Not At Harvard

Bars and Clubs

Avalon. 15 Lansdowne St., Boston. 262-2424. Digable Planets and Spearhead on Thurs., March 16.

House of Blues. Harvard Square. 491-BLUE. Frankie Lee on Thurs., March 16. Dough Sahm Orchestra on Fri., March 17. Guitar Shorty on Mon., March 20.

Man Ray. 21 Brookline St., Central Square, Cambridge. 864-0400. Leather and lace Fantasy on Fri., March 17. Alternative and Industrial with DJ Chris on Sat., March 18.

The Middle East. 472 Mass Ave., Cambridge. 497-0576. Downstairs: Blink on Thurs., March 16. Sirensong on Sat., March 18. Upstairs: The Premieres on Thursday, March 16. Skavengers on Fri., March 17. Skud Mountain Boys on Sat., March 18.

Paradise. 967 Comm Ave., Boston. 254-2052. Aquarium Rescue Unite and Planet Be on Thurs., March 16.

Regatta Bar. The Charles Hotel, One Bennett Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge. 876-7777. Roomful of Blues on Fri., March 17. Soly Canto on Sat., March 18. Rebecca Parris and The Kenny Hadley Big Band on Sun., March 19.

Ryles. Inman Square, Cambridge. 876-9330. Music from 8:30 p.m. nightly. State of Grace with Ruthie Ristich on Fri., March 17. Dan Fox Quartet on Thurs., March 16.

Venus de Milo. 11 Lansdowne St., Boston. 421-9595. American Spirit, classic rock on Thurs.s.

Concert

Boston Symphony Orchestra. Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave., Boston. 266-1492. Symphony Open House on Sat., March 18 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Performs Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7, "Leningrad" on Thurs., March 16 at 8 p.m.; Fri., March 17 at 1:30 p.m. and Sat., March 18 at 8 p.m.

Boston Conservatory. 536-6340 or 536-3063. The Boston Conservatory Theater is located at 31 Hemenway Street, Boston. Seully Hall is located at 8 The Fenway, Boston. The First and Second Church is located at 66 Marlborough St., Boston.

Longy School of Music. Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, 27 Garden St., Cambridge. 876-0956, ext. 120. Benefit concert to aid the children, teachers and administration of Kobekko Land, a children's music school and the music department of Kobe Women's College, both severely damaged in the recent Kobe earthquake on Sat., March 18 at 7 p.m. $10.

Dance

American Festival. Through March 19. Wang Center. 931-ARTS. Twyla Tharp in the Upper Room with music by Philip Glass. Paul Taylor Company B with the music of The Andrews Sisters. Merce Cunningham Breakers with music by John Driscoll.

Exhibitions

The Children's Museum. 300 Congress Street, 426-8855. Current exhibits include: Climbing Sculpture, a two-story suspended puzzle piece climbing maze; Climbing the Wall, a rock climbing exhibit; El Mercado De Barrio, a replica of a Latino neighborhood market in Boston; Teen Tokyo, an exhibition on fashion, food, sports, music, art, and school and family life for kids in Japan; Jump Up! Boston's Caribbean Carnival; and Powwow, an photo exhibition of Arapahoe and Shoshone Powwows.

Compton Gallery. 77 Mass Ave., M.I.T., Cambridge. 253-4444. Through March 17. "AIDS: The Challenge to Educate."

Hart Nautical Gallery. 55 Mass Ave., M.I.T., Cambridge. 253-5942. Ongoing. "Course 13, 1893-1993: From Naval Architecture to Ocean Engineering" and "Permanent Exhibition of Ship Models."

M.I.T. Museum. 265 Mass Ave., Cambridge. 253-4444. Through June 18. "From Louis Sullivan to SOM: Boston Grads Go to Chicago." Through drawings and artifacts, this exhibition explores the explosive growth of the city of Chicago in the last quarter of the 19th century and the contributions to this building boom by MIT and Boston architects.

Ongoing. "Holography: Artists and Inventors." "MIT Hall of Hacks." "Light Sculptures by Bill Parker." "Math in 3D: Geometric Sculptures by Morton G. Bradley, Jr." "Math Space."

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

Through April 16. "Sweet Dreams: Bedcovers and Bed Clothes." This exhibition of quilts, coverlets, blankets, futon covers, lingerie and sleeping caps will be drawn primarily from the permanent collection.

Through May. "Monet Installation." The Museum's entire collection of paintings by Claude Monet will be installed in the impressionist galleries for the first time in nearly 20 years. No institution outside of France holds a larger collection of paintings by Monet than the MFA. The installation will be complimented by a selection of works by other impressionists such as Renoir, Degas, Manet and Gauguin.

Through May 7. "Emil Nolde: The Painter's Prints." Nolde, known for his vibrantly colored oil paintings and watercolors, will be the focus of the first major U.S. exhibition of one of the greatest modern German artist.

Through June 4. "Dennis Miller Bunker: American Impressionist." Featuring 50 of the artist's finest works, this exhibition will be the first comprehensive exhibition accompanied by an extensive catalogue.

Through June 25. "The Renaissance Print: France and Italy." This exhibition presents a provocative dialogue between French and Italian graphic works from the 16th century.

Through July 25, 1995." The Taste for Luxury: English Furniture, Silver and Ceramics, 1690-1790," exploring the influence of stylistic developments in the decorative arts through the 18th century.

Through Oct. 22. "Degrees of Abstraction: From Morris Louis to Mapplethorpe." The selection of objects and the installation of this exhibition will play "pure" abstraction against representaion.

Museum of Science. Science Park, Boston. 723-2500. Exhibits include "The Observatory," featuring infrared and ultrasonic sounds and images of unseen events; and "The Test Tube," an exhibit of some of the museum's work-in-progress for upcoming exhibits. Laser show "Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon," "The Police," "Lollapalaser," and "Dream On: The Music of Aerosmith." Omni Theater. Planetarium.

Nostalgia Factory. Through March 31.336 Newbury St., Boston. 236-8754. " P.C.: Pre-Computer," an exhibition of vintage ads for office machines and computers, dating from the turn of the century through the 1970s.

Wheelock College. Towne Art Gallery, 180 The Riverway, Boston. 734-5200. "Streets are for Nobody," photographs and interviews of homeless women in Boston and other communities by Melissa Shook.

Movies

Brattle Theatre. 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square. 876-6837. "Ladybird, Ladybird" at 4, 6, 8 and 10 p.m. on Thurs., March 16.

Sony Fresh Pond. Fresh Pond Plaza. 661-2900. On Thurs., March 16. "Just Cause" at 2:30, 4:45, 7:15 and 9:35 p.m. "Brady Bunch" at 1, 3:10, 5:45, 8:15 and 10:30 p.m. "Roommates" at 1:45, 4:20, 6:45 and 9:10 p.m. "Boys on the Side" at 2:15, 5, 7:30 and 10:15 p.m. "Man of the House" at 12:45, 3, 5:30, 7:45 and 10:05 p.m. "The Mangler" at 10:40 p.m. "Outbreak" at 1:15, 4, 7 and 9:50 p.m. "Nobody's Fool" at 1:25, 3:40, 6 and 8:45 p.m. "Hideaway" at 1:35, 3:50, 6:30 and 9 p.m. "Forrest Gump" at 12:30, 3:20, 6:15 and 9:25 p.m. "Heavyweights" at 2:45, 5:15 and 8 p.m.

Sony Harvard Square. 10 Church St., Cambridge. 864-4580. On Thurs., March 16. "Exotica" at 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50 and 10:15 p.m. "Miami Rhapsody" at 1:30, 3:40, 5:45, 8:15 and 10:30 p.m. "Once Were Warriors" at 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:40 and 10 p.m. and 12:05 a.m. "Before Sunrise" at 12:30, 2:45, 5:05, 7:25 and 9:45 p.m. "Madness of King George" at 2, 4:35, 7:05, 9:30 and 11:50. "Rocky Horror Picture Show" at 12:15 a.m. on weekend nights.

Sony Janus. 57 JFK St., Harvard Square. 661-3737. On Thurs., March 16. "Shallow Grave" at 2:15, 4:30, 6:45 and 9 p.m.

Wang Center Classic Film Series. "Jaws" on March 20 at 7:30 p.m. $6.

Theatre

The Guardsman. Through April 9. Huntington Theatre Company, 264 Huntington Ave., Boston. 266-0800 or 931-ARTS. Set in Budapest, Hungary before World War I, this play is about a flamboyant, talented actor and his equally famous and strong-willed actress wife, known for becoming resless after a half-year of commitment to the men of her life.

Henry V. Through March 25. American Repertory Theatre, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge. 547-8300. From the tavern at Eastcheap to the fields of Agincourt, the pageant continues as the young king Hal proves himself a great soldier and statesman, finally meeting Katharine, the beautiful daughter of the King of France, who teaches him his first lessons in Love. Tues.-Fri. at 8 p.m. Sat. at 2 and 8 p.m. Sun. at 2 and 7 p.m.

Joey & Maria's Comedy Wedding. Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St., Boston. (800) 733-5639. An audience-participation dinner show that, in the guise of the marriage of Maria Angelina Cavatelli to Giuseppe Antonio Gnocchi, serves up a roomful of Italian stereotypes.

Nunsense I and II. Theatre Lobby, North End. 931-ARTS or 227-9872.

Shear Madness. Charles Playhouse, Warrenton St., Boston. 426-5225.

Someone Who'll Watch Over Me. Through April 9. New Repertory Theatre, 54 Lincoln St., Newton Highlands. 332-1646. The Boston premiere of the 1992-93 winner of the N.Y. Drama Critics' Circle Award for "Best Foreign Play," relates the story of a trio of hostages awaiting their fate at the hands of unseen captors.