• Princeton’s Spring Dance Festival 2008 is the perfect opportunity for dance students to show their stuff. Berlind Theatre in McCarter Theatre Center will house a showcase of student dancing as well as student choreography. While the main performance is from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, there is an additional performance at 8 p.m.
• Watch out! The Harvard Pops Orchestra presents “Pops Gone Wild: The Animal Concert!” this weekend. Music from dangerous movies such as Jurassic Park and Raiders of the Lost Ark as well as compositions by Stravinsky, Saint-Saen and Strauss. The animals are out of their cage at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
• Brown will host a celebration of Brazil’s rich history and tradition this Sunday at 5 p.m. The Grand Recital Hall will be the site of a performance by the Solati Trio. The Trio includes Sophia Herman on violin, Ludmilla Lifson on piano and Hrant Tatian on cello. Playing the works of a long list of Brazilian composers, the Solati Trio should provide an evening of much merriment.
• The Columbia Alumni Arts League will host a screening of Dog Day Afternoon this weekend. A discussion with a professor from the School of Arts and the Director of the Arts Initiative will follow the showing, which starts at 1 p.m. on Sunday.