“The Sound of Music” James Bridges Theater Sunday 2 p.m. It may be an arbitrary ranking, but there’s a reason the American Film Institute put this Julie Andrews star vehicle on their list of the 100 best American films ever made. Read more...

“The Reckoning” Directed by Paul McGuigan Paramount Classics Potential punch lines and clever witticisms aside, it seems almost too ironic that Paramount Classics decided to release “The Reckoning” just a week after the opening of “The Passion of the Christ.” Both films deal with the foundations of Christianity, but in almost exclusively opposite ways, and end up having equally opposite setbacks. Read more...

There’s more to Ludwig van Beethoven than Für Elise and the infamous four-note introduction to Symphony No. 5. In fact, among his catalog of works that number into the hundreds, Beethoven wrote 17 string quartets. Read more...

Zaera-Po Perloff Hall Facility March 4, 6:30 p.m. The dean of the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam and principal of Foreign Office Architects in London, Alejandro Zaera-Polo will be lecturing about what it took to construct the Yokohama Port Terminal, along with other topics on architectural design and urban planning. Read more...

Among the ever increasing tide of rappers-turned-actors working today, Snoop Dogg is probably not known as the most accomplished ““ at least in regard to the acting side of his career. Read more...

Third Annual California A Cappella Festival Bradley International Hall March 6, 8 p.m. Campus songbirds Random Voices hosts this popular event where dueling collegiate a cappella groups from all over the state come to find out just who should be the most embarrassed to have patterned themselves after those creepy singers from “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” Admission is free. Read more...

Zero 7 “When It Falls” Elektra Subtle seduction and smooth sophistication are much sexier than overt licentiousness. This defines U.K. band Zero 7’s cooler-than-Mod Squad cool, bedroom-intimate, mid-tempo, chill out music. Read more...