Bars and Clubs

Black Rose. Harvard Square. 492-8630. Scott Damguard and Super 8 on Thursday, Dec. 2. Merang and Klugman on Friday, Dec. 3.

House of Blues. Harvard Square. 491-BLUE. Ronnie Earl on Thursday, Dec. 2. Jonny Adams on Friday, Dec. 3. Shirley Jones on Saturday, Dec. 4.

ManRay. 21 Brookline St., Central Square, Cambridge. 864-0400. Fantasy Nite on Friday, Dec. 3. Industrial, Alternative and Gothic on Saturday, Dec. 4.

The Middle East. 472 Mass Ave., Cambridge. 497-0576. Upstairs: Groovasaurus on Thursday, Dec. 2. Bulkhead on Friday, Dec. 3. Jad Fair on Saturday, Dec. 4. Facts About Rats on Sunday, Dec. 5. Black Label on Tuesday, Dec. 7. Bug Juice on Wednesday, Dec. 8.

T.T. The Bears. 10 Brookline St., Cambridge. 492-BEAR. Groove Child on Thursday, Dec. 2. Bim Skala Bim on Friday, Dec. 3. Fighting Cocks on Saturday, Dec. 4.

Western Front. 343 Western Ave., Cambridge. 492-7772. I-Tones on Friday, Dec. 3 and Saturday, Dec. 4.

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.

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.

Rubens, Bellange, Rembrandt: European Graphic Art, 1580 - 1660. Through Feb. 6. Ninety prints, drawings and illustrated books explore the rich variety and visual extravagance of European graphic art from the final phases of the Renaissance through the apogee of Baroque.

In and Out of Place: Contemporary Art and the American Social Landscape. Through Jan. 23. Explores representations of people, from the homeless to the wealthy, and the places they inhabit.

Deities, Saints, and Allegories: Late Antique and Coptic Textiles. Through March 6. Includes tapestries of full-length images and busts of Classical deities, saints and allegoric figures.