Your opportunity to flee Oberlin for a good five days or so will happen soon enough with Thanksgiving next week, but in the mean time, treat yourself to an early break and get out of town. Share some Buffalo wings and beer with the cast of Moon Over Buffalo, or go see Eddie Money at the Odeon. Be quick...before your car freezes up on you.

Satantango, a European film portraying post-Communist Hungary in a short seven hours, has earned a grip of critical acclaim for its monumental depiction of impoverished villagers and the travesties facing their every-day lifestyles. Unfortunately, the first half showed last night, but catch the conclusion of Satantango tonight at 7: 30 p.m. at the Cleveland Cinematheque. Admission is $6. For more information, call (216) 421-7450.

Lords of Acid play the Odeon tonight. (They may not be real lords; they may not even do acid, but no matter.) Tickets available through Ticketmaster at (216) 241-5555. For more information, call (216) 574-2525.

The Cleveland Musem of Art's Music in the Garden Court tonight features Bhratanatyam, classical Indian dance performed by Sujatha Srinivasan. The concert begins at 7 p.m. For more information, call (216) 421-7340.

Horse Thief - a Chinese film about a destitute Tibetan tribesman who brings retribution upon himself when he steals horses - shows tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Directed by Tian Zhuang-zhuang. Admission is $5. For more information, call (216) 421-7340.

Also at the Cleveland Musem of Art this evening, Columbia University and Queens College's Morris Rossabi presents a lecture entitled Behind the Silk Screen: Women, Merchants, and Foreigners in Chinese Silk Production and Trade. The talk begins at 7 p.m. Fore more information, call (216) 421-7340.

Tonight at 8 p.m., the Cleveland Playhouse's CREW (the young people's group) presents Moon Over Buffalo, followed by a cast party with (appropriately) Buffalo wings and beer at the Cleveland Playhouse Club. Attendees will have the chance to mingle with the cast at this informal meet and greet. For more information, call (216) 795-7000.

Staples of '80s early new-wave revival Duran Duran play the Lakewood Civic Auditorium Nov. 22. Tickets available through Ticketmaster at (216) 241-5555.

Contemporary, swingin' singer-pianist Harry Connick, Jr. performs Nov. 22 at Cleveland's Music Hall. Tickets avaialble through Ticketmaster at (216) 241-5555.

The Flickfest, produced by Ohio Independent Film Festival, runs this weekend through Nov. 23. Featuring works by local filmmakers, come and be surprised. Showing at the Cleveland Public Theatre. For more information, call (216) 631-2727.

Through Nov. 23 at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Fainting Spells: The Uninvited displays a "lovely storytelling, haunting dance and a stirring evening of theatre," as the Seattle Times put it. Choreographed by Dayna Hanson and Gaelen Hanson (of no relation), both of Seattle, the work is a combination of dramatic and visual tension. Performances are at 8 p.m. through Nov. 22, and Nov. 23 at 3 p.m. Admission is $12. For more information, call (216) 292-3535.

The French flick Diary of a Seducer, based on Kierkegaard's work, has left a mark on audiences with a bite like no other romantic comedy. Called "an exhilaratingly heady film, as smart as it is romantic." The film shows at the Cleveland Cinematheque Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 23 at 9:25 p.m. Admission is $6. For more information, call (216) 421-7450.

Finally, if you are going to be around for Thanksgiving break, don't miss the Thanksgiving Polka Party '97 at the Cleveland Marriot Hotel, Nov. 27-29. For more information, call (216) 692-1000.

Arts...out of Town is compiled weekly by Lauren Viera. If you know of something pressworthy to be included in the listings after break, give a call at x8123. And bundle-up, kiddos: winter is here.