Art on Campus

Harvard Din and Tonics

In Concert with the Yale New Blue

Tomorrow, Sanders Theater

Tickets, $5.$6(students); $6,$7(general)

Harvard's all-male a cappella singing group, the Din and Tonics, hits the stage at Sanders Theater. The Dins will present several new arrangements, including "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" and "Walking My Baby Back Home," along with favorites like "Honeysuckle Rose" and "You Can Call Me Al." The Dins will be joined tomorrow night by Yale's oldest all-female a cappella group, the New Blue, in what promises to be an evening of humorous skits, good music and audience participation.

Cultural Rhythms

Sunday, 2:00-7:00 p.m.

Sanders Theater and Memorial Hall

Tickets, $4 (students); $5 (general)

The Harvard Foundation sponsors the fourth annual Cultural Rhythms festival in celebration of ethnic diversity this Sunday in Sanders Theater. The performance should include dance and music from as many as 16 different campus groups, including the African Students Society, the Armenian Club, Expressions Dance and the Scottish Highland Dance and Step Society. Olypmic gold medalist Florence Joyner Griffith is the guest master of ceremonies for the three-hour performance Sunday afternoon. Following the performance is a dinner, featuring foods from cultures around the world.

Harvard-Radcliffe Ensemble

Tonight at 8:00 p.m.

Paine Hall

Free Admission

Tonight the Harvard-Radcliffe Ensemble presents its third of four yearly performances, this time showcasing the works of Kirchner, Debussy and Beethoven. The Ensemble is a 17-member chamber music group. Tonight's performance will highlight Kirchner's Piano Trio, Debussy's Cello Sonata and Beethoven's "Ghost" Piano Trio.

Revolutionary Acts--Ronnie Gilbert/Tom Paxton

Tonight at 8:00 p.m.

Sanders Theater

Tickets, $12.50, $14.50, $16.50

Tonight Ronnie Gilbert and Tom Paxton take the stage at Sanders Theater with a folk music extravaganza. Gilbert, formerly with the Weavers, is known for her strong contralto voice and has been performing since the 1940s. Paxton is the author of "Rambling Boy" and "The Last Thing on My Mind," and is known for his satire and sentimental wit. Tonight, the two combine their talents in what should be an outstanding first-time-together performance.

Seventeenth Century Prints and Drawings: Pietro Testa in Context

Through March 19

Pietro Testa (1612-1650): Prints and Drawings

Through March 12

Fogg Art Museum/Sackler Art Museum

The Fogg and Sackler Museums have combined efforts to produce the first retrospective exhibition of the Italian artist Pietro Testa's works in the United States. Testa was one of the leading printmakers and draftsmen of the 17th century.

The exhibit at the Sackler shows Testa's progress as an artist, while the Fogg Museum's program focuses on general Italian etchings and prints from the period.

Christopher Hogwood

Learning From Performers Series

Today at 2:00

Music Building, Room 2

This afternoon renowned British conductor, Christopher Hogwood, will lead an informal colloquium for undergraduate and graduate students in the Music Building. Hogwood is one of the founders of the Academy of Ancient Music and has made several harpsichord recordings. Currently he works with the Handel and Haydn Society, but in the past, Hogwood has recorded with such American groups as the Chicago Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. His seminar, which is sponsored by the Office for the Arts and the Music Department, will focus on the problems and joys inherent in conducting classical symphonies.

Mastergate

Directed by Larry Gilbert

At the American Repertory Theater

Ongoing, Tonight and Tomorrow Night

Tickets, $14-$28

The ART's production of Mastergate, directed by Larry Gilbert, continues this weekend, with one performance tonight and two on Saturday. Gilbert's play is based on the 1987 Iran-Contra scandal and presents a humorous/satirical view of the government's handling of the situation and the press' coverage of it. Throughout the Mastergate hearings, politicians confuse cliches and information. National figures like President Bush and Oliver North are loosely disguised as bumbling characters in the play. And throughout the performance, a TV crew stands to the side of the stage and resents a running commentary on the action, which critics are applauding.