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Friday

October 27

PERFORMANCES

Antigone: Written by Jean Anouilh. Directed by Samantha Lazarus. 7 and 10 p.m. Nick Chapel. $2. For more information contact Irene at 436-0125 or irene.gutierrez@yale.edu.

Boo-rilla Music and Nosferatu: Original music performed live to F.W. Murnau's 1922 classic film. 7:30 p.m. Neighborhood Music School, 100 Audubon St. Free.

Doctor of Musical Arts Recital: James Lent performs on the piano. 12:30 p.m. Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Memorial Hall. Free.

Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale: Classical concert featuring Brahms' Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Kodaly's Dances of Galanta, and Bruckner's Symphony No. 7. Music Director Lawrence Leighton Smith. Preconcert conversation with Bruckner scholar Paul Hawkshaw at 7 p.m. in the Morse Recital Hall. Concert at 8 p.m., Woolsey Hall. Free. For information call 432-4158.

Rice Boy: The Yale Rep's second show of the season continues, weaving together a series of cross-cultural tales as seen from the perspective of a young boy. Written by Sunil Kuruvilla. Directed by Liz Diamond. 8 p.m. Yale Repertory Theatre. $26. For tickets call 432-1234.

Three Suicidal Comedies: Three early vaudevilles by Russian master Anton Chekhov: "The Marriage Proposal," "Harmful Effects of Tobacco," and "Swan Song." Directed and performed by Remy Auberjonois, Mark Mattek, and Kate Nowlin. 8:30 and 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. $6. For information call 432-1566.

Wishers: An original play written and directed by Julia Kots for her senior project. 7 and 10 p.m. Whitney Humanities Center. Free. For reservations call 436-1160 or e-mail liza.zand@yale.edu.

EVENTS

Blackout: Dance party featuring DJ Cypher @ ET Productions, NYC. 10 p.m. Morse Dining Hall. Free.

"Take Back East Rock" Community Hike: Protest violence against women by participating in a group hike through the park. Ride, run, bike, blade, walk, or jog. 3:30 p.m. meeting at Women's Center or 4 p.m. meeting at the base of East Rock on East Rock Road. Free. For more information call 436-0388.

Saturday

October 28

PERFORMANCES

Antigone: Written by Jean Anouilh. Directed by Samantha Lazarus. 7 and 10 p.m. Nick Chapel. $2. For more information contact Irene at 436-0125 or irene.gutierrez@yale.edu.

Mila Drumke in Concert: An intimate performance by one of the strongest voices on the songwriting scene today. 8 p.m. Women's Center. $4 in advance, $5 at the door. For tickets call 432-0388.

"Monster Hits from Broadway": The New Haven Symphony Orchestra performs selections from "Phantom of the Opera," "Jekyll and Hyde," and "Little Shop of Horrors," among others. Jerry Steichen, conductor. 7:30 p.m. Woolsey Hall. For information and tickets call (800) 292-NHSO or 776-1444.

Rice Boy: The Yale Rep's second show of the season continues, weaving together a series of cross-cultural tales as seen from the perspective of a young boy. Written by Sunil Kuruvilla. Directed by Liz Diamond. 8 p.m. Yale Repertory Theatre. $26. For tickets call 432-1234.

Three Suicidal Comedies: Three early vaudevilles by Russian master Anton Chekhov: "The Marriage Proposal," "Harmful Effects of Tobacco," and "Swan Song." Directed and performed by Remy Auberjonois, Mark Mattek, and Kate Nowlin. 8:30 and 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. $6. For information call 432-1566.

Wishers: An original play written and directed by Julia Kots for her senior project. 7 and 10 p.m. Whitney Humanities Center. Free. For reservations call 436-1160 or e-mail liza.zand@yale.edu. EVENTS

Book Signing: Michael Putnam shares his photographs of old movie houses featured in his book "Silent Screens." 3 p.m. Yale Bookstore. Free.

"Facing the Past and Present: The Portrait in American Art": Symposium featuring a morning panel on "Love and Loss: American Portrait and Mourning Miniatures" moderated by Jules D. Prown, and an afternoon panel on "The Persistence of Photography in American Portraiture" moderated by Jock Reynolds. A reception will follow at 4:30 p.m. in the sculpture hall. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. YUAG. Free.

Jook Songs: Yale's only coed Asian- American performance workshop presents its fall show. 7:30 p.m. Sudler Hall. $2.

Rocky Horror Picture Show: The annual interactive movie event, sponsored by the YFS. Featuring live performances and games. Midnight. Ezra Stiles Dining Hall. $5 nonmembers, $3 members.

FILMS

Convergence and Other Rituals of the New Haven Green: American Beat presents a new documentary featuring the music of Neely Bruce and the commentary of Sterling Professor Emeritus of History of Art Vincent Scully, JE '40, GRD '49. By Elena Oxman and Elihu Rubin. 4 p.m. York Square Cinema. Free.

Khartoum (1966): Directed by Basil Dearden. 2 p.m. BAC. Free.

AUDITION

4 Short Plays by Samuel Beckett: Audition for a production of Krapp's Last Tape, Come and Go, Ohio Impromptu, and Rockaby. 1 to 5 p.m. LC 203. Sign up on Theater Studies door or e-mail aaron.goldhamer@yale.edu.

Sunday

October 29

LECTURE

"Directors of Shakespeare on Film": Murray Biggs, Adjunct Associate Prof. of English and Theater Studies at Yale, discusses Orson Wells clips from Macbeth (1947), Othello (1949-52), and Chimes at Midnight (1964-65). 3 p.m. BAC. Free.

FILM

Convergence and Other Rituals of the New Haven Green: American Beat presents a new documentary featuring the music of Neely Bruce and the commentary of History of Art Professor Vincent Scully, JE '40, GRD '49. By Elena Oxman and Elihu Rubin. 4 p.m. York Square Cinema. Free.

AUDITION

4 Short Plays by Samuel Beckett: Audition for a production of Krapp's Last Tape, Come and Go, Ohio Impromptu, and Rockaby. 1 to 5 p.m. LC 203. Sign up on Theater Studies door or email aaron.goldhamer@yale.edu.

Tuesday

October 31

PERFORMANCE

Yale Symphony Orchestra Halloween Show: The YSO presents its annual Halloween Concert, featuring music, video, and costumed Yalies. Midnight. Woolsey Hall. $5, prepaid only. For tickets call 432-4140.

EVENT

"Catacombs": Calhoun College stages its very own haunted house in its basement `catacombs.' 7:30 to 11 p.m. Calhoun basement.

Halloween Fire Show: Yale Anti-Gravity Society lights everything on fire while they showcase their skills in juggling, diabolos and devil's sticks. 10 p.m. Beinecke Plaza. Free.

The New Haven Costume Party: Halloween costume party with a DJ and dancing. Featuring music by Mikata. 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Temple Street Courtyard. Free.

Thursday

November 2

EVENT

Master's Tea: University Pictures and Ezra Stiles College present Academy Award-winning actress Frances McDormand. 3:30 p.m. Stiles Master's House. Free. For more information call Ross Wachsman at 436-2953.

FILM

"The King of Masks" (1999): Winner of over 40 international awards, this film is an eloquent modern fairy tale set in Sichaun, China. Directed by Wu Tianming. 7 p.m. Whitney Humanities Center. Free.

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