Friday

PERFORMANCES

Classical Music Dessert: Part of the Ezra Stiles Festival. 7 p.m. Ezra Stiles Master's House. Free.

Curse of the Starving Class: Written by Sam Shepard. Featuring live music composed and arranged by Steve Bargonetti and Diane Gioia. 8 p.m. Yale Repertory Theatre. $10 to $34. Call 432-1234 for information.

Food Pantry Benefit Concert: Featuring the Exit Players, Slavic Chorus, Waylon, and Klezmer Band. 8 p.m. Davenport Common Room. $3.

Hot Lunch Jam: Based on the movie Fame, written by Christopher Gore. Adapted and directed by Claudia Zelevansky. 8:30 and 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. $8. Call 432-1566 for reservations and information.

James and the Giant Peach: Yale Children's Theater production. 7 and 9 p.m. 248 Park St. $2. Call Brian at 436-3345 for information.

Macbeth: Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Peter Oyston. Produced by Melissa Rose Barton. Yale Dramat spring Mainstage production. 8 p.m. University Theatre, 222 York St. $10, $5 students. Call 432-1212 for reservations and information.

The Scarlet Pimpernel: Directed by Roger Longbottom. Composed by Frank Wildhorn. Book and lyrics by Nan Knighton. 8 p.m. Shubert Theater. $28 to $60. Call the Shubert Box Office at 562-5666 for tickets and information.

Something Extra's 23rd Birthday Jam: A cappella group concert. 9:30 p.m. Battell Chapel. $4 in advance, $5 at door. Tickets sold at Commons and Yale Station Post Office.

EVENTS

African Food Fest: Featuring musical performances, poetry, and a fashion show. Sponsored by the Yale African Students Alliance. 7 p.m. to midnight. Silliman. Free.

"New Currents in Economic Development: Creating and Channeling Value": Third Biannual Economic Development Conference. Sponsored by the Yale School of Management. Featuring discussions and interactive cases. E-mail econdev@mail.yale.edu for registration.

DISCUSSION

"Theology and Legality: Same-Sex Marriage, Family, and Adoption": Final topic in the Opening Doors Symposium. Featuring a keynote address by Jimmy Creech. Followed by discussions led by Yale professors and New Haven clergy. 3 p.m. LC 102. Free. Call 436-8018 for information.

LECTURE

"India and the Silk Road of the Sea: Of Empires, Luxuries, and Religious Functionaries": Woodward lecture by professor Himanshu Ray of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India. 3 p.m. Luce Hall 102. Free.

Saturday

PERFORMANCES

Emanuel Ax: Pianist performs works by Brahms. Featuring the Yale Symphony Orchestra and the Yale Camerata. 8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. $10 to $40. Call 432-4140 for information.

Baroque Fest: Conducted by James Sinclair of Orchestra New England. Works by Bach and Vivaldi. 8 p.m. Battell Chapel. $15 to $27. Call 932-7180 for reservations and information.

Curse of the Starving Class: Written by Sam Shepard. Featuring live music composed and arranged by Steve Bargonetti and Diane Gioia. 2 and 8 p.m. Yale Repertory Theatre. $10 to $34. Call 432-1234 for information.

Hot Lunch Jam: Based on the movie Fame, written by Christopher Gore. Adapted and directed by Claudia Zelevansky. 8:30 and 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. $8. Call 432-1566 for reservations and information.

James and the Giant Peach: Yale Children's Theater production. 1, 3, and 7 p.m. 248 Park St. $2. Call Brian at 436-3345 for information.

Macbeth: Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Peter Oyston. Produced by Melissa Rose Barton. Yale Dramat spring Mainstage production. 2 and 8 p.m. University Theatre. $10, $5 for students. Call 432-1212 for reservations and information.

The Scarlet Pimpernel: Directed by Roger Longbottom. Composed by Frank Wildhorn. Book and lyrics by Nan Knighton. 2 and 8 p.m. Shubert Theater. $28 to $60. Call the Shubert Box Office at 562-5666 for tickets and information.

EVENTS

"Love": Symposium devoted to the consideration of love from clinical, developmental, and philosophical perspectives. Talks by psychoanalysts Jessica Benjamin, Jonathan Lear, and Kirsten Dahl. 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Harris Auditorium, CSC. $50 in advance, $60 at the door. Call 562-2103 for registration.

"New Currents in Economic Development: Creating and Channeling Value": Third Biannual Economic Development Conference. Sponsored by the Yale School of Management. Featuring discussions and interactive cases. E-mail econdev@mail.yale.edu for registration.

FILMS

The Man with a Movie Camera and The Bridge: Directed by Dziga Vertoz and Joris Ivens respectively. Part of the series "Unreal City; the Urban Experi-ence." 2 p.m. British Art Center. Free.

Sunday

PERFORMANCES

James and the Giant Peach: Yale Children's Theater production. 1 and 3 p.m. 248 Park St. $2. Call Brian at 436-3345 for information.

The People vs. the God of Vengeance: Play about the history of lesbian and gay theater, American Jewish history, and the history of civil rights. Adapted and directed by Rebecca Taichman. 7:30 p.m. Slifka Center. Free.

The Poet is a Playright, the Playright is a Poet: A Celebration of African American Writers: Part of the Black Play Writers' Series. Sponsored by The Folks. 6 p.m. Afro-American Cultural Center. Free.

The Scarlet Pimpernel: Directed by Roger Longbottom. Composed by Frank Wildhorn. Book and lyrics by Nan Knighton. 2 p.m. Shubert Theater. $28 to $60. Call the Shubert Box Office at 562-5666 for tickets and information.

FILM

Partisans of Vilna: Documentary on the Jewish Resistance fighters of World War Two. English subtitles. 1 p.m. Slifka Center. Free.

Monday

DISCUSSION

Authors Shay Youngblood and Kate Rushin: Readings from Youngblood's novel Black Girl in Paris and from Rushin's book of poetry The Black Back-Ups. Followed by discussions with both writers on the themes of travel and African-American women abroad. 6 to 7 p.m. Afro-American Cultural Center. Free.

LECTURE

"The Federal Government as a Supporter and Catalyst of Changein Science": Yale College Student Union sponsored lecture by Dr. Richard Klausner, director of the National Cancer Institute. 7:30 p.m. WLH 208. Free.

Tuesday

February 29

EVENTS

Mardi Gras Millennium Party: Featuring mask-making, bead-throwing, Creole food-eating, zydeco dancing and a history lesson on Cajun and Creole culture. 7 to 10 p.m. Afro-American Cultural Center. Free.

Poetry Reading: By Elizabeth Alexander, author of The Venus Hottentot and Body of Life. 4 p.m. Whitney Humanities Center 108. Free.

Rally Against Sweatshops: Student protest in favor of Workers Rights Consortium and against Fair Labor Association. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Beinecke Plaza. E-mail ari.holtzblatt@yale.edu for information.

The Scarlet Pimpernel: Directed by Roger Longbottom. Composed by Frank Wildhorn. Book and lyrics by Nan Knighton. 7:30 p.m. Shubert Theater. $28 to $60. Call the Shubert Box Office at 562-5666 for tickets and information.

DISCUSSION

"Espionage and Campaign Finance Scandals: Revisiting Asian-American Exclusion": Led by Brian Sun. Sponsored by the Pacific Islander, Asian, and Native American Law Students Association of Yale Law School. 5:10 p.m. Yale Law School 122. Free. E-mail winston.chan@yale.edu for information.

Wednesday

March 1

PERFORMANCES

The Scarlet Pimpernel: Directed by Roger Longbottom. Composed by Frank Wildhorn. Book and lyrics by Nan Knighton. 2 and 7:30 p.m. Shubert Theater. $28 to $60. Call the Shubert Box Office at 562-5666 for tickets and information.

The Yale Jazz Ensemble: Featuring the music of Charles Mingus, Count Basie, and Les Hooper. Directed by David M. Brandenburg. 8 p.m. Sprague Memorial Hall. Free.

Thursday

March 2

PERFORMANCE

The Scarlet Pimpernel: Directed by Roger Longbottom. Composed by Frank Wildhorn. Book and lyrics by Nan Knighton. 7:30 p.m. Shubert Theater. $28 to $60. Call the Shubert Box Office at 562-5666 for tickets and information.

LECTURE

"Kandinsky, Van Gogh, and Mondrian": Part of the "Concerning the Spiritual in Art" series. Featuring Karsten Harris, professor of philosophy. 4 p.m. British Art Center. Free.

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