Sunday Happenings

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Seeing Songs - Technology - iPods, MP3 players, social networking sites, cell phones - has put music/musicians everywhere. The Museum of Fine Arts has gathered together works of art inspired by music. The collection features anything from paintings to videos and their connection is music. MFA, Free with General Admission. 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Movies

The Brattle Theater's Repertory Series! Artists On Film continues Sunday by showing Testament Of Orpheus (1959) and Orpheus (1949), both directed by Jean Cocteau. Orpheus mixes Greek mythology with France in the 1940's to examine an artists life. Testament Of Orpheus places Cocteau late in his life as he searches for meaning while delving into the underworld. Orpheus airs at 3:45 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Testament Of Orpheus at 2:00p.m., 5:45 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets $7.50 and $9.50 depending on show time. Brattle Theater, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA.

Concerts

Bruce Hornsby has won three Grammys since his first album was released in April of 1986. His musical experience has a broad range and includes collaborations with Don Henley, Tupac Shakur, Bob Dylan and Bob Seger. Berklee College of Music: Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Avenue, 7:30 p.m., $48, $35, reserved seating.

Comedy

Dick Doherty's Beantown Comedy Open Mic Night. Longestrunning event of its kind in Boston. Headliner and other working comedians take the stage between open mikers. Dane Cook, Joe Rogan, and others started at this event. Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remington's, 124 Boylston Street, 9-11 p.m., $15.

Boston Harbor USS Constitution Cruise

Experience the history of the USS Constitution while on a Boston Harbor Cruises. See other Boston landmarks and the city's waterfront. The 45-minute narrated tour also includes the Bunker Hill Monument, Boston Tea Party Boat and the Old North Church. Boston Harbor Cruises, One Long Wharf, 3:30 p.m., $11-15. Notes: The boat is wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are not wheelchair accessible.

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