Arts

October 2, 2008

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concerts

Thu., Oct. 2 - "Midday Organ Recital." (The Memorial Church) Iris Lan '99, organ, with Ayano Ninomiya '01, violin. Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland St., 12:15 p.m. Free and open to the public. Audience members are encouraged to bring a lunch.

Thu., Oct. 2 - "University Hall Recital Series." (Music) Oni Buchanan, piano. Faculty Room, University Hall, 12:15 p.m.

Fri., Oct. 3 - "Pusey Room Recital Series." (The Memorial Church) Wolfgang David, violin, and David Gompper, piano. Featuring music of Brahms, Debussy, Part, and Gompper. Pusey Room, the Memorial Church, 7:30 p.m. Free. carson_cooman@harvard.edu.

Sun., Oct. 5 - "Longy Chamber Orchestra Concert." (Harvard Box Office) Featuring works by Mozart, Stravinsky, and Beethoven, with guest conductor Federico Cortese. Sanders Theatre, 4 p.m. Tickets are $15 general; $10 students/senior citizens. Harvard Box Office (617) 496-2222.

Thu., Oct. 9 - "Midday Organ Recital." (The Memorial Church) David Enlow, organist and choirmaster, Church of the Resurrection, New York, New York, and the Juilliard School. Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland St., 12:15 p.m. Free and open to the public. Audience members are encouraged to bring a lunch.

Sun., Oct. 12 - "Wagner/Zwilich/Elgar." (Harvard Box Office) Boston Conservatory Orchestra with Bruce Hangen, conductor; Michael Sakir, guest conductor; Irina Muresanu, violin; and Andrew Mark, cello. Sanders Theatre, 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 general; $10 alumni and WGBH; $5 students/senior citizens; other discounts available. Harvard Box Office (617) 496-2222.

Wed., Oct. 15 - "Bartok, Saint-Saens, Dvorak." (Harvard Box Office) Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. Sanders Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $70/$55/$40/$15 general; $5 off students/senior citizens; other discounts available. Harvard Box Office (617) 496-2222.

Thu., Oct. 16 - "Midday Organ Recital." (The Memorial Church) Haesung Park, Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland St., 12:15 p.m. Free and open to the public. Audience members are encouraged to bring a lunch.

theater

American Repertory Theatre

Through Sat., Oct. 11 - "Let Me Down Easy," written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith, is a journey in search of human qualities that are too seldom in the news - compassion, generosity, and grace in the face of a complex world. Directed by Eric Ting with new music elements composed by Joshua Redman.

- Performances take place at the Loeb Drama Center, various times. Ticket prices range from $15-$79 general; $25 students; $10 off for senior citizens; group discounts available. Hot Tix: Select performances to all productions have limited $25 tickets available. Tickets are available through the A.R.T. Box Office (617) 547-8300, in person at the Loeb Drama Center Box Office, or http://www.amrep.org.

Thu., Oct. 9-Sat., Oct. 11 - "Ajax in Iraq," written by Ellen McLaughlin and directed by Scot Zigler, uses Sophocles' "Ajax" as a lens through which to view and interpret the current war in Iraq. World premiere presented by the A.R.T./MXAT Institute for Advanced Theatre Training. Discussions with Ellen McLaughlin will follow the 7:30 performances on Oct. 9 and 10, and also the 1:30 performance on Oct. 11.

- Performances take place at Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave. at 7:30 p.m. each night, with an additional matinee at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets are $10 general; $5 students/senior citizens; free for A.R.T. subscribers. Tickets are available through the A.R.T. Box Office (617) 547-8300, in person at the Loeb Drama Center Box Office, or http://www.amrep.org.

film

Fri., Oct. 3 - "Screening and Discussion of Recent Work." (Davis Center) Andrei Khrzhanovsky, animated filmmaker. Room S050, concourse level, CGIS, 1730 Cambridge St., noon. http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu.

Sat., Oct. 4 - "Little Fugitive." (Du Bois Institute) Screening of Joanna Lipper's remake of the 1953 film "Little Fugitive." 5:30 p.m. Q&A with Lipper after the screening. Reception to follow. (617) 495-8508, http://www.dubois.fas.harvard.edu.

Thu., Oct. 16 - "Presentation of 2008 McMillan-Stewart Fellowship in Distinguished Filmmaking to Mahamat-Saleh Haroun." (Film Study Center) Screening of "Daratt (Dry Season)"; discussion with filmmaker to follow. Lecture hall, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Oct. 17 - "Screening of Short Films." (Film Study Center) Screening of short films by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun. Lecture hall, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 7 p.m.

Brazil Studies Program, DRCLAS

Film screenings take place in Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St. Sponsored by the Brazil Studies Program, DRCLAS, and the Harvard Brazilian Organization.

Tue., Oct. 14 - Mattos and Abreu's "Jongos, Calangos e Folias: Musica Negra, Memoria e Poesia" (2005) at 6 p.m.

The Coyote's Trail Film Series, DRCLAS

Film screenings take place in Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St. Sponsored by Latin American Studies. chbarron@fas.harvard.edu, http://www.drclas.harvard.edu.

Thu., Oct. 9 - Hill's "Guest Worker" (2006) at 6 p.m.

Harvard Film Archive

All films are screened in the Main Auditorium of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy St. Video presentations are presented in B-04, a smaller auditorium next to the main auditorium. Programs are subject to change; call for admission charges and details. The Film Archive publishes a schedule of films and events that is available at the Carpenter Center. (617) 495-4700, http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/.

Thu., Oct. 2 - No screenings

Fri., Oct. 3 - Boston Latino International Film Festival, http://www.bliff.org

Sat., Oct. 4 - Boston Latino International Film Festival, http://www.bliff.org

Sun., Oct. 5 - Boston Latino International Film Festival, http://www.bliff.org

Mon., Oct. 6 - Recent work by Ute Aurand, Milena Gierke, and Renate Sami at 7 p.m. with directors in person. Special events tickets are $10.

Tue., Oct. 7 - Free VES screening: "High Treason" (1928) at 7 p.m.

Wed., Oct. 8 - Free VES screening: "Coney Island at Night" (1903) and "Metropolis" (1926) at 7 p.m.

Thu., Oct. 9 - No screenings

Fri., Oct. 10 - Palestine Documentary Today: "The Roof," "Around," and "Rico in the Night" at 7 p.m.; "33 Days" and "The Shooter" at 9 p.m.

Sat., Oct. 11 - Martel's "La Cie naga" at 7 p.m.

Sun., Oct. 12 - Shalom's "To See If I'm Smiling" at 3 p.m.; Martel's "La Nina Santa" at 7 p.m. with director in person. Special events tickets are $10.

Mon., Oct. 13 - Martel's "The Headless Woman" at 7 p.m. with director in person. Special events tickets are $10.

Tue., Oct. 14 - Free VES screening: "Goodbye, Dragon Inn" (2003) at 7 p.m.

Wed., Oct. 15 - Free VES screening: "The Man with a Movie Camera" (1929) at 7 p.m.

Thu., Oct. 16 - Haroun's "Dry Season" and "Letter from New York" and "Expectations" at 7:30 p.m. with director in person; free event

Fri., Oct. 17 - Haroun's "Sex, Gumbo and Salted Butter" and "Kalala" at 7 p.m. with director in person; free event

Real Colegio Complutense

Films are presented at Real Colegio Complutense, 26 Trowbridge St., in Spanish with English subtitles. Free and open to the public. (617) 495-3536, http://www.realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu.

Fri., Oct. 3 - Saura's "Ay, Carmela!" (1990) at 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Oct. 10 - Huerga's "Salvador (Puig Antich)" (2006) at 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Oct. 17 - Bunuel's "Los olvidados" (1950) at 7:30 p.m.

radio

Harvard Radio WHRB (95.3 FM)

WHRB presents the finest in classical, jazz, underground rock, news, and sports programming, and has 24-hour live Internet streaming from its Web site. Program guide subscriptions are free. (617) 495-4818, mail@whrb.org, http://www.whrb.org.

"Hillbilly at Harvard" - Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Living on Earth, National Public Radio's journal of the environment, hosted by Steve Curwood, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and produced in cooperation with Harvard University, is aired on more than 270 NPR stations nationally and on more than 400 outlets internationally. In eastern Massachusetts, the program airs Sunday, 7 a.m., WBUR 90.9 FM. (617) 868-8810, loe@npr.org, http://www.loe.org.

exhibitions

Arnold Arboretum

"Jamaica Plain Open Studios: Artists in the Arboretum" features Arboretum-inspired work by local artists. (Through Oct. 10)

- Lecture hall, Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain. (617) 524-1718, http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu.

"Science in the Pleasure Ground" provides a captivating retrospective on the oldest arboretum in the nation. The central feature of the exhibit is an 8-foot by 15-foot scale model of the Arboretum that includes historical vignettes and present-day attractions. (Ongoing)

- Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain. Hours are Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun., noon-4 p.m.; closed holidays. (617) 524-1718, http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu.

Cabot Science Library

"Sublime Spectacle: Exploration and Geology in the Grand Canyon" shows what the canyon consists of and how it was formed, and also discusses the exploration of the canyon by scientists in the 19th century. Clarence Dutton's "Atlas to Accompany the Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District" will be on display. (Through Oct. 10)

- Cabot Science Library, main floor. (617) 496-5534.

Carpenter Center

"Lossless" is a video installation by Rebecca Baron and Douglas Goodwin. The series of five pieces looks at the dematerialization of film into bits, exposing the residual effects of the process that makes file sharing possible. The project considers the impact of the digital age on filmmaking and film watching and the materiality and demateriality of film as an artistic medium. There will be an opening reception Thu., Oct. 2, 5:30-6:30 p.m. (Oct. 2-Dec. 7)

- Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St. Hours are Tue.-Sun., 1-5 p.m. (617) 495-3251, tblanch@fas.harvard.edu, http://www.ves.fas.harvard.edu.

"New Faculty Show" features work by Sanford Biggers, Taylor Davis, Greg Halpern, David Lobser, and Catherine Lord. From film and video to mixed media sculpture to animation and photography, the work in this show highlights the intersections between contemporary art and contemporary technologies to address contemporary concerns. (Through Oct. 23)

- Main gallery, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St. Hours are Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sun., noon-11 p.m. (617) 495-3251, tblanch@fas.harvard.edu, http://www.ves.fas.harvard.edu.

Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments

"Time, Life, & Matter: Science in Cambridge" traces the development of scientific activity at Harvard, and explores how science was promoted or affected by religion, politics, philosophy, art, and commerce in the last 400 years. Featured objects include instruments connected to Galileo, Benjamin Franklin, William James, and Charles Lindbergh. (Ongoing)

- Putnam Gallery, Science Center 136, 1 Oxford St. Free and open to the public. Children must be escorted by an adult. (617) 495-2779.

Countway Library of Medicine

"Complementary Therapies: Masterworks of Chinese and Botanical Medicine" is held in conjunction with "Grand Delusion?", bringing to light some of the treasures of the collection and including the first Western texts dealing with Chinese medicine and acupuncture. (Through December 2008)

- Center for the History of Medicine, Countway Library. (617) 432-6207, jack_eckert@hms.harvard.edu.

"Grand Delusion? The History of Homeopathy in Boston" traces the developments of the history of homeopathy in Boston and Massachusetts and the contributions and experiences of its practitioners, in both conflict and concert with their regular medical colleagues. On exhibit are rare books and pamphlets, both supporting and attacking the homeopathic movement; a specimen of documents from an 1871 trial to expel homeopaths from the Massachusetts Medical Society; an early 20th century homeopathic medicine chest; and more. (Through December 2008)

- Center for the History of Medicine, Countway Library. (617) 432-6207, jack_eckert@hms.harvard.edu.

"The Warren Anatomical Museum" presents over 13,000 rare and unusual objects, including anatomical and pathological specimens, medical instruments, anatomical models, and medical memorabilia of famous physicians. (Ongoing)

- Warren Museum Exhibition Gallery, 5th floor, Countway Library. (617) 432-6196.

Fine Arts Library

"'An Invaluable Partner...': From Fogg Museum Library to Fine Arts Library" presents a visual history of the collection from its beginnings in the 1927 Fogg building, through integration with Widener collections in 1962 and expansion into Werner Otto Hall in 1991. (Through Jan. 15)

- Fine Arts Library. (617) 496-1502, rsennett@fas.harvard.edu.

Graduate School of Design

"New Trajectories: Contemporary Architecture in Croatia and Slovenia" features thirteen design practices highlighting new generations of Croatian and Slovenian architects, in transition from communist Yugoslavia to capitalist countries, who have developed exceptional work that is both innovative and charged with the legacy of their own architectural heritage. (Through Oct. 19)

- Gund Hall Gallery, GSD, 48 Quincy St. Free. bking@gsd.harvard.edu, http://www.gsd.harvard.edu.

Graduate School of Education

"Splendid Scenes" features traditional Chinese paintings by Weicheng Huang, a graduate of the Yunnan Art Institute who has exhibited his works in China, Taiwan, and Canada. (Through Oct. 17)

- Gutman Library, GSE. http://www.gse.harvard.edu/library/spotlight/index.html.

Harvard Art Museum

Sackler Museum

"Re-View" presents extensive selections from the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Sackler museums together for the first time. The survey features Western art from antiquity to the turn of the last century, Islamic and Asian art, and European and American art since 1900. (Ongoing)

- The Sackler Museum is located at 485 Broadway. The Harvard Art Museum is open Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 1-5 p.m. Admission is $9; $7 for senior citizens; $6 for college students with ID; free to Harvard ID holders, Cambridge Public Library card holders, members, and to people under 18 years old; free to the public on Saturday mornings 10 a.m.-noon and every day after 4:30 p.m. Tours are given Mon.-Fri. at 12:15 and 2 p.m. (617) 495-9400, http://www.harvardartmuseum.org. NOTE: The Fogg and Busch-Reisinger closed to the public on June 30 for a renovation project lasting approximately five years. The Sackler will remain open during the renovation.

Harvard Museum of Natural History

"Arthropods: Creatures that Rule" brings together unique fossils and preserved specimens, large screen video presentations, striking color photographs and images from scanning electron microscopes, hands-on interactive games, and live creatures. It presents arthropods' long evolutionary history and the incredible variety of their habitats, and showcases a range of arthropod adaptations, including the evolution of wings and the remarkable capacity to mimic both their surroundings and other animals. (Ongoing)

"Climate Change: Our Global Experiment" offers a fascinating look at how scientists study climate change and at the evidence of global warming and the impact of human activity. Visitors are encouraged to apply what they've learned via a dynamic computer simulation that allows them to make choices about energy use for the nation and the world and evaluate the consequences. (Ongoing)

"Dodos, Trilobites, & Meteorites: Treasures of Nature and Science at Harvard" features hundreds of specimens documenting two centuries of scientific exploration, including a 42-foot long Kronosaurus skeleton, and the world's largest turtle shell, over 7 feet long and 6 million years old. (Ongoing)

"Language of Color" looks at the vastly different ways and reasons animals display color. This exhibition combines dramatic specimens from across the animal kingdom with computer interactives, hands-on activities, and a stunning display of live dart frogs. Visitors will learn how color and its perception have co-evolved, resulting in a complex and diverse palette used to camouflage, startle predators, mimic other animals, attract a mate, or intimidate a rival. (Through Sept. 6, 2009)

"Looking at Leaves: Photographs by Amanda Means" features dramatic black & white images of single leaves by New York photographer Amanda Means, a monument to the remarkable diversity and beauty of nature's botanical forms. These detailed blow-ups were created by using the leaf itself in the same way as a photographic negative. The immediacy of the process gives the images an eerie intensity and adds to their compelling beauty. (Through Feb. 8, 2009)

"Mineral Gallery." Over 5,000 minerals and gemstones on display including a 1,642 pound amethyst geode from Brazil. Touch meteorites from outer space. (Ongoing)

"Sea Creatures in Glass" features dozens of spectacular glass animals meticulously shaped and wired by artists Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka during the 19th century. Many of these glass marine animals are on display for the first time since Harvard's acquisition of them in 1878. Combined with video, real scientific specimens, a recreation of the Blaschkas' studio, and a rich assortment of memorabilia, these models of marine invertebrates offer intriguing insights into the history, personality, and artistry of the extraordinary men who created them. (Through Jan. 4, 2009)

"The Ware Collection of Glass Models of Plants" features the world famous "Glass Flowers" created over five decades by glass artists Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka, 3,000 glass models of 847 plant species. (Ongoing)

- The Harvard Museum of Natural History is located at 26 Oxford St. Public entrances to the museum are located between 24 and 26 Oxford St. and at 11 Divinity Ave. Open daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Closed Jan. 1, Thanksgiving Day, Dec. 24, and Dec. 25. Admission is $9 for adults; $7 for senior citizens and students; $6 for children 3 to 18 years old; free for children under 3 years old. Group rates available with advance reservations; call (617) 495-2341. Free admission (for Massachusetts residents only) on Sun. mornings 9 a.m.-noon, except for groups, and free admission on Wed. afternoons, Sept.-May, 3-5 p.m. Free admission with a Bank of America credit card on the first full weekend of every month. (617) 495-3045, http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu.

Holyoke Center

"Just One Thing" features photographs by Sarah Bettencourt created with a medium format film camera through a slow, deliberate process. The images focus one's gaze on an isolated subject matter. (Oct. 10-Nov. 5)

- Holyoke Center Exhibition Space, Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Mass. Ave. Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Free and open to the public. (617) 495-5214.

"People and Places" features photographs by Jeanne Ramalho that represent some of her favorite moments in places she's been, as well as some of her favorite people. (Through Oct. 8)

- Holyoke Center Exhibition Space, Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Mass. Ave. Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Free and open to the public. (617) 495-5214.

Houghton Library

"'His Name Stuck to Every Greatness': Harvard University's Charles Eliot Norton" is a small centennial exhibition celebrating Norton's library, which came to Harvard at his death, and the subscription fund raised by 581 graduates, the income from which is used to add to this famous collection of books and manuscripts. (Through Oct. 18)

- Amy Lowell Room, Houghton Library. (617) 495-2441.

"To Promote, To Learn, To Teach, To Please: Scientific Images in Early Modern Books" illustrates how images in early modern European books of science (1500-1750) were shaped not only by the needs of scientific communication but also by economic, social, and cultural considerations. Representative examples examine physical evidence both in the images themselves and in the books they illustrated. (Through Dec. 20)

- Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library. (617) 495-2444.

Lamont Library

"2007-08 Winners of the Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting and The Philip Hofer Prize for Art and Book Collecting" features samplings of the prize-winning collections, along with personal commentary. (Through May 2009)

- Lamont Library, second and third floors. (617) 495-2455.

Peabody Museum

"Change and Continuity: Hall of the North American Indian" explores how native peoples across the continent responded to the arrival of Europeans. (Ongoing)

"Encounters with the Americas" explores native cultures of Mesoamerica before and after Spanish contact. It features original sculpture and plaster casts of Maya monuments as well as contemporary textiles from the Americas. (Ongoing)

"Fragile Memories: Images of Archaeology and Community at Copan, 1891-1900" presents the written and visual records of early expeditions to remote areas of Mexico and Central America, and the results of a two-year project to digitize more than 10,000 nineteenth century glass-plate negatives from those trips. (Through March 2009)

"From Nation to Nation: Examining Lewis and Clark's Indian Collection" explores the only known surviving Indian objects brought back by Lewis and Clark and what they tell us about Lewis and Clark's journey and the nations they encountered. (Through Sept. 29)

"Pacific Islands Hall" features a diverse array of artifacts brought to the museum by Boston's maritime trade merchants. (Ongoing)

"Remembering Awatovi: The Story of an Archaeological Expedition in Northern Arizona, 1935-1939" goes behind the scenes of the last archaeological expedition of its kind at an ancient site sacred to the Hopi people. Part history of archaeology and part social history, the exhibit reveals what the archaeologists found in the village of Awatovi with its beautiful kiva murals and Spanish mission church, and how the archaeologists lived in "New Awatovi," the camp they built for themselves beside the dig. The written and photographic records of "New Awatovi" add a new dimension to the discoveries of the dig itself. See also Tozzer Library. (Sept. 25-March 30)

"REMIX: Indigenous Identities in the 21st Century" features the works of four visual artists - Doug Miles, Ryan Red Corn, Courtney Leonard, and Bunky Echo-Hawk - and rapper Quese IMC, who have embraced the ethos of modern Native American heritage, transforming traditional materials, ideas and iconography into powerful contemporary art. (Through Oct. 19)

"Storied Walls: Murals of the Americas" explores the spectacular wall paintings from the ancestral Hopi village kivas of Awatovi in Arizona; San Bartolo and Bonampak in Guatemala and Mexico respectively; and the Moche huacas of northern Peru. (Through Dec. 31, 2009)

- The Peabody Museum is located at 11 Divinity Ave. Open daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is $9 for adults; $7 for senior citizens and students; $6 for children 3 to 18 years old; free for children under 3 years old. Free admission (for Massachusetts residents only) on Sun. mornings 9 a.m.-noon, except for groups, and free admission on Wed. afternoons, Sept.-May, 3-5 p.m. The Peabody Museum is closed Jan. 1, Thanksgiving Day, Dec. 24, and Dec. 25. (617) 496-1027, http://www.peabody.harvard.edu.

Pusey Library

"From the Amazon to the Volga: The Cartographic Representation of Rivers" examines how mapmakers from the 15th century to the early 20th century sought to measure, track, and frame some of the major rivers of the world, including the Tigris and Euphrates, Amazon, Don, Danube, Nile, Congo, Rhine, Volga, and Mississippi. (Through Jan. 30)

- Map Gallery Hall, Pusey Library. (617) 495-2417.

"Theodore Roosevelt in Cartoon: The Verdict, 1898-1900." (Through September 2008)

- Theodore Roosevelt Gallery, Pusey Library. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m. (617) 384-7938.

"Through the Camera Lens: Theodore Roosevelt and the Art of Photography" commemorates the 150th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt's birth. (Through May 2009)

Related lecture: Fri., Oct. 3 - "Distance in His Eyes." Ken Burns, Florentine Films, speaks on his upcoming feature film, "The National Parks: America's Best Idea." Sanders Theatre, 4 p.m. Free, no tickets required. Seating is limited; first-come, first-served.

- Pusey Library corridor, including the Theodore Roosevelt Gallery. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m. (617) 384-7938.

Resichauer Institute

"Tapestry in Architecture: Creating Human Spaces" features work by artist Mitsuko Asakura, well-known for her innovative combination of Japanese traditional dyeing and weaving with the techniques of Western tapestry. (Through Nov. 14)

- Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St. Hours are Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-8 p.m. http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~rijs.

Schlesinger Library

"From Exclusion to Empowerment: Chinese American Women in New England." (Oct. 10-March 5)

- Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Yard, 10 Garden St. (617) 495-8647.

Semitic Museum

"Ancient Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection at the Semitic Museum" comprises vessels, figurines, bronzes, and other artifacts dating from 2000 B.C. to 300 A.D. (Ongoing)

"Ancient Egypt: Magic and the Afterlife" introduces visitors to the Egyptian view of life after death through coffins, amulets, and funerary inscriptions. (Ongoing)

"The Houses of Ancient Israel: Domestic, Royal, Divine" is devoted to everyday life in Iron Age Israel (ca. 1200-600 BCE). Featured in the exhibit is a full-scale replica of a fully furnished, two-story village house. (Ongoing)

"Nuzi and the Hurrians: Fragments from a Forgotten Past" features over 100 objects detailing everyday life in Nuzi, which was located in Northeastern Iraq around 1400 B.C. (Ongoing)

- Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave. Open Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun., 1-4 p.m. Closed holiday weekends. Admission is free. (617) 495-4631.

Tozzer Library

- Tozzer Library Gallery, 21 Divinity Ave. (617) 495-2292, http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/#tozzer.