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A Roman bust found by the Harvard-Cornell expedition at Sardis. ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF SARDIS/HARVARD UNIVERSITY

SPECIAL. To mark the Sardis Expedition's fortieth anniversary (see cover story, page 50), field director Crawford H. Greenewalt Jr. offers a free illustrated lecture summarizing recent fieldwork at the site. March 6 at 6 at the Sackler Museum.

CityStep's fifteenth-anniversary production displays the dance skills of Cambridge high-school students in "Steppin' through Time." April 3 at 7:30, April 4 at 2:30 and 7:30. Call (617) 493-5794 for more information.

Arts First '98 sponsors Harvard-Radcliffe students in a celebration of music, dance, theater, and the arts, April 30 to May 3. On May 2, John Updike '54, L.T.D. '92, receives the Harvard Arts Medal. Call 495-8676 for a complete schedule.

EXHIBITIONS. At the Fogg, Mathew Brady's Portraits closes on April 12. Continuing exhibits include Sketches in Clay by Gianlorenzo Bernini; The Art of Identity: African Sculpture from the Teel Collection; France and the Portrait, 1799-1870; and The Persistence of Memory: Continuity and Change in American Cultures. At the Sackler, Drawings and Watercolors in the Age of Goethe: Fuseli to Menzel opens April 4. Rasika, The Discerning Connoisseur, closing April 5, offers Indian miniatures from John Kenneth Galbraith's collection. Remaining on view are Paragons of Wisdom and Virtue: Later East Asian Figure Painting; Empress, Goddess, State: Depictions of Women on Ancient and Byzantine Coinage; and a new wall drawing by Sol LeWitt, in the lobby. At the Busch-Reisinger, Gio Ponti's Villa Planchart closes March 8. Positioning Nature and Industry: A Selection of Contemporary Art from the Busch-Reisinger Museum remains on display. For more details, call 495-9400.

Harvard Arts Medalist John Updike '54. JIM HARRISON

The eighth International Woman's Day exhibit, Sanctuary, closes at the Bunting Institute's Rothschild Gallery on March 27. Call 495-8212 for details.

At the Semitic Museum, Nuzi and the Hurrians: Fragments of a Forgotten Past opens April 20. Call 495-4631 for hours.

At the Harvard Theatre Collection, a display of Hasty Pudding Theatricals memorabilia closes April 17; recently donated works of caricaturist Al Hirshfeld go on exhibit the last week in April. Call 495-2445 for more information.

The Highest Peaks: Photographs by Bradford Washburn continues at the Museum of Cultural and Natural History. Call 495-3045 for exhibit details.

CHORAL MUSIC. The Boston Camerata, Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, and Harvard University Choir join forces on March 13 at 8 in Memorial Church. Call 496-2222 for tickets, or 495-5508 for more information.

Sanders Theatre offers the Radcliffe Choral Society and Collegium Musicum on March 7; the Harvard Glee Club, with the American Boys' Choir, on March 14; the Harvard Din & Tonics and Radcliffe Pitches on April 10; the Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones on April 18; and the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus on April 26. All concerts begin at 8. Call 496-2222 for detailed information.

THEATER. At the American Repertory Theatre, Brecht's In the Jungle of the Cities runs until March 14, and The Taming of the Shrew until March 21. Robert Brustein's new play, Nobody Dies on Friday, opens at the Hasty Pudding Theatre on April 16. Call 547-8300 for details.

The Hasty Pudding's Paradise Lost and Found sashays south to New York City and Bermuda in mid March. Call 495-5205 for tickets.

The Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players begin performances of Iolanthe at Agassiz Theatre on April 2. Call 496-hrgs for details, or 496-2222 for tickets.

FILM. Spring series at the Harvard Film Archive include Five Modern Directors, Italian Cinema, and Visions of the Civil War Era. Look for The Line King, a documentary about legendary cartoonist Al Hirshfeld, in April. Call 495-4700 for times and prices.

DANCE. On April 19 at 3 in Lowell Hall, the Reischauer Institute and the Japan Society of Boston sponsor the first performance of kibigaku dance outside Japan. Free tickets are available in March at the Sanders Theatre box office. Call 495-3220 for details, or 496-2222 for tickets.

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. In conjunction with musicologist Joseph Kerman's Norton Lectures, the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and guest soloists play "A Concert of Concertos," March 8 at 5 in Paine Hall. Call 496-6013 for details.

The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra performs March 6 and April 17 in Sanders Theatre. Call 496-2222 for tickets.

The Harvard Wind Ensemble plays March 14 at 8 in Lowell Hall. The Harvard Jazz Band pays tribute to guest artist Steve Swallow on April 24 at 8 in Sanders Theatre. For details, call 496-2263.

Paine Hall performances include the Mendelssohn Quartet, March 6 and April 24; the Harvard Group for New Music, March 7; and the Fromm Players at Harvard, April 3; all at 8. For information, call 496-6013.

The Houghton Library Chamber Music Series offers cello and piano music, April 22 at 8. Call 495-2449 for details.

PROGRAMS AND LECTURES. Free walking tours of the Arnold Arboretum continue on March 28 and April 25. Call 524-1718 for details about these and other programs.

Joseph Kerman delivers his last Norton Lecture, "Concerto Conversations," on March 22 at 5 in Paine Hall. Call 496-6013 for details.

The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics observatory nights continue on March 19 and April 16. Call 495-7461 for details, or call 496-star for a recorded guide to the night sky.

For a schedule of free gallery talks at the Harvard Art Museums, call 495-2397 or consult the website at "www.artmuseums.harvard.edu".

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