Friday, Feb. 8

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Miki Aoki, piano. (Sch. of Music)

Saturday, Feb. 9

Master of Music Recital
5 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Nancy Jin, violin. (Sch. of Music)

Sunday, Feb. 10

"The Apotheosis of Absolutism and the Interrupted Masque: Music, Theater and Monarchy in Restoration England"
2 p.m. BAC. Andrew Walkling, baroque violoncellist, scholar and historian of the court of Charles II of England, will lecture and lead a performance of selections from court musical and theatrical entertainments of the late 17th century.

Master of Music Recital
4 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Christopher Clowdus, choral conductor.

Student Recital
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Katherine Lee, piano. (Sch. of Music)

Monday, Feb. 11

"Horowitz Piano Series at Yale"
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Peter Frankl, piano. Works include Beethoven's "Sonata in A-flat, Op. 26," Schubert's "3 Klavierstücke," Chopin's "Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49" and "Andante Spinato et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22," and Janacek's "Sonata 1.X.1905." Tickets: $8 & $10 ($5 for students). Info.: (203) 432-4158. (Sch. of Music)

Tuesday, Feb. 12

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. Dwight Memorial Chapel. Hunter Perrin, guitar. (Sch. of Music)

Klezmer Concert
8 p.m. Slifka Center. Philadelphia klezmer musicians, mother-daughter team Elaine Hoffman-Watts and Susan Sandler, will join Generation Klez in a performance of popular hits and music from the Hoffman family collection.

Wednesday, Feb. 13

Chamber Music Concert
12:30 p.m. BAC. Performance by graduate students from the Sch. of Music.

Thursday, Feb. 14

Faculty Composer Concert
8 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Cassatt String Quartet will perform Ezra Laderman's "String Quartets 6, 7 and 8." (Sch. of Music)

Friday, Feb. 15

"Music with a Capital M"
8 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Featuring student and faculty composers, performance artists, and bands from the Yale and New Haven communities. (Yale College Composers' Group/Turn It Up)

"Yale Concert Band Remembers Cole Porter"
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Thomas C. Duffy, music director, and cabaret performer Steve Ross. Program will also include the New Haven premiere of Duffy's "Overture 1776" with the Yale Camerata. Tickets: $16; $10 for students. (Concert Band)

Saturday, Feb. 16

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Jenny Ji-won Yoon, cello. (Sch. of Music)

Fri.-Sun., Feb. 15-17

"The Magic Flute"
Friday & Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. Shubert Theater. Singers from the Yale Opera and members of the New Haven Orchestra will perform Mozart's last opera. Doris Yarick-Cross, artistic director; Randall Behr, conductor; and Andreas Prohaska, stage director. Tickets: $18-$40. Info. and reservations: (800) 228-6622; www.tickets. com; www.shubert.com. (Sch. of Music)

Sunday, Feb. 17

Music for Two Harpsichords
3 p.m. 15 Hillhouse Ave. Harpsichordists Vera Kochanowsky and Thomas MacCracken will perform 18th-century works by French and German masters Gaspar LeRoux, François Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Georg Benda and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Tickets: $20; $15 for senior citizens, and Yale faculty and staff; $10 for students. Info. and reservations: (203) 432-0825. (Collection of Musical Instruments)

Artist Diploma Recital
5 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Julie Jung, cello. (Sch. of Music)

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Daniel Brinson, organ. (Sch. of Music)

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Eun-Moo Heo, violin. (Sch. of Music)

Theater

Fri. & Sat., Feb. 8 & 9

"Cabaret Challenge"
8:30 p.m. & 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. A game show conceived by Jonathan Busky blending "Iron Chef," "Weakest Link" and "Family Feud." Tickets: $10; $8 for students; memberships available. Info.: (203) 432-1566, ysd.cabaret@yale.edu.

Fri. & Sat., Feb. 8 & 9; Mon.-Sat., Feb. 11-16

"Betty's Summer Vacation"
Monday, 7 p.m.; Tuesday-Saturday, 8 p.m. (2 p.m. matinee on Feb. 16). Yale Rep. Written by Christopher Durang; directed by Doug Hughes. "Pay-What-You-Can Monday" on Feb. 11; "Re:Play Post-Show Talk" on Feb. 16 following 2 p.m. show. Tickets: $22-$39. Info. and reservations: (203) 432-1234; www.yalerep.org.

Thurs.-Sat., Feb. 14-16

"Jackie: An American Life"
Thursday, 8:30 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 8:30 p.m. & 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. Written by Gip Hoppe and directed by Brendan Hughes. Tickets: $10; $8 for students; memberships available. Info.: (203) 432-1566, ysd.cabaret@yale.edu.

Talks

Friday, Feb. 8

"The Idiocy of Decollectivization"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS. Christopher Hann, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Univ. of Halle. (Program in Agrarian Studies)

"Findings from the NYU/Educational Alliance Early Head Start Outcome Study"
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Lab. Mark Spellmann, Ehrenkranz Sch. of Social Work, NYU. (Bush Center)

"Multiscale Modeling in Materials Science: Simulation of Epitaxial Growth from Ab-Initio to Level Sets"
2:45 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Lab. Christian Ratsch, Univ. of California. Refreshments will be served. (Mechanical Engineering Seminar)

"Red Knots and Horseshoe Crabs: Long Distance Shorebird Migration"
4 p.m. Peabody Museum. Brian Harrington will discuss his research on the migratory habits of shorebirds. Part of the John H. Ostrom Family Program Series.

Sunday, Feb. 10

"Work, War and Democracy"
7 p.m. Aud., SLB. John Wilhelm, president, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union. Part of the series "Democracy, Security and Justice."

Monday, Feb. 11

"Transparency and Corruption"
Noon. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. James Alt, Harvard Univ. (Georg Walter Leitner Program)

"Community Conservation and Rural Disenfranchisement"
12:30-1:30 p.m. Rm. 1, 158 Whitney Ave. Vupenyu Dzingirai. To reserve a lunch, send e-mail to joseph.hill@yale.edu. (Dept. of Anthropology Ethnography and Social Theory Colloquium)

"Ability Differences and Task Differences: Implications for Performance Prediction"
1:30-2:30 p.m. Rm. 207, Kirtland Hall. Dr. Anna Cianciolo. (PACE)

"Small Molecule Approaches to Biology: Library Design, Synthesis and Screening"
4 p.m. Rm. 160, SCL. Helen Elizabeth Blackwell, Harvard Univ. (Dept. of Chemistry)

Master's Tea
4 p.m. Morse College master's house. Willem Dafoe, Oscar-nominated actor in "Shadow of the Vampire"; also in "Spiderman," "American Psycho" and "The English Patient."

Master's Tea
4 p.m. Davenport College master's house. Gina Kolata, science and medicine reporter for The New York Times, will speak as a Poynter Fellow.

Master's Tea
4:30 p.m. Calhoun College master's house. Renee Cox, photographer.

"In Situ Architecture: A Chinese Practice"
6:30 p.m. Hastings Hall, A&A. Architect Yung-Ho Chang, principal of Atelier FCJZ and head and professor of architecture at Peking Univ. Graduate Center for Architecture in Beijing.

Tuesday, Feb. 12

"Constitutional or Religious Conflict: Real or Imaginary?"
Noon-1:30 p.m. Bsmt., ISPS. Melanie DiPietro and Gregg Behr of the law firm Buchanan Ingersoll. (PONPO/ISPS)

"Would Privatizing Social Security Really Help?"
Noon; talk will begin at 12:30 p.m. Saybrook College master's house. John Geanakoplos. Those who attend are invited to bring a brown bag lunch; coffee, tea and cookies will be served. (YUWO)

"Representing Female Accomplishments in Art and Literature at the Time of Jane Austen"
12:30 p.m. BAC. Art in Context talk by Juliette Wells, doctoral candidate in English at Yale.

"Global Challenges: Global Warming and the Plight of the Oceans"
4 p.m. Saybrook College master's house. Master's tea with Gordon Grand Fellow Frances G. Beinecke, executive director of the National Resources Defense Council.

"The Quantum Computer: Miracle or Mirage"
4 p.m. Davies Aud. Michel Devoret. Part of the Sesquicentennial Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series. A reception will follow in the lobby.

"Characterization of 'Spectroscopically Quiet' Metals: Zinc in Biological Systems"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 253, SCL. James Penner-Hahn, Univ. of Michigan. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"One Among the Crowd: The Gap Between Faith Professed and Faith in Action"
4:30 p.m. St. Thomas More Chapel. Melanie DiPietro and Greg S. Behr of the law firm Buchanon Ingersoll.

Master's Tea
4:30 p.m. Calhoun College master's house. James A. Thomson, president and CEO of RAND.

"Shakespeare and Friends, Hedda and Enemies"
5:15 p.m. McNeil Lecture Hall, YUAG (entrance on High Street). Actress Fiona Shaw will present the 12th annual Maynard Mack Lecture. (Elizabethan Club)

Wednesday, Feb. 13

"Lead Poisoning: Justice or Injustice"
11:30 a.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Edward Kennedy Jr., health care regulatory attorney, and Dottie Needham of Yale. Brown bag-lunch roundtable discussion will follow. (F&ES Restoration Agenda Lecture Series)

"A Murder in Java: Notes on Construction of a Crime in Soeharto's Indonesia"
Noon. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Jose Manuel Tesoro, visiting fellow in Southeast Asia studies. (Council on Southeast Asia Studies)

"Love, Gult and the Telephone: Personal Relationships with an Automated Health Counselor"
Noon. Bonnie Kaplan. To reserve a lunch, contact Carol Pollard at carol.pollard@yale.edu or (203) 432-6188. (Interdisciplinary Bioethics Workshop)

"Beyond Somalia: U.S. Security Policy in Africa Since the End of the Cold War"
Noon. Rm. 103, Luce Hall. Laura Seay. Lunch will be served. (ISS)

"Declarations of Friendship: Demuth's Homages to Dove and Marin"
12:20 p.m. YUAG. Art à la Carte talk by Robin Jaffee Frank.

"Optical Microscopy and Spectroscopy: Catching Biology in Action"
1 p.m. Rm. 107, Mason Lab. Peter T.C. So, MIT. (Dept. of Applied Physics)

"The Challenge of NATO and Europe"
4 p.m. Rm. 211, HGS. Strobe Talbott of Yale and Alexander Vershbow, U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation. A public catered reception will follow. (ISS Grand Strategy Lecture Series)

"Assembly, Dynamics and Collapse of Carboniferous Tropical Ecosystems"
4-5 p.m. Rm. 123, KGL. Bill DiMichele, NMNH Smithsonian Institution. (Dept. of Geology and Geophysics)

"The Psychology of Taste"
6:15 p.m. Peabody Museum. Dr. Linda M. Bartoshuk will discuss the differences between a "supertaster" and a "non-taster," how chili peppers are being used to treat pain, and how the preference for high fat foods goes up as women get older. A reception will precede the talk at 5:30 p.m. Part of the O.C. Marsh Program; to join, call Melanie Brigockas at (203) 432-5099.

Thursday, Feb. 14

Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion Luncheon Seminar
Noon. Religious studies seminar rm., 451 College St. Jon Sensbach, Univ. of Florida. Sandwiches and refreshments will be served.

"Chinese Nationalism at the Wilsonian Moment, 1917-1920"
Noon. Rm. 211, HGS. Erez Manela, Ph.D. candidate in history. Lunch will be provided. Sign up for this event by Feb. 12 by calling (203) 432-3426 or sending e-mail to stephanie.dawson@yale.edu. (Council on East Asian Studies China Workshop)

"East Timor Under Indonesian Rule"
2:30-4:20 p.m. 77 Prospect St. Miranda Sissons, Human Rights Watch. Part of the series "Life After Genocide." (Genocide Studies Program/YCIAS)

"From the Fryer to the Freeway: Making BioDiesel from Waste"
4 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Wilhelm Hammer, managing director of BioDiesel International in Vienna, will discuss how his company makes diesel fuel from waste cooking oil. Part of the 2002 Industrial Environmental Management series "The Business of Sustainable Energy." (F&ES)

"The Plague of Love: Interpolated Stories in Part One of the 'Quijote'"
4-5:15 p.m. Davies Aud., Becton Center. Roberto González Echevarría. Part of the DeVane Lecture Series, "Love and the Law in Cervantes."

"Nietzsche, Decadence and the Greeks"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 407, Phelps Hall. Michael Silk, King's College London, presents the Woodward Lecture. (Dept. of Classics)

"Biocultural Evolution in the 21st Century: The Evolutionary Role of Religion"
4:30 p.m. St. Thomas More Chapel. William Grassie, founder and executive director of Metanexus Institute on Religion and Science, will be the guest at a Chaplain's Tea.

"100-year Search for the Human Genome -- And Beyond"
5 p.m. Beaumont Rm., SHM. Frank Ruddle. (Program for Humanities in Medicine)

"Patterns of Virtue and Visions of Vice: Portraits of Women of the Restoration Court"
5 p.m. BAC. Julia Marciari Alexander.

"Modernism in America in the 1940s"
5:30 p.m. McNeil Lecture Hall, YUAG. Yve-Alain Bois, Harvard Univ. Part of the 2002 Lydia Winston Malbin Lecture Series, "Modernism in America: Articulation and Visual Form."

"Globalization and Culture"
5:30 p.m. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford Univ. Part of the "Translating the Globe" series.

"Arverne"
6:30-8 p.m. Hastings Hall, A&A. Open roundtable discussion of the "Averne" exhibition on view at the Sch. of Architecture. Rosalie Genevro, executive director of the Architectural League, will moderate with James Lima, assistant commissioner of New York City's Dept. of Housing Preservation and Development; the architects selected for the Arverne project; and representatives from the four design teams. This is the third roundtable in a series that began in the spring of 2001. (A&A)

Friday, Feb. 15

"Lions and Sorcery and Metaphors, Oh My!"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS. Harry West, New Sch. for Social Research. Part of "Hinterlands, Frontiers, Cities and States: Transactions and Identities." (Program in Agrarian Studies)

"Worse than a Monolith: East Asian Communist Alliance Disunity and U.S. Containment Challenges, 1949-1969"
Noon. 70 Sachem St. Tom Christensen, MIT. Lunch will be served. (Dept. of Political Science/ ISS)

"Choice in Education: A Psychologist's Perspective"
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Lab. Howard Gardner, Harvard Graduate Sch. of Education, presents the Keren Alexander Memorial Lecture. (Bush Center)

"Music with a Capital M"
3 p.m. Sudler Hall. A panel of faculty, students and New Haven residents will investigate the intersections between "art" music and popular music, academia's unwillingness to take popular music seriously, the fate of concert music in the 21st century and other issues. A question-and-answer period will also take place. (Yale College Composers' Group/ Turn It Up)

"The Sun in the Church and the Putto in the Laboratory: Confirmations of the Sun-Centered Universe by Observations Made in Catholic Cathedrals"
4 p.m. Rm. 57, SPL. John Heilbron, Worcester College, Oxford. Tea will be served at 3:30 p.m. (Dept. of Physics/Physics Club)

Saturday, Feb. 16

"Painted Ladies"
Noon. BAC. Gallery Talk tour.

Films

Friday, Feb. 8

"Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (2001)
7 p.m. WHC. Directed by John Cameron Mitchell. A question-and-answer period with composer and lyricist Stephen Trask will follow the screening. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/yfs.

Fri. & Sat., Feb. 8 & 9

"Shallow Hal" (2001)
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs.

Saturday, Feb. 9

"Dangerous Liaisons" (1988)
2 p.m. BAC. Directed by Stephen Frears.

"Barbarella" (1968)
7 p.m. & 10 p.m. WHC. Directed by Roger Vadim. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/yfs.

Sunday, Feb. 10

"Burnt By the Sun" (1994)
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Rm. 110, JEH. Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. In Russian with English subtitles. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs.

Tuesday, Feb. 12

"Franz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask" (1996)
7 p.m. AACC. Directed by Isaac Julien. In English and French with English subtitles. Part of the series "Visions of Africa: Contemporary African Cinema." (Council on African Studies/AACC)

Thursday, Feb. 14

"Orpheus"
7 p.m. Rm. 211, LC. With English subtitles. Part of the 6th Brazilian Spring Movie Festival, "Brazil: Carnivalizations." (Dept. of Spanish and Portuguuese/Council of Latin American and Iberian Studies/Brazil-Portugal)

Friday, Feb. 15

"Mean Streets" (1973)
7 p.m. & 10 p.m. WHC. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/yfs.

Fri. & Sat., Feb. 15 & 16

"O" (2001)
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Tim Blake Nelson. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs.

Saturday, Feb. 16

"Forever Amber" (1947)
2 p.m. BAC. Directed by Otto Preminger.

"Delicatessen" (1991)
7 p.m. & 10 p.m. WHC. Directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/yfs.

Sunday, Feb. 17

"Annie Hall" (1977)
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Woody Allen. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs.

Conferences/Symposia

Saturday, Feb. 9

"Listening"
9 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Harris Aud., CSC. Various aspects of listening as an essential tool in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy will be considered. Presenters include Elizabeth Brett, Dr. David Carlson, Dr. Carolyn Kovel and Dr. Stanley Possick of the Yale Sch. of Medicine, and Dr. Leonard Shengold of NYU. Fee: $50 in advance; $60 on site; free for students or trainees with I.D. Participants will recieve 3.5 CME credit hours. Info.: Kathy Wilcox, (203) 562-2103. (Western New England Psychoanalytic Society)

Fri.-Sun., Feb. 15-17

"Rebellious Lawyering Conference"
Friday, 4-9 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday, 10-11:30 a.m. Conference will feature a film screening, panel discussions and workshops on such topics as same-sex marriage, child prostitution and animal rights. Keynote address will be presented by Eva Jefferson Paterson, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 16. Fee: $15; free for Yale students. Info.: www.yale.edu/ reblaw. (Law Sch.)

Biomedical Sciences

Friday, Feb. 8

"The STAT Signaling Pathway: Roles in Cell Growth, Apoptosis and Human Disease"
8:30 a.m. Beeson Library, 6th flr., HRT. Dr. Xin-Yuan Fu. (Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

"Regulation of Energy and Glucose Homeostasis Through PPAR-Gamma and Its Coactivators"
Noon. Rm. 206, BCMM. Marcy Adlersberg and Bruce Spiegelman, Dana Farber Cancer Institute. (Endocrine Physiology and Therapeutics Conference)

"Irritable Bowel Disease"
1 p.m. Rm. 92, LMP. Dr. Adam Cheifetz. (GI Conference)

Monday, Feb. 11

"The Injection Century and the Origins of HIV"
2 p.m. Rm. 206, BCMM. Preston Marx, Tulane Univ. Health Sciences Center. (Dept. of Pathology)

"Telomeres -- Keeping Chromosome Ends from Unravelling"
4 p.m. Rm. 110, JEH. Peter Baumann, Univ. of Colorado. Tea will be served at 3:45 p.m. (Dept. of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry)

"The Pathology of Cardiac Transplantation"
4-5 p.m. Rm. 206, BCMM. Dr. E. Rene Rodriquez, Johns Hopkins Univ. Sch. of Medicine. (VBT-IPCT)

Tuesday, Feb. 12

"Cadherin Dimerization and Cell-Cell Adhesion"
Noon. Rm. B137, BML. Sergey Troyanovsky, Washington Unv. Medical Sch, St. Louis. (Dept. of Pathology)

"I'm Not Dead Yet -- Genes and Aging in the Fruit Fly"
4 p.m. Rm. I304, SHM. Dr. Stephen Helfand, Univ. of Connecticut Health Center. (Dept. of Genetics)

Wednesday, Feb. 13

"Chemo-Bio Terrorism and the Anesthesiologist"
6:55 a.m. Fitkin Amph. Dr. Philip Boyson. (Dept. of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds)

"A Novel Microtubule-Dependent Embryonic Axis Specification Pathway in Drosophila melanogaster"
Noon. Brady Aud., SHM. William E. Theurkauf, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical Center. (Dept. of Cell Biology)

"The Development and Clinical Significance of Circadian Rhythms in Children"
Noon-1 p.m. Fitkin Amph. Dr. Scott Rivkees. (Dept. of Pediatrics Grand Rounds)

"Recognition of Single-Stranded RNA by Proteins: Origins of Stability and Specifically in the U1A-RNA Complex"
4 p.m. Rm. 160, SCL. Anne M. Baranger, Wesleyan Univ. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"The RNAi Response in Trypanosomes: Learning from One of the Early Divergent Eukaryotes"
4-5 p.m. Rm. 401, Clinic Bldg. Dr. Elisabetta Ullu. (Dept. of Laboratory Medicine)

"Patterning of the Mouse Neural Tube: New Insights from Forward Genetics"
4 p.m. Rm. 226, OML. Jonathan T. Eggenschwiler, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Tea will be served at 3:45 p.m. (Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology)

Thursday, Feb. 14

"Role of 4-1BB in the Immune Response"
11 a.m. Fitkin Amph. Tania H. Watts, Univ. of Toronto. (Section of Immunobiology)

"Obstetricians and Gynecologists Will Be the Health Providers for Women in the Future"
4 p.m. Brady Aud., Lauder Hall. Dr. Alan DeCherney. (Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds)

"Hepatitis C Virus Seen Through the Eyes of a Pestivirus"
4 p.m. Rm. 206-208, BCMM. Ruben O. Donis, Univ. of Nebraska. (Section of Microbial Pathogenesis/Dept. of Medicine, Infectious Diseases)

"A Personal History of Surgical Robotics" & "Marginal World of Transplantation"
5 p.m. Rm. 216, JEH. Dr. Richard Satava and Dr. Amy Friedman. (Dept. of Surgery)

Friday, Feb. 15

"Molecule Pathways of B Cell Development and Resulting Immunodeficiency"
8:30 a.m. Beeson Library, 6th flr., HRT. Dr. Agnes Matczuk. (Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

"Insulin Resistance and Risk for Ischemic Stroke"
Noon. Rm. 206, BCMM. Dr. Walter Kernan. (Endocrine Physiology and Therapeutics Conference)

"Ascites"
1 p.m. Rm. 92, LMP. Dr. Siwaporn Chainuvati. (GI Conference)

And...

Friday, Feb. 8

Lewis Walpole Library Open House
2-4 p.m. 154 Main St., Farmington. Guided tours of the house and collections will be offered on the half-hour (last tour will begin at 3:30 p.m.) and refreshments will be served. Info.: (860) 677-2140.

Exhibition Opening Reception
4-6 p.m. Memorabilia Rm., SML. Reception for exhibition of photographs by David E. Apter, "Archive Series 1 -- Africa Photographs 1952-1960: Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda," on view through March 8.

Saturday, Feb. 9

"Artful Tales"
1:30-3 p.m. YUAG. A hands-on art program for 5- to 8-year-olds accompanied by an adult. Info. and registration: (203) 436-1559.

"Stand Up and Dance 2002"
8 p.m. Off-Broadway Theater. Dance groups from Yale and New Haven will perform to raise money for the AIDS Interfaith Network. Admission: $10; $5 for students. Info.: (203) 436-0956; farrin.anello @yale.edu.

Monday, Feb. 11

"Introduction to the Chemistry Library and Electronic Resources"
1 p.m. Chemistry Library, SCL.

"TBC Technology Day"
1-5 p.m. ITS Technology & Business Center, 221 Whitney Ave. Featuring Apple laptops. Liz Price from Apple will speak.

Tuesday, Feb. 12

"Expressing Yourself: The Art of Being Understood"
9-11:30 a.m. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"Patent Searching"
Noon. Engineering Library, Becton Center.

"Tangled Roots: Exploring Links Between African and Irish American History"
4:15-8:15 p.m. Luce Hall. After-school workshop for K-12 educators and other interested persons. Info. and registration: www.yale.edu/pieris/TangledRootsflyer.pdf. (Gilder Lehrman Center)

"Introduction to the Library Web and Research Databases"
5-6 p.m. Electronic Classroom, CCL. Register at the Sterling Library reference desk or by sending e-mail to smlref@yale.edu.

Wednesday, Feb. 13

"Customer Service for Front Line Service Providers"
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Fee: $110; $90 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"Talking with Parents of Young Children (Ages Birth-5 Years)"
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. 119, HGS. Lola Nash will discuss developmental growth, age-appropriate expectations, day care, skills, play, social and cognitive development and emotional support. Registration: (203) 785-2512; susan.abramson@yale.edu. (Office of the Provost/CSC/Office of Women in Medicine/McDougal Graduate Center/Early Childhood Education Program)

"Intermediate Information for Psychology Students"
1-2:30 p.m. Staff Center for Multimedia Learning, Mudd Library. This class is for students who want to learn about finding journal articles using the PsycInfo Database and the Online Journal Database on the Yale Library website. Registration: soraya.magalhaes-willson@yale.edu.

Thursday, Feb. 14

"Outstanding Customer Service for Managers"
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Fee: $110; $90 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"How to Find Journal Articles"
11:30 a.m. Kline Science Library, KBT.

"TBC Technology Day"
1-5 p.m. ITS Technology & Business Center, 221 Whitney Ave. Bill Sherman from Toshiba will discuss his company's laptops.

Friday, Feb. 15

"Luncheon Meditation"
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Saturday, Feb. 16

"Diversity Day Program"
9:30 a.m. (registration and continental breakfast at 9 a.m.) Winslow Aud., LEPH. Participants will learn about public health; speak with students, alumni and faculty of the Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health; and learn about free SAT and GRE practice tests. Register by Feb. 8 by calling (203) 785-2844 or by sending e-mail to eph.admissions@yale.edu.

"Artful Tales"
1:30-3 p.m. YUAG. A hands-on art program for 5- to 8-year-olds accompanied by an adult. Info. and registration: (203) 436-1559.

Sat. & Sun., Feb. 16 & 17

"Winter Dino-Snore!"
Saturday, 6 p.m.--Sunday, 9 a.m. Peabody Museum. Sleepover in the Great Hall of Dinosaurs will include snacks in the evening, breakfast and other fun activities. Open to Peabody members; three children allowed per adult. Fee: $30. Registration: (203) 432-3776.

Sunday, Feb. 17

"Family Funday"
2 p.m. & 3 p.m. BAC. Members of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra will lead a Magical Mystery Tour.

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, Dwight Hall. 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, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. "Yale Japan: Revealing New Ground," "Open Source Architecture: Building Eyebeam," "Arverne," Feb. 11-March 8.

School of Art
10 a.m.-5 p.m. "MFA Thesis Exhibition -- Painting #1" (Iona Brown, Francisco Delgado, Ficre Ghebreyesus, Ezra Homann, Jaime Ursic and Barri Lester), through Feb. 10; "MFA Thesis Exhibition -- Painting #2" (Nathan Boyer, Kathy Burin, Cara Erskine, Rowan Risby, Matt Saunders, Maya Schindler and Anne Thompson), Feb. 11-21.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. "My Soul Has Grown Deep Like the Rivers: Langston Hughes at 100," through April 20.

Jonathan Edwards College Master's House
Thursday, 4-6 p.m., or by appt. "Robert L. Schultz: Drawing of the Figure," through March 17. Info.: (203) 432-0356.

Peabody Museum of Natural History
Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. "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.

Sterling Hall of Medicine
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. Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, "Sculpture in Copper, Steel and Glass," sculptures by Diane Platt, through Feb. 8.

Sterling Memorial Library
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Lecture hall, "Cyrus Vance Memorial Exhibit," through March 1; Memorabilia Rm., "Archive Series 1 -- Africa Photographs 1952-1960: Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda," through March 8. (Manuscripts and Archives)

Yale Center for British Art
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. "Painted Ladies: Women at the Court of Charles II, 1660-1685," through March 17.

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.

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. "John Singer Sargent: The Painter as Sculptor," through April 21; "Art for All Seasons: Asian Art at Yale," through Sept. 1; "The Tiger's Eye: The Art of a Magazine," through March 30; "Between Language and Form," through March 30; "The 1948 Directors of the Société Anonyme Exhibition," through March 30.

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 Jan. 17, 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.

Language Tables

Arabic Table
Tuesday, noon. Ezra Stiles College dining hall. Bassam Frangieh. (Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations)

Chinese Table
Wednesday, noon. Silliman College dining hall. Zhengguo Kang. Info.: (203) 432-2938. (Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures)

French Table
Monday, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Ezra Stiles College, Brooke Donaldson & Ryan Poynter; Wednesday, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Trumbull College, Ruth Koizim & Marina Davies; Wednesday, 5:45 p.m., Calhoun College, Nomi Lazar & Samuel Sigg; Thursday, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Silliman College, Jeffrey Boyd & Vincent Giroud. (Dept. of French)

Japanese Table
Thursday, noon. Silliman College dining hall. Hiroyo Nishimura. Info.: (203) 432-2943. (Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures)

Korean Table
Wednesday, noon, Morse College dining hall; Thursday, noon, Saybrook College dining hall. Seungja Choi. Info.: (203) 432-2866. (Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures)

German Table
Wednesday, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Pierson College dining hall; Friday, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Branford College dining hall. (Germanic Languages and Literatures)

Indonesian Table
Thursday, noon. Berkeley College dining hall. Info.: (203) 436-4192; indriyo.sukmono@yale.edu. (Council on Southeast Asia Studies)

Portuguese Table
Tuesday, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Silliman College dining hall, Jordano Quaglia; Tuesday, 5-6 p.m., Davenport College dining hall, Jordano Quaglia; Wednesday, 5-6 p.m., Jonathan Edwards College dining hall, Jordano Quaglia; Friday, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Ezra Stiles College dining hall, António Ladeira.

Russian Table
Wednesday, 5:30 p.m., Davenport College dining hall, Emilia Hramov. Thursday, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Pierson College dining hall, Julia Titus. (Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures)

Tagalog/Filipino Table
Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. Jonathan Edwards College dining hall. Info.: (203) 436-0750; carissaanna.dizon@yale.edu. (Council on Southeast Asia Studies)

Thai Table
Friday, noon. Morse College dining hall. Info.: (203) 436-3200; kris.siriratsivawong@yale.edu. (Council on Southeast Asia Studies)

Vietnamese Table
Thursday, noon. Commons dining hall. Info.: (203) 432-5097; quang.van@yale.edu. (Council on Southeast Asia Studies)

Religion

University Public Worship
Sunday, 11 a.m. Battell Chapel. The Reverend Jerry Streets will preach on Feb. 10; the Reverend Pamela Bro will preach on Feb. 17. 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
Tuesday, 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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