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Countess Matilda, a Bernini bronze, at the Fogg. MICHAEL NEDZWESKI

SPECIAL. Harvard-Radcliffe students celebrate music, dance, theater, and the visual arts during Arts First '98, April 30-May 3. On May 2, John Updike '54, L.T.D. '92, receives the Harvard Arts Medal. Call (617) 495-8676 for a schedule of events.

The Arnold Arboretum hosts Lilac Sunday, on May 17, as well as free tours on May 24 and June 27. Call 524-1718 for further details.

EXHIBITIONS. At the Fogg, 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; Sublimations: Art and Sensuality in the Nineteenth Century; Investigating the Renaissance; 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 closes June 7. 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; Coins of Alexander the Great; and a new wall drawing by Sol LeWitt, in the lobby. At the Busch-Reisinger, Positioning Nature and Industry: A Selection of Contemporary Art from the Busch-Reisinger Museum continues. For more details, call 495-9400.

At the Harvard Theatre Collection, caricaturist Al Hirshfeld's work is on display throughout the summer (see "Hirschfeld Center Stage"). Call 495-2445 for more information.

Exploring the Antarctic Landscape: Paintings by Lucia deLeiris opens May 14 at the Museum of Cultural and Natural History. Call 495-3045 for exhibit information.

THEATER. Molière's The Imaginary Invalid runs May 8 through May 31 at the American Repertory Theatre. For tickets, call the box office, at 547-8300.

MUSIC. Enjoy performances of Harvard graduate and undergraduate compositions when the Harvard Group for New Music concertizes in Paine Hall on May 1 and May 10; at 8 p.m. on both dates. Call 496-6013 for specifics.

The Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society, Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, and Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra perform works by Stravinsky and Penderecki as part of Arts First '98 on May 1 at 8 p.m. in Sanders Theatre. Call 496-2222 for details.

The Harvard Glee Club sings its "Farewell to Cambridge Concert" on May 31 at 3 p.m. in Sanders. Call 496-2222 for more information.

Don't forget the WHRB spring orgies, beginning May 1. Call 495-4818 for schedules. WHRB broadcasts on 95.3 FM.

FILM. For offerings at the Harvard Film Archive, call 495-4700.

PROGRAMS AND LECTURES. The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics observatory nights continue on May 21 and June 18. Call 495-7461 for details, or call 496-star for a recorded guide to the night sky.

The Museum of Cultural and Natural History hosts an Arts First open house on May 2 from 1 to 3 p.m. Call 495-2341 for information about this and other programs.

Call 495-4544 for the listing of gallery talks at the Harvard Art Museums.

For a schedule of lectures at Radcliffe's Bunting Institute, call 495-8212.

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