Campus Calendar

Letting the Jelly roll
By all accounts Jelly Roll Morton was a son of a biscuit, but while his pimping and gambling were bad news for his ladies, Morton channeled his wild child energy into his own spicy flavor of New Orleans hot jazz. Unfortunately, Morton's arrogance earned him a cold shoulder as the jazz world moved on, and Morton died penniless fully believing his lot was the work of a voodoo curse. Fortunately, New England Conservatory professor and keyboardist Anthony Coleman has resurrected Morton's music. Tonight, Coleman debuts his Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton project at the New England Conservatory. 8 p.m. Free. New England Conservatory, Brown Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston. 617-585-1120. concerts.newenglandconservatory.edu

Jennifer Finney Boylan at Harvard Book Store In her best-selling memoir, "She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders," Jennifer Finney Boylan told her story of spending her first 40 years as James before deciding to have sexual reassignment surgery. Her latest memoir, "I'm Looking Through You: Growing Up Haunted," chronicles a childhood spent in a house haunted by actual ghosts (she saw quick peeks in the mirror and heard human whispers) and the way she haunted the body of the boy she inhabited as a child. Boylan will read from "I'm Looking Through You" at Harvard Book Store tonight. 7 p.m. Free. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. 617-661-1515. harvard.com

"MITing of the Minds 2008"
The fourth annual MIT philosophy alumni conference will showcase recent thinking from MIT philosophy alumni and current faculty and students. Topics will include metaphysics, the philosophy of language, epistemology, and ethics, but organizers promise the presentations will be accessible to all curious comers. And with session titles like "Why Does Time Pass?" and "The Mistake in 'I'll Be Glad I Did It' Reasoning" what's not to be curious about? Thursday and Friday9:30 a.m.-5:45 p.m. Free. MIT, the Stata Center, 32-D461, Cambridge. Visit web.mit.edu/philos/www/mm/ for speaker schedule.

Leslie Howard in Piano Masters series
British concert pianist Leslie Howard is revered for being the only musician to record Franz Liszt's complete recordings on 97 discs. Howard's own concerto repertoire includes more than 80 works. As part of Boston Conservatories Piano Masters series, Howard will perform Balakirev's "Scherzo No. 2," Borodin's "Petite Suite and Scherzo," Glazunov's "Piano Sonata No. 1," and Rachmaninoff's "Three Pieces and Piano Sonata No. 2." 8 p.m. $10. The Boston Conservatory, Seully Hall, 8 the Fenway, Boston. 617-912-9222 (tickets), 617-912-9240 (information). bostonconservatory.edu/ performances

"Antigone" benefit performances
Remember that Salem State College production of "Antigone" which was described as a "combination rock concert, High Mass, a Supreme Court session, and a Red Sox playoff game rolled into one" in the Dec. 6 issue of Campus Calendar? The production has been chosen as one of six regional finalists in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Now Salem State is reprising the production to offset the cost of competing for regional gold. If you missed the show the first time, now's your chance. Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. $15, $10 students and seniors. Salem State College, Mainstage Theatre, Lafayette Street, Salem. 978-542-6290. salem state.edu/arts

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