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i City Guide Views ft. TAVERN ON THE GREEN (Central Park at W. 67th 873-3200): Tonight, Illinois Jacquet Big Band; Shows today, at 8 10. at 8:30 10:30. ft.

VILLAGE VANGUARD (178 Seventh Ave. 255-4037): Tonight, Jacfcy Terrasson Trio. Holly Hoffman Her All-Star Trio. Sets at 9:30 11:30 Fri. Sat.

at 1 a.m. $15 min. all sets. ft VISIONES (125 MacDougal 1-800-831-BEBOP): Tonight, Gust Tsllls Quintet. Maria Schneider Orchestra.

Sheila Jordan Quartet. All shows, $5 bar unless otherwise noted. Shows nightly at 9 11 Fri. Sat. at 1 a.m.

journey from sexual innocent to teenage jock to New York hustler. Primary Stages, 354 W. 45th 333-4052. Closes today. A WINTER'S TALE.

Shakespeare's classic play. With Tom Bloom Joanne Camp. Pearl, 80 St. Marks Place, 598-9802. Target at 2.

4:30, 7, 9:20. $7.50 ($4.50 membersseniors weekdays before 5). 209 W. Houston 727-8110. FILM FORUM 2: Today, Fri.

Taxi Driver at 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:40, 9:50. at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. $7.50 ($4.50 membersseniors weekdays before 5). 209 W. Houston 727-8110.

FILM FORUM 3: Nico Icon: Today. Fri. Sat. at 1, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7, 8:30, 10. at 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7, 8:30 10.

$7.50 ($4.50 membersseniors weekdays before 5). 209 W. Houston 727-8110. SYMPHONY SPACE: Tues. at 7, Black Narcissus.

At 7:45, Sunrise. $7 for evening for non-members, $4 members. 2537 Broadway at 95th (212) 864-5400 WALTER READE THEATER: Revelations and Camouflage: Polish Cinema From the 1930s to the Present series continues with Blind Chance, Camera Buff, Shivers, A Woman Alone, Crows. The 89MM From Europe, The Great ft. OVERTIME.

A modem sequel to Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice." With Nicholas Kepros Joan McMurtrey. MTC, Stage II, 131 W. 55th 581-1212. NOW RUNNING ft. AFTER-PLAY.

Anne Meara's play about four friends who go to dinner and a play. Theatre Four, 424 W. 55th St, 239-6200. ft. A FAIR COUNTRY.

American diplomat's family falls apart in South Africa. Newhouse, 66th Broadway, 239-6200. THE AMAZING METRANO: AN ACCIDENTAL COMEDY: Art Metrano's one-man show about an accident that paralyzed him. Union Square, 100 E. 17th 505-0700.

BED AND SOFA: A SILENT MOVIE OPERA. Musical about a love triangle between a married couple and a stranger who shares their house. Vineyard, 108 E. 15th 353-3874. Closes today.

BLUE MAN GROUP: TUBES. A trio of bald, blue-painted men sideUpstairs, 407 W. 43d 307-4100. GRANDMA SYLVIA'S FUNERAL. Environmental interactive comedy, with the audience in the center of this theatrical funeral.

Playhouse on Vandam, 15 Vandam 691-1555. JAM ON THE GROOVE. A hip-hop, multimedia show that's been beefed up since it ran at P.S. 122. Minetta Lane Theater, 18 Minetta Lane.

307-4100 or 4208000. MOLLY SWEENEY. A blind woman is cured by faith. Roundabout, 1530 Broadway. 719-9393.

MRS. KLEIN. Nicholas Wright's play about psychoanalyst Melanie Klein, who was a student of Freud. With Uta Ha-gen. Lucille Lortel, 121 Christopher 924-8782.

PARTY. David Dillon's comedy about seven gay men and their evening of truth-or-dare antics. Douglas Fairbanks, 432 W. 42d 234321. 58 jsr eson Wallace Wing of Mammals and Their Extinct Relatives: About 250 fossils and re- i cent specimens.

Open: Thurs. and 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m.; Fri. and Sat, 10 a.m.-8:45 p.m. Suggested admission: $5 studentsseniors; $4 children 12 younger. Central Park West at 79th 769-5100.

ft BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Alone in a Crowd: Prints by African-American Artists of the 1930-1940s from the Collection of Reba Dave Williams. Approximately 100 rare prints by over 40 African-American artists. Through April 21. Alison Saan The Woods Within. Two sculptures of human figures emerging from long, rootlike forms, loosely based on Afro-Caribbean folklore.

Through Sept. 8. Open: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Mon. and Tues. Admission: $2 students; $1.50 seniors.

200 Eastern Parkway; (718) 638-5000. ft DAHESH MUSEUM. Cupids: Flights of Fancy, Love and Mischief. Approximately 40 artworks, including paintings, engravings, sculpture and decorative arts. Through June 8.

Open: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. 601 Fifth 759- 0606. ft. FRAUNCES TAVERN MUSEUM: Much Depends on Dinner: Culinary Customs in Early N.Y.

Artifacts, prints and a re-creation hearth and root cellar examine cultural differences among American culinary habits. Through April 27. Open: 10 a.m.1 p.m. $1 seniorskids. 54 Pearl 425-1778.

ft. INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Fazal Sheikh: A Sense of Common Ground. Approximately 60 black-and-white photographs documenting the lives of refugees from Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Rwanda and Mozambique living in camps in Africa. Through March 31. Open: 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; closed Mon.

$2.50 seniorsstudents. 1130 Fifth 860-1777. ft. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: Faberge in America. Approximately 400 Faberge objects, including 14 of the 52 imperial Easter eggs.

Through April 28. Poussin: Works on Paper. Drawings from the Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Sixty-five works on view. Through March 31.

Pergamon: The Telephos Frieze from the Great Altar. Twelve restored relief sculptures, plus 30 other works. Through April 14. Tex VIEWS YOU CAN USE: KIDS KORNER ,7 1 sC Ta-t-J rr 1 1 1 I OPENING THIS WEEK TARGET. A corrupt feudal landlord in India hires an "untouchable" sharpshooterforhis safari.

Written by Satyajit Ray and directed by his son, Sandip Ray. Film Forum. Opens Wed. KIDS IN THE HALL. The TV comedy troupe hits the big screen.

Area Theaters. Opens Fri. DOWN PERISCOPE. A hapless navy officer takes charge of a broken-down WW II submarine and a crew of misfits. With Kel-sey Grammer.

Area Theaters. Opens Fri. ft UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. A rookie TV reporter becomes a pro with help from a hard-boiled newsman, who becomes her mentor and lover. With Robert Redford Michelle Pfeiffer.

Area Theaters. Opens Fri. ft CROWS. A neglected waif kidnaps a toddler and the two journey from a gray Polish city to the sea. Walter Reade.

Opens Fri. ft NEON BIBLE. A teen remembers his childhood when he returns to his Southern Bible Belt town. With Denis Leary Gena Rowlands. Selected Theaters.

Opens Fri. FESTIVALS REVIVALS ft AMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE: The Martin Scorsese retrospective continues: Sat at 2, The King of Comedy. At 4:30, American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince. $5 adults, $4 seniors. $2.50 kids students.

35th Ave. 36th Astoria, Queens, (718) 784-O077. ft FILM FORUM 1: Today-Tues. Sonic Outlaw with Abductees at 2, 4, 6. 8 10.

PUPPETEER: seen Kids 74 her on her Choice Award "Living $7. For "Karan and the Musical Medicine Show" can be Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Theatre in the Knitting Factory, Leonard St. Karan and puppets sing tunes with child-friendly lyrics. She can be heard syndicated radio show on WNYE-FM and has won a Parents Award and a Nappa Gold for her latest recording, in Harmony." Tickets are information and reservations, call (212) 877-6115.

THINK AGAIN: "The Great Brain," a musical by TheatreworksUSA, can be seen today at 12:30 p.m. at the Promenade Theatre, 2162 Broadway at 76th St. The show is based on the semi-autobiographical book series by John D. Fitzgerald. The takes place in 1897 in Utah, where 12-year-old Tom Fitzgerald, aka "The Great Brain," teaches tomboy "Britches" Dotty the joy of reading.

Tickets are $17. For information, call (212) 677-5959. FROG AND A BABE: Meet and have your photo taken with Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy today from p.m. at the Museum of Television and Radio, 25 W. 52d St.

Screenings of international short films begin at 12:15. See "Pingu Covers an Egg," "The Huge Adventures of Trevor, a Cat," "Finding a School for William," and the animated film "Imitation." Adults, $6, seniors and students, $4, kids under 13, $3. Call (212) 621-6600. BROADWAY: IM PREVIEWS ft GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER. A comedy-thriller about a group of people who show up for therapy, then find psychologist missing.

Broadhurst, 235 W. 44th 239-6200. NOW RUNNING ft BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Palace, 1564 Broadway. 307-4100.

ft. BUS STOP. Circle in the Square, 1633 Broadway, 997-9513. ft. CATS.

Winter Garden, 1634 Broadway, 239-6200. ft. THE FATHER. Roundabout, 1530 Broadway (at 45th 869-8400. Closes today.

ft. GREASE! Eugene O'Neill, 230 W. 49th 239-6200. ft. HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.

Richard Rodgers, 226 W. 46th 307-4100. ft. LES MISERABLES. Imperial, 249 W.

45th 239-6200. ft. MASTER CLASS. John Golden, 252 W. 45th 239-6200.

ft. MISS SAIGON. Broadway. 53d St. Broadway, 239-6200.

ft. MOON OVER BUFFALO. Martin Beck. 302 W. 45th 239-6200.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Majestic. 247 W. 44th 239-6200. ft.

ROB BECKER'S DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN. Helen Hayes, 240 W. 44th 307-4100. ft SHOW BOAT. Gershwin, 222 W.

51st 307-4100. ft SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE. Virginia, 245 W. 52d 239-6200. ft.

SUNSET BOULEVARD. Mins-koff, Broadway 45th 307-4007. ft VICTORVICTORIA. Marquis, 1535 Broadway. 382-0100.

OFF-BROADWAY: IN PREVIEWS ft A WHISTLE IN THE DARK. An Irish man living in England has to contend with his visiting brothers and their political differences. Irish 132 W. 22nd, 727-2737. Opens Thurs.

ft DANCING ON HER KNEES. Set on All Souls' Day in Miami Beach, two former dancers are caught in a poetic dream world. PappPublic, 425 Lafayette, 539-8500. Opens Thurs. ft FLOYD COLLINS.

A Kentucky farmer in the mid-'20s becomes trapped in a cave and ignites the first media circus. With Christopher Innvar. Playwrights Horizons, 416 W. 42nd 564-1235. ft.

FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD. A musical spoof about the legends of the silver screen. Triad, 158 W. 72nd 799-4599. tiles of Late Antiquity.

Seventy Egyptian textiles, from the 4tn through the 7th centuries, drawn from the permanent collection. Through April 7. Open: and 9:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m.; 9:30 a.m.-8:45 p.m. $3.50 seniorskids. Fifth Ave.

at 82d 879-5500. ft MUSEUM FOR AFRICAN ART: Memory: Luba Art and the Making of History. One hundred works of art. Through Sept. 8.

Open: 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sat. noon-6 p.m.; closed Mon. $2 kids studentsseniors. 593 Broadway; 966-1313. ft THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: Roll Over Beethoven.

Memorabilia depicting roll 'n' roll from the '50s to '70s. Through April 20. Open: noon-8 p.m.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; closed Free. Lincoln Center Plaza at 65th 870-1670. Race, Sex Mission, Austeria.

$7 ($5 members, $4 seniors weekdays before 6). 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, Broadway and 66th Sts. (212) 875-5600. I mwm i ft AMERICAN CRAFT MUSEUM: Craft in the Machine Age, 1920-1945. One-hundred fifty objects representing developments in the craft media: clay, fiber, glass, metal and wood.

Through March 3. Open: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $2.50 seniors students; kids under 12 free. 40 W. 53d St; 956-3535.

ft AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: Amber: Window to the Past. Nearly 150 fossil specimens including insects, arachnids and small vertebrates and 94 decorative objects. Through Sept 2. Expedition: Treasures From 125 Years of Discovery. Museum-wide show focuses on 50 treasures.

Press number corresponding to treasure on CD-ROM audio guide and hear definitive explanation. LUa Acrt- perform in a sendup of the contemporary art world. Astor Place, 434 Lafayette 254-4370. BLUE WINDOW. Revival of the 1984 play about urban life as seen through the eyes of seven partygoers.

MTC, Stage 1, 131 W. 55th 581-1212. DEATH-DEFYING ACTS. Bill of three short plays: "Central Park West" by Woody Allen. "An Interview" by David Mamet "Hotline" by Elaine May.

Variety Arts, 110 Third 239-6200. Closes today. ENTERTAINING MR. SLOAN E. Comedy about a drifter who takes a room with a British family.

CSC, 136 E. 13th 677-4210. THE FANTASTICKS. The Tom Jones-Harvey Schmidt play still holds the title as the longest-running musical. Sullivan Street Playhouse, 181 Sullivan St, 674-3838.

THE FOOD CHAIN. Nicky Silver's play about fat people and thin people, sex with strangers, and Jewish mothers. West- PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE. Steve Martin's play focuses on the minds of Einstein and Picasso. Promenade, 76th St.

Broadway, 239-6200. ft POMP, DUCK CIRCUMSTANCE. Musicians acrobats perform during four-course dinner show. Salon Zazou, DeWitt Clinton Park, 53d 11th 979-9880. ftv RENT.

Puccini's "La Bo-heme" Is updated and set in the East Village to a rock score. Theater Workshop, 79 E. Fourth 460-5475. ft STOMP. British percussion troupe creates mythm out of found objects.

Orpheum, 126 Second 477-2477. ft TONY 'N' TINA'S WEDDING. Artificial Intelligence Troupe's two-part, participatory marital "event" at St. John's Church (81 Christopher After the nuptials, the audience heads for Vlnme Black's Coliseum (147 Waverly Place) for the reception. 279-4200.

ft VIRGINS OTHER MYTHS. A one-man play about a youth's COMPILED BY SUAVASTHI CAROLPACIFICO.