FILM

Basic

Bend It like Beckham

The Bridge on the River Kwai, Wang Theatre March 31

The Core

Head of State

Laissez-passer, Brattle March 28-30

Laurel Canyon

Nirgendwo in Afrika

Normal, Brattle April 3

Spun

THEATER

On Raftery’s Hill, Súgán @ BCA March 28–April 19

PERFORMANCE

Boston Ballet, " All Balanchine " Wang Theatre March 27–April 6

Hombres Flamencos, BCA Cyclorama March 29 & 30

POP

The Bobs, Somerville Theatre March 29

Kelly Osbourne, Axis March 29

CLASSICAL

Fabio Luisi/Christian Tetzlaff/BSO, Wagner, Szymanowski, R. Strauss March 27-29

Handel and Haydn Society, " Bach: Miniatures " Jordan Hall March 28 Sanders Theatre March 30

Spectrum Singers, Brahms’s Deutsches Requiem Cathedral of St. Paul March 28

Paavo Järvi/Cincinnati Symphony, Symphony Hall April 2

Ingo Metzmacher/Matthias Goerne/BSO, Ives, Mahler, Carter, Bartók April 3-5

JAZZ

Poncho Sanchez, Scullers March 27-28

Leo Kottke, Sanders Theatre March 28

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Symphony Hall March 28

Slide Hampton/Ryles Jazz Orchestra, Ryles March 28

Chucho Valdés Quartet/Joe Lovano, Berklee March 30

Lello Molinari, Regattabar April 1

READINGS/TALKS

ZZ Packer, Brookline Booksmith March 27

Robert Brustein/William Styron, BPL March 30

A Tribute to Anna Akhmatova, " Longfellow Hall March 31

Shakespeare " Sonnet-thon, " BPL April 2