Everywhere But Harvard

Concerts

Third Annual Gospel Night--sponsored by the Multicultural Task Force of the Department of Human Services Program in celebration of Black History Month. Cambridge Rindge and Latin's Fitzgerald Auditorium, 459 Broadway. Friday, Feb. 7, 7 p.m. $5 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and children under 12. Contact local community school or Roslyn Shoy at 349-6230 for tickets. Yes, there are better ways to celebrate Black History Month than listening to Leonard Jeffries.

Old Post Road Historic Concerts--will present chamber music by Fasch, Telemann, Quantz and Bach with guests Maria Diez-Canedo, recorder and flute; Owen Watkins, recorder; Suzanne Stump, flute; Daniel Ryan, cello; Larry Hamberlin, harpsicord. Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St., Boston. Thursday, Feb. 6, 6 p.m. First Parish, Boston Post Rd. at Cochituate Rd., Wayland. Friday, Feb. 7, 8 p.m. Christ Church, Zero Garden St., Cambridge. Saturday, Feb. 8, 8 p.m. $10 for adults, $5 for students, elders, and contributors at Wayland performance. $12 for adults, $6 for students, elders, and contributors at Boston or Cambridge performance. (617) 648-4824.

From First to Last: Lute Music from the 16th and 20th Centuries--Olav C. Henriksen will perform the works of Spinacino, Schlick, Attaingnant, Johnson and da Milano and 20th century works by J.N. David and Stephen Funk(y) Pearson. Boston Conservatory Concert Room, 8 The Fenway, Boston. Thursday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m. Free. (617) 536-6340.

MIT Chapel Series--The Lyra Duo:Robin Baker, flute and Joseph Scott, guitar will perform the works of C.P.E. Bach, Bartok and others. MIT Chapel Thursday, Feb. 6, noon. Free.

MIT Student Recital--IAP Brass Quintet:Wayne Dempsey, trumpet; Brian Blatnick, trumpet; George Cooley, horn; Kevin Karnes, trombone; and Robert Orr, tuba will perform the works of Ewald, Bach and Sousa. Killian Hall. Friday, Feb. 7. Free.

Council for the Arts at MIT Student Recital--Kenneth Goodson, baritone, will perform Schumann's Dichterliebe Op. 48 Killian Hall. Monday, Feb. 10, 12:05 p.m. Free.

Zephryos Quintet--will perform selections by Carl Nielsen, Dennis LeClaire, Paul Hindemith, Robert Muczynski, Ingolf Dahl and Jean Francaix. United Parish in Brookline, 210 Harvard St., Brookline, near Colidge Corner. Sunday, Feb. 9,4 p.m. $5 general and $2 for children, students, and seniors suggested donation.

Gary Burton Quarter--Kurt Rosenwinkel, guitar; Matt Garrison, bass; and Marty Richard, drum. Charles Hotel, One Bennett St., Cambridge. Thursday, Feb. 6, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m., $9. Friday, Feb. 7, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., $12. Saturday, Feb. 8, 9 p.m., $14; 11 p.m. $12. (617) 876-7777.

Joshua Redman Quartet--a 1991 Harvard graduate, Redman just completed his first album with Red Rodney, Kenny Barron and Grady Tate. Harvard Professor Graeme Boone might say his music is "hot." He will perform with Johnny King, piano; Paul LaDuka, bass; and Clarence Penn, drums. Charles Hotel, One Bennett St., Cambridge. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. $8.

Boston Conservatory--Soprano Angelina Reaux will open the 125th Anniversary Festival with "Celebrating America: A Concert of 20th Century American Composers and Poets." Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., Boston. Feb. 7,8 p.m. $15. Boston Conservatory Chamber Ensemble will perform compositions by Copland, Leisner, Loeffler and a world premiere by Larry Bell. Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory, 8 The Fenway. Feb. 9,4 p.m. $10 general, $7 for students and seniors. For reservations, call (617) 536-3063.

Zamir Chorale of Boston--commemorates the 500th anniversary of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and the 25th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. Joshua Jacobson, conductor. Is the expulsion of Jews from Spain really something to commemorate? Millenium Ensemble-Theodore Antoniou, music director. Boston University. Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. Thursday, Feb. 6,8 p.m. Free.

Percussion Ensemble--Boston University Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. Sunday, Feb. 9, 8:30 p.m. Free.

Faculty Recital--John Daverio, narrator; Augusto Paglialunga, guest tenor; and John Crotty, guest piano will perform Brahms, Magelone-Romanzen. Monday, Feb. 10,8 p.m. Yuri Mazurkevich, violin. Tuseday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. Boston university Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. Free.

It's a Carnival--Ensemble Chair Orville Wright presents an evening featuring the talents of Trinidadians affiliated with Berklee and/or Iiving in the Boston area. Berklee Performance Center. 136 Massachusetts Ave. Monday, Feb. 10, 8:15 p.m. $4.

Ben Riley Concert--Riley, a drummer, will perform original music. Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 8:15 p.m. $4.

Celebration of African-American Musics--Tufts University Music Department presents classical music, jazz, spirituals and gospel. Betty J. King, featured composer. Cohen Auditorium, Tufts University, Medford Campus. Sunday, Feb. 9,5 p.m. Free. 627-3564.

Dance

Laura Knott Dance Company--Green Street Studios, 185 Green St., Cambridge. Friday, Feb. 7 and Saturday, Feb. 8, 8 p.m. $10 general admission, $5 for students with ID and seniors. For reservations, call 323-5562.

A midsummer Night's Dream--Boston Ballet's production choreographed by Bruce Wells. Feb. 6-16. Wang Center for Performing Arts. Tickets available by calling Ticketmaster at 931-2000.

Ariel Dance Theatre--will present new works Wraps and Seasons. Boston University's Sargent Gym Studio Theatre, university Rd. Friday, Feb. 7 at 8 p.m., $25 with wine and cheese reception. Saturday, Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 9 at 4 p.m., $10 and $8 for students and seniors. For reservations and ticket information, call 628-3114 or 498-1663.

Film

MTV Decade--part of 5-part program tracing the devlopment and artistry of the music video. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave. Thursday, Feb. 6. $5 general admission and $4.50 for students and museum members. Series tickets available by calling 267-9300, ext. 306.

Joseph Beuys of Film and Video--Joseph Beuys: Transformer by John Hilpern and From Here Out...: Two Interviews with Joseph Beuys by Peter Herrmann. Seminar Room. Sunday, Feb. 9,3 p.m. I like America and America likes Me, Trans-Siberian Railway, and Celtic+. Museum School. Monday, Feb. 10, 6 p.m. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave. Tickets are $2.50 and $3.

Mass Art Film Society-- Harry Smith Retrospective on Feb. 12 and continued on Feb. 19. Room 309 of massachusetts College of Art's Longwood Building, corner of Brookline and Longwood Ave. 7:30 p.m. $3. For information, call 232-1555, ext. 214.

Rebecca--presented by the Wang Center and Boston Herald Classic Film Series. Wang Center for the Performing Arts. Monday, Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m. $6 Tickets available at The Wang Center Box Office at 6 p.m. on the evening of the show.

Spies--by Fritz Lang. Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Mass Ave. Sunday, Feb. 9, 8 p.m. $3 contribution.

Lectures

Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, and Massachusetts State Law--speaker Bill Hunter, regional administrator, Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Children. Charlestown Branch Library, 179 Main St. Friday, Feb. 7,10 a.m. 242-1248.

Cancer Prevention through Diet and Nutrition--Jamaica Plain Branch Library, 12 Sedgwick St. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 10:30 a.m. 524-2053.

Black Athletes in Professional Sports--speaker willie Maye, coach and sportscaster for WILD radio station. Parker Hill Branch Library, 1497 Tremont St., Roxbury. Thursday, Feb. 6,4 p.m. 427-3820.

Famous Black Americans on Postage Stamps--Parker Hill Branch Library, 1497 Tremont St., Roxbury. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 4 p.m. 427-3820.

"Black Artists"--by Jim Reed, local artist. Parker Hill Branch Library, 1497 Tremont St., Roxbury. Wednesday, Feb. 12, 4 p.m. 427-3820.

Senator Al gore--will be reading from his new book Earth in the Balance: Healing the Global Environment. Brattle theatre, 30 Brattle St. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 5:30 p.m. Free tickets are necessary. For more information, call 354-5201. He should be speaking around the bend at the Institute of Politics as a presidential candidate, but he'd rather read books at weird movie theatres. Does that tell you anything about American politics?

Freedom in the Making of Western Culture--Harvard Sociology Professor Orlando Pattersonwill discuse his latest book. Cambridge Forum, 3 Church St. Tuesday, Feb. 12, 8 p.m. Free. For more information, call 876-9644. So he won some National Book Award for this tome. (check award) Social Studies still kicks Sociology's ass any day.

New England: A Hospitality History--with Christina Tree. Concord Museum, 200 Lexington Rd., Concord. Monday, Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m. $6 general ad-