Thursday
Down in the Valley--church at 90 Park St., 7:30
Shark--Erlich Theater, 8:30
Victor Borge--Colonial, 8:00
Cocteau on Cocteau--French Library, 8:30
All-Night Strut--Boston Rep. Theater, 8:00
Annie--Shubert, 8:00
Man of La Mancha--Music Hall, 8:00
Gin Game--Wilbur, 8:00
Mamet Plays--Charles Playhouse, 8:00
Blood Knot--Next Move Theater, 8:00
Max Miller plays organ works in the Thursday Noon Recital Series at the Busch-Reisinger Museum. Call 495-2317 for info. free
Medieval and Sephardic Music--At Peasant Stock Restaurant. 421 Washington St., Somerville, at 7:30 p.m. Call 354-9528 for reservations. Free
Les McCann--Paradise
Chick Corea and Gary Burton--Berklee Performance Center
Political trials in South Africa, Rev. L. John Collins, Canon of St Paul's Cathedral in London and president of the International Defense and Aid Fund for Southern Africa, rm. 3, 1737 Cambridge St. at 12:15 p.m.
East Germany, West Germany and Eurocommunism, Peter Christian Ludz, Munich Univ., rm. 4, 1737 Cambridge St. at 4 p.m.
Women in Management: Problems of Women Managing Men, Breading Into the Old Boy Network, Importance of a Mentor, Importance of Speech and Dress, Adams Upper Common Room at 7 p.m.
Chick Corea and Gary Burton--Berklee Performance Center at 7:30 and 10
Orbits--1369 Jazz Club, 491-9625
Ray Bryant--Lulu White, 423-3652
Bruce Cockburn--Passim at 8 and 10:30, 492-7679
Friday
Down in the Valley--7:30
Shark--8:30
Victor Borge-- 8:00
Boston Rep. Ballet--John Hancock Hall, 8:00
Cocteau--8:30
All Night Strut--7:00
Annie--8:00
Gin Game--8:00
La Mancha--8:00
Blood Knot--8:00
Mamet Plays--7:30, 9:30
Boston University Symphony Orchestra performs Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3. With conductor Joseph Silverstein and pianist Anthony di Bonaventura. At Symphony Hall, 251 Huntington Ave., Boston, at 8 p.m. Tickets at $2.50. For Info, call 353-3345
The Japanese Woman's Right to Equal Employment, Catherine Brown, law clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals, Pound 419 at 12:45 p.m.
A Sovietologist's View of China's Economy: Report of a visit, Joseph Berliner, Brandeis, room 3, 1737 Cambridge St. at 1 p.m.
The U.S. and Japan in the United Nations: a framework for Evaluation, Sadako Ogata, Japanese envoy at the U.N., rm. 2, 1737 Cambridge St. at 1:30 p.m.
American Jewry and Israell Policy, Kenneth Arrow, Conant University Professor, Phillips Brooks House parlor at 8:45 p.m.
Boston Jazz Quartet--1369 Jazz Club
Steve Veikley Quartet--Ryles, 876-9330
Chuck McDermott and Wheatstraw--Jonathan Swift's, 661-9887
Bruce Cockburn--Passim at 8 and 10:30.
International Folk Dancing--Music by the Cambridge Folk Orchestra--Christ Church, Zero Garden St., 8:30 p.m.
Saturday
Mary, Mary--Actors Workshop Theater--8:00
Victor Borge--2:00, 8:00
Boston Rep. Ballet--8:00
Cocteau--8:30
All-Night Strut--7:00, 9:30
Mamet Plays--7:30, 9:30
Annie--2:00, 8:00
Gin Game--8:00
Blood Knot--7:00, 10:00
La Mancha--8:00
Bach Society Orchestra--Peter Lurye conducts works of Respighi, Mozart and Schumann, with soloist Roy Kogan. At Sanders Theater at 8:30 p.m. Tickets at Holyoke Center or at the door. Call 495-2663 for more details
Kenneth Wilson plays organ works at Hammond Castle, Gloucester, at 8 p.m.
Yale Russian Chorus sings at Rabb Lecture Hall. Boston Public Library, at 3 p.m.
Craig Russell--Berklee Performance Center
Chuck McDermott and Wheatstraw--Jonathan Swift's
Bruce Cockburn--Passim at 8 and 10:30
Clay Workshop--Project Arts Center, 141 Huron Ave., Cambridge; to register call 491-0187
Sunday
Victor Borge--3:00, 7:30
Annie--2:00, 7:00
Gin Game--3:00
La Mancha--2:00, 7:30
Blood Knot--8:00
Boston Museum Trio performs works by Rameau and others in Early Music Series at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at 3 p.m. Tickets at $2.50 with student I.D. Call 267-9300, ext 340 for details.
Boston University Celebrity Series--Julian Bream and John Williams at Symphony Hall, Boston at 3 p.m.
American Recorder Society Meeting--"English Consort Music" at Cambridge Friends School, 5 Cadbury Rd. at 7:30 p.m. Free.
Lowell House Music Society--Pianist John Nichols and flautist Cathy Hodgeman play Bach and Handel. In Lowell JCR at 4:30 p.m. Free.
Herb Pomeroy--Scotch 'n Sirloin at 8, 723-3677
Chip Harding Band--Jonathan Swift's
Bruce Cockburn--Passim at 8 and 10:30
The Chieftains--Symphony Hall at 8, 266-1492
Davis Green Band--Springfield St. Saloon, 661-7700
Clay Workshop--Project Arts Center
Monday
Mary, Mary--8:00
All-Night Strut--8:00
Works by Michael Haydn, Poulenc, Beethoven, and Francaix--Boston Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Quintet performs at B.U. School for the Arts, 855 Comm. Ave., Boston at 8 p.m. Tickets $1 at door. Call 353-3345
Cambridge Society for Early Music--"Unknown Bach," Joshua Rifkin conducting. At Sanders Theater at 8:30 p.m. Call 247-1465. Free.
Longy Faculty Piano Trio Recital--Haydn, Mozart and Babadjianian (U.S. premiere). At Longy School, 1 Follen St., at 8:30 p.m. Deal 876-0956 for details. Free.
Van Morrison and Rockpile--Orpheum
The Two Post War Eras, Charles Maier, Duke Univ., Harvard 104 at 4 p.m.
Stereochemical Studies of Isoprenoid Biosynthesis, David Cane, Brown, Mallinckrodt MB-23 at 4 p.m.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Some Problems and Observations, Ann J. Lane, City University of New York, Agassiz Colloquium rm. at 4 p.m.
Lecturing in the Humanities, James Ackerman, John Finley and Wallace MacCaffrey, Science Center A at 4:15 p.m.
Geometrizing and Perceptualizing: Products of Basic Design, William S. Huff, SUNY- Buffalo, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall at 6:30 p.m.
A Reconstruction of William James's Lowell Lectures of 1897 on Exceptional Mental States, Lecture II: Automatism, Eugene Taylor, resident graduate at the Divinity School, Swedenborg Chapel, Quincy and Kirkland Sts. at 8 p.m.
Woodstock Mountain Revue--Jonathan Swift's at 9 and 11
Davis Green--Springfield St. Saloon
Tuesday
Mary, Mary--8:00
Victor Borge--8:00
All-Night Strut--8:00
Mamet Plays--8:00
Annie--8:00
Gin Game--8:00
La Mancha--8:00
20th Century Flute Music--Boulez, Klebe, Varese, Jolivet and Schumann performed at Longy School, 1 Follen St. at 8:30 p.m. Call 646-0170 for details. Free.
Boston Museum Trio--see Sunday listing
The Shirts--Jonathan Swift's
Poetry Reading--Blacksmith House, 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Mary, Mary--8:00
Victor Borge--8:00
All-Night Strut--8:00
Mamet Plays--8:00
Annie--8:00
Gin Game--2:00, 8:00
La Mancha--8:00
Blood Knot--8:00
B.U. Faculty Recital Series--Works for Piano four-hands by Schubert, Hindemith, Mozart, Dvorak and Schumann. At BU School for the Arts at 8 p.m. Tickets at $1. For info, call 353-3345
Contemporary Music for Woodwind--Emmanuel Woodwind Quintet performs at Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley College, at 12:40 p.m. Free.
Basic Investing, Thomas H. Greco, account executive with E.F. Hutton Co., basement of 17 Quincy St. at 11 a.m.
Structure and BioMechanics of Bone, J. Lawrence Katz, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Pierce 209 at 4 p.m.
Social Change and Dynamics of Civilizations: Some Comparative Indications Emphasizing the Middle East, Shmuel Eisenstadt, Hebrew Univ. in Jerusalum, rm. 2, 1737 Cambridge St. at 4 p.m.
1978 Erasmus Lectures on the Civilization of the Netherlands: The Perils of Prosperity: Power, Money, Danger and the Anxieties of Being Dutch, 1600-1800, The Fear of Drowning; Rewards and Punishments, Simon Schama, Erasmus Lecturer, Harvard 210 at 5 p.m.
Cambridge Forum, What I Teach and Why: Oral Tradition Literature, Albert B. Lord, Porter Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature, 3 Church St. at 8 p.m.
Widespread Depression Orchestra--Jonathan Swift's
