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Ballet

The Sleeping Beauty. Through Nov. 7. An evil curse, a magic kiss, a fairy-tale kingdom in a faraway land. Wang Center. $11-52. Call 931-ARTS for tickets and more information.

Bars and Clubs

Black Rose. Harvard Square. 492-8630. College Party Night on Thursday, Oct. 28. Legendary Lunch and Sinkhole on Friday, Oct. 29. Jim Plunkett on Saturday, Oct. 30.

House of Blues. Harvard Square. 491-BLUE. Joe Lewis Walker on Thursday, Oct. 28. Kat in the Hat's Halloween Party on Sunday, Oct. 31.

ManRay. 21 Brookline St., Central Square, Cambridge. 864-0400. Hell on Friday, Oct. 29. La Danse Macabre Annual Halloween Party on Saturday, Oct. 30 with $250 prize for best costume.

The Middle East. 472 Mass Ave., Cambridge. 497-0576. Downstairs: Adult children of Heterosexuals on Thursday, oct. 28. Dread Zeppelin with Tortelvis and Amongus on Friday, Oct. 29. Alice Donut on Saturday, Oct. 30. Hair and Skin Trading Company on Sunday, Oct. 31. Upstairs: Apollo Landing on October. 28. Sarah Greenwood on Oct. 30. Halloween Party and festivities with Mudwimmin on Oct. 31.

T. T. The Bears. 10 Brookline St., Cambridge. 492-BEAR. The Sense, Tonto Tonto and live Llama on Thursday, Oct. 28. Betty Please with the Swirlies and The Pods on Friday, Oct. 29. Trojan Ponies on Saturday, Oct. 30.

Western Front. 343 Western Ave., Cambridge. 492-7772. Crucial Massive on Friday, Oct. 29 and Saturday, Oct. 30.

Concert

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult. With Machines of Loving Grace on Wednesday, Nov. 3. Avalon, 15 Lansdowne St., Boston. For more information, call 262-2424.

MIT Chapel Series. Duo Milonga at noon on Thursday, Oct. 28. Free. Call 253-2826 for more information.

Chick Corea Elektric Band II. On Sunday, Oct. 31 at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Charles Hotel Ballroom. $24.50. Call 876-7777 for tickets and more information.

Costume Ball

Rock '93 Outrageous Costume Ball. Most ourtageous costume wins $1,000. Most outrageous couple wins trip for two to Jamaica. Saturday, Oct. 30. Club Ovations. $10. Call (508)535-4080 for more information.

Dance

Dance Umbrella. Presents Pilobolus. Program A on Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 31 at 2 p.m. Program B on Oct. 28 and Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. Emerson Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St., Boston. $17-$26. Call 931-3100 for tickets and more information.

Movies

Brattle Theatre. 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square. 876-6837. "La Strada" on Oct. 28 at 4, 6, 8 and 10 p.m. Fellini's early masterpiece and the film that brought him international acclaim, "La Strada" has been out of distribution since 1988. The timeless story of an innocent peasant girl employed and seduced by an itinerant circus strongman. Giulietta Masina is outstanding as Gelsomina the waif, and Anthony Quinn and Richard Basehart's performances equal hers as the two men in her life.

"Household Saints" from Friday, Oct. 29 through Thursday, Nov. 11. at 3, 5:20, 7:40 and 10 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 12:40 p.m. This is a dreamily realistic fable, based on a novel by Francine Prose. Set in New York's Little Italy in the years following World War II, this film examines the changing American culture through three different generations of Italian-American women and each woman's unique relationship to faith and family tradition. A freak heat wave causes a father to wager his only daughter against a blast of cool air in a pinochle game; a deal of cards begins a relationship that will produce a child obsessed with miracles.

Coolidge Corner Cinema. 390 Harvard St., Brookline. 734-2500. On Thursday, Oct. 28. "Tito and Me" at 7:40 p.m. "It's All True" at 6, 7:50 and 9:45 p.m. "Menace II Society" at 9:35 p.m. "Like Water for Chocolate" at 5:45 p.m.

Loews Fresh Pond. Fresh Pond Plaza. 661-2900. On Thursday, Oct. 28. "A Bronx Tale" at 11:40 a.m. and 2:10, 4:40, 7:10 and 9:45 p.m. "Mr. Wonderful" at 12:40, 3, 5:10, 7:20 and 9:30 p.m. "Judgment Night" at 12:30, 2:50, 5:25, 7:45 and 10:10 p.m. "The Beverly Hillbillies" at 12:20, 2:25, 4:30, 6:40 and 8:50 p.m. "Demolition Man" at 12:05, 2:35, 4:55, 7:30 and 9:55 p.m. "Malice" at 12:55, 3:15, 5:40, 8 and 10:20 p.m. "Cool Runnings" at 11:30, 1:45, 4, 6:10 and 8:35 p.m. "The Good Son" at 3:30, 5:55, 8:15 and 10:30 p.m. "The Fugitive" at 1:05, 3:45, 6:25 and 9:20 p.m. "Mr. Nanny" at 1:25 p.m. "Dazed and Confused" at 11:50, 2:00, 4:15, 6:55 and 9:05 p.m.

Loews Harvard Square. 10 Church St., Cambrdige. 864-4580. On Thursday, Oct. 28. "The Nightmare Before Christmas" at 11:30 a.m., 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 and 11:45 p.m. "Rudy" at 11:45 a.m. and 2:05, 4:25, 6:45, 9:45 p.m. and 12:25 a.m. "M. Butterfly" at 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:50, 10:15 and 12:15. "Wedding Banquet" at 12:10, 2:25, 5:45, 8:10, 10:30 and 12:35. "The Age of Innocence" at 1, 4, 7 and 10 p.m. "Rocky Horror" at 12:40 a.m.

Loews Janus. 57 JFK St. Harvard Square. 661-3737. "The Joy Luck Club" at 1, 4, 7 and 10 p.m.

Theatre

Falsettos. Through Oct. 31. The Tony Award-winning musical is the story of a man who, after years of marriage, leaves his wife and son for a gay lover. $20-$52.50. Call 931-2787 for tickets and more information.

Five Guys Named Moe. Through Oct. 31. The hit Broadway revue, which features the music and jazz and rhythm-and-blue artist Louis Jordan. Wilbur Theatre, 245 Tremont St., Boston. Call 423-4008 for tickets and more information.

Forever Plaid. Indefinite run. In Stuart Ross's tribute to the "guy groups" of the '50s and '60s, the Plaids, a semi-pro harmony group killed on the eve of their first big-time gig, have come back from the dead to croon their tunes. Boston Park Plaza Hotel, 64 Arlington St., Boston. Call 357-8384 for more information.

Lady from the Sea. Through Nov. 14. A revival of Henrik Ibsen's tale of Ellida Wangel, a wife who dreams of leaving the domestic life. $18-$38. Call 266-0800 for more information.

The Real Live Brady Bunch. Through Nov. 7. Adapted and directed by Jill Soloway. The champion of television sitcoms comes to the stage. Scripts taken from the '70s show are played by an alladult cast. Charles Playhouse, Tuesdays through Sundays. Call 426-6912.

The Secret Garden. Through Nov. 21. The Frances Hodgson Burnett classic, about children and adults renewed by the natural world. Wheelock Family Theatre, 180 the Riverway, Boston. Call 734-4760 or 731-4426 for tickets and more information.

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