OUT OF HOURS

Date: 20/03/1997

Concerts

Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège conducted by Pierre Bartholomée, with Martin Beaver, violin. Works by Stravinsky; Chopin. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 20 March. 02/507 82 00.

Henschel Quartet. Works by Boccherini; Mendelssohn; Brahms. Royal Music Conservatory. 20 March. 02/344 87 77.

New Jazz Project: free concerts every Tuesday until end of April, and Jazz Jamm Session: every Wednesday at Phil's International Bar. The Bar Code - blues. 23 March. rue Haute 189, 1000 Brussels. Recital Nadine Rosseleir and Norbert Leclercq, guitar. Musée Charlier. 20 March. 02/218 53 82.

Ensemble Ictus. Works by Adès; Kunssen; Benjamin. Lunatheater. 21 March. 02/512 45 45.

Recital Barbara Binet and Eléonore Willy, piano. Musée Charlier. 21 March. 02/218 53 82.

Helmut Lotti goes Classic II. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 21 & 22 March. 02/507 82 00.

Recital Vesselina Kassarova, mezzo. National Opera - La Monnaie. 22 March. 02/229 12 11.

Orchestre Nuove Musiche and the choir Les chantres de Notre-Dame. Eglise abbatiale Notre-Dame de la Cambre. 22 March. 02/426 64 39.

George Benjamin, piano, accompanies the film Lulu (1929). Lunatheater. 23 March. 02/507 82 00.

Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg conducted by Sakari Oramo with Lluis Claret, cello. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 23 March. 02/507 82 00.

Ricercar Consort conducted by Philippe Pierlot. Works by Schütz. Eglise des Minimes. 23 March. 02/507 82 00.

Recital Jerrold Rubenstein and Dalia Ouziel. Hotel Astoria. 23 March. 02/513 09 65.

Recital Christian Tetzlaff, violin. Works by Bach. Royal Music Conservatory. 24 & 25 March. 02/507 82 00.

Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles. Botanique. 25 March. 02/218 37 32.

Orchestre Convivium conducted by Pierre Thimus. Eglise Saint Julien. 25 March. 02/660 03 03.

Exhibitions

The Bat. Royal Museum of Natural History of Belgium. Until 28 April. 02/627 42 38.

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

The art of collecting: museums of the Netherlands and 20th century art. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 25 May. 02/507 84 68.

Preparatory drawings - Jo Dustin, paintings. Cabinet d'Art Contemporain. Until 29 March. 02/512 88 28.

Patchwork quilts - exhibits from America, England and Wales. Espace Parallèle. Until 25 March. 02/675 27 23.

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

Whales and men. Royal Museum of Natural History of Belgium. Until 30 May. 02/627 42 38.

The Gallo-Roman in Belgium. Musée du Cinquantenaire. Until 26 Oct. 02/741 73 08.

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

William Crozier - modern and contemporary art. Galerie St. Jacques, Impasse St. Jacques 5. Until 6 April. 02/502 64 21.

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

Alain Ballencourt, paintings. Art Cadia. Until 5 April. 02/223 13 35.

James Coignard, engravings. Foundation René Carcan. Until 23 March. 02/735 73 55.

Jacques Aron, paintings. Botanique. Until 23 March. 02/218 37 32.

Robert Askenasi - Hôpital du troisième type, photographs. Galerie Verhaeren. Until 23 March. 02/673 87 17.

Karim Ben Khelifa - Va te faire voir, photographs. Galerie Verhaeren. Until 23 March. 02/673 87 17.

Affiches Polonaises: Sadowski; Stasys; Starowieyski; Mroszczak; Pagowski. Jakuhowska, sculptures. Galerie Art-Pol. Until 12 April. 02/537 22 46.

Pierre Lefèvre, paintings. Musée d'Art Spontané. Until 25 March. 02/426 84 00.

Ginette Javaux, paintings. Centre d'Art de Rouge-Cloître. Until 27 March. 02/660 55 97.

Roger-Edgard Gillet, paintings. Galerie Fred Lanzenberg. Until 12 April. 02/647 49 22.

Rineke Dijstra. Galerie Mot & Van den Boogaard. 20 March - 19 April. 02/514 10 10.

Carnets de route - photographs. Espace Photographique Contretype. 20 March - 11 May. 02/538 42 20.

Esko Männikkö. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 21 March - 25 May. 02/507 82 00.

Bon sang, Dracula à 100 ans, comics. Belgian Comic Strip Centrum. Until 1 May. 02/219 19 80.

Dominique Thiolat - Maurice Frydman. Galerie Debras Bical. Until 23 March. 02/345 93 48.

Michel Smolders, engraving, sculptures. Galerie A.B.C. Until 29 March. 02/511 32 53.

20 designers. Centre of Contemporary Art. Until 26 March. 02/735 05 31.

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

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

Georges de Meerschman - The Square. VUB- Bâtiment M. Until 15 April. 02/629 23 25.

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

Theatre

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

Amédée ou comment s'en débarrasser by Eugène Ionesco. Théâtre de Quat'sous. Until 29 March. 02/512 10 22.

Arlequin valet de deux maîtres by Goldoni, staged by Guy Pion. Le Public. Until 23 March. 0800/944 44.

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

Démons by Lars Noren, staged by Claude Enuset. X-L Théâtre. Until 28 March. 02/513 21 78.

Antigone by Sophocles, staged by International Visual Théâtre. Théâtre 140. Until 28 March. 02/733 97 08.

Nietsche, Bouffon de l'Eternité by Friedrich Nietsche. Théâtre du Résidence Palace. Until 22 March. 02/231 07 40.

Massage by Steven Berkoff. Théâtre de Poche. Until 12 April. 02/ 649 17 27.

Zoo de nuit by Michel Azama, staged by Philippe Sireuil. Théâtre Varia. Until 29 March. 02/640 82 58.

Si tu t'imagine... spectacle autour de l'oeuvre de Raymond Queneau. La Samaritaine. Until 29 March. 02/511 33 95.

Diderot: le sourire et la lumière staged by Bernard Damien. X-L Théâtre. Until 29 March. 02/513 21 78.

Avant la retraite by Thomas Bernhard. Théâtre Jean Vilar. Until 28 March. 010/45 04 00.

Tempète à Buckingham Palace by Royce Riton. Comédie Claude Volter. Until 30 March. 02/769 09 63.

Nina by André Roussin. Théâtre royal des Galeries. Until 30 March. 02/512 04 07.

Tapage nocturne by Marc Gilbert Sauvajon performed by L'Escapade. Centre culturel d'Anderlecht. 20-23 March. 02/523 29 62.

Le point de vue de Ponce Pilate - La mort de Judas by Paul Claudel. Espace Senghor. 20-28 March. 02/230 31 40.

Les mangeuses de chocolat by Philippe Blasband. Espace Delvaux. 20-29 March. 02/660 49 60.

Voyages avec ma tante by Gilles Havergal d'après Graham Greene, staged by Adrian Brine. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 20 March - 19 April. 02/507 82 00.

Double Mixte by Ray Cooney, performed by Théâtre Arlequin. Centre culturel d'Auderghem. 22 March. 02/660 03 03.

Femmes en éventail performed by Evelyne Legrand, Béatrice Di Carlo and Franck El Malek. Botanique. 24 March. 02/218 37 32.

Clavigo by Goethe. Théâtre du Résidence Palace. 24-29 March. 02/640 84 37.

Opera

Orphée aux Enfers by Jacques Offenbach. National Opera - La Monnaie. Until 5 April. 02/229 12 11.

Dance

Les Stories, choreography by Grace Ellen Barkey. Chapelle des Brigittines. Until 29 March. 02/511 79 90.

Every man performed by Les ballet C. de la B. Théâtre 140. 21 & 22 March. 02/733 97 08.

Dance meeting III. Centrum voor Amateurkunsten. 22 & 23 March. 02/520 03 44.

Eat, eat, eat (they feed we) by Les ballet C. de la B., choreography by Hans Van den Broeck. Théâtre 140. 25 & 26 March. 02/733 97 08.

Festivals

La ligue d'impro. Improvisation matches. Mirano Continental. Until 13 April. 070/344 344.

Festival Ars Musica. Palais des Beaux Arts, National Opera - la Monnaie, Royal Music Conservatory, Botanique, Lunatheater, Halles de Schaerbeek. Until 28 March. 02/512 45 45.

Les Giboulées. Le Théâtre de la Balsamine, l'L and le Théâtre Océan Nord. L'inquiétude by Valère Novarina; Cumulets sur les galets - adapted from l'Odyssée by Homer; Autour du végétal, L'Immortaliste, La nuit juste avant les forêts by Bernard-Marie Koltès; Epreuve de Médée - a project by Frédéric Dolphijn; Diotime et les lions by Henry Bauchau. Until 30 March. 02/735 64 68.

15th Brussels International Festival of Fantasy, Thriller & Science-Fiction Films celebrates the centenary of Dracula by Bram Stoker and the 50th anniversary of the English Hammer Film Productions founded in '47. Auditorium 44. Until 22 March. 02/201 06 03.

Scènes d'Ecran. First International Festival of Television and Video: Theatre/ Dance/Opera. Botanique. Until 22 March. 02/218 37 32.