Wt Arnold Art Store Quincy Mass 14 Revere Road

At the Society of Arts and Crafts, the exhibit Political Craft, opening May 9, includes Sonya Clark's Afro Abe II, hand-embroidered and French knotted thread on five dollar bill.

  Fine art

   Southward Shore

Art COMPLEX MUSEUM – 189 Alden St., Duxbury. May 4-Sept. 7, Rooted in Tradition: Art Quilts from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. 1:30 p.m.  May 18, reception.  May 4-Sept. 7, Rotations: Gen Kozuru. Through May 25, Making Their Mark, work by Rona Conte, Mark Del Guidice, Cui Fei. 1:30 p.m. May 18, reception. Through fall, sculptures past George McGoff.    Hours: i-4 p.m. Wed.-Sun. 781-934-6634, world wide web.artcomplex.org.

BOOKS AND BLOOMS – Paul Pratt Memorial Library Gallery – 35 Ripley Road, Cohasset.   10 a.m.-five p.m. May vii, members of Community Garden Society of Cohasset  interpret  a book of their own choice through arrangements of flowers and fresh plant material.  9 a.m.-9 p.g. Mon., Tues., Thurs.; 9 a.thousand.-5 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; ii-5 p.yard. Sun. 781-383-1348.

BRAINTREE ART ASSOCIATION – Thayer Academy Gallery, 745 Washington St., Braintree.  nine a.m.-apex May 3, spring art sale at Braintree Boondocks Hall, 1 JFK Memorial Drive, Braintree. Proceeds to scholarship fund. Hours: 8 a.m.-3 p.m. 781-335-4675.

HINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY – 66 Leavitt St., Hingham. Clemens Gallery: May 1-June v, Peony Heaven a Photographic Collection by Susan Costello. 7 p.grand. May 5, reception. Through May 1, Digital Textures, photographs past Deborah Tulsky Dumais. 2- Dolphin Gallery: Through  May 22, Karl Nestelberger, Portraits. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; ix a.thousand.-5 p.k. Sat.; one-v p.chiliad. Sun. 781-741-1405, www.hinghamlibrary.org.

JAMES LIBRARY AND CENTER FOR THE ARTS –  24 Westward St., Norwell.    vi-9 p.m. May 16, 10 a.thousand.-two p.m. May 17,  Books in Bloom, flower arrangements inspired by books. Friday. dark benefit, $25. $5 access Saturday.  781-659-7100, www.jameslibrary.org.

MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON VISUAL ARTS CENTER –  963 Washington St., Canton.  Through May 11, For the Birds  X Artists/Two Centuries/Art from Mass Audubon'southward Collection.  $4 adults, $3 seniors/children, free to Mass Audubon  members. ane-5 p.thousand. Fri.-Sun. 781-821-8853, www.massaudubon.org

Due north RIVER ARTS SOCIETY  Thou.A.R. Hall, 157 Old Main St., Marshfield.  7-9 p.m. May half-dozen; 10 a.m.-1 p.m. May 10,  Call for entries, almanac Festival of the Arts, May 24- 25. Hours: nine a.thou.-noon, Mon.-Fri.; noon-iii p.m. Sat.-Sun. 781-837-8091, www.northriverarts.org.

South SHORE Fine art CENTER – 119 Ripley Road,  Cohasset.  Through  May eleven, Reflections in Exile: Five Gimmicky African Artists Respond to Social Injustice, work by Ilona Anderson of S Africa, Khalid Kodi of Sudan, Chaz Maviyane-Davies of Zimbabwe, Salem Mekuria and Ezra Wube  of Ethiopia. Dillon Gallery: Exploring the Surface: Beverly Carreiro, Irma Cerese, Susan Charles, Eleanor LeBlanc, Michele Meister. Faculty Feature: Abby Zonies. Hours: 10 a.m.-four p.one thousand. Mon.-Sat.; noon-4 p.m. Sun. 781-383-2787,  world wide web.ssac.org.

   South STREET GALLERY – 149 South St., Hingham. May 2-29, work by Christopher Magadini. Through May one, Gloat Spring, work by Nancy Sargent Howell. 10 a.chiliad.-six p.k. Monday.-Sat.  781-749-0430, world wide web.southstreetgallery.com.

VENTRESS LIBRARY GALLERY – Library Plaza, Marshfield.    Through May 2, Sandra Donnellan, New Work.  Mon.-Wednesday.; nine:30 a.chiliad.-five:xxx p.m. Thurs.-Sat. 781-837-8091.

 VINE HALL GALLERY –  South Shore Natural Science Centre, 48 Jacobs Lane, Norwell.  Through May 17,  Hedda. Hours: 9:30 a.k.-iv:thirty p.m. Monday.-Sat. 781-659-2559, www.ssnsc.org.

Boston/Cambridge

JOHN ADAMS: A LIFE IN Messages –Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston. Through May 31,  John Adams's  correspondence, especially the letters he exchanged over near 40 years with wife Abigail Adams   and his renewed correspondence with  Thomas Jefferson;  diaries, his manuscript copy of the Declaration of Independence  and a offset printing of Adams'south 1780 Massachusetts State Constitution. Gratuitous. Hours: ane-4 p.thou. Mon.-Saturday. www.masshist.org.

   ADAMS GALLERY –  Suffolk University, 120 Tremont St., Boston.  Through July 21, A Changing World: New England in the Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950-1972. Hours: 10 a.chiliad.-6 p.m. daily. 617-573-8508.

BOSTON Archives – Norma Jean Calderwood Gallery, 101/two Beacon St., Boston.   May 7-Aug. 22, Always Delightfully Cool, Summer Vacations in Northern New England. 9 a.thou.-viii p.g. Mon.; 9 a.m.-5:30 p.1000. Tues.-Fri.; nine a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. 617-227-0270,  www.bostonathenaeum.org.

BOSTON PRINTMAKERS –  Wiggin Gallery, Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St., Boston. Through June xiv, Boston Printmakers Celebrating threescore years. Hours: 9 a.1000.-9 p.k. Monday.-Thurs.; ix a.grand.-5 p.m. Friday.-Sat.; i-five p.m. Lord's day.617-859-2280, www.bpl.org.

BROMFIELD GALLERY –  450 Harrison Ave., Boston. Through May 31, Odile Dix: Objects of Romance and Power. Elizabeth Strasser: Playful Immediacy in Paint and Ceramics.  Hours: Noon-5 p.m.  Midweek.-Sat. 617-451-3605, www.bromfieldgallery.com.

 BUSCH-REISINGER MUSEUM – Harvard Academy, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge.   Through June thirty, A Taste of Power: 18th-Century German Porcelain for the Table. Through Dec. 31, Actress Ordinary Every Day: The Bauhaus at Busch-Reisinger. Through 2008, Art and Blueprint from Central and Northern Europe since 1880.  Hours: 10 a.g.-five p.m. Mon.-Sat., i-5 p.thousand. Sunday. $nine, $seven students/seniors; 1 admission allows entry to all three Harvard Art museums (Busch-Reisinger, Sackler, Fogg). x a.m.-noon Wed. and Saturday., gratis to  all. 617-495-9400, www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.

FOGG Fine art MUSEUM –  Harvard University, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge.   May 17-June thirty, Renzo Pianoforte's Fine art Museum for Harvard. Through June 30, Long Life Cool White: Photographs by Moyra Davey.  Through June 30,  Investigating the Renaissance. 18th Century European Ceramics and Paintings. American Fine art at Harvard. Mod Fine art, 1865-1965. Highlights from the Collection of Grenville 50. Winthrop. $nine, $7 seniors/students, one admission allows entry to all three Harvard Art museums (Busch-Reisinger, Sackler, Fogg). Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.g. Mon.-Sat., 1-5 p.m Dominicus. 617-495- 9400, www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.

ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM –  280 The Fenway, Boston. June 27-Sept. 28, Luisa Rabbia: Travels with Isabella. Through May 4, Luxury for Export: Artistic Exchange between India and Portugal around 1600. $10 adults, $11 weekends, $7 seniors, $five students, free for children eighteen and younger and all named Isabella. Hours: eleven a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun. 617-566-1401, www.gardnermuseum.org.

MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF Fine art –    621 Huntington Ave., Boston.  May v-10, Annual Bound Sale.   May xv-30, Stories in a Black Box.  Gallery hours: ten a.m.-6 p.m. Monday.-Friday., 11 a.m.-5 p.thou. Sat. 617-879-7333, www.massart.edu.

 MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS –  465 Huntington Ave., Boston. Through July 27, Antonio López García.   El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Phillip Three.  Through July xx, Rockwell and the Shinjin: Celebrating Baseball game and the Red Sox, installation. Through May iv, Drawing: A Broader Definition. Through May 25, RSVP: Jim Lambie. Through June 1, Rhythms of Mod Life: British Prints 1914-1939.   Ed Rossbach Fiber Art from the Daphne Farago Collection. Through Aug. three, Sumo, Japan's Big Sport.   Through Sept. 14, Zang Daqian: Painter, Collector, Forger. Hours: 10 a.one thousand.-4:45 p.m. Mon.-Tues.; x a.m.-9:45 p.m. Wednesday.-Fri.; (Thursdays and Fridays after 5 p.thou. simply the West Fly is open); x a.1000.-five:45 p.chiliad. Sat.-Sun. Admission good for 2 visits in 10 days: $17 adults, $xv, seniors; free for children i-17 ($8.50 during school hours); costless for children   younger than vii. Thurs.-Fri. later on v p.k., admission reduced past $2. Wednesday. subsequently four-9:45 p.m., admission by voluntary contribution.  Information, 617-267-9300, www.mfa.org.

PEABODY MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY –  11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge.   June 4-Dec. 31, Fragine Memories, Images of Archaeology and Community at Copan, 1891-1900. Through Aug. 31, Remix: Indigenous Identities in the 21st Century. Through spring,  From Nation to Nation: Examining Lewis and Clark'south Indian Collection. $9, $seven  students/seniors, $6 children 3-18.  9 a.m.-5 p.grand. daily;  free Sundays nine a.g.-apex. 617-495-2269, www.peabody.harvard.edu.

   Gild OF Craft – 175 Newbury St., Boston.  May 9-July 27, Political Craft. Mon.-Sat.; noon-five p.one thousand. Sunday. 617-266-1810, www.societyofcrafts.org.

Region

CAHOON MUSEUM OF AMERICAN Fine art –  4676 Falmouth Road (Route 28), Cotuit.    Through May 25, Gifts from the Fire: Contemporary Ceramic Art. ten a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Sat. $4. 508-428-7581, www.cahoonmuseum.org.

Greatcoat COD MUSEUM OF Art – Route 6A Dennis.  May 31-July 27, Sam Feinstein (1915-2003): A Retrospective.   Through July 6, Pam Pindell: Close to Home. Hours: 10 a.g.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 2-five p.grand. Sat. 508-385-4477, Ext. 12  www.ccmoa.org.

PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM –  E India Foursquare, Salem. June 28-June 7, 2009, Polar Attractions. Through Sept. 14, Wedded Bliss: The Union of Art and Ceremony. Through Feb. 1, 2009, Body Politics, Maori Tattoo Today. Through Jan. 25, 2009, Stage Idols, Japanese Kabuki Theater.   Through June viii,  Origami Now!  Ongoing: Of Gods and Mortals, Traditional Fine art from India. Intersections, Native American Art in a New Light.  Ongoing: All of My Life: Gimmicky Works by Native American Artists. Exposing the Source: The Paintings of Nalini Malani.  Perfect Imbalance, Exploring Chinese Aesthetics. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sabbatum., noon-v p.1000. Dominicus. $13 adults, $xi seniors, $9 students, costless for children xvi years and younger. 978-744-9500, www.pem.org.

ROSE Fine art MUSEUM  –  Brandeis University, 415 South St., Waltham. May 8-July 27, Alexis Rockman: The Weight of Air. The New Authentics: Artists of the Mail service-Jewish Generation. Paper Trail II: Passing Through Clouds.

   CLASSICAL

   South Shore

  Fine art COMPLEX MUSEUM –189 Alden St., Duxbury.  4 p.m. May 4, Music of Charles Koechlin, Benjamin Britten, Arthur Honegger,  Johannes Brahms.  Natasha Farny, cello. Gratis. 781-934-6634, world wide web.artcomplex.org.

 CHORAL Art SOCIETY –  St. Luke'southward Church, Rte. 3A,  Scituate. 7:30 p.m. May 10, Czeching Into Vienna, music of Dvorak, Schubert, and Brahms. Gratis. 781-545-8295,  www.choralartsociety.org.

 FINE ARTS CHORALE  – Duxbury Performing Arts Centre,  75 Alden St., Duxbury. 5 p.m. May 4, Haydn, The Seasons. four p.m.   pre-concert lecture  by director Libor Dudas. $xx,  $15 seniors/students.   800-230-7555, world wide web.fineartschorale.org.

   HANDBELL CHOIR Spring CONCERT – First Congregational Church building, 1 South Main St., Randolph. 3 p.chiliad. May  18, $x, free for children. Benefit for organ fund. 781-963-6373.

     HARBOUR CHORAL ARTS  SOCIETY – Sometime South Spousal relationship Church building, Columbian Square, Weymouth. 2:30 p.m. May 4, spring concert, Through the Looking Drinking glass.  $ten. 781-294-4860, 781-826-4004.

      NEW ENGLAND LIGHT OPERA  –  Wollaston Congregational Church, 48 Winthrop Ave., Quincy. eight p.yard. May 3, The Roaring 20's: A New Musical Revue, staged revue set in the old Gaiety Theatre traces the arc of the 20s in Boston through song, sketch, and story. $22,  $5 children/students. 1-978-887-2045, world wide web.newenglandlightopera.org.

SMITH MEMORIAL CONCERT – Covenant Congregational Church building, 315 Whitwell St., Quincy. 2 p.1000. May 4, secular and sacred music. Christine Fahey, pianoforte. Peter Krasinsky, organ. Complimentary. 617-479-5728.

PLYMOUTH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA – Memorial Hall, 83 Court St., Plymouth. 8 p.m. May 17, Jump Pops, Tribute to Tony Bennett with Steve Marvin. Steven Karidoyanes, conductor. $20-$fifty. 508.746.8008, plymouthphil.org. Spring POPS

PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY – 132 Southward Street  Plymouth. vii p.m. May 5, Aujourd'hui Ensemble, Cadences and Cadenzas chamber music concert. Gratis. 508-830-4250, www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org.

 QUINCY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Boston Marriott Quincy, Crown Colony Drive, Quincy. 8 p.k. May 8. 7 p.m. pre-concert cocktail hour.  Shostakovich,  Festive Overture; Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. four in F small; works by Puccini, Mozart, Delibes, Gounod,  Offenbach. Yoichi Udagawa, usher.  Junko Wantanabe, soprano.  $25. 800-579-1618.

KNAPP MEMORIAL CONCERT –East Weymouth Congregational Church, 1320 Commercial St., Jackson Foursquare, Weymouth. seven:thirty p.thousand. May 2, fifth annual Barbara Knapp Memorial Concert with Herring Run Festival Chorus.  $10,  $7 students and seniors. 781-335-6919, www.eweyucc.org, www.southeasternphilharmonic.org.

ST. STEPHEN'Southward Church CONCERT SERIES – sixteen Highland Ave., Cohasset.   3 p.m. May 11, music of Bach,  Langlais, Brahms,  Rheinberger played on the church's Aeolian-Skinner organ. G. Fredrick Guzasky, organist.  Costless, donations accepted. 781-383-1083.

Boston/Cambridge

THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO –  Boston Lyric Opera, Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont St., Boston.  May 2, 4 and 6. 7:30 p.thou. Tues., Wed., Fri.; 3 p.one thousand. Sun. $33-$181. 866-348-9738, world wide web.citicenter.org.

   ASHMONT HILL Bedroom MUSIC – Parish of All Saints, 209  Ashmont St., Dorchester. 7 p.yard. May 11,  Schumann, Piano Quartet; Beethoven, Sonata for Piano and Cello in C Major. Clarke,  Passacaglia on an Sometime English Tune; Irving Fine, Fantasia for String Trio. $xv, $12 seniors/students,  $35  family/group pass.  617 876 8986, www.ashmonthillchambermusic.org.

BOSTON POPS –Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston. 8 p.g. May 7, opening nighttime with Natalie Cole, $25-$100. May 9-ten, June three, Bernstein Tribute. May thirteen-14, Garrison Keillor. May 20-24, Film Night, John Williams conducts. May 27-28, Natalie Merchant. May 30, Riders in the Heaven. May 31, Oleta Adams. June 10-11, 21-22, JazzFest. June 12-14, A Little Night Music. June 17-eighteen, Brian Stokes Mitchell. June nineteen-20, Amanda Palmer. June 28-29, Judy Garland, A Life on Phase. July i-2, Take Me Out to the Ball Game. $nineteen-$87. 617-266-1200, www.bostonpops.org.

 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA –  Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston. 617-638-9280.   7:xxx p.one thousand.  May 2, The Trojans, Role 2. James Levine, usher.  3 p.m. May 4, The Trojans, Role I. 6:30 p.m. The Trojans, Function II.  $29-$114. 1-888-266-1200, www.bso.org.

CANTATA SINGERS – Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston.  8 p.m. May 9, Kurt Weill,  Symphony No. 2. Charles Fussell,  High Bridge –A Choral Symphony later Poems of Hart Crane. Karyl Ryczek, soprano. Janna Baty, mezzo-soprano. William Hite, tenor. David Kravitz, baritone. $20, $34, $54; $15 students & seniors. 617-868-5885,  www.cantatasingers.org.

 ERNANI – Opera Boston, Cutler Majestic Theater, 219 Tremont St., Boston. May 2-half-dozen, seven:30 p.grand. Fri. and Tues.; 3 p.m. Sunday.  with Barbara Quintiliani, Eduardo Villa, Jason Stearns. $29-$114. Telecharge 1-800/233-3123, www.telecharge.com.

ALISA WEILERSTEIN –  Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston. 3 p.chiliad. May 4,  Beethoven, Sonata No. five in D Major. Kodály, Sonata for solo cello. Golijov,    Omaramor. Chopin, Sonata for cello and piano. $25-$xxx. CelebrityCharge,  617-482-6661, www.celebrityseries.org.

ROB KAPILOW'S WHAT MAKES IT Not bad? – Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston. 8 p.m. May 10, Beethoven,  Waldstein Sonata. Jeremy Denk, piano. $20.  Phone call CelebrityCharge 617.482.6661, www.celebrityseries.org.

 Region

CAPE COD Bedchamber MUSIC FESTIVAL –  Commencement Congregational Church building, Wellfleet. 8 p.k. May 25,  Piano & Friends.    Saint-Saëns, Sonata for Clarinet and Pianoforte in E-flat Major;  Debussy: Premiere Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano; Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brilliante,  Homage to J. S. Bach.  Brahms, Sonata for Clarinet and Pianoforte in F Small-scale. Jon Manasse, clarinet; Jon Nakamatsu, piano. 28, $15 students,  complimentary for children 18 and younger.  508-945-8060, 800/818-0608, www.capecodchambermusic.org.

COMEDY

South Shore

 DICK DOHERTY'Due south BEANTOWN COMEDY ESCAPE – Holiday Inn, Route 28, Randolph. eight:30 p.thousand.  May 3, Larry Myles,  Corey Rodregues,  Maggie MacDonald, $15 per bear witness. 800-401-2221, world wide web.dickdoherty.com.

Boston/Cambridge

   BEANTOWN COMEDY VAULT –  Remington's, 124 Boylston St., Boston.   May 2,   Hello Shovelhead comedy and standup. May 3,    Dick Doherty. May four,   open mic. 9 p.k. Fri.-Sat., $15; Thurs. and Sun., $12. 617-482-0110.

LEWIS Blackness – The Opera House, 529 Tremont St., Boston. eight p.yard. May 8, $52.50-$72.50.  Ticketmaster 671/508-931-2000, www.ticketmaster.com.

THE COMEDY Connectedness –  245 Quincy Marketplace, Faneuil Hall, Boston.  8:15, and 10:15 p.m.    May ii-three, Harland Williams, $24-$25. May 9-10, Robert Schimmel, $25-$27. 8 p.grand. May 10, Steve Sweeney, $29. 617-248-9700, www.comedyconnectionboston.com.

JIMMY TINGLE FOR PRESIDENT: THE FUNNIEST Entrada IN HISTORY – Local 103 IBEW Hall, 256 Freeport St., Dorchester. 7 p.m. May 16, food, raffles, door prizes. $40. Benefit for Dorchester Historical Society. Ovation Tix 1-866-811-4111, www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/44051.

 Region

ALTCOM! THE ALTERNATIVE COMEDY FESTIVAL – Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square, Somerville. May 9-10. 8 p.m. Fri, Eugene Mirman, Todd Barry, Emo Phillips, Doktor Cocoacolamcdonalds.  Sat, Patton Oswalt, Morgan White potato, Jim Jeffries, The Walsh Brothers. $32 per bear witness. Ticketmaster 617/508-931-2000, www.ticketmaster.com,  www.altcomfestival.com.

 KATHY GRIFFIN – Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 Due east Merrimack St., Lowell. 7 and 9:30 p.m. May 1 $39.50, $49.50. 978-454-2299, world wide web.ticketmaster.com.

Trip the light fantastic

    Due south Shore

 BALLROOM Trip the light fantastic –   Trinity Episcopal Church Hall, 241 Broad St., Weymouth. vii:30 p.thousand. May three, refreshments, door prizes. $12 in accelerate, $fifteen at the door. 617-325-1562, world wide web.dancesportboston.com.

NEW ENGLAND SINGLES DANCES –   Sons of Italia, 161 King Hill Rd., Braintree. 7:30 p.one thousand. May 2, $ten, complimentary admission earlier eight p.k. 617-325-4900, www.singlesdances-newengland.com.

Boston/Cambridge

LEINE AND ROEBANA – Establish of Contemporary Art, 100 Northern Ave., Boston. 7:30 p.m. May 2, From the Netherlands. Boston premiere of Sporen (Tracks). $35. CRASHarts 617-876-4275,  world wide web.CRASHarts.org.

Marking MORRIS Trip the light fantastic toe Group – Cutler Regal Theatre, 219 Tremont St., Boston. May 28-31, June 1, Dido and Aeneas, with the orchestra and singers of Emmanuel Music. 7:30 p.one thousand. Wed.; 8 p.yard. Thurs.-Sat.; 3 p.m. Lord's day. $42-$72. Telecharge 800-233-3123,  www.telecharge.com.

PROMETHEUS Trip the light fantastic toe – Boston Conservatory Theatre, 31 Hemenway St., Boston. eight p.g. May 16-17; 6 p.one thousand. May 18,  20th ceremony performance.  $xxx, $20 students/seniors. 617-617-576-5336, www.prometheusdance.org.

SWAN LAKE –  Boston Ballet,  Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St., Boston. May 1-iv, 8-11. $45-$115. Telecharge ane-800/233-3123, www.maj.org.

Region

  DOWN EAST DANCERS Country WESTERN DANCE –  Taunton Elks Lodge, 119 High St., Taunton.   May 10, vii:30 p.grand. dance lesson, eight p.m. dancing.  Line dancing and couples 2 step, waltz, eastward declension and west coast swing, pattern/catamenia dances, Cha Cha, nightclub 2. $7. 508-653-7937, 508-695-4548, www.downeastdancers.com.

LORD OF THE DANCE –  Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester. 7:30 p.yard. May 5-6. $37-$67. 877-571-7469, www.thehanovertheatre.org.

Motion picture

 S Shore

Fourth FRIDAY FILM Serial – Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden St.  Duxbury. seven p.m.     May  23,  Election. 781-934-2721.

SILVER SCREEN CLASSICS – Showcase Cinemas, 73 Mazzeo Drive, Rte. 139, Randolph. 1 p.m. Mondays, classic film, popcorn and  soft drink,   $two. May 5, The Perils of Pauline (1947) with Betty Hutton, John Lund. May 12,  Till the Clouds Coil By (1946) with Judy Garland,  Frank Sinatra. May 19,  Royal Wedding (1951) with  Fred Astaire, Jane Powell. 978-686-2121

Boston/Cambridge

MUGAR OMNI THEATER –  Museum of Science, Scientific discipline Park, Boston.   Grand Canyon Gamble: River at Risk. The Alps. Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs.    $9 adults; $8 seniors; $7 children.  Call for times. 617-723-2500, www.mos.org.

SIMONS IMAX THEATER –  New England Aquarium, Central Wharf, Boston.  U2-3D. Dolphins and Whales 3D. Deep Sea 3D.   $12.95, $10. 95 children and seniors. $9.95 adults, $7.95  seniors, children ages iii-11.  Call for times. 617-973-5200, www.neaq.org.

KIDS

   South Shore

WHO POISONED HIS MEATBALL – Starcreations Theater, Kendall Hall, First Parish Church building, 19 Town Square, Plymouth. half-dozen p.m.  May 4. $20 dinner and show.  $twenty. 508-747-1234.

Boston/Cambridge

5W!TS – 186 Brookline Ave., Boston. Daily,  Tomb, 40-minute interactive risk feel set in a pharaoh's tomb in an archaeological dig site in aboriginal Egypt. Elements of theme parks, museum exhibits, haunted houses, and video games  create a real-life experience.  11 a.m.-11 p.chiliad. Wed.-Thurs.; 11 a.m.-11 p.chiliad.  Fri.-Sabbatum; 11 a.m.-vii p.yard.  Lord's day. Access: Weekend, $20 adults, $sixteen children; weekdays $16 adults, $xiv children. Not recommended for kids under 9 years old. 617-375-WITS (9487), world wide web.5-wits.com.

THE BACKYARDIGANS Alive! TALE OF THE MIGHTY KNIGHTS – Colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston St., Boston.  May 31-June 1, $fifteen-$50. Ticketmaster 617/508-931-2787, www.ticketmaster.com.

BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM – 300 Congress St., Boston. Exhibits: Airplay. Arthur & Friends.  Art Studio.  Berenstain Bears. Boats Adrift. Boston Black. The Common. Construction Zone. The Gallery. Global Gallery. Japanese House. Johnny'due south Workbench. Child Power.  KidStage. New Rest Climb. PlaySpace. The Recycle Store. Science Playground. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.1000. Saturday.-Thurs.; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Fri.. Admission: $1, v-9 p.thousand. Fridays. All other times: $10, adults; $viii, ages 2-fifteen and seniors; $2, age 1 and free under age i. 617-426-6500, www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org.

 FRANKLIN PARK ZOO –  Columbia Route and Blueish Hill Avenue, Dorchester.   Exhibits: Tiger Tales (new),  Snakes, Franklin Subcontract, Giraffe Savannah, Kalahari Kingdom, Butterfly Landing, Tropical Woods, Australian Outback Trail, Serengeti Crossing, Butterfly Landing,  Bird's World. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; x a.m.-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun., holidays.  $11 adults,  $9.50 seniors; $half-dozen children ii-12, costless admission for children nether 2. Half price admission on the first Sat. of the month, 10 a.m.- noon. 617-442-2002, www.zoonewengland.org.

ONCE UPON A TIME WITH KIDSTOCK –  Lyric Phase, 140 Clarendon St., Boston.  Children's participatory theatre for ages iii-8.       May 17-18, 31, June i, Swampelot. $8 per show. 617-585-5678, www.lyricstage.com.

Region

   ARTHUR Alive! – Hanover Theatre, 554 Main St., Worcester. 2 p.m. May 18, $20, $28.   877-571-SHOW, www.thehanovertheatre.org.

BUTTONWOOD PARK ZOO – Route 140, New Bedford.   Monarch butterfly caterpillars  on exhibit in the Wildlife Education Center.  Animals and exhibits, including elephants, bison, mountain lions, bears, eagles, seals, otters, subcontract animals, railroad train rides and pony rides.  Hours x a.m.-v p.m. Mon.-Fri.; ten a.one thousand.vii p.m. Sat.-Sunday. 508-991-6178, www.bpzoo.org.

CHILDREN'Southward MUSEUM –  9 Sullivan Ave., Easton.    May 8, Miss Candy's informal petting zoo. Climb the Firepole, Ring the Bell; Roar with the Dinosaurs; Act it out at The Performance Center;  Motel 'n Camp exhibit; Haul in the twenty-four hour period's catch aboard the Old Fishing Boat; Listen to your heartbeat in The Kidsclinic. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.grand. Tues.-Fri.; apex-5 p.one thousand. Sat.-Sun. $6. 508-230-3789, world wide web.childrensmuseumineaston.org.

ROGER WILLIAMS PARK ZOO –  1000 Elmwood Ave., Providence Ongoing exhibits: Dinosaurs: Hollywood Way. Plains of Africa. Marco Polo Trail. Madagascar. N America. South America. Australia. $12, $8 seniors, $6  children 3-12, free for children under 3. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 401-785-3510, www.rogerwilliamsparkzoo.org.

 MUSEUMS

  Due south Shore

   1749 COURTHOUSE MUSEUM – four Town Square, Plymouth. Tour America'south oldest wooden courthouse in Plymouth'south historical district. Hours: 10:30 a.1000.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; Noon-iv p.g. Sun. Gratuitous.  508-830-4075.

ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK – 1250 Hancock St.,  Quincy.   Company heart hours 9 a.m.-5 p.m.   $5 adults, free for children 16 and younger. 617-770-1175,  world wide web.nps.gov/adam.

BLUE HILLS TRAILSIDE MUSEUM –  1904 Canton Ave., Milton.  Indoor and outdoor exhibits.  Nature Center: x a.m.-v p.m. Wednesday.-Sun. Trails open up daily, dawn to sunset. $three  adults, $1.50 children ages three-15. Hours: ten a.thousand.-5 p.m. Wednesday.-Sunday. 617-333-0690, world wide web.massaudubon.org.

 Captain FORBES Firm MUSEUM –  215 Adams St., Milton.  Exhibits: 18th and 19th century furnishings, art, and objects from the early China trade,  Lincoln memorabilia. Hours: ane-4 p.m. Sun., Tues.-Thurs. $8 adults, $5 students/teachers/seniors, free for children  xi and younger with paid adult admission. 617-696-1815, www.forbeshousemuseum.org.

   CAPTAIN SAMUEL ROBBINS 1820 MUSEUM House – 188 Master St., Avon. vii:30-8:30  May 2, candlelight singing bout of the house.  2-4 p.m.    May 4, open house tour. Admission by voluntary donation. 508-583- 7616.

JENNEY GRIST Manufactory – vi Spring Lane, Plymouth.  Tours on the one-half-hour of America's first grist mill, built on the site of the original 1636 factory.  Hours: 9:30 a.m.-5 p.g. daily; apex-5 p.one thousand. Sun. Closed Tuesdays. Admission: $6, $4 children five-17; free for children 4 and younger. 508-747-4544, www.jenneygristmill.org.

HULL LIFESAVING MUSEUM –  1117 Nantasket Ave., Hull.  7 p.m. June 5, lecture, Boston Light, by Sally Snowman, historian and keeper of Boston Light.  Exhibits: They Had to Exit: Shipwrecks and Lifesaving in Boston Harbor.   Ongoing exhibits:  Keeping a Atmospheric condition Middle, Shipwrecks and Lifesaving in Boston Harbor.  Point Allerton U.Due south. Lifesaving Station.  Orientation Room,  history of organized lifesaving; Keeper'due south Room, the life and deeds of America'due south Greatest Lifesaver, Joshua James; Boat Room,  lifesavers'  apparatus, including the massive surfboat Nantasket, a rigged Beach Cart,  working Breeches Buoy; Edward Rowe Snow Room features lighthouse models, exhibits nearly Boston Harbor, the museum'south rare book drove, video library, and enquiry room; Children's Navigation Loft; Observation Cupola. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wed.-Lord's day. Admission: $five, $3 seniors, free for children 18 and younger. 781-925-5433, world wide web.lifesavingmuseum.org.

OLD Transport FIRST PARISH CHURCH –  107 Main St., Hingham.   i-four p.one thousand. Lord's day.-Fri., guided tours of the oldest structure in continuous ecclesiastical utilise in the country. 781-749-1767.

PLIMOTH PLANTATION – 137 Warren Ave., Plymouth.  May three-Nov. 30, Flying Path, coastal water bird life past nature photographer Jim Fenton.  Living history museum featuring 1627 English village, Wampanoag Homesite. crafts center,  Nye Barn. Exhibits: Provisioning a Ship. Wampanoag Customs.  Memory, Myth and Meaning. Regular admission: $22 adult, Plantation and Mayflower Ii, $xx Plantation only, $8 Mayflower II only; $14 children, Plantation and Mayflower Ii, $12 Plantation merely, $six Mayflower II merely. ix a.one thousand.-5 p.m. daily through November. 508-746-1622, www.plimoth.org.

 PLYMOUTH CORDAGE MUSEUM –  10 Cordage Park Circle, Plymouth.  Exhibits tell the story of the immigration of workers from Germany, Portugal and Italian republic and their bear on on the growth of North Plymouth.  Noon-4 p.m. Sat.-Lord's day. Free admission. 508-746-7707, world wide web.plymouthcordagemuseum.org.

SCITUATE MOSSING MUSEUM – 301 Driftway, Scituate. Exhibits: History of Irish Mossing; replica of sea-captain'south parlor of late 1800s; famous shipwrecks. Hours: ane-4 p.yard. Sundays year circular; Sat.-Dominicus. in July and August. 781-545-1083.

SOUTH SHORE NATURAL Scientific discipline Middle – 48 Jacobs Lane, Norwell.  Outdoor walking trails; EcoZone, an interactive live animal exhibits  with  fish, turtles, and bullfrog; critter corner; feed the animals and encounter an brute. Hours:  9:thirty a.m.-four:thirty p.m. Mon.-Sabbatum. $v, $3 children/seniors. 781-659-2559, www.ssnsc.org.

SPARROW Business firm MUSEUM –  42 Summer St., Plymouth. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thurs.-Sat.  Admission to museum: $2, $one children. Gallery admission is free. 10 a.m.-five p.m. Thurs.-Saturday. 508-747-1240, www.sparrowhouse.com.

 UNITED STATES NAVAL SHIPBUILDING MUSEUM, USS SALEM  –  739 Washington St., Quincy.  Tours of the world's only preserved Heavy Cruiser. Exhibits: U.Due south. Navy Cruiser Sailors Memorial Room, USS Salem Memorial Room, USS Newport News Memorial Room. U.S. Navy Seals exhibit. 10 a.m.-4 p.k. Saturday.-Sun. $5, $iv seniors, children ages 4-12. 617-479-7900, www.uss-salem.org.

ISAAC WINSLOW Business firm –  Webster at Careswell streets, Marshfield.   Opens May 17 through Columbus Day. Visiting hours: 11 a.yard.-5 p.thou. Midweek.-Sun., guided tours.   $3, $ane children. 781-837-5753,  www.winslowhouse.org.

Boston/Cambridge

CHARLESTOWN NAVY Thou Company Heart  –  Bunker Hill Pavilion, Constitution Road, Charlestown.   Ongoing exhibits: 9:30 a.g. to iv:thirty p.m. daily, Whites of Their Eyes - Multimedia presentation on the Boxing of Bunker Loma. $iv, $iii seniors, $2 children. USS Constitution wintertime hours: 10 a.yard.-3:50 p.m. Thurs -Lord's day.  Tours every 30 minutes catastrophe at 3:xxx p.m. USS Constitution Museum, 10 a.k.-v p.m. daily, complimentary admission. 617-242-5601, www.nps.gov.

COMMONWEALTH MUSEUM OF MASSACHUSETTS HISTORY –  220 Morrissey Blvd., Dorchester.  Exhibits: Main Gallery, Archeology of the Cardinal Avenue Projection: Highway to the Past. Lobby Exhibit, John Adams: Atlas of American Independence. Free access. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-3 p.1000. second and fourth Sabbatum of each calendar month. Closed holidays. 617-825-3613,  world wide web.sec.state.ma.us/mus/museum.

DORCHESTER HISTORICAL Lodge – 195 Boston St., Dorchester.  7 p.one thousand.  May 16, Jimmy Tingle for President - The Funniest Campaign in History, fundraiser at IBEW Hall, 256 Freeport St., Dorchester. Tickets $twoscore, 1-866-811-4111, www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/44051.  Guided tours of three house museums: William Clapp Business firm (1806); Capt. Lemuel Clap House (ca. 1767); James Blake Business firm (ca. 1648).    Free, donations welcome. 617-265-7802, world wide web.dorchesterhistoricalsociety.org.

MARY Baker EDDY LIBRARY – 200 Massachusetts Ave., Boston. Through Dec. 31, Private Wagon, Public Journey, Mary Baker Boil's carriages. Exhibits:  Verse-maker:  Poetry and Mary Baker Eddy. Sensational Printing: Radical Response examines the influence of The Christian Science Monitor. The Mapparium. Historic Bible Collection. Hours: x a.g.-four p.m. Tues.-Sun. $six, $4 seniors/students, $4 ages 6 through 17. 617-450-7000, www.mbelibrary.org.

HARVARD MUSEUM  OF NATURAL HISTORY –  26 Oxford St., Cambridge.   Through Jan. four, Sea Creatures in Glass. Through June 2008, Looking at Animals: Photographs by Henry Horenstein. Nests and Eggs. Arthropods: Creatures that Rule. Looking at Mural: Environmental Puzzles from 3 Photographers, Anne Whiston Spirn, Alex MacLean, and Camilo José Vergara. Exhibit,  Robert Turner: Rare Places in a Rare Light, big-format photography. Climate change: Our Global Experiment. Ongoing: Drinking glass Flowers drove,  Hall of Mammals, Romer Hall of Vertebrate Paleontology.  9 a.one thousand.-5 p.thousand.  Sept.- May. $ix adults, $vii seniors/college students, $6 children ages 3-eighteen.   617-496-0049, www.hmnh.harvard.edu.

JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM –  Columbia Point, Dorchester.   Library Forums:   Through autumn 2008, Shaping Up America: JFK, Sports and the Call to Concrete Fitness.  Jacqueline Kennedy Entertains: The Fine art of the White Firm Dinner. Open up  9  a.chiliad.-5 p.m. daily.  Admission: $10 adults, $8 seniors/students, $vii children 13-17, gratis for children 11 and younger. 617-929-4571, www.jfklibrary.org.

M.I.T. MUSEUM – 265 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. Exhibits: Robots & Beyond: Exploring Artificial Intelligence. Flashes Of Inspiration: The Work of Harold Edgerton. Holography: The Low-cal Fantastic. Gestural Engineering: The Sculpture of Arthur Ganson. Mind and Manus: The Making of MIT Scientists and Engineers. Learning Lab: The Cell. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.thou. Tues.-Fri.; noon-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun. $five, $2 youth under 18, seniors/students; costless for children four and younger. Free the third Sunday of each month. 617-253-4444, www.spider web.mit.edu/museum.

 MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY –   46 Joy St., Boston.   x a.m.-4 p.1000. Mon.-Sat.  617-725-0022.    two p.yard. Monday.-Saturday., free guided tours of the Black Heritage Trail. $5 suggested donation. See at  Boston African American National Historic Site, Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, Beacon Street, Boston.   617-742-5415, world wide web.afroammuseum.org.

 MUSEUM OF Science –  Scientific discipline Park, Boston.  Opens June fifteen, Baseball as America,  Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, Due north.Y. presents over 500 artifacts to tell baseball game's story. Double Exposure: Photographing Golbal Climate Change. Temporary exhibit, CSI: The Feel. Permanent exhibits: Making Models. The Computing Revolution. A Bird'due south World. Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic. WeatherWise, others.  Planetarium shows: Far Far Away: The Worlds of Star Wars. Into the Unknown: Exploring the Deepest Mysteries of the Universe. The Sky Tonight.   Laser Shows: Laser Pink Floyd: Nighttime Side of the Moon. Laser Beatles. Laser U2. Laser Magic. Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation Zeppelin. Friday Dark Stargazing: 8:xxx-x p.m., weather permitting. Regular hours:  ix a.thousand.-5 p.chiliad. daily; 9 a.thousand.-9 p.m. Fridays.  Admission:  exhibit halls,  $17 adults, $xv seniors, $14 children 3-xi.  Omni Theater, Planetarium, $9 adults, $8 seniors, $7 children 3-11. 617-723-2500, www.mos.org.

Onetime STATE HOUSE –  Country and Washington streets, Boston.  Exhibits:  The Former State House: A Hands On History. Our Favorite Things.  The Boston Massacre: A Sound and Lite Show.  From Colony to Commonwealth. Treasures from The Bostonian Society's Collections. Hours: nine a.yard.-5 p.k. daily.  $3 adults, $2.50 students/seniors, $1 children. Members, Boston school children and Boston seniors, gratuitous. Massachusetts residents admitted free during Feb. 617-720-1713, world wide web.bostonhistory.org.

 PAUL REVERE Firm – xix North Square, Boston. Exhibits: The Paul Revere House: A Home in 5 Centuries. Paul Revere and Prelude to Revolution: The Massacre, Tea Party and Midnight Ride. Admission: $3 adults, $two.50 students/seniors,  $one children v-17.  ix:thirty a.1000.-4:15 p.k. daily through April fourteen. Closed Mondays in January, February, March and on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day. 617-523-2338, www.paulreverehouse.org.

Region

LARZ ANDERSON Motorcar MUSEUM – 15 Newton St., Brookline.   Through May 10,  The Wheels Projection, photographs By Ken Richardson, Jasen Strickler and Andrew M.Grand. Warren. x a.yard.-five p.g. Tues.-Fri. $ten, $5 for seniors and students 6-sixteen;  free for children six and younger. 617-522-6547 Ext. 14, www.mot.org.

 DEDHAM MUSEUM –  Dedham Historical Society, 612 High St., Dedham.  Through June, History of St. Paul's Church building. Ongoing: Dedham and Chelsea Pottery, Katharine Pratt silvery and copper, painting, clocks and other fine and decorative arts. Hours: noon-four p.m.  Tues.- Fri.  $2, $one for children. 781-326-1385, www.dedhamhistorical.org.

EDWARD GOREY MUSEUM –  8 Strawberry Lane, Yarmouthport. Through Dec. 21, Edward Gorey's Children'south Books, original pen and ink, watercolor, and preliminary pencil illustrations for Gorey'southward children's books and for other  children'south authors  Peter Neumeyer, Florence Parry Heide, Edward Lear, Hilaire Belloc, T.S. Eliot, others. $5, $iii students/seniors,  $two children vi-12. Hours: 11 a.thou.-four p.thou. Thurs.-Saturday.; noon-four p.m. Lord's day.

HIGGINS  ARMORY MUSEUM –  100 Barber Ave., Worcester. Through Oct. 15, From Anvil to Microscope: Mod metallography and the ancient secrets of metalcraft. x a.thousand.-4 p.m. Tues.-Sat., Noon- iv p.m. Sun. $7.75 adults, $7 seniors, $vi.75 children 6-16. 508-853-6015, www.higgins.org.

NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM –  18 Johnny Block Colina, New Bedford.  Exhibits: Needle/Work - Art, Craft, and Manufacture in a Port City. From New Bedford Nosotros Set Sheet. From the Deep: The Sperm Whale, Bone by Os.  Navigating the Globe: Tools of the Trade.  Industry and Nature Collide: Photographs of Modern Shore Whaling Stations. Dutch Whaling in the Aureate Historic period. British Paintings and Scrimshaw. New Bedford Art Glass. Kobo, blue whale skeleton. The Lagoda, half-scale model of a whaling bark. Portraits of a Port: New Bedford Navigates the World. The Forecastle. $x,  $9 students/seniors, $6 children half-dozen-14.  9 a.thousand.-5 p.yard. daily. 508-997-0046, world wide web.whalingmuseum.org.

SPECIAL

  South Shore

   Blue HILL  OBSERVATORY Open up HOUSE AND KITE FESTIVAL – Peak of Nifty Blueish Hill,  Route 138,  Milton. 10 a.m.-four p.k. May 3, rooftop viewing, atmospheric condition demonstrations, kite making and kite flight,  weather condition exhibits, lectures, displays,  self-guided tours. Complimentary. 617-696-0562.

MARSHFIELD DAY – Winslow Firm, Webster at Careswell streets, Marshfield.  i-three p.m. May 17, tours of Blacksmith House, 1857 Webster Schoolhouse, and an ice cream social. $3,  $ane children.  781-837-5753, www.winslowhouse.org.

QUINCY Leap Carnival AND MAGIC Evidence   –Faxon Field, 146 Coddington St., Quincy. April 30-May 11, funfair fundraiser with rides,  games, food, Las Vegas style magic testify.   $15 unlimited rides. www.fiestashows.com.

Boston/Cambridge

ARTS FIRST FESTIVAL –  Harvard Foursquare, Cambridge. May one-4, concerts, dance productions, theatricals,  exhibitions,  most  free. 12:15-8 p.chiliad. Thurs.; 10 a.thou.-8 p.m. Fri.-Sat.;  xi a.one thousand.-8 p.m. Sun. 617-495-8699, world wide web.fas.harvard.edu/~arts.

Big Apple tree CIRCUS – City Hall Plaza, Cambridge Street, Boston. Through May 4. $15-$62. Ticketmaster 617/508931-2000,  world wide web.ticketmaster.com.

DAVID COPPERFIELD – The Opera House, 539 Washington St., Boston. May nine-11, 9 p.m. Fri.; two, 5 and 8 p.m. Sat.; 1 and 4 p.thousand. Sun. $30-$l. Ticketmaster 617/508-931-2787.

 LILAC SUNDAY – Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston. 10 a.chiliad.-four p.m. May 11,  100th anniversary of   tradition with more than 180 kinds of lilacs plus tours, dancing, art, music, children's activities, and nutrient; picnics allowed on this  twenty-four hour period just. Free.  617-524-1718.

Region

RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS –DCU Center, Foster Street, Worcester. 7 p.1000.  May 1-4, $9-$80.  Ticketmaster  617/508-931-2000, www.ticketmaster.com.

 THEATER

  Due south Shore

BEATLEMANIA-LIVE! –  Jungleplex,  5 Natalie Mode,  Plymouth. 8 p.m. May 2,  $15, $xx, $xl. 508-747-1340, www.theprojectwow.com.

 FOREVER BROADWAY –  Paris Cabaret,  49 Monk St., Stoughton.  7 p.thousand.  May 3, ten, 16-17, 31; June seven, 14, 21, 28; one p.thousand. May 11,  featuring the music of Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Infant.  Show charge $x.00 per person plus the purchase of dinner entree.  781-297-7469, world wide web.starlineroom.com.

      GODSPELL – Drape Call Theater, 182 Commercial St., Braintree. 8 p.m.  May ix-10, 15-17; 2 p.m. May 11. $20, $18  seniors, children 12 and younger. 781-356-5113  781-356-5113,  www.curtaincallbraintree.org.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR ALICE –  Irish Cultural Heart of New England, 200 New Boston Rd., Canton. 8 p.thou. May 8-x; 2 p.m.  May eleven. $15, at the door only. www.irishculture.org.

 NUNSENSE – Hingham Borough Music Theatre,  Hingham South Elementary School, 831 Main St., Hingham. viii p.m. May ii-three, 2 p.m. May 4. $16,   $15, students, $fourteen seniors, $12 for groups of 10 or more. 781-837-1499, www.HCMT.org,  hcmtstagemomma@comcast.cyberspace.

   PICASSO AT THE LAPIN Agile –  Hat Flim-flam Theatre, Kendall Hall,  Kickoff Parish Church building, Town Square, Plymouth. May eight-11, 15-18.   $12 Thurs., $xv Friday., Sat.,Sun.  508-747-6856.

 PLAY It Again, SAM –  Milton Players, Milton Adult female'south Club, 90 Reedsdale Road, Milton. eight p.yard.  May ii-iii; 2 p.m.  May 4. $15-$xx, 1-617-698-7469,  www.miltonplayers.org.

   KATHY ST. GEORGE –The Company Theatre, 30 Accordance Park Drive, Norwell. 7:30 p.thousand. May vi, cabaret performance of show tunes. $15. 781-871-2787, www.companytheatre.com.

SOLID GOLD OLDIES Testify– South Shore Stars Dinner Theater, 161 Male monarch Loma Road, Braintree. May 10-xi, Rob Bezubka and his dancers, singers and comics.  7 p.yard. dinner, 8:30 evidence Sabbatum, $42.50, $39.95 seniors. 1:30 p.m. dinner, iii p.1000. testify Dominicus, . 781-843-5862.

Boston/Cambridge

 BOSTON THEATER MARATHON –  Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Heart for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., Boston. Noon-x p.one thousand. May 11,    51 ten-infinitesimal plays, produced by  different theatre companies. $25 all-day pass.  617-933-8600, world wide web.bostonplaywrights.org.

   CARDENIO–  American Repertory Theatre, Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge. May x-June 8. $39-$79, $25 students, $10 off for seniors. 617-547-8300, www.amrep.org.

THE Cry OF THE REED – Huntington Theatre, Boston Academy Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave., Boston. Through May three. $xv, $50. 617 266-0800,  www.huntingtontheatre.org.

   THE DROWSY CHAPERONE – The Opera Firm, 539 Washington St., Boston.   Through May four, $thirty-$91. Ticketmaster 617/508-931-2000, world wide web.ticketmaster.com.

ELECTIONS AND ERECTIONS: A Chronicle OF FEAR AND FUN – Nil Arrow Theater, Arrow Street and Massachusetts Artery, Cambridge. Through May 4, Pieter-Dirk Uys' 1-human being evidence. $fifteen-$52. 617-547-8300, www.amrep.org.

THE HISTORY BOYS –  SpeakEasy Phase, Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., Boston. May 2-June seven, $51-$54; $5 off for seniors and students. 617-933-8600, www.speakeasystage.com.

   THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING Earnest – Lyric Stage Co., 140 Clarendon St., Boston. May nine-June seven, $25-$54. 617-585-5678, www.lyricstage.com.

   JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR – The Opera Firm, 539 Washington St., Boston. May xvi-18;  eight p.one thousand. Fri.-Saturday.; 2 p.m. Sabbatum.-Sun.; 7:xxx p.m. Sun.  $17.50-$74.fifty. Ticketmaster 617/508-931-2000, www.ticketmaster.com.

MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL – Stuart Street Playhouse, 200 Stuart St., Boston. Endmost May 18. eight p.m. Wednesday.-Fri.; 2 p.m. Sat.-Sun.; five:30 p.k. Sat. $45. Telecharge 1-800-447-7400, world wide web.telecharge.com.

 SPIN – Zeitgeist Stage Co., Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., Boston. Through May 10, 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sabbatum.; 3 p.m. Sun. $35, $30 seniors/students. 617-933-8600, www.bostontheatrescene.com.

SYLLABUS OF ERRORS – 11:11 Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion,  Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., Boston. 8 p.m. May 2-3, ix-10; 3 p.k. May 4. $17, $14 students/ seniors, $20 at the door. 617-933-8600, www.bostontheatrescene.com.

Region

   AUDITION –  Christmas Revels, St. John'south Church, eighty Mount Auburn St., Watertown. 4-6 p.m. May v and  7, auditions for the 2008 Christmas Revels children'due south chorus, ages 7-12.  617-972-8300 Ext. 24,  electronic mail gemlen@revels.org.

   Blithe SPIRIT –Trinity Repertory Chace Theater, 201  Washington St., Providence. Extended through May 4, $20-$lx. 401-351-4242, world wide web.trinityrep.com.

   BROADWAY Bound – New England Repertory Company,  Mansfield Music and Arts Society, Black Box Theatre,  30 Crocker St., Mansfield. viii p.m. May ix-10, 16-17, 23-24; 2 p.yard. May 11, 18, 25. $20, $19 seniors, $18 students 18 and younger.  508-339-2822, www.mmas.org.

DAMES AT Sea – Turtle Lane Playhouse, 283 Melrose St., Auburndale. May 2-June i, 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sat.; two p.chiliad. Sun. $xx-$27.50  617-244-0169, www.turtlelane.org.

DESA ROSE – New Repertory Theatre, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown. Through May xviii.  $40-$59. 617-923-8487, www.newrep.org.

PARIS By NIGHT –  Trinity Repertory Dowling Theater, 201  Washington St., Providence. Through June one. $twenty-$60. 401-351-4242, www.trinityrep.com.

   THE PRODUCERS – North Shore Music Theatre, 62 Dunham Road, Beverly. May 13-June 1. seven:30 p.m. Tues.-Thurs.; 8 p.m. Fri. -Sabbatum.; 2 p.m. Midweek., Saturday.-Sun.  $42-$79. one-978-232-7200, www.nsmt.org.

RADIO AND TV CLASSICS LIVE –  Buckley Performing Arts Center, Massasoit Community Higher, 1 Massasoit Blvd., Brockton. May 3-4; 7 p.m. Sabbatum.; iii p.k. Sun., with Peg Lynch, Arthur Anderson, Rosemary Rice, Donald Buka, Rex Trailer, Gil Santos, Steve Buckley, Barry Nolan, Jordan Rich, Don Bravo, Amanda Carr. $nineteen, $17 seniors. 508-427-1234.

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH Yous –Teen Conservatory of the University of The Company Theatre, 30 Accord Park Drive, Norwell. eight p.m. May ii-iii, $12. 781-871-2787, www.companytheatre.com.

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE – Orpheum Theater, ane School St., Foxboro. seven:30 p.yard. May 2-3; 2 p.m. May 3-4.  $xx, $fifteen seniors/students. 1- 800-838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com.

   TUNES

   South Shore

   AARDVARK JAZZ ORCHESTRA –Wollaston Church of the Nazarene, Eastern Nazarene College, 31 East Elm Ave., Quincy. 7:30 p.m.  May 4, The Spiritual Side of Jazz. Free. 617-745-3614, 617-776-8778.

BERNSTEIN BIRTHDAY Bash –  Quincy Choral Society, Sacred Centre Church, 386 Hancock St., Quincy. vii:thirty p.yard. May xviii, the music of Leonard Bernstein. $15. 617-825-2231, www.quincychoral.org.

BRITISH BEER Visitor – 15 Columbia Road, Pembroke.  May 4, Flydown. May 5 and 11, Six Human foot Sunday. May 12, Chain Drive.   No encompass. 781-829-6999.

CAFÉ Blueish HILLS – First Parish Church, 535 County Ave., Milton.   7:thirty p.m. May 10, Ron Israel, Janet Feld. Complimentary volition offering to benefit Renewal House Shelter for Women 617-698-6329, cafebluehills.org.

COFFEEHOUSE OFF THE SQUARE –  Old Ship Church Parish House, 107 Master St., Hingham.  8 p.m.   May 17, Geoff Muldaur, $12. 781-749-1767, world wide web.bostoncoffeehouses.org/OldShip.

Irish gaelic CULTURAL CENTRE – 200 New Boston Drive, Canton. 8-11 p.m. Fridays, Forenoon Star Group. Saturdays, local musicians. Free. 781 821-8291, world wide web.irishculture.org.

FRANCES BOTELHO-HOEG –  Silver Lake Regional Heart Schoolhouse Auditorium, Rte. 27, Kingston. 7:30 p.m. May 9, Grand Champion of Boston Pops Search 2005 in concert to benefit  Jones River Village Historical Society.  $20. 781-585-3321.

JAZZ AT THE LIBRARY – Thayer Public Library, 798 Washington St., Braintree.  iii p.m. May xviii,   Ed Sorrentino, drums. Perry Rossi, piano/vocals. Gratuitous. 781-413-1327.

 KILROY'S – 132 E. Howard Street, Quincy. May 2, First Friday Jam with Splash of Blues. No cover.  617-773-3660.

Side by side Page BLUES Buffet –  550 Broad St., Weymouth. May 1,  Lickity Split-Blues Jam. May 2, Scratch My Dorsum. May 3,  Bullheaded Baton & The Glasses. May 4,  Dejection Benefit for David Lindros. Mighty HouseRockers, Cindy Daley, Band, Erin & The Soul Drivers, Diamond Dogs, Lickity Split, Sweet Melissa,  $ten.00 781-335-9796, world wide web.nextpagecafe.com.

  PERSEPHONE'S DAUGHTERS – Offset Parish Unitarian Universalis Church,Town Square, Plymouth. 7:thirty p.m. May 3, Songs of Healing, $15, $10 seniors, children.  508-747-0212.

RUN OF THE MILL TAVERN –  vi Spring St. Plymouth. 5:30 p.m.  Irish Sessuin every Saturday. No cover. 508-830-1262.

SHARON Customs BAND –Sharon High School Cafeteria, 181 Pond St., Sharon. 7:30 p.1000. May three,    20th Annual Pops Concert Celebration. $12, $6 seniors/students. 508-668-7356 or 781-784-9645, www.sharonbands.org.

Southward SHORE FOLK MUSIC Order –  Beal House, Road 106, Kingston.  viii p.m. May three, The Burns Sisters, $20. 781-871-1052, www.ssfmc.org.

VENTRESS LIBRARY SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES – 15 Library Plaza, Marshfield. 2 p.chiliad.  Free. 781-834-5535, world wide web.ventresslibrary.org.

  VINE WINE BAR –  xviii Main St. Extension, Plymouth. May 2, Dave Yaegar. May 3,  Spogga. May 9, Austin Drinking glass, Sherry Malone,  breast cancer fundraiser no cover. May x,  Kathy Hayden. 508-830-1942, www.thevineplymouth.com.

Boston/Cambridge

   Bank OF AMERICA PAVILION –  290 Northern Ave., Boston. May x,  WFNX Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll with Death Cab for Cutie with The Presidents of the United States of America, Amanda Palmer, Bob Mould, Passion Pit, May eleven,  Honda Civic Tour presents Panic At The Disco with Move City Soundtrack, The Hush Audio, Phantom Planet. May 31,  True Colors featuring Cyndi Lauper with The B-52s, Rosie O'Donnell, Regina Spektor and The Cliks.   $25-$149.50.  617/931-2000, www.ticketmaster.com.

ERYKAH BADU – Orpheum Theatre, 1 Hamilton Identify, Boston. vii:xxx p.one thousand. May 8, with The Roots. $45-$55. Ticketmaster  617/508-931-2000, wwwlticketmaster.com.

THE CURE– Agganis Arena, Boston University, 925 Democracy Ave., Boston. May 12, $38.fifty-$63.50. Ticketmaster  617/508-931-2000, wwwlticketmaster.com.

DURAN DURAN – Agganis Arena, Boston University, 925 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. eight p.1000. May 28, $33.50-$73.fifty. Ticketmaster  617/508-931-2000, wwwlticketmaster.com.

ZAKIR HUSSAIN'S MASTERS OF INDIAN PERCUSSION –  Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge. 8 p.m.  May 10, $28-$45. Earth Music 617-876-4275,  www.worldmusic.org.

ETHEL – Sanders Theatre,  45 Quincy St., Cambridge. 8 p.m. May 9, $25-$38,  617-496-2222, world wide web.celebrityseries.org.

    KALEIDOSCOPIC VIEW OF JAZZ IN BOSTON –  Berklee Performance Heart, 136 Mass. Ave., Boston. eight p.thou. May three, erstwhile U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky; Rakalam Bob Moses; George Garzone and Friends; Coltrane EOP Quartet with Leonard Dark-brown, Tim Ingles, Alvin Terry, Emmett Cost; the Marianne Solivan Quartet; Berklee City Music All-Stars Quintet. Eric Jackson, emcee. Benefit concert. $fifteen, $10 students/seniors, $5 children sixteen and younger. Ticketmaster 617/508-931-2000, 617-747-2261, www.ticketmaster.com.

MTVU'S CAMPUS INVASION MUSIC FESTIVAL – University of Massachusetts, Morrissey Boulevard, Dorchester. 3:fifteen p.m. May 4, Wyclef Jean, the Bravery, Flo Rida, Cobra Starship, Unproblematic Plan, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Spill Canvas, All Time Low, Lloyd, $15. Ticketmaster  617/508-931-2000, www.ticketmaster.com.

 NAMELESS COFFEEHOUSE –  Get-go Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, iii Church St., Cambridge.  eight p.m. May 3, Hungrytown, Steven Salary, Abbie Barrett, Lydia Thornton, Dennis Pearne, P.J. Shapiro.  $8 suggested donation. 617-864-1630, world wide web.namelesscoffeehouse.org.

DOLLY PARTON  – The Opera Firm, 539 Washington St., Boston. 8 p.one thousand. May 5. $55-$95. Ticketmaster 617-931-2000, world wide web.ticketmaster.com.

JAZZ WEEK BOSTON – Real Deal Jazz Lodge, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Heart, 41 Second St., Cambridge. . 617-876-7777, www.jazzboston.org.

REGATTABAR –  Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett St., Cambridge. 7:30 and x p.k.  May three, The Superpowers,  $12. 617-661-5099, www.regattabarjazz.com..

SCULLERS –  DoubleTree Invitee Suites Hotel, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston.    eight p.m.  May 28, Sheimeka Copeland,  $25. 617-562-4111,  www.scullersjazz.com.

   MAVIS STAPLES –  Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave., Boston. 8 p.m.  May 16,  $28- $37.  World Music 617-876-4275, www.worldmusic.org.

   STEVE WINWOOD  – Berklee Performance Centre, 136 Massachusetts Ave., Boston. vii:30 p.chiliad. May 8,  $35, $l, $70.617/508-931-2000, world wide web.ticketmaster.com.

Region

    HABIB KOITÉ AND BAMADA –  Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Foursquare, Somerville.  viii p.m.  May 3, guitar virtuoso from Mali.  $28 and $35. Globe Music 617-876-4275,  world wide web.WorldMusic.org.

CROWDED HOUSE – Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square, Somerville. seven:30 p.m. May v; 6:thirty p.grand. May 6, $42. Ticketmaster 617-931-2000, www.celebrityseries.org.

JOHNNY D'S –  17 Holland St., Davis Square, Somerville.  May 2, James McMurtry, a Ray Mason, $12. May 3, Milo Z, $ten. 617-776-2004, www.johnnyds.com.

NGQOKO WOMEN'S CULTURAL GROUP –   Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq., Somerville. eight p.yard.   May 17,  $28. World Music 617-876-4275,  www.WorldMusic.org.

OFF THE COMMON COFFEEHOUSE –  Offset Parish Unitarian Church, 50 School St., Bridgewater.    8 p.one thousand. May 3, Dana Cooper,  $13. 508-697-5425.

 ROSE GARDEN COFFEEHOUSE –  Orthodox Congregational Church, 17 West St., Mansfield.  8 p.m. May 17, Cheryl Wheeler and songwriter contest finalists, $25. 508-699-8122, www.rosegardenfolk.com.

SOLAS –  Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq., Somerville. 8 p.1000.  May two,  from Ireland. $22,  $28.  World Music 617-876-4275, www.WorldMusic.org.

TWEETER CENTER – 885 South Main St., Mansfield. May xv, Kanye West Glow In The Dark Tour with Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco and N*E*R*D. May eighteen, eighteen/08 Osculation Concert 2008 with New Kids On The Block, Jonas Brothers, Natasha Bedingfield, Sean Kingston, Wyclef Jean, Metro Station, others. May 31/08 JAM`N 94.5 Summer Jam 2008. $xxx-$225. 617/931-2000, world wide web.ticketmaster.com.

Organist G. Fredrick Guzasky, plays the music of Bach, Langlais, Brahms and Rheinberger on the Aeolian-Skinner organ, 3 p.m. May 11, at St. Stephen's Church in Cohasset.

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