Art

Views from the Front--Through Feb. 29. An exhibition of wood engravings from the American Civil War. Nostalgia Factory, 324 Newbury St.

Clubs

Outer Limits--presents Syzergy Feb. 21 and Bullet Lavolta Feb. 22. 29 Hancock St., Quincy. 328-1500.

Western Front--presents Solid Earth Feb. 19 and 20 and Satta Feb. 21 and 22. 343 Western Ave., Cambridge. 492-7772.

Boston Beach Club--presents House of Cards Feb. 20. Faneuil Hall, N. Market. Building. 227-9660.

The Tam--presents Sidewalk Gallery, David Alex-Barton, and Macy's Parade Feb. 20; Subterraneans and Swinging Steaks Feb. 21; and Big Blues Meanies Feb. 22. 1648 Beacon St., Brookline. 277-0982.

Nightstage--presents Dixie Dregs Feb. 21 and Steve Smith and Vital Information Feb. 26. 823 Main St., Cambridge. 497-8200.

Cityside--presents Yvonne Taylor and the Prescription Horns Feb. 20, Inquiring Minds Feb. 21 and 22. Faneuil Hall. 742-7392.

Club 3--presents C-Jammers Feb. 21 and O-Boy and El Bufadoro Feb. 22. 608 Somerville Ave. 623-6957.

The Rat--presents Chucklehead, Squid, Militex 1000, and Slow Poke Feb. 21 and Left Nut, Orangutang, The Balls, and The Barnies Feb. 22.528 Comm Ave., Kenmore Square. 536-2750.

The Bog--presents Liquid Squid Feb. 20 and LIR Feb. 21 and 22. 131 Green St. Jamaica Plain.

Comedy

Catch a Rising Star--presents Gary Lazer, Thom Brown, Janine Di Tullio. 30 JFK St., Cambridge. 661-9887.

Improv--presents Rich Ceisler. 246 Tremont., Boston. Call 695-2989 for information.

Comedy Connection--presents Tony V., Tom Bailey on Thursday, Feb. 20 and Tony V., Mike Bent, and Grant Taylor on Friday, Feb. 21. Faneuil Hall, Quincy Marketplace, Boston. 248-9700.

Nick's Comedy Stop--Through March 4. Area college students can win $1,000 and headlining gig for one week and a trophy. Call 482-0930 for information.

Concerts

Boston Symphony Orchestra--performs Haydn's Symphony No. 86 and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9. Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave., Boston. Thursday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m. $19-$52.50.266-1492.

NEC Contemporary Ensemble--performs fanfares composed by NEC faculty members and works by Kirchner, Villa-Lobos, and Reynolds. Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston. Thursday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m. Free. 262-1120.

A Tribute to Miles Davis--traditional and contemporary jazz led by Walter Beasley. Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass Ave., Boston. Thursday, Feb. 20. $4; $1 for seniors. 266-1400, ext. 261.

Tromobonist Cynthia Tigner--Brazilian and American jazz. Berklee Recital Hall, 1140 Boylston St. Boston. Thursday, Feb. 20, 4 p.m. Free. 266-1400.

Berklee Voice Department--faculty recital. Berklee Recital Hall, 1140 Boylston St., Boston. Thursday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m. Free. 266-1400.

Suzanna Sifter Trio--jazz concert. Blacksmith House, 56 Brattle St., Cambridge. Thursday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m. $3.50. 547-6789.

Pianist Sergei Dorensky--performs works by Chopin. New England Conservatory, 241 Saint Botolph St., Boston. Thursday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m. Free. 262-1120.

Pianist Richard Field--performs works by Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, and William Grant Still. Boston College in Glasson 100 on the Chestnut Hill Campus. Thursday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m. Free. 552-4843.

MIT Chapel Concerts--presents Na'ama Loin, baroque flute; Dana Maiben, baroque violin; Jane Hershey, viola da gama; and Peter Sykes, harpsichord, performing works by Telemann, Le Clair and others. MIT Chapel, 77 Mass Ave., Cambridge. Thursday, Feb. 20. Free. 253-2906.

Chris Welles Quartet--Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge. Friday, Feb. 21. Free. 349-4039.

Brandeis Jazz Ensemble and the Walter Bishop Pr. Trio--Slosberg Recital Hall, South St., Waltham. Friday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. Free. 736-3331.

MIT Student Concerts--presents Wilson Hseih, viola; and Dawn Watkins, harp. Killian Hall, room 14W-111, 160 Memorial Dr., Cambridge. Friday, Feb. 21, noon. Free. 253-2906.

Handel & Haydn Society and Modern Jazz Quartet--perform Bach variations. Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave., Boston. Friday, Feb. 21, 8 p.m. $16-$40. (800) 382-8080.

Bank of Boston Celebrity Series--presents ltalian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli. Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston. Friday, Feb. 21, 8 p.m. $23-$28. 536-2412.

Boston Artists' Ensemble--perfroms piano trios by Beethoven, Dvorak, and Fritz Kreisler. Chapel Gallery of the Second Church, 60 Highland St., Newton. Friday, Feb. 21, 8 p.m. $12; $10 for students and seniors. 527-8660.

Dance

Bolt and Other Dances--choreographed by P. DiMuro. Pilgrim Theatre, 277 Brodway, Somerville. Feb. 20 at 8 p.m., $ 12. For reservations call 625-1300 or Ticket Master at 931-2000.

Dances of Universal Peace--Through May. First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St. Fridays, 7:45 p.m. $6 donation. For more information, call 522-0800 or 776-5767.

Film

Looney Tunes Hall of Fame Film Festival--Through March 5. Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq., Davis stop on the red line T, Somerville. Sudnay-Saturday, 2, 4:15, 7:30, and 9:45 p.m. $6.50 for adults; $4.50 for children under 12; $4.50 matinees. Advance tickets available at TicketMaster. For group rates of 20 or more, call 625-4088. For more information call 625-5700.

Food Feast

A Taste of Winter--indoor food sampling feast. Hynes Convention Center, Boston. Starts Friday, Feb. 21, 4-10 p.m. $2. 536-8152.

Lectures

Competititveness, Free Trade, and the American Interest: What Prospects for the Future?--panel discussion. Boston University School of Law, 765 Comm Ave., Boston. Thursday, Feb. 20, 4 p.m. Free. 353-3115.

The Status of Girls in the U.S. Educational System--by Susan McGee Bailey Just. Wellesley College for Research on Women, 828 Washington St., Wellesley. Thursday, Feb. 20, 12:30 p.m. Free. 431-1453.

Physicians for Social Responsibility--lecture by Dr. David Ozonoff. Harvard Epworth Church, 1555 Mass Ave., Cambridge. Thursday, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. Free. 625-7624.

Photographic Resource Center--presents lecture by Mario Cesar Marti and Hernan Vera. Morse auditorium, 602 Comm Ave., Boston. Thursday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m. $3; $2 for students, members, and seniors. 353-0700.

Language of Bees--by Nancy Manglon. Blacksmith House, 56 Brattle St., Cambridge. Thursday, Feb. 20, 10:30 a.m. $1.50; $1 for seniors. 547-6789.

Harry Kemelman--will read from The Day the Rabbi Resigned. Boston UniversityBookstore Mall, Charlesbank Reading Room, KenmoreSquare, Boston. Thursday, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. Free.236-7425.

Giordano Bruno--by School of Philosophyin the Classical Tradition. 484 Comm Ave., Boston.Friday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. $5 donation. 437-6884.

Translating History: Chronicles and Poems ofthe First Crusade--by Robert Levine. BostonUniversity School of Theology, 745 Comm Ave., rm.625, Boston. Friday, Feb. 21, 1 p.m. Free.353-4020.

Poets Marguerite Bouvard and SuzanneMatson--read from their latest works. Bostonpublic Library, Copley Square, Boston. Thursday,Feb. 20, 6 p.m. Free. 536-5400, ext. 336.

Marcie Hershman and YvonneYaw--Brookline Library, 361 Washington St.,Brookline. Thursday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m. Free.

Barry Yourgrau--will read from A MonJumps Out of on Airplane. Boston UniversityBookstore Mall, Charlesbank Reading Room, KenmoreSquare, Boston. Firday, Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m. Free.236-7425.

Poetry Slam--and reading by Tim Seibles.Bookseller Cafe, 1971 Mass Ave., Cambridge.Thursday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m. Free. 864-9625.Goofy On Skates

Walt Disney's World on Ice--Through Feb.23. Boston Garden, Causeway St., Boston. Call(800) 828-7080 for tickets.Movies

Brattle Theatre

40 Brattle St., Harvard Square,876-6837.

Thursday, Feb. 20: The Magic Flute at3:15 and 7:35 p.m. Autumn Sonata at 5:45 and 10p.m.

Monday, Feb. 23:Place in the Sun at 3:45and 7:50 p.m. Prowler at 6 and 10 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 24: Medicine Wheel AnimationFestival at 8 and 9:40 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 25: Barton Fink at 3:15and 7:45 p.m. Miller's Crossing at 5:30 and9:45 p.m.

Coolidge Corner Cinema

290 Harvard St., Brookline, 734-2500.

Resident Alien, Overseas, Silence of theLambs.

Midnight Movies--Zardoz and MontyPython's The Holy Grail on Feb. 21 and 22.

Weekend matinees--The Holy Grail andForbidden Planet on Feb. 21 and 22.

Loews Harvard Square

10 Church St., Harvard Square, 864-4580

JFK at 12:45, 4:15 and 8 p.m. and 11:30p.m. on weekends.

Naked Lunch at 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45 and10 p.m. and 12:15 a.m. on weekends.

Wayne's World at 1, 3, 5, 7:30 and 9:45p.m. and 11:45 p.m. on weekends.

Mississippi Masala at 1, 3:15, 5:30,7:50 and 10:10 p.m. and 12:15 a.m. on weekends.

Grand Canyon at 1, 4:15, 7:10 and 9:50p.m.

Rocky Horror Picture Horror Show at12:15 a.m. on weekends.

Loews Janus Cinema

57 JFK St., Harvard Square, 661-3737.

Fried Green Tomatoes at 11:45 a.m.,2:15, 4:50, 7:30 and 10 p.m.

Loews Nickelodeon

606 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, 424-1500.

Mississippi Masala, Hear My Song, NakedLunch, Hearts of Darkness.

Kafka starts on Feb. 21.

Theatre

The Medium--Through Feb. 23. FeaturingJane Struss. Pilgrim Theatre, 277 Broadway,Somerville. Wednesdays and Fridays at 8 p.m.Sundays at 2 p.m. $12. For reservations call625-1300 or TicketMaster at 931-2000.

Nunsense--Through end of March. TheatreLobby, 216 Hanover St., Boston. Wednesday-Sundayevenings; Wednesday and Sunday matinees. $17-$22.To charge tickets by phone, call TicketMaster at(800) 382-8080.

Hocus Pocus--by magicians Parker Swan,Jim Raino, and Christopher Bell. Firehouse Center,Market Square, Newburyport. Thursday, Feb. 20 at 2and 7 p.m. $7. (508) 462-7336.

Stories to Celebrate Black History--bystoryteller Lucille Le Page. Parker Hill BranchLibrary, 1497 Tremont St., Roxbury at. 1 p.m. andSouth End Branch Library, 685 Tremont St. at 3p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20. Free. 536-5400, ext. 371.

Video

Art of Music Video: Ten YearsAfter--Through March 5. Museum of Fine Arts,Remis Auditorium. Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. $4.50 forMFA members, students, seniors; $5.

Legacy of Malcolm X--panel discussionand video presentation. Northeastern University,African American Institute, 40 Leon St., Boston.Friday, Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m. Free. 497-0230. Therumors are true--there was a man before the hat.

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