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PERFORMANCES

Milwaukee: A play by Kerry Silva. Directed by Erika Kate MacDonald. Produced by Donya Khalili. Off-Broadway Theater Space. 8 and 10 p.m. Tickets $2. For more information, contact donya@yale.edu.

Patience: The Yale Gilbert & Sullivan Society presents its rendition of the operetta. 8:30 p.m. Timothy Dwight Dining Hall. Tickets $2. For reser-vations, e-mail bem@pantheon.yale.edu or call 436-0641.

Proof of the Pudding Jam: 9 p.m. Battell Chapel. Tickets $5 in advance, $6 at the door.

Sincerity Forever: Written by Mac Wellman. Directed by Glynis Rigsby. 8:30 and 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. Tickets $9, $6 students. Memberships available. For more information, call 432-1566.

The Way of the World: Yale celebrates its Tercentennial with this 300-year-old comedy. Written by William Congreve. Directed by Stan Wojewodski, Jr. 8 p.m. University Theater. Tickets $20 to $36, discounted tickets available for students. For more information, call 432-1234.

True West: A play by Sam Shepard. Directed by Adam Chaznir. Produced by Matthew Matera. 8 p.m. Nick Chapel, Trumbull College.

EVENTS

Islamic Awareness Week Dinner: Catered by India Palace. Sponsored by the Muslim Students' Association. 7 p.m. Davenport Common Room. Tickets $10.

Roman Forum: Yale students perform excerpts from the works of Ovid, Juvenal, Suetonius, and others in both English and Latin. A reception featuring Roman delectables to follow. 3 p.m. YUAG. Free.

LECTURES

"Et in Arcadia Ego: The Eighteenth Century of the 1920s": Terry Castle, Stanford University, will present the Lewis Walpole Library Lecture, which kicks off the conference "Theatricality and Anti-Theatricality in Eighteenth Century Theater." 4 p.m. YUAG Lecture Hall. Free.

"Islam in America": Talk given by Imam Talib as part of Islamic Awareness Week. 5:30 p.m. Street Hall, Room 263. Free.

FILMS

Malcolm X: Screening to celebrate Black History Month. 8 p.m. Whitney Humanities Center. Admission $3, free for members of YFS and the Cultural Center.

O Amor Natural: Erotic poems of Carlos Drummond de Andrade. In Brazilian with English subtitles. 12:45 p.m. 82-90 Wall St. Free.

saturday, february 17

PERFORMANCES

Chinese Cultural Show: Perfor-mances by Phoenix Dance Troupe and Lion Dance Troupe. Sponsored by the Chinese American Students Association. 7 p.m. Yale Medical School, Harkness Auditorium. Tickets $4 in advance, $5 at the door.

Milwaukee: A play by Kerry Silva. Directed by Erika Kate MacDonald. Produced by Donya Khalili. Off-Broadway Theater Space. 8 and 10 p.m. Tickets $2. For more information, contact donya@yale.edu.

Patience: The Yale Gilbert & Sullivan Society presents an operetta. 8:30 p.m. Timothy Dwight Dining Hall. Tickets $2. For reservations e-mail bem@pantheon.yale.edu or call 436-0641.

Sincerity Forever: Written by Mac Wellman. Directed by Glynis Rigsby. 8:30 and 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. Tickets $9, $6 students. Memberships available. For more information, call 432-1566.

Stand Up and Dance 2001: Yale's dance companies perform in a benefit for the AIDS Interfaith Network. 8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Tickets $10, $5 for students. For more information or to reserve tickets, call Sidra Bell at 436-3801.

Tangled Up in Blue: "Singing for Spring" concert. 9 p.m. Davenport Common Room.

The Way of the World: Written by William Congreve. Directed by Stan Wojewodski, Jr. 2 and 8 p.m. University Theater. Tickets $20 to $36, discounted tickets available for students. For more information, call 432-1234.

True West: Directed by Adam Chaznir. Produced by Matthew Matera. 2 and 8 p.m. Nick Chapel, Trumbull College.

EVENTS

Master's Tea: With acclaimed film editor and Academy Award nominee Andrew Mondshein, whose film credits include Chocolat, The Sixth Sense, and What's Eating Gilbert Grape. 4 p.m. Silliman College. Free.

Role of Korean American Churches in the 21st Century: An intercultural, interfaith, and intergenerational forum featuring guest speakers, panel discussion, and small group discussions. Sessions will be led by 18 regional professors, leaders of the clergy, and members of the student body. 1 to 5 p.m. LC. Free. For more information, call 676-1173 or visit www.yale.edu/kasy.

FILMS

Chocolat: Directed by Andrew Mondshein. Starring Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, and Carrie-Anne Moss. Nominated by the Academy for Best Picture. 7 p.m. WLH. Admission $3, free for Film Society Members and Silliman students.

Swordsman II: The debut of the Wu Xia Film Society features one of the most well-known martial arts epics of all time. Starring Jet Li. 8:30 p.m. Davies Auditorium. Free.

sunday, february 18

PERFORMANCES

Concert of Contemporary Gospel Music: Performance in celebration of Black History Month by the Young Adult Choir of St. Mary's Unison Freewill Baptist Church. Directed by Andrea Daniels. Accompanied by organist Janice Smith. 3 p.m. YUAG Lecture Hall. Free.

Eighteenth-Century Music: Concert presented in conjunction with the "Theatricality and Anti-Theatricality in Eighteenth-Century Theater" conference. 2:30 p.m. BAC. Free.

English and Spanish Music for Lute and Guitar: Performance by Paul O'Dette, lute and guitar. 3 p.m. 15 Hillhouse Ave. Tickets $20, $15 for faculty and staff, $10 for students.

Organ Recital: Martin Jean, Associate Professor of Organ performs the Complete Organ works of J.S. Bach, Program XVI. Clavierubung, Pt. III. 4 p.m. United Church on the Green. Free.

Yale Bach Society Orchestra: Performance of Schubert's Fourth Symphony, Beethoven's Leonore Overture, two Georgian folk songs by Joshua Penman, and Scesis Onomaton, a new piece by Evan Johnson. 4 p.m. Battell Chapel. Free.

EVENTS

"Love is the Subject, French is the Language": Yale community members will read their favorite works on love in French. 3 p.m. Café, Yale Bookstore. Free.

The Greening of Yale: A meeting of the environmental committee. 4 to 6 p.m. Dwight Hall.

FILM

Tro Ve or The Return (1993): Directed by Dang Nhat Minh. Second film screening of the Vietnamese Film Series. Social critique for a Vietnam in transition. 7 p.m. LC 211. Free.

tuesday, february 20

PERFORMANCE

Chamber Music Society at Yale: The Tokyo String Quartet performs Mozart's Quartet in F Major, K 590; Schubert's Quartersatz D 703; and Bartok's Quartet no. 6. 8 p.m. Morse Recital Hall, SMH. Tickets $13 for students.

wednesday, february 21

PERFORMANCE

Leiderabend: Second concert of a new series featuring masterworks of song literature. Music by Schumann, Mahler, Schoenberg, and Argento. Vocal soloists and ensembles from the Yale Voice and Opera Department. 8 p.m. Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Hall. Free.

EVENT

Master's Tea: Paul Tagliabue, Commissioner, National Football League. 4 p.m. The President's House, 43 Hillhouse Ave. Free.

LECTURE

Art à la Carte: Jennifer Gross, the Seymour H. Knox, Jr. Curator of European and Contemporary Art, will give the talk, "Objective Color." 12:20 p.m. YUAG. Free.

friday, february 21

Men's basketball vs. Dartmouth. 7 p.m. Lee Amphitheater.

saturday, february 17

Men's basketball vs. Harvard. 7 p.m. Lee Amphitheater.

Men's tennis vs. Colgate. 9:30 a.m. Cullman Courts.

Men's tennis vs. Boston College. 2:30 p.m. Cullman Courts.

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