Benefit concert
A family concert to benefit the Edith B. Jackson Childcare Program will be held at
7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, at the Miller Library, 2901 Dixwell Ave., in Hamden.
The concert will feature Papillion, a Cajun and Zydeco musician and storyteller. Tickets are $5.
For tickets and more information, call (203) 764-9416.
Bethany Zemba, director of financial aid at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, will discuss "People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Grant Competition" on Thursday, Oct. 19, from 6 to 7 p.m.
The event will take place in Rm. 24, Sage Hall, 205 Prospect St.
The P3 competition will provide grants to teams of college students to research, develop and design solutions to challenges to sustainability. P3 highlights people, prosperity and the planet -- the three pillars of sustainability -- as the next step beyond P2 or pollution prevention. The P3 awards program is a partnership between the public and private sectors to progress toward sustainability by achieving the mutual goals of economic prosperity, protection of the natural systems of the planet, and providing a higher quality of life for its people.
The event is free and open to the public; light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Bethany Zemba at bethany.zemba@yale.edu or (203) 432-5105.
The Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St., has announced its fall season.
The season will open on Oct. 12-14 with "Sincerity Forever," winner of the 1990 Obie Award for Best New American Play.
Other plays in the seven-show season will include "We're Celebrities ... We're Just Not Famous Yet," "The Love Suicides at Sonezaki" and the world premiere of "Run, Mourner, Run."
Productions are performed Thursday at 8:30 p.m., and Friday and Saturday at 8:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. Doors open for dinner at 7 p.m. and for a light menu at 10 p.m. Tickets are $15 for general admission; $10 for students. Food and drinks are priced separately. Memberships are also available.
Reservations may be made by calling (203) 432-1566 or by visiting www.yalecabaret.org.
The Yale Art Gallery will host a master class on Rembrandt's etchings on Thursdays, Oct. 26, Nov. 2 and Nov. 16, 5:30-7 p.m.
The series will celebrate the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt's birth. Suzanne Boorsch, curator of prints, drawings and photographs, will lead an examination of the artist's etchings and explore the reasons behind the ongoing depth and breadth of his appeal.
The fee for the series is $30 for members; $45 for non-members; free for students with a valid I.D. Enrollment is limited to 15 participants. To register, call (203)
432-9525.
The ninth annual Yale Physics Olympics for High School Students will be held Saturday, Oct. 21, in the Science Hill Quadrangle, 217 Prospect St.
Fifty teams of high school students from Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York will compete in a series of physics-related events beginning at 10 a.m. and culminating with an awards ceremony at 3:30 p.m.
The event is frree and the public is invited. For more information, contact Peter Parker at (203) 432-3099.
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Environmental competition
Yale Cabaret fall season
Master class on Rembrandt
Physics Olympics
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