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Let’s remember Andrew Jackson for a couple of timely statements including “The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.” “One man with courage makes a majority.” Let’s also remember our seventh president at the SpeakEasy Stage Company rock musical “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.” Pictured: Gus Curry. 7:30 p.m. (through Nov. 17). $25 and up. Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., Boston. 617-933-8600. www.bostontheatrescene.com
WEDNESDAY
Bach’s sheet music is the canvas for Katina Huston’s “Goldberg Variations.” The San Francisco-based artist places crystal glasses and stemware on mylar where the composer’s notes are positioned and then inks where shadows appear. Tuesday hours 11 a.m.-6 p.m. (through Oct. 28). Free. Chase Young Gallery, 450 Harrison Ave., Boston. 617-859-7222. www.chaseyoung
gallery.com
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According to Steven Pinker, violence has been on the decline for a long time and we are living in the most peaceful time in the history of our species. The Harvard psychology professor will talk about his bestseller “The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined.”
6 p.m. Free. Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge. 617-495-3045.
www.hmnh.harvard.edu
Ticket stubs, tidbits, posters, playbills, and lots of trips to Fenway Park contribute to Richard Johnson’s “Field of Our Fathers: An Illustrated History of Fenway Park, 1912-2012.” The Boston Sports Museum curator will discuss his book. 7 p.m. $8, $5 students and seniors (there’s a discount if you wear a Red Sox hat or shirt). Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History at Regis College, 235 Wellesley St., Weston. 781-768-8367. www.spellman.org
Do you know the difference between reality and imagination? This isn’t a psych evaluation, it’s more of an existential query, the kind of question that consumes artists. Phil Collins, An-My Lê, and Danh Vo ponder it all through photography and video at “Provisional Aesthetics, Rehearsing History.”
Wednesday hours are 11 a.m.-8 p.m. (through Jan. 13). Free. Davis Museum at Wellesley College, 106 Central St., Wellesley. 781-283-2051. www.davis
museum.wellesley.edu
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