Bars and Clubs

Black Rose. Harvard Square. 492-8630. Atlas Shrugged on Thursday, Dec. 9. Shaggahs on Friday, Dec. 10.

House of Blues. Harvard Square. 491-BLUE. 11th Hour on Thursday, Dec. 9. TaylorMade on Friday, Dec. 10.

ManRay. 21 Brookline St., Central Square, Cambridge. 864-0400. Carnival on Friday, Dec. 10.

The Middle East. 472 Mass Ave., Cambridge. 497-0576. Downstairs: Schoolly D on Thursday, Dec. 9. Preservation Act ll on Friday, Dec. 10 and Saturday, Dec. 11. Benefit for the Homeless on Sunday, Dec. 12. Big Chief on Wednesday, Dec. 15.

T.T. The Bears. 10 Brookline St., Cambridge. 492-BEAR. Stranger than Pretty on Thursday, Dec. 9. Machinery Hall on Friday, Dec. 10. The Second Step and Groovasaurus on Saturday, Dec. 11.

Western Front. 343 Western Ave., Cambridge. 492-7772. Sophie Dunner Orchestra on Thursday, Dec. 9. Steve Coleman and the Five Elements on Friday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 and 9:30. Loose Caboose on Friday, Dec. 10 at 11 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 11.

Concert

Boston Symphony Orchestra. Performs Berlioz's "L'Enfance du Christ" on Dec. 10 at 1:30 p.m. Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave., Boston. 266-1492.

Harvard Glee Club Christmas Concert. Performs a variety of Christmas music. Saturday, Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. Pleasant Street Congregational Church, 75 Pleasant St., Arlington, near the Arlington Heights bus stop on route #77. $5. Call 495-5730 for more information.

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.