Nick's Comedy Stop. John Mendoza and Eddie Brill on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 8:30 p.m. John Mendoza and Chris Zito on Friday, Oct. 2 at 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. 100 Warrenton St., Boston. Call 482-0930 for more information.

Stand-Up Cafe. George MacDonald, Paul Kulflowski, and Chris McGuire on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 8:30 p.m. George MacDonald, Gerroll Bennett, and Chris McGuire on Friday, Oct. 2 at 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. 76 Warrenton St., Boston. Call 426-3737 for more information.

Concerts

Celebrity Series Pianist Emanuel Ax and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Symphony Hall. Friday, Oct. 2, 8 p.m. Call 266-1492 for more information.

Boston Musica Viva. Start of its 24th season. Edward Pickman Hall, 27 Garden St., Cambridge. Friday, Oct. 2. Call 353-0556 for more information.

Boston Symphony Orchestra. A Midsummer Night's Dream and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 on Friday, Oct. 2 at 2 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. Symphony Hall, Boston. $19.50-$55. Call "CON-CERT" (266-2378) for more information.

Dance

Basic Instinct. Sponsored by Wellesley Korean Students Association. Wellesley College, Alumnae Hall. Saturday, Oct. 3 from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. $8 for non-Wellesley students.

Fairs

Second Annual Fall Harvest Festival. With country store, bluegrass music, artisan's fair and petting zoo. Prudential Center's South Plaza, Boston. Thursday, Oct. 1 and Friday, Oct. 2, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Call 236-3744 for more information.

Movies

Brattle Theater. 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square. 876-6837. Nosferatu the Vampyr at 4 and 7:55 p.m. and Even Dwarfs Started Small at 6 and 9:55 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1. The Professional: Golgo 13 at 4, 6, 8 and 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3. Dirty Harry at 1:30 and 8 p.m.; Magnum Force at 3:30 and 10 p.m.; and Sudden Impact at 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4. Macao at 4:15 and 8 p.m. and His Kind of Woman at 5:45 and 9:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 5. The Sorceress at 5:15 and 8 p.m. and From the Eagle's Nest at 4:30 and 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6. Barfly at 4 and 8 p.m. and Under the Volcano at 5:50 and 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7.

Coolidge Corner Cinema. 390 Harvard St., Brookline. 734-2500. Through Thursday, Oct. 1 only. Deep Blues at 2:05, 8:10 and 10:05 p.m. the Panama Deception at 1:45, 3:45 and 7:40 p.m.

Loews Fresh Pond. Fresh Pond Plaza. 661-2900. Through Thursday, Oct. 1 only. Mr. Saturday Night at 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:40 and 10:10 p.m. Innocent Blood at 12:50, 3, 5:10, 7:25 and 9:45 p.m. Sarafina at 12:40, 2:50, 5, 7:15 and 9:30 p.m. Howards End at 1:15, 4:15, 7 and 9:45 p.m. Enchanted April at 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30 and 9:40 p.m. Wind at 1:30 and 7 p.m. Unforgiven at 4 and 9:35 p.m. Singles at 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50 and 10:05 p.m. Captain Ron at 12:45, 2:55, 5:05, 7:20 and 9:35 p.m. Sneakers at 12:30, 2:55, 5:15, 7:45 and 10:15 p.m. Honeymoon in Vegas at 1:10, 3:15, 5:20, 7:30 and 9:40 p.m.

Loews Harvard Square. 10 Church St., Cambridge. 864-4580. Starting Friday, Oct. 2. Last of the Mohicans at 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30 and 10 p.m. and 12:15 a.m. A Brief History of Time at 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:50 and 9:55 p.m. and 12 a.m. School Ties at 1, 3:15, 5:25, 7:45 and 10:10 p.m. Husbands and Wives at 12, 2:20, 4:35, 7:15 and 9:45 p.m. and 12:15 a.m. Rocky Horror at 12:15 a.m. Glenngary Glenn Ross at times to be announced.