Ballet
The Sleeping Beauty. Through Nov. 7. An evil curse, a magic kiss, a fairy-tale kingdom in a faraway land. Wang Center. $11-52. Call 931-ARTS for tickets and more information.
Bars and Clubs
Black Rose. Harvard Square. 492-8630. College Party Night on Thursday, Nov. 4. Doshie Powers on Friday, Nov. 5. Jim Plunkett on Saturday, Nov. 6.
House of Blues. Harvard Square. 491-BLUE. Bob Margolin on Thursday, Nov. 4. Dave Hole on Friday, Nov. 5. Barrence Whitfield on Saturday, Nov. 6.
ManRay. 21 Brookline St., Central Square, Cambridge. 864-0400. Campus for Gay men on Tuesday and Thursdays. Alternative/Industrial/Gothic Mayhem on Wednesdays.
The Middle East. 472 Mass Ave., Cambridge. 497-0576. Downstairs: Miracle Legion on Thursday, Nov. 4. Poster Children on Friday, Nov. 5. Monster Magnet on Saturday, Nov. 6. Mekons on Sunday, Nov. 7. Upstairs: Meices on Thursday, Nov. 4. Red Red Meet on Friday, Nov. 5. Tiger Trap on Saturday, Nov. 6.
T.T. Bears. 10 Brookline St., Cambridge. 492-BEAR. Mike Johnson Band on Thursday, Nov. 4. Letters to Cleo on Friday, Nov. 5. Goober and the Peas on Saturday, Nov. 6.
Western Front. 343 Western Ave., Cambridge. 492-7772. Danny Tucker on Thursday, Nov. 4. SWAMMP on Friday, Nov. 5 and Saturday, Nov. 6.
Concert
Museum of Fine Arts. Presents lutenist Hopkinson Smith performing works by Gallot and Vieux-Gaultier. Thursday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m. 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. $14 for students.
Boston Conservatory. Pianists perform on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 12:30 p.m. Auditorium, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 600 Atlantic Ave., Boston. Free.
Boston Symphony Orchestra. Performs works by Roussel, Britten and Ravel on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 8 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 5 at 1:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave. Call 266-1492 for more information.
Movies
Brattle Theatre. 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square. 876-6837. "Household Saints" at 3, 5:20, 7:40 and 10 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 12:40. Through Thursday, Nov. 11. This film examines the changing American culture through three different generations of Italian-American women, and each woman's unique relationship to faith and family tradition.
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