SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER

Are the jokes that your Science A Core professor reads off his lecture notes getting a bit stale? Spend the night listening to comedy night listening to comedy by Frank Santorelli at Nick's Comedy Shop. It's 18+, so bring some ID. Shows at 7:45 and 10 p.m., 100 Warrenton St. (Boylston T-stop) 482-0930. $12.

Hey Rock! Take her to the zoo. I hear Harvard students like the zoo! The Franklin Park Zoo has free admission every Saturday morning, so get off your lazy, hung-over ass and go. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., 1 Franklin Park Rd., (Forest Hills T-stop). 541-5466. FREE.

Culture yourself by taking a brisk walk over to the Carpenter Center to see the VES Visiting. Faculty Art Exhibition. Works from highlighting video instillation queen Joan Jonas, Susan Meiselas's photographs of carnival stripers and Sheldon Cohen's bewitching animation make this exhibit home of the real flame of creativity at Harvard. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., 24 Quincy Street. 495-3251. FREE.

Go with the rest of Boston to WBMX 98.5's MIXFEST, a free concert featuring all sorts of great bands and artists. Elvis Costello, Bruce Hornsby, Heather Nova and Blue Man Group headline the acts on Saturday, and then the hip, happening, trendy, Canadian and actually good Barenaked Ladies play on Sunday. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday. City Hall Plaza (Government Center T-stop). FREE. You can call me Pavlov's dog.

Ya man. It's Reggae for Unity '98 at the Boston Center for the Arts Theater. Why not? They'll probably play "No Woman No Cry." 3 p.m. to 1 a.m., 539 Tremont St. (Back Bay or Copley T-stop). 426-0320. $22.

SUNDAY 11 OCTOBER

Take a break from all of the boring Warren Court reading and spend a few hours at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The collection in this museum is not allowed to be changed, according to the stipulations of Isabella Stewart Gardner's will. But, strangely enough, it is now featuring, for a limited time only, an exhibition of the photography of resident artist Abelardo Morell. "Face to Face" is a collection of photographs of the works in the museum which Morell has juxtaposed and compressed with wide-angle lenses to give the collection a whole new side. Take that, Isabella! 280 The Fenway. (617) 566-1401. Students get in for $5.

Looking to uselessly procrastinate? Most likely not--so why not jizzet over to Rosie's Bakery in Inman Square. One of the finest bakeries in Cambridge, Rosie's boasts a large variety of scrumptious desserts including their luscious cheesecake and sinful brownies. With so many sensuous explosions off in your mouth, your worries about work will melt away. 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., 243 Hampshire St. 491-9488. $1 to 10.

Learn about the arduous struggle of independent filmmaking as the Harvard Film Archive hosts the Mass Ave. Film Festival. Sit in on Allen Piper's (Harvard Alum) feature film, Starving Artists, Rob Fizt's Molt and Lost Face and Gary Cohen's Dizzy Horse. Stick around for the question and answer sessions with producers and directors to find out how unglamorous independent filmmaking can be. Harvard Film Archive, 11 a.m., to 5 p.m., 24 Quincy Street. 924-9701. $10 all day pass.

MONDAY 12 OCTOBER

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Now that you know what the word means, go down to the Science Center from noon to sunset to see live hip hop like hip hop like Harvard's own BSide, dance, Giant Puppets, poetry, spoken word and more. Noon to night, Harvard Yard. 625-5744 or email schock@fas.harvard.edu. FREE.

Start the week out right by learning a new language. Try some Swedish on for size. Classes have already begun in Arlington. For more info, call (781) 641-2278.

TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER