Friday

January 29

PERFORMANCES

Accomplice: A Jonathan Edwards Sudler Fund production of the Rupert Holmes mystery. Directed by Daniel Dinero, produced by Kusum S. Matthews. 8 p.m. Nick Chapel. $2. Call Elisha Danford at 436-0482 or e-mail elisha.danford@yale.edu for reservations.

Just Add Water: Improvisational comedy. 9 p.m. Silliman common room. $3.

Measure for Measure: Directed by Mark Rucker. 8 p.m. Yale Repertory Theatre. Call 432-1234 for tickets.

Passion From a Common Spring: Part of Yale's One-Act Play Festival. Written by Itamar Moses, directed by Gerard Passannante. 8 p.m. Ezra Stiles Little Theater. Call Ethan at 436-0934 for information.

TAPS: "MetallOrgy": An all-tap dance production. 9 p.m. Morse dining hall. Call Kelly at 436-4127 for reservations.

Yale Percussion Ensemble: Works for percussion instruments, including James Wood's "Spirit Festival with Lamentations," written for and dedicated to director Robert Van Sice. 8 p.m. Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Memorial Hall. Free. Call 432-4158 for information.

EVENT

The Film World of Akira Kurosawa: Master's Tea with Michael Jeck,
PC '68, program planner of the American Film Institute Theatre at the Kennedy Center. 4 p.m. Pierson Master's House.

MEETING

Yale Women's Center: Staffing meeting for all interested. 8 p.m. Yale Women's Center.

LECTURE

"Is God Still in Charge?: Faith Amidst Devastating Losses": Elisabeth Elliot, author and missionary, and Greg Ganssle, campus chaplain. Hosted by the Yale College Student Union and the Campus Crusade for Christ. 7 p.m. SSS 114.

Saturday

January 30

b>PERFORMANCES

Accomplice: A Jonathan Edwards Sudler Fund production of the Rupert Holmes mystery. Directed by Daniel Dinero, produced by Kusum S. Matthews. 2 and 8 p.m. Nick Chapel. $2. Call Elisha Danford at 436-0482 or e-mail elisha.danford@yale.edu for reservations.

Crown Prince: Part of Yale's One-Act Play Festival. Written by Samantha Trepel, directed by Mollie Goldstein.
2 p.m. Meet outside the Art & Architecture building. Call Ethan at
436-0934 for reservations.

The Exit Players: Improvisational comedy. 8 and 10 p.m.

Ezra Stiles Little Theater. $2.

Faculty Artist Series Recital: A program of works by Mozart, Rochberg, and Fauré, featuring violinist Wendy Sharp and pianist Kathryn Brown. 8 p.m. Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Memorial Hall. Free. Call 432-4158 for information.

Lunchtime: Part of Yale's One-Act Play Festival. Written by Abby Hendel, directed by Shana Katz. 10:30 p.m. Meet in the Saybrook common room. Call Ethan at 436-0934 for reservations.

Measure for Measure: Directed by Mark Rucker. 8 p.m. Yale Repertory Theatre. Call 432-1234 for tickets.

Songs of the Journey: A musical tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. by the New Haven Chorale and the Heritage Chorale. 8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. $15 general admission, $25 and $40 reserved seating; students and seniors receive $5 off ticket prices; free for children under 12. Call 787-1887 for more information.

TAPS: MetallOrgy: An all-tap dance production. 9 p.m. Morse dining hall. Call Kelly at 436-4127 for reservations.

The Viola Question: 1999 Luftballoons: Improvisational comedy. 8 and 10 p.m. Davenport common room. $2.

LECTURE

"Black Visual Culture & the Harlem Renaissance": A symposium featuring Jonathan Weinberg, moderator, Jayna Brown of Race Films, and Oscar Micheaux, director. 1 to 3 p.m.
Art Gallery Lecture Hall.

Sunday

January 31

PERFORMANCES

Crown Prince: Part of Yale's One-Act Play Festival. Written by Samantha Trepel, directed by Mollie Goldstein. 3:30 p.m. Meet outside the Art & Architecture building. Call Ethan at
436-0934 for reservations.

Lunchtime: Part of Yale's One-Act Play Festival. Written by Abby Hendel, directed by Shana Katz. 2:30 p.m. Meet in the Saybrook common room. Call Ethan at 436-0934 for reservations.

Passion From a Common Spring: Part of Yale's One-Act Play Festival. Written by Itamar Moses, directed by Gerard Passannante. 1:30 p.m. Ezra Stiles Little Theater. Call Ethan at
436-0934 for reservations.

Philharmonia Repertory Orchestra: Selections by Brahms, Stravinsky, and Haydn. Conducted by Jeffrey Domoto, Benjamin Gordon, and Mariano Vales.
8 p.m. Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Memorial Hall. Free. Call 432-4158 for information.

MEETING

Yale Habitat Spring Semester Open House: Sign up for on-site construction projects, help plan Habitat Jr., and learn about Urban Planning and Family Partnerships. 7 to 8 p.m. Dwight Hall Library.

Monday

February 1

PERFORMANCE

Measure for Measure: Directed by Mark Rucker. 7 p.m. Yale Repertory Theatre. Call 432-1234 for tickets.

EVENT

Street Swing: Learn how to dance swing. Taught by B. Todi and Joe Furia. Ten weeks of instruction. Classes begin today. 8 to 10 p.m. for graduate students, 10 to 11 p.m for undergraduates. GPSCY.
$100 per couple. E-mail frederick.cooke@yale.edu for information.

MEETING

Zen Instruction and Practice: Orientation at 6:30 p.m., meditation at 7 p.m. Battell Chapel. Call 787-0912 for information.

LECTURES

"When Psyche Vanquishes Eve: Marina Tsvetaeva's Poetics of Renunciation": Alyssa Dinega, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor of Slavic Languages. 4 p.m. HGS 211.

"Why Good Lawyers Defend Bad People": Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Professor of Law, and Shelly Kagan, Luce Professor of Social Thought and Ethics Philosophy. Hosted by the Yale College Student Union and Yale Law and Technology Society. 7 p.m. Law School Auditorium.

Tuesday

February 2

PERFORMANCE

Language Performance: Conducted by students in the Program in African Languages. 6 p.m. Luce Hall common room, 34 Hillhouse Ave.

LECTURE

"Justice, History, and Memory in France: Reflections on the Papon Trial": Henry Rousso, professor of History. Room 208, Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St.

Wednesday

February 3

MEETING

Zen Instruction and Practice: Meditation instruction and orientation. 12:30 to 1:00 p.m. Battell Chapel. Call 787-0912 for information.

LECTURES

"Audience, Peers, `Politics': Some Pictures from the Indonesian Arts 1985-1997": Nirwam Dewanto, University of Wisconsin. A brown bag seminar focusing on Southeast Asia studies. 12 p.m. Luce Hall, Room 103.

"Ink, Brush, Man, Woman: Men's Writings on Women in Qing Dynasty, China": Hume Lecture by Susan Mann, University of California at Davis. 4 p.m. Luce Hall Auditorium.

"Looking After Brecht: Robert Brecht": Renate Voris of the University of Virginia. 5 p.m. WLH 309.

"Quebec and Canada: An Impending Civil War?": John C. Major, Canadian Supreme Court Justice, and Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional and the First Amendment Law. Hosted by the Yale College Student Union, Association of Canadian Students, and Pierson College. 8 p.m. LC 101.

Thursday

February 4

School of Funny at Yale: Organizational meeting for Yale's premier stand-up comedy club. 8 p.m. Freshman Lounge. Call Timothy at
436-1122 or e-mail timothy.cooper@yale.edu for information.

LECTURES

"The Caribbean Family in Historical, Comparative and Transnational Perspective": Helen Safa, University of Florida. Part of the Interdisciplinary Lecture Series.
12 p.m. Luce Hall, Room 203.

"Physical Handicap, Weakness and Illness in 17th-Century Chinese Art": Quianshen Bai, Boston University.
1 p.m. Street Hall, Room 263.

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