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SATURDAY, MARCH 12

ART

The next time you hear artists complaining about how much they hate their day job, send them to the "Sex Workers Art Show." This annual touring exhibition/talent show includes more than a dozen participants with backgrounds in stripping, Internet modeling, prostitution, and phone sex, including the one-legged feminist electro-pop diva Nomy Lamm, circus sideshow act Miss Satanica, the Xeric-winning comix artist Laren McCubbin, "self-defense superhero" Ronica, local transgender performance artist Ben McCoy, and tour-founding sex activist Annie Oakley. That’s at 8 p.m. at Buzz, 67 Stuart Street in the Theater District. Admission is $10; call (617) 267-8969.

BENEFITS

"SWELLEGANCE 2005" TO BENEFIT BOSTON YOUTH MOVES with performances, food, drink, a silent auction, and more is at 7:30 p.m. at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, 5 Cambridge Prkwy., Cambridge. Tickets $100; (617) 806-4200.

WINE TASTING TO BENEFIT THE AMERICAN LIVER FOUNDATION is from 7 to 10 p.m. at Anthem, 138 Portland St., Boston. Tickets $25; (617) 527-5600.

AT THE CLUBS

BRAZIL, NOT BRAZIL. The Brazilian Girls are a rare breed: their frontwoman, Sabina Sciubba, is a sophisticated singer in five languages and has recorded a pair of jazz albums on her own, but here she’s teamed with an adventurous electro-acoustic trio capable of swinging tech house, dubbish improvisation, and noirish bossa nova into a sublime cross-cultural chill-out cabaret. If Portishead had flourished in the East Village, they likely would have sounded quite a bit like Brazilian Girls (Verve), the Girls’ recent debut album. The Girls are at the Paradise Lounge, 969 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, for a 9 p.m. 21-plus show. Admission is $8; call (617) 562-8814.

None of the Girls, though, is actually from Brazil: for that, you’ll have to cross the river. Only in America could a Gotham-based group with a Brazilian singer and a penchant for mixing ersatz bossa with twee indie pop land a song in a commercial for Baileys Irish Cream. Such is the life of Mosquitos. And who else would they tour with but Bettie Serveert, a Dutch jangle-pop group fronted by a singer with a Canadian birth certificate who found their greatest success in the mid-’90s American alterna-lite scene? (Michael Alan Goldberg’s review of Bettie Serveert’s new album is in "Off the Record," on the "Music" page of this site.) They’re at T.T. the Bear’s Place, 10 Brookline Street in Central Square; call (617) 492-BEAR.

HIP-HOP. Minneapolis emo rap may be news to the cats at Epitaph, but around here it’s just the same ol’ same ol’, since (ladies’ love) Slug has been practically an honorary member of Cambridge indie’s just-us league since he baked a cake and sank your face in the frosting back on Sad Clown Bad Dub II. Atmosphere’s punk-label debut, Seven’s Travels, was all smog and no fire, but 100,000 backpackers (and their smoldering girlfriends) can’t be wrong, can they? Openers Grayskul held the "l" for He-Man’s lawyers, but JFK and Onry Ozzborne boast a couple of the best noms de rap since Luke Skyywalker, and their mathlete-superhero disc Deadlivers (Rhymesayers) draws pseudonymized cameos by Aesop Rock and Mr. Lif in prime mind-science-of-the-mind mode. They’re both downstairs at the Middle East, 480 Massachusetts Avenue in Central Square; call (617) 864-EAST.

LOCAL ROCK. Boston’s Annie Clark is a spooky singer and inventive guitarist who just might be the Lindsay Lohan of avant-rock. She’s opened for Television and performed with Glenn Branca’s 100-ax orchestra, and she has a Björk-ian knack for transforming otherworldly chords and potentially crippling conceits into artful pop. She’s at Zeitgeist Gallery, 1353 Cambridge Street in Inman Square, for a 9:30 p.m. show. Admission is $7; call (617) 876-6060.

And an evening of over-the-top psychedelic doom metal, black-lung hardcore, and death metal is on tap with 5ive, Septic Youth Command, and the Dying, at O’Brien’s, 3 Harvard Avenue in Allston; call (617) 782-6245.

OTHER LIVE SHOWS:

For the following shows, see the Club Directory for phone numbers and addresses.

ABBEY LOUNGE, Somerville. Pickups.

AVALON, Boston. At midnight, Kristine W.

AVENUE ONE LOUNGE, Boston. At 7:30 p.m., Leah Souza Trio.

THE AVENUE, Allston. At 5 p.m., "Acoustical Pop" with Ali.

AXIS, Boston. At 5:30 p.m., Matchbook Romance, Motion City Soundtrack, From First To Last, Matches.

THE BEACHCOMBER, Quincy. Joshua Tree, Aloud.

BROTHER JIMMY’S BBQ, Cambridge. "Booyaka$hot" Golden Age, old school classics, and mashed up hip-hop with Ignition79.

BULL RUN, Shirley. Seamus Kennedy.

CANTAB LOUNGE, Cambridge. Upstairs: Little Joe Cook & the Thrillers. Downstairs: "Original Rock, Roots & R&B."

CLUB HOLLYWOOD, Boston. At 8:30 p.m., "Glitter Switch Drag Karaoke."

CLUB PASSIM, Cambridge. Alix Olson.

DICK’S LAST RESORT, Boston. Soul City.

ENCORE, Boston. DesPres & DeGraff.

THE GOOD LIFE DOWNTOWN, Boston. Jim Porcella Trio.

GREAT SCOTT, Allston. "The Plan" with Maritime, Bella Lea.

GREEN STREET GRILL, Cambridge. Kilombo Mambo.

HARPERS FERRY, Allston. Sam Kininger Band.

HENNESSY’S, Boston. At 5 p.m., "Irish Sessuin."

IRISH VILLAGE, Brighton. Rich Schroder.

JOHNNY D’S, Somerville. Love Dogs.

KINGS, Boston. Sugarboot.

KIRKLAND CAFE, Somerville. Ricky Rocksteady, Line of Girls, Walk Don’t Run, Gary Rand.

LES ZYGOMATES, Boston. Marianne Solivan.

LIZARD LOUNGE, Cambridge. At 8 p.m., Jeff Chasse. At 9:30 p.m., Sand Machine, Medina Sod, Turtlebone.

MIDDLE EAST, Cambridge. Upstairs: "Emergenza Festival" with Plan 17, Pi Theta Pi, Matt Chase Group, Push, Audrey Can’t Die, Straight to Video, Piracy, Green Acres. Downstairs: Atmosphere, Grayskull, P.O.S, Philmore Brown.

MIDWAY CAFE, Jamaica Plain. Reaching for Buhda, Addledamos.

O’BRIEN’S, Allston. 5ive, Septic Youth Command, Anodyne, Man the Conveyers.

OVERDRAUGHT PUB, Cambridge. Curses, Muck & the Mires, Bob Cenci.

THE PALLADIUM, Worcester. Psychopathic All Stars, ABK, Jumpsteady, Blaze, Esham.

PARADISE LOUNGE, Boston. Brazilian Girls.

PARADISE ROCK CLUB, Boston. At 9 p.m., John Butler Trio.

P.A.’S LOUNGE, Somerville. Tunnel of Love, Athletic Automaton, DJs Colbourne & Sileni.

PLOUGH & STARS, Cambridge. At 5 p.m., Cliff Murphy & the Massachusetts Trush Co. At 8:30 p.m., One Thin Dime.

REGATTABAR, Cambridge. Gato Barbieri.

RIVER GODS, Cambridge. "Appliace of Science" with Unlocked Groove, L’altra.

RYLES, Cambridge. Joe Barger & the Soul Providers.

SCULLERS, Boston. Manhattan Transfer.

SISSY K’S, Boston. At 4 p.m., Matt Browne. At 8 p.m., Kevin Kirrane.

SIT ‘N BULL PUB, Maynard. Racky Thomas Band.

TOAD, Cambridge. At 8 p.m., "Greg’s Saturday Showcase." At 11 p.m., Coots.

T.T. THE BEAR’S PLACE, Cambridge. Bettie Serveert, Mosquitos, Brendan Little, Lovers.

WALLY’S CAFE, Boston. At 9:30 p.m., Jason Palmer/Warren Wolf Jazz Collective.

WESTERN FRONT, Cambridge. Ras Jr.

WONDER BAR, Allston. Rusty Scott Quartet.

ZEITGEIST GALLERY, Cambridge. At 7 p.m., Erik Lindgren, Derek Lamb. At 9:30 p.m., Annie Clark, Nessa.

DJ SHOWS:

AN TUA NUA, Boston. "Sizzlin Saturday" hip-hop with DJ G Squared.

ARIA, Boston. "Ecco," international and vocal house, with DJ Roger M. In the Angel Room, "International Saturdays."

ATLAS DANCE, Boston. "Top 40 Dancing."

AVALON, Boston. At 10 p.m., "Tease" sexy house with DJ Rick Naples.

THE AVENUE, Allston. At 9 p.m., House with DJ Munroe.

AXIS, Boston. At 10 p.m., "Seductive Saturday" Hip-hop and Reggae with DJ Glen.

BILL’S BAR, Boston. "Full Circle Saturday" hip-hop & Top 40.

BLARNEY STONE PUB, Dorchester. Commercial dance and R&B.

BLUE CAT CAFE, Boston. DJ Casey.

BOSTON ROCKS, Boston. Interactive video Top 40 Dance & hip-hop party with VJ Johnnie Walker.

BUCK MULLIGAN’S, West Roxbury. R&B, rock, and dance with DJ Keith.

BUZZ BOSTON/EUROPA, Boston. "Killer Dance Club," gay night with DJs Mary Alice & Michael Sheehan.

CLUB CAFE, Boston. "Boys Night Out" with VJ Cliff Cunningham.

CLUB 58, Quincy. "Party Central Saturday" with DJ Greg.

COMMON GROUND, Allston. DJ Brian.

DEVLIN’S LOUNGE AND BAR, Brighton. "Mixes & Remixes" with DJs Daniel Spurling & Chris Deorio.

EMBASSY, Boston. At 10 p.m., "Essence" with DJs Reevz & Lograsso.

ENORMOUS ROOM, Cambridge. "Breaks & Such" with Mark Estrada.

THE E ROOM AT THE GOLDEN TEMPLE, Brookline. Disco, motown, and classics from the ’80s & ’90s with DJ John Reed.

FELT, Boston. "Top 40 and Club Classics."

G-SPOT, Boston. "Deep, sexy house" with DJs Mike Traylor & Paul Incus.

HENNESSY’S, Boston. At 9 p.m., DJ Kriss Kross.

HONG KONG, Cambridge. Top 40 Hip-Hop, Rock & Club Classics with DJ Chris G.

JUKEBOX, Boston. Top 40 and retro dance night.

THE KELLS, Allston. Hip-hop, house, techno, top 40 with DJs Darren Drag & Kieran.

MAN RAY, Cambridge. "Liquid Disco Trash" with DJ Gary Conzo and retro new wave with DJ Chris Ewen.

MARQUEE, Boston. DJ Murray.

MATRIX, Boston. "1984" ’80s night with DJ Gibby.

MILKY WAY, Jamaica Plain. At 9 p.m., "Mango’s Latin Dance Club" with DJ Antonio Ortiz.

THE MODERN, Boston. "Material" Funk, hip-hop, R&B with Bruno Dreads.

ORLEANS, Somerville. DJ Gabe.

P.A.’S LOUNGE, Somerville. Tunnel of Love, Athletic Automaton, DJs Colbourne & Sileni.

PHOENIX LANDING, Cambridge. "Boom Boom Room," new wave, one hit wonders, and disco with DJ Vinney.

THE PLACE, Boston. VJ Laptop.

Q, Boston. At 9 p.m., DJ Profenna.

THE RACK, Boston. At 9 p.m., DJ Brian Roche.

REDLINE, Cambridge. At 10 p.m., DJ Cherry.

ROGGIE’S, Brighton. House with DJ Marc Farrell.

THE ROXY, Boston. "Roxy Saturdays," dueling DJs with DJs Massi and Play.

SCRUFFY MURPHY’S, Dorchester. "Party Time" with DJ Jen.

SISSY K’S, Boston. Upstairs: "Dance Party," old school and new dance, with DJ Tom McKenna.

SUGAR SHACK, Boston. Hip hop, and top 40 with DJ B-Spin.

SWEETWATER CAFE, Boston. Old and new dance hits with DJs KC and Gallo.

THIRSTY SCHOLAR PUB, Somerville. DJ Sean.

TOAST, Somerville. "Prescription Spinning House."

TRATTORIA IL PANINO, Boston. ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s with DJ Zino; progressive, top-40, club, and international with DJ Steve Anderson.

21st AMENDMENT, Boston. DJ Sean Daly.

VAPOR, Boston. "Crosswalk," with DJs David Skye, M.J.

VENU, Boston. European disco house with DJs Javier and Nico and "Mythos," ethnic house and Greek sounds with DJ Yorgo.

VERTIGO, Boston. "Vertigo Saturdays," hip hop, R&B, house, and reggae, with DJ Ron Steel.

WEST STREET GRILLE, Boston. Top 40 funk and dance with DJs Gabe and Lazee Boy.

WHO’S ON FIRST, Boston. At 10 p.m., DJs Garfield, Disciple, and Nate.

COMEDY

BEANTOWN COMEDY VAULT, (781-729-2565), at Remington’s, 124 Boylston St., Boston. "BostonAttitude" with Walsh Bros.

COMEDY STUDIO, (617-864-5311), 1236 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. Rick Jenkins, Dan Sally, Ben Murray, Professor Bromberg, Marc Basch.

IMPROV ASYLUM, (617-263-6887), 216 Hanover St., Boston. At 8 and 10 p.m., "Lies, Half Truths and the American Way."

IMPROVBOSTON THEATRE, (617-576-1253), 1253 Cambridge St., Cambridge. At at 8 and 10 p.m. "ImprovBoston Mainstage."

JIMMY TINGLE’S OFF BROADWAY, (617-308-6421), 255 Elm St., Somerville. At 7:30 p.m., Don Gavin, Jimmy Tingle.

NICK’S COMEDY STOP, (617-482-0930), 100 Warrenton St., Boston. At 8:45 p.m., Ken Rogerson, Larry Norton, Mary Beth Cowan.

NICK’S MAUI, (508-482-0930), Rte. 28 North, Brockton. At 9 p.m., John David, Carolyn Plummer, EJ Murphy.

CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERTS

The Handel and Haydn Society’s former music director, Christopher Hogwood, returns to conduct the H&H period orchestra in his new arrangement of Haydn’s Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze ("The Seven Last Words of Our Redeemer on the Cross"). In keeping with the work’s 1785 premiere, the Reverend Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister at Harvard University’s Memorial Church, will speak before each of the work’s movements. That’s tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre, in Memorial Hall, just north of Harvard Yard. Tickets are $20 to $50, $15 for students; call (617) 266-3605.

Also tonight: John Harbison takes yet another turn on the podium, this time to conduct the Bach Society Orchestra in his The Most Often Used Chords. Bach Society director Alexander Brash will lead the other two works on the program: Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune and Stravinsky’s Pulcinella. That’s at 8 p.m. at Paine Hall in the Harvard University Music Department building, in the Law School Yard, just behind the Science Building. Tickets are $8, $6 for students; call (617) 496-2222. And Jonathan McPhee gets the night off from Boston Ballet to lead the Longwood Symphony Orchestra in Panufnik’s Heroic Overture, Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, with the Weilerstein Trio, Sibelius’s Pohjola’s Daughter, and Prokofiev’s Scythian Suite. That one’s at 8 p.m. at Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street in Boston, and tickets are $25, $15 for students and seniors; call (508) 877-3928

MIT WIND ENSEMBLE performs at 8 p.m. at MIT, Kresge Auditorium, 48 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. Tickets $5; (617) 452-2394.

TALI MORGULIS AND OLGA POLONSKY perform works for piano and violin by Janácek, Schubert, and Debussy at 8 p.m. at the New School of Music, 25 Lowell St., Cambridge. Donations accepted; (617) 492-8105.

MUSICA SACRA performs Benjamin Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, Manuel Oltra’s El bestiari de Pere Quart, and works by Irving Fine, John Tavener, Ivan Tcherepnin, Peter Willsher, and Yehudi Wyner at 8 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 11 Garden St., Cambridge. Tickets $20-$40, $15 for students, seniors; (617) 349-3400.

POPULAR MUSIC CONCERTS

BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ FESTIVAL with over 3,000 musicians and 221 bands is from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston St., Boston. Free; (617) 747-2247.

HARMONY SWEEPSTAKES A CAPPELLA FESTIVAL is at 6 p.m. at Tufts University, Cohen Auditorium, 40 Talbot Ave., Medford. Tickets $20; (617) 627-3493.

LÙNASA performs at 8 p.m. at the Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq., Somerville. Tickets $22-$28; (617) 876-4275.

MASTERS OF PERSIAN MUSIC perform at 8 p.m. at the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass. Ave., Boston. Tickets $28-$50; (617) 876-4275.

RON GILL QUINTET performs at 8 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, 1132 Highland Ave., Needham. Tickets $16, $10 for students; (781) 237-1917.

DANCE/PARTICIPATORY

GAY AND LESBIAN CONTRA DANCE is from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, Centre and Eliot Sts., Jamaica Plain. Tickets $6, $5 before 8 p.m.; (617) 522-2216.

NEW ENGLAND CONTRAS AND SQUARES COUPLES DANCE is at 8 p.m. at the Scout House, 74 Walden St., Concord. Tickets $8; (617) 547-7781.

NOCHE DE LA SALSA is at 9:30 p.m. at the Brookline Community Center for the Arts, 14 Green St., Brookline. Tickets $10; (617) 738-2800.

RYLES DANCE HALL with Latin, swing, and tango sounds with DJ Chris Johnston is at 9 p.m. at Ryles Jazz Club, 212 Hampshire St., Cambridge. Tickets $12; (617) 876-9330.

SWING DANCE is from 9 p.m. to midnight at St. James Armenian Church, 465 Mount Auburn St., Watertown. Tickets $13; (617) 924-6603.

DANCE/PERFORMANCE

If MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP is in town, can spring be far behind? We’re hoping that’s a rhetorical question. Whatever, the Bank of Boston Celebrity Series is presenting MMDG’s annual Shubert Theatre visit, which this year brings us From Old Seville (to Manuel Requiebros’ A esa mujer), Somebody’s Coming To See Me Tonight (to music by Stephen Foster including "Beautiful Dreamer" and the title song), the Boston premiere of Rock of Ages (Schubert’s Adagio in E-flat), Silhouettes (pictured; to Richard Cumming’s Five Pieces for Piano), and Rhymes with Silver (music by Lou Harrison). Performances are tonight at 8 p.m. and tomorrow at 3 p.m., and the Shubert is at 265 Tremont Street in the Theater District, and tickets are $42 to $60; call (617) 447-7440.

BOSTON BALLET performs La Sylphide today at 2 and 8 p.m., and tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St., Boston. Tickets $18-$98; (800) 447-7400.

THOMAS DeFRANTZ presents "Monk’s Mood: A Solo Tap Dance Performance Meditation on the Life of Thelonious Monk" tonight at 8 p.m. and tomorrow at 2 p.m. at MIT, Kresge Theater, 48 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. Free; (617) 253-3210.

EVENTS

FIESTON DE LAS AMERICAS/FESTIVAL OF THE AMERICAS is a celebration of the dance, music, and food of the Americas with a Latin American/Caribbean buffet, urban dance, folkloric performance, and more from 6 p.m. to midnight at English High School, 144 McBride St., Jamaica Plain. Tickets $30, $12 for teens, $5 for children; (617) 524-3541 ext. 307.

NEW ENGLAND FLOWER SHOW with five acres of exhibits, 50 gardens, competitions, vendors, lectures, demonstrations, and more is today from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Mon.-Fri. from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Bayside Expo Center, 200 Mount Vernon St., Boston. Tickets $20 (weekends), $17 (weekdays), $14 for seniors, $7 for ages 4-12; (617) 933-4900.

SEX WORKERS ART SHOW with music, burlesque, spoken word, drag, circus tricks, and multimedia performance art with Nomy Lamm, Diva of Danger, Isis Rodriguez, Miss Satanica, Ben McCoy, and Shawna Kenney, Chelsea Starr, Tre Vasquez, Naima Lowe, Ronica, and Annie Oakley is at 8 p.m. at Buzz, 67 Stuart St., Boston. Tickets $10; (617) 482-3939.

MASSACHUSETTS BOAT & WATER SPORTS SHOW is today from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Fieldhouse at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough. Tickets $8, $12 for kids 12-17; (617) 536-8695.

GAY & LESBIAN

GLITTER SWITCH DRAG KARAOKE is at 8:30 p.m. at Club Hollywood Boston, 41 Essex St., Boston. Tickets $5; (617) 417-0186.

GAY AND LESBIAN CONTRA DANCE is from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, Centre and Eliot Sts., Jamaica Plain. Tickets $6, $5 before 8 p.m.; (617) 522-2216.

AT THE MOVIES

"Come to the Cloud Place" is what they’re telling the kids these days. We aren’t referring to the drug dealers, but the social workers. Cloud Place (647 Boylston Street, Boston) is a vibrant new arts space in Copley Square. It was established by the Cloud Foundation, which has increasingly focused its resources on the facility in recognition of its strength as a unique meeting ground for young artists and an accessible venue for the Boston public. This gallery/workspace shares in the experience of city teens exploring their world through artistic creation. The first in a series of three youth film screenings will be held at Cloud Place tonight from 4 to 6. The next two shows will be on April 9 and May 14. Among the local organizations represented are the Fast Forward Film Program at the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Reel 2 Reel program at Raw Art Works in Lynn and the Community Art Center in Cambridge. Check www.cloudfoundation.org for more information on upcoming exhibits and what you can do to support the arts and local kids.

OPENING THIS WEEKEND: What better way to prepare for St. Patrick’s Day than with three new films from Germany? Take your green beer and shillelagh down to Hitler’s bunker in the Oscar-nominated Der Untergang/Downfall, in which Bruno Ganz plays Hitler in his last days. Oliver Hirschbiegel (Das Experiment) directs. Take your harp and pennywhistle and join in as the retired German miner and accordion player in Schultze Gets the Blues switches from polkas to zydeco. The first film for director Michael Schorr, it stars Horst Krause and Harald Warmbrunn. Or grab a Beck’s and some falafel and run Gegen die Wand/Head-On into Turkish-German director Fatih Akin’s kinetic black romantic comedy about a suicidal young Muslim woman who wants to marry a bum to escape her parents’ tyranny. What St. Paddy’s would be complete without a re-release of Jean-Luc Godard’s Masculin féminin/Masculine Feminine (1966) at the Kendall Square, or of Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull (1980) at the Brattle Theatre? Iraq isn’t Ireland, but it does start with the same first two letters, so pay a visit to Michael Tucker & Petra Epperlein’s Gunner Palace, a documentary about US troops bivouacked in Uday Hussein’s former Baghdad palace. The Scots aren’t the Irish, but they are fellow Gaels, so bring the party over to see Scottish director Shona Auerbach’s debut feature Dear Frankie, in which a single mom (Emily Mortimer) fakes letters from a missing dad to her deaf nine-year-old son of the title. I don’t know what ethnic identity the animated fable Robots can claim, and that’s reason enough to watch Rodney the young automaton try to overthrow a tyrannical mechanical leader in a fantasy all-machine world. Sporting the voices of Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, and Mel Brooks, it’s directed by Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha (Ice Age). Ditto for Hostage, in which Bruce Willis plays a hostage negotiator who tries to escape bad memories by becoming a suburban police chief. Florent Emilio Siri (The Nest) directs. Oh and if you’re still interested, you might share a pint with The Boys & Girl from County Clare, which is a bona fide Irish film set in the early ’60s in which past grudges and family secrets come to a head at the annual All-Ireland Céilí Band competition. Colm Meaney and Patrick Bergin star; John Irvin (The Fourth Angel) directs.

For more movies and showtimes, see our Movie Theater directory.

READINGS & LECTURES

MARIEL HEMINGWAY signs her Finding My Balance at noon at Whole Foods Market, 916 Walnut St., Newton. Free; (617) 641-YOGA.

"OPEN BARK POETRY NIGHT" with Deborah Priestly is at 8 p.m. at Out of the Blue Gallery, 106 Prospect St., Cambridge. Suggested donation $3-$5; (617) 354-5287.

"EDMONIA LEWIS" is a lecture by Kaitlyn Greenidge at 4 p.m. at the Abiel Smith School, 46 Joy St., Boston. Free; (617) 742-5415.

THEATER

"Ripped from the headlines about art-world forgeries and the global pilfering of cultural artifacts," Naomi Iizuka’s drama 36 Views gets its area premiere courtesy of the Huntington Theatre Company. But the play, which focuses on a fight between an unscrupulous art dealer and an East Asian literature professor over a Japanese "pillow book" — or ancient courtesan’s journal — that may or may not be authentic, is more than a newspaper clipping. Taking its name from Hokusai’s Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, it incorporates elements of kabuki and Japanese music into an exploration of authenticity both artistic and personal. It continues through April 10 at the Boston University Theatre, 264 Huntington Avenue in Boston, and tickets are $14 to $69; call (617) 266-0800.

The baseballs are flying out of City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, and that can only mean that spring training has begun. Good luck finding tickets to any of the upcoming games — we Sox fans sans season tickets are once again at the whim of every eBay scalper in a four-state radius. At least we can find solace in our hatred of the Yankees. Nobody Don’t Like Yogi! is staged tonight at the Wilbur Theatre (246 Tremont Street, Boston) and offers you the opportunity to observe the life of famed Yankees catcher Yogi Berra. If people don’t want to come out to the play, nobody is going to stop them, but just remember it’s a limited engagement. The show continues its week-long run today with performances at 2 and 8, and your non-scalped seats start at $27.50. Call (617) 931-2787 for tickets and information.