Check out Weekend Excursion for a fun activity in the area.

PERFORMANCES

Black 47: 9 p.m., doors open at 8 p.m. Toad's Place. $13.50 in advance, $15 at the door.

Seventy Scenes of Halloween: Written by Jeffrey M. Jones. Directed by Claire Lundberg. 8:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. $9, $6 for students. Memberships available. For more information, call 432-1566.

LECTURES

Labor and Population Workshop: The Economic Growth Center presents Jeff Smith of the University of West Ontario. 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. Room 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Free.

"Mario Luzi and the Power of the Word: An Interpretation of the Later Poems": The Italian Department will host Roberta De Monticelli, University of Geneva. Wine and cheese reception to follow. 4 p.m. Romance Languages Lounge, Third Floor, 82-90 Wall St. Free.

"Welfare to Work Programs: Effects on Children": Talk given by Martha Zaslow, Child Trends of Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the Bush Center. Noon to 1 p.m. Room 211, Mason Lab. Free.

"Who Owns the Land? Gender and Land Titling Programs in Latin America": Carmen Diana Deere of the University of Massachusetts, will speak as part of the lecture series "Hinterlands, Frontiers, Cities, and States: Transations and Identities." 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Seminar Room, Institution for Social and Policy Studies. Free.

saturday, march 3

PERFORMANCE

Seventy Scenes of Halloween: Written by Jeffrey M. Jones. Directed by Claire Lundberg. 8:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. $9, $6 for students. Memberships available. For more information, call 432-1566.

EVENT

Introductory Tour of the British Art Center: A tour and survey of the gallery's collection. 11 a.m. BAC. Free.

LECTURES

"Gallery Talk: The Paul Mellon Bequest": A docent-led tour of the exhibition, "The Paul Mellon Bequest: Treasures of a Lifetime." Noon. BAC. Free.

"Perspectives in Physics and Physics Technology": A symposium in honor of Jack Sandweiss. Lecture topics include "Electrons in Cryogenic Liquids," "Theoretical Frontiers in Quantum Physics," and "The Future of Scientific Publishing." A banquet dinner will follow; there is a fee for the dinner. 8:50 a.m. to 5 p.m., Luce Hall auditorium. Free. For more information, call 432-3650 or contact laurelyn.celone@yale.edu.

FILM

Sweet Smell of Success (1957): Directed by Alexander Mackendrick. Starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis. 2 p.m. BAC. Free.

sunday, march 4

EVENT

"How Delightful to Know Mr. Lear": A Family Funday event featuring a multimedia performance directed by Caleb Hammond. Actors, dancers, and singers will interact with a video projection of an image inspired by Lear's art. 2 to 3 p.m. BAC. Free.

wednesday, march 7

LECTURE

Art à La Carte: Omaa Chukwurah-Orezabo, adjunct professor of African Art, at Housatonic Community College, will give the talk "Aziza: Living the Ancestral Impulse" in the exhibition "Call and Response: Journeys of African Art." 12:20 p.m. Yale University Art Gallery. Free.

thursday, march 8

PERFORMANCES

Psychedelic Breakfast and Bathtub Gin: 8:30 p.m. Toad's Place. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. All ages. $8.50 in advance, $10 at the door.

monday, march 12

PERFORMANCE

Henry Rollins: Spoken word by the former Black Flag member. 8:00 p.m., doors open at 7:00 p.m. Toad's Place. $15 in advance, $17 at the door.

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