Thursday

Nightcaps--Dunster Dining Hall at 8:30 The Gondoliers--Agassiz at 8 Emma--Next Move at 8 Puntila and Matti--Cambridge Ensemble at 8 The Furies of Mother Jones--People Theater Jubalay--Theatre by the Sea at 8:30 My Mother...My Son--Boston Rep at 8:08 Rosmersholm--Trinity Square at 8 The Indian Wants the Bronx--Charles Playhouse at 8 Lost Cookies--Eliot Dining Hall at 8 Hedda Gabler--Winthrop JCR at 8 A Thousand Clowns--Leverett Old Library at 8 p.m. Nosh--Laurie Theater, Brandies, at 8:30 p.m. The Tempest--Quincy Dining Hall at 8:15 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead--Charles Street Meetinghouse at 8:00

Allen Ginsberg--Passim at 8:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Strange Brew Coffeehouse--Hilles penthouse at 8 p.m. Roger Rosen and Ron Mirsky--Sword-in-the-Stone Coffeehouse at 9:15 9:15 p.m. Larry Friedman--Back Room at The Idler at 8 p.m.

Quadrivium--Busch-Reisinger Museum at 12:15. Roger Voisin--855 Commonwealth Ave. at 8:00. Boston Symphony Orchestra--Symphony Hall at 7:30.

Stan Getz--Paul's Mall at 8:30 and 11 Pat Metheny--Jazz Workshop at 8:30 and 11 Ictus--1369 Jazz Club at 9 Mary Gray Band--Club Zircon

John Kenneth Galbraith--Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall at the Law School at 8 p.m. John Cheever--Paine Hall at 8 p.m.

"Trees of Christmas"--Christmas Fair at Horticultural Hall in Boston from 10 at 7

Friday

Nightcaps--8:30 and 11:00 The Gondoliers--8:00 Next Move Revue--Next Move at 8 The Caretaker--Lyric at 8 Puntila and Matti--8:00 Mother Jones Jubalay--8:30 My Mother...My Son--8:08 Rosmersholm--8:00 Indian--8:00 Lost Cookies--Eliot Dining Hall at 8 Hedda Gabler--Winthrop JCR at 8 p.m. A Thousand Clowns--Leverett Old Library at 8 p.m. Comelot--Belmont Dramatic Club at 8 p.m. Nosh--Laurie Theater, Brandies, at 8:30 p.m. The Tempest--8:15 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead--8:00 Scenes from The Comedy of Errors--Loeb Ex at 7:30 p.m.

Nameless Coffeehouse--3 Church St. at 7:30 p.m. Allen Ginsberg--Passim at 8 and 10:30 p.m. Spider John Koemer--Back Room at The Idler at 8 p.m. Heidi Conover and Jim Buchanan--Sword-in-the-Stone Coffeehouse at 9:15 p.m.

Tim Chamberlain and Michael Dewart--Adams Lower Common Room at 8:30. Phyllis Moss--Kirkland Junior Common Room at 8:30 Boston University Symphony Orchestra--855 Commonwealth Ave. at 3:00 New England Conservatory Opera--Williams Recital Hall at 8:00. MIT Choral Society--Sacred Heart Church, 47 Sixth St. East Cambridge at 8:00. Lenora McCroskey--Memorial Church at 8:30. Boston Symphony Orchestra--Symphony Hall at 2:00.

Stan Getz--Paul's Mall at 8:30 and 11 Pat Metheny--Jazz Workshop at 8:30 and 11 Gary Fewell and Joe Ferlo--Up From Under Coffee House at 8:30 Stan Strickland and Sundance--1369 Jazz Club at 9

Buckminster Fuller--Park Plaza Hotel at 8 p.m.

"Trees of Christmas"-- 10 to 5 Saturday

Saturday

Nightcaps--8:30 The Gondoliers8:00 Emma7:00 and 10:00 The Caretaker--5 and 8:30 Puntila and Matti--8:00 Mother Jones Jubalay--5 and 9:00 My Mother...My Son--6:30 and 9:30 Rosmersholm--8:00 Indian--7:30 and 9:30 Lost Cookies--Eliot Dining Hall at 8 Hedda Gabler--Winthrop JCR at 8 A Thousand Clowns--Leverett Old Library at 8 and 11:15 Scenes from the Comedy of Errors--Loeb Ex at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Camelot--Belmont Dramatic Club at 8 p.m. Noah--Laurie Theater, Brandies, at 8:30 p.m. The Tempest--8:15 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead--8:00

Nameless Coffeehouse--3 Church St. at 7:30 p.m. Allen Ginsberg--Passim at 8 and 10:30 p.m. Michael Cooney--Joy of Movement Center at 8 p.m. Spider John Koerner--Back Room at The Idler at 8 p.m. Bill Fravis and George Tocci--Sword-in-the-Stone Coffeehouse at 9:15 p.m. Prop. Anonymous--Stone Soup Gallery at 8:30 p.m.

Back Society Orchestra--Sanders Theater at 8:30. MIT Concert Band--Kresge Auditorium at 8:00. Boston Symphony Orchestra--Symphony Hall at 8:30.

Stan Getz--Paul's Mall at 8:30 and 11 Pat Metheny--Jazz Workshop at 8:30 and 11 Art Farmer Quartet--Berklee Performance Center at 8 Stan Strickland and Sundance--1369 Jazz Club at 9

Alvin Roffler, Paul Sarbanesand others--Kirkland Junior Common Room at 1:30 Buckminster Fuller--Science Center at 9:30 a.m.

Book Bazaar--"The Second Wave" Benefit, Old Cambridge Baptist Church from 10 to 6 "Trees of Christmas"--10 to 5 Craft Fair--Pound Building

Sunday

The Gondoliers--2:30 Emma--8:00 Jubalay--3:00 My Mother...My Son--3 and 8:08 Rosmersholm--8:00 Camelot--Belmont Dramatic Club at 7 p.m. Noah--Laurie Theater, Brandies, at 7 p.m.

Strange Brew Coffeehouse--Hilles penthouse at 8 p.m. Allen Ginsberg--Passim at 8 and 10:30 p.m. Joe Val and The New England Bluegrass Boys--Winthrop JCR at 2 p.m. Judy Collins--Symphony Hall at 8:30 p.m. Gordon Bok--First Congregational Church at 8 p.m. Elliott and Rosenthal--Back Room at The Idler at 8 p.m. Dick Curless--Jonathan Swift's at 9:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. Open Hoot--Sword-in-the-Stone at 8 p.m.

Tamara Mitchell--Kirkland JCR at 8:30. New England Conservatory Medium Rare Big Band--Jordan Hall at 8:00. Eric Rosenblith and David Hagan--Kresge Auditorium at 8:00 MIT Choral Society--Sacred Heart Church, 47 Sixth Street, East Cambridge at 3:00.

Stan Getz--Paul's Mall at 8:30 and 11 Pat Metheny--Jazz Wokshop at 8:30 and 11 New Arts Trio--Emmanuel Church at 6 p.m.

Christopher Nbeba--Community Church of Boston, 602 Commonwealth Ave. at 11 a.m. The is Implications of the Israeli Kibbutz for the American Situation--Phillips Brooks House at 11:30 a.m. Buckminster Fuller--Science Center at 9:30 a.m.

Monday Rosmersholm--8:00 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead--7:00

Strange Brew Coffeehouse--Hilles penthouse at 8 p.m. The Moonlighters--Jonathan Swift's at 9:30 p.m. and 1 p.m.

The B.U. Trombone Ensemble--855 Commonwealth Ave. 8:00. Margarita Scack--Jacob Sleeper Hall, 871 Commonwealth Ave. at 8:00. New England Conservatory Chamber Wind Ensemble--Williams Recital Hall at 8:00.

Eddie Henderson--Jazz Workshop at 8:30 and 11

Eugene Taylor--Braun Room at the Divinity School, 45 Francis Street at 2 p.m. "The Mechanics of Running"--Science Center D at 8 p.m. Buddhist Meditation and Discussion--Phillips Brooks House at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday

My Mother...My Son--8.08 Boesman and Lena--Trinity Square Theater Downstairs at 8:00 Rosmersholm--8:00 The Tooth of Crime--Tufts Arena Theater at 8:15

John Fahey and Mark Dix--Passim at 8:00 and 10:30 p.m. Strange Brew Coffeehouse--Hilles penthouse at 8 p.m. Paul Orsillo--Back Room at The Idler at 9:15 p.m. The Moonlighters--Jonathan Swift's at 9:30 and 11 p.m. Turnout--Up From Under Coffeehouse at 8 p.m. Open Hoot--Sword-in-the-Stone at 8 p.m.

Boston Symphony Orchestra--Symphony Hall at 7:30. The Cantata Singers--Sanders Theatre at 8:00

Eddie Henderson--Jazz Workshop at 8:30 and 11

Andrew Young--Science Center B at 3 p.m. Hans Belting--Christian Room at the Fogg at 3 p.m.

Cambridge Community Chorus--City Council Chambers at 7

Wednesday

The Caretaker--8:00 Jubalay--3:00 My Mother..My Son--8:08 Emma--8:00 Rosmersholm--8:00 Henry IV, Part I--Loeb Mainstage at 8 The Tooth or Crime--8:15

John Fahey and Mark Dix--Passim at 8 and 10:30 p.m. Strange Brew Coffeehouse--Hilles penthouse at 8 p.m. Kirkpatrick and Myers--Back Room at the Idler at 9:15 p.m.

Beatrice Erdely--Jordan Hall at 8:00. The Cantata Singers--8:00

Eddie Henderson--Jazz Workshop at 8:30 and 11 Righteous Jazz Band--Club Casablanca at 9

Everett Cherrington Hughes--Cambridge Forum, 8 Church Street, at 8 p.m. "The Cost of a Risk-Force Society"-- 9 Bow Street at 4:15 p.m. Sterling Stuckey--77 Dunster Street at 7:30 J. Woodland Hastings--Science Center B at 8 p.m. The Writer and Society--Boston Public Library at 7:30 p.m.