Bars and Clubs

Axis. 13 Lansdowne St. Boston. 262-2437. Everclear and Sybil Vein on Saturday, March 25. the Repercussions on Tuesday, March 28.

House of Blues. Harvard Square. 491-BLUE. Jimmy Rogers on Friday, March 24.

ManRay. 21 Brookline St., Central Square, Cambridge. 864-0400. Domination on Friday, March 24. Curses on Saturday, March 25. Crypt on Wednesday, March 29.

The Middle East. 472 Mass Ave., Cambridge. 497-0576. Downstairs: Jiggle the Creek on Friday, March 24. AIDS Brigade Benefit on Saturday, March 25. Shellac on Wednesday, March 29. Dambuilders on Thursday, March 30. Upstairs: Band of Susans on Thursday, March 23. Mommy & I Are One on Friday, March 24. 360's on Saturday, March 25.

Paradise. 967 Comm Ave. Boston. 254-2052. Beat Soup on Friday, March 24. Graham Parker and the Episode on Sunday, March 26.

Regatta Bar. The Charles Hotel, One Bennett Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, 876-7777. Razzmataz on Thursday, March 23. The Yellowjackets on Friday, March 24. The Donna Byrne Quintet on Saturday, March 25. The New Black Eagle Jazz Band on Sunday, March 26.

Ryles. Inman Square, Cambridge. 876-9330. Music from 8:30 p.m. nightly. Made in the Shade on Thursday, March 23.

Upstairs at the Pudding. 10 Holyoke St., Harvard Square. 864-1933. The Greg Hopkins Quintet on Sunday, March 26.

Venus de Milo. 11 Lansdowne St., Boston. 421-9595. American Spirit, classic rock on Thursday.

Concert

Boston Symphony Orchestra. Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave., Boston. 226-1492. Perform All-Mozart program on Thursday, March 23 at 8 p.m.; Friday, March 24 at 1:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 25 at 8 p.m. and Tuesday, March 28 at 8 p.m.

Boston Conservatory. 536-6340 or 536-3063. The Boston Conservatory Theater is located at 31 Hemenway Street, Boston. Seully Hall is located at 8 The Fenway, Boston. The First and Second Church is located at 66 Marlborough St., Boston.

Longy School Of Music. Edward M. pickman Concert Hall, 27 Garden St., Cambridge. 876-0956, ext. 120. Faculty Artist Series on Monday, March 27 and Tuesday, March 28 at 8 p.m.

Victoria Williams. With Vic Chestnut. Somerville Theatre. Monday, March 24, 7:30 p.m. $17.931-2000.

Exhibitions

The Children's Museum. 300 Congress include: the Climbing Sculpture, a twomaze suspended puzzle piece climbing maze; Climbing the Wall, a rock climbing exhibit; El Mercado De Barrio, a replica of a Latino neighborhood market in Boston; Teen Tokyo, an exhibition on fashion, food, sports, music, art, and school and family life for kids in Japan; Jump Up! Boston's Caribbean Carnival; and Powwow, an exhibition of photographs of Arapahoe and Shoshone powwows.

Hart Nautical Gallery. 55 Mass Ave., M.I.T., Cambridge. 253-5943. Ongoing. "Course 13, 1893-1993: From Naval Architecture to Ocean Engineering." Permanent Exhibition of Ship Models.

M.I.T. Museum. 265 Mass Ave., Cambridge. 253-4444. Through June 18. " From Louis Sullivan to SOM: Boston Gards Go to Chicago." Through drawings and artifacts, this exhibition explores the explosive growth of the city of Chicago in the last quarter of 19th century and the contributions to this building boom by MIT and Boston architects.

Ongoing. "Holography: Artists and Inventors." MIT Hall of Hacks." "Light Sculptures by Bill Parker." "Math in 3D: Geometric Sculptures by Morton G. Bradley, Jr." "MathSpace."

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

Through Oct. 22. "Degrees of Abstraction: From Morris Louis to Mapplethorpe." The selection of objects and the installation of this exhibition will play "pure" abstraction against representation.

Through June 4. "Dennis Miller Bunker: American Impressionist." Featuring 50 of he artist's finest works, this exhibition will be the first comprehensive exhibition accompanied by an extensive catalogue.

Through May 7. "Emil Nolde: The Painter's Prints." Nolde, known for his vibrantly colored oil paintings and watercolors, will be the focus of the first major U.S. exhibition of one of the greatest modern German artists.

Through May. "Monet Installation." The Museum's entire collection of paintings by Claude Monet will be installed in the impressionist galleries for the first time in nearly 20 years. No institution outside of France holds a larger collection of paintings by Monet than the MFA. The installation will be compeimented by a selection of works by otherimpressionists such as Renoir, Degas, Manet andGauguin.

Through May 7. "Nolde Watercolors in America."An exhibition of 40 watercolors from Americanpublic and private collections.

Through April 16. "Sweet Dreams: Bedcovers andBed Clothes." This exhibition of quilts,coverlets, blankets, futon covers, lingerie andsleeping caps will be drawn primarily from thepermanent collection.

Through July 25, 1995. "The Taste for Luxury:English Furniture, Silver and Ceramics.1690-1790," exploring the influence of stylisticdevelopments in the decorative arts through the18th century.

Museum of Science. Science Park, Boston.723-2500. Exhibits include "The Observatory,"featuring infrared and ultrasonic sounds andimages of unseen events; and "The Test Tube," anexhibit of some of the museum's works-in-progressfor upcoming exhibits. Laser show "Pink Flyod:Dark Side of the Moon," "The Police,""Lollapalaser," and "Dream On: The Music ofAerosmith." Omni Theater. Planetarium.

Nostalgia Factory. Through March 31. 336Newbury St., Boston. 236-8754. "P.C:Pre-Computer," an exhibition of vintage ads foroffice machines and computers, dating from theturn of the century through the 1970s.

Wheelock College. Towne Art Gallery, 180The Riverway, Boston. 734-5200. "Streets are forNobody," photographs and interviews of homelesswomen in Boston and other communities by MelissaShook.

Movies

Brattle Theatre. 40 Brattle St., HarvardSquare. 876-6837. "Raise the Red Lantern" at 3:30and 7:40 p.m. and "Red Sorghum" at 5:50 and 10p.m. on Thursday, March 23. "An Evening withTroma" on Friday, March 24 at 7:15 p.m. "Red" at5:15 and 10 p.m. on Friday, March 24 and at 2, 4,6, 8 and 10 p.m. on Saturday, March 25. "EasyRider" at 3:30 and 7:40 p.m. and "Midnight Cowboy"at 5:25 and 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 26. "TheLost Weekend" at 3:30 and 7:40 p.m. on Monday,March 27. "The Mirror" at 3:30 and 7:45 p.m. and"Nostalgia" at 5:30 and 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday,March 28. "Clerks" at 4:15, 6, 7:50 and 9:40 p.m.on Wednesday, March 29.

Sony Fresh Pond. Fresh Pond Plaza.661-2900. On Thursday, March 23. "Lossing Isaiah"at 1:30, 4, 6:45 and 9:30 p.m. "Just Cause" at 5and 9:40 p.m.. "Brady Bunch" at 1, 3:15, 5:45,8:15 and 10:30 p.m. "Shallow Grave" at 3, 5:30, 8and 9:50 p.m. "Miami Rhapsody" at 2, 4:20, 6:35and 9:15 p.m. "Boys on the Side" at 12:45 and 6p.m. "Bye Bye Love" at 2:15, 4:45, 7:30 and 10:15p.m. "Man of the House" at 1:45, 4:10, 6:20 and 9p.m. "Outbreak" at 1:15, 4:30, 7 and 10 p.m."Nobody's Fool" at 1:15, 4:30 and 8:45 p.m."Hideaway" at 2:30 p.m. "Candy Man 2" at 2:45,5:15, 7:45 and 10:40 p.m.

Sony Harvard Square. 10 Church st.,Cambridge. 864-4580. On Thursday, March 23."Exotica" at 1:15, 4:45, 7:30 and 10 p.m. and12:20 a.m. "Wild Bunch" at 1, 4, 6:45 and 9:30p.m. and 12:10 a.m. "Once Were Warriors" at 1:45,4:15, 7 and 9:15 p.m. "Before Sunrise" at 1:30, 5,8 and 10:15 p.m. "Madness of King George" at 2,4:30, 7:15 and 9:45 p.m. "Rocky Horror PictureShow" at 12 midnight on weekend nights.

Sony Janus. 57 JFK St., Harvard Square.661-3737. On Thursday, March 23. "Muriel'sWedding" at 2, 4:30, 7 and 9:30 p.m.

Poetry

Ben Mazer and Catherine A. Salmons willread their poetry. Lowell Hall, 17 Kirkland St.Thursday March 23, 8 p.m.

Talk

The Bell Curve: Intelligence and ClassStructure in American Life. Charles Murraywill discuss the findings of his book. Thursday,March 23, 7 p.m. Old South Meeting House, 310Washington St., downtown Boston. Admission formembers of the Ford Hall Forum at 6 p.m. and forthe general public at 6:45 p.m.

Theatre

The Balcony. Through April l. LoebExperimental Theatre. 547-8300. Set in a fictionalSouth American country, "The Balcony" begins in abrothel - madame Irma's house of illusions - wherebizarre fantasies are enacted, while a revolutionrages outside. In this hall of distorting mirrors,evil and virtue merge, and a highly theatricalmasquerade takes on unexpected politicalconsequences.

The Guardsman. March 10 through April 9.Huntington Theatre Company, 264 Huntington Ave.,Boston. 266-0800 or 931-ARTS. Set in Budapest,Hungary before World War I, this play is about aflamboyant, talented actor and his equally famousand strong-willed actress wife, who is known forbecoming resless after a half-year of commitmentto the men in her life.

Henry V. Through March 25. AmericanRepertory Theatre, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge.547-8300. Civil war is at an end and the youngking must turn his attentions to the turmoilsabroad. From the tavern at Eastcheap to the fieldsof Agincourt, the pageant continues as Hal proveshimself a great soldier and statesman, finallymeeting Katharine, the beautiful daughter of theKing of France, who teaches him his first lessonsin love. Tuesday-Friday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 2 and7 p.m.

Joey et Maria's Comedy Wedding. ongoing.Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St., Boston. (800)733-5639. An audience-participation dinner showthat, in the guise of the marriage of MariaAngelina Cavatelli to Giuseppe Antonio Gnocchi,serves up a roomful of Italian stereotypes.

Nunsense I and II. Ongoing. TheatreLobby, North End. 931-ARTS or 227-9872.

Shear Madness. Ongoing. CharlesPlayhouse, Warrenton St., Boston. 426-5225.

Someone Who'll Watch Over Me. ThroughApril 9. New repertory Theatre, 54 Lincoln St.,Newton Highlands. 332-1646. The Boston premiere othe 1992-93 winner of the New York Drama Critics'Circle Award for "Best Foreign Play," relates thestory of a trio of hostages awaiting their fate atthe hands of unseen captors. In their struggle tosurvive the incarceration, these untimely heroescourageously confront their fears and form aloving bond to combat their isolation andhelplessness