"West Side Story" will be presented by Stanford's Ram's Head Theatrical Society tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m. at Memorial Auditorium. The production features music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Arthur Laurents. It will be directed by recent Stanford graduate Sean Fenton, with new choreography by junior Lauren Uyeshiro.

Tickets are $15 general; $9 for Stanford students. Tickets will be on sale weekday afternoons in White Plaza and will also be available at the door. For more information visit www.stanford.edu/group/rams-head.
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"Handel's Messiah" will be performed tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church of Palo Alto, 1985 Louis Road (at Embarcadero) in Palo Alto. The Oratorio Society and Orchestra, conducted by Gregory Wait, will perform the entire piece, along with some rarely heard choruses. The group is comprised of approximately 75 singers and 20 orchestra members. Admission is free. For more information call (650) 856-6662 or visit www.fccpa.org/concert.htm.
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An Easter concert will take place tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Menlo Park Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1105 Valparaiso Ave., Menlo Park. The concert will feature the Valparaiso Singers, who will be accompanied on piano and organ by James Welch. The program will include sacred music by Stanford, Faure, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Gounod and others. Soprano Barbara Cramer will be the guest soloist. Admission is free. For more information please call (650) 854-3079 or (650) 856-9700
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"Spatial Forms," featuring paintings by John Mancini, opens on Saturday and will be on view through May 23 at Gallery Europa, 535 Bryant St. in Palo Alto. A reception for the artist will take place on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the gallery. The gallery is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday. For more information call (650) 473-6522 or visit www.gallery-europa.com.
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"Inside/Insight," featuring etchings and paintings by Seiko Tachibana, will be on view through May 17 at Tercera Gallery, 534 Ramona St. in Palo Alto. A reception will take place on Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the gallery. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more information visit www.terceragallery.com or call (650) 322-5324.
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Ensemble Tartit will perform tonight at 8 p.m. in Dinkelspiel Auditorium on the Stanford University campus. The group is comprised of nomadic Tuaregs from Mali's northern desert who are preserving their traditional "desert blues" music. Ensemble Tartit will perform both historical pieces (some more than a century old) and more recent compositions inspired by contemporary events that pay homage to local heroes. A pre-performance discussion with Thomas K. Seligman, director of the Cantor Arts Center, will take place at 6:45 p.m. and will be open to the public free of charge. The discussion will center on the Tuareg culture.

Tickets for the performance are $34/$30. Half-price tickets are available for young people ages 15 and under, and discounts are available for students. For tickets and more information, contact the Stanford Ticket Office at Tresidder Memorial Union. Call 650-725-ARTS (2787) or go online to http://livelyarts.stanford.edu.