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.

Beyond the Pale
The Lafayette Club, 11 High St., Amesbury. 978-834-0367. 3/3: 8 p.m., $10, $8 advance, discounts for students and seniors, kids under 12 free. CD release celebration for traditional/contemporary Irish instrumental quintet.

Howard Yezerski Gallery
14 Newbury St., Boston. 617-262-0550. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Through 2/29: Plant Light, Amanda Means; Self Portrait Finger, John Coplans. AROUND N.E.

Via Gallery
83 Newbury St., 2nd floor, Boston. 617-424-6200. Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat. noon-4 p.m. Through 3/24: Treescapes, black and white photography by Owen Hartford.

Beth Urdang Gallery
14 Newbury St., Boston. 617-424-8468. Tues.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Through 3/18: Still Lifes: 1861-1942, 19th- and 20th-century paintings by artists including Severin Roesen, George Foster, Charles Demuth, others.

Sam Sargent Gallery
65 Water St., Newburyport. 978-465-8769. Tues.-Sun. noon-5 p.m. Through 2/23: Art 2000: A Winter Respite, juried show of oil, acrylics, watercolors, fine crafts.

St. George Gallery
245 Newbury St., Boston. 617-450-0321. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (until 9 p.m. Fri.), Sun. 1-5 p.m. Through 2/29: Working Artist and Easel, oil paintings by William St. George.

Society of Arts and Crafts 175 Newbury St.,
Boston. 617-266-1810. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.- p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m. Through 2/27: Sculptural Works, by Massachusetts artists Peter Haines and Nancy Hayes.

Judi Rotenberg Gallery
130 Newbury St., Boston. 617-437-1518. Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 2/26-3/16: Emerging Artist Show, paintings by Karen Brussat Butler, Suzanne Challinor, Jose Goncalves, others. 2/26: 4-6 p.m., reception.

Pucker Gallery
171 Newbury St., Boston. 617-267-9473. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. Through 3/1: Samuel Bak: The Game Continues, paintings by Holocaust survivor. Through 2/29: Inuit Art: Form and Fantasy, contemporary sculpture.

Pepper Gallery
38 Newbury St., 4th floor, Boston. 617-236-4497. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Through 2/26: new paintings by Howard Silberthau. Perkins Gallery Striar Jewish Community Center, 445 Central St., Stoughton. 617-341-2016. Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri. 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Perrin Gallery 320A Harvard St. (Coolidge Corner), Brookline. 617-277-4357. Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Nielsen Gallery
179 Newbury St., Boston. 617-266-4835. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 2/26-3/25: Harvey Quaytman, paintings from the '90s; work by Brenda Goodman. 2/26: 3-5 p.m., reception for both exhibits.

MPG
285 Newbury St., Boston. 617-437-1596. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. Through 3/6: Things Go Abstract, paintings by Elizabeth Dougherty, Merle Mainelli Poulton.

Marblehead Arts Association
King Hooper Mansion, 8 Hooper St. Marblehead. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sun. 1 p.m.-5 p.m. 781-631-2608. Through 2/27: Coastal Towns Show, work by MAA members and residents of neighboring towns. Mercury Studio 8 Newbury St., 2nd floor, Boston. 617-859-0054. Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Lexington Arts and Crafts Society
65 Water St., Newburyport. 978-465-8769. Tues.-Sun., noon-5 p.m. 2/26-3/8: Budding Artist Exhibit, artwork by middle school children ages 10-14. 2/27: 3-5 p.m. reception.

Krakow Gallery
10 Newbury St., Boston. 617-262-4490. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Through 3/15: Sculptures and gouaches by Sol Lewit.

Gallery NAGA
67 Newbury St., Boston. 617-267-9060. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Through 2/26: Too Good for Catholic School, new paintings by Sam Earle; new sculpture by Brenda Star.

Gallery 79
79 Newbury St., Boston. 617-262-5918. Tues.-Thurs. 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Fri. 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Through 3/15: Relics from the Realm of Spirit, small mixed-media, icon-like pieces by Cambridge painter Julie Baer.

Firehouse Gallery
Market Square, Newburyport. 978-462-7336. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through 2/28: Relief Paintings, Joan Ortu; photographs by M.J. Benson. nu

Eclipse Gallery
167 Newbury St., 2nd floor, Boston. 617-247-6730. Tues.-Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 2/29-4/1: paintings from Columbia.

Creiger Dane Gallery
36 Newbury St., Boston. 617-536-8088. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Through 2/26: New Work, New York, emerging artists based in New York and local artist Sheila Gallagher.

Creative Allies Gallery
179 Newbury St., Boston. 617-236-6996. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Through 2/29: Searching Silences, Afro-Ethnigraphics by Reginald L. Jackson and Herman Leonard.

Chase Gallery
129 Newbury St., Boston. 617-859-7222. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. 3/1-3/27: still life and landscape pastels of Marilyn Ruseckas. 3/3: 5-7 p.m., reception.Revealing the Nude: A Timeless Passion, paintings by gallery artists Bill Brauer, Cynthia Packard, Francisco Benietz, others.

Chappell Gallery
14 Newbury St., Boston. 617-236-2255. Tues.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Through 3/4: Painted Glass, decorative and illusive approaches to painting on glass by Akihiro Isogai and Walt Lieberman. nu

Boston Architectural Center
320 Newbury St., Boston. 617-536-3170. Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m. Through 2/29: In a New Spirit: Synagogues of Germany, works of Alfred Jacoby, Germany's premier Jewish architect and professor at the Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany.

Arden Gallery
129 Newbury St. Boston. 617-247-0610. Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. Through 2/28: Abstract paintings by Anthony James.

Alpha Gallery
14 Newbury St., Boston. 617-536-4465. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Through 3/1: new paintings by Reed Kay.

Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra
Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St., Boston. 781-899-3130. 3/10: 8 p.m., $9, seniors and students $7. 16-piece ensemble plays new music by Laura Andel, Darrell Katz, David Harris, Warren Senders, David Slusser.

Custom House Maritime Museum
25 Water St., Newburyport. 978-462-8681. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sun. 1-4 p.m. $3, seniors and children ages 5-17 $2. Closed major holidays. Ongoing: Coping with Crisis: Cushing Shipping and Diplomacy, exhibit based on insurance documents that recreates the story of trade voyages aboard ships owned by the Cushing brothers, John and William of Newburyport.

The Bookrack
52 State St., Newburyport. 978-462-8615. 2/27: 1:30 p.m., reading by Andre Dubus III (House of Sand & Fog). Free.

Bruce Cockburn and his band Colonial Theater,
Keene, N.H., 413-586-8686, 800-THE-TICK. 3/15: 8 p.m., $23-$27.50. Presented by Ironhorse Entertainment. Nock Middle School Auditorium, 70 Low St., Newburyport. 978-462-9630. 3/17: 8 p.m., $25. Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass Ave., Boston. 617-931-2000. 3/18: 8 p.m., $24.50-$26.50.

Ric Goldin
Haverhill City Hall, 4 Summer St., Haverhill. 978-374-6103. 2/24: 11 a.m., Goldin performs children's concert. $3. Presented by the Merrimack Montessori School.

Fledermaus
Firehouse Center for the Arts, One Market Square, Newburyport. 978-462-7336. 2/24-3/12: Thurs.-Sat. 8 p.m., sun. 5 p.m. $21-$31, seniors and students $2 discounts. Opera/musical set in 1930s America. Presented by the Firehouse Center and Silver Productions.