The University Of Miami Frost School Of Music will host a percussion concert with members from its percussion department featuring chamber and solo works by Bela Bartok, Iannis Xenakis, Paul Lansky, Thierry De Mey, Nigel Westlake, Nicolas Martynciow, Bruno Mantovani and guests Liana Pailodze and Marina Radiushina on piano on Friday, April 23 at 8 p.m., Maurice Gusman Concert Hall. Admission is free. For more information or reservations, please call 305-284-5813.

Broke and armed with only a glass of wine and a wry sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni resides with his 93-year-old mother in their ancient apartment. The condo debts are mounting, but if Gianni looks after the building manager’s mother during the Pranzo di Ferragosto, all will be forgiven. Then the manager also shows up with an auntie, and then a doctor friend appears with his mother in tow… Can Gianni keep these four lively mamas well fed and happy in these cramped quarters? Admission is $6 for all University of Miami faculty, staff, and alumni; free for students. General admission is $8. The film screens on Friday, April 23 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, April 24 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.; and Sunday, April 25 at 4 p.m. Italian with English subtitles. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com.

By the mid-1980s, Walt Disney’s fabled animation studios had fallen on hard times. These conditions had produced a series of box office flops and led to pessimistic forecasts. Waking Sleeping Beauty isn’t a fairy tale but rather the true story of how Disney regained its magic with a staggering output of hits: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, and more. Directed by Don Hahn, this documentary brings an insider’s knowledge to this comeback and a fascinating perspective on what took place within the creative ranks as well as among the leadership team of Michael D. Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Roy Disney. Admission is $6 for all University of Miami faculty, staff, and alumni; free for students. General admission is $8. The film screens on Friday, April 23 at 8:45 p.m.; Saturday, April 24 at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, April 25 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com.

The School of Law’s Legal Theory Workshop continues with Yale Law Professor Heather Gerken, who will present “Federalism All the Way Down” on Friday, April 23 in the law school’s faculty meeting room. The workshop begins at 12:30 p.m., with lunch served at noon.

Professor Gerken is the J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School, where she specializes in election law, constitutional law, and civil procedure. Professor Gerken is one of the country’s leading experts on voting rights and election law, the role of groups in the democratic process, and the relationship between diversity and democracy. She is currently working on a book on the trans-substantive concept of “second-order diversity” in American public law.

Gerken graduated from Princeton University, where she received her A.B. degree, summa cum laude, in 1991 and from the University of Michigan Law School, where she received her J.D., summa cum laude, in 1994. She then served as a law clerk for Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for Justice David H. Souter of the United States Supreme Court before entering private practice in Washington, D.C.  She joined the Yale faculty in 2006.

There is limited seating for this event.  To attend, RSVP to Detra Davis Fleming at [email protected]. Priority will be given to those first to reply.

Attend the Annual Juried Student Competition exhibition preview at the Lowe Art Museum on Friday, April 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. The exhibit will be on view through Sunday, May 9. The event includes an artist lecture by William Carlson and a reception with light refreshments from 8 to 10 p.m. The faculty exhibition on view through Sunday, June 6 is Carlson’s Aquila non capit muscas. The event is free and open to the public.