Friday, March 29

"Rainbow, an Enchanting Evening of Music"
7 p.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. A concert to benefit South Asian studies at Yale. Featuring Harshal Tole, Jay Gandhi, and Nirav and Nikhil Shah.

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)

Monday, April 1

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

Faculty Artist Series
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Jesse Levine, viola, with Morey Ritt, piano. Works by Hindemith, Franck, Bruch, Brahms and Shostakovich. (Sch. of Music)

Master of Music Recital
8:30 p.m. Dining hall, Jonathan Edwards College. Daniel Friberg, clarinet. (Sch. of Music)

Tuesday, April 2

Chamber Music Society at Yale
8 p.m. Battell Chapel. The Tokyo String Quartet with David Shifrin, clarinet, will perform Brahms' "String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2" and "Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115." Tickets: $24-$29; $13 for students; $5 for student rush after 7:45 p.m. Info. (203) 432-4158. (Sch. of Music)

Wednesday, April 3

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

Thursday, April 4

Artist Diploma Recital
5 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Annette Chang, violin. (Sch. of Music)

"New Music New Haven"
8 p.m. Battell Chapel. The Da Capo Chamber Players will perform Martin Bresnick's "My Twentieth Century" and works by John Halle. (Sch. of Music)

Friday, April 5

Master of Music Recital
2 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Amanda Simmons, French horn. (Sch. of Music)

Master of Music Recital
5 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Sayaka Tanikawa, piano. (Sch. of Music)

Artist Diploma Recital
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rachel Jimenez, piano. (Sch. of Music)

Yale Concert Band Spring Concert
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. The first event in a weekend celebration of Music Director Thomas C. Duffy's 20th year at Yale. Program will include John Williams' "Star Wars Trilogy," Donald Grantham's "Southern Harmony," Duffy's "The Song of Hiawatha" and other works.

Master of Music Recital
8:30 p.m. Dwight Memorial Chapel. Elizabeth Meeker, trumpet. (Sch. of Music)

Saturday, April 6

Woolsey Hall Concerto Competition
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Students at the Sch. of Music will compete to perform as soloists with the Yale Philharmonia next season. (Sch. of Music)

Master of Music Recital
5 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Leah Wool, mezzo-soprano. (Sch. of Music)

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Rolando-Michael Sanz, tenor. (Sch. of Music)

Sunday, April 7

"Pastourelle: Music from the Springtime of Medieval France"
3 p.m. 15 Hillhouse Ave. Fortune's Wheel (singers Lydia Heather Knutson and Paul Cummings accompanied by Shira Kammen and Robert Mealy playing vièlle and harp) will perform works by Guillaume de Machaut and the northern French trouvères. Tickets: $20; $15 for Yale staff and senior citizens; $10 for students. Info. and reservations: (203) 432-0825. (Collection of Musical Instruments)

Faculty Artist Series
4 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Kyung Hak Yu, violin, and Elizabeth Sawyer Parisot, piano. Works by Brahms, Debussy, Schubert and Sarasate. (Sch. of Music)

Artist Diploma Recital
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Anna Grinberg, piano. (Sch. of Music)

Theater

Fri. & Sat., March 29 & 30

"The Trial"
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.

Fri. & Sat., March 29 & 30; Mon.-Sat., April 1-6

"Serious Money"
Monday, 7 p.m.; Tuesday-Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 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. Tickets: $22-$39; subscriptions available. Info.: (203) 432-1234; www.yalerep.org.

Tuesday, April 2

David Sedaris
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Best-selling author David Sedaris launches his spring reading tour. Tickets: $10-$25; discounts available for students, seniors and Yale Rep subscribers. Info.: www.yalerep.org; (203) 432-1234.

Thurs.-Sat., April 4-6

"The Colored Museum"
Thursday, 8:30 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 8:30 p.m. & 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. Written by George C. Wolfe and directed by Billy Eugene Jones. Tickets: $10; $8 for students; memberships available. Info. and reservations: (203) 432-1566; ysd.cabaret@yale.edu.

Talks

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. (Program in Agrarian Studies)

"Linking Mechanics to Biochemistry in Biology and Medicine: Exploring the Science of Molecular to Cellular Biomechanics with a Novel Bioseparation Microtechnology"
11 a.m. Rm. 107, Mason Lab. Dr. Philip LeDuc, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical Sch. (Dept. of Chemical Engineering)

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)

Sunday, March 31

Social Justice Network Dinner
6 p.m. Bagel bar, Berkeley College. Zoe Palitz and Kevin Abels, organizers of the National Week of Student Action to Abolish the Death Penalty, will present information on the death penalty. A discussion period will follow. (Amnesty International)

Monday, April 1

"Minority Rights in the Senate and Property Rights in Slaves: The Role of Dilatory Tactics in Promoting Political Stability in the Antebellum Era"
Noon. Lower level, ISPS. Gregory Wawro, Columbia Univ. (ISPS American Politics Seminar)

"Performing the Extraordinary Foreigner in China"
Noon. Rm. 211, HGS. Claire Conceison, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Lunch will be provided. (Council on East Asian Studies)

"Do Smart People Know How to 'Chill Out'? Practical Intelligence as a Predictor of Health and Coping Behaviors"
1:30-2:30 p.m. Rm. 207, Kirtland Hall. April Smith. (PACE)

"Accounting for the Growth of MNC-Based Trade Using a Structural Model of U.S. MNCs"
3:30-5 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Michael Keane. (Economic Growth Center)

"Genius Tropes: Josquin and the Politics of Criticism"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 207, WLH. Paula Higgins, Univ. of Notre Dame. (Dept. of Music)

"The Medieval Churches Confront Classical Science: St. Augustine, Roger Bacon and the Handmaiden Metaphor"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 401, HGS. David Lindberg, Univ. of Wisconsin. (Program in the History of Science/ History of Medicine)

"Conserving Nature at Scale: A Montana Perspective"
4:30 p.m. Sage Hall, Bowers Aud. Jamie Williams, state director of the Nature Conservancy of Montana. A reception will follow in the lounge. (Western Resources Student Interest Group, F&ES/ Office of Alumni/ae Affairs)

Don Manuel Quispé
5:30-7:30 p.m. Slifka Center. Don Manuel Quispé, the eldest of the shamans of the Q'ero, the direct descendents of the Inca.

"Examining Scale and Landscape Architecture"
6:30 p.m. Hastings Hall, A&A. George Hargreaves. (Sch. of Architecture)

"The Sacred and the Secular"
7 p.m. Davies Aud., Becton Center. Yale faculty panel featuring Seyla Benhabib, Jon Butler and Lamin Sanneh. Part of the series "Democracy, Security and Justice."

Tuesday, April 2

"If Not Us, Who? What Nonprofit Leaders Say About Purpose"
Noon-1:30 p.m. Basement, ISPS. Mark Rosenman, The Union Institute. Reservations: (203) 432-6297; ponpo@yale.edu. (PONPO/ISPS)

"The Art of Communication: Mesoamerican Writing Systems"
2 p.m. YUAG. Gallery Talk tour led by Megan O'Neil, graduate student in the history of art.

"Translating Sumerian and Akkadian Literature: How Do We Respond to the Challenge?"
4 p.m. Lecture hall, SML. Dietz Otto Edzard, Univ. of Munich, Germany, will present the second K.W. & E.K. Rosenthal Memorial Lecture. A reception will follow. (Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations)

Master's Tea
4 p.m. Silliman College master's house. Ronald Tabak, New York lawyer who has done pro bono work with capital punishment cases. Part of the National Week of Student Action to Abolish the Death Penalty. (Amnesty International)

"Selective Oxidation in Homogenous Solution: Mechanisms and Fundamental Principles of Oxygen Atom Transfer with High-Valent Oxorhenium(V) Catalysts"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 253, SCL. James Espenson, Iowa State Univ. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"Christian Theological Training in a Muslim Context: The Case of Sabah Seminary in Malaysia"
7:30 p.m. 490 Prospect St. Thu En Yu, principal of Sabah Theological Seminary. A discussion period with refreshments will follow. (OMSC)

"Resolved: National Security Depends on Reducing Reliance on Fossil Fuels"
7:30 p.m. Davies Aud., Becton Center. Jennifer Ferenstein, president of the Sierra Club. A debate on the resolution will follow; to speak on one side in the debate, send e-mail to lauren.mutti@ yale.edu. (Political Union)

Wednesday, April 3

"Land Matters: Wilderness in Modern America"
11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Gary Machlis, visiting chief social scientist, U.S. National Park Service. Those who attend are invited to bring a brown bag lunch; refreshments will be served. Part of "The Restoration Agenda: Environmental Justice." (F&ES)

"Smallpox: An Old Rogue Here Again?"
Noon. Fitkin Amph. Dr. John M. Neff, Univ. of Washington Sch. of Medicine, will present the 11th annual Dorothy M. Horstmann Lecture. (Dept. of Pediatrics/EPH)

"Discipline, Crime and Punishment: Key Issues in Worldwide Military Justice"
Noon. Rm. 103, Luce Hall. Elizabeth Hillman. Lunch will be served. (ISS)

"Risk Assessment: The Regulatory Perspectives of the Environmental Protection Agency"
Noon, ISPS; 4 p.m., Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. William H. Farland, acting deputy assistant administrator for science, EPA. Lunch will be served at the noon meeting for those who contact Carol Pollard in advance at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu. (Interdisciplinary Risk Assessment Forum)

"Fear, Anger, Joy: Helping Preschool Children Manage Their Emotions"
Noon-1 p.m. Beaumont Rm., SHM. Alice Colonna. (Office of the Provost/CSC/Office of Women in Medicine/McDougal Graduate Center/Early Childhood Education Program)

"Rio to Johannesburg: The Path to a Fairer World?"
3 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Jocelyn Dow, member of the U.N. Secretary-General's Panel of Eminent Persons for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg next September. (F&ES)

"Current Capital Market Reform in China"
3:15 p.m. General Motors Rm., Horchow Hall. An informal discussion with Laura Cha, vice chair, China Securities Regulatory Commission. Refreshments will be served. (Council on East Asian Studies/Yale SOM/Asia Law Forum)

"New Inhibitors of Proteases and Phosphatases"
4 p.m. Rm. 160, SCL. Christopher T. Seto, Brown Univ. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"The United Nations Today"
4 p.m. Aud., Luce Hall. Louise Fréchette, deputy secretary-general, United Nations. A public reception will follow at 5:30 p.m. in the common room. (ISS/Academic Council on the United Nations System/United Nations Studies)

"Economy of Dreams: Rationality and Utopia in the Tokyo Financial Markets"
5:45 p.m. Rm. 166, Street Hall. Hirokazu Miyazaki will present the 2001-2002 Postdoctoral Associate Lecture. (Council on East Asian Studies)

Thursday, April 4

Labor and Population Workshop
Noon-2 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Anjini Kochar, Stanford Univ. Topic to be announced. (Economic Growth Center)

Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion Luncheon Seminar
Noon. Religious studies seminar rm., 451 College St. Leonard Primiano, Cabrini College. Sandwiches and refreshments will be served.

"The Transmission of Trauma Across Generations: Writing a Memoir About Growing Up in the Suburbs and the Armenian Genocide"
1:30 p.m. 77 Prospect St. Peter Balakian, author, "Black Dog of Fate." (Genocide Studies Program)

"The Art of Communication: Mesoamerican Writing Systems"
12:30 p.m. YUAG. Gallery Talk tour led by Megan O'Neill, graduate student, history of art.

"The Spring of New Allies: Challenges, Contributions & Responsibilites of Europe's New Democracies"
4 p.m. Rm. 202, Luce Hall. Mircea Geoana, minister of foreign affairs, Romania. (Center for the Study of Globalization/Program on European Union Studies/Council on European Studies)

"'The Call of Blood': The Exemplariness of the 'Exemplary Novels'"
4-5:15 p.m. Davies Aud., Becton Center. Roberto González Echevarría. The 10th DeVane Lecture in the series "Love and the Law in Cervantes."

"The Johnson & Johnson Trustmark"
4 p.m. Saybrook College master's house. Andrea Alstrup, vice president at Johnson & Johnson, will speak at a master's tea as a Gordon Grand Fellow.

"Printing the Pain: Writing About Rape"
4 p.m. Rm. 1, 158 Whitney Ave. Independent scholar Cathy Winkler. (Dept. of Anthropology)

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

"The Political Economy of Reducing Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in South Africa"
4-5:30 p.m. Lower level, ISPS. Nicoli Nattrass, Univ. of Cape Town. (ISPS)

"Eisenstein's Glass-House Project (A Critique of America that Picks Up from Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis')"
4 p.m. Rm. 208, WLH. Oksana Bulgakova, Freie Universität in Berlin and Stanford Univ. (Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures/Film Studies Program)

"From the Yukon to the Grand Tetons: A Woman Historian in the National Park Service"
4 p.m. Lecture hall, BRBL. Melody Webb will discuss her work as an administrator for over 25 years with the National Park Service. A reception will follow. (Lamar Center)

"The Ghost Guido Cavalcanti"
4:30 p.m. Romance languages lounge, 3rd flr., 82-90 Wall St. Robert Harrison, Stanford Univ. (Dept. of Italian)

"Ars Moriendi: The 'Good' Death Then and Now"
5 p.m. Beaumont Rm., SHM. Sandra L. Bertman, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical Sch., will present the Iris Fischer Lecture. (Program for Humanities in Medicine)

"Zaha Hadid Laboratory"
6:30 p.m. Hastings Hall, A&A. Zaha Hadid will give a gallery talk about her current work. (Sch. of Architecture)

Amnesty International Representative Robert Nave
7 p.m. Rm. 102, LC. Local death penalty activist Robert Nave will give a presentation and lead a question-and-answer session. A vigil with performance by the folk music group Tangled Up In Blue will follow on Old Campus (or in Dwight Hall Chapel in case of rain). Part of the National Week of Student Action to Abolish the Death Penalty. (Amnesty International)

Friday, April 5

"Frontiers, Ethnogenesis and Ethnification in the Americas (Colonial Period)"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS. Guillaume Boccara, CNRS-Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Sciences Sociales, Paris. (Program in Agrarian Studies)

"Equilibrium Approach to the Evaluation of Social Programs"
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Monica Costa Dias, Univ. College, London. (Economic Growth Center)

"Ecole maternelle: French Pre-kindergarten Offers Lessons for the U.S."
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Lab. Shanny Peer, French-American Foundation. (Bush Center)

"Descartes, Physics and Philosophy"
Noon. Rm. 401, HGS. Dominique Lecourt, Univ. of Paris VII. (Program in the History of Science and Medicine/Dept. of Philosophy)

"Contemporary British Discussion of Christian-Muslim Relations"
12:30 p.m. 490 Prospect St. David A. Kerr, Univ. of Edinburgh. Those who attend are invited to bring a light lunch at 12:15 p.m.; coffee will be provided. (OMSC)

"EcoTravel"
4 p.m. Peabody Museum. Mary Dowdell, Connecticut Audubon Society. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors).

"A Conversation with Author Reeve Lindbergh, Daughter of Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh"
4 p.m. Lecture hall, SML. The exhibition "Charles A. Lindbergh: A Commemorative View" will open at 3:30 p.m. Talk will be followed by a reception.

Films

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 George Cukor. 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.

Tuesday, April 2

"Bucharest Express"
4 p.m. Aud., Luce Hall. This is the first American showing of a film directed by Chuck Portz, which portrays the fictionalized experiences of journalists working to expose sex slave trafficking in Eastern Europe. A forum and reception will follow. (European Studies Council/ YCIAS)

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)

"Illigal Logging in the Tropics: The Ecology, Economics and Politics of Resource Misuse"

Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Scientists, resource managers, policy-makers, community leaders and others will explore the framing of the illegal logging problem, the extent of the problem, its perceived causes and potential solutions. Antonio Azuela, former attorney general for the environment in Mexico, will deliver the keynote address. Info. and registration: www.yale.edu/istf. (International Society of Tropical Foresters/F&ES)

Tuesday, April 2

"Reaching Students: The Art of Great Teaching"
Noon-4:30 p.m. Presidents Rm., Woolsey Hall. The Fourth Annual Spring Teaching Forum and Innovation Fair will feature keynote address by Dr. Robert J. Sternberg. Info.: www.yale.edu/graduateschool/mcdougal/tfpd/springforum02_info.html. (TFPD/Working At Teaching/Academic Media and Computing)

Friday, April 5

"Cartography in the Age of Digital Media"
10 a.m.-6 p.m. Hastings Hall, A&A. Symposium will combine the insights of designers, theorists, engineers and artists, and examine the prospects of cartographic technologies in the digital age.

Fri. & Sat., April 5 & 6

"Modern Greece and Its Monuments"
Friday, 1:15-7 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Aud., WHC. Conference focuses on the construction of a national history of the state of modern Greece from its independence in 1821 to the present. Info.: (203) 432-3423; rosemarie.hansen@yale.edu. (Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation/Kempf Fund/ WHC)

"Frontiers in Applied General Equilibrium Modeling"
Friday, 1:30-7 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Session topics include "Algorithms for Solving Intertemporal and Stochastic Models," "Applications: Finance and Environment" and "Validation and Policy Use." Open to members of the Yale community. Info.: http://cowles.econ.yale.edu/conferences/frontiers.htm; (203) 432-3704; nora.wiedenbach@yale.edu. (Cowles Foundation)

"Back to the Text?"
Friday, 4:30-8 p.m., Ezra Stiles College master's house; Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., WLH. The 13th annual International Graduate Student Conference. Gerhart von Graevenitz, president of the Univ. of Konstanz, Germany, and Aleida Assmann of Yale will present keynote addresses on Friday. Topics for Saturday panels include "A Shift Away From Theory?," "Texts on Texts," "Text & Image" and "Text & Technology." Info.: www.yale.edu/german/gradconf.htm. (Dept.of Germanic Languages and Literatures)

Saturday, April 6

1st Annual Conference on Anthropological Approaches to Health Research
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Rm. 119, HGS. Speakers include practicing medical anthropologists and faculty from anthropology departments and organizations throughout New England and Canada. Topics to be covered include current research on HIV/AIDS, immigration and violence, suicide, ideologies of infant feeding, organ transplants, menopause and embryo disposal. Free and open to members of the Yale community; coffee and lunch will be provided. Registration: yasmina.katsulis@yale.edu; catherine.timura@yale.edu.

"The Ethics of Patient-Driven Care: What Are the Rules of the Road?"
Noon-5:30 p.m. Winslow Aud. Physicians and ethicists will discuss the complexities and conundrums of patient-centered care. Reservations required by calling (203) 732-1367. Info.: (203) 732-1370; www.imc-griffin.org. (EPH)

Biomedical Sciences

Monday, April 1

"Dynamic, Multimodal and Hedonic Aspects of Neural Taste Responses in Awake Rats"
4 p.m. Peter B. Gordon Memorial Library, JPL. Donald B. Katz, Duke Univ. Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m. (JPL)

Tuesday, April 2

"Life After Death? Survival by Apoptosis in Reproductive Tissues"
8:30 a.m. Fitkin Amph. Dr. Gil Mor. (Cancer Center)

"Transcriptional Regulation of Ileal Bile and Transport: The Role of AP-1"
5-6 p.m. Rm. 92, LMP. Dr. Benjamin Schneider. (Section of Digestive Diseases & Pediatric Gastroenterology/Hepatology)

Wednesday, April 3

"Myosin-1c Mediates Adaptation by Hair Cells of the Inner Ear"
Noon. Brady Aud., Lauder Hall. Peter G. Gillespie, Oregon Hearing Research Center & Vollum Institute. (Dept. of Cell Biology)

"Double-Stranded RNA in C. Elegans: RNA Editing and RNA Interference"
4 p.m. Rm. 226, OML. Brenda Bass, Univ. of Utah. Tea will be served at 3:45 p.m. (Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology)

Thursday, April 4

"Biogenesis of the Golgi Apparatus"
11 a.m. Fitkin Amph. Graham Warren. (Section of Immunobiology)

"The Clinical Significance of Maintaining Steady State Estrogen Levels with HRT"
4 p.m. Brady Aud., Lauder Hall. Dr. Phil Sarrel. (Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology Grand Rounds)

"AV Fistula Management of Steal Syndrome" & "Management of Gastroschisis"
5-6 p.m. Rm. 216, JEH. Dr. Vivian Gahtan and Dr. Milissa McKee. (Dept. of Surgery Grand Rounds)

Friday, April 5

"Common Errors in the Management of IBD"
1-1:50 p.m. Rm. 92, LMP. Dr. David Sachar. (Section of Digestive Diseases & Pediatric Gastroenterology/Hepatology)

And...

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.

"Bhangra Bash (III)"
9 p.m. GPSCY, 204 York St. DJs Fire & Ice will perform. Fee: $4. (ASHA/SAGA/SALSA)

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).

Tuesday, April 2

"Conflict Management"
9 a.m.-noon. Rm. 351, 135 College St. Fee: $65; $50 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

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

Tues. & Thurs., April 2 & 4

"The 3-D's to Effective Presentation (Develop, Design and Deliver)"
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Fee: $220; $150 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Wednesday, April 3

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

Thursday, April 4

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

"Walk for Fitness and Health"
12:10-12:50 p.m. YUHS. Moderate walking and exercise program beginning with warm-up and stretching routines. Info.: (203) 432-1892. (YUHS/ Athletic Dept.)

Friday, April 5

"Luncheon Meditation"
Noon-1 p.m. Lecture hall, SML. 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, April 6

"The Art of Communicating"
3 p.m. YUAG. Student gallery guide Luke Habberstad will lead an "Angles on Art" tour.

"How to Paint a Bird"
3:30 p.m. Peabody Museum. The third 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).

Sat. & Sun., April 6 & 7

"Fourth Annual Powwow"
10 a.m.-11 p.m. Payne Whitney Gym. (Association of Native Americans at Yale)

Sunday, April 7

"The Artist's Gaze: Men Portraying Women"
4 p.m. YUAG. Student gallery guide Tova Friedman will lead an "Angles on Art" tour.

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/publicnights.

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, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. "Zaha Hadid Laboratory," through 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; "MFA Thesis Exhibition -- Painting #3" (Heather Masciandaro, Sarah Murrie, Norm Paris, Kris Sabatelli, Mickalene Thomas and Shirley Wegner), April 1-11.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; March 30 & April 6, 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. "The Aura of the Cause: A Photo Album for North American Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War," through 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.

Sterling Memorial Library
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Memorabilia Rm. "Charles A. Lindbergh: A Commemorative View," April 5-May 21.

Yale 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," "The Muskrat and the Osprey: The Hidden Quinnipiac Marsh," "O.C. Marsh: His Life and Legacy," "Life in Ancient Egypt" and "Hall of Native American Cultures," on view indefinitely. Admission: $5; $3 for children and seniors; free with valid Yale I.D. Info.: www.peabody.yale.edu.

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; through 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. Beginners 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
Alternate Thursdays and Fridays, noon. Rm. 527, 221 Whitney Ave. Open to members of the Yale community. Info.: www.yale.edu/toastmasters; (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
Battell Chapel. 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
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 song 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, Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m. & 25 min. before sunset; Saturday, 9 a.m. & after sundown (call for times); Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Conservative/Egalitarian, Monday, 6:45 p.m.; Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.; Friday, 5:45 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, to be announced. Reform, Friday, 5:40 p.m. Downtown Minyan, Saturday, 10 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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