Exhibits

Fogg Art Museum. Through April 2. "Chasing Shadows: Photographs from the Collection." The concept for the show is embedded in its title: it speaks to the unique qualities of photographic processes, to the history of the medium and to the history of the collection under the stewardship of the late Davis Pratt.

Through July. "Shades of Significance: Tonal Values in Abstract Art." From its perceived origins in Abstract Art." From its perceived origins in Cubism, through its dominance of the post-war American art scene, to its current coexistence with other approaches to imagemaking.

Through summer. "Selections from the Joseph H. Hazen Collection." This exhibition offers viewers a rare opportunity to view privately owned works by some of the great masters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Included are works by Braque, van Gogh, Knadinsky, Modigliani, Leger, Picasso and Toulouse-Lautrec.

"France and the Portrait, 1799-1870." This installation of works from the permanent collections explores the changing conventions and practice of portraiture in France between the rise to power of Napoleon Bonaparte and the fall of the Second Empire.

Museums of Cultural and Natural History. Ongoing, "Birthstones." Explores the cultural and natural history of birthstones., and how perceptions of these precious and semiprecious gems have been influenced by mythology and astronomy.

Peabody Museum. Ongoing "Encounters with the Americas."

Ongoing. "Ju/wasi: Bushmen of the Kalahari."

Ongoing. "Worlds in Miniature, Worlds Apart: dioramas, Models, and Mannequins in the Peabody Museum."

Ongoing. "The Hall of the Northern American Indian."

Ongoing. "Ware Collection of Glass Flowers."

Sackler Museum. Through December 30. "American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts." The first major survey of Harvard University's art collections in over 20 years provides a critical examination of art and material culture drawn from Harvard's museums and libraries in the context of interdisciplinary studies and revisionist scholarship.

Through May 21, "Impressions of Mesopotamia: Seals from the ancient Near East. This display of ancient Near Eastern seals charts their development over 3,000 years of Mesopotamian history.

Through May 21. "Introduction to Byzantine Coinage." Showcases the Whittemore collection of Byzantine coins, including over 3,000 gold, silver, and bronze coins that cover the range of Byzantine numismatics from A.D. 491 to 1453.

Through March 5. "Linear Graces...(and Disgraces): Drawings from the Courts of Persia, Turkey, and India," the second half of a two-part exhibition, is drawn from the Museum's holdings and from private collections of drawings by master artists of Iran, Turkey, and India.

Through April 9. "The Renaissance in France: Drawings from the Ecole des Beaus-Arts, Paris" is the first comprehensive exhibition in North America devoted to drawing during the French Renaissance, and the accompanying catalogue will be the only book available in English on French drawings of the 16th century.

Through March 5. "Women and the Arts of Asia." Highlights the role of women in the arts of Asia from, five different perspective.

Schlesinger Library. Through March 29. "Exhibition of Ceramics by the Eight Eldest Members of the Radcliffe College Ceramics Studio."

Through March 30. "Drawings. Paintings, and Pastels by Ann Strieby Philips; Treasure Maps and other Works on Folded Paper by X. Bonnie Woods."

Film

Gender-Bending on the Big Screen Series. "Forbidden Love" at 7:30 p.m. "Paris is Burning" at 10 p.m. Adams House Pool Theatre. Free.

Graduate School of Education. "Island of the Giant Bear" at 7 p.m. Sven Haakanson, doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology, will comment on the film. Longfellow Hall, Room 100. Free.

Harvard Film Archive. 24 Quincy St., Carpenter Center for the Visual VideoSpace" at 8 p.m.

Poetry and Prose

A Reading by Henri Cole. Cole, Briggs Copeland Lecturer in English. Forum Room, Lamont Library, 5:30 p.m.

Talk

A Manifesto for the Charles Rives. Sam Bass Warner, Jr., urban historian. Piper Auditorium, 6:30 p.m.

Schindler's List Is Not Shoah: Bilderverbot, Popular Modernism and Public Memory. Miriam Hansen, University of Chicago, Carpenter Center, RoomB-04, 6 p.m.

The Last Word. Thomas Nagel, professorof philosophy, New York University. Emerson Hall,Room 105, 4 p.m.

Does and Asian American Agenda Exists?Cheryl Lau, general counsel to the United StatesHouse of Representatives; Michael Woo, Westernstates director, Corporation for National Serviceand former member, Los Angeles City Council. StarrAuditorium, Kennedy School of Government, 7 p.m.

Theatre

Old Times. Directed by Maria Gambale.The calm of Kate and Deeley's married life isbroken by a visit from Anna. This friend fromKate's youth forces the couple to question theirmemories and their reality as all three charactersfight to control an uncertain past and a shadowypresent. Loeb Ex, 7:30 Tickets are free.

Jerry Finnegan's Sister. Brian has spenthis whole life wrestling with an unrequitedsomething for his best friend's sister, but everytime they meet, he puts his foot in his mouth. NowBeth is getting married and time is running out.Two actors portray Brian and Beth from age six tothe present in this comedy. Winthrop House JCR, 8p.m. $2 for general admission; Free for Winthropresidents.

A Tsar is Born. The Hasty PuddingTheatricals' 147 production will run until March21. Hasty Pudding Theater, 12 Holyoke St.,Cambridge, 8 p.m. Call 495-5202 for tickets.24 February Friday

Concert

Dudley House. Dudley Music Fellow AntonVishio and others perform the music of Debussy andRavel. Common Room, Dudley House, 12:15 p.m.

Radcliffe Choral Society. Performs its"In Just Spring" concert featuring harpistElisabeth Remy '95, the RCS 'Cliffe Notes andstudent composers. The Choral Society will alsoperform Italian works and settings of Americanpoems by e.e. cummings and Emily Dickinson. LowellHall, 8 p.m. $5 for students. Tickets areavailable at the Holyoke Center Ticket Office at495-2663 or Sanders Theatre Box Office at496-2222.

Conference

The Renaissance in France: Art and Cultureof the Sixteenth Century. This symposium isoffered in connection with the special exhibition,"Renaissance in France: Drawings from the Ecoledes Beaux-Arts, Paris," on view at the SacklerMuseum. The conference begins on Friday at 6 p.m.in the Sackler auditorium and lasts throughSaturday. Call 495-4544 for more information.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. 24 Quincy St.,Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. 495-4700."Histoire(s) 3 and 4" at 7 p.m. "Tigrero" at 7:30and 9 p.m. "Histoire (s) 1 and 2" at 8:30 p.m.

Clerks. Science Center Lecture Hall C, 8and 10 p.m. $3 with Harvard I.D.

Talk

Part Two: The Last Word. Thomas Nagel,professor of philosophy, New York University.Emerson Hall, Room 105, 4 p.m.

Theatre

Old Times. Loeb Ex. 7:30 p.m. Please seeThursday's listing for more information. Ticketsare free.

Jerry Finnegan's Sister. Winthrop HouseJCR, 8 p.m. Please see Thursday's listing for moreinformation. $2 for general admission; Free forWinthrop residents.

A Tsar is Born. The Hasty PuddingTheatricals' 147 production will run until March21. Hasty Pudding Theater, 12 Holyoke St.,Cambridge, 8 p.m. Call 495-5202 for tickets.25 February Saturday

Concert

Department of Music. The New EnglandConservatory Contemporary Ensemble, led bydirector John Heiss, plays the music of Harbison,Ives and others. Paine Concert Hall, 2 p.m. Freefor students with I.D. Call 496-6013 for moreinformation.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. 24 Quincy St.,Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. 495-4700."Tigrero" at 3, 7:30 and 9 p.m. "Histoire(s) 3 and4" at 7 p.m. "Histoire(s) 1 and 2" at 8:30 p.m.

Clerks. Science Center Lecture Hall C, 8and 10 p.m. $3 with Harvard I.D.

Theatre

Old Times. Please see Thursday's listingfor more information. Loeb Ex, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.Tickets are free.

Jerry Finnegan's Sister. Winthrop HouseJCR, 8 p.m. Please see Thursday' listing for moreinformation. $2 for general admission; free forWinthrop residents.

A Tsar is Born. The Hasty PuddingTheatricals' 147 production will run until March21. Hasty Pudding Theater, 12 Holyoke St.,Cambridge, 4 and 8 p.m. Call 495-5205 for tickets.26 February Sunday

Concert

Cabot House. Soprano Ellen Archer andPianist Michael Strauss perform cabaret songs byWeill, Gershwin, Piaf, Coward and Porter. CabotHouse Living Room, 3 p.m.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo. SandersTheater, 4 p.m. $20 and $17. For more informationcall 496-2222.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. 24 Quincy St.,Carpenter Center for the visual Arts. 495-4700."Tigrero" at 3, 7:30 and 9 p.m. "Histoire(s) 3 and4" at 7 p.m. "Histoire(s) 1 and 2" at 8:30 p.m.

Theatre

A Tsar is Born. The Hasty PuddingTheatricals' 147 production will run until March21. Hasty Pudding Theater, 12 Holyoke St.,Cambridge, 3 p.m. Call 495-5205 for tickets.27 February Monday

Film

Harvard Film Archive. 24 Quincy St.,Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. 495-4700."The March on Washington" with Gerald O'Grady inperson at 5:30 p.m. "Wild Stawberries" at 7:30p.m. "Tigrero" at 9:30 p.m.

Poetry and Prose

New England Poetry Club Workshop. A peerworkshop for dues-paid members. Yenching Library,Room 136, 7:30 p.m. Call 643-0029 for moreinformation.

Talk

Harvard Department of Music Colloquium.Lydia Goehr, Wesleyan University. Davison Room,Music Building, 4:15 p.m.28 February Tuesday

Concert

Department of Music. The MendelssohnString Quartet performs Janacek's String QuartetNo. 2 "Intimate Letters." Pusey Room, MemorialChurch, 12:15 p.m.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. 24 Quincy St.,Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. 495-4700."Bondu Saved From Drowning" at 5:30 p.m. "Woman inthe Dunes" at 7:30 p.m. "Tigrero" at 9:45 p.m.

Poetry and Prose

An Evening of Poetry. Rudy Kikel, editorof Gents, Bad Boys and Barbarinans: New Gay MalePoetry, will introduce five of the contributors.Lower Common Room, Adams House C, 8 p.m.

Talk

Perspectives of Race, Civil Rights andFeminism. Kathleen Neal Cleaver, formerCentral Committee member for the Black PantherParty and Bunting Fellow, Radcliffe College.Cronkhite Graduate Center, 6 Ash St., 7:30 p.m.

Theatre

A Tsar is Born. The Hasty PuddingTheatricals' 147 production will run until March21. Hasty Pudding Theater, 12 Holyoke St.,Cambridge, 8 p.m. Call 495-5205 for tickets.1 March Wednesday

Film

Harvard Film Archive. 24 Quincy ST.,Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. 495-4700."Wild Strawberries" at 5:15 p.m. "Pierrot le fou"at 7:30 p.m. "Tigrero" at 9:30 p.m.

Theatre

A Tsar is Born. The Hasty PuddingTheatricals' 147 production will run until March21. Hasty Pudding Theater, 12 Holyoke St.,Cambridge, 8 p.m. Call 495-5205 for tickets.A-2