Fri. & Sat., Nov. 30 & Dec. 1

Opera Scenes
8 p.m. Silliman College common room. The Yale College Opera Company will present scenes from Menotti's "The Medium," Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" and Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi." Tickets: $2. (Dept. of Music)

Saturday, Dec. 1

Yale Camerata Advent Concert
8 p.m. Battell Chapel. The Yale Camerata, directed by Marguerite Brooks, will perform works by Bach, Naumann, Verdi, Buxtehude, Gorecki and Goss. (Institute of Sacred Music)

Sunday, Dec. 2

"The Six 'Prussian Sonatas' of C.P.E. Bach"
3 p.m. 15 Hillhouse Ave. Paul Cienniwa, harpsichord. Tickets: $20; $15 for senior citizens; $10 for students. Reservations: (203) 432-0825. (Collection of Musical Instruments)

"In the Wake of Tragedy"
7 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Sch. of Music composers and the Yale Poetry Collective will present a joint concert of new works reflecting on the Sept. 11 tragedy.

Monday, Dec. 3

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Kola Owolabi, organ. (Sch. of Music)

Tuesday, Dec. 4

Faculty Artist Series
8 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall, WLH. Ole Akahoshi, cello, and Elizabeth Sawyer Parisot, piano, will perform works by Bach, Brahms, Debussy, Faure and Chopin. (Sch. of Music)

Wednesday, Dec. 5

Lunchtime Chamber Music Concert
12:30 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Young concert artists from the Sch. of Music will perform short programs of chamber works. (Sch. of Music)

Classical Music Concert
12:30 p.m. BAC. Baritone Christopher Grundy and guitarist Alexander Henry.

"Liederabend"
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. An evening of French song presented by artists from the Sch. of Music voice and opera department. Program will include works by Faure, Debussy, Chausson and Poulenc. (Sch. of Music)

Thursday, Dec. 6

A Celebration of Noel Coward
5:15 p.m. Beinecke Library. Richard Lalli, baritone, and Gary Chapman, piano. The event marks the opening of the exhibition "The Diaries of Nöel Coward."

"Old Christmas Music Concert"
8 p.m. Battell Chapel. The Glee Club, directed by David H. Connell; the Chamber Singers, directed by Juan D. Hernandez; and the Freshman Chorus, directed by Ellen Espenschied, will lead the audience in the singing of Christmas carols. Free-will contributions are welcome.

Friday, Dec. 7

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Yiming Gao, violin. (Sch. of Music)

Saturday, Dec. 8

"Great Organ Music at Yale"
8 p.m. Dwight Chapel. Martin Jean performs works by Dietrich, Buxtehude and J.S. Bach. Part of "A Sense of Place: 70 Years of Musicological Scholarship at Yale." A $5 donation is requested at the door. (Sch. of Music)

University Glee Club Holiday Concert
8 p.m. Battell Chapel. The all-male chorus will perform its 77th annual holiday concert with special guests The Con Artists. Performance will include Biebl's "Ave Maria," works by Randall Thompson and traditional Christmas carols. Tickets: $10, available at the door.

Sunday, Dec. 9

Chamber Music Celebration
4 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Concert artists from the Sch. of Music will perform works by Brahms, Schubert and Shostakovich. (Sch. of Music)

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Chruch. Yeong-Su Kim, oboe. (Sch. of Music)

Theater

Fri. & Sat., Nov. 30 & Dec. 1

"Kingdom of Earth"
Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. New Theater, Green Hall. Written by Tennessee Williams; directed by Stan Wojewodski Jr. American Sign Language-interpreted performance Nov. 30; last performance Dec. 1. Tickets: $20-$38; subscriptions available. Info.: (203) 432-1234. (Yale Rep)

"Delirium"
8:30 p.m. & 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. Written by Stanya Kahn and directed by Pat Diamond. Tickets: $10; $8 for students; memberships available. Info. and reservations: (203) 432-1566.

Fri. & Sat., Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 Mon.-Sat., Dec. 3-8

"It Pays to Advertise"
Monday, 7 p.m.; Tuesday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Dec. 8, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. University Theatre. Written by Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett; directed by Stan Wojewodski Jr. Preview performances through Dec. 3; opening night reception Dec. 4; wine tasting party Dec. 6; "Family Dollar Matinee" Dec. 8. Tickets: $20-$38; subscriptions available. Info.: (203) 432-1234. (Yale Rep)

Thurs.-Sat., Dec. 6-8

"Living Out Loud"
8:30 p.m. & 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. Created by Mike Hall, Brian Hetsko, Kate Pifko, Lou Vargas and Sabrina McGuigan. Tickets: $10; $8 for students; memberships available. Info. and reservations: (203) 432-1566.

Fri.-Sun., Dec. 7-9

"Captain's Cove"
Friday, 7 p.m. & 9 p.m.; Saturday, 1 p.m., 3 p.m. & 7 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. 248 Park St. An original play written by Yale junior Carolyn Wright. Tickets: $3; $2 for children; free on Saturday at 1 p.m. Info.: (203) 436-0467; carolyn.wright@yale. edu. (Yale Children's Theater)

Talks

Friday, Nov. 30

"Prophetic Rumor and the Politics of Slave Revolt in the Americas"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS. Laurent Dubois, Michigan State Univ. (Program in Agrarian Studies)

"From Programs to Policy, Or Little Things Can Have a Big Impact"
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Lab. Barry Zuckerman, chair, Dept. of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center. (Bush Center)

"McCarver v. North Carolina/Atkins v. Virginia: The Supreme Court Revisits the 8th Amendment and Execution of the Mentally Retarded"
12:30-2 p.m. Faculty lounge, SLB. Human Rights Workshop led by Harold Koh. (Orville H. Schell Jr. Center for International Human Rights/Law Sch.)

"Theological Contextualization: A Chinese Case Study"
12:30 p.m. 490 Prospect St. Missions Research Colloquia with Enoch Wan, Western Seminary, Oregon. Those who attend are invited to bring a light lunch at 12:15 p.m.; coffee will be provided. (OMSC)

"The Status of the Muses in Classical Epic"
2:30 p.m. Rm. 407, Phelps Hall. Andrew Laird, Warwick Univ. (Dept. of Classics)

"Reorientation of Spins and Cats"
4 p.m. Rm. 160, SCL. Alexander Pines, the Glenn T. Seaborg Professor of Chemistry, Univ. of California at Berkeley. Tea will be served at 3:30 p.m. (Jonathan Edwards College)

Saturday, Dec. 1

"Darwin's Finches"
11 a.m. Peabody Museum. Peter Grant and Rosemary Grant, professors of ecology and evolution at Princeton Univ., will describe their study findings on the variability of bird populations in the Galapagos. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for seniors and children).

"Wilde Americk"
Noon. BAC. Gallery Talk tour.

Monday, Dec. 3

"Civil-Military Coordination in Peacebuilding"
Noon. Rm. 103, Luce Hall. Naomi Weinberger, director UN Studies Program, SIPA, Columbia Univ. Lunch will be provided. (ISS)

"Kindergarten Readiness"
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. 211, HGS. Carla Horwitz, director of the Calvin Hill Day Care Center and the Kitty Lustman-Findling Kindergarten, and Jody Platner, director of the Yale-New Haven Hospital Day Care Center, will discuss what parents should look for in a kindergarten, how to tell if a child is ready for kindergarten and what kindergartens expect of children. (Early Childhood Education Program, CSC/ Sch. of Nursing and Sch. of Medicine Child Care Committee/Office of the Provost/Office of Women in Medicine)

"Development of Practical Abilities in Rural Tanzania"
1:30-2:30 p.m. Rm. 207, Kirtland Hall. Matthew Jukes, Imperial College Sch. of Medicine, London. (PACE)

"Greek-Arabic Bilingualism in the Middle Ages: The Evidence from Greek-Arabic Manuscripts"
5:15-6:15 p.m. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Maria Mavroudi, the Hannah Seeger Davis Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Hellenic Studies, Princeton Univ. A reception will follow in the common room. (YCIAS/Hellenic Studies Program)

"Why Do They Hate Us? America In A New World"
7 p.m. Battell Chapel. Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek will discuss the political and economic context of the current conflict. Info.: www.yale.edu/dsj.

"The Continuity of the Art Idea"
7:30 p.m. McNeil Lecture Hall, YUAG. Architect Maya Lin '81 B.A., '86 M.Arch., '87 D.F.A.H. Part of the DeVane Lecture Series on "Ideals Without Ideologies: Yale's Contribution to Modern Architecture."

Tuesday, Dec. 4

"Community Organizations and Intellectual Property
Noon-1:30 p.m. Basement, ISPS. Susan Scafidi, Southern Methodist Univ. Sch. of Law. (PONPO)

"Yale and the Music of the Spheres"
12:30 p.m. Rm. 119, HGS. Willie Ruff. Those who attend are invited to bring a brown bag lunch at noon; coffee, tea and cookies will be provided. (YUWO)

"Karl Friedrich Abel: One of Gainsborough's Musical Friends"
12:30 p.m. BAC. Art in Context talk by Hugh Belsey, curator, Gainsborough's House, England.

"Edith Wharton's French Ways"
4 p.m. Rm. 101, LC. Hermione Lee, the Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature, Oxford Univ. (Dept. of English)

"Sex on the Bench: Politics and Rhetoric in the Legal Language of AIDS"
4 p.m. Rm. 309, WLH. Joe Rollins, Queens College, CUNY. Part of "Practical Logic Series: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Theory in the Social Sciences." (Larry Kramer Initiative)

"Is There a Conflict Between Capitalism and a Social Conscience?"
4 p.m. Saybrook College master's house. Tea with Gordon Grand lecturer Joshua Bekenstein, managing director of Bain Capital.

"Memory and the City: Architecture, Monuments and the Legacy of Nazism"
4 p.m. Rm. 317, LC. Gavriel Rosenfeld, Fairfield Univ. (Program in Judaic Studies)

"Black Holes, Jets and Einstein's Dream"
4-6 p.m. Presidents Rm., Woolsey Hall. Meg Urry. Refreshments will be provided. (Women's Table)

"Bangladesh Day"
4:30-6 p.m. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Nurul Islam of the International Food Policy Research Institute will discuss "Perspectives on Bangladesh Society: Economy and Polity." Dr. Sadia Chowdhury of the World Bank will discuss "Achievements in Human Development in Bangladesh." (YCIAS/South Asian Studies Council)

Wednesday, Dec. 5

"Modern Irish Drama: Anne Devlin, 'After Easter'"
10:30-11:30 a.m. Lecture hall, SML. Murray Biggs. Open to members of YUWO; there is a fee. (YUWO)

"Ethics and Health Care: Microscopic v. Macroscopic Perspectives"
Noon. Lower level conf. rm., ISPS. Theodore R. Marmor. Lunch will be provided for those who contact Carol Pollard in advance at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu. (ISPS Interdisciplinary Bioethics Workshop)

"The Torah Bells of Myer Myers: Ancient Traditions in a New Land"
12:20 p.m. YUAG. Art à la Carte with Rabbi Marc D. Angel of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York.

"Synthetic Studies Related to CP-225, 917 and a New Stannane for Radical Reactions"
4 p.m. Rm. 160, SCL. Derrick L.J. Clive, Univ. of Alberta. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"Venice: The Mother of [Operatic] Convention"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 317, LC. Ellen Rosand. (Dept. of Italian)

"Migratory Species"
5 p.m. Sage Hall. Callum Roberts of the Univ. of York will present the final lecture in the series "Marine Protected Areas: Translating Science into Practice." (F&ES)

"PanAfricanists in the Streets: West India Emancipation Celebrations in North America, 1834-62"
6-7:30 p.m. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Jeffrey Kerr-Ritchie. (Gilder Lehrman Center)

Thursday, Dec. 6

"Great British Paintings"
11 a.m. BAC. Gallery Talk tour.

"Chinese Nationalism at the Wilsonian Moment"
Noon. Rm. 103, Luce Hall. Erez Manela, Ph.D. candidate in history. Lunch will be provided for those who contact Stephanie Dawson in advance at (203) 432-3436 or stephanie.dawson@yale.edu. (Council on East Asian Studies China Workshop)

Book Discussion: "Headlong" (1999)
2 p.m. BAC. Hedda Kopf, writer and adjunct professor of English at Quinnipiac Univ., will discuss Michael Frayn's novel, nominated for the Booker Prize in 1999. Part of the series "Brit Lit!" presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Great British Paintings from American Collections."

"American Government Expansion Before the New Deal: The Growth of Urban Government, 1902-1931"
2:30-4 p.m. Rm. 108, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Rebecca Menes, George Mason Univ. (Workshop in Economic History/EGC)

"De la traducción inevitable a la traducción imposible"
4 p.m. 82-90 Wall St. Guillermo Irizarry. (Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese)

Master's Tea
4 p.m. Berkeley College master's house. Poet Paul Muldoon. (Dept. of English)

"Diversity and Design-based Methods for the Discovery and Development of New Polymerization Catalysts"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 253, SCL. Geoffrey Coates, Cornell Univ. (Dept. of Chemistry)

Master's Tea
4:30 p.m. Calhoun College master's house. Hilton Als, staff writer at The New Yorker. (Calhoun College/Dept. of English/African American Studies/ Larry Kramer Initiative)

"Free Labor, Free Culture"
4:30-6:30 p.m. Rm. 127, SLB. Lawrence Lessig '89 LAW, Stanford Law Sch., will present the 2001-2002 Ralph Gregory Elliot Lecture. (Law Sch.)

"Families and Chronic Illness"
5 p.m. Beaumont Rm., SHM. Catherine L. Gilliss. (Program for Humanities in Medicine)

"The Art of Mu Xin: The Political and Social Background"
5:30 p.m. McNeil Lecture Hall, YUAG. Jonathan Spence.

"Israel and the Intifadah After Sept. 11"
8 p.m. Slifka Center. Martin S. Indyk, former U.S. ambassador to Israel.

Public Reading by Poet Paul Muldoon
8 p.m. Rm. 102, LC. (Dept. of English)

Friday, Dec. 7

"Globalizing the Central Asian Environment: International Organizations, Nongovernmental Organizations and the State"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS. Erika Weinthal, Tel Aviv Univ. (Program In Agrarian Studies)

"Can the United States Afford Not to Prevent the Abuse and Neglect of Her Children?"
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Lab. John Leventhal. (Bush Center)

"Status and Livelihood in 19th-Century Japan"
Noon. Rm. 102, Luce Hall. David Howell, Princeton Univ. (Council on East Asian Studies)

Labor and Population Workshop
12:15-1:45 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Michael Keane. (EGC)

"The Status of Gender-Based Crimes in International Law and Prosecutions in International/Hybrid Tribunals"
12:30-2 p.m. Faculty lounge, SLB. Human Rights Workshop led by Kelly Askin of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Univ. (Law Sch./ Orville H. Schell Jr. Center)

Saturday, Dec. 8

"Great British Paintings"
Noon. BAC. Gallery Talk tour.

Films

Friday, Nov. 30

"The Others"
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Alejandro Amenabar. Starring Nicole Kidman and Christopher Eccleston. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs.

Friday, Nov. 30

"Raging Bull"
7 p.m. & 10 p.m. WHC. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci and Cathy Moriarty. Tickets: $5; $3 with Yale I.D.; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yalefilmsociety.com.

Saturday, Dec. 1

"A Clockwork Orange" (1971)
2 p.m. BAC. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.

Sat. & Sun, Dec. 1 & 2

"Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Kevin Smith. Starring Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith and Carrie Fisher. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs.

Saturday, Dec. 8

"Mona Lisa" (1986)
2 p.m. BAC. Directed by Neil Jordan.

Conferences/Symposia

Friday, Nov. 30

Northeast Regional Fall Faculty Conference
8 a.m.-noon. Rm. 211, HGS. Conference will include a seminar on teaching religion led by Nancy Ammerman of Hartford Seminary and a discussion of Grant Wacker's "Heaven Below" with comments by Deborah Dash Moore of Vassar College and a response by the author. (Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion)

Fri. & Sat., Nov. 30 & Dec. 1

"Ethnic Cleansing on the Frontiers of Europe and America"
Friday, 5:15 p.m., in Rm. 102, LC; Saturday, 10 a.m., in Rm. 101, LC. Norman M. Naimark of Stanford Univ. and John Mack Faragher of Yale will present the keynote addresses on Friday; a reception at Beinecke Library will follow. On Saturday, a panel of historians will respond, broadening the discussion to include Southeast Asia, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand. (Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders)

Fri. & Sat., Dec. 7 & 8

"Man and Beast"
Friday, 2:15-6 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.- 6:30 p.m. WHC. Session topics include "Beginnings," "Animal Kinship: Human and Non-Human," "Performativity" and "Animal Rights and Reason."

Fri.-Sun., Dec. 7-9

"A Sense of Place: Seventy Years of Musicological Scholarship at Yale"
Friday, 1-6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m. Friday, lecture hall, SML; Saturday, Sudler Hall; Sunday, Collection of Musical Instruments. Panel topics include "Music in Monasteries and Cathedrals," "Music in Italian Sacred Institutions," "Music in Italian Secular Institutions," "Music in the Churches of the Low Countries and Germany" and "Composers in Nineteenth-Century Vienna." (Dept. of Music/Sch. of Music/Institute of Sacred Music/Irvins S. Gilmore Music Library/Beinecke Library/Collection of Musical Instruments/Office of the President)

Biomedical Sciences

Friday, Nov. 30

"Immune-Mediated Endothelial Injury"
8:30 a.m. Beeson Library, 6th flr., HRT. Dr. Jeffrey Bender. (Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

Monday, Dec. 3

"T Cell Co-Stimulation Blockade in Transplantation: What Have We Learnt from Experimental Models?"
4-5 p.m. Rm. 206, BCMM. Dr. Mohamed H. Sayegh, Harvard Medical Sch. (VBT-IPCT)

"Role of Abl Tyrosine Kinases and Abl-interactor Proteins in the Dynamic Cytoskeleton"
4 p.m. Rm. 110, JEH. Ann Marie Pendergast, Duke Univ. Medical Center. Tea will be served at 3:45 p.m. (Dept. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry)

"Enrolling Hard to Reach Populations in HIV Vaccine Trials"
4 p.m. Rm. 608, LEPH. David Metzger, Univ. of Pennsylvania. (Div. of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases/EPH)

Tuesday, Dec. 4

"The Wilms Tumor Gene WT1: Searching for Transcriptional Targets Using Expression Profile Analysis"
4 p.m. Rm. I304, SHM. Dr. Daniel Haber. (Dept. of Genetics)

Wednesday, Dec. 5

"Proteases to Die For"
Noon. Brady Aud., Lauder Hall. Junying Yuan, Harvard Medical Sch. (Dept. of Cell Biology)

Thursday, Dec. 6

"The B7:CD28 Superfamily: How Many Second Signals?"
11 a.m. Fitkin Amph. Dr. Arlene Sharpe, Brigham and Women's Hospital. (Section of Immunobiology)

"State of the School"
Noon-1 p.m. Beaumont Rm., SHM. Dr. David A. Kessler. Lunch will be provided. (Medical Sch. Council)

"Hitchhiking the CNS: The Mechanism of Retrograde Transport in Motor Neurons"
4 p.m. Rm. 206-208, BCMM. Dr. Giampietro Schiavo, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London. (Section of Microbial Pathogenesis/Dept. of Medicine, Infectious Diseases)

"The Pelvic Floor After Childbirth"
4 p.m. Brady Aud., Lauder Hall. Dr. Deborah L. Myers, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island. (Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds)

"What You Need to Know About Neurovascular Surgery"
5 p.m. Rm. 216, JEH. Dr. Murat Gunel. (Dept. of Surgery Grand Rounds)

"How Epitope Specificity of Autoimmune B Cells Affects Peptide Presentation to T Cells"
Noon. Rm. 206, BCMM. Dr. Juan Jaume, Univ. of California at San Francisco. (Endocrine Physiology and Therapeutics Conference)

And...

Friday, Nov. 30

"Luncheon Meditation"
Noon-1 p.m. Marsh Rm., Peabody Museum. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Saturday, Dec. 1

Teddy Bear Signing
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Yale Bookstore. Lenore DeMent and Marsha Friesen, artists from the Gund Barton's Creek Teddy Bear Collection, will talk with customers and autograph their teddy bear creations. A limited quantity of a number of each of their designs will be available.

"Mystery Hunt"
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Peabody Museum. All participants will win a prize. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors).

Sunday, Dec. 2

"Nature Crafts and Gift Making"
12:30-3 p.m. Peabody Museum. Parents and children are invited to bring shells, pinecones, stones and other items to create crafts and gifts for others. Basic materials and mulled cider will be provided; there will be a nominal charge for some materials. Info.: (203) 432-5050; www.peabody.yale.edu.

YUWO Annual Scholarship Fund Holiday Party
5-7 p.m. Luce Hall. Program will feature a showing of "One Story, Many Voices --," a video presentation of the organization's history; raffles; and a buffet. Open to members of YUWO. Fee: $20 ($5 benefits the YUWO scholarship). Reservations: Marion Kessen, (203) 488-3043. (YUWO)

Tuesday, Dec. 4

"Creating a Career Plan"
9 a.m.-noon. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Fee: $65; $50 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Wednesday, Dec. 5

"Communication: Effective Listening"
9 a.m.-noon. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Fee: $65; $50 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"Time Management for Supervisors: Keep Important Work First"
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Aud., Peabody Museum. Fee: $110; $90 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"Brown Bag Lunch: Body Image/Eating Disorder"
12:10-1 p.m. Rm. 103, JEH. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Wed. & Thurs., Dec. 5 & 6

Flu Vaccine Clinic
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 1st flr., YUHS. Free flu vaccines for members of the Yale community. Info.: (203) 432-0093. (Office of Health Promotion and Education, YUHS)

Thursday, Dec. 6

"Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Workshop II -- Increasing Workplace Effectiveness"
9 a.m.-noon. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Fee: $65; $50 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"Time Management for Non-Supervisors: Time After Time"
9 a.m.-noon. Aud., Peabody Museum. Fee: $65; $50 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"Graduate Education in a Union Environment"
6 p.m. Aud., Luce Hall. An exchange of views on the phenomenon of graduate assistant organizing with Mary Burgan, general secretary of the American Association of University Professors, and faculty members who have worked with unionized graduate assistants. Michael Gottesman of Yale and David Rabban of the Univ. of Texas will discuss labor law as it applies to graduate assistant organizing. Refreshments will be provided.

Fri. & Sat., Dec. 7 & 8

Christmas Tree Sale
Friday, 5-8 p.m.; Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Marsh Hall lawn. A selection of spruce and fir trees from Yale's forest in Union, Connecticut, will be on sale. To reserve a tree, call (203) 436-4378. (Yale Chapter of the Society of American Foresters, F&ES)

Saturday, Dec. 8

Story Hour
11 a.m. Yale Bookstore. The story hour will feature a reading of Diane DeGroat's book "Jingle Bells, Homework Smells" and an activity. Cookies, cocoa and juice will be provided. Recommended for children aged 4 to 8.

Exhibition Opening Reception
1-4 p.m. SML. Event marks the opening of "Peace," an exhibition of original paintings by Carmelina Mosher.

Sunday, Dec. 9

"Myer Myers Family Day"
1:30-4 p.m. YUAG. Those who attend will learn about the art of the silversmith and celebrate the beginning of Hanukkah with klezmer music and a variety of hand-on activities.

ONGOING ACTIVITIES

Tours

Yale Astronomy Public Nights
First Thursday of each month, 9 p.m. Top level, Pierson-Sage Parking Garage. Visitors will have the opportunity to view astronomical objects such as the moon, planets, star clusters and galaxies through one of the department's many telescopes. Astronomers will be on hand to describe the objects. Info.: www.astro.yale.edu.

Guided Tours of Campus
Monday-Friday, 10:30 a.m. & 2 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 1:30 p.m. Yale Visitor Center, 149 Elm St. Info.: (203) 432-2300.

Highlights Tours of the Peabody Museum
Saturday & Sunday, 1 p.m. Lobby, Peabody Museum. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors; free with valid Yale I.D.). Info.: (203) 432-5050; www.peabody.yale.edu.

Masterpiece Tours of the Yale Art Gallery
Saturday, 1:30 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. YUAG. Tours of the permanent collection led by docents.

Exhibitions

School of Architecture
Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. "Architecture or Revolution: Charles Moore and Architecture at Yale in the 1960s," through Dec. 21.

School of Art
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, noon-5 p.m. "Exhibition of Work by All MFA 2002 Yale School of Art Students," through Dec. 16.

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. "A Library for its Time: Collections Then & Now, 1701-2001," through Dec. 21; "The Diaries of Noel Coward," Dec. 6-21.

Peabody Museum of Natural History
Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. "Peru: From Village to Empire," through Jan. 3; "The African Roots of the Amistad Rebellion: Masks of the Sacred Bush," through February. Admission: $5; $3 for children and seniors; free with valid Yale I.D.

School of Medicine

Medical Historical Library rotunda, "History of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library," through November.

Sterling Memorial Library
Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-midnight; Friday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday, 9:30 a.m.-midnight. "Peace," paintings by Carmelina Mosher, Dec. 1-Jan. 4.

Yale Center for British Art
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. "'Wilde Americk': Discovery and Exploration of the New World," through Dec. 30; "Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney," through Dec. 30.

Yale Physicians Building Art Place
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Paintings, photographs, sculptures, pottery, quilts, weaving and other works by local artists and University faculty and staff; through March 2002.

Yale University Art Gallery
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday, 1- 6 p.m. "Myer Myers 1723-1795: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York," through Dec. 30; "The Art of Mu Xin -- Landscape Paintings and Prison Notes," through Dec. 9; "Rediscovering Fra Angelico: A Fragmentary History," through Dec. 30; "John Singer Sargent: The Painter as Sculptor," through April 21, 2002; "Holland of the Imagination: Dutch Prints and Drawings of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries," through Feb. 3, 2002.

Meetings

Alcoholics Anonymous
Monday, 7:30 a.m., Dwight Hall, Open Big Book Meeting; Tuesday, 7:30 a.m., Dwight Hall, Open Living Sober Meeting; Wednesday, 7:30 a.m., Dwight Hall, Open Promises and Traditions Meeting; Wednesday, 8 p.m., YUHS basement, Meeting; Thursday, 7:30 a.m., St. Thomas More Chapel Hall, Open Step Meeting; Friday, 7:30 a.m., Dwight Hall, Open Topic Discussion Meeting; Sunday, 8 a.m., YUHS basement, Open Discussion Meeting.

Alzheimer's Disease Support Group
First Thursday of each month, 1:15 p.m. 6th flr., 1 Church St. The Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit is offering a support group for relatives and friends of those with Alzheimer's disease. Dessert and coffee will be served. Info.: (203) 764-8100.

ASHA-Yale
Second Thursday of each month, 7 p.m. Rm. 119/120b, HGS. ASHA-Yale is a volunteer organization dedicated to promoting basic education in India. Info.: asha@yale. edu; www.yale.edu/asha.

Becoming Better Teachers: A Medical Education Discussion Group
Fourth Tuesday of each month, noon-1 p.m. Computer lab, Medical Sch. library, 333 Cedar St. (Office of Academic Development)

Greater New Haven Toastmasters
Second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 6:30-8:15 p.m. Rm. 405, BASS. All members and guests are welcome to join the public speaking improvement group. Info.: Sid Kelly, (203) 882-2542, (203) 937-1922 or skelly16@snet.net.

Marxist Reading Group
Alternate Fridays beginning Sept. 14, 4 p.m. Rm. 108, WHC. Readings available in WHC main office. Info.: www.yale.edu/amstud/marxism; john.mackay@yale.edu.

Yale Korean BioScience Society (YKBS)
Second Thursday of each month, 6-9 p.m. Rm. c015, SHM. Seminars will be presented by the professional group. Info.: www.yale.edu/ykbs.

Yale-New Haven Yiddish Reading Circle
Wednesday, noon-1:15 p.m. Slifka Center. Reading of modern and classical Yiddish literature. Reading knowledge of Yiddish is desirable. Info.: (203) 288-8206.

Yale Poetry Group
Alternate Thursdays beginning Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Calhoun College fellows room.

Yale Toastmasters Club
Friday, noon-1 p.m. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Open to members of the Yale community. Info.: Ann Straub, (203) 436-3903; ann.straub@yale.edu.

Religion

University Public Worship
Sunday, 11 a.m. Battell Chapel. The Reverend Pamela Bro will preach on Dec. 2 & 9. Info.: (203) 432-8750. (Church of Christ in Yale, member church of the United Church of Christ)

Episcopal Church at Yale
Student Life Center (SLC), 341 Elm St. Sunday, 5 p.m., Dwight Chapel, Holy Communion, followed by dinner on the first Sunday of each month at the SLC. Sunday, 10 p.m., Christ Church, 84 Broadway, Compline, medieval sung prayer service. Wednesday, 6:15 p.m., Berkeley Divinity Sch., Midweek Communion, meet at SLC for transportation. The Reverend Kathleen Dorr, chaplain. Info.: (203) 789-6387.

First & Summerfield United Methodist Church
Sunday, 11 a.m. 425 College St. The Reverend Ralph Lord Roy. Info.: (203) 624-2521.

First Unitarian Universalist Society of New Haven
Sunday, 10:30 a.m. 608 Whitney Ave. Info.: Francis, (203) 562-0672.

International Church at Yale
Sunday, 11 a.m. Dwight Chapel. Info.: www. yale.edu/icy.

Luther House -- The University Lutheran Ministry in New Haven
Sunday, 4:30 p.m. 27 High St. Service of Holy Communion in a contemporary setting. Bible study and service opportunities are available. Info.: Carl Sharon, (203) 432-1139; www.yale.edu/lutherhouse.

New Haven Friends
Sunday, 10:30 a.m. 225 East Grand Ave. Transportation will leave from Phelps Gate at 10:10 a.m. Info.: (203) 468-7364.

St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center
268 Park St. Sunday Mass, 10 a.m. & 5 p.m.; Mass, Tuesday-Thursday, 5:30 p.m.; Reconcilation, Tuesday, 6-7 p.m., or by appt.; evening prayer, Monday & Friday, 5:30 p.m. Info.: (203) 777-5537.

Services at the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale
80 Wall St. Orthodox services, Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m. & 15 min. before sundown (call for times); Saturday, 9 a.m. & after sundown (call for times); Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Conservative/Egalitarian services, Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. (occasionally) & 6:30 p.m.; Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Reform, Friday, 5:30 p.m. The Fruity Minyan, Friday, 5:45 p.m. Downtown Minyan, Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Info.: (203) 432-1134.

Taize Candlelight Prayer
Wednesday, 9:07 p.m. Dwight Chapel. An ecumenical service of song, silence, prayer and praise featuring music from Taize. Info.: carl.sharon@ yale.edu; www.yale.edu/lutherhouse; (203) 432-1139. (University Lutheran Ministry in New Haven)

Unitarian Society of New Haven
Sunday, 9:15 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden. The Reverend Kathleen McTigue. Info.: (203) 288-1807.

Yale Orthodox Christian Fellowship
5 p.m. Lovett Rm., Battell Chapel. Vespers. Info.: Xenios Papademetris, (203) 387-4220 ; www.yale. edu/ocf.

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