OUT OF HOURS

Date: 17/04/1997

Concerts

Koninklijk Filharmonisch Orkest van Vlaanderen and the Dusseldorfer Konzertchor with Randi Stene, alto. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 17 April. 02/507 82 00.

New Jazz Project: free concerts every Tuesday until end of April, and Jazz Jamm Session: every Wednesday at Phil's International Bar. Ritchie Blackmore - jazz and blues. 20 April. rue Haute 189, 1000 Brussels.

Recital by Marcella Cruddeli, piano. Works by Beethoven; Chopin; Calligaris; Cimarosa. Royal Music Conservatory. 18 April. 02/511 04 27.

Recital by Huelgas Ensemble. Works by Brummel, de Manchicourt; Gombert. Eglise Notre Dame de la Chapelle. 19 April. 02/507 82 00.

La Chapelle Baroque conducted by Xavier Deprez. Les Amours de Ragonde. Galerie Costermans. 20 April. 02/512 21 33.

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra conducted by Ton Koopman. Works by Bach. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 20 April. 02/507 82 00.

Ensemble Rebel. Works by Scheidt; Rosenmüller. Post Museum. 21 April. 02/512 21 33.

Petersen Kwartet. Works by Mozart, Stravinsky, Dvorak, Webern, Janacek. Royal Music Conservatory. 21 April. 02/507 82 00.

Concert by students of the baroque departments of Brussels' two conservatories. Cercle Sainte-Anne. 21-25 April. 02/512 21 33.

Ensemble Vocalum. Works by Lully. Contrast Gallery. 22 April. 02/512 21 33.

Recital Leyla Pinar, harpsichord and Patrik Lange, narrator. Armani. 22 April. 02/512 21 33.

Orchestre National de Belgique conducted by Yuri Simonov with Karine Georgian, cello. Royal Music Conservatory. 22 April. 02/507 82 00.

Laudantes Consort Choir and Players conducted by Guy Janssens. Eglise des Minimes. 23 April. 02/512 21 33.

Exhibitions

Metchild Lobisch - du livre de poche au livre spatial. Bibliotheca Wittockiana. Until 19 April. 02/770 53 33.

Contemporary design. Centre of Contemporary Art. Until 26 April. 02/735 05 31.

Nicolaï Panayotov - paintings. L'Escale, Espace d'Art Contemporain, Sq. Larousse 1, 1190 Bruxelles. Until 26 April. 02/343 38 75.

Christo & Jean-Claude. Centre de conférence européen. Until 15 May. 02/672 05 83.

Rineke Dijstra. Galerie Mot & Van den Boogaard. Until 19 April. 02/514 10 10.

Alvaro Siza. Foundation for Architecture. Until 25 May. 02/649 02 59.

Dionigi Annoni and Marina Giordano. Travel Gallery, Italian Institute of Culture, rue de Livourne 38, 1050 Brussels. Until 23 April. 02/538 72 10.

Yemen, land of stone and sand. Musée du Cinquantenaire. Until 18 May. 02/741 73 08.

Herman Teirlinck 1967-1997. Museum van het Vlaams Leven te Brussel. Until 24 May. 02/512 42 81.

Guiseppe Penone, paintings. Artiscope. Until 18 April. 02/735 52 12.

Mackowiak, paintings. Galerie Albert 1er. Until 30 April. 02/512 19 44.

Koen Theys. Galerie Albert Baronian. Until 19 April. 02/512 92 96.

Sur la route des croisades - photographs and texts by Paulette Henneghien. Royal Museum of Army and Military History. Until 20 April. 02/734 52 52.

The Jewish collection of la maison d'Erasme. Musée Juif de Belgique. Until 26 April. 02/512 19 63.

Robert Brandy. Galerie Vinci. Until 20 April. 02/735 15 16.

James Welling - Light source. Galerie Hufkens. Until 20 April. 02/646 63 30.

Katarina Vavrova, drawings. Contrast Gallery. Until 20 April. 02/512 98 59.

Peter De Cupere; Rik Van de Wouwers. Abbel Joseph Gallery. Until 26 April. 02/245 67 73.

Recto - verso - Danièle Buetti; Damien De Lepeleire; David Falkner. Galerie Damasquine. Until 26 April. 02/646 31 53.

A couteau tiré - surrealism and transformations. Galerie Quadri. Until 26 April. 02/640 95 63.

Highlights of contemporary European ex libris art. Kredietbank Gallery. Until 27 April. 02/422 85 68.

The Bat: the world upside down. Animated robots and displays evoking the legends inspired by these spectacular mammals. Royal Museum of Natural History of Belgium. Until 28 April. 02/627 42 38.

Carnets de Route: engravings, paintings, photographs, sculptures. Galerie La Papeterie. Until 28 April. 02/534 03 43.

The surrealism. Galerie Vedovi. Until 29 April. 02/513 38 38.

Porteurs. Porte de Halle. Until 1 May. 02/741 73 08.

Vincent Vanhove, photographs. Galerie Verhaeren. Until 4 May. 02/673 87 17.

Klaus Reimer - Roumains, photographs. Galerie Verhaeren. Until 4 May. 02/673 87 17.

Thierry Degeyter, pastels; Emmaunuel Ryckmans, baked clay. Art en Marge Gallery. Until 10 May. 02/511 04 11.

Carnets de Route: exposition collective, photographs. Espace Photographique Contretype. Until 11 May. 02/538 42 20.

Esko Männikkö. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 25 May. 02/507 82 00.

The cetacean and men. Greenpeace is installing a tent in the park at the museum to show how whales adapted to life in the ocean. Royal Museum of Natural History of Belgium. Until 30 May. 02/627 42 38.

Polish Art nouveau. Passage 44. Until 15 June. 02/222 45 05.

Voices in the wall, the history of wallpaper. CGER Gallery. Until 18 May. 02/228 71 68.

Georg Baselitz. BBL. Until 19 May. 02/547 28 77.

L''Europe automobile du Fardier de Cugnot à nos jours. Autoworld. 17 April - 31 Aug. 02/736 41 65.

Autarcic Comix. Halles de Schaerbeek. 18-20 April. 02/227 59 60.

Pierre Wattiez Watch. Abbaye de Forest. 18 April - 11 May. 02/513 89 40.

Lumière et paysage - colonie d'artistes :Tervuren; Ahrenshoop. Musée Charlier. 18 April - 10 June. 02/218 53 82.

Valérie Hunin, aquarelle, oil paintings. Centre Communautaire de Joli-Bois. 19-21 April. 02/771 54 50.

Theatre

Fantome à prendre 2: le sexe des spectres by Christian de Wespin. Palace Hotel. Until 31 May. 02/673 38 99.

Woyzeck by Georg Büchner performed by De Tijd. Lunatheater. Until 19 April. 02/201 59 59.

Voyages avec ma tante by Gilles Havergal, staged by Adrian Brine. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 19 April. 02/507 82 00.

Verdelgd Uitgeroeid Platgelegd by Sarah Kane, staged by Yves Bombay. Les Tréteaux de Bruxelles. Until 23 April. 02/217 69 37.

Othello by William Shakespeare, staged by Franz Marijnen. Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg. Until 27 April. 02/217 69 37.

Skylight by David Hare. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 27 April. 02/507 82 00.

Les souffleurs au gradins. Cercle Sainte-Anne. Until 28 April. 02/514 03 53.

Scalp performed by Théâtre de l'Inédit. ClubHouse Hotel. Until 14 June. 02/673 38 99.

Les sept jours de Simon Labrosse by Carole Fréchette. Théâtre Le Café. Until 26 April. 02/538 75 24.

A cause d'elles performed by Bernard Brandes and Patrice Mincke. La Samaritaine. Until 19 April. 02/511 33 95.

Un volcan sur un balcon by Michel Tremblay performed by the Criss' Théâtre. Les Tréteaux de Bruxelles. Until 18 April. 02/534 12 12.

Le Mariage de Mademoiselle Beulemans by Jean-François Fonson and Fernand Wicheler. Théâtre royal des Galeries. Until 4 May. 02/512 04 07.

Panades by Luc Jaminet, staged by Jean Koerver. Espace Delvaux. 24-26 April. 02/660 49 60.

Carmen by Prosper Mérimée, performed by Sylvie Haumont, Isabelle Thélen and Olivier Caudron. Anciennes Glacières de St-Gilles. Until 26 April. 02/537 04 06.

Le père Robert ou Robert, sa femme, sa fille, André, et les autres performed by L'Ouvroir du Tenoran. Espace Delvaux. 17-26 April. 02/660 49 60.

La Visite de la Vieille Dame by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, performed by Théâtre en liberté. Théâtre du Vaudeville. Until 18 May. 02/514 16 00.

Black'n White, the musical performed by the Tap Show Company. Centre culturel d'Uccle. 19 April. 02/374 64 84.

Oscar by Claude Magnier, performed by Pierre Mondy and Roland Giraud. Centre culturel d'Auderghem. 19-25 April. 02/660 03 03.

La chute des aveugles performed by La compagnie de sept mers. Espace Senghor. 22-26 April. 02/230 31 40.

Electre d'après Sophocle et des textes d'Eugène Durif staged by Guy Alloucherie. Théâtre 140. 23 & 24 April. 02/733 97 08.

La dernière salve by Jean-Claude Brisville. Auditorium 44. 23-25 April. 02/218 27 35.

Dance

Le Lac des Cygnes by Tchaikovsky, performed by Ballet de l'Opéra de Tartarie. Cirque Royal. 17 & 18 April. 02/218 20 15.

Insert Skin performed by Meg Stuart & Damaged Goods. Kaaitheaterstudio's. 23-26 April. 02/201 59 59.

Pois et mesure by Isabelle Dumont, performed by the Compagnie Felicette Chazerand. Centre culturel Jacques Franck. 24-25 April. 02/538 90 20.

Festivals

Latin American films. Cinema Vendôme. Until 27 April. 02/768 12 98.

Le printemps baroque au Sablon. Baroque music on the Sablon. Info: 02/512 21 33; reservations: Palais des Beaux-Arts: 02/507 82 00 or TIB 02/513 83 20. 19-26 April. /513 89 40.