STARTING NEXT week, the Harvard Festival of the Arts will follow a new kind of schedule of cultural events in and around the University, Hopping, skipping, jumping, dancing, singing, acting and celebrating from May 1 through May 14, the Arts Festival will tease all decision-making mechanisms with a perplexing variety of choices. As Festival coordinators and instigatiors said back in cold December, "anything can happen." And just about everything will.

YEOMEN OF THE GUARD presented by Harvard Gilbert & Sullivan Players: conductor Gerald Moshell, director Jim Burt, Agassiz Theatre April 28-29, May 3-6 8:30 PM & April 30 2:00 PM call 495-4700 for tickets.

THE FANTASTICKS by Schmidt and Jones: director Lindsay Anderson, Freshman Union Lounge April 28-30 7:30 PM $1.50 tickets at the door.

HARVARD RADCLIFFE ORCHESTRA works by Strauss, Milhaud, and Stravinsky: conductor James Yannatos, Loeb Mainstage May 1 8:00 PM $1.50

INFORMAL CHAMBER GROUP CONCERTS: Loeb West Lobby May 1, 4, 9, 11 4:30 PM FREE no tickets needed.

STUDENT FILM EXHIBITION: Loeb Experimental Theatre May 1 call 864-2630 for times. FREE, no tickets needed.

MODERN DANCE PRESENTATION "pure movement" pieces choreographer Eudgnie Doyle, Loeb Experimental Theatre May 2 7:30 PM FREE*

COLLEGIUM MUSICUM madrigals and chansons of the XV-XX Century: director F. John Adams Loeb Mainstage May 2 8:00 PM $1.50

PERFORMANCE SEMINAR CHAMBER CONCERTS: Leon Kirchner and students of Music 180, Loeb Mainstage May 3 and 10 8:00 PM $1.50

THE IMAGINARY INVALID by Moliere: Harvard Dramatic Club, director Liz Coe, Loeb Mainstage May 4-6, 12-13 8:00 PM $2.25 and May 11 1:30 FREE*

RABELAIS by Jean-Louis Barrault: Eliot House Drama Society, director Laurence Bergreen, Eliot House courtyard, in a tent May 4-6, 11-13 8:00 PM $1.50 (beer will be served)

ROSENCRANTZ AND GILDENSTERN ARE DEAD by Tom Stoppard: Harvard Dramatic Club director Arthur Lasky, Loeb Experimental Theatre May 4-6 7:30 PM FREE*

SAVED by Edward Bond: Dunster Drama Society, director John Greenwood, Dunster House Dining Hall May 4-6, 12-14 8:00 PM $1.50 tickets at the door

JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS by Mort Shuman and Eric Blau: director Guy Rochman, music director Tom Johnson, Mather House Dining Hall May 4-7 house open 8:30 PM curtain 9:00 PM $2.50 (including wine and fruits of the season) call 495-4384 for tickets

THE HARVARD CABARET from Currier House at Radcliffe: Loeb West Lobby May 4-7, 10, 12 after the performances in the theatres 50c cover

HARVARD BAND in concert: director Tom Everett, Loeb Mainstage May 5 1:30 PM FREE*

GARY BURTON AND THING presented by WHRB and The New Music Society, Sanders Theatre May 6 8:30 PM $2.00

BYZANTIUM RUSSIAN LITURGICAL CHOIR: musical director Igor Studenzoff, Busch-Reisinger Museum May 6 2:00 PM FREE

COLLEGIUM IOSQUINIUM Evensong for Eastertide: University Lutheran Church, Winthrop St. May 7 8:00 PM

DON GIOVANNI by Mozart and Da Ponte: Leverett Opera Society, conductor John Miner, director David Bartholomew, Loeb Mainstage May 7, 9, 11 8:00 PM $2.25 and May 6 1:30 FREE*

OPEN SIGHT READING 1812 OVERTURE: Lowell House Music Society Lowell House Courtyard May 7 2:30 PM rehearsal 3:00 PM performance FREE

THE MEASURES TAKEN by Bertoldt Brecht: Harvard Dramatic Club and Hum96v (Winthrop House), director Martin Andrucki, Loeb Experimental May 7-9 7:30 FREE*

RIKA'S DANCE presented by South House at Radcliffe to be followed by SQUARE DANCING for everyone across the street in Radcliffe Yard, choreographer Rika Burnham, Loeb Mainstage May 8 8:00 PM FREE*

INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING Loeb Mainstage May 10 1:30 PM FREE*

VICTIMS OF DUTY by Eugene Ionesco: Harvard Dramatic Club, director Arthur Feinsod, Loeb Experimental Theatre May 11-13 7:30 PM FREE*

ANTIGONE, A MODERN ADAPTATION OF SOPHOCLES' PLAY: director Edward Tongju Koh, Quincy Courtyard, Mt. Auburn & Plympton Sts. rain or shine May 11-13, 18-20 8:00 PM FREE Weeks Bridge, shine only May 15-17 2:00 PM FREE

SPRING DANCE: Freshman Union May 12 8:00 PM admission may be charged

HARVARD-RADCLIFFE AFRO-AMERICAN DANCE THEATRE: sponsored by Currier House and the Radcliffe Gym choreographer Bill Mackey, Loeb Mainstage May 14 8:00 FREE*

BACH SOCIETY ORCHESTRA: conductor Nils Vigeland. Lowell House Dining Room May 14 3:30 PM $1.00

GRAND BALLOON EVENT in Radcliffe Yard: featuring rides in hot air balloons, proceeds will go to a Boston youth rehabilitation center. May 14 Mid-afternoon and onwards.

ART EXHIBITS works of students and local artists: Loeb West Lobby--Look for announcements of openings 9:00 AM to midnight FREE

* Tickets may be picked up at the Loeb Box Office one week before performance, two per person.

* Tickets may be picked up at the Loeb Box Office at noon one day before performance, two per person.

Questions about tickets and times for events--call 864-2630