FILM

SILENCE COMES TO LIFE The Film Society of Lincoln Center brings two silent films to musical life: On Friday, the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra performs during screenings of Ted Wilde’s “The Kid Brother” (1927) and William Wellman’s “Beggars of Life” (1928). The orchestra specializes in “photoplay music,” mini-scores created during the silent-film era for live accompaniment at movie houses. “The Kid Brother” (6 p.m.) follows comedian Harold Lloyd — more prolific than Charlie Chaplin in his day — who plays a rural lawman competing with his brother for the attentions of a woman. In “Beggars of Life” (9 p.m.), silent-screen heroine Louise Brooks plays an abused orphan who, while on the lam, disguises herself as a hobo and is eventually helped by two men, one of whom might be after a $1,000 reward for her capture. At right, a scene from “Beggars of Life.” Friday, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, 65th Street and Broadway, 212-875-5600, $20 general, $16 seniors, $15 students and members.

ART

THE HUMAN STAIN “The Family of Man,” a 1955 exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art curated by Edward Steichen, was an in-depth study and meditation on love, joy, illness, and death. “Humankind” is Hasted Hunt’s scaled-down response to the original MoMA show, in which more than 500 photos by almost 300 photographers were on view. In “Humankind,” 11 photographers are represented, all of whom are or were members of the VII Photo Agency, a collective of photojournalists best known for their groundbreaking work on environmental and political issues. Through Saturday, June 7, Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Hasted Hunt Gallery, 529 W. 20th St., between Tenth Avenue and the West Side Highway, 212-627-0006, free.

FILM

MENDING THE HEART The multiplatinum 2002 album “Come Away With Me” made singer Norah Jones the poster child for a new brand of lite-pop. Since then, she has released two more successful albums, performed incognito at small clubs around the city, and been personally chosen by Chinese director Wong Kar-Wai to be the female lead in his first English-language film. All in a day’s work for a Brooklyn girl. Ms. Jones makes her acting debut in Mr. Wong’s “My Blueberry Nights,” a roadtrip tale about a young woman, Elizabeth, who sets out on a journey across America after a difficult breakup. Along the way, she meets new friends, works as a waitress, and tries to mend her broken heart. The film also features Natalie Portman and Jude Law. Through Thursday, May 1, times vary, Angelika Film Center, 18 W. Houston St. at Mercer Street, 212-995-2000, $11.75 general, $8 seniors and children under 11.

MUSIC

LEFT MY HEART IN MARRAKECH Musician Hassan Hakmoun and DJ U-Cef combine traditional sounds with elements of glam rock and hip-hop for what U-Cef describes as “halal music.” Where U-Cef emphasizes the urban beat, and a mood that hearkens back to the live bands of his youth in Britain and Morocco, Mr. Hakmoun offers up jazz, fusion, and rock songs on classical instruments such as the sintir and a long-necked African bass lute. The two men share a bill at Joe’s Pub. Friday, 9:30 p.m., Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St., between Astor Place and East 4th Street, 212-967-7555, $15.

A WALTZ WITH WATTS Pianist André Watts plays Mozart’s overture to “The Marriage of Figaro” and Ravel’s “La Valse,” accompanied by the New York Philharmonic. Mr. Watts steps in for the previously scheduled pianist Martha Argerich. The program also features pieces by Beethoven and Rachmaninoff. Friday–Saturday, 8 p.m., Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall, 132 W. 65th St. at Columbus Avenue, 212-875-5030, $49-$119.

PARADISE OF SOUND The Hudson Valley Singers perform Robert Schumann’s oratorio, “Das Paradies und die Peri,” under the direction of the assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, Eugene Sirotkine. The rarely performed oratorio is based on Thomas Moore’s poem, “Lalla Rookh,” about a Persian spirit, who is expelled from Paradise and tries to regain admittance.

Saturday, 7 p.m., the New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W. 64th St. at Central Park West, 914-674-2865, $35–$40 general, $5 students and seniors.

READINGS

SECRET LIVES Among the most familiar narratives of the Holocaust is that of Anne Frank, the German-born Jewish girl who kept a diary during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. Frank’s family sought refuge in hiding in 1942, only to be captured and 838 1301 947 1316sent to concentration camps two years later, where all but one died. Scholar Diane Wolf went in search of others who had lived through the same period. “Beyond Anne Frank: Hidden Children and Postwar Families in Holland” (University of California Press) compiles 70 interviews with survivors who found sanctuary in the homes of non-Jewish families during the war. Ms. Wolf reads from and discusses the book. Sunday, 5 p.m., McNally Robinson, 52 Prince St. at Lafayette Street, 212-274-1160, free.

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