Under John Finney's direction, the chorale will perform with a full professional orchestra and featured soloists including soprano Anne Harley, mezzo-soprano Ana Maria Ugarte, tenor William Hite and baritone Donald Wilkinson. Show is at 6 p.m. 4319 for details. The 1993 Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Toni Morrison speaks in celebration of the founding of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study within Harvard University. Morrison's speech is at 4 p.m. at the Sanders Theater at Harvard.
Tickets are free but required in advance.
Sanders Theater is at 45 Quincy St. in Cambridge. At the OutSpoken Word this week, the feature is Michael Anderson. He's not exactly a poet or a standup comedian or a storyteller. Michael presents observations and explanations of our culture. His pieces include the capitalist sacrament of the Oreo cookie, how to walk a picket line in Las Vegas, and the Miracle of the Fishes and the Shoes.