The Weekly What Listings Calendar: Oct. 26-Nov. 1

Thursday

Guys and Dolls -- Leverett Old Library, 8 p.m.

Children's Hour -- Loeb Mainstage, 8 p.m.

Inherit the Wind -- Loeb Ex., 7:30 p.m.

Godspell -- Music Theatre, 8 p.m.

Love Among the English -- First Parish Church, 7:30 and 9:15 p.m.

Boston Symphony Orchestra -- Andrew Davis conducts Ives, Subotnick and Strauss. At Symphony Hall, Boston, at 8 p.m. For tickets and info., call 266-1492.

Maria Prince sings at Berklee Recital Hall, 1140 Boylston st., Boston, at 7:30 p.m. Free. Call 266-1400 for details.

John LaPorta directs Instrumental Performance Concert at Berklee Recital Hall at 5:15 p.m. Free. Call 266-1400.

Music of the Twentieth Century--Works of Sirota, Thow, Dello Toio and Del Tredici. At Boston University School for the Arts, 855 Comm. Ave., Boston, at 8 p.m. Free. Call 353-3345.

Thursday noon recital Series -- Herbert Burtis plays organ works at Busch-Reisinger Museum at noon. Free.

"Oktoberfest 1500"--Greenwood Consort plays German festive songs. At Newton Arts Center, 61 Washington Park, Newtonville, at 8:30 p.m.

Shella Gayle sings Handel and Debussy at Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, at noon. Free. Call 353-3345 for details.

Mary McCaslin and Jim Ringer -- Passim's, 492-7679

Cabin Fever -- Springfield Street Salon, 661-7700

Larry Coryell. Berklee Performance Center. 8 p.m.

Private Lightening. Paradise.

Mose Allison. Jonathan Swift's.

Richard Pryor & Patti LaBelle. Musice Hall. 8:30 p.m. $10.50, $8.50.

Poetry Reading by Ellen Voight--Lamont Library, 8 p.m.

Friday

Guys and Dolls -- Leverett Old Library, 8 p.m.

Children's Hour -- 8 p.m.

Inherit the Wind -- 7:30 p.m.

Godspell -- 8 p.m.

Love Among the English -- 7:30 and 9:15 p.m.

Radcliffe Choral Society sings "Motets, Songs and Graffiti" at Paine Hall, Music Building at 8 p.m. Tickets at $1.50 with student I.D.

Works of Liszt, Wolf, Schumann and Berg played by Marguerite Coughlin, Sabra Loomis and Alvin Novak. At Adams House Lower Common Room, at 8:30 p.m. Free

New England Baroque Ensemble performs Purcell, Tomkins, and Hume. At Dunster House Library, F-Entry, at 5:30 p.m. Free.

Pianist Randolph Nichols plays Mozart, Brahins, POULENC AND Chpin. At Longy School of Music, 1 Follen St., Cambridge, at 8:30 p.m. Tickets at $3.00. Call 861-0497 for info.

Andrew Baer plays flute and saxophone music at Berklee Recital Hall, 1140 Boylston St., Boston, at 7:30 p.m. Free. Call 266-1400 for details.

Boston Symphony Orchestra--See Thursday listing; at 2 p.m.

Kirkland House Music Society--Darryl Rosenberg plays piano works of Mozart, Ravel and Schumann. At Kirkland JCR at 8:30 p.m. Free.

One Hour to Madness and Joy--Stone Soup Society, at 8:30.

The Righteous Jazz Band--Methuen Memorial Music Hall, at 8:30

Stan Strickland and Sundance--Pooh's Pub, 262-6911

Mary McCaslln and Jim Ringer -- Passim's, 492-7679

Cabin Fever -- Springfield Street Salon, 661-7700

David Johnson Group. Paradise.

Richard Pryor --Music Hall, 8:30 p.m.

Trinidad Folk Festival -- Symphony Hall, 8 p.m.

Saturday

Guys and Dolls -- 8 and 11:30 p.m.

Children's Hour -- 8 p.m.

Inherit the Wind -- 7:30 p.m.

Hallowe'en Jamboree -- 8 p.m.

Godspell -- 8 p.m.

Love Among the English -- 7:30 and 9:15 p.m.

"Oktoberfest 1500" --Greenwood Consort plays German festive songs. At Longy School of Music, 1 Follen St., Cambridge, at 8:30 p.m. Tickets at $2.50 for students. Call 648-3873 for info.

Iskandar Ismall performs with own band. At Berklee Recital Hall, 1140 Boylston St., Boston, at 7:30 p.m. Free. Call 266-1400 for info.

Boston Symphony Orchestra--See Thursday listing; at 8 p.m.

Festival of Baltic Folk Arts Music of the Battle region at B.U. Sargent College through Sunday. Call 862-7144 for details.

The New Brubeck Quartet--Levin Ballroom at Brandeis at 7 and 10 p.m.

The Dave Gordon Quartet-- Friends of Great Black Music Loft at 9 p.m.

Mary McCaslin and Jim Ringer -- Passim's, 492-7679

Cabin Fever -- Springfield Street Salon, 661-7700

Grace Jones. Chateau de Ville. 8:30 p.m. $9.50.

Shirts. Paradise.

Conference on Women in Sports -- George Sherman Union, B.U., 8:30 a.m. -- 5 p.m.

Baltic Folk Arts Festival -- Sargent College, B.U.

Staged Fright -- Hallowe'en Disco -- Community Center, Prospect and Harvard Streets, 8:30 p.m. -- 1:30 a.m.

Sunday

Godspell -- 3 p.m.

Irish Ballad Opera--"The Poor Soldier" performed under the direction of Charlotte Kaufman. At Tapestry Hall, hMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston, at 3:30 p.m. Free. Call 267-9300, ext. 340 for more details.

Festival of Baltic Folk Arts--see Saturday listing.

"Oktoberfest 1500"--see Saturday listing; at Horticultural Hall, 300 Mass. Ave., Boston, at 8:30 p.m.

Lowell House Music Society--Cellist Paul Tobias plays Beethoven, Barber, Debussy and Valentini. At Lowell JCR at 4:30 p.m. Free.

Wayne Roberts and Friends Sunflower Cafe, at noon.

Roy Haynes--at Lulu White.

Mary McCaslin and Jim Ringer -- Passim's, 492-7679

Pam Blicker and Reed Butler -- Springfield Street Salon, 661-7700

Ambrosia. Paradise.

Brother Blue: Storytelling -- Emmanuel Church Chapel, 15 Newbury Street, 8 p.m.

Monday

Works of Haydn and Schoenberg at Longy School of Music, 1 Follen St., Cambridge, at 8:30 p.m. Admission $2. Call 868-3228 for details.

Piano works by Bach, Schumann, Schubert and Ravel--at B.U. School for the Arts, 855 Comm. Ave., Boston, at 8 p.m. Tickets at $1 with student ID. Call 353-3345 for details.

Cambridge Society for Early Music--Michel Piguet conducts music of Mozart. At Sanders Theatre, Harvard, at 8:30 p.m. Admission at $7, $5 and $3. Call 247-1465 for details.

Pam Blicker and Reed Butler -- Springfield Street Salon

Donna Summer. Music Hall. 8 p.m.

Tuesday

Gallery Gig--Lute and guitar works of Goultier, Foscarini and de Visee performed in Gallery 11-51, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, at 7 p.m. Free. Call 267-9300, ext. 340 for details.

Boston Symphony Orchestra--see Thursday listing; at 8 p.m.

Donna Summer. 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Music Hall.

Blacksmith House Poetry Readings -- 42 Brattle Street, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday

Love Among the English -- 7:30 and 9:15 p.m.

B.U. Nightmusic series--Pianis' Linda Jiorle performs works of Rochberg, Mozart, Chopin, Debussy Scriabin, Liszt and Schubert. At The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, Boston at 7:30 p.m. Free. Call 353-3345 for details.

Beacon Brass Quintet--Music of Palestrina, Aram, Joplin, Dahland and others. At Walpole State Prison Walpole. Free. Call 353-3345 for details.

Laduvane -- Passim's, 492-7679

Billy Cobham. Paradise.