Around Harvard

Bars and Clubs.

Axis. 13 Lansdowne St. Boston. 262-2437. Psychedelic Soul Shack on Thursday, March 17

Black Rose. Harvard Square. 492-8630. Smokehouse Blues Band Jam on Sundays. Rob Jarrett Trio and Jazz Jam on Mondays. Machinery Hall on Friday, March 18.

House of Blues. Harvard Square. 491-BLUE. Toni Lynn Washington on Thursday, March 21. Dirty Dozen Brass Band on Tuesday, March 22.

ManRay. 21 Brookline St., Central Square, Cambridge. 864-0400. Campus for Gay Men on Thursdays. Underground House Alternative Dance on Thursdays. Underground House Alternative Dance on Saturdays. Orbit Gothic Industrial Techno Mayhem on Wednesdays.

The Middle East. 472 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. 497-0576. Downstairs: Stub Junkmen on Thursday, March 17. Jawbox on Friday, March 18. Green Magnet on Saturday, March 19 MTV Spoken Wurd four on Sunday, March 20. Kerouac Festival on Tuesday, March 22. Upstairs: The Friggs on Thursday, March 17. Kudgel on Friday, March 18. Truman's Water on Saturday, March 19. Tsunmai on Wednesday, March 23.

Paradise. 967 Comm. Ave., Boston. 254-2052. Cliffs of Dooneen, Lir, Pooka Stew on Thursday, March 17.

Regatta Bar. The Charles Hotel, Harvard Square, Cambridge, 937-4020. The John Abercrombie Trio on Thursday, March 17 and Friday, March 18. The Geri Allen/Wallace Roney Quartet on Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20. The New Black Eagle Jazz Band with Butch Thompson at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 20.

Ryles. Inman Square, Cambridge. 876-9330. Joe Maneri Quartet on Thursday, March 17.

Scullers Jazz Club. Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Storrow Drive, Boston. 562-4111.

Venus de Milo. 11 Lansdowne St., Boston. 421-9595. Techno and House music with DJs Debo and Tim Ryan on Thursdays.

Western Front. 343 Western Ave., Cambridge. 492-7772. I-Tones on Friday and Saturday, March 18 and 19.

Concert

Boston Symphony Orchestra. Symphony Hall, 301 Mass. Ave., Boston. 266-1200. Performs Stravinsky's "Petrushka" and Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, "Erotica" on March 17 at 10:30 a.m. and 8 p.m.; March 18 at 1:30 p.m. and March 19 at 8 p.m.

The MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble and the Harvard university Jazz Band. Perform an open rehearsal with Orange Then Blue and George Schuller. Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center, 85 West Newton Street, Boston. Thursday, March 17, 7 p.m. Free. Call 262-1342 for more information.

Collegium Musicum. "Then and Now," a concert featuring the ensemble, the Chamber Singers and soloists. Pleasant Street Congregation Church, Arlington on Saturday, March 19 at 8 p.m. $5 for students.

Exhibitions

The Children's Museum. 300 Congress Street, Boston. 426-8855. Current exhibits include: the Climbing Sculpture, a two-story suspended puzzle piece climbing maze; Climbing the Wall, a rock climbing exhibit; El Mercade De Barrio, a replica of Latino neighborhood market in Boston; Teen Tokyo, an exhihbition on fashion, food, sports, music, art and school and family life for kids in Japan; Columbus: Through Native American Eyes. a reexamination of the discovery of America from both Columbus' and the Native American perspectives.

Museum of Fine Arts. 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. 267-9300.

Through March 27. Three Centuries of Flemish Tapestry.

Through April 10. John James Audubon: The Watercolors for the Birds of America. 90 rarely seen watercolors by the focus of a major traveling exhibition.

Through Mar 1. The Label Show: Contemporary Art and the Museum, an exhibition of 20 works from the permanent collection.

Through June 19. Early 20th-century Prints: Picasso to Johns. This exhibition traces the course of printmaking in the first half of the twentieth century.

Through July 3. African and Oceanic Sculpture: Treasures from a Private Collection. The objects are mostly wood and terracotta, ranging from a miniature wooden mask from Zaire to monumental yoruba veranda post from Nigeria.

Museum of Science. Science Park, Boston. 723-2500. Through May 15. Mysteries of the Bog. an exhibition of an ecosystem native to North America and Europe.

Through May 1. Who dunit? The Science of Solving Crime, featuring exhibits on fingerprinting, DNA profiling and forensics.

Through Aug. 21 Darkened Waters: Profile of an Oil Spill.

Movies

Brattle Theatre. 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square. 876-6837. "My Life to Live" at 4:15 and 7:45 and "Two or Three Things I Know About Her" at 6 and 9:30 on Thursday, March 17. "Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?" at 4:45 and 7:30 on Friday, March 18 through Sunday, March 20, with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. "Between the Teeth" at 10 on Friday, March 18 through Sunday, March 20. "Mona Lisa" at 3:45 and 7:50 and "The Long Good Friday" at 5:40 and 9:45 on Monday, March 21. "Blade Runner" at 3:30 and 7:50 and "Total Recall" at 5:40 and 10" on Tuesday, March 22. "Citizen Kane" at 7:45 and "Psycho" at 9:55 on Wednesday, March 23.

Loews Fresh Pond. Fresh Pond Plaza. 661-2900. On "Thursday, March 17. "Lightning Jack" at 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:10 and 9:35. "The Ref" at 1, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50 and 10:10. "Guarding Tess" at 12:45, 2:55, 5:15, 7:35 and 9:50. "Angie" at 12, 2:25, 4:45, 7:25 and 10. "Greedy" at 1:40, 6:55 and 9:20. "The Chase" at 1:55, 4:20, 6:25, 8:25 and 10:30. "Philadelphia" at 12:30 and 6:40. "Sugarhill" at 3:55 and 9:10 "On Deadly Ground" at 1:25, 3:40, 6:10 and 8:40. "Ace Ventura, Pet Detective" at 12:10, 2:10, 4:05, 6 and 8:55. "Reality Bites" at 1:10, 3:25, 5:45, 8:05 and 10:20.

Loews Harvard Square. 10 Church St., Cambridge. 864-4580. On Thursday, March 17. "Sirens" at 1:15, 3:20, 5:25, 7:30, 9:40 and 11:45. "Six Degrees of Separation" at 1:30, 4:50, 7:10 and 10. "In the Name of the Father" at 12:45, 3:35, 6:20, 9 and 11:35. "Shadowlands" at 1, 3:50, 6:40 and 9:20. "Schindler's List" at 12:30, 4:10, 7:50 and 11:20. "Rocky Horror" at 12:05 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.

Loews Janus. 57 JFK St., Harvard Square. 661-3737. On Thursday, March 17. "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" at 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 and 10.

Theatre

Forever Plaid. Indefinite run. In Stuart Ross's tribute to the "guy groups" of the '50s and '60s the Plaids, a semi-pro harmony group killed on the eve of their first big-time gig. have come back from the dead to croon their tunes. Boston Park Plaza Hotel, 64 Arlington St., Boston. Call 357-8384 for more information.

Jurassic Parking. Indefinite. A new comedy revue from the Boston Baked Theatre. Boston Baked Theatre, 255 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville. Friday at 8:15 p.m. and Saturday at 7 and 9:15 p.m. $14.75-$18, with a discount for students. Call 628-9575 for tickets and more information.

Nunsense II. Indefinite run. The Second coming of Dan Goggins' habitual merriment. Theatre Lobby, 216 Hanover St., Boston. Call 931-2000 for tickets and more information.