Friday, September 8

PERFORMANCES

Just Add Water: Improv comedy. 8 p.m. Davenport common room. Free.

(re)Reading: Readings, performance pieces, installations, video texts, and poems. By Caleb Hammond. 7 p.m. Parlour Theatre, 772 State St., Apt. D. $2 to $4 suggested donation.

Rope: Presented by New Haven Theatre Company. Written by Patrick Hamilton. Directed by Daniel Smith. 7:30 p.m. BAR, 254 Crown St. $10, $8 students. Call 435-8362 for information.

The Fifth Humour: Recruitment Sketch Comedy show. Midnight. Calhoun dining hall. Free.

AUDITIONS

Antigone Auditions: Written by Jean Anouilh. Directed by Samantha Lazarus. 12 noon to 4 p.m. Sign up on Theater Studies door. Call 436-0125 for information.

Yale Glee Club and Yale Freshman Chorus Auditions: Prospective members should sign up in Rm. 201, Hendrie Hall. Call 432-4136 for information.

Saturday

September 9

PERFORMANCES

Just Add Water: Improv comedy. 8 p.m. Davenport common room. Free.

Rope: Presented by New Haven Theatre Company. Written by Patrick Hamilton. Directed by Daniel Smith. 7:30 p.m. BAR, 254 Crown St. $10, $8 students. Call 435-8362 for information.

"Sex and the Circus Bear": One-man comedy show. Starring Pidge J. North. 8 p.m. Little Theatre, Lincoln St. Free.

The Viola Question: Improv comedy. 8 and 10 p.m. Davenport. Free.

EVENTS

BiBimBop Night: Korean United Methodist Church hosts a night of Korean food, praise, and fellowship. 6 p.m. Corner of College and Elm St. Free.

Book Signing: Jesse Reklaw, graduate of Yale's computer science program, discusses his comic strip "Slow Wave" and signs Dreamtoons, his new book. 1:30 p.m. Yale Bookstore. Free.

BSAY's Ol' Skool BBQ: The Black Student Alliance at Yale hosts a BBQ festival complete with music, food, and games. 12 to 6 p.m. Old Campus. Free.

"Celebration of Life": Memorial for Samuel Itty. 2:30 p.m. JE College Great Hall. To contribute a reading, song, or remembrance, e-mail gary.haller@yale.edu or call 432-0356.

"Cityscape": Tour of New Haven. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Registration forms available at Dwight Hall.

Ex!t Players: Improv comedy. Ex!t Players presents Ex-Men, their first show of the fall season. 8 p.m. Pierson dining hall. Free for frosh.

Yale Banner Yearbook Recruitment Meeting: 3 p.m. Banner office, Woolsey Hall.

Yale Children's Theater Organizational Meeting: Sign up to work with kids on theater productions and workshops. 1 p.m. Dwight Hall common room. Call Sara at 436-0882 for information.

AUDITIONS

Antigone Auditions: Play written by Jean Anouilh. Directed by Samantha Lazarus. 11-3 p.m. Sign up on Theater Studies Door. Call 436-0125 with questions.

Yale Glee Club and Yale Freshman Chorus Auditions: Sign up in Rm. 201, Hendrie Hall. Call 432-4136 for information.

Sunday

September 10

PERFORMANCES

"B-A-C-H at Woolsey": Great Organ Music at Yale series presents Martin Dean, professor of organ at Yale. Featuring works by Bach, Liszt, Schumann, Sokola, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Poulenc. 8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. $5 donation requested.

Rope: Presented by New Haven Theatre Company. Written by Patrick Hamilton. Directed by Daniel Smith. 4 p.m. BAR, 254 Crown St. $10, $8 students. Call 435-8362 for information.

EVENTS

Soul Food Family Brunch: The Black Student Alliance at Yale serves up fried chicken, cornbread, greens, ribs, and more. 1 to 3 p.m. 211 Park St. Free.

Sunday in the Park: Enjoy pony rides, silent auction, zoo, boutique, nature center, flower sales, children's games, storyland, food, and much more. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Edgerton Park, 145 Edgehill Rd. Free.

AUDITIONS

A Different Drum: Audition for "Yale's most diverse dance group." 2:30 p.m. 5th floor, Payne Whitney Gym. Call 436-2920 for more information.

Ex!t Players: Improv comedy. Audition for the group that asks you, "Who are you calling a mutant?" 2 and 4 p.m. Sign up in Pierson.

Just Add Water: Improv comedy audition. 12 and 2 p.m. Meet outside LC.

Yale Dramat Fall 2000 Mainstage Musical: Audition for Merrily We Roll Along, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. 1 to 11 p.m. Sign up on Dramat door, 222 York St. Auditions held at 305 Crown St.

Yale Glee Club and Yale Freshman Chorus Auditions: Prospective members should sign up in Rm. 201, Hendrie Hall. Call 432-4136 for information.

Monday

September 11

AUDITIONS

Ex!t Players: Improv comedy auditions for the group that asks you, "Who are you calling a mutant?" 4 and 6 p.m. Sign up in Pierson.

The Magic (and what Tanya Did with It): Try out for the Yale Children's Theater first slot show. Written by Emily Breunig. Directed by Emily Breunig and Megan Dean. 248 Park St. Sign up in Dwight Hall or call Emily or Megan at 436-0537.

Yale Dramat Fall 2000 Mainstage Musical: Audition for Merrily We Roll Along, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. 4 to 6 p.m. Sign up on Dramat door, 222 York St. Auditions held at 305 Crown St.

Tuesday

September 12

EVENTS

Yale Herald Recruitment Meeting: 7 p.m. JE Common Room. Free ice cream.

AUDITIONS

The Magic (and what Tanya Did with It): Try out for the Yale Children's Theater first slot show. Written by Emily Breunig. Directed by Emily Breunig and Megan Dean. 248 Park St. Sign up in Dwight Hall or call Emily or Megan at 436-0537.

Yale Glee Club and Yale Freshman Chorus Auditions: Prospective members should sign up in Rm. 201, Hendrie Hall. Call 432-4136 for information.

LECTURE

"Van Doesburg, Mondrian, and the Architecture of a Dutch Modernist Style": Gallery Talk with Marisa Angell, graduate student, history of art. 2 p.m. YUAG. Free. Wednesday

September 13

LECTURE

"Traditional Oriental Medicine: An Overview": Seminar with Dr. Yahe Solomon, 7 p.m. 1227 Chapel St. Free. Call 776-0211 for information.

EVENTS

Harvest Festival: Barnes & Noble celebrates the 25th anniversary of Claire's Corner Copia, New Haven's bastion of vegetarian fare. Proceeds benefit Jeff's Place, a center for kids. Includes raffles, book fair, face painting, music, food demos by Claire, and more. 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. The Savin Rock Conference Center, West Haven. Free. Call 799-1266 for reservations.

Open House for Community Service and Advocacy: Informal gathering of leaders of many Yale and New Haven service programs and organizations. Donuts and cider will be served. 7 to 9 p.m. Dwight Hall. Free.

AUDITION

Birthmarks: New play written by Sarah Treem. 5 to 9 p.m. Sign up on Theater Studies door, 254 York St. Call 436-2955 for information.

Thursday

September 14

PERFORMANCE

Mump and Smoot in Something Else with Zug: Preview performance by the famous Canadian "clowns of horror." Written and performed by Michael Kennard and John Turner. Directed by Karen Hines. 8 p.m. Yale Repertory Theatre. Tickets $10 to $36. Call 432-1234 for reservations.

EVENTS

Book Signing: Elga Wasserman, former assistant dean of the Graduate School, discusses her book The Door in the Dream, which examines the careers of female scientists. 4 p.m. Yale Bookstore. Free.

AUDITION

Birthmarks: New play written by Sarah Treem. 5 to 9 p.m. Sign up on Theater Studies door, 254 York St. Call 436-2955 for information.

LECTURES

"If Ideas Mattered: The Intellectual Crisis of American Judaism": Jacob Neusner, Bard College, gives first lecture in Henry Kohn series, with reception to follow. 7:30 p.m. Slifka Center. Free.

"Van Doesburg, Mondrian, and the Architecture of a Dutch Modernist Style": Gallery Talk with Marisa Angell, graduate student, history of art. 2 p.m. YUAG. Free.

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