Arts on Campus

Superstitions

At Tryptich Gallery

Under Memorial Church

Through November

Now in its third season, this undergraduate arts gallery, housed underneath Memorial Church in Harvard Yard, features the art of superstition this month as a tribute to both Friday the 13th and Halloween. Presenting photography, painting, music and written texts, the Triptych show also features a videotaped interview of people explaining why they believe in superstition. A provocative look at the bizarre, the show runs through the end of the month.

70th Dartmouth Concert

At Sanders Theater

Tonight at 8 p.m.

A 70-year tradition, the annual Dartmouth concert hits the stage at Sanders Theater this weekend in honor of the Head of the Charles and the Dartmouth Game. The concert will feature selections by the Wind Ensemble, the Jazz Band with guest Brad Terry and fight songs from the Marching Band, including songs by Duke Ellington, Leonard Bernstein and Leroy Anderson. Admission to this event is $6 and $4 for students at the door.

On Thin Ice

At Dunster Dining Hall

Tonight at 10, tomorrow at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Harvard's oldest improvisational group returns to the Dunster Dining Hall this weekend for three shows of stand-up comedy, improvisation games and audience participation.

Festival of Animation

At the Somerville Theater

Tonight, tomorrow and Sunday at 7, 9:30 p.m.

The bi-annual Festival of Animation returns to the Cambridge area at the Somerville Theater this weekend for a two-week run. To be featured at this sampling extravaganza of animated subjects will be the Canadian award-winning The Crow and the Canary, 25 Ways to Quit Smoking, Bill Plympton's look at how to shed the deadly habit, and award winning graphicist John Lasseter's computer-generated Knick Knack. The Festival of Animation is known internationally as one of the best showcases for the most recent creations in animation. This year's show also highlights The Hill Farm, which took the Grand Prize at the Annecy France Film Festival and which displays a realistic look at British country life.

Capturing an Image: Collecting 150

Years of Photography

At the Fogg Museum

Through December 17

This exhibit, sponsored jointly by the Harvard University Art Museums and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, celebrates the 150th year of the dagguerotype. The MFA is presenting works from the 1930s and 1940s, and the Fogg exhibit presents those photographs from 1940 to the present. Photographers on view at the Fogg through Christmas vacation include Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Duane Michals, Aaron Siskind Weegee and Minor White.