The Montreal Star from Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 104

On stage Centaur (453 St. Francois Xavier). Old Times by Harold Pinter. Through June 3. 8 p.m.; Sat.

5:30 and 9:30 p.m.; Sun. 7 p.m. Tel. 288- 6315. La (St.

Helen's Island). Honni Soit Qui Mal Pense tonight at 8:30 p.m. The Man Most Likely To May 15-19. -Fri. 8:30 p.m., Sat.

6:30 9:30 p.m. Tel. 526-0821. Saidye Bronfman Centre (5170 Cote St. Catherine Rd.) Kaddish by Allen Ginsberg.

Through May 27. 8:30 p.m. with matinees Thurs. 2 p.m. Tel.

739-2304. d'Aujourd'hui (1297 Papineau). L'Affron Commun by Jean-Claude Germain. Through May 25. 8:30 p.m.

Tel. 523-1211. du Nouveau Monde (84 St. Catherine Ballade des Morts by Irwin Shaw. Through May 20.

8 p.m.; Sat. 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.; Sun. 7 p.m. Tel.

861-0563. Port-Royal (PdA). Bernard Haller, comedian in a one-man show Et Alors. May 14-27 excluding May 21 at 8:30 p.m. Tel.

842-2112. Le de Quat-Sous (100 Pine Hosanna by Michel Tremblay. Through June 9. Nightly except Mon. 8:30 p.m.

Tel. 845-7277. Le du Rideau Vert (4664 St. Denis). L'impromptu de Versailles and Monsieur de Pourceaugnac by Through May 19.

Tel. 844- 1793. Music makers SATURDAY Musica Camerata Montreal, chamber music concert. L'Ermitage (3510 Cote des Neiges Rd.) Works by Papineau-Couture, Schubert. Admission free.

5 p.m. Tel. 482-4629. du performing Manon by Jules Massenet. Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier (PdA).

Conductor: Jean Deslauriers. Chorus master: Lacourse. 8 p.m. Tel. 842-2112.

SUNDAY Robert Merrill, baritone. Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier (PdA). Presented by the Concert Society of the Jewish People's Schools and Peretz Schools. Works by Handel, Stradella, Mozart, Ravel, Bizet, Verdi, Gershwin, Darion-Leight, Harnick-Bock. 8:15 p.m.

Tel. 842-2112. Montreal Welsh Male Voice Choir, hymn singing festival (Gymanfa Ganu) St. Andrews Church (Dupont Chateauguay) 7:30 p.m. Admission free.

Buck-Owens Show featuring Buck Owens, the Buckeroos, Susan Raye, Tony Booth. Paul Arena (400 Beaubien 3 8 p.m. Tel. 376-8780. THURSDAY Morriston Orpheus Male Choir presented by the Montreal Welsh Male Voice Choir.

St. James United Church (463 St. Catherine 8:15 p.m. Tickets available: Colin Wrong, 385 Dupre Beloil; Montreal Trust Ticket Office, Place Ville Marie; CCA, 1822 Sherbrooke W. (basement).

Lou Reed, singer. Capitol Theatre (890 St. Catherine 9 p.m. SAT. Super Gilbert 16 musicians, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier (PdA) 8:30 p.m.

Tel. 842- 2112. 8 Montreal 12, 1973 Love is a red balloon The stage is empty except for a lonely trunk. Slowly the trunk opens. Bernard Haller steps out and begins talking to a little boy who isn't there.

From here his audience embarks on a joyful two-hour tour of Haller's madcap Gallic psyche. At one point Haller is a concert pianist murdering Clair de Lune with the air of a virtuoso in ecstasy while his thoughts wander from the inanity of his audience to his wife's terrible cuisine. Then he is wooing a red balloon, SO effectively that even his audience begins to feel the balloon's mysterious sex appeal. Mime, monologuist, artist Bernard Haller, in his unassuming way, has charmed audiences in Europe and the U.S., breaking the language barrier with his hands and the expressive inflexion of his voice. At Place des Arts' PortRoyal May 14-27, except May 21, at 8:30 p.m.

The Coffee Houses The Ark (5462 Sherbrooke Open Fri. Sat. 8 p.m., folk entertainment. Tel. 488-6111.

Au Jardin des Glaces (21 St. Paul An old-fashioned ice cream parlor with live entertainment, jazz or folk on Fri. Sat. nights. Open daily 11 a.m.-2 a.m.

Tel. 866-2107. Greenfield Coffee House (169 Churchill Greenfield Park). folk singing. 8:30 p.m.

Tel. 671-6868. Karma Coffee House (1476 Crescent). Tonight Lawrence Hudd. Chris Rawlings.

9 p.m. Tel. 879-7345. Yellow Door Coffee House (3625 Aylmer). Tonight Jack Nissenson.

Bottle Hill. 9 p.m. Tel. 392-4947. On screen Karma Coffee House (1476 Crescent).

Sabata. Tues. at 8 p.m. Tel. 879-7345.

Westmount Public Library (4574 Sherbrooke Dr. Strangelove. Fri. at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by BILINSSEFF.

Tel. 935-8531, ext. 231. Around the galleries Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1379 Sherbrooke At the Stable Gallery, through May 13, works by Turpin. Weekdays 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Wed.

10 a.m.-9:45 p.m.; closed Mondays. Tel. 842- 8091. Le d'Art Contemporain du Havre). Through May 20, photography by Bernard Schiele.

10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tel. 873-2878. On the house Bank of Montreal Museum. Bankers can be sentimental, too.

The small museum at the bank's main office features a nostalgic collection of items from the good old days maps, currency, photographs and a reproduction of an old-fashioned teller's cage. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (129 St. James Botanical Garden. Easter Flower Show.

Open daily 9 a.m.-6 p.m. (4101 Sherbrooke Tel. 872-2647. Caughnawaga Museum. Indian documents and artifacts are on view at the St.

Francois Xavier Church in the Kateri Tekakwita museum, Caughnawaga. Daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tel. 637-2391. CBC Little Concert tapings.

Top Quebec artists perform. Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Studio 46, Maison de Radio-Canada, (1400 Dorchester Tel. 868-1882. Deutsche Grammophon Classical Music Listening Kiosk.

Gallerie Ill (Place Bonaventure) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra performing works by A. Bruckner, Nos. 5-8. Conductor: Eugen Jochum. Tues.Fri.

at noon-2 p.m. Tel. 395-2233. Fashion Shows. Showing of the latest in men's, women's and children's clothes available in the 154 shops and boutiques of Place Bonaventure.

Every Thursday at 12:30 p.m. in Le Viaduc and every Thursday and Friday at 4:45 p.m. in the Shopping Concourse. Tel. 395-2233.

Molson's Brewery tours. Group tours may be organized on weekdays by calling Ubald Boulanger (1555 Notre Dame Tel. 527-5151, ext. 353. Montreal Stock Exchange tours.

Guided tours offered to organized groups. 10, 11 a.m., 1:30, 2:30 p.m. Write for reservations (800 Victoria Square). Old fort, St. Helen's Island.

See the Montreal Military and Maritime Museum. Daily 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tel. 872-2420. Streets of Place Bonavenute tapings.

Hosted by Douglas Leopold in Le Viaduc every Thursday at 1 p.m. Tel. 395-2233. Sunday afternoon organ concert. Every Sunday from p.m.

St. Joseph's Oratory (3800 Queen Mary Tel. 733-8211. Readers' choice If you enjoy being read to, find a comfortable chair at Centaur Theatre tomorrow at 3 p.m. Sit back, close your eyes and let your imagination go at Street Signs and Bus Stops.

Montreal-born writer and journalist Peter Desbarats will read what he calls whimsical "adult stories for children, or children's stories for adults," including the unpublished Cornflake Conspiracy, an of the great adult plot against children. West Indian author Lorris Elliot will give his impressions of life in the promised land, Canada, and writers Artie Gold and Linda (Jewel) PageHollander, who reads to a percussion instrument, will finish the prose reading with selections of their own. Prose Reading on a May Afternoon IS directed by Carol Leckner. Tickets at Centaur Theatre, 453 St. FrancoisXavier..