Art

Currents '92: The Absent Body--Through March 22. ICA, 955 Boylston St., Boston.

European and American Impressionism: Crosscurrents--Through May 17. Museum of Fine Arts.

Fra Bartolommeo: Master Draughtsman of the High Renaissance--Through April 12. Museum of Fine Arts.

The Art of Drawing--Through March 22. Museum of Fine Arts.

Tantalizing Tapestries--Through September 27. Museum of Fine Arts.

Romantic and Fantastic Landscapes--Through July 5. Museum of Fine Arts.

Glimpes of the Past--March 15 through June 15. Somerville Museum, One Westwood Rd., Somerville.

Barry Bent--Through March 27. Sacramento Street Gallery, 20 Sacramento St., Cambridge.

Chocolate Celebration

Chocolate Fool's Day--Sunday, March 15, 1-4 p.m. Charles Hotel, Harvard Square. $10 advance; $12 at the door.

Clubs

Johnny D's--17 Holland St., Davis Square, Somerville. 776-9667. Chuck on March 12. Animal Train on March 13.

Night-stage--823 Main St., Cambridge. 497-8200. Sun Ra & his Arkestra on March 12. Alison Krauss & Union Station on March 13.

Outer Limits--29 Hancock St., Quincy. 328-1500. Think Tree on March 13.

Paradise--967 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. Concussion Ensemble, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Cul De Sac on March 12. Del Fuegos on March 13.

The Rat--528 Commonwealth Ave., Kenmore Square, Boston. Hollywood Squares and 12 String Guitar on March 12. Childhood, Jigglescreen, The Barnies, and Mother on March 13. Parade, Judgmental, and the Allens on March 14. Rick Derringer and the Fighting Cocks on March 16.

TT Bear's--10 Brookline St., Cambridge. 492-0082. Shudder to Think, Jawbox, Miranda Warning on March 12. Yo La Tenga and Womb to Tomb on March 13.

The Tam--1648 Beacon St., Brookline. 277-0982. Olivz and Miriam on March 12. Universal Language with Ray Greene on March 13.

Western Front--343 Western Ave., Cambridge. 492-7772. LUS on March 12. One People on March 13.

Concerts

Boston Symphony Orchestra--performs Prokofiev's Classical Symphony, Stravinsky's Suite from the ballet Pulcinella, and Tchaikovsky's Serenade in C for strings. Thursday, March 12, 8 p.m. Friday, March 13, 2 p.m. Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave., Boston. $19-$52.50. Call 266-1492 for more information.

MIT Chapel Concerts--presents Spanishand American songs by soprano Barbara Winchesterand guitarist Robert Ward. Thursday, March 12,noon. MIT Chapel, opposite 77 Mass Ave.,Cambridge. Free.

New School of Music--presents pianistEdward Rosser. Thursday, March 12, 1:30 p.m. NewSchool of Music, 25 Lowell St., Cambridge. Free.

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston--presentspianist Ho-Dac Thuy Hoang. Thursday, March 12,12:30 p.m. 600 Atlantic Ave., Boston. Free.

MIT Winter Jazz Festival--features MIT'sFestival Jazz Ensemble, Concert Jazz Band, and theHarvard University Jazz Ensemble. Friday, March13, 8:15 p.m. Kresge Auditorium, 84 Mass Ave.,Cambridge.

Boston Lyric Opera--presents The Talesof Hoffman. Friday, March 13, 8 p.m. EmersonMajestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St., Boston.

Bank of Boston CelebritySeries--presents Frans Brueggen and theOrchestra of the 18th Century. Friday, March 13, 8p.m. Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave., Boston.

Fourth Annual Bach BirthdayFestival--presents an organ recital ofClavienubung part 3 by William Porter. Friday,March 13, 8 p.m. Old West Church, 131 CambridgeSt., Boston.

Boston Museum Trio and the Ken PierceBaroque Dance Company--Sunday, March 15, 3p.m. Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium.

Dance

Dances of Universal Peace--Friday, March13, 7:45 p.m. First Church, 11 Garden St.,Cambridge. $6 donation.

On the Edge--Through April 12. WangCenter. Call TicketMaster at 931-2100 for tickets.

Lectures

WordsWorth Reading--by Edna Buchanan,Pulitzer Prize winner. Tuesday, March 17, 5:30p.m. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge.Free, but tickets are necessary. Complimentarytickets are available at both WordsWorth andBrattle Theatre.

We're Women Too!: Mothers of Children withDisabilities--by Ruth Nemzoff. Thursday, March12, 12:30 p.m. Wellesley College for Research onWomen, 828 Washington St., Wellesley.

Pain Management in HIV and AIDS--paneldiscussion. Thursday, March 12, 7 p.m. BostonLiving Center, 140 Clarendon St., Boston. Free.

Untwisting Playdough: On Translating Plato'sPhilebus--by Seth Bernadete. Friday, March 13,1 p.m. Boston University School of Theology, rm.625, 745 Comm Ave, Boston. Free.

Rhythm and Meaning in West AfricanTextiles--by Monni Adams, associate inethnographic art, Harvard Peabody Museum. Sunday,March 15, 2 p.m. Museum of Fine Arts, SeminarRoom. Free.

Saddam Hussein's Monument: An Exercise inThinking About Cultural Relativism--by KananMakiya, architect and author of Republic of Fearand The Monument: Art, Bulgarity, andResponsibility in Iraq. Wednesday, March 18, 5:30p.m. Moore Room, Building 6, Room 321, MIT. Free.

Movies

Brattle Theatre--40 Brattle St., HarvardSquare, 876-6837.

35 UP--through March 15. 3, 5:20, and7:40 p.m.

Coolidge Corner Cinema--290 Harvard St.,Brookline, 734-2500.

Golden Coach--March 13, 5 p.m. March13-15, 2:15 p.m.

Opening Night--March 13-19, 7 p.m.Saturday and Sunday matinee, 1:45 p.m.

A Woman Under the Influence--March 13,9:40 p.m. March 14-16, 4:25 and 9:40 p.m.

Polyester--March 14-15, noon.

Faces--March 17-18, 4:15 and 9:40 p.m.

Husbands--March 13-19, 4:20 and 9:45p.m.

Frida Kahlo: A Ribbon Around aBomb--March 13-18, 7:10 and 8:25 p.m. Saturdayand Sunday matinee, 12:45 p.m.

Loews Harvard Square--10 Church St.,Harvard Square, 864-4580. Through Thursday, March12 only.

This Is My Life--1:15, 3:20, 5:30, 7:50,and 10:05 p.m.

Hear My Song--1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, and10 p.m.

Wayne's World--1, 3, 5, 7:30, and 9:45p.m.

Mississippi Masala--12:45, 3, 5:15,7:40, and 10:10 p.m.

JFK--12:45, 4:15, and 8 p.m.

Loews Fresh Pond--Fresh Pond Plaza,661-2900. Through Thursday, March 12 only.

Lawnmower Man--1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, and10 p.m.

Gladiators--1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8, and10:15 p.m.

Blame It on the Bellboy--1:30, 3:30,5:30, 7:30, and 9:30 p.m.

Once Upon a Crime--1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30,and 9:40 p.m.

Memoirs of Invisible Man--1:10, 3:20,5:30, 7:40, and 9:50 p.m.

Stop or My Mom will Shoot--3:15 and 7:15p.m.

Great Mouse Detective--12:45, 2:45,4:30, and 6 p.m.

Bugsy--7:20 and 10 p.m.

Beauty and the Beast--1, 2:40, 4:20, and6 p.m.

Hand that Rocks the Cradle--1, 5, and9:30 p.m.

Prince of Tides--7:40 and 10:10 p.m.

Hook--1:40 and 4:30 p.m.

Medicine Man--7:50 and 10 p.m.

Final Analysis--12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50,and 10:15 p.m.

Loews Janus Cinema--57 JFK St., HarvardSquare, 661-3737.

Fried Green Tomatoes--1:30, 4:30, 7:15,and 9:45 p.m.

Theatre

Factory Girls--March 12-14. PlaywrightsTheatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. 437-0978.

Homesick--through March 28. First ParishChurch, 3 Church St., Cambridge. 547-2302.

The Hopeless Romantic--through March 28.French's Opera House, 45 Fairmont Ave., Boston.361-7024.

Little Messages--through March 15. BlackBox Theatre, 539 Tremont St., Boston. 536-5981.

Man of La Mancha--through March 29.Colonial Theatre, 106 Bolyston St., Boston.426-9366.

Minya Mintz--through March 21. CicatrixTheatre, 277 Broadway, Somerville. 625-1300.

Moment to Moment--through March 29.Beacon Hill Playhouse, 54 Charles St., Boston.720-0082.

Pure Polyester: a BiblicalBurlesque--through March 22. BCA Theater, 541Tremont Ave., Boston. 243-4272.

Reckless--through March 29. WorcesterForum Theater Ensemble, 6 Chatham St., Worcester.(508) 799-9166.

Waiting for Godot--through March 28.Broadway Winter Hill, 404 Broadway, Somerville.522-9782.

Womb/Man Wars--March 12-14, 8 p.m. ICATheater, 955 Boylston St., Boston. $10 general; $8for ICA members, seniors, and students. 266-5152.

You Never Can Tell--through March 15.Lyric Stage, 140 Clarendon St., Boston. 437-7172.

Video

Reframing the Family--Through March 22.ICA 955 Boylston St., Boston. Free with galleryadmission