Sackler Museum. Through April 9. "The Renaissance in France: Drawings from the Ecole des Beaus-Arts, Paris" is the first comprehensive exhibition in North America devoted to drawing during the French Renaissance, and the accompanying catalogue will be the only book available in English on French drawings of the 16th century.

Through May 21. "Impressions of Mesopotamia: Seals from the Ancient Near East." This display of ancient Near Eastern seals charts their development over 3,000 years of Mesopotamian history.

Through May 21. "Introduction to Byzantine Coinage." Showcases the Whittemore collection of Byzantine coins, including over 3,000 gold, silver and bronze coins that cover the range of Byzantine numismatics from A.D. 491 to 1453.

Schlesinger Library. Through March 29. "Exhibition of Ceramics by the Eight Eldest Members of the Radcliffe College Ceramics Studio."

Through March 30. "Drawings, Paintings, and Pastels by Ann Strieby Philips; Treasure Maps and Other Works on Folded Paper by X. Bonnie Woods."

Film

Orlando and Maurice. Films in the "Gender-Bending on the Big Screen" series. Adams House Pool Theatre. "Orlando" at 7:30 p.m. and "Maurice" at 10 p.m. Free.

The Killing Screens: Media and the Culture of Violence. In preparation for the "Conference on Violence: From Outrage to Action. How Can We Effect Change?" Lyman Common room, Agassiz House, noon and 4 p.m. Free.

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. 24 Quincy St. 495-4700. Final day of Dusan Makavejev Fictionary festival. A reflective journey to his native Yugoslavia, "Hole in the Soul," with artist-in-residence Makavejev in person at 7 p.m. Tickets $7.00 general. Makavejev's sexually charged "Montenegro" at 9 p.m., $6.00.

Talk

The Shape of Sex: Sexual Selection and Morphometric Variation in the Sallfin Mollie. Joseph Travis, Florida State University. Biolabs Main Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., 4 p.m.

Tolstoy's Way of No Flesh: Abstinence, Vegetarianism, and Christian Physiology. Ronald LeBlanc, Department of German and Russian, University of New Hampshire, and fellow, Russian Research Center. Coolidge Hall, Room 215, 1737 Cambridge St., 4:15 p.m.

Theatre

A Tsar is Born. The Hasty Pudding Theatricals' 147th production, featuring the antics of the men of Undergrad as they meet with a conquering army of French women in 19th century Russia, will run until March 21. Hasty Pudding Theater, 12 Holyoke St., 8 p.m. $23. Call the Hasty Pudding Box Office at 495-5205, Mon. through Sat., 2-6 p.m. for tickets.

Six Degrees of Separation. March 9-11, 16-18. By John Guare. Loeb Experimental Theater, 7:30 p.m., additional shows March 10 and 17 at 9:30p.m. Guare's award-winning play about race, classand the challenge of pretending to be what youaren't. Free.10 March Friday