of Tuva. $20, $15. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center

Bulgarian Women's Choir with the Throat Singers of Tuva

3 and 8 p.m. The stunning and mystical throat singing of central Asia's Huun Huur Tu meets the world-famous voices of the Bulgarian Women's Choir. Tickets $22, $27. Tickets at Sanders Box Office. Sanders Theatre

THEATER & DANCE

"Red Roses and Petrol"

8 p.m. See Thursday's description.

Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale"

2 and 8 p.m. See Thursday's description.

The Bacchae - American Repertory Theatre

8 p.m. See Friday's description.

"Moving Target"

8 p.m. Boston-area singer and actress Celia Slattery extends her hilarious one-woman show about the experiences of a young woman finding herself during America's Age of Aquarius. Call 862-0189. Little Flags Theatre, 550 Mass Ave.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1997

FILM

"His Girl Friday"

1 p.m. A 1940 Howard Hawks film of brilliant speed and over-lapping dialogue. Harvard Film Archive

"The Mortal Storm"

1:15, 5:15 and 9:15 p.m. A 1940 love story that takes place in Germany during World War II--powerful and extremely anti-Nazi, and led Hitler to ban all MGM films from Germany. Brattle Theatre

"The Shop Around the Corner"

3:15 and 7:15 p.m. Two clerks in a modest Budapest store detest each other at work, yet carry on a passionate love affair through the mail. Brattle Theatre

"Je Tu Il Elle"

7 p.m. Chantal Akerman's first feature introduces the themes of the tyranny of the everyday and the process of sexual intimacy. Harvard Film Archive

"A Couch in New York"

9 p.m. See Saturday's description.

MUSIC

Organ recital

3 p.m. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the church's organ with a recital by Daniel Forger '99. Free. North-Prospect Church, 1803 Mass Ave., Porter Sq.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

WISHR Focus Group - Dr. Maya Carison

7 p.m. Dr. Maya Carison, Professor of Population and International Health, Psychiatry, and Neurobiology at Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, will speak on "Behavioral and neuroendocrinological consequences of social deprivation in Romanian orphans." Loker Room 30

THEATER & DANCE

"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"

2 and 7 p.m. See Thursday's description.

The Bacchae - American Repertory Theatre

2 and 7 p.m. Friday's description.

Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale"

2 p.m. See Thursday's description.