Concert

Festival of the Nile. Sanders Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $20, $17. 496-2222.

Exhibits

Bunting Institute. Through March 31. "The Mending Project."

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 Cubism, through its dominance of the post-war American art scene, to its current coexistence with other approaches to imagemaking.

Through summer 1995. "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 29th centuries. Included are works by Braque, van Gogh, Kandinksky, 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.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. 280 The Fenway, Boston. 566-1401. Through June 4. "Dennis Miller Bunker and His Circle" features more than 30 works of Bunker and some of the most celebrated names in American painting in the late 19th century.

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 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 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.

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

Orlando and Maurice. Films in the "Gender-Bending on the Big Screen" series. Adams House Pool Theatre. "Orlando" at 7:30 p.m. and "Maurice" at 10 p.m. Free.

The Killing Screens: Media and the Culture of Violence. In preparation for the "Conference on Violence: From Outrage to Action. How Can We Effect Change?" Lyman Common room, Agassiz House, noon and 4 p.m. Free.

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. 24 Quincy St. 495-4700. Final day of Dusan Makavejev Fictionary festival. A reflective journey to his native Yugoslavia, "Hole in the Soul," with artist-in-residence Makavejev in person at 7 p.m. Tickets $7.00 general. Makavejev's sexually charged "Montenegro" at 9 p.m., $6.00.

Talk

The Shape of Sex: Sexual Selection and Morphometric Variation in the Sallfin Mollie. Joseph Travis, Florida State University. Biolabs Main Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., 4 p.m.

Tolstoy's Way of No Flesh: Abstinence, Vegetarianism, and Christian Physiology. Ronald LeBlanc, Department of German and Russian, University of New Hampshire, and fellow, Russian Research Center. Coolidge Hall, Room 215, 1737 Cambridge St., 4:15 p.m.

Theatre

A Tsar is Born. The Hasty Pudding Theatricals' 147th production, featuring the antics of the men of Undergrad as they meet with a conquering army of French women in 19th century Russia, will run until March 21. Hasty Pudding Theater, 12 Holyoke St., 8 p.m. $23. Call the Hasty Pudding Box Office at 495-5205, Mon. through Sat., 2-6 p.m. for tickets.

Six Degrees of Separation. March 9-11, 16-18. By John Guare. Loeb Experimental Theater, 7:30 p.m., additional shows March 10 and 17 at 9:30p.m. Guare's award-winning play about race, classand the challenge of pretending to be what youaren't. Free.10 March Friday

Conference

Countdown to the Pacific Century-theChallenge of Change. Through Sat., March 11.Sponsored by the Asian Business Club and Asia LawSociety. Call 225-7826 for more information.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Centerfor the Visual Arts. 24 Quincy St. 495-4700."Arizona Dream" with Faye Dunaway and Johnny Deppat 7:30 p.m. Tickets $6.50. Women in Japanese Filmseries: "The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice," aportrait of a middle class marriage and itssalvation, at 8 p.m. $5 students.

Quiz Show. Science Center C. 8:00, 10:30p.m. $3 students. The Academy-Award-nominatedstory of the T.V. quiz-show scandals of the 1950s.

Theatre

A Tsar is Born. Through March 21. HastyPudding Theater, 12 Holyoke St., 8 p.m. $23.Please see March 9 Listing.

Falsettos. Through March 18. By WilliamFinn. Agassiz Theatre, 8 p.m. $7. Tickets areavailable at the Sanders Theatre Box Office at496-2222 or at the door. A modern musical about aJewish family adjusting to the father'shomosexuality, and the son's coming of age.Opening is creative black tie.

Nobody's You. March 10, 11, 17, 18.Written and produced by Margaret Roberts '96. OldLeverett Library, 7:30 p.m. $3 Leverett residents,$4 other students, $5 general admission. Aromantic comedy set in rural Texas.

Six Degrees of Separation. LoebExperimental Theater, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Free.Please see March 9 Listing.11 March Saturday

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Centerfor the Visual Arts. 24 Quincy St. 495-4700."Arizona Dream" at 3 and 8:15 p.m. Tickets $6.50.(See March 10 Listing) "Animation and Alchemy"with British animator David Anderson in person at6:30 p.m. Tickets $6.50. Women in Japanese Filmfestival: "Onibaba" at 7 p.m. "The Insect Woman"at 9 p.m. Tickets $5 for students.

Quiz Show. Science Center C. 8:00, 10:30p.m. $3 students. (See March 10 Listing)

Theatre

A Tsar is Born. Through March 21. HastyPudding Theater, 12 Holyoke St., 4 and 8 p.m. $23.See March 9 Listing.

Falsettos. Through March 18. By WilliamFinn. Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m. $7. See March 10Listing.

Nobody's You. March 10, 11, 17, 18. OldLeverett Library, 7:30 p.m. $3 Leverett residents,$4 other students, $5 general admission. See March10 Listing.

Six Degrees of Separation. LoebExperimental Theater, 7:30 p.m. Free. See March 9Listing.12 March Sunday

Concert

Mather House. Kammerton, featuringbaroque flutist Na'ama Lion, baroque violinistGuiomar Turgeon, baroque cellist Annika Pflugerand harpsichordist Todd Beckham, offers a programof baroque music from England. Master's Residence,3 p.m. Free.

Sunday Concert Series. Presents theBorromeo String Quartet performing Haydn StringQuartet, Op. 76, No. 5; Schumann Strong Quartet,No. 3 and works by Marty Ehrlich. Isabella StewartGardner Museum, 1:30 p.m. $2 for students.734-1359.

Open Studio with New Opera TheatreEnsemble. Join Roland Tec and the company inan evening of exercises and songs aimed atdeveloping your improvisational skills. AdamsHouse Lower Common Room, 6 p.m. $7 for students.266-6669.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Centerfor the Visual Arts. 24 Quincy St. 495-4700."Arizona Dream" at 3 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets $6.50.(See March 10 Listing) Two films in the Women inJapanese Films series: "Street of Shame" at 7 p.m."Odd Obsession" at 9 p.m. Tickets $5 for students,$6 general

Theatre

A Tsar is Born. Through March 21. HastyPudding Theater, 12 Holyoke St., 4 and 8 p.m. $23.See March 9 Listing.

Falsettos. Through March 18. By WilliamFinn. Agassiz Theatre, 2 p.m. $7. See March 10Listing.13 March Monday

Concert

University Art Museums. An evening ofpiano music played by Seth Carlin. Adolphus BuschHall, 29 Kirkland St., 8 p.m. $10 for students.Call 423-2808 for tickets and more information.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Centerfor the Visual Arts. 24 Quincy St. 495-4700. TwoCivil Rights movement documentaries: "IvanhoeDonaldson" and "Black Natchez" at 5:15 p.m.Tickets $5 students, $6 general. Orson Welles'version of "The Trial" at 7:30 p.m. "ArizonaDream" (see March 10 Listing) at 9:30 p.m. Tickets$6.50.14 March Tuesday

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Centerfor the Visual Arts. 24 Quincy St. 495-4700. TheBolshevik slapstick silent comedy "Happiness," at5:30 p.m. "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" at 7:30p.m. Tickets $5 students/$6 general. "ArizonaDream" at 9:30 p.m. Tickets $6.50. Both filmsfeature Johnny Depp.

Poetry and prose

A Reading by Nicholas Christopher andDeborah Digges. Nicholas Christopher, poet,author of 5' and Other Poems, and Digges, authorof Fugitive Spring. Senior Common Room, AdamsHouse, 7:30 p.m.

Theatre

A Tsar is Born. Through March 21. HastyPudding Theater, 12 Holyoke St., 4 and 8 p.m. $23.See March 9 Listing.15 March Wednesday

Conference

Violence: From Outrage to Action-How Can WeEffect Change? Featured speakers include GailDines, assistant professor, Wheelock College,"Pornography and the Media"; Mary Harvey,director, Victims of Violence Program, CambridgeHospital, "Living in a Violent Society"; DavidKennedy, research fellow, KSG, "Children andGuns"; Susan Moses, deputy director, Center forHealth Communication, Harvard School of PublicHealth, "Squash It Media Campaign"; Ronald Slaby,senior scientist, Education Development Center andlecturer, Harvard University, "Men's ViolenceAgainst Women." Registration is required. Call495-4495 or 496-5213 for more information.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Centerfor the Visual Arts. 24 Quincy St. 495-4700."Arizona Dream" at 5 and 9 p.m. (see March 10listing) Tickets $6.50. Bergman's psychodrama"Persona" at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $5 students/$6general.

Talk

For Whom the Bell Curve Tolls: ArgumentsAgainst a Genetic Meritocracy. Stephen Ceci,Department of Human Development, Cornell Univ.Room 1, William James Hall, 4 p.m.

Crime, Culture and Public Policies.Wendy Kaminer. Radcliffe Public Policy InstituteSeminar. Putnam House, 12 p.m. Call 496-3478 formore information.

Theatre

A Tsar is Born. Through March 21. HastyPudding Theater, 12 Holyoke St., 4 and 8 p.m. $23.See March 9 Listing