MIT. 253-9800 or 253-2826. MIT Chapel Series on Thurs., March 9 at noon at the MIT Chapel. Free.

MIT Symphony Orchestra on Fri., March 10 at 8:30 p.m. at Kresge Auditorium. $2.

7th Annual New England Collegiate Jazz Festival on Sat., March 11. College Band Performances/clinics begin at 10 a.m. Concert at 7 p.m. $10. Kresge Auditorium.

Faculty Concert. Sun., March 12. Kresge Little Theater, 8 p.m. Free.

Learn to Meditate Concert and Seminar. 661-0767. Sat. March 11 at 7:30 p.m. Concert of New Age music. Tues., March 13 and Wed., March 14 at 7:30 p.m. Free meditation seminar with international lecturer Sujantra McKeever. Friend's Meeting Houe, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge.

Dance

American Festival. Through March 19. Wang Center. 931-ARTS. Twyla Tharp in the Upper Room with music by Philip Glass. Paul Taylor Company B with the music of The Andrews Sisters. Merce Cunningham Breakers with music by John Driscoll.

Exhibitions

The Children's Museum. 300 Congress Street, 426-8855. Current exhibits include the Climbing Sculpture, a two-story 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 social and cultural life for kids in Japan; Jump Up! Boston's Caribbean Carnival; and Powwow, an exhibition of photographs of Arapahoe and Shoshone powwows.

Compton Gallery. 77 Mass Ave., M.I.T., Cambridge. 253-4444. Through March 17. "AIDS: The Challenge to Educate."

Dean's Gallery. 50 Memorial Drive, Sloan School of Management, Cambridge. 253-9455. Through March 16. "Images from 1's and 0's."

Through May 10. "Works from a Small Studio."

Hart Nautical Gallery. 55 Mass Ave., M.I.T., Cambridge. 253-5942. 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 Grads Go to Chicago." Through drawings and artifacts, this exhibition explores the explosive growth of the city of Chicago in the last quarter of the 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."