French Library
53 Marlborough St., Boston. 617-266-4351. 3/1: 12:15 p.m. Free. Musique a midi series. Half hour recital by Ana Sorina Popa, piano. Works by Liszt, Schubert; premiere of Felice's Three Meditations.

Center for the Arts in Natick
31 Main St., Natick. 508-647-0097. 2/26: 8 p.m. $10. Innovata, brass quintet. Music from Renaissance to Dixieland.

Ruddigore
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, 390 Lincoln Rd., Sudbury. 978-443-8811. 2/25-2/26 8 p.m., 2/27 4 p.m., 3/2-3/3 8 p.m., 3/4 2 and 8 p.m. $15, students and seniors $11, discounts for advance purchase; proceeds benefit world hunger. Sudbury Savoyards production of Gilbert & Sullivan operetta.CHAMBER MUSIC& RECITALS

Boston Chamber Orchestra
First and Second Church, 66 Marlborough St., Boston. 617-267-6730. 2/27: 3 p.m. $15, students and seniors $10. Brenda Lynne Leach conducts works by Mozart, J.C. Bach. With Sarah Arneson, soprano; Ivetta Minkina, viola.

Wit and Style in the London Music Hall
Goodnow Library, 21 Concord St., South Sudbury. 978-443-1035. 2/27: 3 p.m., free. Featuring Derek Lamb.

Don White
Weston High School Auditorium, 444 Wellesley St., Weston. 781-235-4950. 3/4: 8 p.m., $15 to benefit The Human Relations Service, a mental health agency serving families and children in Wellesley, Wayland, and Weston. Singer/ songwriter, humorist.

Barbara Kessler
Danforth Museum, 123 Union Ave., Framingham. 508-620-0050. 2/25: 8 p.m., $15, $12 advance.

Drum Circle with Bob Bloom
Center for the Arts, 31 Main St., Natick. 508-647-0179. 2/26: 1 p.m., $6. Participatory event for all ages led by member of professional African drumming troupe. Percussion instruments provided.

Wayland Public Library
5 Concord Rd., Wayland. 508-358-2311. Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri. 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Through 2/29: African-American Inventors, Black History month exhibit; photographs by Sudbury Valley Nature Photography Group.

French Library and Cultural Center
53 Marlborough St., Boston. 617-266-4351. Tues.-Thurs. 10 a.m-8 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through 3/4: Karsh Retrospective: The French, black and white photos of French personalities by Yousuf Karsh.

Framingham Historical Society Museum
Old Academy, Framingham Center Common, Framingham. 508-872-3780. Wed. and Thurs. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Closed holidays. $2 donation, under age 12 free. Ongoing: Discover 20th-century Framingham, from railroad hub to suburban town; 19th-century folk portraits restored through the Adopt an Ancestor program.

Center for Arts in Natick
31 Main St., Natick. 508-647-0179. 508-647-0097. Tues.: 8 p.m., Jazz Open Jam with Dr. Ming and other experienced professionals. Donations accepted. 2/27: 7:30 p.m., Bob Pilkington Sextet, $7. 3/4: 8 p.m., Joe Mulholland Sextet, $12. 3/5: 7:30 p.m., Traditional Jazz Jam with Jimmy Mazzy & Gary Bohan, $5.

Natick H.S.
Class of 1970, Natick Elks Lodge. 508-653-2929. 4/29.

Valley Shore Sweet Adelines Show of Shows
31 Main St. 508-647-0097. Sun.: 4 p.m., Rock on Main St. amateur teenage bands invited to perform, $3.

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.

Puppet Showcase
Walker Building, 255 Main St., Marlborough. 978-562-1646. 2/24: 2:30 p.m. (snow date 2/25). $4-$6. Master puppeteer Pat Picciano. Presented by Arts Alliance.

Comedy Theater Productions
781-793-9700. Back Bay Mansion Mystery French Library & Cultural Center, 53 Marlborough St., Boston. Through 4/29: Sat. 7 p.m. $49. Gourmet room-to-room mystery. Death in Taxes Mystery Cafe Dinner Theater, 290 Congress St., Boston. Fri.-Sat. 7:30 p.m. Dinner and show $35. It's murder on the campaign trail.