Songs and Poems of Robbie Burns. 8-9:30 p.m., Logan Center, 915 E. 60th St., 773-702-8484, $35 at the door general admission, $5 at the door for students. Advance tickets can be bought by calling 773-669-7335.
An Evening with the Prophet. 7-9 p.m., Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave., 773-702-2100, free. A celebration of the life of Prophet Muhammad in honor of his birth.
Open Studio: Minouk Lim, Vlatka Horvat and Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford. 2-4 p.m., Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave., 773-324-5520, hydeparkart.org. Visitors will have a chance to learn about artists-in-residence Lim, Hulsebos-Spofford and Vlatka’s and upcoming projects.
Game Day. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave., 312-747-0511.
Musical Performance. 7:30 p.m., Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St., 773-702-8068, $35 general admission, $5 students. String quartet Brooklyn Rider performs Mendelssohn and an original work.
Film Screening. “The Color of Pomegranates.” 7 p.m., Logan Center, Screening Room 201, 915 E. 60th St., 773-702-2787, free. Featuring Parajanov’s 1968 film preceded by a Q and A with U. of C. cinema academic Robert Bird.
Lecture. “Theater and Reinvention: Tawfiq Al-Hakim’s Fate of a Cockroach and Aristophanes’ Birds.” 4-5:30 p.m., Stuart Hall, Room 102, 5835 S. Greenwood Ave., 773-702-8296.
Presentation. “Final Curtain: the End of Antiquity on the Operatic Stage.” Fulton Hall 5845 S. Ellis Ave., 773-702-8484, free. The University of Oslo’s Erling Sandmo presents as part of the Department of Music’s Visiting Committee Colloquium Series. 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM