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Bars and Clubs

Avalon 15 Landsdowne St., Boston. 262-2424. Bettie Serveert on Thurs., April 6.

House of Blues Harvard Square. 491-BLUE. Nighthawks on Thurs., April 6.

ManRay 21 Brookline St. Central Square, Cambridge, 864-0400. Curses on Sat., April 8. Crypt on Wed., April 12.

The Middle East. 472 Mass Ave., Cambridge. 497-0576. Downstairs: Miles Dethmuffen, Janet LaValley, Velveteen on Thurs., April 6. Brainiac and Garden Variety on Fri., April 7. Leftover Salmon on Sat., April 8. Gage on Sun., April 9. Our lady Peace on Tues., April 11. Last Poets on Wed., April 12. Upstairs: Curtain Society, Curious Ritual, St. Cimera and Partners in Flight on Thurs., April 6. Peter Wolf on Fri., April 7. Lyres, 1313 Mockingbird Lane, Johnny Black Trio and Drysdale on Sat., April 8. Lois on Sun., April 9. Technical Jed on Tues., April 11. The Last Poets on Wed., April 12 at 9 p.m.

Paradise. 967 Comm Ave., Boston. 254-2052. Jason & the Scorchers and Blasters on Thurs., April 6.

Regatta Bar. The Charles Hotel, One Bennett Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge. 876-7777. Johnny Griffin Quartet on Thurs., April 6 through Sat., April 8. The Mili Bermejo quartet on Sun., April 9.

Ryles. Inman Square, Cambridge. 876-9330. Downstairs: Dave Rodriguez Trio on Thurs., April 6. Upstairs: Debris on Thurs., April 6. Beat Soup on Fri., April 7.

Scullers Jazz Club. Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Storrow Drive, Boston. 562-4111. George Shearing Duo featuring Neil Swainson on Thurs., April 6.

Upstairs at the Pudding. 10 Holyoke St., Harvard Square. 864-1933

Venus de Milo. 11 Lansdowne St., Boston. 421-9595. American Sprit, classic rock on Thurs.

Concert

Boston Symphony Orchestra. Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave., Boston. 266-1492. John Mauceri to lead in Music of Hindemith, Korngold and Weill Thurs., April 6 through Sat., April 8 and Tues., April 11.

Boston Conservatory. 536-6340 or 536-3063. The Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., Boston. The Boston Conservatory Opera presents "An Evening of Dueling Divas" at the Theatre. Fri., April 7 through Sun., April 9.

Longy School of Music. Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, 27 Garden St., Cambridge. 876-0956, ext. 120.

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.

Through July 25,1995. "The Taste for Luxury:English Furniture, Silver and Ceramics,1690-1790," exploring the influence of stylisticdevelopment in the decorative arts through the18th century.

Through Nov. 17,1995. "South of the Border:Latin American Tapestries and Decorative Arts,"displaying fourteen tapestries and textiles,sculptire, silver and furniture used for bothdomestic and religious purposes.

Nostalgia Factory Through April 30. 336Newbury St., Boston 236-8754. "Kids in a Can: TheCampbell's Soup Story in Ads," featuring originalCampbell's soup ads from the late 19th centurythrough the 1970's Admission is free. Call236-8754 for more information.

Wheelock College Towne Art Gallery, 180The Riverway, Boston. 734-5200. "Streets are forNobody," photographs and interviews of homelesswomen in Boston and other communities by MelissaShook.

Boston Public Library. Copley Square.536-5400. Through April 27. "A Voice for Citizens,A force for change," exhibiting historicalphotographs documenting the struggle to pass the19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.

Through April 9. "Places of Remembrance: AMemorial for Jews Living in Berlin From1933-1945," exhibiting banners with the texts ofthe rules and regulations concerning Jews that theNazis mandated during those 13 years.

Through June 6. "Ancestral Hebrew Culture,"exhibiting rare books and manuscripts on ancestralHebrew culture from the collections of theLibrary.

Movies

The Wang Center. 270 Tremont St.,Boston. On Mon., April 10, "Mary Poppins" at 7:30.Tickets are $6.

Brattle Theatre. 40 Brattle ST., HarvardSquare. 876-6837. "To Live" on Thurs., April 6 at7:05 p.m. and "The Blue Kite" at 4:30 and 9:25p.m.

Sony Fresh Pond. Fresh Pond Plaza.661-2900. On Thurs. "Blue Sky" at 1:30, 4:00, 6:30and 9:00 p.m. "Losing Isaiah" at 5:00 and 9:40p.m. "Brady Bunch at 2:45 and 7:40 p.m. "Born toBe Wild" at 1:00, 3:30, 6:15 and 8:45 p.m. "ByeBye Love" 2:30, 5:30, 8:15 and 10:30 p.m. "Man ofthe House" at 1:10, 3:50 and 7:10 p.m. "Outbreak"at 1:30, 4:20, 7:20 and 10:20 p.m. "Tommy Boy" at1:00, 4:00, 6:50 and 9:50 p.m. "Pulp Fiction" at12:00, 3:10, 6:15 and 9:40 p.m. "Tall Tale" at12:30, 3:30 and 7:00 p.m. "Tank Girl" at 1:40,4:10, 6:30 and 9:20 p.m. "Dolores Clairborne" at12:40, 3:40, 6:40 and 10:00 p.m. "Candy Man 2" at9:10 p.m. "Major Payne" at 12:20, 3:00, 5:40 and8:30 p.m.

Sony Harvard Square. 10 Church St.,Cambridge. 864-4580. On Thurs., April 6. "Exotica"at 1:15, 4:15, 7:45 and 10:10 p.m. "Once WereWarriors" at 1:30, 4:30, 7:00 and 9:45 p.m."Madness of King George" at 1:45, 4:15, 6:45 and9:15 p.m. "Circle of Friends" at 2:00, 5:00, 7:15and 9:30 p.m. "Before the Rain" at 1:00, 4:00,7:30and 10:00 p.m.

Sony Janus. 57 JFK St., Harvard Square.661-3737. On Thurs., April 6. "Muriel's Wedding"at 2:00, 7:00 and 9:30 p.m.

Theatre

The Accident. April 6 through May 7.American Repertory Theatre Company, Hasty PuddingTheatre, 12 Holyoke St., Cambridge, 547-8300. ByCarol K. Mack, this play is a fascinating,constantly unfolding mystery that probes thedepths of the human psyche, fusing reality andillusion, where role-playing and authenticidentity struggle for the upper hand. Adisoriented woman searches for her identity--wipedout by an "accident" that she cannot remember.

The Guardsman. March 10 through April 9.Huntington Theatre Company, 264 Huntington Ave.,Boston. 266-0800 or 931-ARTS. Set in Budapest,Hungary before World War I, this play is about aflamboyant, talented actor and his equally famousand strong-willed actress wife, known for becomingrestless after a half-year of commitment to themen of her life.

Joey & Maria's comedy Wedding. Ongoing.Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St., Boston.1-800-733-5639. An audience-participation dinnershows that in the guise of the marriage of MariaAngelina Cavatelli to Giuseppe Antonio Gnocchi,serves up a roomful of Italian stereotypes.

Nunsense I and II. Ongoing. TheatreLobby, North End. 931-ARTS or 227-9872.

Shear Madness. Ongoing. CharlesPlayhouse, Warrenton St., Boston 426-5225.

Someone Who'll Watch Over Me. ThroughApril 9. New Repertory Theatre, 54 Lincoln St.,Newton Highlands. 332-1646. The Boston premiere ofthe 1992-93 winner of the New York Drama Critics'Circle Award for "Best Foreign Play," relates thestory of a trio of hostages awaiting their fate atthe hands of unseen captors. In their struggle tosurvive the incarceration, these untimely heroescourageously confront their fears and a lovingbond to combat their isolation and helplessness.

Ballet

The Wang Center of Performing Arts. 270Tremont St., Boston. 931-ARTS. From March 23through April 9, the "American Festival II" withthe Boston Ballet. Theatre different ballets bythree choreographers whose visions embody thespirited individualism of the American Dream. Call695-6955