On Mon., April 10, Longy's String Department presents "Generations," a concert of popular music for strings at 7:30 p.m.

On Wed., April 12, the Faculty Artist Series presents "Side Out" the jazz sextet featuring Peter Cassino, Piano, and Stan Strickland, saxophone, at 8 p.m.

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 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. 253-5942. Ongoing. "Course 13, 1893-1993: From Naval Architecture on 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."

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 the 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" and "Emil Nolde: The Artist's Watercolors in America." Nolde, known for his vibrantly colored oil painting and watercolors, will be the focus of the first major U.S. exhibition of one of the greatest modern German artists.

Through Aug. 20. "John Singer Sargent: Studies for the Murals at the MFA and the Boston Public Library." Murals painted by American artist John Singer Sargent are celebrated in conjunction with the shared anniversaries of the two institutions: the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Museum and the 100th anniversary of the Library's building in Copley square.

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 complimented by a selection of works by other impressionists such asRenoir, Degas Manet and Gauguin.

Through June 25. "The Renaissance Print: Franceand Italy." This exhibition presents a provocativedialogue between French and Italian graphic worksfrom the 16th century.

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.