Saturday, March 16

"Viva Opera! Memorable Melodies from Opera and Operetta"
8 p.m. Battell Chapel. The New Haven Chorale, directed by Paul Mueller, will offer excerpts from opera and operetta by Beethoven, Gershwin, Mozart, Wagner and others. Tickets: $20; $15 for seniors and students. Info. and tickets: (203) 787-1887; www.newhavenchorale.org.

Saturday, March 23

"Baroque Fest"
8 p.m. Battell Chapel. Soloists of the Orchestra New England of the University of New Haven will perform sinfonias and concertos of Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann and others. Info. and tickets: (203) 934-TUNE; www.orchestranewengland.org.

Sunday, March 24

"Great Organ Music at Yale"
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Martin Jean will perform "Seven Choral-Poems on the Last Words of Christ" by Charles Tournemire. A $5 donation is requested at the door. Info.: (203) 432-4158. (Sch. of Music)

Tuesday, March 26

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Christian Van Horn, bass. (Sch. of Music)

Thursday, March 28

Master of Music Recital
5 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Genevieve Henry, flute. (Sch. of Music)

"A Rare Concert of Works by Russian Women Composers at the Court of Catherine the Great"
8 p.m. Fence Club Ballroom, 220 York St. Anne Harley, soprano, and Oleg Timofeyev, Russian seven-string guitar; compositions will be sung in French, Italian and Russian; program notes will be available.

Saturday, March 30

Master of Music Recital
5 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Kevin Hill, tenor. (Sch. of Music)

Artist Diploma Recital
8 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Victoria Maloley, soprano. (Sch. of Music)

Theater

Thurs.-Sat., March 21-23; Mon.-Sat., March 25-30

"Serious Money"
Monday, 7 p.m.; Tuesday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; March 30, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Yale Rep. Written by Caryl Churchill, directed by Jean Randich and performed by the Sch. of Drama acting class of 2002. Opening night is March 26. Tickets: $22-$39; subscriptions available. Info.: (203) 432-1234; www.yalerep.org.

Mon.-Sat., March 25-30

"The Trial"
Monday, 7 p.m.; Tuesday-Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. University Theatre. Written by Franz Kafka, translated by Breon Mitchell, adapted for the stage by Aron Ezra and Jason Lindner, and directed by Shannon C.M. Flynn. Tickets: $15-$18; discounts for students and seniors. Info.: (203) 432-1234.

Talks

Friday, March 15

"John Hunter and His Museum"
5 p.m. Historical Library, SHM. Dr. John Kirchner. (Beaumont Medical Club)

Tuesday, March 19

"Yale's Cabinet of Dutch Paintings"
2 p.m. YUAG. Gallery Talk tour led by docent Joan Marie Galla.

"Art and Artist in Christian Witness"
7:30 p.m. 490 Prospect St. Artst Nalini M. Jayasuriya will present and discuss her paintings. A discussion period with refreshments will follow. (OMSC)

Wednesday, March 20

"Biotechnology: Panacea or Hype?"
Noon, lower level, ISPS; 7:30 p.m., Slifka Center. David Suzuki, Univ. of British Columbia. Lunch will be provided at the noon meeting for those who contact Carol Pollard in advance at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu. (ISPS)

Thursday, March 21

"Yale's Cabinet of Dutch Paintings"
12:30 p.m. YUAG. Gallery Talk tour led by docent Joan Marie Galla.

"PC, MD: How Political Correctness is Corrupting Medicine"
5 p.m. Beaumont Rm., SHM. Dr. Sally L. Satel. (Program for Humanities in Medicine)

Friday, March 22

"Martin Luther on the Great Commission"
12:30 p.m. 490 Prospect St. Edward H. Schroeder. Those who attend are invited to bring a light lunch; coffee will be provided. (OMSC)

Monday, March 25

"A Global Commonwealth? Two Perspectives"
11:30 a.m. General Motors Rm., Horchow Hall. Donald McKinnon, secretary general of the Commonwealth, and Gordon Smith, former deputy minister of foreign affairs for Canada. Lunch will be provided. (Center for the Study of Globalization/ Canadian Studies Committee/YCIAS)

"On the Empirical and Normative Implications Parliamentary Party Fluidity, Or Is There a Second Italian Republic?"
Noon. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Carol Mershon, Univ. of Virginia. (Georg Walter Leitner Program)

"Fumbling Towards Equity: An Investigation into the Factors Associated with School Effectiveness Internationally"
1:30-2:30 p.m. Rm. 207, Kirtland Hall. Dr. Steve Stemler. (PACE)

"From Natural Science to Impacts: What Will Happen if the Earth Warms?"
2-3:30 p.m. Rm. 102, KGL. Robert Mendelsohn. (Center for the Study of Global Change)

Economic Growth Center Seminar
3:30-5 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Charles Engel, Univ. of Wisconsin. Topic to be announced.

"The Hidden Tale of Genji"
4 p.m. Rm. 217A, HGS. Royall Tyler, Australian National Univ., will present a Wu Foundation Lecture. (Dept. of East Asian Languages & Literatures/Council on East Asian Studies)

"Economics and Identity"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 127, SLB. George A. Akerloff, the Goldman Professor of Economics at the Univ. of California at Berkeley, will present the 2001-2002 Arthur Allen Leff Fellowship Lecture. (YLS)

"A Dark Disease in the Dark Ages: Anthrax, the Malignant Carbuncle?"
4:30 p.m. Fulton Rm., SHM. Christiane Nockels, graduate student in the history of medicine and science.

"Memory Into Site"
6:30 p.m. Hastings Hall, A&A. Stefan Tischer. (Sch. of Architecture)

Tuesday, March 26

"Modern Art, Modern War and the Reinvention of History Painting"
12:30 p.m. BAC. Art in Context talk by Sue Malvern, Univ. of Reading.

"The Promise and Pitfalls of Renewable Energy"
4 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Kyle Datta, vice president of Booz-Allen Hamilton, and Dan Reicher, former assistant secretary of energy. (IEM Program/F&ES)

"La Renaissance du Sonnet en France depuis 1990"
4 p.m. Romance Languages Lounge, 82-90 Wall St. French Poet Jacques Roubaud will present a lecture on modern poetry. (Dept. of French)

"Perversions of Power: Witchcraft and Sexuality of Evil in the South African Lowveld"
4 p.m. Rm. 1, 158 Whitney Ave. Isak Niehaus. (Dept. of Anthropology)

Master's Tea
4 p.m. Saybrook College master's house. Mary Catherine Bateson, the Clarence J. Robinson Professor in Anthropology and English at George Mason Univ.

"The Nurses Code of Ethics: Can I Keep My Promises in Troubled Times?"
4:30 p.m. Lecture hall, 100 Church St. South. Featured panelist will be Gladys White, director of the ANA Center for Ethics and Human Rights. Light refreshments will be served. Reservations: (203) 737-5431; (203) 737-2652. (Center for Health Policy and Ethics, YSN)

"Supernovae, Dark Energy, and an Accelerating Universe"
4:30-5:30 p.m. 59 SPL. Saul Perlmutter, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; tea will be served at 4 p.m. in the SPL Lounge.

Anthropology Society Lecture
6:30 p.m. Rm. 120, WLH. Mary Catherine Bateson, the Clarence J. Robinson Professor in Anthropology and English at George Mason Univ.

"Cults and Cosmic Consciousness: Religious Vision in the American 1960s"
7 p.m. Memorabilia Rm., SML. Camille Paglia, the University Professor at the Univ. of the Arts in Philadelphia. Refreshments will be served. (Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion)

"To Give Them Liberty and Stop Here is to Entail Upon Them a Curse: Slavery, Emancipation and Yale, 1775-1817"
8 p.m. Aud., KGL, Connecticut Hall. Peter Hinks, Hamilton College. (Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences)

Wednesday, March 27

"Role of Civil Rights Law to Promote Social Justice"
11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Randolph Scott-McLaughlin, Pace Univ. (F&ES)

"U.S.A. v. bin Laden, et al.: A Conversation with Mary Jo White, Former U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York"
Noon. Faculty lounge, SLB. Mary Jo White. (Knight Journalism Fellowship/YLS)

"The Destructive Legacy of Soeharto's New Order in Indonesia"
Noon. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Jeffrey Winters, Northwestern Univ. (Southeast Asia Studies)

"Imported Realities: The Fragment in 20th-Century Collage"
12:20 p.m. YUAG. Art à la Carte talk by Dorothea Dietrich, director of the Morse Resarch Center for Graphic Arts and curator of prints and drawings at the Jane Vorhees-Zimmerli Art Museum of Rutgers Univ.

"Mechanistic Aspects of Platinum Promoted Oxidation of Alkanes"
4 p.m. Rm. 160, SCL. John Bercaw, Caltech. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"Representativeness Revisited: Another Look at Judgement Heuristics"
4 p.m. Rm. 220, Dunham Lab. Daniel Kahreman, Princeton Univ. (Dept. of Psychology)

"Hydrogen Production by Earth's Early Photosynthetic Biosphere: Implications for Global Biogeochemistry"
4-5 p.m. Rm. 123, KGL. Tori Hoehler, NASA Ames Research Center. (Dept. of Geology & Geophysics)

"Great Powers and Small Communities: The Commemoration of War in France, 1871-1914"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 103, Luce Hall. Rachel Chrastil.

"Dark Energy Challenges the Physicists"
4:30-5:30 p.m. 59 SPL. Saul Perlmutter, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; tea will be served at 4 p.m. in the SPL Lounge.

Thursday, March 28

"Christian Science Healing"
12:30 p.m. Beecher Seminar Rm., Divinity Sch. David Stevens, Christian Science healer and former dean of Principia College.

"The Politics of Preservation: Genocide Memorials in Cambodia and Rwanda"
2:30-4:20 p.m. 77 Prospect St. Susan E. Cook, Brown Univ. (Genocide Studies Program/YCIAS)

"Japan in American Children's Books: From Commodore Perry to Today"
4 p.m. BRBL. Sybille A. Jagusch, chief of the Children's Literature Program at the Library of Congress, will present the second annual Betsy Beinecke Shirley Lecture in American Children's Literature.

Workshop in Economic History
4-5:30 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Zorina Khan, Bowdoin Univ. Topic to be announced. (Economic Growth Center)

"Love and National Unity: Ricote's Daughter's Byzantine Romance"
4-5:15 p.m. Davies Aud., Becton Center. Roberto González Echevarría will present the ninth DeVane Lecture in the series "Love and the Law in Cervantes."

"Tanizaki and the Geopolitical Unconscious of Pure Film"
4 p.m. Rm. 217A, HGS. Thomas Lamarre, McGill Univ. (Dept. of East Asian Languages & Literatures/Council on East Asian Studies)

"The Leader's Journey: Some Thoughts for the Next Generation"
4-5:30 p.m. Rm. 119, WLH. David Gergen of Harvard Univ. will present the first of three Castle Lectures in Ethics, Politics and Economics. A reception will follow in Rm. 115. (Program on Politics, Ethics and Economics/Yale University Press)

"How I Came to Work on the Spanish Civil War: A Conversation with Cary Nelson"
4 p.m. Jonathan Edwards College master's house. Master's tea will be followed by a reception for the exhibition "The Aura of the Cause: A Photo Album for North American Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War," 5:30-7 p.m.

"Leo Amery: The Last Grand Strategist of British Imperialism"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 202, Luce Hall. David Freeman, California State Univ.-Fullerton. (ISS)

"Looking Back, Looking Forward"
6:30 p.m. Hastings Hall, A&A. Paul Rudolph Lecturer Will Bruder. (Sch. of Architecture)

Friday, March 29

"East of Eden, South of Wall Street: The Roots/Routes of World Bank Power"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS. Michael Goldman, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign. (Porgram in Agrarian Studies)

Labor and Population Workshop
12:15-1:45 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Martin Ravellion, the World Bank. Topic to be announced. (Economic Growth Center)

"Studying Dark Energy with Supernovae (the part of the story that always gets left out of departmental colloquia)"
4:30-5:30 p.m. 59 SPL. Saul Perlmutter, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; tea will be served at 4 p.m. in the SPL Lounge.

Films

Saturday, March 16

"Shaukeen (Zest for Life)"
2 p.m. Aud., Luce Hall.

Monday, March 25

"Senso Daughters"
7 p.m. Aud., Luce Hall. Documentary about the Japanese army's mistreatment of women in Papua New Guinea and its use of "comfort girls" during World War II. Director Noriko Sekiguchi will introduce the film. Part of the series "Documenting Women." (Council on East Asian Studies)

Tuesday, March 26

"Rivers of Sand"
7 p.m. Aud., Luce Hall. Directed by Bruno Sorrentino. Part of "Visions of Africa: Contemporary African Cinema." (Council on African Studies/ AACC)

Wednesday, March 27

"When Mrs. Hegarty Comes to Japan" (1992)
7 p.m. Aud., Luce Hall. A question-and-answer period with director Noriko Sekiguchi will follow. Part of the series "Documenting Women." (Council on East Asian Studies)

Thursday, March 28

"Hospital"
7 p.m. Rm. 118, 100 Church St. South. Documentary film directed by Frederick Wiseman. (Program for the Humanities in Medicine)

Friday, March 29

"Ocean's Eleven" (2001)
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Rm. 110, JEH. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs.

Saturday, March 30

"The Philadelphia Story" (1940)
7 p.m. & 10 p.m. WHC. Directed by Billy Wilder. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/yfs.

Sunday, March 31

"Before Night Falls" (2000)
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Julian Schnabel. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs.

Conferences/Symposia

Fri. & Sat., March 29 & 30

"The Future of the Aesthetic"
Friday, 3-6 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. WHC. Panel topics include "Aesthetics and Politics," "Aesthetics and Ethics," "Aesthetic Education" and "The Aesthetic Impulse." (WHC)

Biomedical Sciences

Friday, March 15

"Phagocytic Cells in the Immune Response to Borrelia Burgdorferi"
8:30 a.m. Beeson Library, 6th flr., HRT. Ruth Montgomery. (Section of Allergy & Clinical Immunology)

Wednesday, March 20

"Update on Thrombin"
6:55 a.m. Fitkin Amph. Dr. Christine Rinder. (Dept. of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds)

"Cellular Factors and HIV Budding"
Noon. Rm. H216, JEH. Wesley Sundquist, Univ. of Utah. (Dept. of Cell Biology)

"Dynamic Remodeling of Chromosomal and Nuclear Architecture During the Cell Cycle"
4 p.m. Rm. 226, OML. Kristen Johansen, Iowa State Univ. Tea will be served at 3:45 p.m. (Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology)

Thursday, March 21

"Mitochondria and Apoptosis: Stepping Stones on the Road to Ruin"
11 a.m. Fitkin Amph. Douglas R. Green, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology. (Section of Immunobiology)

"Norepinephrine Transport Kinetics: Single-Cell Fluorometry, Biophysics and Drug Screening"
12:30 p.m. Giarman Rm., SHM. Dr. Louis J. DeFelice, Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center. Coffee and cookies will be served at 12:15 p.m. (Dept. of Pharmacology)

"Pheochromocytoma: Novel Approaches to Diagnosis by Plasma Metanephrines and Localization by 6-(18F) Fluorodopamine Positron Emission Tomographic Scanning"
5-6 p.m. Dr. Karel Pacak, National Institute of Health, will present the Leon E. Sample Memorial Lecture. (Dept. of Surgery Grand Rounds)

Friday, March 22

"HIV/AIDS in Africa"
8:30 a.m. Beeson Library, 6th flr., HRT. Dr. Gerald Friedland. (Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

Monday, March 25

"Autonomic Dysregulation Following Real and Simulated Microgravity"
4 p.m. Peter B. Gordon Memorial Library, JPL. J. Kevin Shoemaker, Univ. of Eastern Ontario, Canada. Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m.

Tuesday, March 26

"Computational Molecular Biology of Gene Expression and Regulation"
Noon. Rm. B137, BML. Michael Q. Zhang, Watson Sch. of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. (Dept. of Pathology)

"Trans-Control of X-Inactivation"
4 p.m. Rm. I304, SHM. York Marahrens, UCLA. (Dept. of Genetics)

Wednesday, March 27

"Implementation Guide to the NaviCare System"
6:55 a.m. Fitkin Amph. NaviCare System, Inc. (Dept. of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds)

"Ankyrins: Molecular Keys to the Cellular Code for Directing Ion Channels to Sites of Physiological Function"
Noon. Brady Aud., Lauder Hall. Dr. Vann Bennett, Duke Univ. (Dept. of Cell Biology)

"What Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia is Teaching Us About AML"
4-5 p.m. Rm. 401, Clinic Bldg. Dr. Scott Kagan, UC San Francisco. (Dept. of Laboratory Medicine)

"The Difference Between Plants and Animals: A View from the Arabidopsis Genome"
4 p.m. Rm. 226, OML. Elliott Meyerowitz, Caltech. Tea will be served at 3:45 p.m. (Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology)

Thursday, March 28

"Signal Transduction Pathways in T Cell Development and Activation"
11 a.m. Fitkin Amph. Leslie Berg, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical Sch. (Section of Immunobiology)

"Strong Ions" & "Coronary Artery Disease"
5-6 p.m. Rm. 216, JEH. Dr. Randeep Jawa and Dr. George Tellides. (Dept. of Surgery Grand Rounds)

And...

Friday, March 15

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

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

"Listening to Art"
3:30 p.m. YUAG. Student gallery guide Sue Preneta will lead an "Angles on Art" tour.

Saturday, March 16

"Say It Loud, Say It Clear: Writing and Delivering Speeches that Work"
8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. SLB. Ruth Sherman, Ruth Sherman Associates, and Anita Baxter, Baxter Communications. Session will include classroom training, training packet and continental breakfast. Scholarships available for high school, college and graduate students. Advance registration required by calling (203) 734-7385 or online at wcsyale.org. (Women's Campaign School)

"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.

"Reflections of Self in Art"
3 p.m. YUAG. Student gallery guide Amanda Reiterman will lead an "Angles on Art" tour.

Sunday, March 17

"Fifth Annual Paleo-Knowledge Bowl"
2:30 p.m. Great Hall of Dinosaurs, Peabody Museum. Spectators are invited to watch the final round competition for 4th-, 5th- and 6th-grade teams answering questions about paleontology. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors; free with membership or valid Yale ID).

Tuesday, March 19

"Recognition and Prevention of Sexual Harassment for Supervisors"
9 a.m.-11 a.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. Open to members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"Preventing Workplace Violence"
9 a.m.-noon. 14th flr., 265 Church St. Fee: $65; free for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Wednesday, March 20

"Project Management Essentials"
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Fee: $135; $115 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"What is Employee Performance and Development?"
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. 212, JEH. Open to members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/ learningcenter.

Thursday, March 21

"Yale Physicians Building Art Place" Opening Reception
5 p.m. 800 Howard Ave. Exhibition will feature works by Yale faculty and staff, and local artists.

Friday, March 22

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

Saturday, March 23

"How to Paint a Bird"
3:30 p.m. Peabody Museum. The first in a series of four workshops for adults and teens. Using birds from the Peabody's ornithology collections, artist and naturalist Roland Clement, former vice president of the Audubon Society, will teach the methods necessary to create accurate watercolor representations of birds. Beginner and advanced painters welcome. Registration is required by calling (203) 432-3776. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors).

Sunday, March 24

"Locusts and Frogs"
1-3 p.m. Peabody Museum. Locusts and frogs play an important role in the story surrounding the Jewish holiday of Passover. Children are invited to learn what a locust is and how to tell frogs from toads. Event will also include crafts, songs and kosher snacks. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors)

"Reading Gender in Art"
4 p.m. YUAG. Student gallery guide Linda Rosenbury will lead an "Angles on Art" tour.

Monday, March 25

"Apple Technology Forum"
2-4 p.m. Aud., Peabody Museum. Liz Price, Adam Scinto and Jay McSweeney of Apple will provide hardware and software product updates. Refreshments will be served. (ITS Technology & Business Center)

Tuesday, March 26

"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.

"A Bilingual Poetry Reading"
Noon. BRBL. Milli Graffi, poet and critic from Milan. (Dept. of Italian)

"Walk for Fitness and Health"
12:10-12:50 p.m. YUHS. Each session of this moderate walking and exercise program begins with mild warm-up and stretching routines. Good walking shoes are recommended. Info.: (203) 432-1892. (YUHS, Office of Health Promotion & Education/Athletic Dept.)

Wednesday, March 27

"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.

Public Poetry Reading
4 p.m. BRBL. Poet Jacques Roubaud will read his work in French. (Dept. of French)

Thursday, March 28

"Preventing Burnout"
9-10:30 a.m. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"Walk for Fitness and Health"
12:10-12:50 p.m. YUHS. Each session of this moderate walking and exercise program begins with mild warm-up and stretching routines. Good walking shoes are recommended. Info.: (203) 432-1892. (YUHS, Office of Health Promotion & Education/Athletic Dept.)

Friday, March 29

"Depictions of Solitude and Isolation"
3:30 p.m. YUAG. Student gallery guide Sonia von Gutfeld will lead an "Angles on Art" tour.

Saturday, March 30

"The Controversial in Art"
3 p.m. YUAG. Student gallery guide Alex Israel will lead an "Angles on Art" tour.

"How to Paint a Bird"
3:30 p.m. Peabody Museum. The second in a series of four workshops for adults and teens. Using birds from the Peabody's ornithology collections, artist and naturalist Roland Clement, former vice president of the Audubon Society, will teach the methods necessary to create accurate watercolor representations of birds. Beginner and advanced painters welcome. Registration is required by calling (203) 432-3776. 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. "Zaha Hadid Laboratory," March 25-May 10.

School of Art
10 a.m.-5 p.m. "MFA Thesis Exhibition -- Sculpture" (Deborah Kaplan, Marie Lorenz, Wesley Miller, Miljohn Ruperto, Anna Tsouhlarakis, Mailani Tuazon and Sung Ji Yun), through March 31.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; March 30, 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; "The Aura of the Cause: A Photo Album for North American Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War," March 28-May 28. 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.

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. The fifth in a series of exhibitions featuring paintings, photographs, sculptures, pottery and quilts by local artists and University faculty and staff; March 21-September.

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: Selectizons 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.

Religion

University Public Worship
Battell Chapel. The Reverend Samuel N. Slie will preach on March 17 at 11 a.m.; the Reverend Pamela Bro will preach on March 24 at 11 a.m. (Palm Sunday) and March 28 at 7 p.m. (Tenebrae Service with candlelight and music); the Reverend Rebecca S. Chopp will preach on March 29, 12:30-1:30 p.m. (Good Friday); and the Reverend Jerry Streets will preach on March 31 at 11 a.m. (Easter Sunday with Holy Communion). Info.: (203) 432-8750. (Church of Christ in Yale, member church of the United Church of Christ)

Episcopal Church at Yale
tudent 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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