The Weekly What Listings Calendar: April 26- May 2

Thursday

Candide--Loeb Mainstage, 8 p.m.

Heartbreak House--Dunster Dining Hall, 10 p.m.

Princess Ida--Agassiz, 8 p.m.

Tommy--Currier Fishbowl, 8 p.m.

Calamity Jane and We Too--Boston Arts Group, 367 Boylston St., Boston, 8 p.m.

Diary of a Madman--Cambridge Ensemble, 1151 Mass. Ave., 8 p.m.

The Great American Backstage Musical-- Boston Comedy Playhouse, Berkeley and Marlboro St., 8 p.m.

Dracula--Colonial Theater, 8 p.m.

Murder at the Howard Johnson's--Wilbur Theater 8 p.m.

A Chorus Line--Shubert Theater, 8 p.m.

Works of Hindemith, Beethoven and Mussorgsky--Eric Mazonson, piano, Holmes Living Rm., North House, 8 p.m.

James Higbe--organ recital, Busch--Reisinger Museum, 12:15 p.m.

Musick for the Generall Peace--Works of Telemann, Couperin, and Bach; David Hart, baroque flute; Old South Church, Copley Square, 8 p.m.

From Canaries to Courrees: Dance and Music at the Great Courts of Europe, 1580-1720-- Renaissance and Baroque Dance and Music, Brown Hall, New England Conservatory, 290 Huntington Ave., 8 p.m.

Bricktop--Lulu White, 3 Appleton St., Boston, 9:30 p..

Menagerie--1369 Jazz Club

John Lincoln Wright--Jonathan Swift's

Leon Redbone, Corky Siegel--The Paradise

George Leh & The Thrillers--Jack's

Fortuna Bay--Inn Square Men's Bar

Guy Van Duser and Billy Novick--Passim

Paul Odette--The Idler

Women's Lacrosse--v. New Hampshire 3:30 p.m.

Sen. Lowell Weicker [R-Conn.]--Langdell South Middle Classroom, HLS, 8 p.m.

Muriel Rukeyser Poetry Reading--author of Waterlily Fire and Mazes, Boylston Auditorium, 8 p.m.

Leaming from Other Women--M. Elizabeth Tidball, professor of Physiology, George Washington University, Harvard 104, 8 p.m.

The Astrologers In Medieval Islam--George Saliba, New York University, Coolidge 510, 4 p.m.

Galaxies, Quasars, and the Space Telescope E. Margaret Burbridge, professor of Physics, University of California, San Diego Longfellow 100, GSE, 8 p.m.

The Politics of Englightenment: Buddhism in Society--Robert Thurman, professor of Buddhist Studies, Amherst College, Andover Hall, HDS, 8 p.m.

Friday

Candide--8 p.m.

Heartbreak House--8:15 p.m.

Princess Ida--8 p.m.

Tommy--8 p.m. and 12 midnight

Calamity Jane and We Too--8 p.m.

Diary of a Madman-- 8 p.m.

Helium Mime Show--Modern Theater, 523 Washington St., 8 p.m.

The Great American Backstage Musical--8 p.m.

Dracula--8 p.m.

Murder at the Howard Johnson's--8 p.m.

A Chorus Line-- 8 p.m.

Works of Corelli, Mozart and Ibert--David Goodman, clarinet; Dana Birkby, horn; James Propp, oboe; John Loder, bassoon; Paul Fishman, violin; Michael Blum, guitar; and David McClure, violin; Dunster Library, 5:30 p.m.

Boston Conservatory Dance Theater Spring Concert-- Boston Conservatory Auditorium, 31 Hemingway St., Boston, 8 p.m.

Verdl's "Requlem"--Harvard choral groups and Harvard--Radcliffe Orchestra, Sanders Theater, 8:30 p.m.

Mozart, Ravel, Mendels sohn, and Bozza-- Lowell JCR, 8 p.m.

Works of Schumann, Saint-Saens, Amold, Bach, Milan, and Tarrega--Catherine Lawlor, piano; Barbara Knapp, oboe; Christine Tessler, piano' and Brian Holland, guitar; New School of Music, 60 Aberdeen Ave., Cambridge, 8:30 p.m.

Tiger's Baku--1369 Jazz Club

Fat City Blues Band--Inn Square Men's Bar

John Lincoln Wright--Jonathan Swift's

Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson & The Midnight Band--The Paradise

George Leh & The Thrillers-- Jack's

The Boys of the Lough and The Red Clay Ramblers--Paine Hall, 8 p.m.

Guy van Duser and Billy Novick-- Passim

Molly Malone-- The Idler

Men's Baseball--v. Yale, 3 p.m.

Men's Tennis--v. Brown, 3 p.m.

Winds on Venus: Was Bob Dylan Right?-- Charles Counselman, professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Rm. 100 F. Pierce Hall, 12:15 p.m.

Israel at 31--Michael Bavly, Israel consul for Boston, PBH, 8:45 p.m.

A Symposium on Burgundy--lectures by Ingrid Brainard, Jan Siggins, Arthur L. Loeb, Peter Jordan, Robert Bousquet, Konrad Oberhuber, and Barbara Wheaton; Emerson 210, 10 a.m.-12 noon; Boyiston Auditorium, 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m.

Pan Africanism: Africa and the Black Diaspora--Ewart Guinier, professor of Afro-American Studies; Olara Otunnu, general secretary, Uganda Freedom Union; and Robert van Lierop, editor, Review of African Political Economy; Rm. 101, Pound Bldg., HLS, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

Candide--8 p.m.

Heartbreak House--8:15 p.m.

Princess Ida--8 p.m.

Tommy--8 p.m. and 12 midnight

Calamity Jane and We Too--8 p.m.

Diary of a Madman--8 p.m.

From Uzbekistan with Love--Bakhor Folk Dance Ensemble, John Hancock Hall, 8 p.m.

Helium Mime Show--8 p.m.

The Great American Backstage Musical--8 p.m.

Dracula--2 and 8 p.m.

Murder at the Howard Johnson's--2 and 8 p.m.

A Chorus Line--2 and 8 p.m.

Mozart, Beethoven and Milhaud--Jonathan Kay, bassoon; Holly E. Hodder, oboe; Dan Jarch, clarinet; and Der von Kuerenberg, cello; Dunster Library, 5:30 p.m.

Alea III Debut Concert--Works of Castiglioni, Antoniou, Schuller, Berio, Lutoslawski, Foss and Varese; B.U. School for the Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, 8 p.m.

Boston Conservatory Dance Theater Spring Concert--Boston Conservatory Auditorium, 8 p.m.

Verdi's "Requiem"--Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, Sanders Theater, 8:30 p.m.

Jazz Jam Session--Boston Common, 12 noon

Steve Merriman Trio and Frank Wilkins Quartet--All Saint's Church, Belmont, 7:30 p.m.

Tiger's Baku--1369 Jazz Club

Fat City Blues Band--Inn Square Men's Bar

John Lincoln Wright--Jonathan Swift's

Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson & The Midnight Band--The Paradise

George Leh & The Thrillers--Jack's

The Boys of the Lough and The Red Clay Rambiers--Paine Hail, 8 p.m.

Guy van Duser and Billy Novick--Passim

Molly Malone--The Idler

Harvard Olympics '79--competition in soccer, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, swimming and backgammon; Soldiers Field, 8:30 a.m.-1 a.m.

Men's Baseball-- doubleheader v. Brown, 1 p.m.

Men's Heavyweight Crew--v. Princeton and MIT, 12 noon.

Men's Tennis--v. Yale, 2 p.m.

Women's Heavyweight Crew--v. Yale, 11:45 a.m.

Women's Lightweight Crew--v. Smith, 12:15 p.m.

Women's Track and Field--v. New Hampshire, 12:30 p.m.

Growth Management for Cities and Towns in New England--Lynn Browne, assistant vice president, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; John E. Bewick, Mass. secretary of Environmental Affairs; and Byron J. Matthews, Mass. secretary of Communities and Development; Gund Hall, HGSD

The Etchings of Anders Zorn--Anneliese Harding, art historian, Goethe Institute. Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday

Candide--2:30 p.m.

Calamity Jane and We Too--3 p.m.

Expressions from Within--H.R. Expressions Dance Company, Peabody School, Lennean St., 7:30 p.m.

Dracula--3 p.m.

A Chorus Line--3 p.m.

Five Boston Composers--Tom Delio, piano; Pozzi Escott, guitar; Jim Mann; flute and clarinet; Harry Chalmiers, guitar; and Shirish Korde, trombone; Harvard-Epworth Church, 1555 Mass. Ave., 4 p.m.

Rip van Winkle, a very short opera--Dunster Library, 3 p.m.

Work of Bach, Schubert and Prokofiev-- Stephanie Jacob, piano; and Michael Curry, cello; Holmes Living Rm., North House, 8 p.m.

Benefit Concert for Boston Archdiocesan Choir School--Works of Vivaldi, Handel and BACS graduates; Boston Archdiocesan Choir, St. Paul Men's Schola, BACS Handbell Choir, Cambridge Festival Orchestra, John Dunn, organ; St. Paul Church, Bow and Arrow St., 3 and 8 p.m.

Music of Charles Mingus--Arlington St. Church, Boston

Rick Stepton Quartet--Emmanuel Church, Boston

David Grimsman Quintet--Berklee Performance Center, 7:30 p.m.

Winds and Airs Jazz Festival--UMass/Boston, 12 noon - 12 midnight

Bob Halperin--The Idler

Sun Ra--Jonathan Swift's

John Hall, Share Champagne--The Paradise

The Walker Band--Jack's

Guy van Duser and Billy Novick--Passim

Living in the Cleft: A Response to the Holocaust--Levi Lauer, director, Pardes Institute, Jerusalem, 1 Bryant St., 7 p.m.

Philip Hofer as a Collector: Selections from the Frances L. Hofer Bequest--David P. Becker, assistant curator of printing and graphic arts, Houghton Library. Fogg Art Museum, 3 p.m.

Discoveries in Ancient Sardis: 1976-78-- Crawford H. Greenawalt, Jr., associate professor of Classical Archaeology, University of California at Berkeley, Fogg Art Museum, 4 p.m.

Monday

Murder at the Howard Johnson's--8 p.m.

Stravinsky's "Soldier's Tale" and Harvison's "Full Moon in March"--Boston Musica Viva, Sanders Theater; 8:30 p.m.

The Beethoven Series [Part II]-- Louise Vosgerchian, piano; and Robert Riggs, violin; Lowell JCR, 8 p.m.

Works of Schubert, Beethoven, Prokofieff, Paganini-- Emanuel Borok, violin and piano, Jordan Hall, Boston, 8 p.m.

Outlines-- Andy Jaffe, piano; Berklee Performance Center, 8:15 p.m.

Sun Ra--Jonathan Swift's

San Francisco All-Stars-- The Paradise

The Walker Band--Jack's

Antonia Brico--female orchestra conductor, Dunster JCR, 3 p.m.

Baule Wood Sculpture--Susan Vogel, associate curator of primitive ar' The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fogg Art Museum, 4 p.m.

Politics of the Westem Pacific-- Hon. E.G. Whitlam, Q.C., former Prime Minister of Australia, Rm. 18, 25 Divinity Ave., 4 p.m.

Anita McClellan-- editor, trade division, Houghton Mifflin, Holmes Hall, North House, 8 p.m.

Issues in Sino-American Relations-- ARCO forum, Kennedy School, 8 p.m.

Issues in Women's Development: Where Do We Go from Here?-- panel discussion with Jackie Clement, Carol Elliot, Bernice J. Miller, Adeline Naiman, and Elizabeth Ann Toupin, Longfellow Hall, GSE, 8 p.m.

Tuesday

Dracula--8 p.m.

Murder at the Howard Johnson's--8 p.m.

Grease--Music Hall, 8 p.m.

A Chorus Line--8 p.m.

Back Bay Bores--trombone choir, Arlington St. Church, Boston, 8:30 p.m.

Mark Janifer Quintet--Sunflower Cafe, 9 p.m.

Fat City Blues Band--Jack's

April Wire, Magret--The Paradise

Tony Williams--Jonathan Swift's, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m.

Music Emporium Night--Passim

Men's Baseball--v. Boston College, 3 p.m.

Women's Lacrosse--v. Yale, 3 p.m.

William Loeb-- publisher, Manchester Union Leader, Multi-Purpose Rm., Pound Building, HLS, 8 p.m.

Jerusalem in the Last 1000 Years--Nitza Rosovsky, author of Jerusalemwalks. PBH, 8 p.m.

The Convent as Catalyst for Autonomy: 17th Century Spanish Nuns--Electa Arenal, assistant professor of Romance Languages, College of Staten Island, Agassiz House, 4 p.m.

Who Needs Non-Linearity in Demographic Analysis?--Paul Samuelsor, professor of Economics. MIT, 9 Bow St., 12:15 p.m.

A Question of Generation--Pauline R. Maier, professor of History, MIT, Cronkhite Graduate Center, 8 p.m.

Rank Spring--Stephen Romer, Henry Fellow, Cambridge, England, Leverett JCR, 8 p.m.

Wed.

Candide-- 8 p.m.

Dracula--2 and 8 p.m.

Murder at the Howard Johnson's--2 and 8 p.m.

Grease--2 and 8 p.m.

A Chorus Line--2 and 8 p.m.

Works of Bach, Mozart, Brahms and Bruch-- David Bach, cello; Louise Epstein, piano; Cabot Living Rm., South House, 8:15 p.m.

An Evening of Gershwin and Cole Porter-- Cynthia Weinrich, mezzo-soprano; and Joseph Diamond, piano; Quincy Dining Hall, 8 p.m.

Tony Lada Sextet--Berklee Performance Center, 1140 Boylston St., 8:15 p.m.

Mark Janifer Quintet--Sunflower Cafe, 9 p.m.

A Tribute to Charles Mingus--Jonathan Swift's, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m.

Fat City Blues Band--Jack's

Lenny & The Squigtores--The Paradise

Rick & Lorraine Lee with Jake Walton--Passim

Men's Lacrosse--v. UMass, 3 p.m.

Eudora Welty--Sanders Theater, 4:30 p.m.

German Romanticism--Maria Tatar, associate professor of German, Agassiz House, 4 p.m.

The Evolutionary Epic as Religious Myth-- Edward O. Wilson, Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of science, 3 Church St., 8 p.m.

A Tribute to Margaret Mead--Emilie De Brigard, anthropological filmmaker, Science Center B, 7:30 p.m.

Interviews and Interviewing--Agassiz House, 12:30 p.m.

Nestle Infant Formula Debate--Henry Ciocca, Nestle, and Stephen Sirtz. Boston INFACT, Emerson 105, 8 p.m.

Patricia Harris--U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. ARCO forum, Kennedy School, 8 p.m.

A Plea for the History of Experimentation-- C.W.F. Everitt, adjunct professor. Stanford University, Harvard 102, 4 p.m.