Thursday Happenings

Hit Me Fred

Fred Wesley is a trombonist whose career is like a guide map to the history of funk. He's played with Ike and Tina Turner, James Brown, George Clinton, and De La Soul, and is none the worse for wear. Performing with the J.B. Horns. Johnny D's Uptown, 17 Holland St., Somerville, 9 p.m.

Headers

The MFA opens its Sports on Film series with Zidane: A Twenty-First Century Portrait (2006), a full-length soccer game shot entirely from the perspective of soccer star Zinédine Zidane. No, it does not end with a head butt. Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, 4 p.m. $7/$6.

China

Harvard opens its Emergent Visions: Independent Documentaries from China with a pair of documentaries, Torch Troupes and Bing'A. Tsai Auditorium, CGIS Building, Harvard University, 1739 Cambridge St., Cambridge, 5 p.m. More information.