Friday Happenings

Image from Heide Hatry's exhibition Heads and Tales courtesy Pierre Menard Gallery.

Heide Hatry, who recently curated Meat After Meat Joy at the Pierre Menard, returns to Cambridge with a solo show of her own work. Heads and Tales is an exhibition of photographs with a twist. Each photo depicts a sculpture of a human head that Hatry assembled using animal skins and parts, and each photo has an accompanying text, that's the "Tales" part, published in an accompanying book. Pierre Menard Gallery, 10 Arrow St., Cambridge, reception 6 p.m., exhibition through March 15. Free.

Brazilian Jazz

Unsung in this hemisphere, Hermeto Pascoal is one of Brazil's favorite composers. His arrangements adorned scores of records during the sixties and seventies, and he briefly joined Miles Davis, during his electric period. Pascoal's pupil Jovino Santos Neto, an impressive musician in his own right, will lead the NEC Jazz Orchestra as it tackles the Pascoal songbook. Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, 30 Gainsborough St., 8 p.m. Free.

Movies

Today is Friday the 13th, and tomorrow is Valentine's Day, a rare enough occurrence that it should not go unacknowledged. In recognition, the Brattle is unreeling two of Bostonist's favorite horror films, just as Hollywood starts shipping their remakes. My Bloody Valentine (1981) might be the best Canadian slasher flick this side of David Cronenberg. The original Friday the 13th (1980) featured precious little of the iconic, hockey-mask wearing Jason, but watch carefully and you might just catch him. Double feature. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge, 10 p.m.

Hoof it over from the HFA, with a stop at Charlie's for dinner, and you can make it a complete night of frights. The HFA begins its William Friedkin retrospective with the director's cut of The Exorcist (1973/2000), a tale of lost faith and spewing demon children. The screening includes Linda Blair's screen tests for her role in the film. If you prefer, stick around for To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), one of the few great noir flicks to come out of the eighties. Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. $8/$6.

New Music

The ICA's New Music Now series continues with the Necks, a minimalist piano trio from Australia, and Craig Taborn, a composer and electronic musician from downtown NYC. Institute for Contemporary Art, South Boston, 7:30 p.m. $25/$20.