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"LITERARY LIGHTS." The Boston Public Library’s annual who’s who benefit gala doubles its pleasure, with former honorees introducing current bigwigs. This year’s bigwigs include Steven Pinker, Amy Bloom, Noam Chomsky, Jorie Graham, Michael Ignatieff, Claire Messud, Bill McKibben, and Gunther Schuller; they’ll be introduced by, respectively, Howard Gardner, Margot Livesey, Howard Zinn, Rosanna Warren, Samantha Power, Susan Orlean, John Stilgoe, and Christoph Wolff. That’s April 17 at the Park Plaza Hotel, and tickets start at $250. Call (617) 536-3886. CHEVALIER: MAURICE AND ME. Tony Sandler — yes, that Tony Sandler, of the old Milton Berle–era vocal duo Sandler and Young — unveils his evening-length musical tribute to the life and work of French film star Maurice Chevalier. Performances are April 26 through May 1 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont Street in the Theater District, and tickets are $25 to $65; call (800) 233-3125. THE ISLAND OF ANYPLACE. The American Repertory Theatre’s evergreen children’s production has served as a theatrical gateway drug for area elementary-school kids since 1990. It makes its annual appearance March 16 through 23 at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street in Harvard Square. Tickets are $16, $9 for children; call (617) 547-8300. "GETTING EMOTIONAL." The Institute of Contemporary Art jumps on the emo bandwagon in this show, which starts from the assumption that "most significant artistic movements since the 1960s have avoided explicit depictions of human emotions" and then counters with a display of 33 artists who’ve defied the trend, including Sam Taylor Wood’s photographic series Crying Men and Andy Warhol’s portraits of Jackie Kennedy’s grief. The show bows May 18 and runs through September 5; call (617) 266-5152. CAMILLE PAGLIA. In her forthcoming Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-Three of the World’s Best Poems (due March 29 from Pantheon), the fire-breathing, post-feminist provocateur sets her sights on bards from Shakespeare to Plath and makes a case for Joni Mitchell’s being in their league. On April 12, Paglia’s in town for a Harvard Book Store reading at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street in Harvard Square. Free tickets are available at the Book Store; call (617) 661-1515.
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