Friday, April 19

Artist Diploma Recital
5 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Krzysztof Kowalewski, voice. (Sch. of Music)

"Isabelle de Charrière and Her Contemporary Women Opera Composers"
5:15-6:15 p.m. Mezzanine, BRBL. A concert and lecture presentation by Robert Adelson, Towson Univ., and Jacqueline Letzter, Univ. of Maryland, with Ann Monoyios, soprano, and Andrew Appel, fortepiano. A reception will follow. Part of "Isabelle de Charrière: An International Symposium."

Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Concert honors memory of composer Jacob Druckman, professor of composition at Sch. of Music. Sidney Harth, guest conductor. Program will include Druckman's "Summer Lightning" and "Prism," Britten's "Canadian Carnival, Op. 19" and Tchaikovsky's "Capriccio Italien." (Sch. of Music)

The Duke's Men of Yale
9 p.m. Battell Chapel. The Duke's Men of Yale will present their 49th Anniversary Spring Jamboree.

Fri. & Sat., April 19 & 20

"Tone Poem"
8 p.m. Saybrook College performance space (under entryway H). An interactive multimedia performance featuring music, poetry, dance and video. (Pierson College Sudler Fund)

Saturday, April 20

Master of Music Recital
2 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Lindsey Bird, oboe. (Sch. of Music)

Artist Diploma Recital
8 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Cecilia Sangkyung Lee, cello. (Sch. of Music)

Yale Glee Club
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. The Yale Glee Club, directed by David H. Connell, will perform a program of choral music including Allegri's "Miserere," Imant Raminsh's "Ave verum corpus" and Randall Thompson's "The Peaceable Kingdom."

"Labyrinth"
8:30 p.m. Battell Chapel. Greek saxophonist Dimitrios Vassilakis and his Daedalus Project Band, will perform music from their album, "Labyrinth," on traditional Balkan instruments.

Sunday, April 21

Music of the Early Restoration Period
2 p.m. BAC. British baroque violinist Monica Huggett.

Master of Music Recital
5 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Kiwon Nahm, violin. (Sch. of Music)

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Sun Jin Lee, violin. (Sch. of Music)

Monday, April 22

Master of Music Recital
4 p.m. Dwight Memorial Chapel. Tracy Anne Smith, guitar. (Sch. of Music)

"Liederabend II"
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Evening of song performed by artists from Yale Sch. of Music's Voice and Opera Dept. Works by Tosti, DeFalla, Sibelius, Turina, Dvorak, Guastavino, Grieg and Moniuszko. (Sch. of Music)

Eddie Palmieri
8:30 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Famed salsa musician Eddie Palmieri will perform as a Chubb Fellow.

Tuesday, April 23

Master of Music Recital
5 p.m. Dwight Memorial Chapel. Jenna-Claire Kemper, flute. (Sch. of Music)

Chamber Music Society at Yale
8 p.m. Battell Chapel. Graduate ensembles chosen by audition will perform works by Shubert, Poulenc, Noda and Mendelssohn. Tickets: $12; $6 for students. Info.: (203) 432-4158. (Sch. of Music)

Wednesday, April 24

Lunchtime Chamber Music
12:30 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Chamber works performed by Sch. of Music student ensembles. (Sch. of Music)

Master of Music Recital
1 p.m. Dwight Memorial Chapel. Trent Petrunia, percussion. (Sch. of Music)

Master of Musical Arts Recital
5 p.m. Battell Chapel. Timothy Feeney, percussion. (Sch. of Music)

Thursday, April 25

"New Music New Haven"
8 p.m. Battell Chapel. "Martin Bresnick: A Retrospective" concludes with his trio for piano, violin and cello. Concert will include Thomas C. Duffy's "Three Places in New Haven" and works by other Yale composers. (Sch. of Music)

Friday, April 26

"Music from the Italian Renaissance and 17th-Century France"
5 p.m. BRBL. Kenneth Bé, lute.

Master of Music Recital
5 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Catherine Ramirez, flute. (Sch. of Music)

Artist Diploma Recital
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Sergio Pallottelli, flute. (Sch. of Music)

The Connecticut Choral Society
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. John Liepold will conduct the choral society in a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Mass in B Minor," with full orchestra. Soloists include Susanne Peck, Kellie Van Horn, Scott Williamson and Robert Gardner. Tickets: $18 in advance; $20 at the door; $2 discount for seniors and students; $5 for Yale students with I.D. Info.: (800)555-5250; www.ctchoralsociety.org.

The Yale International Singers
8 p.m. Dwight Hall. Choir of graduate students and post-docs, conducted by Sebastian Zubieta and accompanied by Scott Turkington on organ, will perform works by Poulenc, Kodaly, Janquin, Guerrero and Caldara. Donation of $3 is suggested. Info.: www.yale.edu/intlsingers.

Saturday, April 27

Master of Music Recital
2 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Elisabeth Westner, viola. (Sch. of Music)

Master of Music Recital
5 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. David Markowitz, flute. (Sch. of Music)

Sean Altman
7 p.m. Little Theater, Ezra Stiles College. Altman, formerly of the singing group Rockapella, will perform a solo acoustic set from his new album. Tickets: $10. Reservations: betsy@aya.yale.edu.

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Sarah Pratt, violin. (Sch. of Music)

"Beethoven Plus"
8 p.m. Battell Chapel. Orchestra New England will perform William Ryden's "Concerto for Percussions" and works by Beethoven and Hindemith. Info. and tickets: www.orchestranewengland.org; (203) 934-TUNE.

Sunday, April 28

Master of Music Recital
2 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Leonardo Ambadjian, trumpet. (Sch. of Music)

Master of Music Recital
5 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. David Snyder, trumpet. (Sch. of Music)

Artist Diploma Recital
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Ellen Jung, violin. (Sch. of Music)

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. John Cantrell, organ. (Sch. of Music)

Master of Music Recital
8 p.m. St. Thomas More Chapel. Richard Gard, choral conductor. (Sch. of Music)

Theater

Friday, April 19

"Hot Flashes, Power Surges & Private Summers"
8 p.m. University Theatre. Written by and starring award-winning performance artist Rhodessa Jones. Tickets: $25; discounts for students, seniors and Yale Rep subscribers. Info. and reservations: (203) 432-1234; www.yalerep.org.

Fri. & Sat., April 19 & 20

"Desdemona"
Friday & Saturday, 8:30 p.m. & 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. Written by Paula Vogel; directed by Magda Romanska. Tickets: $10; $8 for students; memberships available. Info.: (203) 432-1566; ysd.cabaret@yale.edu.

Monday, April 22

"Garrison Keillor: A Life in Comedy"
7 p.m. University Theatre. Grammy Award-winning radio humorist will read from his work. Tickets: $10-$25. Info. and reservations: (203) 432-1234; www.yalerep.org.

Thurs.-Sat., April 25-27

"Iphigeneia at Aulis"
Thursday & Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Yale Rep. The Yale Rep closes its 2001-2002 season with Euripides' classic drama, newly translated and adapted by Kenneth Cavander, and directed by Rebecca Bayla Taichman. Tickets: $22-$39. Info.: (203) 432-1234; www.yalerep.org.

"Endgame"
Thursday, 8:30 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 8:30 p.m. & 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. Written by Samuel Beckett; directed by James Reynolds. Tickets: $10; $8 for students; memberships available. Info.: (203) 432-1566; ysd.cabaret@yale.edu.

Fri.-Sun., April 26-28

"The Hunting of the Snark"
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. A musical adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic. Tickets: $3; $2 for children; 1 p.m. show on Saturday is free. Info.: www.yale.edu/yct; Lauren, (203) 436-0217. (Yale Children's Theater)

Talks

Friday, April 19

"Configurations of 'Community' in the Agendas of Nehruvian Socialism and Its 'Opponents'"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS. Subir Sinha, Sch. of Oriental and African Studies, Univ. of London. (Program in Agrarian Studies)

"The Enigma of Chrysanthemum -- Ruth Benedict in Postwar Japan"
Noon. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Sonia Ryang, Johns Hopkins Univ. Lunch will be provided. (Council on East Asian Studies)

"Social Policy Research in Psychology: Is the Emperor Naked?"
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Lab. Richard Redding, Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law. (Bush Center)

"Wages and Foreign Exchange Markets"
12:15-1:45 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Joseph Tracy, Federal Reserve Board of New York. (EGC, Labor and Population Workshop)

Master's Tea
3 p.m. Davenport College master's house. Rhodessa Jones, founder of the Medea Project: Theatre for Incarcerated Women and co-artistic director of the San Francisco performance company Cultural Odyssey. (Yale Rep)

"Simple Models of Complex Systems"
3 p.m. Conf. rm., 5th flr., Dunham Lab. Rimas Vaisnys. (Center for Systems Science Seminar)

"The Function of Art"
3:30 p.m. YUAG. Student gallery guide Jane Innis will lead an "Angles on Art" tour.

"U.S. 'China Policy' as an Arena for Disputes About American National Identity"
4 p.m. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Alan Wachman, Fletcher Sch. of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts Univ. (Council on East Asian Studies)

Master's Tea
4 p.m. Morse College master's house. Elaben Bhatt, founder and former secretary general of Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), a women's labor movement organization based in India that pioneered the creation of micro-lending to the poor.

"The Beedi, the Commissar and the Cyber-Wallah: An Alternative Vision of Globalization"
4 p.m. Rm. 129, SLB. Carl Pope, executive director, The Sierra Club. (Center for the Study of Globalization)

Saturday, April 20

"Faces and Lies: Portraits Through the Ages"
3 p.m. YUAG. Student gallery guide Catherine Roach will lead an "Angles on Art" tour.

"Isaac and Iphigenia: Human Sacrifice in the Ancient Mediterranean"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 20o, Old Art Gallery. Sarah Morris. (Archaeological Institute of America/Dept. of Classics/Dept. of the History of Art)

Sunday, April 21

"Beyond 'The Scream': The Terrifying in Art"
4 p.m. YUAG. Student gallery guide Marisa Knox will lead an "Angles on Art" tour.

Monday, April 22

Economic Growth Center Seminar
Noon-1:30 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Kishore Gawande, Univ. of New Mexico. Topic to be announced.

"Afghanistan: A Case Study"
Noon. Rm. 128, SLB. Julia Taft, former assistant secretary of state for population, refugees and migration. (Center for the Study of Globalization/ Schell Center for International Human Rights)

"Emotions and Hiring: A Field Study"
1:30-2:30 p.m. Rm. 207, Kirtland Hall. Sigal Barsade. (PACE)

Topics in Global Change Seminar
2-3 p.m. Rm. 102, KGL. Ari Patrinos, Dept. of Energy. Topic to be announced. (Center for the Study of Global Change)

"The Structural Basis for Glycopeptide Resistance"
4 p.m. Rm. 110, SCL. Daniel Kahne, Princeton Univ. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"German Melancholy and Chinese Restlessness: A Comparative Perspective"
4 p.m. Rm. 312, HGS. Wolfgang Kubin. (Dept. of East Asian Languages & Literatures)

"What is New About Globalization: A Historian's Perspective"
4 p.m. Rm. 202, Luce Hall. Bruce Mazlish, MIT. John Lewis Gaddis will comment.

"International Law and the Post-9/11 Environment"
4 p.m. Rm. 127, SLB. William Taft IV, legal adviser, U.S. State Dept. (Center for the Study of Globalization/YLS Law and Violence Seminar)

"Monotheism, Memory and Trauma: Sigmund Freud and the Biblical Tradition"
4:30 p.m. Lecture hall, SML (enter on Wall Street). Jan Assmann, Univ. of Heidelberg. A reception will follow. (Dept. of Comparative Literature/Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations/Dept. of Religious Studies)

"International Consultation as a Career: The Life and Times of a Consultant"
4:30-6:20 p.m. Rm. 101, LEPH. Lowell Levin. (International Public Health Practice Seminar)

History of Medicine and Science Seminar
4:30 p.m. Rm. 211, HGS. Crispin Barker, graduate student in the Dept. of History of Medicine and Science. Topic to be announced.

Tuesday, April 23

"War, Economy and Perpetrators: New Perspectives on German Extermination Policies"
12:30 p.m. Rm. 401, HGS. Christian Gerlach, Univ. of Maryland. (Dept. of History)

Master's Tea
4 p.m. Morse College master's house. Frank Oz, voice actor on "The Muppet Show," "Sesame Street" and "Star Wars" as Yoda, and director of "The Score" and "Bowfinger."

"Game Theory: A Historical Perspective"
4 p.m. BRBL. Christian Schmidt, Univ. of Paris-Dauphine.

Eddie Palmieri
4 p.m. McNeil Lecture Hall, YUAG. Famed salsa musician Eddie Palmieri will speak at a symposium as a Chubb Fellow.

"Interplay of Chemistry and Biology: Synthesis of Hybrid Glycopeptide Antibiotics"
4 p.m. Rm. 110, SCL. Daniel Kahne, Princeton Univ. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"Hitler's Jewish Soldiers"
7:30 p.m. Slifka Center. Bryan Rigg '96 B.A. will discuss his book "Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military." (Mark and Bernice Sobotaka Yom HaShoah Endowment)

Wednesday, April 24

Master's Tea
3 p.m. Pierson College master's house. Poynter Fellow in Journalism Paul Steiger, managing editor and vice president of the Wall Street Journal.

"The Proposed United Nations Convention on Disabilities"
3:30-5 p.m. SLB. Akiko Ito, chief, Programme on Disability, Division for Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations. For room information, call (203) 432-6188 or email carol.pollard@yale.edu. (ISPS Bioethics Project)

Master's Tea
4 p.m. Morse College master's house. British artist Robin Richmond, author of "Michelangelo and the Creation of the Sistine Chapel," "Animals in Art" and "Children in Art."

"Surfactant Enhanced Aquifer Remediation -- Design and Evaluation of a Pilot-Scale Test"
4 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Lab. Linda M. Abriola, Univ. of Michigan. (Dept. of Chemical Engineering)

"Asymmetric Catalysis: Discovery, Mechanism and Synthetic Application"
4 p.m. Rm. 160, SCL. Eric Jacobsen, Harvard Univ. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"Hitler's Jewish Soldiers"
4 p.m. Silliman College master's house. Bryan Riggs '96 B.A., author of "Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military."

"Jewish Folklore of the Underworld"
4 p.m. Romance Languages Lounge, 3rd flr., 82-90 Wall St. Itzik Gottesman, associate editor of Yiddish Forward, an international newspaper founded in 1897. (Yale-New Haven Yiddish Reading Circle/ Program in Judaic Studies)

"Regional Effects of Oligo-Miocene Global Climate Change on Northwestern American Mammals"
4-5 p.m. Rm. 123, KGL. Anthony Barnosky, Univ. of California at Berkeley. (Dept. of Geology & Geophysics)

"Journalists and Terrorism"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 127, SLB. Poynter Fellow in Journalism Paul Steiger, managing editor and vice president of the Wall Street Journal.

"The Princess and the Frog: Kisses, Smashes and Multiple Transformations in Weimar Germany and Meiji Japan of the Grimms' First Fairy Tale"
5:30 p.m. Rm. 165, Street Hall. Katherine Rupp. Dinner will be provided. (Council on East Asian Studies Postdoctoral Associates Lecture Series)

Thursday, April 25

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

"Memorabilia for Theatre-Goers: A Hidden Treasure Trove of Visual Culture in Late Imperial China"
Noon. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Ni Yibin, National Univ. of Singapore. Lunch will be provided. (Council on East Asian Studies)

Workshop in Economic History
4-5:30 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Kenneth Sokoloff, UCLA. Topic to be announced. (EGC)

Master's Tea
4 p.m. Silliman College master's house. Alan Cumming, actor, producer, director and writer of "Circle of Friends," "Emma," "Eyes Wide Shut," "Annie," "Get Carter" and "The Anniversary Party."

"The Dark Side of Shalom Aleichem's Laughter"
4 p.m. Romance Languages Lounge, 3rd flr., 82-90 Wall St. Dan Miron, Columbia Univ. (Program in Judaic Studies)

"Orangutan Tool Use and the Evolution of Cognition"
4 p.m. Rm. 1, 158 Whitney Ave. Carol van Schaik, Duke Univ. (Dept. of Anthropology)

"The Novel After Cervantes"
4-5:15 p.m. Davies Aud., Becton Center. Roberto González Echevarría will present the final DeVane Lecture in the series "Love and the Law in Cervantes."

Master's Tea
4 p.m. Morse College master's house. Steve Forbes, president and CEO of Forbes Inc. and editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine.

"The News About the News: Journalism in Peril"
4 p.m. Rm. 202, Luce Hall. Robert Kaiser, associate editor, The Washington Post. (Center for the Study of Globalization/Yale Daily News)

Master's Tea
4:30 p.m. Calhoun College master's house. Danzy Senna, author of the novel "Caucasia."

"Whose Hand Should Rock the Cradle? Comparative Perspectives on Child Care Politics and Policy"
6-8 p.m. ISPS. Kimberly Morgan. For dinner reservations, contact Carol Pollard at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu. (Bioethics Project)

Debate on Same-Sex Marriage
7-9 p.m. Rm. 127, SLB. Gerald Bradley, Univ. of Notre Dame Law Sch., and Andrew Koppelman, Northwestern Univ. Sch. of Law. (Yale Federalist Society/Outlaws)

"The History of Psychoanalysis in China"
8 p.m. Rm. 108, WHC. Qin Wei, deputy director, Psychoanalytic Center, Chengdu Univ., Sichuan China. A reception will precede the talk at 7 p.m.; to attend, contact Alicia Grendziszewski at (203) 785-7205 or alicia.grendziszewski@yale.edu by April 22. (Muriel Gardiner Program in Psychoanalysis and the Humanities)

Friday, April 26

"Agrarian Questions and the Geographics of Work: The Politics of Agro-Industry in Postwar Central America"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS. Elizabeth Oglesby, Univ. of California at Berkeley. (Program in Agrarian Studies)

"Environmental Justice in Indian Country"
11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Gerald Torres, Univ. of Texas. Those who attend are invited to bring a brown bag lunch; refreshments will be served. (F&ES)

"Promoting Child Development in Pediatric Care: What Have We Learned from the Healthy Steps for Young Children Program?"
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Lab. Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, Columbia Univ. (Bush Center)

"Sex and Modernity in France Since 1945"
4-5:30 p.m. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Judith Coffin, Univ. of Texas at Austin. Reception will follow. (Council on European Studies/YCIAS/Dept. of History)

Saturday, April 27

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

Sunday, April 28

"The Natural History of the Rich"
10:30 a.m. Peabody Museum. National Geographic writer and researcher Richard Conniff addresses the behavior of the wealthy from an anthropological and biological perspective, discussing social dominance, display and mating behaviors. Brunch will be provided. A curated tour of Yale's new Environmental Science Center will follow at noon. Fee: $20; $15 for Yale employees and students; free for members of the O.C. Marsh Program. Registration required. Info.: (203) 432-5099; melanie.brigockas@yale.edu.

"Interiority and Art"
4 p.m. YUAG. Student gallery guide Matthew Benjamin will lead an "Angles on Art" tour.

"Growing Up X"
7 p.m. Dwight Hall Chapel. Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, will lead an informal discussion and sign copies of her book "Growing Up X." (Yale Black Seminarians)

Films

Fri. & Sat., April 19 & 20

"Monster's Ball" (2001)
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Marc Foster. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs.

Saturday, April 20

"Cromwell" (1970)
2 p.m. BAC. Directed by Ken Hughes.

"Jungle Fever" (1991)
7 p.m. & 10 p.m. WHC. Directed by Spike Lee. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/yfs.

Sunday, April 21

"Iron Monkey" (1993)
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Yuen Wo Ping. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs.

Tuesday, April 23

"Daughters of the Dust" (1991)
7 p.m. Aud., Luce Hall. Directed by Julie Dash. Part of the series "Visions of Africa: Contemporary African Cinema." (Council on African Studies/ AACC)

Wednesday, April 24

"Daddy, Father Frost is Dead" (1991)
7 p.m. Davies Aud., Becton Center. Directed by Yevgeniy Yufit. Part of the Slavic Film Colloquium series. (Graduate Sch./Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures)

Thursday, April 25

"Les amants criminels (Criminal Lovers)" (1999)
7 p.m. WHC. Directed by François Ozon. (Dept. of French)

Friday, April 26

"The Wooden Room" (1995)
7 p.m. Rm. 101, LC. Directed by Yevgeniy Yufit. Part of the Slavic Film Colloquium series. (Graduate Sch./Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures)

"Three Days of the Condor" (1975)
7 p.m. & 10 p.m. WHC. Directed by Sidney Pollack. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/yfs.

"Killed by Lightning" (2001)
8:30 p.m. Rm. 101, LC. The first U.S. screening of this film, directed by Yevgeniy Yufit. Part of the Slavic Film Colloquium series. (Graduate Sch./ Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures)

Fri. & Sat., April 26 & 27

"Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001)
7 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Peter Jackson. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs.

Saturday, April 27

"The Conversation" (1974)
7 p.m. & 10 p.m. WHC. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/yfs.

Sunday, April 28

"Open City" (1945)
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Roberto Rossellini. In Italian with English subtitles. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs.

For Students Only

Wednesday, April 24

Master's Tea
4:30 p.m. Calhoun College master's house. Tina Brown, former editor of Talk, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair magazines. Open to Yale undergraduates; sign up in Calhoun College master's office for a lottery drawing.

Conferences/Symposia

Fri. & Sat., April 19 & 20

"God and the Ethics of Belief"
Thursday, 7-9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Rm. 102, LC. Conference marks retirement of Nicholas Wolterstorff. Speakers and topics include: Alvin Plantinga, Univ. of Notre Dame, "Can God Break the Laws?"; Derk Pereboom, Univ. of Vermont, "Free Will, Evil and Divine Providence"; and Richard Swinburne, Univ. of Oxford, "The Probability of the Resurrection." Registration: www.yale.edu/wolterfest.

Friday, April 19

"Algeria 1962-2002: Writing Independence"
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Romance Languages Lounge, 82-90 Wall St. Guest speakers will include novelist Assia Djébar and five scholars of francophone literature and the Maghreb: Reda Bensmaia, Brown Univ.; Miriam Cooke, Duke Univ.; Alec Hargreaves, Florida State Univ.; Mireille Rosello, Northwestern Univ.; and Clarisse Zimra, Univ. of Illinois-Carbondale. Info.: www.yale.edu/french/events. (Dept. of French)

Fri. & Sat., April 19 & 20

YES Innovation Summit
Friday, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. SLB. Session topics include "The Nanotechnology Revolution," "Artificial Intelligence: Research and Commercialization," "Stem Cells and Cloning," "Intellectual Property at Home and Abroad" and "Is Globalization Still Relevant?" John Pepper, chair of Procter & Gamble, will present the keynote address on Friday at 1:15 p.m. Conference will end with the Y50K Entrepreneurship Competition Awards Ceremony. Registration: (203) 589-3667; www.innovation-summit.com. (Yale SOM/ISPS Bioethics Project)

"Isabelle de Charrière: An International Symposium"
Friday, 2:30-6:15 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. BRBL. Speakers and their topics include: Cecil Courtney, Cambridge Univ., "Discovering Belle de Zuylen/Isabelle de Charrière"; Joan Stewart, Univ. of South Carolina, "Isabelle de Charrière and Benjamin Constant"; and Gordon Turnbull of Yale, "Isabelle de Charrière and Boswell." A concert lecture, "Isabelle de Charrière and Her Contemporary Women Opera Composers," will be presented on Friday at 5:15 p.m. An exhibition of de Charrière's books and manuscripts by will also be on view. Conference will be held in French and English. Registration required. Info.: (203) 432-2969; www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/idechar.htm.

Saturday, April 20

"New Mechanisms: New Treatments"
8 a.m.-1 p.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. Symposium will highlight recent advances in basic and clinical neuroscience and explain their promise for revolutionary advances in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental illness. Presentations will be non-technical in nature, and there will be time for questions from the audience. Info.: Georgia Miller, (203) 974-7723. (Dept. of Psychiatry/Yale Mental Health Education Program)

Friday, April 26

"Return to Vietnam: The Legacy of Agent Orange"
10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Ave. Speakers include Arthur H. Westing, Westing Associates in Environment, Security and Education; Arnold Schechter, Univ. of Texas Sch. of Public Health; and Arthur W. Galston of Yale. For more information or to reserve a lunch, contact Carol Pollard at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu. (ISPS Bioethics Project)

Fri.-Sun., April 26-29

"Early Italian Paintings: Approaches to Conservation"
YUAG. Twentieth-century conservation of early Italian paintings will be discussed by an international group of conservators, scientists and scholars. The symposium, rescheduled from September 2001, is intended for professionals but members of the Yale community are welcome to attend. Michael Laclotte, former director of the Louvre in Paris, will lecture at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Pre-registration required. Info.: (203) 432-7815.

Biomedical Sciences

Friday, April 19

"Colon Cancer"
1-1:50 p.m. Rm. 92, LMP. Joan Hong-Curtis. (Section of Digestive Diseases & Pediatric Gastroenterology/Hepatology)

"Advances in Insulin Treatment"
1 p.m. Rm. 206, BCMM. Dr. John E. Gerich, Univ. of Rochester. (Endocrine Physiology and Therapeutics Conference)

"Specialization in American Medicine, 1945-2002"
5 p.m. Historical Library, SHM. Rosemary Stevens will present the Rosen Lecture. (Beaumont Medical Club)

Monday, April 22

"Linking Affect to Action: Contributions of Orbitafrontal Cortex and Basolateral Amygdala to Goal-Directed Behavior"
4 p.m. Peter B. Gordon Library, JPL. Dr. Geoffrey Schoenbaum, Johns Hopkins Univ. Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m. (JPL)

"Transgenic Modeling of Cytokines and Cytoprotective Events in the Lung"
4-5 p.m. Rm. 206, BCMM. Dr. Jack A. Elias. (VBT-IPCT)

Tuesday, April 23

"Care Without Chemotherapy: The Role of the Palliative Care Team"
8:30 a.m. Fitkin Amph., SHM. Dr. Janet Lee Abrahm, Harvard Univ. Medical Sch., will present the Iris Fischer Memorial Lecture. (Cancer Center)

"Phenotype- and Gene-Driven Chemical Mutagenesis of the Mouse Germline"
Noon. Rm. B137, BML. Eugene M. Rinchik, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (Dept. of Pathology)

"The Safety of Analgesics in Cirrhosis"
5-6 p.m. Rm. 92, LMP. Jill Adessa. (Section of Digestive Diseases & Pediatric Gastroenterology/ Hepatology)

Wednesday, April 24

"Acute Pain Services"
6:55 a.m. Fitkin Amph. Dr. Narinder Rawel, Univ. of Linkoping, Sweden. (Dept. of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds)

"Optimizing Synaptic Ultrastructure, Plasticity and Efficiency for High-Frequency Firing"
Noon. Brady Aud., BML. Henrique von Gersdorff, Oregon Health & Science Univ. (Dept. of Cell Biology)

"A Review of Developmental and Behavioral Outcomes"
Noon-1 p.m. Dr. Carol Weitzman. (Dept. of Pediatrics Grand Rounds)

"Substrate Specificity in tRNA Synthetases"
4-5 p.m. Rm. 401, Clinic Bldg. Dr. Dexter Kennedy. (Dept. of Laboratory Medicine)

"Developmental Regulation of MuDR/Mu Transposons and Their Use in Maize Gene Discovery"
4 p.m. Rm. 226, OML. Virginia Walbot, Stanford Univ. Tea will be served at 3:45 p.m. (Dept. of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology)

"Sequencing the Human Genome"
4 p.m. Historical Library, SHM. Dr. J. Craig Venter, chair of the board of The Institute for Genomic Research, will present the 54th annual Associates of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library kenyote lecture. The presentation will be streamed via the Internet at www.med.yale.edu/library.

Thursday, April 25

"The Effect of Vaginal Delivery on the Anal Continence Mechanism After an Anal Sphincter Tear"
4 p.m. Brady Aud., Lauder Hall. Dr. Eddie Sze. (Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology Grand Rounds)

"What is Different About the Elderly Surgical Patient?" & "Aortic Surgery in the Neonate"
5-6 p.m. Rm. 216, JEH. Dr. Ronnie Rosenthal and Dr. Gary Kopf. (Dept. of Surgery Grand Rounds)

Friday, April 26

"Lymphoid Organ Genesis and Neogenesis in Development, Autoimmunity and Infectious Disease"
8:30 a.m. Beeson Library, 6th flr., HRT. Nancy Ruddle. (Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

Endocrine Physiology and Therapeutics Conference
1 p.m. Rm. 206, BCMM. Speaker and topic to be announced.

"GI Immune System"
1-1:50 p.m. Rm. 92, LMP. Houssam Akkharrat. (Section of Digestive Diseases & Pediatric Gastroenterology/Hepatology)

And...

Saturday, April 20

"Communiversity Day: Celebrating Differences Together"
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Old Campus. This annual celebration of Yale's relationship with New Haven will feature a Community Action Bazaar, Kid's Carnival, and performances by local and University groups. (Alpha Phi Omega/Dwight Hall/Office of New Haven & State Affairs)

Pan-Asian Dinner & Show
6 p.m. Ballroom, SHM. Part of the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebration.

Sunday, April 21

Sogdian Tombs Workshop
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Rm. 200, Old Art Gallery. Boris Marshak, visiting scholar from the Hermitage Museum, will lead a casual discussion of slides from the tombs of Yu Hong, An Jia and the Miho couch in China. (Council of East Asian Studies)

"Step Across This Line"
3 p.m. Aud., WHC. The video recording of Salman Rushdie's Tanner Lectures on Human Values will be screened.

Monday, April 22

"Earth Day"
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cross Campus. Educational displays, student performances and refreshments will be provided by Yale Recycling and other campus environmental groups in celebration of Earth Day.

Tues. & Thurs., April 23 & 25

"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.)

Wednesday, April 24

"Five Types of Folk Dancing"
5:30 p.m. Saybrook College fellows lounge. Part of the Vietnamese Culture Series and the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebration. (Vietnamese Students Association)

Thursday, April 25

"Running Effective Team Meetings"
9 a.m.-noon. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Second session will meet on May 2. Fee: $110; $90 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Friday, April 26

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

Saturday, April 27

Service in Memory of James Tobin
2 p.m. Battell Chapel. Reception will follow at the President's House, 43 Hillhouse Ave., or at the Beinecke Library in the event of inclement weather.

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. "Undergraduate Senior Projects," through April 28.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; April 20, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. "My Soul Has Grown Deep Like the Rivers: Langston Hughes at 100," through April 20; "Isabelle de Charrièrre," through May 3.

Institute of Sacred Music
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. "The Florence Portfolio," April 24-June 14.

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.

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

Yale Center for British Art
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. "Paula Rego: Celestina's House," through July 14.

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 Synthetic Century -- Collage from Cubism to Postmodernism: Selections from the Collection," through April 28; "Emmet Gowin: Changing the Earth, Aerial Photographs," April 23-July 28; "Robert Adams: What We Bought, The New World" and "Lewis Baltz: Park City, Contemporary Photographs," April 23-July 28; "Looking at America," April 23-July 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 Tuesdays and Fridays, noon. Open to members of the Yale community. Info.: www.yale.edu/toastmasters; (203) 436-3903; ann.straub@yale.edu.

Religion

University Public Worship
Sunday, 11 a.m. Battell Chapel. The Reverend Frederick J. Streets will preach on April 21; the Reverend Cynthia Terry will preach on April 28. 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, 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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Leader in genome sequencing to speak at medical school

Benefit art auction will feature works by Yale faculty artists

Concert features musical portrait of 'Three Places in New Haven'

Yale scientists begin new round of tests on cocaine vaccine

Memorial service for James Tobin

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Online parking renewals offered again

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