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Exhibits

Fogg Art Museum. Through July. "Shades of Significance: Tonal Values in Abstract Art." From its perceived origins in Cubism, through its dominance of the post-war American art scene, to its current coexistence with other approaches to imagemaking.

Through summer. "Selections from the Joseph H. Hazen Collection." This exhibition offers viewers a rare opportunity to view privately owned works by some of the great masters of the late 19th and early 29th centuries. Included are works by Braque, van Gogh, Kandinksky, Modigliani, Leger, Picasso, and Toulouse-Lautrec.

"France and the Portrait, 1799-1870." This installation of works from the permanent collections explores the changing conventions and practice of portraiture in France between the rise to power of Napoleon Bonaparte and the fall of the Second Empire.

Through September. "Body Sights: A Symposium on Vision, the Body, and Video Art" is offered in connection with "Between Cinema and a Hard Place." This exhibition features artist Gary Hill's video/sound sculpture installation consisting of twenty-three modified video monitors of various sizes, posing questions about the relationships of space and time.

Museums of Cultural and Natural History. Ongoing. "Birthstones" Explores the cultural and natural history of birthstones, and how perceptions of these precious and semiprecious gems have been influenced by mythology and astronomy.

Peabody Museum. Ongoing. "Encounters with the Americas."

Ongoing. "Ju/wasi: Bushmen of the Kalahari."

Ongoing. "Worlds in Miniature, Worlds Apart: Dioramas, Models, and Mannequins in the Peabody Museum."

Ongoing. "The Hall of the Northern American Indian."

Ongoing. "Ware Collection of Glass Flowers."

Sackler Museum. Apr. 8, "Body Sights: A Symposium on Vision, the Body, and Video Art" from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Through Dec. 30. "American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts." The first major survey of Harvard University's art collections in over 20 years provides a critical examination of art and material culture drawn from Harvard's museums and libraries in the context of interdisciplinary studies and revisionist scholarship.

Through May 21, 1995. "Impressions of Mesopotamia: Seals from the Ancient Near East. This display of ancient Near Eastern seals charts their development over 3,000 years of Mesopotamian history.

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

Schlesinger Library. Through March 29. "Exhibition of Ceramics by the Eight Eldest Members of the Radcliffe College Ceramics Studio."

Through March 30. "Drawings, Paintings, and Pastels by Ann Strieby Philips; Treasure Maps and Other Works on Folded Paper by X. Bonnie Woods."

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. 24 Quincy St. 495-4700. $5 for students unless a special event, "Parsifal" at 6:30 p.m.

Talk

Harvard Spring 1995 Reading Series. Poetry reading by Liam Rector and Rosanna Warren at 5:30 p.m., Forum Rm., Lamont Library.

Theatre

Patience. The Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players. The story of a young maiden who must choose between two suitors. Agassiz Theater, 8 p.m. Tickets are available at the Sanders Theatre Box Office. Call 496-2222 for more information. 7 April Friday

Concert

Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra. "A Children's Concert" directed by guest conductor Benjamin Zander at 7:30, Sanders Theatre. Tickets are free for children under 3, ages 3-14 $3.50, students $5.50, adults $7.50 at the Sanders Theatre Box Office. Call 496-2222 for more information.

Conference

Gaels and Ethnology: A Tale Twice Told. A lecture by John W. Shaw at 4:30 P.m. in the Seminar Rm., 2nd Fl., 61 Kirkland St. Reception to follow.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. 24 Quincy St. 495-4700. $5 for students, unless a special event. "The Marguise of O" at 9 p.m. "Caro Diario" at 7 p.m.

Theatre

The Three Sisters. By Anton Chekhov. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., 8 p.m. Tickets are available at the Loeb Center Box Office. Call 547-8300 for more information.

Patience. The Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players. Agassiz Theater, 8 p.m. See previous listing for more details. 8 April Saturday

Concert

H.A.R.M.O.N.Y. Musical Open House and lnstrument Drive. come drop off old music and musical instruments and listen to some great music free at Winthrop House from 12 to 4 p.m. Call 493-3271 or 493-2348 for more information

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. 24 Quincy St. 495-4700. $5 for students, unless a special event. "Caro Diario" at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. "A Nos Amours" at 9 p.m.

Theatre

The Three Sisters. By Anton Chekhov. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., 8 p.m. Tickets are available at the Loeb Center Box Office. Call 547-8300 for more information.

Patience. The Gilbert & Sullivan Players. Agassiz Theater, 2 p.m., 8 p.m. See previous listing for more details.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Centerfor the Visual Arts. 24 Quincy St. 495-4700. $5for students, unless a special event. "CaroDiario" at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. "Querelle" at 9 p.m.

Theatre

The Three Sisters. Anton Chekhov. LoebDrama Center, 64 Brattle St., 8 p.m. Tickets areavailable at the Loeb Center Box Office. call547-8300 for more information.

Patience. See previous listing fordetails.10 April Monday

Talk

The Morris Gray Lecture. A reading byMichael Ondaatje from his work at 8 p.m. at theHilles Library Auditorium. Free and open to thepublic.

Leonora's Last Act. Lecture by RogerParker presented by the Harvard Dept. of MusicColloquium Series at 4:15 p.m. in the Davison Rm.,Music Building, Free.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Centerfor the Visual Arts. 24 Quincy St. 495-4700. $5for students, unless a special event. "CaroDiario" at 9:30 p.m.11 April Tuesday

Workshop

What Else Can I Do With My PHD?Radcliffe Career Services. This panel will provideinformation and inspiration for PhD holders orcandidates who are considering non-academiccareers. 7 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 ifpre-registered, $15 at the door.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Centerfor the Visual Arts. 24 Quincy St. 495-4700. $5for students, unless a special event. "CaroDiario" at 9:30 p.m.12 April Wednesday

Conference

Bunting Institute April 12, "U.S.Feminism and International Women's Human Rights"at 4 p.m.

Film

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Centerfor the Visual Arts. 24 Quincy St. 495-4700. $5for students, unless a special event. "CaroDiario" at 9:30 p.m