Friday, March 1

Yale Percussion Group
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Robert Van Sice, director. Works by Schwantner, Cage, Xenakis, Aperghis and Takemitsu. (Sch. of Music)

Saturday, March 2

"Mozart Requiem"
8 p.m. Battell Chapel. Orchestra New England will be joined by the CONCORA chorus. Info. and tickets: www.orchestranewengland.org; (203) 934-TUNE.

"Generations: The Cultural Show"
8 p.m. Branford College dining hall. Performances by the Folklorico Filipino Dance Group, Wesleyan Indonesian Gamelan Dance Troupe and the NYC Thai Community Dance Group. Part of the conference "Generations: Continuity and Conflict in Southeast Asia." Info.: www.cis.yale.edu/seas/ 02conf.htm.

Sunday, March 3

"Dido and Aeneas"
2 p.m. BAC. A production of Henry Purcell's English baroque opera featuring performers from The Performance of Vocal Music and the Yale Collegium Musicum.

Master of Music Recital
2 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Ines Irawati, piano. (Sch. of Music)

Master of Music Recital
6:30 p.m. Battell Chapel. Garmon J.N. Ashby, choral conductor. (Sch. of Music)

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Christopher Johnson, organ. (Sch. of Music)

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Kellyn Haley, trombone. (Sch. of Music)

Monday, March 4

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. John Barger, double bass. (Sch. of Music)

Faculty Artist Series
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Yale Brass Trio (Allan Dean, trumpet; William Purvis, horn; and Scott Hartman, trombone) with Mihae Lee, piano. (Sch. of Music)

Tuesday, March 5

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Eva Vogel, mezzo. (Sch. of Music)

Wednesday, March 6

Faculty Artist Series
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Melvin Chen, piano. Works will include Beethoven's "Bagatelles, Op. 119," Jennifer Higdon's "Secret and Glass Gardens" and others. (Sch. of Music)

Yale Jazz Ensemble Concert
8 p.m. Harkness Aud. The Jazz Ensemble will be joined by students of the Sch. of Nursing and the Sch. of Medicine and its Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health. (Program for the Humanities in Medicine)

Thursday, March 7

Master of Music Recital
5 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Hea-Seung Oh, violin. (Sch. of Music)

"New Music New Haven"
8 p.m. Battell Chapel. Robert Bresnick will direct a performance of works by featured composer Matthew Suttor, with pianist Lisa Moore and DVD projections by Leslie Weinberg. Part of the series on Martin Bresnick's "For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise (after Blake)." (Sch. of Music)

Theater

Fri. & Sat., March 1 & 2

"Betty's Summer Vacation"
Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Yale Rep. Written by Christopher Durang. ASL performance on March 1 at 7 p.m. Tickets: $22-$39. Info. and reservations: (203) 432-1234; www.yalerep.org.

"The Sour Thunder"
Friday & Saturday, 8:30 p.m. & 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. Original concept, music and libretto by Keith Townsend Obadike and Mendi Lewis Obadike. Tickets: $10; $8 for students; memberships available. Info.: ysd.cabaret@yale.edu; (203) 432-1566.

Fri.-Sun., March 1-3

"Peter Pan"
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. Adapted from the novel by James M. Barrie. Tickets: $3; $2 for children; Saturday 1 p.m. show is free. Info.: www.yale.edu/yct; (203) 436-0678. (Yale Children's Theater)

"Company"
Friday & Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. Saybrook College Theater Space. By Stephen Sondheim and George Furth. Tickets: $2. Info. and reservations: emily.pressman@yale.edu.

Saturday, March 2

"Generations: Marsinah Accuses"
3:15 p.m. Aud., SML. Written by Ratna Sarumpaet and performed by Tikka Sears, with sound direction by ethnomusicologist Franki Raden. The play describes the life and death of Marsinah, a worker in a watch factory in East Java, Indonesia, murdered for her role in organizing a strike to demand better working conditions. The play was banned in Indonesia, and Sarumpaet was held as a prisoner of conscience of the Suharto regime. Part of the conference "Generations: Continuity and Conflict in Southeast Asia."

Talks

Friday, March 1

"Sense and Sensibilities: The Motives and Meanings Behind Anti-GMO Activism"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS. Rachel Schurman, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign. (Program in Agrarian Studies)

"Family-Friendly Societies or Family-Friendly Workplaces: Does It Make a Difference?"
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Lab. Martha Pitt-Catsouphes, Boston College. (Bush Center)

"U.S. 'China Policy' as an Arena for Disputes about American National Identity"
Noon. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Alan Wachman, Tufts Univ. (East Asian Studies Colloquium Series)

"Avoiding Disaster in Global Public Health"
Noon. Aud., Luce Hall. George Alleyne, director of the Pan American Health Organization, will present the Yale-Stimson Public Lecture. A reception will follow. (YCIAS)

"U.S. 'China Policy' as an Arena for Disputes about American National Identity"
Noon. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Alan Wachman, Fletcher Sch. of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts Univ.

"Minimum Standards in Insurance Regulation: Evidence of the Medigap Market"
12:15-1:45 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Amy Finkelstein, MIT. (Economic Growth Center)

"The African Christian Diaspora in Europe: Implications for Western Churches"
12:30 p.m. 490 Prospect St. Roswith Gerloff, Univ. of Leeds, England. (OMSC)

"Stability of Systems of Self-driven Particles Undergoing Phase Transition"
3 p.m. Conf. rm., 5th flr., Dunham Lab. Center for Systems Science Seminar with Stephen Morse. (Faculty of Engineering)

"Love and Madness in 18th-Century Britain"
4 p.m. McNeil Lecture Hall, YUAG. John Brewer, Univ. of Chicago, will present the Ninth Annual Lewis Walpole Library Lecture. A reception will follow at BAC.

Saturday, March 2

"Conservation of Forest Birds in Japan and Eastern North America"
11 a.m. Peabody Museum. Robert Askins, associate editor, The Connecticut Warbler. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors)

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

Monday, March 4

"One Country, Two Systems -- Five Years Down the Road"
Noon. Rm. 211, HGS. Margaret Ng, Hong Kong legislator, lawyer and journalist. Lunch will be provided. (Council on East Asian Studies/Asia Law Forum)

"The Method of Hope"
12:30-1:30 p.m. Rm. 1, 158 Whitney Ave. Hiro Miyazaki. Lunch will be provided; send e-mail to gavin.whitelaw@yale.edu. (Ethnography and Social Theory Colloquium)

"Are All 'Men' Created Equal?"
1:30-2:30 p.m. Rm. 207, Kirtland Hall. William Lichten. (PACE)

Master's Tea
2 p.m. Pierson College master's house. Anthony Williams '79, mayor of Washington D.C., will speak as the Eustace D. Theodore '63 Fellow. (AYA/ Pierson College)

"Industrial Growth Without Significant Productivity Growth: The Case of the Machine Tool Industry in Taiwan"
3:30-5 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Keijiro Otsuka, GRIPS. (Economic Growth Center)

Eustace D. Theodore Fellowship Lecture
4 p.m. Battell Chapel. Anthony Williams '79, mayor of Washington D.C., will discuss the priorities he has addressed in undertaking his challenging role in the nation's capital. (AYA/Pierson College)

"Bioinspired Chemistry, or How to Teach an Old Molecule a New Trick"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 253, SCL. Sergiu M. Gorun, Brown Univ. (Dept. of Chemistry)

Tuesday, March 5

"A Merry Monarchy? The Court and Country in Restoration England"
12:30 p.m. BAC. Art in Context talk by Brian Cowan.

"Art, Not Personalities: Dreier, Duchamp and the Société Anonyme"
12:30 p.m. YUAG. Gallery Talk by John Angeline, lecturer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

"Developing Segways: The Struggle for Smooth Transitions Between Research and Production"
4 p.m. Davies Aud., Becton Center. John B. Morrell '86, lead dynamics engineer for the Segway Human Transporter. Part of the Engineering Sesquicentennial Lecture Series. (Faculty of Engineering/Sigma Xi)

"Shakespeare's 'Othello' and Early Modern Concepts of Race"
4-6 p.m. Presidents Rm., Woolsey Hall. Mary Floyd-Wilson. Part of the Women's Table series. Refreshments will be provided.

"Optical Activity: From Structure-Function to Structure Prediction"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 253, SCL. David Beratan, Duke Univ. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"Stories from Africa: An Illustrated Update on the Dictionary of African Christian Biography"
7:30 p.m. 490 Prospect St. Jonathan J. Bonk. A discussion period with refreshments will follow. (OMSC)

Wednesday, March 6

"Using Federal Environmental Statutes to Promote Social Justice"
11:30 a.m.--12:50 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Jeffrey Miller, Pace Univ., will present the seventh session in the F&ES Distinguished Lecture Series "The Restoration Agenda: Environmental Justice." Brown bag lunches are welcome; refreshments will be served.

"Oxidation of Low Density Lipoproteins: Mechanisms of Free Radical Oxidation and Antioxidants"
4 p.m. Rm. 160, SCL. Ned A. Porter, Vanderbilt Univ. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"Variety is the Spice of Life: Extreme Chemical Variability as a Consequence of Channelized Melt Transport"
4-5 p.m. Rm. 123, KGL. Marc Spiegelman, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. (Dept. of Geology & Geophysics)

"The Asian Challenge"
4 p.m. Lecture hall, SML. James Lilley '51, former U.S. ambassador to the People's Republic of China. (ISS Grant Strategy Lecture Series)

"How Dinosaurs Got So Big and So Little"
6:15 p.m. Peabody Museum. Paleontologist Jack Horner, scientific adviser to Steven Spielberg. A cocktail reception will precede the lecture at 5:30 p.m. Fee: $20 (includes museum admission). Registration is required by calling (203) 432-5099.

Thursday, March 7

"Painted Ladies"
11 a.m. BAC. Gallery Talk tour.

"Joe Twitchell, Mark Twain and 'the Boys': A Hartford Minister Befriends the Chinese Educational Mission (1872-1881)"
Noon. Rm. 211, HGS. Steven Courtney, journalist and independent scholar. Lunch will be provided for those who call (203) 432-3426 or send e-mail to stephanie.dawson@yale.edu by March 5. (Council on East Asian Studies China Workshop)

"The Materials of Mark Rothko's Multiforms"
12:30 p.m. YUAG. Gallery Talk by Allison Langley, conservator, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

"In the Aftermath of the Holocaust: Implications of Gender and Age in Displaced Persons Camps in the American Zone of Occupied Germany, 1945-1957"
2:30-4:20 p.m. 77 Prospect St. Beth Lilach, Clark Univ. Part of the Genocide Studies Program series "Life After Genocide." (YCIAS)

"U.S. Priorities at the United Nations Since Sept. 11"
4 p.m. Aud., SLB. John Negroponte '60, U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations. Public reception will follow. (ISS/United Nations Studies/Academic Council on the United Nations System)

"The Glory of the Past: John Singer Sargent's Murals for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston"
4 p.m. YUAG. Slide lecture by Carol Troyon, the John Moors Cabot Curator of Paintings, Art of the Americas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

"A Marriage Made in Heaven: Camacho's Wedding ('Quijote,' II, 19-21)"
4-5:15 p.m. Davies Aud., Becton Center. Roberto González Echevarría will present the eighth DeVane Lecture in the series "Love and the Law in Cervantes."

"Minding Other People's Business: Bosnia, Kosovo and the International Community"
4-5:30 p.m. Rm. 202, Luce Hall. José Cutiliero of the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton Univ., and special representative of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the former Republic of Yugoslavia. (Council on European Studies/Center for the Study of Globalization)

"Fathers & Sons, Gods & Heroes: The Image of the Ideal Ruler in the Greek World"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 407, Phelps Hall. Tonio Hölscher, director of the Archaeological Institute, Univ. of Heidelberg. (Dept. of Classics)

"The Human Side of Cancer: A Neglected Aspect of Care"
5 p.m. Beaumont Rm., SHM. Dr. Jimmi Holland, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, will present the Bayer Lecture. (Program for Humanities in Medicine)

"'Rage to Order': Wallace Stevens and Hans Loewald"
8 p.m. Rm. 108, WHC. Joan Wexler. A reception will precede the talk at 7 p.m.; to attend the reception, contact Alicia Grendziszewski at (203) 785-7205 or alicia.grendziszewski@yale.edu by March 4. (Muriel Gardiner Program)

Friday, March 8

"How Oppressed Were Peasants in the Middle Ages? Assessing Lords' Impact on the Peasant Economy"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS. Christopher Dyer, Univ. of Birmingham. (Program in Agrarian Studies)

"Democratization and the Distribution of Local Public Goods in a Poor Rural Economy"
12:15-1:45 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Mark Rosenzweig, Univ. of Pennsylvania. (Labor and Population Workshop/Economic Growth Center)

Saturday, March 9

"Wildlife Watercolors: The Art of the Field"
1 p.m. Peabody Museum. Wildlife artist Deborah Ross will show slides of photographs and watercolors from her 15-year tenure as artist-in-residence in East Africa on research projects on the baboon, elephant, lemur and other animals. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors; free with valid Yale ID).

Films

Fri. & Sat., March 1 & 2

Black Resistance Film Festival
Friday, 2-9:45 p.m.; Saturday, 1-9:15 p.m. Luce Hall. Festival will feature works from throughout the African diaspora, including "Quilombo" from Brazil, "Watermelon Woman" from the U.S. and "Guantanamera" from Cuba. Info.: www.yale.edu/ afamstudies/events.html; besenia.rodriguez@yale. edu.

"The Royal Tenenbaums" (2001)
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud., Directed by Wes Anderson. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs.

Saturday, March 2

"Nell Gwynne" (1926)
2 p.m. BAC. Directed by Herbert Wilcox.

Sunday, March 3

"Abre Los Ojos" (1997)
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud., Directed by Alejandro Amenabar. In Spanish with English subtitles. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs.

Thursday, March 7

"Chronically Unfeasible"
7 p.m. Rm. 211, LC. Part of "Brazil Carnivalizations," the sixth Brazilian Spring Movie Festival at Yale. (Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese/Council of Latin American & Iberian Studies/Brazil-Portugal)

"Tapestry II" (1991)
7 p.m. Aud., Luce Hall. By the Organization of Asian Women. Part of "Documenting Women: Documentaries About and By Japanese Women Filmmakers." Info.: www.yale.edu/ycias/ceas/ events.html. (Council on East Asian Studies)

Saturday, March 9

"The Exile" (1947)
2 p.m. BAC. Directed by Max Ophuls.

Conferences/Symposia

Fri. & Sat., March 1 & 2

"Law and Truth"

SLB. Judges, academics and lawyers from around the country will debate issues ranging from the ethical problems highlighted by the collapse of Enron to the ability of the jury system to find truth. Fee: $26-$55; $5-$25 for students. Info. and registration: www.fed-soc.org/events/studentsymposium.htm; www.yale.edu/federalist; michael.yaeger@yale. edu; (203) 432-1887. (Federalist Society/Holman Supporting Foundation/YLS)

Fri.-Sun., March 1-3

"Generations: Continuity and Conflict in Southeast Asia"
Friday & Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Conference features keynote addresses by Harold Conklin of Yale, Juree Vichit-Vadakan of the Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society of Thailand, panel discussions and cultural events. Info. and registration: www.cis.yale.edu/ seas/02conf.htm. Free for members of the Yale community. (Council for Southeast Asian Studies/ YCIAS/Graduate Sch./Sudler Fund/McDougal Center)

Friday, March 8

"Public Interest: Power and Purposes"
7:45 a.m.-5:30 p.m. SLB. Fifth anniversary Arthur Liman Public Interest Law Colloquium will focus on issues related to the practice of public interest law. Topics to be discussed include "Understanding the Challenges of Public Interest Law Today," "Becoming and Staying a Public Interest Lawyer" and "Imbedding Public Interest in Private Practice." Registration required: (203) 432-2230; (203) 432-7740. (YLS)

Biomedical Sciences

Monday, March 4

"What the Nose Tells the Brain: Imaging Receptor Neuron Input to the Olfactory Bulb"
4 p.m. Peter B. Gordon Memorial Library, JPL. Matthew Wachowiak. Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m. (JPL)

"Technical Innovations and Challenges in Living Donor Liver and Kidney Transplantation"
4-5 p.m. Rm. 206, BCMM. Dr. Jeffrey A. Lowell, Washington Univ. Sch. of Medicine. (VBT-IPCT)

Tuesday, March 5

"Regulating DNA Excision Repair in Bacteria and Humans"
4 p.m. Rm. I304, SHM. Philip Hanawalt, Stanford Univ. (Dept. of Genetics)

Wednesday, March 6

"What Can the Jerker Deafness Mutation Tell Us about the Functions of the Espin Proteins in Parallel Actin Bundles?"
Noon. Brady Aud., Lauder Hall. James Bartles, Northwestern Univ. Medical Sch. (Dept. of Cell Biology)

Thursday, March 7

"Identification of the Earliest Lymphocyte Precursors in Bone Marrow"
11 a.m. Fitkin Amph. Paul Kincade, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. (Section of Immunobiology)

"New Insights into the Remarkable Conservation Over Evolution and Actin"
4 p.m. Rm. 206-208, BCMM. Edward H. Egelman, Univ. of Virginia. (Section of Microbial Pathogenesis/Dept. of Medicine, Infectious Diseases)

"Cigarettes, Red Wine and Reproduction"
4 p.m. Brady Aud., Lauder Hall. Dr. Robert F. Casper, Univ. of Toronto. (Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology Grand Rounds)

Friday, March 8

"Tissue Specific Regulation of CD40 Ligand Expression"
8:30 a.m. Beeson Library, 6th flr., HRT. Dr. Francis M. Lobo. (Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

"Nuclear Receptors and Atherosclerosis: The Heart of the Problem"
1-2 p.m. Harris Aud., CSC. Ronald M. Evans, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Salk Institute of Biological Studies. (Section of Endocrinology, Dept. of Internal Medicine)

And...

Friday, March 1

"Dialogue on Race at Yale: Challenges for the Next 300 Years"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"Luncheon Meditation"
Noon-1 p.m. Lounge, 3rd flr., JEH. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"Generations: The Culture Fest"
8-11 p.m. Silliman College dining hall. Event will feature food samples, visual art, crafts, dress, music and dance from Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Burma. Part of the conference "Generations: Continuity and Conflict in Southeast Asia." Info.: www.cis.yale.edu/seas/02conf.htm.

Saturday, March 2

"Harry Potter Has Been Sighted at the BAC"
10:30 a.m.-noon. BAC. "Picture This!" art program for children of ages 7-9. Free, but registration is required: (203) 432-2858.

Tuesday, March 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.

Wednesday, March 6

"Talkling 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 Center/Early Childhood Education Program)

"Stress Management"
1-4 p.m. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Fee: $65; $50 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Memorial Service for Dr. Robert W. Berliner
2:30 p.m. Battell Chapel.

"Creating Bibliographies with EndNote"
4:30-6 p.m. Electronic Classroom, CCL. The EndNote program allows users to store and manage references, import citations from online databases, insert references into word processing documents and compile bibliographies in any citation style. Register at the Sterling Library reference desk or by sending e-mail to smlref@yale.edu.

Thursday, March 7

"Creative Thinking"
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.

"Locating Grant Information for Science"
11 a.m. Kline Science Library, KBT.

Friday, March 8

"Dialogue on Race at Yale: Challenges for the Next 300 Years"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Memorial Service for William Bliss '45W
3 p.m. Dwight Chapel.

Saturday, March 9

"Do You Have to Have Money to Run?"
8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. SLB. Nancy Bocskor of The Nancy Bocskor Company will lead a training program for those interested in fundraising politically and professionally. Session will include classroom training, training packet, continental breakfast and networking luncheon. Fee: $95; discounts available for students. Registration required: wcsyale.org; (203) 734-7385. (Women's Campaign Sch.)

"Harry Potter Has Been Sighted at the BAC"
10:30 a.m.-noon. BAC. "Picture This!" art program for children of ages 7-9. Free, but registration is required: (203) 432-2858.

"Mystery Hunt"
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Peabody Museum. Children and parents will search the Great Hall of Dinosaurs for answers to exhibit-related questions. There will also be a related craft project. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors).

ONGOING ACTIVITIES

Tours

Yale Astronomy Public Nights
First Thursday of each month, 7:30 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," through March 8.

School of Art
10 a.m.-5 p.m. "MFA Thesis Exhibition -- Mixed Group (Sculpture and Painting)" (Ethan Ayer, Kristin Baker, SunTek Chung, Eli Huey, Hyung Koo Lee, Christopher Kasper and Sarah Morgan), through March 7; "MFA Thesis Exhibition -- Sculpture" (Deborah Kaplan, Marie Lorenz, Wesley Miller, Miljohn Ruperto, Anna Tsouhlarakis, Mailani Tuazon and Sung Ji Yun), March 8-31.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, March 2, 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.

Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale
Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Friday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Rabinowitz Gallery, "Tikkun Ha'Olam: Meditations in Blue," paintings by Mindy Weisel in memory of Dr. Donald Cohen, through April 10.

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" and "The Muskrat and the Osprey: The Hidden Quinnipiac Marsh," on view indefinitely. Admission: $5; $3 for children and seniors; free with valid Yale I.D. Info.: www.peabody.yale.edu.

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; "The Synthetic Century -- Collage from Cubism to Postmodernism: Selections from the Collection," through April 28.

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.

Overeaters Anonymous
Monday, 7-8 p.m. Women's Center, 198 Elm St. Beginner and Big Book meeting; men are welcome. Info.: Sophia, (203) 752-9000; oasolution@hotmail.com.

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)

Farsi Table
Friday, 12:30 p.m. Jonathan Edwards College dining hall. Info.: sahm.adrangi@yale.edu.

French Table
Monday, 8:30-9:20 a.m., Jonathan Edwards College dining hall, Yuliy Masinovsky; 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.

Spanish Table
12:30-1:30 p.m. Silliman College dining hall. Monday, Spanish 138, advanced conversational; Wednesday, Spanish 115, elementary; Thursday, Spanish 130, intermediate.

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 Walter E. Fauntroy, former congressional representative for Washington, D.C., will preach on Feb. 24 in a joint service with the Black Church at Yale. 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.

Muslim Students Association
Rm. 012, basement, Bingham Hall. Friday prayers,

12:45 p.m.; Isha prayers, nightly, 9 p.m. Info.: www.yale.edu/msa.

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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