thursday
Alex--Loeb Ex., 7:30 p.m.
All My Sons--Lyric Stage, 54 Charles St., Boston, 8 p.m.
Table Settings--Next Move Theater, 1 Boylston Place, Boston, 8 p.m.
Antigone--Kennedy School Forum, 8 p.m.
The Threepenny Opera--Loeb Drama Center, 8 p.m.
Uncommon Women and Others--Nucleo Eclettico, 216 Hanover St., Boston, 8 p.m.
Death of a Salesman--Charles Playhouse, 8 p.m.
Hello and Goodbye--Peoples Theater, 1253 Cambridge St., 8 p.m.
Organ Recital--John Ferris, organist; Memorial Church, 12:10 p.m.
Lunchtime Concert--Hung-Kuan Chen, planist; Federal Reserve Bank of Boston auditorium, 12:30 p.m.
Piano Recital--Susan Almasi, piano, and Emil Miland, cello; music of Chopin and Gershwin; Peasant Stock Restaurant, 415 Washington St., Somerville, 8:30 p.m.
Handel and Haydn Society--Thomas Dunn, conductor; Symphony Hall, 8 p.m.
Rhythm Method--Ed Burke's
The Meetings--Inn Square Men's Bar
The Dark and D-Club--Jacks
The Eggs and The Runes--the Paradise, 8:30 p.m.
The Visitors--the Western Front
The New Models, The Future Dads and The Upstarts--the Rat, 8:30 p.m.
Commander Cody, The Maynard Silva Band and Eight to the Bar--the Channel
Sand Dollar--Oxford Ale House
The Stompers and Planet Street--Jonathan Swift's
Ken Cervanka--the Willow, 699 Broadway, Somerville
Norman Conners--Tinker's, 888 Tremont St., Boston
Allda Rohr's Band--Springfield's, 1369 Cambridge St.
Harry Miller Band--Ryles Upstairs
Eric Preusser, Frank Wilkins and Tim Ingles--Ryles Downstairs
Trapeziod--Passim, 47 Palmer St.
Approaches to Improvisation--Lewis Porter; Leverett JCR, 9 p.m.
Counselor: One Who Enable or One Who Imposes? --Margaret Gorman, R.S.C.J.; H-R Catholic Student Center, 20 Arrow St., 7:30 p.m.
Global Feminism: Implications for the U.S. Women's Movement--Charlotte Bunch and Betty Powell; Cronkhite Graduate Center Living Room, 6 Ash St., 7:30 p.m.
The "Venetian-ness" of Venetian Art: Lights and Shadows--Terisio Pignatti; Boylston Auditorium, 8 p.m.
H-R Christian Science Organization--Phillips Brooks House, 7 p.m.
Meditation Classes--Phillips Brooks House, 7:30 p.m.
Poetry Reading--Cella Gilbert and John Heymann; Harvard Advocate, 21 South St., 8 p.m.
Memorial Service--for William Thurmond Graham, AB 1960, AM 1970, PhD 1974; Appleton Chapel, 3:30 p.m.
friday
Alex--7:30 p.m.
All My Sons--8 p.m.
Table Settings--8 p.m.
Antigone--8 p.m.
The Threepenny Opera--8 p.m.
Uncommon Women and Others--8 p.m.
Boston Remembers--Overland Theater, Mass. College of Art, 26 Overland St., Boston, 1 and 8 p.m.
Death of a Salesman--8 p.m.
Hello and Goodbye--8 p.m.
Kirkland House Music Society--Patricia Tao, pianist; music of Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and Bartok; Kirkland JCR, 8 p.m.
Bach Society Orchestra--Diana Watt, music director; Jessica Krash, piano soloist; music of Rossini, Beethoven, Ives and Haydn; Sanders Theater, 8:30 p.m.
Choral Music--"Four Centuries of German Choral Music"; Busch-Reisinger Museum, 8:30 p.m.
Dunster House Music Society--Judith Kellock, soprano, and Martin Amlin, piano; lullabies and toccatas; Dunster House Library, 5:30 p.m.
City Thrills, The Neats and The Alley Beats--the Paradise, 8:30 p.m.
Zion Initiation--the Western Front
The New Models, People in Stores and The Prime Movers--the Rat, 8:30 p.m.
Wall of Voodoo, The Eggs and The Stairs--the Channel
Sand Dollar--Oxford Ale House
Tim Danahy, Beaver Brown and John A's Hidden Secret--Jonathan Swift's
Synapse--Ed Burke's
Company Creek--the Idler's Back Room
Gary Chaffee--the Willow, 699 Broadway, Somerville
Norman Conners--Tinker's, 888 Tremont St., Boston
Millie McFadden--Springfield's, 1369 Cambridge St.
Herman Johnson Quartet--Ryles Downstairs
Ictus--Ryles Upstairs
Spider Bridge--Passim, 47 Palmer St.
America From Across the Sea: How East European Jews Viewed America in the 19th Century--Bernard Cooperman; H-R Hillel, 74 Mr. Auburn St., 8:30 p.m.
saturday
Alex--7:30 p.m.
All My Sons--5 and 8:30 p.m.
Table Settings--6:30 and 9:30 p.m.
Antigone--8 p.m.
The Threepeny Opera--8 p.m.
Uncommon Women and Others--8:30 p.m.
Boston Remembers--8 p.m.
Death of a Salesman--6:30 and 9:30 p.m.
Hello and Goodbye--8 p.m.
Boston Camerata--Joel Cohen, music director; "Two Musician Poets: Guillaume de Machaut and John Dowland"; Sanders Theater, 8 p.m.
Handel and Haydn Society--Thomas Dunn, conductor; Symphony Hall, 8 p.m.
Organ Recital--Barbara Bruns, organist; music of Bruhns, Buxtehude, Krebs and Bach; Busch-Reisinger Museum, 4:30 p.m.
The New Models--Inn Square Men's Bar
Lunatic Fringe, Red Rider and D.V.C.--the Paradise, 8:30 p.m.
Zion Initiation--the Western Front
The Dark, MIA and D-Club--the Rat, 8:30 p.m.
The Atlantics, The Probers and The Dark--the Channel
Sand Dollar--Oxford Ale House
Midnight Traveler and Bad Habits--Jonathan Swift's
The Blues Cousins--Ed Burke's
Paul Geremia--Idler's Back Room
Nancy Holroyd and Femando Amo--the Willow, 699 Broadway, Somerville
Norman Conners--Tinker's, 888 Tremont St., Boston
Ictus--Ryles Upstairs
Herman Johnson Quartet--Ryles Downstairs
Spider Bridge--Passim, 47 Palmer St.
Women's Cross Country--Ivy Championships, 1:30 p.m.
Career Day--panel discussions with women executives; Margaret Hennig and Anne Jardin, speakers; Burden Hall, HBS, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Afro-American Video--Byron Rushing and Claire Watkins; Harriet Tubman House, 566 Columbus Ave., Boston, 10 a.m.
Master Jazz Dance Classes--with Rod Rodgers; Radcliffe Gym, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
sunday
All My Sons--3 p.m.
Table Settings--3 and 7:30 p.m.
Antigone--8 p.m.
Death of a Salesman--3 and 7:30 p.m.
Hello and Goodbye--6 p.m.
Shakespeare on Shakespeare: A Little Touch of William in the Night--Boston Visual Artists Union, 77 N. Washington St., Boston, 8 p.m.
Dunster House Music Society--Eric Kaldjian and Charles Kletzsch, baritones; Theodor Leschetizky, piano; music of Kaldjian, Mozart and Kletzsch; Dunster House Library, 3 p.m.
Boston Camerata--Joel Cohen, music director; "Two Musician Poets: Guillaume de Machaut and John Dowland"; Jordan Hall, 8 p.m.
Adams House Music Society--Deborah Fox and Arthur Levering, guitar and lute; Adams JCR, 8 p.m.
Ani Kavafian, violin--Holy Trinity Amenian Apostolic Church, 145 Brattle St., 4 p.m.
Slow Children, Jared and Jaguar--the Rat, 8:30 p.m.
Sand Dollar--Oxford Ale House
Crossroads--Jonathan Swift's
Kenje Ogata--the Idler's back Room
Blue Silver--the Willow, 699 Broadway, Somerville
Norman Conners--Tinker's 888 Tremont St., Boston
Grover Mooney--Springfield's, 1369 Cambridge St.
James Williams Quartet--Ryles Upstairs
Mike Metheny Quartet--Ryles Downstairs
Spider Bridge--Passim, 47 Palmer St.
The Interaction Between East European Jewish Immigrants and America: Mutual Influences--H-R Hillel, 74 Mt. Auburn St., 12:30 p.m.
The Threat of the New Right--Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass); The Community Church of Boston, Morse Auditorium, 602 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, 11 a.m.
The Abortion Connoversy: A Collision of Rights--Dr. Joseph R. Stanton and Dr. Phillip G. Stubblefield; Alumni Auditorium, Northeastern University, 8 p.m.
Master Jazz Dance Classes--with Rod Rodgers; Radcliffe Gym, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Bonding Through Meditation: A Process of Human Development--workshop with Joseph Chilton Pearce; Science Center D, 1-6 p.m.
monday
Table Settings--7:30 p.m.
Shakespeare on Shakespeare: A Little Touch of William in the Night--8 p.m.
Continuum--music of Ruggles, Babbit, Schnittke and Cowell; Sanders Theater, 8 p.m.
Paul Wayne--Jonathan Swift's
Hoot with Bob Halperin--the Idler's Back Room
Latin Night--Springfield's, 1369 Cambridge St.
James Williams Quartet--Ryles Upstairs
Mike Metheny Quartet--Ryles Downstairs
tuesday
Table Settings--8 p.m.
Death of a Salesman--8 p.m.
Boston Classical Orchestra--F. John Adams, music director; Deborah Sobol, soloist; music of Mozart; Faneuil Hall, 8 p.m.
Don McLean--the Paradise, 8:30 p.m.
Janet Grice--the Western Front
The Name--Oxford Ale House
John Fahey and Dave Van Ronk--Jonathan Swift's, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m.
The Lost World String Band--the Idler's Back Room
Ed Perkins Trio--Ryles Downstairs
Final Results of the Walpole Prison Project: New Findings on Rehabilitation, Human Development and Consciousness--Charles Alexander; Maharishi International Academy, 33 Garden St., 8 p.m.
The Idea of Multiple Intelligences--Howard Gardner; Eliot Lyman Room, Longfellow Hall, 4 p.m.
Jobs in Politics--seminar on job hunting in the public sector; Institute of Politics, KSG wednesday Winter Spell--Hasty Pudding Theater, 6 p.m. All My Sons--8 p.m. Table Settings--8 p.m. That Championship Season--Nucleo Eclettico, 216 Hanover St., Boston, 8 p.m. Death of a Salesman--8 p.m. Boston Classical Orchestra--F. John Adams, music director; Deborah Sobol, soloist; music of Mozart; Faneuil Hall, 8 p.m. Janet Grice--the Western Front Iron Rage, The Quest, Hard Reign and The Group--the Channel Opera--Oxford Ale House Maria Muldaur and Eliot Finesse--Jonathan Swift's, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Gayle Marie--the Idler's Back Room Ahmad Jamal--Tinker's, 888 Tremont St., Boston Ed Perkins Trio--Ryles Downstairs The Fiction Brothers--Passim, 47 Palmer St. Which Crimes Merit Capital Punishment? --Hugo A. Bedau; Cambridge Forum, 3 Church St., 8 p.m. Power and Silence: Baron Haussmann's Legacy--Richard Sennett; Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, GSD, 5:30 p.m. The Art and Archaeology of Medieval Jerusalem--Oleg Grabar; Peabody Museum, noon Poetry Reading--Derek Walcott; Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library, 7:45 p.m.