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friday, february 2

PERFORMANCES

Dolly West's Kitchen: Frank McGuiness' play staged in conjunction with the Yale Irish Film and Theatre Symposium. Directed by Professor Murray Biggs. 8 p.m. Berkeley Multipurpose Space. Free. E-mail anna.moore@yale.edu or call 777-2057 for reservations.

Philharmonia Orchestra Concert: A program of works by Neilsen, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Mendelssohn. Lawrence Leighton Smith, Music Director, with conducting fellows Shizuo Kuwahara and Alvaro Garcia. 8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Free. For more information, call 432-4158.

Tommy: Skinner Productions perform The Who's album. 8 p.m. Stiles Little Theatre. For more information call 799-1605.

EVENTS

Black History Month Dinner: With Kurt L. Schmoke. 6 p.m. Calhoun College Dining Hall. Free.

Black History Month Kick-Off Party: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Afro-American Cultural Center, 211 Park St. $5 admission with Yale ID, BGN members Free.

Yale Poetry Slam: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sign up to slam at 6:30. Dwight Hall Library. Free. For more information, contact raphael.soifer@yale.edu or call 436-1104.

Turn it Up: A rock show featuring Yale's Milo (rock) and Skin the Goat (hardcore/punk/rock) with guest Doublethink (rock). 9 p.m. Yale Women's Center. $3 non-Yale, free with Yale ID.

LECTURES

"A Tale of Three Cities: How the United States Won World War II": Stanford University Professor David M. Kennedy will speak as part of the "In the Company of Scholars" lecture series. A reception will follow. 4 p.m. Law School Auditorium. Free.

Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale Preconcert Conversation: Music Director Lawrence Leighton Smith and conducting fellows Shizuo Kuwahara and Alvaro Garcia will informally lead a discussion of their work. 7 p.m. Morse Recital Hall. Free. For more information, call 432-4158.

"Evidence: Altered Statues and Altered States in Imperial Rome": Karl Galinsky, Floyd Caillous Centennial Professor, Department of Classics, University of Texas at Austin, will give the third and final lecture of this season's Andrew Carnduff Ritchie Lecture Series. A reception will follow. 5:30 p.m. YUAG. For more information, call 432-0600.

FILMS

Michael Collins: Directed by Neil Jordan. Part of the conference "The Theater of Irish Cinema." 7 p.m. Whitney Humanities Center. Free.

Passages from Finnegan's Wake: Directed by Mary Ellen Butte. Part of the conference "The Theater of Irish Cinema." 9:30 p.m. Whitney Humanities Center. Free.

saturday, february 3

PERFORMANCES

Dolly West's Kitchen: Play by Frank McGuiness. Directed by Professor Murray Biggs. 7 and 10 p.m. Berkeley Multipurpose Space. Free. E-mail anna.moore@yale.edu, or call 777-2057 for reservations.

Tommy: Skinner Productions perform The Who's album. 8 p.m. Stiles Little Theatre. For more information, call 799-1605.

Snow Job: A performance by Mixed Company. 8:30 p.m. Battell Chapel.

EVENTS

Yale Poetry Slam: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sign up to slam at 6:30 p.m. Dwight Hall Common Room. Free. For more information, contact raphael.soifer@ yale.edu or call 436-1104

Yale Herald Valentine's Day Issue: Submit Valentines by 11:59 p.m. at www.yaleherald.com/val. Free.

FILMS

Shadow of a Doubt: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Joseph Cotton, Teresa Wright, and Hume Cronyn. 2 p.m. BAC. Free.

The Crying Game: Directed by Neil Jordan. Part of the conference "The Theater of Irish Cinema." 7 p.m. Whitney Humanities Center. Free.

My Left Foot: Directed by Jim Sheridan. Part of the conference "The Theater of Irish Cinema." 9 p.m. Whitney Humanities Center. Free.

sunday, february 4

PERFORMANCES

The Fifth Humor: Sketch comedy show. Midnight. Off-Broadway Theater. $2.

Saints and Sinners: The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments presents a performance of Baroque and 20th Century sacred and secular music. 3 p.m. 15 Hillhouse Ave., Second Floor. For information and ticket reservations, call 432-5180.

monday, february 5

EVENT

Renata Scotto: Yale Opera and the School of Music present a public Master Class. 7 p.m. Morse Recital Hall. Tickets $8, $5 for students. For more information call 432-4158.

tuesday, february 6

LECTURES

Nicholas Constas: A Harvard Divinity School professor speaks on "A Kiss Before Dying: Embodiment and Iconization in Three Orthodox Icons." 7:30 p.m. Connecticut Hall, second floor faculty room. Free.

Art in Context: Malcolm Warner, Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, will speak on "John Everett Millais: Pre-Raphaelite and Aesthete." 12:30 p.m. BAC. Free. For more information call 432-2800.

A Conversation with Ken Burns: Pierson College and UPIX present the acclaimed filmmaker. 4 p.m. LC 101. Free.

wednesday, february 7

PERFORMANCE

ViolaFest!: A program of three Mozart string quartets featuring Jesse Levine, viola; violinists Erick Friedmann, Syoko Aki, Kyung Hak Yu, and students of the School of Music. 8 p.m. Morse Recital Hall. Free. For more information, call 432-4157.

EVENT

Edwidge Danticat: The 1995 National Book Award finalist for Krik? Krak! and author of Breath, Eyes, Memory will read from her recent work. A reception will immediately follow the reading. 4 p.m. Beinecke Library. Free.

Master's Tea with Alberta Lee: Silliman College presents the daughter of Dr. Wen Ho Lee, who was fired from the Los Alamos National Laboratories because of espionage allegations. 4:00 p.m. Silliman Master's House. Free.

FILM

A Clockwork Orange: Directed by Stanley Kubrick. 10 p.m. Pierson College TV lounge. Free.

LECTURES

Art a la Carte: Susan B. Matheson, the Molly and Walter Bareiss Curator of Ancient Art, will speak on "The Consequences of Fiddling: The Emperor Nero and his Portraits." 12:20 p.m. YUAG. Free. For more information, call 432-0600.

The Wen Ho Lee Story: A Case of Racial Profiling?: Sponsored by the Asian American Students Alliance. 8 p.m. Dwight Hall. Free.

thursday, february 8

PERFORMANCES

Flamenco Concert: The School of Music presents the great Spanish Flamenco guitarist Paco Peña in a recital to benefit guitar scholarships at Yale. 8 p.m. Morse Recital Hall. Tickets $15, $8 students. For more information, call 432-4158.

Finding the Sun: The Yale Dramat presents the 2001 Freshman Show. Play by Edward Albee. Directed by Perry So. Produced by Lucy Kaufman. 8 p.m. Nick Chapel, Trumbull. $3. For reservations, e-mail lucy.kaufman@ yale.edu.

LECTURES

"The Struggle for Racial, Economic, and Social Justice in the LGBT Liberation Movement": Barbara Smith will speak following dinner. Sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network of Connecticut. 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. cash bar, 6:30 p.m. dinner. 500 Blake St. Cafe. RSVP by February 5 to David Knapp at 453-1395.

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