Stay after class today in Barker and learn something useful--something that will put an end to those awkward eeneeminey-mo games with restaurant wine menus. Impress your waiter and your dinner dates with the knowledge gained from Mary Jo-Ann's lecture, "Good Wines from Bad: The Rectification of Wine in the Middle Ages and Beyond." The Barker Center, Room 114. 4:15 p.m. FREE.

Tired of swing, ballroom, and your general club-style gettin' it down? Get ready to wow your partner at the next formal with a new way of cutting the rug: Israeli folk dancing. Learn the basics of circle and couple dancing with instructor Ken Avner, who welcomes people with all levels of ability. Beginners receive instruction during the first hour. Congregation Kehillath Israel, 384 Harvard St., Brookline. 277-9155. 8 p.m. $4.

Sex. Alcohol. Mind-expanding drugs. Learn how to say all of these words in sign language at PBH's American Sign Language Classes for beginners. Sponsored by the Committee on Deaf Awareness. Mondays 8-9 p.m. and Thursdays 6-7. For more information, contact ken@digitas.harvard.edu.

From Nick Cassevetes, the director of She's So Lovely, comes the brand new 1999 film, "Shadows." But you won't find this piece of work in just any theater. Come and get it while it's hot at the Harvard Film Archive in the small auditorium of the Carpenter Center. Room B-04. 7 and 9 p.m. Call 495-4700 for prices.