Doctor of Musical Arts Recital
1 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Matthew Hagle, pianist, will perform works by Bartok, Liszt, Messaien and Schumann. Info.: Sch. of Music concert office, (203) 432-4158 or www.yale.edu/music.

Faculty Artist Series
8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Michael Friedmann, pianist, will perform Beethoven's "Diabelli Variations." Info.: Sch. of Music concert office, (203) 432-4158 or www.yale.edu/music.

Sunday, Sept. 29

Blue Elm Trio
2 p.m. BAC. Violinist Wendy Sharp, violist Marka Gustavson, cellist Michelle Djokic and guest pianist Melvin Chen will perform works by Romantic composers in conjunction with the Yale Center for British Art's exhibition "Year of Romanticism." Info.: (203) 432-2800.

Friday, Oct. 4

Yale Philharmonia Orchestra
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Lawrence Leighton Smith will conduct, and piano soloist Tanya Bannister will perform Rachmaninoff's "Paganini Variations." Eric Dudley will conduct an overture by Weber and the program will also include works by Dvorak. Info.: Sch. of Music concert office, (203) 432-4158 or www.yale.edu/music.

Sunday, Oct. 6

"From the Dreseden Court to the Parisian Salon: Lute Music by Weiss and Falckenhagen and Guitar Works by Mertz and Coste"
3 p.m. 15 Hillhouse Ave. John Schneiderman, lutenist and guitarist, will perform. Tickets: $20,; $15 for seniors and Yale staff; $10 for students. For reservations call: (203) 432-0825.

Great Organ Music
8 p.m. Dwight Memorial Chapel. Armin Schoof, cantor and organist, will perform church music from Lubeck, Germany. A $5 donation is requested at the door. Info.: Sch. of Music concert office, (203) 432-4158 or www.yale.edu/music.

Theater

Friday-Saturday, Sept. 27-28 Monday-Saturday, Sept. 30-Oct. 5

"Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella"
Monday-Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. University Theatre. Bill Rauch and Tracy Young's adaptation of three classic plays. Sign-interpreted performance Oct. 5. Tickets: $20-$40; subscription packages available. Info.: (203) 432-1234 or www.yalerep.org.

Talks

Friday, Sept. 27

"The Dream Machine: Following the Course of a Watershed Program in India"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar Rm., ISPS. Amita Baviskar, Univ. of Delhi. Part of the Program in Agrarian Studies Colloquium Series. Info.: (203) 432-9833 or jscott@pantheon.yale.edu.

"Universal Preschool: An Idea Whose Time Is Coming"
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Laboratory. Janet C. Hansen, Committee for Economic Development, will deliver a lecture in the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy Luncheon Series. Info.: (203) 432-9935.

"Treasure, Tradition, Network: Shingon Textual Production and Transmission in Early Medieval Japan"
Noon. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Council on East Asian Studies Colloquium Series featuring Brian Ruppert, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Lunch will be provided. Info.: (203) 432-3426 or eastasian.studies@yale.edu.

"The Implications of Truth Commissions for the Theory and Practice of Human Rights"
12:30-2 p.m. Faculty lounge, SLB. Human Rights Workshop with Daniel Rothenberg. (Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights)

"Auden's Environment"
4 p.m. Rm. 317, LC. The English Dept.'s 20th Century Colloquium featuring Douglas Mao, Harvard and Cornell Univ. Open to members of the Yale community. Info.: www.yale.edu/english/Colloquia/20th-century.htm.

"Three Dimensional Spectroscopy of Vibrational Energy Transfer in Liquids"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 253, SCL. Dana Dlott, Univ. of Illinois. (Dept. of Chemistry)

Saturday, Sept. 28

"The Romantic Landscape Print"
Noon. BAC. A Gallery Talk tour.

Monday, Sept. 30

"Oxygen and Plant Growth"
2 p.m. Rm. 102, KGL. Gary Brudvig will speak on "Topics in Global Change."

"Who Can Improve Civic Competence?: Studies of Institutional Design and Belief Change"
Noon-1:30 p.m. Lower level, ISPS. The Institution for Social and Policy Change presents a seminar on American politics with Arthur Lupia, Univ. of Michigan.

"On Six Dynasties Literature: Questions of Periodization"
4 p.m. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. The Council on Southeast Asian Studies sponsors an informal lecture in Mandarin Chinese by Lin Wen-Yueh, National Taiwan Univ. Open to members of the Yale community.

Master's Tea
4 p.m. Saybrook College master's house. Tad Low, television producer.

Master's Tea
4 p.m. Davenport College master's house. "Telling the Real Story: A Speaking Tour on the Impact of U.S. Policy in Columbia," with Carolina Aldana, MINGA, and Eder Jair Sanchez, lawyer and social leader of the National Assoc. of Peasant Farmers.

"Could Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Lost World' Really Exist?"
5:30 p.m., reception and film preview; 6:15-7:15 p.m., panel discussion. Aud., Peabody Museum. A panel discussion with Jay Ague, Leo Hickey, Daniel Brinkman, Lyndon Murray and Gary Aronsen.

Recent Work
6:30 p.m. Hasting Hall, A&A. Louisa Hutton and Matthias Sauerbruch.

Tuesday, Oct. 1

"Damien Hirst's Butterflies"
2 p.m. BAC. Art in Context talk led by Larry Gall. Info.: (203) 432-2800.

"Socio-Economic Considerations: What is the Relation of People to the Forest, and How Can That Be Improved?"
4-6 p.m Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Karl Stauber, Northwest Area Foundation. Part of the "Achieving Sustainable Forestry" seminar series. Info.: (203) 432-5117 or www.yale.edu/gisf. (Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry)

"Problems in Translating Japanese Literature"
4 p.m. Rm. 312, HGS. The Council on East Asian Studies sponsors an informal lecture in Japanese by Lin Wen-Yueh, National Taiwan Univ. Open to members of the Yale community.

"Science and Science Journalists: Bridging the Gap"
4:30 p.m. Student lounge, Sage Hall. Cornelia Dean, New York Times. Open to member of the Yale community. Info.: (203) 432-5138.

"Novel Organic Materials for Optoelectronic Devices and Biosensor Applications"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 253, SCL. Guillermo Bazan, Univ. of California. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"The Universe: Who's Responsible for this Mess? -- Free Will and the Anthropic Principle"
4:30 p.m. St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center. The Thomas E. Golden, Jr. Fellowship in Faith and Science lecture by Guy J. Consolmagno, author and astronomer, Vatican Observatory.

Wednesday, Oct. 2

"The Women in Charge: Women in Environmental and Natural Resource Leadership"
Noon-1 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Jane Danowitz, Pew Charitable Trust. Part of the Environmental and Natural Resource Leadership seminar series. Info.: (203) 436-3981.

"Ionizing Radiation, Cancer Risks and the New Biology"
Noon. Lower level conference rm., ISPS. Interdisciplinary Risk Assessment forum with David Hoel, Medical Univ. of South Carolina. Info.: Carol Pollard, (203) 432-6188.

"Art à la Carte"
12:20 p.m. YUAG. "On Seeing Fray Juan." Richard Selzer, writer and surgeon. Info.: (203) 432-0600 or www.yale.edu/artgallery.

"Intersections in Education: Series 1"
4 p.m. Dwight Hall. Kurt Landgraf, Educational Testing Service. Event will be followed by a dinner. Info.: (203) 432-2420 or www.yale.edu/dwight/intersections/.

"Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Catalytic Materials"
4 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Laboratory. Jingguang Chen, Univ. of Delaware. (Chemical Engineering)

"Automated Solid -- Phase Oligosaccharide Synthesis: From Basic Chemistry to a Malaria Vaccine"
4 p.m. Rm. 160, SCL. Peter Seeberger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Dept. of Chemistry)

Master's Tea
4 p.m. Branford College master's house. Terrence Cheng, author.

"What is a Person? Virtual Realities, Real Impacts: Technology, the Future of Human Relationships and the Human Soul"
4:15 p.m. ISPS. Jaron Lanier, National Tele-immersion Initiative. Part of an Interdisciplinary Bioethics Project working research group exploring "AI, Transhumanism and Nanotech." For info., reading materials and dinner reservations contact Carol Pollard at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu.

Public Lecture
4:30 p.m. Battell Chapel. Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations. (Yale Center for the Study of Globalization)

"Remaining Relevant After Communism? Writers and Society in Eastern Europe Since 1989"
4:30-6 p.m. Rm. 202, Luce Hall. Andrew Wachtel, Northwestern Univ. (Council on European Studies/Yale Center for International and Area Studies)

Master's Tea
4:30 p.m. Calhoun College master's house. Sterling Lord, Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.

"Economic Rights in the Context of Subcontracted Work"
4:30 p.m. WLH. Radhika Balakrishnan, Marymount Manhattan College. Part of a public lecture series on "Gender, Globalization and Feminist Politics." (Yale Center for the Study of Globalization/Women's and Gender Studies Program)

"Cities, Seas and Storms: Adapting to Climate Change in Pacific Island Economies"
5 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Sofia Bettencourt, World Bank. Part of the Curtis and Edith Munson Marine Conservation Distinguished Lecture Series "Climate Change and the Oceans: Global Changes, Local Effects." Info.: (203) 432-3026. (Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems)

"The Parson's Nose: Part 3 -- British Artists in New York: Artists Talk"
5:15 p.m. BAC. British artists Millree Hughes and Jane Gang will present mulitmedia performance pieces and lead a discussion. Info.: (203) 432-2800 or www.yale.edu/ycba.

"Beyond Irrational Exuberance"
8 p.m. KGL. The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences will sponsor a lecture by Robert Shiller. Info.: (203) 432-3113 ext. 2.

Thursday, Oct. 3

"The Romantic Landscape Print"
11 a.m. BAC. A Gallery Talk tour. Info.: (203) 432-2800.

"The Skeptical Environmentalist Speaks on the State of the World"
Noon. Rm. 211, HGS. Bjorn Lomborg, Environmental Assessment Institute and Univ. of Aarhus, Denmark. A light lunch will be available at 11:30. (Yale Center for the Study of Globalization)

"When Movements Matter: The Townsend Plan and American Old-Age Policy"
Noon-1:30 p.m. Lower level, ISPS. Edwin Amenta, New York Univ. Part of the "Politics in Public Policy" seminar series. (Institution for Social and Policy Studies)

"Is Sustainable Forestry Being Achieved? Why and Why Not?"
4 p.m. Bower Aud., Sage Hall. Bjorn Lomborg, Environmental Assessment Institute and Univ. of Aarhus, Denmark, and Daniel Esty. Part of the "Achieving Sustainable Forestry" seminar series. Info.: (203) 432-5117 or www.yale.edu/gisf. (Global Institute for Sustainable Forestry)

"By Chance: Randomness and Serendipity in Contemporary Artists' Books"
4 p.m. Lecture hall, SML. Robin Price, printer and publisher. (Arts of the Book Collection/Yale Library)

"The Murder of Pedanius Secundus and Seneca's Views on Slavery"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 407, Phelps Hall. Marcus J. Wilson, Univ. of Auckland. (Dept. of Classics)

"Painted Readers, Narrative Regress"
5 p.m. Rm. 101, LC. Garrett Stewart, Univ. of Iowa. (English Dept.)

"Documentary Film Making in Medical Situations"
5 p.m. Beaumont Rm., SHM. The Iris Fischer Lecture presented by Frederick Wiseman, Zipporah Films. Part of the Program for Humanities in Medicine. Info.: (203) 785-6102 or (203) 785-4744.

"Surface"
6:30 p.m. Hastings Hall basement, A&A. Julie Snow. (Sch. of Architecture)

Friday, Oct. 4

"Plantation Slavery and Economic Development in the Southern United States: World Market and Social Property Relations in Comparative Perspective"
11-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS. Charles Post, Borough of Manhattan Community College-CUNY. Part of the Program in Agrarian Studies. Info.: (203) 432-9833 or jscott@pantheon.yale.edu.

"Revitalizing or Revamping the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?"
11:30-12:30 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Laboratory. Stanley J. Vitello, Rutgers Univ., will deliver a lecture in the Yale Center in Child Development and Social Policy Luncheon Series. Info.: (203) 432-9935.

"Patch Dynamics of Urban Ecosystems: A Case Study of the Baltimore Study"
10 a.m.-noon. Rm. 24, Sage Hall. The Hixon Center for Urban Ecology Distinguished Lecture Series with Morgan Grove, USDA Forest Service. Info.: (203) 432-6570.

"Red Team vs. Blue Team: The U.S. Congress Looks at China"
Noon. Rm. 211, HGS. A discussion with the China Workshop and Quentin Koffey, U.S.-China Security Review Commission. Lunch will be provided. Open to members of the Yale community. To sign up for this event, call (203) 432-3426 or email eastasian.studies@yale.edu before Oct. 1.

"Crimes Against Humanity"
12:30-2 p.m. Rm. 128, SLB. Human Rights Workshop with David Luban, Georgetown Univ. Law Center. (Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights)

"Arts and the Law: An Unnatural Coupling"
4 p.m. Rm. 127, SLB. Stephen E. Weil, Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies.

China, Japan, ASEAN: The Challenge of a Global Economy"
Noon. Rm. 317, LC. Rodolfo G. Severino, Association of Southeast Asian Nations. A light lunch will be available at 11:30. (Yale Center for the Study of Globalization)

"Intercontextuality: Reading Gulag Literature with the Literature of the Holocaust"
4 p.m. 8th floor, Bingham Hall. The Comparative Literature Dept. will sponsor a lecture by Leona Toker, Hebrew Univ. Part of "The Contributions of Oral Testimony to Holocaust and Genocide Studies" conference. Info.: www.library.yale.edu/testimonies/conference/index.htm.

"Wood Turning in North America Since 1930"
11 a.m.-noon; 1:30-4:30 p.m. YUAG. A lecture and demonstration with Stoney Lamar, wood turner and furniture maker. Info.: (203) 432-0600 or www.yale.edu/artgallery.

Sunday, Oct. 6

"The Imperative of Testimony: Speaking of Unspeakable Evil"
4:30 p.m. Battell Chapel. Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner and author, will deliver a keynote address as part of the "The Contributions of Oral Testimony to Holocaust and Genocide Studies" conference. Info.: www.library.yale.edu/testimonies/conference/index.htm.

Preconcert Talk
7 p.m. Rm. 116, WLH. Lawrence Leighton Smith and Eric Dudley will discuss works by Weber, Rachmaninoff and Dvorak to be performed at an 8 p.m. Woolsey Hall concert (see listing under "Music"). Info.: (203) 432-4158.

Films

Friday, Sept. 27

"El hijo de la novia"
1:15 p.m. Romance Languages Lounge, 82-90 Wall St. In Spanish with no subtitles. Info.: (203) 432-1150 or (203) 432-5439. (Dept. of Spanish & Portugese)

"Lilo and Stitch"
7:30 & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. Directed by Dean Deblois and Chris Sanders. Fee: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (Yale Medical Sch. Film Society)

Saturday, Sept. 28

"Y Tu Mama Tambien"
7:30 & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron. Fee: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (Yale Medical Sch. Film Society)

Sunday, Sept. 29

"Y Tu Mama Tambien"
7:30 & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron. Fee: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (Yale Medical Sch. Film Society)

Friday, Oct. 4

"Minority Report"
7:30 & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Fee: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (Yale Medical Sch. Film Society)

Saturday, Oct. 5

"Minority Report"
7:30 & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Fee: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (Yale Medical Sch. Film Society)

Sunday, Oct. 6

"Kissing Jessica Stein"
7:30 & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. Directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld. Fee: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs (Yale Medical Sch. Film Society)

Monday, Oct. 7

"Witness: Voices from the Holocaust"
7:30 p.m. Rm. 102, LC. A screening introduced by Joanne Weiner Rudof, associate producer. Part of the "The Contributions of Oral Testimony to Holocaust and Genocide Studies" conference. Info.: www.library.yale.edu/testimonies/conference/index.htm.

Conferences/Symposia

Friday-Saturday, Sept. 27-28

"Yale, New Haven and American Slavery"
SLB. The conference will bring together historians, legal scholars, philosophers and sociologists from Harvard, Oxford, NYU, UCLA and Johns Hopkins as well as Yale faculty members. Conference session topics will include "Slavery and Racism in the Antebellum North," "The Amistad Test, Colonization and Abolition," and "Reparations, Reconciliation and Repair: Present Remedies for Past Wrongs." Info.: www.law.yale.edu/outside/html/Centers/cen-sc.htm. (Yale Law School/Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition)

Friday-Saturday, Oct. 4-5

"Cuba: 100 Years of Independence, A Century of Literature"
Oct. 4, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Oct. 5, 9 a.m.-6:15 p.m. WHC. The conference begins with a keynote address by María Rosa Menocal. On Oct. 4, panel topics include "The Canon and the Library," "Alternative Writings" and "Canon or Classic?." On Oct. 5, panel topics include "Orígenes," "The Sixties," "Exiles" and "Los Últimos." Info.: (203) 432-1151, (203) 432-5429 or www.yale.edu/spanish/confsare.htm.

Sunday-Tuesday, Oct. 6-8

"The Contributions of Oral Testimony to Holocaust and Genocide Studies"
Oct. 6, 9:30 a.m., Rm. 102, LC.; Oct. 7, 9:30 a.m., Lecture hall, SHM.; Oct. 8, 4:30 p.m., BRBL. The conference is organized into eight panels and associated events. Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner and author, will deliver the keynote address at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 6. Panels that meet on Oct. 6 are titled: "Listening," "Teaching," "Trauma," and "Historical Yield." On Oct. 7, panel topics include "Pathways to Intellectual Access," "Genres of Testimony," "Sociological and Cultural Perspectives," and "Field Work." The symposium, "Holocaust Literature: Freedoms and Responsibilities," will be held on Oct. 8. Associated events include a film screening (see listing under "Films") and a special exhibit on display in the memorabilia room of Sterling Memorial Library. Info.: www.library.yale.edu/testimonies/conference/index.htm.

Biomedical Sciences

Friday, Sept. 27

"Phenomenology and Human Genetics of Cocaine-Induced Psychosis"
10:15 a.m. Aud., CMHC. Dept. of Psychiatry Grand Rounds forum with Dr. Joe Cubells.

Tuesday, Oct. 1

"Regulation of Pro-Survival or Pro-Apoptotic Actions by Pro-Neurotrophins"
Noon. Rm. B137, BML. Dr. Barbara Hempstead, Cornell Medical College.(Dept. of Pathology)

"Genetics and Genomics of Aging"
4 p.m. Rm. I-304, SHM. The Genetics Seminar program with David Schlessinger, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging.

Wednesday, Oct. 2

"Indication for Outcome of Pediatric Liver Transplantation"
Noon-1 p.m. Fitkin Amph. Pediatrics Grand Rounds lecture with Dr. Benjamin Shneider, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

"Multipotency of Drosophilia Imaginal Disc Cells and the Role of the Peripodial Cells in Disc Development"
4 p.m. Rm. 226, OML. A seminar with Gerald Schubiger, Univ. of Washington. Tea will be served prior to the event at 3:45 p.m. (Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology)

"Emerging Concepts in Breast Cancer," and "Alcohol Intervention in Trauma"
7-8 a.m. Rm. 216, JEH. Dept. of Surgery Grand Rounds lecture by Dr. Donald Lannin and Dr. Gail D'Onofrio.

Thursday, Oct. 3

"Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses to Bacterial Infection"
11 a.m. Fitkin Amph. Dr. Eric Pamer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. (Section of Immunobiology)

For Students Only

Thursday, Oct. 3

"Finding Journal Articles"
11 a.m. Kline Science Library, KBT.

Friday, Oct. 4

Friday Conversations
12:30-1:30 p.m. Common rm., McDougal Center, HGS. An opportunity for international students to practice their English conversation skills. Free coffee will be served.

First Friday at Five Happy Hour: Octoberfest
5-7 p.m. Common rm., McDougal Center, HGS. Free refreshments.

Blue Dog Open Mike Night
7:30 p.m. Blue Dog Café and Common rm., McDougal Center, HGS. Email mcdougal.center@yale.edu to sign up for slot.

Sports

Dates and times of athletic events are subject to change. For the most timely information about sporting events visit the website at www.yale.edu/athletic or call (203) 432-1435.

Friday-Sunday, Sept. 27-29

Men's Golf
TBA. Yale Golf Course. The Macdonald Cup.

Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 28-29

Men's Tennis
TBA. Yale Tennis Center. Yale Invitational.

Sunday, Sept. 29

Yale Youth Hockey Clinic
8 a.m.-9 a.m. Ingalls Rink. Children will learn the basics of skating and hockey and will participate in supervised scrimmages. Open to members of the Yale community. Registration will take place on Sept. 29 and Oct. 5. Info.: Bill Rosadini, (203) 453-1793.

Tuesday, Oct. 1

Volleyball
7 p.m. PWG. Yale vs. Fairfield. Tickets: $3 general admission; $1 non-Yale students over 15; all others free.

Wednesday, Oct. 2

Women's Soccer
7 p.m. Yale Soccer-Lacrosse Stadium. Yale vs. Central Connecticut. Tickets: $3 general admission; $1 non-Yale students over 15; all others free.

Saturday, Oct. 5

Women's Crew
TBA. Gilder Boathouse, Derby. Head of the Housatonic.

Yale Youth Hockey Clinic
10-11 a.m. Ingalls Rink. Children will learn the basics of skating and hockey and will participate in supervised scrimmages. Registration will take place at the clinic. Open to members of the Yale community. Info.: Bill Rosadini, (203) 453-1793.

Football
1 p.m. Yale Bowl. Yale. vs. Holy Cross. Tickets: $5-$13. Yale employees and their immediate families, and Yale retirees and one guest receive free admission. Present valid I.D. 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. at Gate A or E. Free parking in Lot A and D.

Field Hockey
2 p.m. Johnson Field. Yale vs. Boston Univ.

Women's Cross Country
3:30 p.m. Yale Golf Course. Yale vs. Harvard/ Princeton.

Men's Cross Country
4 p.m. Yale Golf Course. Yale vs. Harvard.

And...

Friday, Sept. 27

Luncheon Meditation
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. 109, Suite 107, 100 Church St. South. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Saturday, Sept. 28

Architectural Tour of the British Art Center
11 a.m. BAC. Tour will follow a short film about the museum's architect, Louis I. Kahn.

Sunday, Sept. 29

"Afternoon Dancefest"
2-5 p.m. Sage Hall. A mix of New England contra dancing, English country dancing and Scottish country dancing. Instruction and live music; no experience needed. Admission: $2. Info.: (203) 776-1812 or www.ctcontra.com/nhcd/.

Tuesday, Oct. 1

"Principles and Practices of Contract Administration"
9 a.m-noon. Aud., Peabody Museum. Open to members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"Train the Trainer 1"
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Rm. LL1, 221 Whitney Ave. 2-day course. Fee: $220; $150 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Book Signing
6 p.m. Yale Bookstore. Geoffrey Hartmann discusses and signs copies of his book, "Scars of the Spirit: The Struggle Against Inauthenticity."

Tuesday & Thursday, Oct. 1 & 3

"Windows 2000: Level 1"
9 -11:30 a.m. Rm. LL3, 221 Whitney Ave. 2-day course. Fee: $130. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"Excel 97/2000: Level 1"
9-11:30 a.m. Rm. LL4, 221 Whitney Ave. 2 -day course. Fee: $130. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Wednesday, Oct. 2

"Business Writing"
9 a.m.-noon. Rm. LL1, 221 Whitney Ave. Fee: $110; $90 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"Advanced Orbis Searching"
3-4 p.m. Electronic classroom, CCL. Open to members of the Yale community. Registration: Reference desk in SML or by e-mail to smlref@yale.edu.

"When the Sky Falls to Earth"
3 p.m. Peabody Museum. Guy Consolmagno, astronomer, Vatican Univ., will deliver a presentation on meteors and meteorites. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors; free with valid Yale I.D.). Info.: (203) 432-5050; www.peabody.yale.edu.

Book Signing
6 p.m. Yale Bookstore. Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Donald Margulies reads from, discusses and signs copies of his book "Luna Park: Short Plays and Monologues."

Wednesday & Friday, Oct. 2 & 4

"Word 97/2000: Level 1"
9-11:30 a.m. Rm. LL4, 221 Whitney Ave. 2-day course. Fee: $130. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Thursday, Oct. 3

Memorial Service for Charles Bockelman
2 p.m. Dwight Chapel.

Book Signing
6 p.m. Yale Bookstore. David Pelino reads from, discusses and signs copies of "One Good Deed."

Friday, Oct. 4

Luncheon Meditation
Noon-1p.m. Rm. LL1, 221 Whitney Ave. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Saturday, Oct. 5

"Artful Tales"
10:30 a.m.-noon. YUAG. A hands-on program for 5-8 year olds accompanied by an adult. Info. and registration: (203) 432-8459.

Introductory Tour
11 a.m. BAC. A tour and survey of British painting.

"Bigfoot!"
1 p.m.-4 p.m. Peabody Museum. "Sasquatch Under Scrutiny: The Case Against Bigfoot," with David Daegling. "Probing the Bigfoot Mystery," with Peter Byrne. Throughout the day visitors can view the evidence for and against the existence of Bigfoot; participate in hands-on activities; take a hike around the museum; and listen to traditional Native American stories. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors; free with valid Yale I.D.). Info.: (203) 432-5050; www.peabody.yale.edu.

ONGOING ACTIVITIES

Tours

Yale Astronomy Public Nights
First Thursday of each month. 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. Times vary seasonally. 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

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. "Gleaming Gold, Shining Silver: 19th-Century Book Covers from the Collection of Leonard and Lisa Baskin," through Oct. 12.

Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. "A Love of the Land: Paintings by Howard Fussiner," through Sept. 30.

Yale Center for British Art
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. "The Romantic Landscape Print: 'The Chiaroscuro of Nature'," through Dec. 29.

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 "Cultures of Native America," 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 Sept.

Yale University Art Gallery
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m; Sunday, 1-6 p.m. "Nine African American Quilters," through Nov. 10. "Wood Turning in North America since 1930," through Dec. 1. "Yale Collects Wood: Gifts from the Collection of John and Robyn Horn, through Dec. 1.

Sterling Memorial Library
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday, 1-5 p.m. SML Exhibition Corridor and Arts of the Book Collection. "By Chance: Serendipity and Randomness in Contemporary Artists' Books," through Nov. 6. Nave exhibition cases, "Anatol Girs: Book Designer," through Nov. 29.

Yale Institute of Sacred Music
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. "Spiritual Visions from Sri Lanka," through Oct. 25. An exhibition of paintings by Sri Lankan artist Nalini Jayasuriya.

Yale Sch. of Architecture
Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 2nd Floor Gallery. "3D City: Studies in Density, Recent Work by MVRDV," through Oct. 25.

Yale Medical School Library
"Reflections from Sept. 11, 2001. Iris prints of six watercolors by Polly Osborne, architect, and a collage of drawings, photos and writings by medical and nursing students, through Sept. Info.: (203) 785-4744.

Jonathan Edwards College Master's House
Thursdays or by appointment. "My Stuff," a collection of paintings, drawings and prints, through Nov. 24. Info.: (203) 432-0356.

Yale Sch. of Art
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Hall. "Paintings and Drawings" by Richard Lytle, Sept. 30-Oct. 19.

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. ASHA-Yale is a volunteer organization dedicated to promoting basic education in India. Info.: asha@yale. edu; www.ashanet.org/yale.

Bereavement Group
Wednesday, 6-7:15 p.m. Oct. 2-Nov. 6. Trumbull College Fellows Rm. For undergraduate and graduate students dealing with the loss of a loved one. The group will be closed after the second meeting.

Overeaters Anonymous
Monday, 7-8 p.m. 311 Temple St. Open meeting for all who suffer from eating and related disorders. Info.: Sophia, (203) 752-9000; oasolution@hotmail.com.

Yale Poetry Group
8 p.m. Fellows Rm., Calhoun College.

Yale Toastmasters Club
Friday, noon. 221 Whitney Ave. Open to members of the Yale community. Info.: (203) 436-3903; www.yale.edu/yaletoastmasters; ann.straub@yale.edu.

Language Tables

Arabic Table
Tuesday, noon. Ezra Stiles College dining rm. (Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations)

Chinese Table
Wednesday, noon. Silliman College dining hall. Zhengguo Kang. (203) 432-2938.

French Table
Monday, noon-1 p.m. Jonathan Edwards dining hall. Brooke Donaldson and Yuliy Masinovsky. (French dept./Jonathan Edwards) Monday, 5- 6 p.m. HGS dining hall. Laure Marcellesi and Brian Reilly. (French Dept./HGS) Tuesday, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Trumbull College dining hall. Ruth Koizim and Thomas Martin. (French Dept./ Trumbull College) Wednesday, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. HGS dining hall. Agnieszka Tworek and Joseph Acquisto. (French Dept./HGS) Thursday, 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Silliman College dining hall. Jeffrey Boyd and Vincent Giroud. (French Dept./Silliman College)

German Table
Tuesday, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Blue Dog Cafe, McDougal Center.

Indonesian Table
Thursday, noon. Berkeley College dining hall. Indriyo Sukmono. (Council on Southeast Asia Studies Seminar Series)

Japanese Table
Thursday, noon. Silliman College dining hall. Hiroyo Nishimura. (203) 432-2943.

Korean Table
Wednesday, noon. Morse College dining hall. Thursday, noon. Saybrook College dining hall. Seungja Choi. (203) 432-2866.

Portugese Table
12:30 p.m. Jonathan Edwards dining hall. K. David Jackson.

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

Religion

University Public Worship
Sunday, 11 a.m. Battell Chapel. Rev. Cynthia Terry will preach on Sept. 29. 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 Rev. Ron Rising. 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.: Walter Bodine, (203) 269-7857.

Luther House -- The University Lutheran Ministry in New Haven
Sunday, 4:30 p.m. 27 High St. Service of Holy Communion in a contemporary setting. Bible study and service opportunities are available. Info.: Carl Sharon, (203) 432-1139; www.yale.edu/lutherhouse.

New Haven Friends Meeting
Sunday, 10:30 a.m. 225 East Grand Ave. Transportation will leave from Phelps Gate at 10:10 a.m. Childcare available. Info.: (203) 468-7364.

St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center
Mass, Sunday, 10 a.m. & 5 p.m.; Tuesday-Thursday, 5:30 p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation, Tuesday, 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. 268 Park St. 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 Tpke., Hamden. The Rev. Kathleen McTigue. Info.: (203) 288-1807.

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