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PERFORMANCES

The Great Connecticut Troubadours Reunion: The New Haven Folk Alliance presents Hugh Blumenfeld, Kevin Briody, Tom Callinan, Mike Kachuba, Jeff and Synia McQuillan, and Phil Rosenthal. 7:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whitney Ave. Doors open at 7 p.m. $15, $9 for students. For more information, call 562-2798.

A Murder of Crows: A Saybrook College Sudler Fund Production. 7 and 10 p.m. Whitney Humanities Center. $2. For reservations, call 436-1875 or e-mail julia.meinwald@yale.edu.

New Music!: Presented by the Yale College Composers' Group. New works by Marvin Astorga, David Aulicino, Mark Dancigers, Lainie Fefferman, Jeff Kessler, and Jonathan Zalben. 8 p.m. Sudler Hall. Free.

The Rippingtons Featuring Russ Freeman: 8 p.m. Shubert Theater, 247 College St. Tickets $23.50 to $39.50. For more information, call the Shubert Theater Box Office at 562-5666.

Say You Love Satan: A comedy written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, directed by Emily Shooltz. 8:30 and 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St. $10, $8 for students. For reservations, call 432-1566.

Three Men of Golgotha: Written and directed by Michael Lew. 7:30 and 10 p.m. Off-Broadway Theater. $2. For more information and reservations, contact michael.lew@yale.edu.

EVENT

International Opportunities Fair: Sponsored by Undergraduate Career Services with representatives from over 35 study-abroad programs and foreign universities. 1 to 3 p.m. Lanman Center, Payne Whitney Gymnasium.

LECTURE

Historical Perspectives on the September 11 Crisis: Presented by the Yale History Department. Includes panels on Islam, the states of the Middle East and Central Asia, and the domestic aspects of the crisis. 10 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. YUAG Lecture Hall. Free.

saturday, october 20

PERFORMANCES

A Murder of Crows: A Saybrook College Sudler Fund Production. 8 p.m. Whitney Humanities Center. $2. For reservations, call 436-1875 or e-mail julia.meinwald@yale.edu.

Say You Love Satan: A comedy by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, directed by Emily Shooltz. 8:30 and 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St. $10, $8 for students. For reservations, call 432-1566.

Three Men of Golgotha: Written and directed by Michael Lew. 2 and 7:30 p.m. Off-Broadway Theater. $2. For more information and reservations, contact michael.lew@yale.edu.

The Unseen, Broken, and Self Destruct: All-ages show. 9 p.m. Doors open at 8. Tune Inn, 29 Center St. $8. For more information, call 772-4310.

EVENTS

Breast Cancer Awareness Tea: Sponsored by the New Haven Alumnae and Pi Alpha Chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. 4 p.m. Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church, 449 Newhall St., Hamden.

Freshman Barbeque: Presented by the Freshman Class Council. 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lanman-Wright patio. For more information, contact reuben.grinberg@yale.edu.

sunday, october 21

PERFORMANCES

Goldner String Quartet: The Australian-based group performs works by Beethoven, Britten, and Meale. 2 p.m. Yale Center for British Art. Free.

Tune Inn: U.K. Subs, The Spitzz, Psychotic Reaction, Fourth Corpse, and The Eight Bucks Experiment. All-ages show. 8 p.m. Doors open at 7. Tune Inn, 29 Center St. $10. For more information, call 772-4310.

EVENTS

KC101 5K You Can!: For breast cancer awareness. 11 a.m. Woolsey Hall. To sign up, e-mail kara.loewentheil@yale.edu. Registration fee covered for Yale students.

Yale University Women's Organization Scholarship Benefit and Tea: Features a video presentation of the organization's history, "One Story, Many Voices." $10. Proceeds benefit YUWO's scholarship fund. Open to the public.

monday, october 22

PERFORMANCE

Westminster Cathedral Choir: One of England's premier choirs of men and boys. 8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. $10 to $35. For tickets, call the New Haven Symphony Orchestra box office at 776-1444.

LECTURE

"The Struggle Over the City Idea": Alexander Tzonis. Part of the William C. DeVane Lecture Series, "Ideals Without Ideologies: Yale's Contribution to Modern Architecture." 7:30 p.m. YUAG. Free.

tuesday, october 23

LECTURES

Gallery Talk: Ryan Holmberg discusses "The Art of Mu Xin: Landscape Paintings and Prison Notes." 2 p.m. Yale University Art Gallery. For more information, call 432-0600.

"Shaken Not Speared: The Pleasures and Perils of Reimagining Shakespeare for a Contemporary Audience": Catherine Sheehy, Yale School of Drama. Part of the Art in Context Lecture Series. 12:30 p.m. Yale Center for British Art.

wednesday, october 24

PERFORMANCES

Faculty Artist Series: Wendy Sharp, violin. With Marka Gustavsson, viola, and Michelle Djokic, cello. All-string program includes works by Bach, Kodaly, and Mozart. 8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, corner of Orange and Wall St. Free.

Lunchtime Chamber Music: Performance by young artists in the School of Music's chamber music program. 12:30 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, corner of Orange and Wall St. Free.

EVENTS

Book Signing: Yale University Press and Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale welcome Joshua Rubenstein, author of Stalin's Secret Program: The Postwar Inquisition of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee. 7:30 p.m. Joseph Slifka Center, 80 Wall St. Free.

Careers in Arts Management: George Steel, PC '94, executive director of the Miller Theatre at Columbia University, meets with students interested in arts management. 7 p.m. Undergraduate Career Services, 55 Whitney Ave., third floor, room 305. For more information, call 432-0800.

thursday, october 25

PERFORMANCES

"New Music, New Haven": The Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale, Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor. Works by Yale composers, including "Sinfonia," from Opere della Musica Povera by Martin Bresnick. 8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Free.

Swaggerts and 3 Finger Demon. 21+ show. 9 p.m. Doors open at 8. Tune Inn, 29 Center St. $3. For more information, call 772-4310.

EVENT

Yale Sculpture MFA Open Studio: 6 to 9 p.m. Hammond Hall, 14 Mansfield St. Free.

LECTURE

Gallery Talk: Ryan Holmberg discusses "The Art of Mu Xin: Landscape Paintings and Prison Notes." 12 p.m. Yale University Art Gallery. For more information, call 432-0600.

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