If you're looking for something fresh on stage, check out "Mouth on the Microphone: Sink the Screen," the senior project of Zeina Nasr '06. A performance piece with video projection, Nasr's production is an experiment in the dynamics of public intimacy-two people face a screen and watch a video. They move towards each other, finally engaging in an intimate embrace performed to the screen. Don't miss it. (Thurs. to Sat., 8 p.m., Holden Experimental Theater. No admission charge.)

In a lecture of ancient literary focus, Wilt Idema, director of the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research of Harvard University, will speak on "The Accidental Observation of Naked Women in Chinese Literature." A specialist in Chinese vernacular literature of the imperial period, Idema left the prestigious position of chair of Chinese Studies at Leiden University in Holland in 2000 for Harvard, where he is an associate professor of Chinese literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. (Fri., 4 p.m., Porter Lounge, Converse Hall. No admission charge.)

Miss the Brentano String Quartet? With special guest violist Hsin-Yun Huan, the acclaimed string quartet will return to perform a program of Mozart viola quintets, in the 250th anniversary year of the composer's birth. Reviewer Paul Griffiths wrote in The New York Times, "The Brentano String Quartet ... is something special. Their music making is private, delicate and fresh, but by its very intimacy and importance it seizes attention." (Fri., 8 p.m., Buckley Recital Hall. No admission charge.)

Students of Korean heritage or otherwise frustrated with the lack of opportunity to pick up the language at the College, fret no longer. Volunteers in the Pioneer Valley (Five College students) are committed to sit down with you on a one-on-one basis and meet your needs in learning Korean, whether it be reading, writing, speaking or even understanding cultural nuances in Korean dramas. They will be planning to teach Korean for the first hour and provide extracurricular activities for the second hour, but will hear your opinions about spending how much time on doing what. (Sat., 11 a.m., Room 204, Converse Hall. $30 for administrative costs. To participate email khpv815@gmail.com or call Sue at (413) 559-5954.)

Editors' DVD Pick of the Week

Many viewers hoping to avoid another trite medical drama missed "Grey's Anatomy" when it first aired on television. The series, however, has since become a hit with both critics and fans. Finding its own identity between the intense drama of "E.R." and the quirky comedy of "Scrubs," "Grey's" follows the lives of five surgical interns struggling to stay in a rigorous medical program. Available since Feb. 14, the Season One DVD offers the chance to view the full first season along with extras, such as 19 unaired scenes.