Through May 21, 1995. "Introduction to Byzantine Coinage." Showcases the Whittemore collection of Byzantine coins, with over 3,000 gold, silver and bronze coins that cover the range of Byzantine numismatics from A.D. 491 to 1453.

Film

Adams House Gender-Bending on the Big Screen Series. "Maedchen in Uniform" at 7:30 p.m. Claverly Common Room. Free.

Poetry and prose

Harvard University Extension School Writing Program Faculty Readings. Tom Bailey, Blessed, a novel in progress; Jane Brox, Here and Nowhere Else, Gail Mazur, The Common; and Myra McLarey, Water from the Well. Grossman Common Room, 51 Brattle Street. Call 495-8338 for more information.

Talk

Reporting on the War on Drugs: Mortality of Injecting Drug Users. Carlo Perucci, visiting lecturer, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights. Rm. 502, Kresge Building, Harvard School of Public Health, 12:30 p.m.

Interstitial Integrity: Asian American Women's Theology. Rita Nakashima Brock, assistant professor endowed chair in the humanities, Hamline University. Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Ave., 5 p.m.

The Demonization of Adolescent Sexuality: Moving toward a Sex-positive Approach to Adolescent Health and Education. Keynote speakers include Jonathan Mann, Francois Xavier-Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights; Rafael Sainz, Latino Health Institute/Positive Youth; Elaine Young, Institute for Health Professions, MGH; and Sherry Turner, Mt. Holyoke College. Kresge Building, 6:30 p.m. Buffet dinner, 5:30 p.m. Call 629-0140 for information.

The Contract with America: A Conversation with Conservatives. Tom Korologos, president, Timmons and Company, and deputy assistant to the president for senate relations (Nixon and Ford Administrations); Frank Luntz, Republican pollster, and president, the Luntz Research Companies; John Schall, Institute of Politics fellow and Republican nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives (MI-13, 1994). ARCO Forum, 7 p.m.

March of the Living: Commemmorating the Holocaust and Celebrating Renewal. Howard Katz, associate dean, McGill University. Wiener Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Imagination, Mythology and Ecopsychology. An evening program with Jungian analyst and architect Vernon Woodworth, storyteller Blackhawk and dream specialist Robert Bosnak. Macht Auditorium, Cambridge Hospital, 1493 Cambridge St., Cambridge. Suggested donation is $8. Call 497-1553 for information.

Theatre

A Streetcar Named Desire. By Tennessee Williams. Agassiz Theatre, 8 p.m. $5 for students.

Guys and Dolls. Cabot House, 8 p.m. $5 for students; $3 for Cabot residents.