Regular entertainment listings can be found in the Boston Globe and the Boston Phoenix. For University and community events a good place to look is the calendar section of the Harvard Gazette, the University�s official news. The GSAS Bulletin, the official monthly publication of the Graduate School, lists important events for grads. Current goings on are also posted on the bulletin boards at Dudley House. Finally, the GSC and Dudley House web sites are reliable, regularly updated places to find up-to-the-minute news on events and culture.

For information on gay night life, consult Bay Windows, the greater Boston area LBG newspaper. Bay Windows is available at Dudley House as well as local bookstores and newsstands.

Music
If you're a fan of the Fourth of July, Tanglewood, or PBS, you've no doubt heard of the Boston Pops. The Pops is now being conducted by Keith Lockhart, but former conductor and composer John Williams (of movie-theme fame from such films as Star Wars, Superman, and Schindler's List) often comes back for a guest appearance. Composed of members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Pops performs concerts at Symphony Hall during the summer, makes appearances at the Tanglewood Music Festival in Western Massachusetts, and gives a week of free concerts during July 4th festivities at the Hatch Shell on the Charles river in Boston.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra, led by Seiji Ozawa, is one of America's greatest orchestras. The BSO offers cheap rush tickets available for Tuesday and Thursday evening concerts (rush tickets go on sale starting at 5pm) and for Friday afteroon concerts (tickets on sale at 10am). At $8 a ticket (must use cash), these tickets are one of the greatest bargains in the city. Join the Rush Ticket Line in the Mass Avelobby.

If jazz is more your style, there are many great performance spaces within a stone's throw of Harvard Square. The Regattabar on the third floor of the Charles Hotel features big-name jazz acts. It may not be the cheapest place around, but the performances are amazing. The original House of Blues on Winthrop Street offers live music nightly, with big names stopping by on a regular basis.

For folk, you're also well served in Cambridge with Club Passim and the Nameless Coffeehouse offering up some excellent performers.

Theatre
One of the best student theatre deals around is from the American Repertory Theatre (ART), which performs in the Loeb Drama Center on Brattle Street. Using the brochure in your registration packet (or by ordering on the web page), you can buy a student pass for $60, exchangeable for any five tickets. For example, you could bring four friends to one performance and have a ticket left over for another show. You can also take advantage of the $12 student rush tickets available for cash only 30 minutes before the show, upon presentation of a student ID. One rush ticket per ID.

There are a great many other theater companies in Boston, including resident theatre companies and touring Broadway shows. Check The Boston Globe or other sources given below for a listing of events.

Museums
Museum offerings for Harvard University and the Greater Boston area are extensive. Your Harvard ID gets you in to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) for free. (Adult passes are normally $14). For information on exhibits, consult the Boston Phoenix.