Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge. 617-496-1027. Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. $5, seniors and students $4, ages 3-13 $3, free to all Sat. 9 a.m.-noon. Through 10/1/2001: Heads and Tails: Adornments from Africa, hats, hair adornments, headdresses, and sculptures. Ongoing: Hall of the North American Indian; The Art of Oceania; Ju/wasi, Bushmen of the Kalahari; Encounters with the Americas; The Raven and the Loon: Inuit Prints and Sculptures from the Chauncey C. Nash Collection.

Music at Naumkeag
Tabernacle Congregational Church, 50 Washington St., Salem. 978-744-3164. 2/27: 3 p.m. $10, seniors and college students $5, high school students $5, under 14 free. Nancy Armstrong, soprano; Wayman Chin, piano. Works by Schubert, Poulenc, Thomson, Finch, Strauss, Schumann.

Salem State College
Charlotte Forten Hall, Library, Salem campus, 352 Lafayette St. 978-542-6999. 2/27: 3 p.m. $7, students and seniors $5. Voices After Noon: In Unison, Chamber Singers, College Chorus, vocal soloists.

Gordon College Memorial Chapel,
255 Grapevine Road, Wenham. 978-524-3400. 2/27: 3 p.m. $12, students and seniors $10. Gordon Symphony Orchestra. James Jorgenson conducts premiere of his Fanfare for a New Age; Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with Anna Bulbrook; works by Barber, Copland.

Coro Stella Maris
978-281-8088. 8 p.m. $10, students and seniors $5. Gretchen Longwell Cooley conducts The Dance of Death: A Musical Consideration of Las Things, works by Lassus. 2/25: First Church in Wenham, Main and Arbor streets, Wenham. 2/26: Harvard-Epworth Church, 1555 Mass. Ave., Cambridge.

Dick Doherty's Comedy ClubsNorth Andover, Comedy Escape at the China Blossom,Comedy Escape at the China Blossom,
routes 125 and 133, North Andover. 800-401-2221. Fri.-Sat. 9:30 p.m. $10-$12. 2/25-2/26: Kevin Knox, Mike Koutrobis, Ted Barrett. 124 Boylston St., Boston. 781-729-2565. Thurs.-Sun. 9 p.m. $8-$10. Thurs.-Sat. standup, Sun. open mike night. 2/25-2/26: Mark Scalia Showcase. Rte. 28, Randolph. 800-401-2221. Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 8 and 10:30 p.m. 2/25-2/26: Paul Nardizzi, John Fisch, Teresa Cragen. Pickering Wharf, Salem. 800-401-2221. Fri.-Sat. 9 p.m. $10-$12. 2/25-2/26: Tom Clark, Steve Faria, Walter Dixon.

Bamidele Dancers and Drummers
St. John's Church, 705 Hale St., Beverly Farms. 978-927-0229. 2/27: 4 p.m. Free. Dances, folklore and songs from West Africa, Brazil, Caribbean.

A Celebration of Afrocentrics
Beverly YMCA, Cabot Street, Beverly. 978-922-0990. Mon.-Fri. 6:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Through 3/12: Painting, drawing, illustration, and prints by Montserrat College of Art artists of African ancestry. nu

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Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery, 23 Essex St., Beverly. 978-524-7651, ext. 1319. Mon.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Fri. 11 a.m-5 p.m., Sat. noon-4 p.m. 3/1-4/6: Long Ago, Now, work of Rob Roy and Lois Lane based on the use of images that are traditionally seen as male or female. 3/1: 5-7 p.m., reception.

Gordon College
Barrington Centre for the Arts, 255 Grapevine Rd., Wenham. 978-927-2306 ext. 4414. Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Through 3/24: Telling Stories: Sculpture and Works on Paper, by David Newton. 2/26: 4-6 p.m. reception.

Malden Public Library
36 Salem St., Malden. 617-324-0218. Wed.-Thurs. 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Through 3/2: The Other Side of the Wall, work by John A. Webster.

Salem Historic Houses
Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem. 978-745-9500. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m. $8.50, seniors and students $7.50, under 16 free. Gardner-Pingree House (1804), Crowninshield-Bentley House (c. 1727), John Ward House (c. 1684), 132 Essex St. Tours include: At Home in Salem: 1780-1820; Salem 1692: The Witchcraft Trials.

Walter Gropius House
54 Turner St., Salem. 978-744-0991. Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m. $8, children 6-17 $6, ages 6 and under free. Built in 1668; Nathaniel Hawthorne's birthplace, c. 1750; 19th-century counting house; period gardens; furniture and artifacts spanning three centuries; Hawthorne memorabilia.

Wenham Museum
132 Main St., (Rte. 1A) Wenham. 978-468-2377. Tues.-Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $4, seniors $3.50, ages 3 and up $2, under 2 free. Closed major holidays. Through 4/16: Please Be Seated: Fine Furniture Making in America, exhibit on the art, history, and process of fine furniture making in the U.S. since Colonial times. Through 2/28: Wenham Ice Industry, tools and tales of the industry that produced Queen Victoria's favorite ice. Ongoing: A Gilded Age: What the Other Half Wore in the Costume and Textile Gallery. 2/27: 2-4 p.m., woodworking demonstration and lecture by fine furniture maker/restorer Philip C. Lowe, director, Furniture Institute of Massachusetts, $17 reservations required. dated

Salem Witch Museum
Washington Square, Salem. 978-744-1692. Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $6, seniors $5.50, ages 6-14 $3.75. Ongoing: Witches: Evolving Perceptions, from pagan midwife to modern times; Salem Witch Trials of 1692.

Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology
Main (Rte. 28) and Phillips streets, Phillips Academy campus, Andover. 978-749-4490. Tues.-Sat. noon-5 p.m. Free. Closed major holidays. Ongoing: Mikwitemanej Mikmanaqi'k: Let Us Remember the Old Mi'kmaq, photographs taken in Mi'kmaw communities in the U.S. between 1930-1931 by anthropologist Frederick Johnson.

Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square, Salem. 978-745-9500, 800-745-4054. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m. $8.50, students and seniors $7.50, ages 16 and under free. Gallery and historic house tours daily. Through 5/7: Suggestive Curves: The Art of Watercraft, exhibit showcasing the boatbuilding work of craftsmen from the U.S., Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Ongoing: The Real Witchcraft Papers; A Folk Art Sampler; The Saltonstall Family Portraits; Odyssey: A Journey Into World Art, more than 300 artworks that take visitors on a tour of the world's people, landscapes, nature, and spirit. Through 2/25: 10 a.m.-noon, All About Storytelling, $40 series, $10 individual programs, reservations suggested.

USS Salem, CA-139
Jacksonville, Fla. 352-315-1397. 10/5-10/8.

USS New Kent, APA-217
Peabody. 781-396-7910. 9/7-9/10.

Revere H.S.
Class of 1935, Danversport Yacht Club, Danvers. 978-887-5032, 781-596-1424. 6/8: noon. $30.

Peabody Museum of Natural History
170 Whitney Ave., New Haven, Conn. 203-432-5050. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m. Closed major holidays. $5, seniors and ages 3-15 $3. Through 7/4: Children's Nature Books: Connecticut's Legacy. Through 4/1: O.C. Marsh: A Centennial Celebration. Ongoing: Martian Perspectives: 3-D Images of the Red Planet, maps viewed through 3-D glasses. dated

Shingebiss, A Native American tale
Danvers Library, 15 Sylvan St., Danvers. 978-927-8811. 2/26: 10:30 a.m. Native American music, song and crafts. All ages. Free. LEARNING

Le Grand David and His Own Spectacular Magic Company
Cabot Street Cinema Theater, 286 Cabot St., Beverly. 978-927-3677. Sun.: 3 p.m. $15, ages 11 and under $10. Magic extravaganza featuring 30 performers.

The Performance Cult
The Peabody House Theatre Cooperative, 277 Broadway, Somerville. 617-625-1300. Through 3/4: Thurs.-Sat. 8 p.m. $10. Story of a modern-day Faust by Vaclav Havel.