Calendar

PERFORMANCES

Acoustics Show: David Slade and David Bruner, both formerly of the Trumbull City Heartbreakers, give a low-key musical performance. 9 p.m. Yale Women's Center. Free.

Doctor of Musical Arts Recital: Dan Becker, composer. 12:30 p.m. Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall. Free.

Mump and Smoot in "Something Else" with Zug: The famous Canadian "clowns of horror" continue their off-beat performance at the Repertory Theatre. 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.

Philharmonic Orchestra of Yale: Winners of the 2000 Woolsey Hall Competition perform works by Beethoven, Mozart, and Rachmaninoff. Netta Hadari, violin, and Antoine Tamestit, viola. Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor. 8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Free.

EVENTS

9: A Society Electronica event, featuring DJ Reflex-Breaks, Kenzo-Psy Trance, and Silent Tom Deep Trance. 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Branford Courtyard tent. Free.

"Chautauqua Paintings" Art Exhibition: Featuring landscapes, pottery, and portraits by Annie Lapin, Ashlee Ferlito, and Wiley Kestner. Calhoun Cabaret. Free.

saturday, september 30

PERFORMANCE

Mump and Smoot in "Something Else" with Zug: The famous Canadian "clowns of horror" give their final performance at the Repertory Theatre. 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

"Chautauqua Paintings" Art Exhibition: Featuring landscapes, pottery, and portraits by Annie Lapin, Ashlee Ferlito, and Wiley Kestner. Calhoun Cabaret. Free.

Falun Gong Introduction Seminar: Two-hour workshop introducing participants to the advanced traditional Chinese Qigong practice of Falun Gong. Workshop includes a video introduction to Falun Gong, a question-and-answer session, and instruction. 2 to 4 p.m. New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm St. Free. Visit www.falundafa.org for more information.

Introductory Tour of the Center for British Art (BAC): Visit the BAC for a brief survey of British painting. 11a.m. BAC. Free.

Perfect Blue: Serial Experiments Lain, ep 3; Tenchi Muy OVA, ep 3. Presented by the Yale Anime Society. 7 p.m. Osborne Memorial Labs 226. Free.

FILM

The Four Feathers (1939): Watch the second installment in the Center for British Art's fall film series, "The Imperial Eye," which examines the colonial period in Britain's history. Directed by Zoltan Korda. 2 p.m. BAC. Free.

sunday, october 1

PERFORMANCE

Organ Recital: Organist Martin Jean, Associate Professor of Organ at Yale, continues his program of the complete organ works of J.S. Bach. 8 p.m. Dwight Memorial Chapel. Free.

AUDITION

Suite 13 Sketch Comedy Auditions: Audition for Yale's newest and most uninhibited sketch comedy group. Sign up for an audition time on the bulletin board inside the Old Campus entrance of LC. Call 436-0293 or e-mail wurst@wurst.net for more information.

monday, october 2

PERFORMANCE

Faculty Artist Series: Pianist Michael Friedmann, Associate Professor of Music, performs as part of the Yale School of Music's Faculty Artist Series. Program includes selections from Schubert, Schoenberg, Schumann, Bartok, and Mozart. With Peter Frankl, guest artist. 8 p.m. Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall. Free. Call 432-4157 or visit www.yale.edu/schmus for more information.

EVENTS

America Up in Arms: An interdisciplinary program exploring community responses to gun violence, accompanied by a screening of the video, America Up in Arms, produced by the Alliance for Justice. Screening followed by a panel of speakers. Free pizza and soda provided. 1 to 2:30 p.m. Law School, Room 122. Free.

Careers in Local Government: Speakers discuss opportunities to become involved in government at the local level. 6:30 p.m. SSS 410. Contact Jim Kubat of UCS at james.kubat@yale.edu for more information. Free.

"Uno Dos Vamanos": Concert featuring Ravenna Michalsen, David Slade, and Margaret Miller, all formerly of the Trumbull City Heartbreakers. 10:30 p.m. Yale Women's Center. Free.

Yale Vegetarian Society General Meeting: Come to the general meeting of vegetarians and vegans at Yale. Food will be served. 7 p.m. Silliman College, Entryway D, YSEC Center. Free.

tuesday, october 3

PERFORMANCE

Horowitz Piano Series at Yale: Fou Ts'ong on piano, playing works by Beethoven, Schubert, and Chopin. 8:00 p.m. Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall. Subscriptions to four-concert series $30, single tickets $16, student tickets $8. Call 432-4157 or visit www.yale.edu/schmus for more information.

EVENTS

"The Commercial Closet": A history of television advertising from around the world featuring gay, lesbian, and bisexual themes, used humorously or more covertly. Michael Wilke, New York marketing historian and former Advertising Age editor, leads the program. 8 p.m. Yale Law School, Room 127. Free.

Master's Tea: Ezra Stiles College and University Pictures host William Sleator, author of Interstellar Pig. 4 p.m. Free. For information, e-mail ross.wachsman@yale.edu.

Protest the Presidential Debate: Rally against the flaws in the presidential debate system. Protest to be held at first debate in Boston. Tickets for vans to the event are now on sale at Commons during lunch and dinner.

"Working in a Think Tank": Various speakers discuss work environments, entry-level jobs, job search tips, fellowships, their careers and more. 7 p.m. SSS 410. Free. E-mail Jim Kubat at james.kubat@yale.edu for more information.

LECTURE

"The Evolution and Ecology of African Monkeys": Paul Whitehead, Peabody Museum Acting Collections Manager and senior editor of `Old World Monkeys,' presents an introduction to Old World monkeys (Ceropithecoida) of Asia and Africa, which have been the subjects of zoological field study for the past 40 years. 1 p.m. Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Ave., 3rd floor auditorium. Free.

wednesday, october 4

EVENTS

Master Class: Join pianist Fou Ts'ong for a public master class. 4 p.m. Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall. Free. Call 432-4157 or visit www.yale.edu/schmus for more information.

FILMS

"From the Back Alley to the Supreme Court and Beyond": The first installment in the Dorothy Fadiman trilogy, part of the Women's Center pre-election pro-choice film series. The movie documents the history of abortion rights in this country. Guest speaker, Pat Hendel, President of the National Permanent Commission on the Status of Women. 8 p.m. LC 102. Free. For information, contact elizabeth.linden@yale.edu or laura.smolowe@yale.edu.

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