• Theater: 'Bulrusher'
Tomorrow (Nov. 5) through Nov. 7 at 8 p.m., Stanford Drama and the student-run Blackstage Theater Company present the Eisa Davis play "Bulrusher," about a multiracial girl found in the river and adopted by a small logging town. The play was a 2007 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Performances are in Nitery Theater on campus. Tickets are $15 general; $10 for seniors, faculty and staff; and $5 for students. Call 650-723-2576 or go to drama.stanford.edu.

• Talk: 'Russia, Its Neighbors and the U.S. Since 1991'
Tomorrow (Nov. 5) at 5 p.m., Thomas W. Simons Jr. will give a free talk on emerging states in Eurasia against a background of political struggle and problematic markets. Simons is a lecturer in government at Harvard University and a consulting professor in 20th-century international history at Stanford University. The event is in the Barnes/McDowell Room in the Fisher Conference Center at the Arrillaga Alumni Center at Stanford. Call 650-725-2563 or go to events.stanford.edu.