Jan. 26 and 27 Fire & Ice Days at Old Sturbridge Village. www.osv.org

Jan. 28 “Homeland Security: Celebrating Contemporary and Traditional African Music and Dance at Berklee” at Berklee Performance Center. www.berkleebpc.com

Jan. 30 “Festina lente: Conserving Antiquity” opens at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College. www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu

Feb. 2 “Midnight to the Boom: Painting in India after Independence” opens at Peabody Essex Museum in Salem. www.pem.org

Feb. 8 George Clinton & the Parliament Funkadelic at House of Blues. www.livenation.com

Marc Maron at Wilbur Theatre. www.thewilbur.com

Feb. 8-10 “An Evening With Branford Marsalis” at Scullers Jazz Club. www.scullersjazz.com

Feb. 9 Passion Pit at Agganis Arena. www.livenation.com

South Asian Showdown at John Hancock Hall. www.southasianshowdown.com

Feb. 10 Violinist Gil Shaham and pianist Akira Eguchi at Jordan Hall. www.celebrityseries.org

Feb. 12 Dave Barry at Music Hall in Portsmouth, N.H. www.themusichall.org

Feb. 14 Tony Bennett at the Boston Opera House. www.livenation.com

JUNE WULFF