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The American Repertory Theatre presents The Naked Eye, by Paul Rudnick, through July 12. Claire Bloom stars in a production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, running until July 14. For ticket information call (617) 547-8300.

Claire Bloom in Long Day's Journey into Night.

Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theater offers three summer productions. Opening June 28 and showing until July 14 is Larry Shue's comedy The Foreigner. The Vampires, by Harry Kondoleon, follows, from July 20 through August 4. And the season ends with Macbeth, from August 9 to August 25. All performances are in the Loeb Experimental Theatre, 62 Brattle Street. Call the box office at 496-3030 for details.

At the Fogg, "Investigating the Renaissance" reinstalls three galleries of early Italian Renaissance paintings later this summer. "From David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum," including works by Ingres, Delacroix, and G�ricault, runs through July 21. "Thomas Ruff: Young People," closing August 18, assembles 40 of the German photographer's portraits. Ongoing are "The Mediated Object: Selections from the Eli Broad Collections," "France and the Portrait, 1799-1870," "Circa 1874: The Emergence of Impressionism," and "The Persistence of Memory: Continuity and Change in American Cultures." The Sackler offers "The Fire of Hephaistos: Large Classical Bronzes from North American Collections" through August 11. Ongoing is "Severan Silver Coinage," with recently acquired coins from the Roman imperial period. At the Busch-Reisinger, "Before the Apocalypse: German Prints and Illustrated Books" and "History, Self, and Society" are on display until August 18. The Harvard University Art Museums are open Monday through Saturday, 10 to 5, and Sunday 1 to 5. Admission is $5; $4 for senior citizens; $3 for students; free under 18 and on Saturday mornings. For special tour reservations, call 496-8576.

The Bunting Institute presents "Being and Riding: Work-in-Progress" by Deborah Bright, fellow in visual arts, opening at the Maurine and Robert Rothschild Gallery on July 12. The artist gives a talk the same day at 4 p.m., followed by a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. On July 15 there is a brown-bag lunch with Bright from 12:30 to 2. Call 495-8212 for gallery hours.

The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, in Science Center B-06, is open Tuesday through Friday, 10 to 4. Call 495-2779 for current exhibit information.

The work of contemporary artist Barbara Kruger is featured in "The Meditated Object" at the Fogg.

The Harvard Museum of Cultural and Natural History encompasses the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Peabody Museum, and the Botanical, Geological, and Mineralogical Museums. Its exhibit "Modeling Nature: Slices of Glass History from the Collections" highlights recent acquisitions from the archives and studios of Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka, creators of the celebrated glass flower collection. "Living with Ants and the Science of E.O. Wilson" will continue throughout the summer. Also on display: "Birthstones." Hours are 9 to 5 Monday through Saturday, and 1 to 5 on Sundays. Admission is $5 for adults; $4 for students and seniors; and $3 for children aged 3 to 13. The museums are free on Saturday mornings from 9 to noon. Call 495-3045 for information.

The Harvard Semitic Museum offers the ongoing "The Pyramids and the Sphinx: 100 Years of American Archaeology at Giza." The museum is open 10 to 4 Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 on Sundays. Free admission. For museum information, call 495-4631.

The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, at 60 Garden Street, continues its Observatory Nights on the third Thursday of each month. The July 18 lecture, "The Cool Sky: Infrared and Submillimeter Astronomy," is presented by Paul Ho, of the Center for Astrophysics. The lecture begins at 8 p.m.; doors open at 7:30. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis, and parking is available. The title of the lecture on August 15 is to be announced. For details, call the observatory at 495-7461. Call 496-star to hear a regularly updated guide to the night sky.

The Harvard University Art Museums offer gallery talks throughout the summer. On July 13 at 11:30 a.m. Daimler-Benz curator Peter Nisbet leads a tour of "Thomas Ruff: Young People and Other Portraits." Miriam Stewart, assistant curator of drawings, shows off "From David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum" on July 14 at 2 p.m. The ancient art department's curatorial associate, Aaron Paul, leads a group through "The Fire of Hephaistos: Large Classical Bronzes from North American Collections" at 11:30 a.m. on July 20. On August 3, at 11:30 a.m., an additional talk on "Thomas Ruff: Young People and Other Portraits" is offered by Deborah Martin Kao, Cunningham assistant curator of photographs. Call 495-4544 for details.

The Arnold Arboretum (see page 48) offers free tours on July 27, with bottle-brush buckeyes featured, and August 24, when oak-leaf hydrangea and scholar trees are the focus. To find out what's in bloom or confirm a tour's departure time, call general information at 524-1718, extension 773. The arboretum also has courses on horticulture and botany available for summer gardeners including "Basic Care for Trees and Shrubs" (July 8, 15, 22); "Fundamentals of Gardening" (July 9, 16, 23, 30); "Planning the Drought-Tolerant Garden" (July 10, 17, 24); "Natural Shrub Pruning" (July 13, 20); "Identifying the 25 Most Common Trees in Boston" (July 27); "Renovating the Overgrown Garden" (August 1, 8); "The August Landscape: Trees, Shrubs, and Vines" (August 17); and "Ornamental Grasses" (August 20). "Art at the Arboretum: Painting for Kids" is a combination painting course and walking tour of the arboretum for children aged 8 to 12. The course is held on four Fridays, July 12, 19, 26, and August 2. You may register for any of the arboretum programs by calling 524-1718, extension 162.

The Harvard Museum of Cultural and Natural History offers hands-on workshops for preschoolers, elementary, and middle-school children beginning in July. For children aged 5 to 7 there is "Discover: Southern Africa" and "Project Porcupine." Children aged 5 to 7 and 8 to 10 may register for "Journey to the Rainforests," "Animals, Animals, and More Animals," or "Museum Giants: Creatures Past and Present." Only children aged 8 to 10 may sign up for the three-day camp program "Dig into Archaeology!" The fee for each workshop is $20 for members of the museum, and $25 for non-members; the fees for "Dig into Archaeology" are, respectively, $90 and $105. Call 495-2341 for more information.

The Harvard Film Archive presents a forum on the 1993 German film Malina, directed by Werner Schroeter, with Professor John Ginavito and the archive's curator, Vlada Petric, participating. The discussion will be held on July 20 at 6 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Throughout July and August the HFA offers its Science Fiction series, with such classic features as The Fly, Brazil, Barbarella, and Fahrenheit 451. Films by Welles, Godard, Kurosawa, Fellini, Antonioni, and Bergman, among others, fill up the "Masterpieces of World Cinema" schedule. Call 495-4700 to obtain up-to-date listings as well as information on repeat showings and ticket prices.

The Harvard Summer School Chorus performs Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem on August 2 at 8 p.m. in Lowell Hall. For more information call 495-0311.

The Harvard Summer School Orchestra offers an August 9 performance including Franz Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 99. The concert begins at 8 p.m. in Lowell Hall. Call 495-0311 for specifics.

The Summer School Pops Band, open to wind and percussion players from Harvard and Greater Boston, rehearses from June 26 through July 24 in preparation for their concert on July 31 at 4 p.m. in Harvard Yard. The band will hold free repeat performances at the Hatch Shell in Boston on August 3 at 8 p.m. and at Sylvester Field in Hanover, Massachusetts, on August 4 at 7:30 p.m. Call 496-band for details.

Harvard Magazine does its best to insure accuracy in these events listings, but cannot accept responsibility for any errors. Please double-check all dates, times, and locations for events with their sponsoring organizations.

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