Bars and Clubs

Black Rose. Harvard Square. 492-8630. College Night on Thursday, Nov. 18. Jim Plunkett on Saturday, Nov. 20.

Comedy Connection. Faneuil Hall. 248-9700. John Valby on Nov. 19.

House of Blues. Harvard Square. 491-BLUE. Philip Walker on Friday, Nov. 19. Salim Washington on Sunday, Nov. 21.

ManRay. 21 Brookline St., Central Square, Cambridge. 864-0400. Campus for Gay Men on Tuesday, Nov. 23 and Thursday, Nov. 18. Gothic/Industrial on Wednesday, Nov. 24. Gothic Weekend on Saturday, Nov. 20.

Nick's Comedy Stop. 482-0930. Steve Sweeney on Nov. 19 and 20.

T. T. The Bears. 10 Brookline St., Cambridge. 492-BEAR. Chainsaw Kittens on Thursday, Nov. 18. Mr. Jones on Friday, Nov. 19. Merengue on Saturday, Nov. 20.

Concert

Boston Symphony Orchestra. Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave., Boston. 266-1492. Perform Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 on Thursday, Nov. 18 at 8 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 19 at 1:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. Performs Hadyn's Symphony No. 92 and Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Symphony No. 28 on Wednesday, Nov. 24.

Exhibitions

Museum of Fine Arts. 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. 267-9300.

The Age of Rubens. Through Jan. 2. The first major survey of Flemish Baroque painting ever mounted in the United States, presenting about 120 paintings by Rubens and his most important pupils.

Robert Cumming: Cone of Vision. Through Nov. 28. Focuses on the remarkably consistent and the objects he has chosen to focus on - the disc, cone, boat, house and chair.

Duccio to Delacroix: Masterpieces of European Paintings from the Collection. Through Jan. 2. Includes over 80 European paintings.

African and Oceanic Sculpture: Treasures from a Private Collection. Through July 3. The objects are mostly wood and terracotta, ranging from a miniature wooden mask from Zaire to a monumental yoruba veranda post from Nigeria.