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.

School of Music
Straus Hall, 170 Centre St., Milton. 617-898-2136. 2/25: 7:30 p.m. Suggested donation $10. Chamber Singers, Chamber Orchestra with Sheila Fiekowsky and Lynn Chang, violin. Pre-China tour concert.

Belmont Open Reading
Payson Park Church, 365 Belmont St., Belmont. 617-484-4696, ext. 19. 2/27: 7:30 p.m. $6, students and seniors $4. Jane Flummerfelt conducts Haydn's The Seasons, open reading with soloists and orchestra. Singers welcome. Sponsored by Powers Music School.

Reading Public Library
64 Middlesex Ave. 781-944-2017. 2/26: 8 p.m. Free. Christiane Trio. Works by Mozart, Walther, Schumann, Matthews, Brahms.SCHOOLS

Die Fledermaus
Firehouse Center for the Performing and Visual Arts, Market Square, Newburyport. 978-462-7336. 2/26-3/12, preview 2/24: Thurs.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 5 p.m.; no show 2/25. $26-$31 depending on day; $2 discount for students and seniors. Roger Jones, director; Paul Merrill, music director. Cast includes Lynn Shane, Linette Miles, Penny Rubinfeld, Walter Jalbert.

Nick's Comedy Stop
800-441-5653. Boston. 617-482-0930. $8-$14. 2/24: 8:30 p.m., Teddy Bergeron, Rich Ceisler, Johnny Pizzi. 2/25-2/26: 9 p.m., Rich Ceisler, John Pizzi, Johnny K. 3/2: 8:30 p.m., Jim Lauletta, DJ Hazard, Johnny K.Kowloon, Rte. 1., Saugus. 781-231-2500. $10-$12. 2/25-2/26: 8:15 and 10:30 p.m., Robbie Printz, John David, PJ Walsh.Nick's at the Maui Restaurant, 1875 Main St., Brockton. 508-583-1010, 800-441-JOKE. $8-$12. 2/26: 9 p.m., Larry Miles, Johnny K.

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.

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.

Lynn Museum
125 Green St., Lynn. 781-592-2465. Mon.-Sat. 1-4 p.m. Closed holidays. $4. Through 4/29: Landscapes of the Civil War, collection of 70 photographs taken by photographers including Alexander Gardner and Andre J. Russell, accompanied by an exhibit of artifacts, posters, documents, and photographs of the era from the museum's holdings.

WordsWorth Books Author Events
617-354-5201. Free. WordsWorth Reading Room, 3rd Floor, 30 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. 2/24: 6 p.m., Simson Garfinkle (Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century). Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge. 3/2: 5:30 p.m., E. L. Doctorow (City of God). Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway. 2/24: 6 p.m., Thomas Cahill (Desire of the Everlasting Hills).

Women Reading
Sanctuary, Arlington Street Church, 351 Boylston St., Boston. 617-371-7124. 2/25: 7:30 p.m., sign-up; 7:45 p.m., program. Open mike format for women reading in all genres, hosted by Deborah Repplier and Claire Robson. Feature, local writer Irene Glassman. $3, proceeds to the church.

Poets Share Reading Series
Rhythm & Muse, 403A Centre St., Hyde Square, Jamaica Plain. 617-524-3816. 3/2: 7:30 p.m., Barbara Watkins; 8:30 p.m., Community open mike. Donations requested.

Newtonville Books Reading Series
296 Walnut St., Newton. 617-244-6619. 2/29: 7:30 p.m., Mameve Medwed (Host Family). Free.

Marsh Chapel Poetry Reading Series
Boston University, Robinson Room, 735 Comm. Ave., Boston. 617-353-3560. 3/1: 7:30 p.m., poetry reading by the Charles River Poets. Free.

Joiner Center Reading Series
UMass-Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd. 617-287-5850. 3/1: 4 p.m., Vietnamese authors Ly Lan and Phan Thi Van Anh. Free.

Emerson College Spring 2000 Faculty Reading Series various addresses.
West 1&2 Building, 80 Boylston St., 2nd floor, Boston. 617-824-8750. 3/2: 8-9 p.m., Richard Foerster (Cutting Flowers). Free.

Chapter and Verse Reading
St. John's Episcopal Church, Revere Street and Roanoke Avenue, Jamaica Plain. 617-524-2999 or 617-522-9093. 3/1: 7:30 p.m., Paul Folkman (Chrysalis and Other Poems), Tom Perrotta (Election), Allen West (Monologues in a Time Like September). Free.

Barnes and Noble at Boston University Author Series
Reading Room, Level 5, 660 Beacon St., Boston. 617-236-7460. 2/28: 7 p.m., Sherwin B. Nuland, (The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Reflects on Medical Myths). Free.

Poetry Reading
Adams House, Lower Common Room, 26 Plympton St., Harvard Square. 617-547-4648. 2/29: 8 p.m., Doug Goetsch (Nobody's Hell), and Angelo Verga (The Six O'Clock News). Suggested donation $3.

Thoreau Reading
Gallery Bershad, 99 Dover St., Somerville. 617-629-9400, ext. 3. 2/26: 5 p.m., Verse Magazine's Young American Poets, with Peter Johnson, Geoffrey Nutter, and Peter Richards. Introduction by Brian Henry. Free.

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

Everett H.S.
Class of 1950, Spinelli's Function Facility, Route 1, Saugus. 617-389-3513. 6/4.

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

Newton Corner Branch Library,
126 Vernon St. 617-552-7157. Tues.: 2:15 p.m., story time for ages 2-4. Lucius Beebe Memorial Library Main St., Wakefield. 781-246-6334. Free. Watertown Free Public Library 123 Main St., Watertown. 617-972-6435. Free. Watertown Library East Branch 481 Mt. Auburn St. 617-972-6435. Wayland Free Library 5 Concord Rd., Wayland. 508-358-2311. Free. Weston Public Library 87 School St., Weston. 781-893-3312.

Theater Workshops
Free. Registration required for most programs. Copley Square, Central Branch Boston 617-536-5400. 2/25: 11 a.m. and 1:15 p.m., Lift Up Your Voices and Sing, Black History Month program with Janice Allen. 2/27: 1:30 p.m. for ages 6-9 and 3:30 p.m. for ages 9-12: Matter of Fact, workshops introducing children to the building blocks of the universe through hands-on fun, discussions and demonstrations; registration required. Adams Street Branch, 690 Adams St., Dorchester. 617-436-6900. 2/24, 2/29 and 3/2: 3 p.m., chess instruction. 3/1: 3:30 p.m., reading readiness program for ages 3-5. Brighton Branch, 40 Academy Hill Road, Brighton. 617-782-6032. Mon., Wed.: 3:30-5 p.m., homework help for grades 3-8. Wed.: 4 p.m., creative drama, storytelling ages 6-11. 2/24: 7 p.m., Jorge Arce of the band Humano does one-man show on Afro-Caribbean culture. Charlestown Branch, 179 Main St., Charlestown. 617-242-1248. Mon., Wed.: 3:30-5 p.m., homework help for grades 3-8. Tues.: 10:30 a.m and 3:30 p.m., stories and films. Wed.: 11 a.m., toddler story time for ages 2-3. Fri. 10 a.m., story hour for ages 3-5. Codman Square Branch, 690 Washington St., Dorchester. 617-436-8214. Tues., Thurs.: 3 p.m., homework help for grades 3-8. Wed.: 10:30 a.m., tales for 2-year-olds (with adult). Fri: 10:30 a.m., short films for ages 3-6; 3 p.m., Funnybones Reading Club for ages 11-14. Through 2/25: 2 p.m., Black History Month film series. 2/29: 10:30 a.m., Mother Goose Time stories and songs for ages 12-23 months with adult. Connolly Branch, 433 Centre St., Jamaica Plain. 617-522-1960. Mon., Wed.: 3:30-5 p.m., homework help for grades 3-8. Wed.: 10:30 a.m., short films: How Many Days to America, Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain, The Mole and the Rocket, and Frog on His Own. Thurs.: 4:15 p.m., creative drama for ages 6-11. 2/28: 6:30 p.m., Black History Month pajama story time for families by Afro-American authors. Dudley Branch, 65 Warren St., Roxbury. 617-442-6186. Mon., Wed.: 3:30-5 p.m., homework help for grades 3-8. Tues.: 10:30 a.m., films for preschoolers. East Boston Branch, 276 Meridian St. 617-569-0271. Mon., Thurs: 3:30-5 p.m., homework help for grades 3-8. Wed.: 10:30 a.m., preschool story hour. Fri.: 10:30 a.m., children's films. 2/24: 3 p.m., stories and songs with Valerie Stephens. Egleston Square Branch, 2044 Columbus Ave., Roxbury. 617-445-4340. Mon., Wed.: 3:30-5 p.m., homework help for grades 3-8. Mon.: 10:15 a.m. and 11 a.m., preschool films and stories. Thurs: 4 p.m., Young storycatchers book group for ages 8-12; preregistrtion required. 2/24: 6:30 p.m., Derek Burrows tells stories from Caribbean, Latin America, and Africa. Faneuil Branch, 419 Faneuil St., Brighton. 617-782-6705. Mon., Tues.: 3:30-5 p.m., homework help for grades 3-8. Tues.: 10:30 a.m., toddler story time. Wed.: 10:30 a.m., story time for ages 3-5. 2/24: 7 p.m., Pajama Storytime. 2/25: 3 p.m., African and Caribbean music with Alice Johnson and Andy Holiner. 2/26: 11:30 a.m., celebration of Afro-Caribbean culture with Jorge Arce. Grove Hall Branch, 5 Crawford St., Dorchester. 617-427-3337. Mon., Tues.: 3:30-5 p.m., homework help for grades 3-8. Thurs.: 10:30 a.m., films for preschoolers. Hyde Park Branch, 35 Harvard Ave., Hyde Park. 617-361-2524. Tues., Thurs.: 3:30-5 p.m., homework help for grades 3-8. Jamaica Plain Branch, 12 Sedgwick St., Jamaica Plain. 617-524-2053. Wed.: 10:30 a.m., story time for ages 18-36 months. 3/1: 4 p.m., Kid's Club stories, crafts, booktalks for ages 6-10. Lower Mills Branch, 27 Richmond St., Dorchester. 617-298-7841. Mon., Wed.: 3:30-5 p.m., homework help for grades 3-8. Mattapan Branch, 10 Hazelton St. 617-298-9218. Mon., Wed.: 3:30-5 p.m., homework help for grades 3-8. Mon.: 6 p.m., pajama story time. Tues.: 10:30 a.m., preschool story time. Fri.: 10:30 a.m., preschool videos. 2/24: 3:30-5 p.m., chess instruction. North End Branch, 25 Parmenter St., Boston. 617-227-8135. Mon.: 11 a.m., preschool films: Abiyoyo, Anansi the Spider, and Bringing Rain to Kapiti Plain. 2/25: 11 a.m., Black History Month stories, tales and songs with Valerie Stephens. Orient Heights Branch, 18 Barnes Ave., East Boston. 617-567-2516. Tues.: 10:30 a.m., preschool story time. Wed.: 10:30 a.m., toddler story time. 2/24: 3:30 p.m., movies for kids 6-12. South Boston Branch, 646 E. Broadway. 617-268-0180. Mon., Wed.: 3:30-5 p.m., homework help for grades 3-8. Fri.: 3:30 p.m., children's story hour. 2/26: 10:30 a.m., The History and the Adventures of Tom Thumb, comedy theater performance. South End Branch, 685 Tremont St., Boston. 617-536-8241. Mon., Wed.: 3:30-5 p.m., homework help for grades 3-8. Mon.: 10:30 a.m., preschool story time. Tues.: 10:30 a.m., children's films. Thurs.: 5:15 p.m., creative drama for children. 2/24: 2 p.m., Map and Compass Program. Uphams Corner Branch, 500 Columbia Road, Dorchester. 617-265-0139. Mon., Wed.: 3:30-5 p.m., homework help for grades 3-8. 2/25: 2 p.m., Black History Month Scavenger Hunt for children up to age 14. 2/29: 3:30-5 p.m., chess instruction. West End Branch, 151 Cambridge St., Boston. 617-523-3957. Wed.: 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., preschool story time. Fri.: 10 a.m., preschool films. West Roxbury Branch Library, 1961 Centre St., West Roxbury. 617-325-3147. Mon., Wed.: 3 p.m., homework help for grades 3-8.

Kevin Devine performances
Award-winning children's entertainer. Loring Hall Theatre, 65 Main St., Hingham. 781-749-2619. 2/24: 9:30 and 11 a.m. $4-$5. Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Main Street, Wakefield. 781-246-6334. 2/24: 3:30 p.m. Free. Cafe Fantastique, inside Rotmans Furniture and Carpet Store, 725 Southbridge Rd., Worcester. 508-755-5276. 2/26: 10 a.m.-noon. Free.

Doin' It For Kids
The Diplomat, Rte. 1 North, Saugus. 978-657-3968. 2/26, 3/3, 3/4: 8 p.m., 2/27, 3/5: 4 p.m. $40, includes dinner. Musical with broadway songs, dance, and comedy to benefit the Mass. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Simpatico
Quannapowitt Players, 55 Hopkins St., Reading. 781-942-2212. Through 2/26: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m. $12, seniors and students $11. Sam Shepard tragi-comedy.

Come Back, Little Sheba
Delvena Theatre Company, 254 Ocean St., Lynn. 617-426-ARTS. 3/3-3/18: Thurs.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m. $16, seniors and students $12. Drama by William Inge.

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.