This Week at Harvard

Exhibitions

Busch-Reisinger Museum. Through April 24. "Danish Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr." Features works by several masters of Danish art.

Fogg Art Museum. Ongoing. "Decorative Arts Gallery." 17th and 18th-century British and American silver, furniture and porcelain. Some of the rare treasures are the "President's Chair" and the "Great Salt."

Through July 17. "What, If Anything, Is an Object?" A host of seemingly disparate pieces that together explore the work that objects, including art objects, actually do.

Through Dec. "Shades of Significance: Tonal Values in Abstract Art: From its origins in Cubism, through its dominance of the post-war American art scene, to its current coexistence with other approaches to imagemaking.

Ongoing. "The Maurice Wertheim Collection. "Wertheim, Harvard College class of 1906, assembled one of the most remarkable private collections of the late 19th-and early 20th-century European art in the U.S., and bequeathed it to the Fogg in 1950.

March 19 through June 12. "Power, Pleasure, Pain: Contemporary Women Artists and the Female Body." Representations of the female body appear throughout the history of Western art. Since antiquity, male artist have appropriated the female body as the locus of formal, erotic or symbolic meaning.

Museum of Comparative Zoology, Agassiz Museum. Through April. "Everybody Likes Trilobites." Some 300 trilobites--prehistoric anthropods, sea-dwelling creatures distantly related to insects--from the collection of Thomas Johnson, remarkable for their exquisite condition and international range.

Pusey Library. Through June. "Fifty Years at Harvard: The Theodore Roosevelt Collection, 1943-1993." History, contents and uses of the collection.

Sackler Museum. Through July. "Impressions of Mesopotamia: Seals from the Ancient Near East." Featuring 24 seals and charting their stylistic and functional development over 3,000 years of history.

Through July 3. "Pattern and Purpose: Decorative Arts of Islam." This exhibit presents a selection of the ceramics, metalwork, textiles, and other decorative media that have been created to beautify life in the Muslim world.

Through Aug. 21. "East Asia in the Nineteenth Century." Drawn from the permanent collection, this exhibition features Chinese, Korean, and Japanese art from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Semitic Museum. "Capturing the Holy Land: M.J. Diness and the Beginnings of Photography in Jerusalem." A selection of rare prints of Jerusalem and other sites in the Holy Land, made from the original glass plate negatives of 1854-60.

Theatre

A Forum Affair. Through March 22. The Hasty Pudding's 146th production. Set in the decadence of Ancient Rome and the passion-drenched sands of Egypt, the show features love, death and lust for power as the throne of the Roman Emperor, Pompey Circumstance, hangs in the balance. Hasty Pudding Theatre, 8 p.m. $20, $28. Tickets are available at the Hasty Pudding box office at 495-5205.

A Touch of the Poet. By Eugene O'Neill. Directed by Joe Dowling. Set in Boston during the last century, the play follows the career of a blustering Irish innkeeper forced to face the effect of his life illusions on his beloved family. American Repertory Theatre, 8 p.m. $18 - $42. Call 547-8300 for tickets and more information.

Lysistrata. By Aristophanes. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 280 The Fenway, Boston, 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. $5 for students. Tickets are available at the door or in advance by calling 278-5129.

The Improbable Players. A Theater troupe consisting of people in recovery from substance abuse, will perform several skits focusing on the issues surrounding alcohol and other drugs. Discussion follows. Emerson 105, 8 p.m.

Hell on a Platter. By Margaret Roberts. The story of Linda Patterson's dinner party, and elegant affair exploded by lunatic caterers, eccentric guests and an unexpected arrival. This wacky romantic comedy is peppered with a fabulous assortment of unique characters, making it a hilarious rendition of every hostess' nightmare. Loeb Experimental Theatre, 7:30. Free.

The Odd Couple. By Neil Simon. A few years ago, Neil Simon rewrote his hit comedy "The Odd Couple" for women. This is it. At least as funny as the original, it's about what happens when a neurotic, nearly separated woman with extremely anal tendencies moves in with a friend who prizes her life of creative disorder. Leverett Old Library, 8 p.m. $4; $3 for Leverett House residents.

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. By Clark Beiser. A day in the life of Charlie Brown. Join Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang in this hit musical featuring favorite songs like "Happiness," "Suppertime," and "The Book Report." Kirkland House JCR, 8 p.m. $4; $3 for Kirkland residents. Call Terry Yong at 493-2552 for tickets.

The Guerrero Group Theatre presents Tiny Voices, five new short plays written and directed by Jordan Wine, including "The Misfit" which is based on a Flannery O'Conner story. Performances: March 17, 18, 19 at 8 p.m. March 20 at 7 p.m. At the Adams House Pool Theatre. Admission: $5. All money goes toward Project Bosnia to buy urgent medical suuplies. For info call J. Winer at 868-0082.

Concert

Cabot House Music Society. PianistElizabeth Skavish and assisting artist BonnieAnderson will perform works by Beethoven, Debussy,Scriabin and Mendelssohn. Cabot House, 5:30 p.m.

Imani. Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m. Call496-2222 for tickets and more information.

Mendelssohn Stirng Quartet. Performsworks by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Brahms and DavidHorne, winner of the 1993 Blodgett ComposersCompetition. Paine Hall, 8 p.m. Free.

Dance

Harvard-Radcliffe Dance Company. TheCompany will perform a modern dance concert willchoreography by C Caitlin Corbett. AgassizTheatre, 8 p.m. $3 for students.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center.$5 for students. "Lune Park" at 7 and 9 p.m."Avant-Garde Masters" with Charles Recher inperson at 8 p.m.

Theatre

A Forum Affair. The Hasty Pudding's146th production. Hasty Pudding Theatre, 8 p.m.Please see Thursday's listing for moreinformation.

A Touch of the Poet. See previouslisting.

Hell on a Platter. See previous listing.

The Odd Couple. See previous listing.

Lysistrata. See previous listing.

You're Good Man, Charlie Brown. Seeprevious Listing.19 March Saturday

Celebration.

The Radcliffe College 100-year CharterCelebration. A convocation, parade andapple-tree planting to commemorate the 100thanniversary of the granting of the College Charterby the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The CharterConvocation begins at 9:30 a.m. in the MemorialChurch; the parade at the Church at 10:45 a.m. andthe apple-tree planting and festivities at 11:15a.m. Open to the University community.

Comedy

Graduate Student Council Comedy Night.Features the comedy of Georgia Ragsdale ofProvincetown and refreshments. Dudley House, 8:30p.m. $4.

Concert

Harvard Wind Ensemble. Guest conductorPeter Schickele, satirist and creator of P.D.Q.Bach, will join the ensemble. Sanders Theatre, 8p.m. $6 for students.

A Night of (Safe) Sex. AIDS Educationand Outreach presents a benefit performance withProfessor Irv De Nore of Science B-29 as M.C. Withperformances by The Callbacks, Glee Club Lite, TheStanford Fleet Street Singers and The Veritones.Emerson 105, 8 p.m. Tickets on sale at HCTO and atthe door for $5.

Dance

Harvard-Radcliffe Dance Company. TheCompany will perform a modern dance concert withchoreography by Caitlin Corbett. Agassiz Theatre,8 p.m. $3 for students.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center.$5 for students. "Lune Park" at 4, 7 and 9 p.m.

Theatre

A Forum Affair. The Hasty Pudding's146th production. Hasty Pudding Theatre, 5 and 9p.m. Please see Thursday's listing for moreinformation.

A Touch of the Poet. See previouslisting.

Hell on a Platter. See previous listing

The Odd Couple. See previous listing.

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Seeprevious listing.20 March Sunday

Concert

Boston Quartet. Performs string quartetsby Carl Nielsen and Niels W. Gade, in connectionwith the exhibition, "Danish Paintings of theNineteenth Century from the Collection ofAmbassador John L. Loeb, Jr." Fogg Art Museum,5:30 p.m. $4 for students; $3 for Friends of theUniversity Art Museums.

Collegium Musicum. "Then and Now," aconcert featuring the ensemble, the ChamberSingers and soloists. Paine Hall, 4 p.m. $5 forstudents.

Pro Arte Chamber Orchetra. Performsworks by Mozart, Shostakovich and Rouse. SandersTheatre, 3 p.m. Call 496-2222 for tickets and moreinformation.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center.$5 for students. "Lune Park" at 4, 7 and 9 p.m.

Theatre

A Forum Affair. The Hasty Pudding's146th production. Hasty Pudding Theatre, 3 p.m.Please see Thursday's listing for moreinformation.

A Touch of the Poet. See previouslisting.21 March Monday

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center.$5 for students. "Now, Voyager" at 5:30 p.m."Blackout" at 5:30 p.m. "Beatrice" at 7:30 p.m."Luna Park" at 9:45 p.m.22 March Tuesday

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center.$5 for students. "Last Year at Marienbad" at 5:30p.m. "Jules and Jim" at 7:30 p.m. "Now, Voyager"at 9:30 p.m. "Luna Park" at 9:30 p.m.

Theatre

A Forum Affair. The Hasty Pudding's146th production. Hasty Pudding Theatre, 8 p.m.Please see Thursday's listing for moreinformation.

A Touch of the Poet. See previouslisting.23 March Wednesday

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center.$5 for students. "Accatone" at 5:30 p.m. "Shadowsof Our Forgotten Ancestors" at 7:30 p.m. "LunaPark" at 9:30 p.m.

Theatre

A Forum Affair. The Hasty Pudding's146th production. Hasty Pudding Theatre, 8 p.m.Please see Thursday's listing for moreinformation.

A Touch of the Poet. See previouslisting