THEATER -- COMEDY: The BYU Theater Department's production of George Bernard Shaw's 'Arms and the Man' will be performed at 7:30 p.m. in the Pardoe Theatre in the Harris Fine Arts Center. The play is a social comedy about war and friendship in nineteenth-century Bulgaria. Barta Heiner is the director, and the show will run through Oct. 18. Tickets are $9 general, $7 with student ID. Call 378-4322 for more information.
MUSIC -- DOUBLE BASS: BYU faculty member Walter Birkedahl will play the double bass in a recital at 7:30 p.m. in the Harris Fine Arts Center's Madsen Recital Hall. He will perform works by such diverse composers as double bass virtuoso Giovanni Bottesini, jazz pianist Errol Garner, and classical composer Franz Schubert. The performance is free.
MUSIC -- BARBERSHOP: The Bamberger Express Barbershop Quartet will perform at 7 p.m. in the Provo Tabernacle. The group has toured nationally and was named Rocky Mountain District Senior Champions in 1996. The performance is free. Call 379-6646 for more information.
MOVIE -- VARSITY THEATRE: Jodie Foster's summertime non-exploding sci-fi hit 'Contact' is at the Varsity this week. Aliens contact Earth and invite an Earthling to come up and visit. Naturally, the whole thing gets botched. A man from Panguitch, Utah, is shown to be a psychotic religious zealot. Matthew McConnaughey takes his shirt off. The end. Showtimes are 7 and 9:45 p.m. Tues., Wednesday and Thursday. Tickets are $1.50.
MUSIC -- CLASSICAL: It's all-Brahms tonight in the Assembly Hall at Temple Square, as a violinist, cellist and pianist from the Utah Symphony gather to observe the centennial of the composer's death. The program will include Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108; and Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8. Showtime is 7:30 p.m.; admission is free; no children under 8.
MUSIC -- JAZZ: Monty Alexander, John Clayton Jr. and Jeff Hamilton, who used to perform together regularly but now have their own groups, will reunite for a performance at the Salt Lake Hilton, 150 W. 500 South in Salt Lake City, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20. Call Amanda Hanks at 278-0411 for more information.