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.

Monday, Oct. 7

Opera Master Class
7 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Students from the Sch. of Music will perform pieces they are currently working on and Alan Held, bass-baritone, will listen and guide them. Fee: $8, $5 for students with ID. Info.: (203) 432-4158.

Wednesday, Oct. 9

Lunchtime Chamber Music
12:30 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Chamber works performed by Yale Sch. of Music students. Info.: (203) 432-4158.

Thursday, Oct. 10

Beineke Concert
5:15 p.m. BRBL. Peter Martin, lute; Jessica Gould, soprano.

Friday, Oct. 11

"Pines of Rome"
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Opening performance of the concert series "No Strings Attached: Wind Band Transcriptions of Orchestral Masterpieces." Thomas C. Duffy, musical director, will lead theYale Concert Band. Info. (203) 432-4111 or www.yale.edu/yaleband.

Sunday, Oct. 13

Faculty Artist Series
4 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Benjamin Verdery, guitarist and Rie Schmidt, flutist. Info.: Sch. of Music concert office, (203) 432-4158 or www.yale.edu/music.

Theater

Friday-Saturday, Oct. 4-5 Monday-Saturday, Oct. 7-12

"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; senior matinee pre-show reception Oct. 9; audio described performance Oct. 12. Tickets: $20-$40; subscription packages available. Info.: (203) 432-1234 or www.yalerep.org.

Talks

Friday, Oct. 4

"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, Northeastern Research Station. Info.: (203) 432-6570.

"Plantation Slavery and Economic Development in the Southern United States: World Market and Social Property Relations in Comparative Perspective"
11 a.m.-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.

"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.

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

"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 e-mail eastasian.studies@yale.edu before Oct. 1.

"Crimes Against Humanity"
12:15-1:45 p.m. Faculty lounge, SLB. David Luban, Georgetown Univ. Law Center. (Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law Sch.)

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

"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.

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. 4th floor, Parker Hall. 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.

Monday, Oct. 7

"American Politics Seminar: Weak State, Strong Policy: Paradoxes of Race Policy in the United States, Great Britain and France"
Noon-1:30 p.m. Lower level conference rm., ISPS. Robert Lieberman, Columbia Univ. (Institution for Social and Policy Studies)

"How to Shop for Child Care"
Noon-1 p.m. Beaumont Rm., SHM. Angela Crowley, Dr. Deborah Ferholt and Cynthia Olson. (Office of the Provost/ Yale Child Study Center/ Yale Early Childhood Education Program/Office of Women in Medicine/Yale School of Nursing/ School of Medicine Day Care Committee/McDougal Graduate Center)

"Asia's World City: More than a Gateway to China"
4 p.m. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Jacqueline Ann Willis, Hong Kong commissioner to the U.S. Reception will follow in 2nd floor common rm.

"Physiology, Propaganda and Pound Animals: Animal Welfare and Medical Research in Mid-Twentieth Century America"
4:30 p.m. Fulton Rm. 215, SHM. The Yale Program in the History of Science and Medicine will sponsor a colloquium with John Parascandola, U.S. Public Health Service. Tea will be served prior to the event at 4 p.m.

"Nursing Shortage"
5:30 p.m. Steiner Rm., SHM. Patricia Sue Fitzsimmons, Patient Services. (Health Policy Journal Club)

Tuesday, Oct. 8

Working Research Group: "Perspectives on Aging"
8:30-10 a.m. ISPS. For info. and breakfast reservations, contact Carol Pollard at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu.

"Reflections on Human Rights in the 21th Century"
Noon-2p.m. Faculty lounge, SLB. Mary Robinson, former U.N. high commissioner for human rights and former president of Ireland. Open to members of the Yale community. RSVP: schell.law@yale.edu. (Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law Sch.)

Political Theory Workshop
12:15-1:45 p.m. Lower level conference rm., ISPS. John Patrick Diggins. (Institution for Social and Policy Studies)

"What Makes a Print Romantic?"
12:30 p.m. BAC. Art in Context talk led by Gillian Forester. Info.: (203) 432-2800.

"Building an Ethical Globalization"
4 p.m. Levinson Aud., SLB. Mary Robinson, former U.N. high commissioner for human rights and former president of Ireland will speak at the 10th Coca-Cola World Fund at Yale Lecture. A reception will follow. (Yale Center for International and Area Studies/Yale Law Sch./Yale Sch. of Management)

"Child Poverty and Education: America's Dirty Little Secret"
4 p.m. Dwight Hall. Bruce J. Biddle, Univ. of Missouri. A dinner will follow the lecture. Part of "Intersections: Theories and Practice of Civic Engagement". Info.: (203) 432-2420; e-mail intersections@hotmail.com or www.yale.edu/dwight/intersections/.

"Branding in a Global Society"
4 p.m. Saybrook College master's house. The Gordon Grand Fellowship at Yale will sponsor a master's tea by Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, chief executive officer, Nestlé S.A.

"Biomolecular Simulations Using Continuum Solvent Models"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 253, SCL. David Case, Scripps Research Institute. (Dept. of Chemistry)

Bioethics Reading Group: "Ethics of Research Involving Vulnerable Populations"
6-8 p.m. ISPS. Celia B. Fisher, convener. For info. and dinner reservations, contact Carol Pollard at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu.

"The Langham Partnership in Biblical and Global Perspective"
7:30 p.m. OMSC. Christopher Wright, Langham Partnership, London, and former principal of the All Nations Christian College, England. A discussion period and refreshments will follow the lecture. Info.: (203) 624-6672 ext. 315 or www.omsc.org. (Overseas Ministries Study Center)

Wednesday, Oct. 9

"A Conversation with Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, CEO of Nestlé S.A."
11:45 a.m.-12:50 p.m. Horchow Hall, SOM. Yale School of Management Leaders Forum.

"Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia -- A Clinician's Perspective'
Noon. Lower level conference rm., ISPS. The Bioethics Faculty Workshop will feature Dr. Sherwin Nuland. Info.: Carol Pollard at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu.

"The Poetry of the Theatre: Yale Rep 2002-2003"
Noon-1:30 p.m. Downstairs lounge, Yale Rep Theatre. YUWO Lunch and Learn talk with James Bundy. (Yale Univ. Women's Organization)

"The Women in Charge: Women in Environmental and Natural Resource Leadership"
Noon-1 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Carol Browner, The Albright Group, former adminstrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Part of the Seminar in Environmental and Natural Resource Leadership. Info.: (203) 436-3981 or (443) 995-3573. (Sch. of Forestry and Environmental Studies)

"Art à la Carte"
12:20 p.m. YUAG. "Yale Collects Wood: Gifts from the Collection of John and Robyn Horn," with Patricia E. Kane. Info.: (203) 432-0600 or www.yale.edu/artgallery.

"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)

"Catalysts and Reactors for Production of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes of Reproducible Quality"
4 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Laboratory. Daniel Resasco, Univ. of Oklahoma. (Dept. of Chemical Engineering)

"Between Solidarity and Dismemberment: The Jewish Family During the Holocaust"
4 p.m. Romance Languages Lounge. Dalia Ofer, Hebrew Univ. (Program in Judaic Studies)

"The Middle East: Grand Strategy's Greatest Challenge"
4 p.m. Rm. 211, HGS. International Security Studies Grand Strategy Lecture Series featuring Charles Hill.

"Poetry and Testimony"
4 p.m. Location TBA. Susan Gubar, Indiana Univ. (Dept. of Comparative Literature/Dept. of English/Genocide Studies Program)

"Impacts of Global Warming and Sea Level Rise on Tidal Wetlands and Shallow Water Habitats"
5 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. J. Court Stevenson, Univ. of Maryland. Part of the Curtis and Edith Munson Marine Conservation Distinguished Lecture Series on "Climate Change and the Oceans: Global Changes, Local Effects." Info.: (203) 432-3026. (Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems)

"Romantic Watercolor: An Introduction to the Hickman Bacon Collection"
5:15 p.m. BAC. A lecture by Eric Shanes, painter and author.

Graduate School Colloquium
8 p.m. Rm. 211, HGS. Joanne Weiner Rudof and Geoffrey Hartman. (Dept. of Comparative Literature/Dept. of English/Genocide Studies Program)

Master's Tea
8 p.m. Branford College master's house. David Brooks, journalist and author of "Bobos in Paradise."

Thursday, Oct. 10

"Applied Ethics and Matters of Jurisprudence"
Noon. ISPS. Roger Worthington, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London. Part of the working research group exploring "Justice and the Allocation of Medical Care." For info., readings and luncheon reservations, contact Carol Pollard at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu.

"The Seed Remembers: Native American and Cambodian Genocide Survivors and Their Gardens"
2:30 p.m. ISPS. Patricia Klindienst. (Dept. of Comparative Literature/Dept. of English/Genocide Studies Program)

"An Unsettling Tale: How those SAT Questions that Helped You Get Into Yale Were Chosen"
4 p.m. Dwight Hall. Jay M. Rosner, Princeton Review Foundation. A dinner will follow the lecture. Location TBA. Part of "Intersections: Theories and Practice of Civic Engagement." Info.: (203) 432-2420; e-mail intersections@hotmail.com or www.yale.edu/dwight/intersections/.

"Peace of the Brave: Israel's Prospects in the Middle East"
4 p.m. Battell Chapel. Ehud Barak, former prime minister of Israel. (Yale Friends of Israel/Yale Hillel)

"Robert Dombroski's Critical Engagement with Marxism"
4:30 p.m. Romance Languages Lounge. Frank Rosengarten, New York Univ. (Italian Dept.)

"Reversing the Flow: From Clinical Materials to Basic Understanding"
5 p.m. Beaumont Rm., SHM. Joan A. Steitz. Part of the Program for the Humanities in Medicine. Info.: (203) 785-6102 or (203) 785-4744.

"Historical Overview of Childhood"
5:15 p.m. ISPS. Joseph Ilick, Univ. of California, San Francisco and David Musto. Part of the working research group exploring "Children Under Stress."

"Coming Home in 1945: Reading Robert Frost and Norman Rockwell"
5:30 p.m. McNeil Lecture Hall, YUAG. A lecture with Alexander Nemerov.

Friday, Oct. 11

"Government Through Community in the Age of Neoliberalism"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS. Tania Li, Dalhousie Univ. Part of the Program in Agrarian Studies Colloquium series. Info.: (203) 432-9833 or e-mail j.scott@pantheon.yale.edu.

"Bright Horizons: The Drive for Quality, Innovation and Responsibility to the Field and Community in a Public Child Care Company"
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Laboratory. Jim Greenman, Bright Horizons Family Solutions, will deliver a lecture in the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy Luncheon Series. Info.: (203) 432-9935.

"Bonampak: A Spectacular View Into the Mayan Past"
Noon. Peabody Museum. Michael Coe will speak on the significance of the Bonampak murals and the story they tell. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors; free with valid Yale I.D.). Info.: (203) 432-5050; www.peabody.yale.edu.

"The Prospects for Peace and Justice in Israel and Palestine"
12:15-1:45 p.m. Faculty lounge, SLB. Salam Tamari, Institute of Jerusalem Studies and Bizreit Univ.; and Lev Grinberg, Hebrew Univ. (Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights)

"'The Missionary Position': Missionaries as Symbols in Anthropological Discourse"
12:30 p.m. OMSC. Robert Priest, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Bring a lunch at 12:15 p.m. Coffee will be served. Part of the Missions Research Colloquia. Info.: (203) 624-6672 ext. 315 or www.omsc.org. (Overseas Ministries Study Center)

"Anatol Girs"
3:30 p.m. Lecture hall, SML. Alicia Nitecki, Bentley College. (Yale Univ. Library)

Saturday, Oct. 12

"Romantic Watercolor: The Hickman Bacon Collection"
Noon. BAC. A Gallery Talk tour. Info.: (203) 432-2800.

Films

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.

Wednesday, Oct. 9

"Hiroshima, Mon Amour" and "The New World"
7-9 p.m. Rm. 119, WLH. "Hiroshima, Mon Amour" directed by Alain Resnais. "The New World" directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Part of the Atomic Cinema Series. (East Asian Languages and Literatures)

Friday, Oct. 11

"Men In Black II"
7:30 and 10 p.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Fee: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (Yale Medical Sch. Film Society)

Saturday, Oct. 12

"Sense and Sensibility"
2 p.m. BAC. A short adaptation of the Jane Austen novel. Directed by Ang Lee. Info.: (203) 432-2800.

"Men In Black II"
7:30 and 10 p.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Fee: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (Yale Medical Sch. Film Society)

Sunday, Oct. 13

"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
7:30 and 10 p.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. Directed by Milos Forman. Fee: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (Yale Medical Sch. Film Society)

Conferences/Symposia

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.

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, SML.; 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

Monday, Oct. 7

"Context, Structure and the Brain: Converging Influences on a Theory of Attention"
4 p.m. Peter B. Gordon Memorial Library, JPL. Robert Melara, Purdue Univ. (John B. Pierce Laboratory)

"Stem Cells and Heart Failure"
4-5 p.m. Rm. 206, BCMM. Dr. Piero Anversa, New York Medical College. (Yale Interdepartmental Program in Vascular Biology and Transplantation/Interdisciplinary Program in Clinical Transplantation)

Tuesday, Oct. 8

"Making T-Cells Work for Therapy of Human Diseases"
8:30 a.m. Fitkin Amph. Cancer Center Grand Rounds with Dr. Philip Greenberg.

"Classes of Gene Action that Escape the Force of Natural Selection and Thus Modulate Senescent Phenotypes"
4 p.m. Rm. I-304, SHM. Dr. George Martin, Univ. of Washington. Part of the Genetics Seminar Program.

Wednesday, Oct. 9

"Synthetic Skin" and "Evolution of Treatment of Craniosynostosis"
7-8 a.m. Rm. 216, JEH. Dept. of Surgery Grand Rounds lecture with Dr. Philip Fidler and John Persing.

"Advances in Treatment of Childhood Diabetes: Better Care Through Technology"
Noon-1 p.m. Fitkin Amph. Pediatric Grand Rounds lecture with Dr. William Tamborlane.

"RNA on the Run"
4 p.m. Rm. 226, OML. Robert Singer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology)

"Breast Cancer: Issues in Mammography, Options for Care and Hormone Replacement Therapy"
6 p.m. East Pavilion Cafeteria, YNHH. Dr. Vincent T. DeVita Jr. and Dr. Donald Lannin. Reservations: (203) 688-2000.

Thursday, Oct. 10

"Phenoxodiol: A New Approach for the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer"
4 p.m. Brady Aud. Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds lecture with Dr. Gil Mor.

Friday, Oct. 11

"Integrins and B Cell Retention in the Splenic Marginal Zone"
Noon. Rm. B137, BML. Pathology research seminar with Theresa Lu, Univ. of California.

"Role of Papillomavirus Oncogenes in Regulating Cancer Cell Growth and Survival"
1 p.m. Rm. I-304, SHM. Rosanne DeFilippis. (Cancer Center)

"Genetic Instability and the Tumor Environment"
1:30 p.m. Rm. I-304, SHM. Dr. Peter Glazer. (Cancer Center)

For Students Only

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.

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. E-mail mcdougal.center@yale.edu to sign up for a slot.

Friday, Oct. 11

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.

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.

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.

Tuesday, Oct. 8

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

Wednesday, Oct. 9

Field Hockey
7 p.m. Johnson Field. Yale vs. Quinnipiac.

Saturday, Oct. 12

Lightweight Men's Crew
TBA. Gilder Boathouse. Head of the Housatonic.

And...

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.

"Wood Turning in North America Since 1930"
11 a.m.-noon; 1:30-4:30 p.m. YUAG. Wood turner Stoney Lamar will demonstrate his art and talk about works in the exhibition.

"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.

Monday, Oct. 7

Poetry Reading and Discussion of "Translation and Independent Publishing"
4 p.m. BRBL. E. Hocquard with Rosemarie and Keith Waldrop. A reception will follow.

Book Signing
6 p.m. Yale Bookstore. Yale alumna and journalist Alexandra Robbins will discuss her new book "Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League and the Hidden Paths of Power."

Monday & Wednesday, Oct. 7 & 9

"Power Point 97/2000: Level I"
2-4:30 p.m. Rm. LL3, 221 Whitney Ave. 2-day course. Fee: $130. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Tuesday, Oct. 8

"Excel: Database Features"
9 a.m.-noon. Rm. LL3, 221 Whitney Ave. Fee: $100. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"Communication: Effective Listening"
9 a.m.-noon. Rm. LL1, 221 Whitney Ave. Fee: $65; $50 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

United Way Kick-Off Event with Dean Jeffrey Garten
5-7 p.m. Donaldson Commons (SOM dining hall). Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Book Signing
6 p.m. Yale Bookstore. Stephen L. Carter will discuss his New York Times bestselling book, "The Emperor of Ocean Park."

Tuesday & Thursday, Oct. 8 & 10

"Access 97: Level I"
9 a.m.-noon. Rm. LL4, 221 Whitney Ave. 2-day course. Fee: $195. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"PageMaker 6.5"
1:30-4:30 p.m. Rm. LL3, 221 Whitney Ave. 2-day course. Fee: $195. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Wednesday, Oct. 9

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

Annual Scientific and Laboratory Vendor Fair
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Harkness lounge and patio, WLH. Over 55 vendors represented. Door prizes and raffles. Open to members of the Yale community. Info.: Fran Consiglio, (203) 432-9970.

Poetry Reading
4 p.m. BRBL. Nathaniel Mackey, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz and Elizabeth Alexander. A reception will follow. Part of the 2002 Americanist Colloquium.

Book Signing
6 p.m. Yale Bookstore. Jonathan Scott Holloway will discuss and sign copies of his book, "Confronting the Veil: Abram Harris, Jr., E. Franklin Frazier and Ralph Bunche, 1919-1941."

Wednesday & Friday, Oct. 9 & 11

"Excel 97/2000: Level 2"
9-11:30 a.m. Rm. LL3, 221 Whitney Ave. 2-day course. Fee: $130. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"Web Design: Level 2"
9 a.m.-noon. Rm. LL4, 221 Whitney Ave. 2-day course. Fee: $195. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Thursday, Oct. 10

"Outstanding Customer Service for Managers"
9 a.m.-4 p.m. 14th floor, 1 Century Tower, 265 Church St. Fee: $110; $90 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

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

Employee's 2002 Benefits Fair
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Harkness Lounge, SHM. RSVP: e-mail benefits@yale.edu or call Brian at (203) 432-5553.

Book Signing
6 p.m. Yale Bookstore. Joseph Alder will discuss and sign copies of his book, "The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error that Transformed the World."

Friday, Oct. 11

Employee's 2002 Benefits Fair
10 a.m.-3 p.m. General Motors Rm., SOM. RSVP: e-mail benefits@yale.edu or call Brian at (203) 432-5553.

Nonprofit Career Fair
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Lanman Center, PWG. Open to members of the Yale community. Info.: Undergraduate Career Services, (203) 432-0800.

Lewis Walpole Library Open House
2-4 p.m. Lewis Walpole Library, 154 Main St., Farmington. Guided tours of the house and collections on the half hour (last tour at 3:30 p.m.). Refreshments. Registration is not necessary. Directions and info.: (860) 677-2140.

Saturday, Oct. 12

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

"Artful Tales"
1:30-3:30 p.m. YUAG. A hands-on program for 5-8 year olds accompanied by an adult. Registration and info.: (203) 432-8459.

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.

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. "Romantic Watercolor: The Hickman Bacon Collection," Oct. 10-Jan. 5.

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 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., ISM. "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.

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 through Oct. 19.

Yale Physicians Building Art Place
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The sixth in a series of exhibitions featuring paintings, photographs, sculptures, pottery and quilts by local artists and Univ. faculty and staff; through March 2003.

New Haven Colony Historical Society
"Urban Museum of Modern Architecture: New Haven." A six-foot tall computer fabricated INFObjects. A celebration of seven of the city's architecturally significant post-war buildings.

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. 12-step recovery program offering a permanent solution for anorexics, bulimics, compulsive eaters and all those who suffer from eating and related disorders. Info.: Sophia, (203) 752-9000; or e-mail 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. Open daily for prayer, 12:30-1 p.m.; simple Communion service on Thursday. 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. Beginning Sept. 8. 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, 6-7 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. (Univ. 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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Wedgwood named to U.N. Human Rights Committee

Employees urged to take full advantage of their benefits

Reunion events will explore the intersection of law and the arts

SOM summit will address the current issues facing women business leaders

Dr. Boris Astrachan, former CMHC director, dies at age 70

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