"Your life is your art, your art is your life."VES concentrators, Adams House and likewiseartistic peeps will indulge themselves atArtRages Decadence. Contemporary art in themediums of video, sound and live performance arethe centerpieces of this extravaganza, thoughhorsd'oeuvres and some form of dancing--howeverexperimental--may accompany the event. 8 p.m.to 12 a.m., 11 Stillings St., Boston. Tickets$12.
SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER
If watching large men hurt each other on thefield yesterday didn't give you the gratificationyou expect from a weekend, maybe seeing four guysfrom Sacramento just play angry music will satisfyyou. Catch the Deftones before they headdown under for Vans Warped Tour '99 in Australia.7:30 p.m. The Palladium, 261 Main St.,Worchester, 800-477-6849. Tickets $16.50.
For all of those people out there who have everhoped that they might one day join mobs of skinny,acne-plagued teenagers dressed in black to danceand worship satanic figures, tonight your dreamscome true. Marilyn Manson, tortured souland all, will perform his hits tonight in aconcert banned in most Midwestern states. 7:30p.m., Tsongas Arena, Lowell, 617-931-2000. Tickets$25.
MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER
Go home early. Screw the rest of yourclasses. See your family. Depart either via LoganAirport or South Station. All day long.EXPENSIVE.
TUESDAY 24 NOVEMBER
It may not be "Jem and the Holograms" or"Thundercats," but you can still get your cartoonfix at Harvard. Except here they are calledcaricatures. "Drawings by Al Hirschfeld,"which closes tomorrow, features more than 60original theatrical drawings by the 95-year oldNew York Times caricaturist from the Melvin R.Seiden Collection in the Harvard TheatreCollection. It's truly, truly, truly outrageous.9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pusey Library, SheldonExhibition Rooms, Harvard Yard, 495-4387.FREE.
The Green Street Grill is proud to hostintimate and magical evenings of sophisticatedsleight of hand. The evening starts with randomacts of magic at the bar, followed at 10 by acabaret-style stage show. 8 p.m., 280 GreenStreet, 491-8609.
Here's something worth checking out, especiallyright after The Game and right before a holiday.Every Tuesday at the Brass Bull is theTuesday Night Guest Bartender, featuring a newface every Tuesday! That means you! Drop in yourbusiness card (or crumpled up piece of notebookpaper), win the contest, pour drinks, pop beersand talk trash with your friends. 199 StateStreet, Boston, 723-2855. FREE.
WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER
Learn how to be sketchy. Fool around withopen studio life drawing-- both short andlong poses. 7 to 10 p.m., Zeitgeist Gallery,312 Broadway (at Norfolk), 623-1065. $8 asession.
On your way home to mommy and daddy, stop byFoxwoods Resort and Casino. Apre-Thanksgiving gambling splurge won't hurtanyone--the food's already paid for. I-95south, Exit 92 for Rte. 2, Ledyard, CT.800-200-2882. Lots and lots of cash.