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PERFORMANCES

A Different Drum: Fall dance performance. 7 and 9:30 p.m. Off-Broadway Theater. For more information, call 645-0937 or e-mail kate.heinzelman@yale.edu.

Delirium: Written by Stanya Kahn, directed by Pat Diamond. 8:30 and 11 p.m. Doors open at 7 and 10 p.m. Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St. $10, $8 for students, $6 for undergraduates at the later show. For more information and reservations, call 432-1566.

It Pays to Advertise: Written by Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett, directed by Stan Wojewodski, Jr. A Yale Repertory Theatre preview performance. 8 p.m. University Theater. $20 to $38. For more information, call 432-1234.

Melissa Ferrick with Special Guest Pamela Means: Doors open at 7 p.m. The Tune Inn, 29 Center St. $12. For more information, call 772-4310.

Opera Scenes: Presented by the Yale College Opera Company. Includes music from Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music," Gian Carlo Menotti's "The Medium," and Giacomo Puccini's one-act opera, "Gianni Schicchi." 8 p.m. Silliman Common Room. $2. For more information and reservations, e-mail perry.so@yale.edu.

EVENTS

Diwali: A festival of light. Cultural show with catered dinner by Royal India. 7 p.m. Davenport Common Room and Dining Hall. $7 in advance, $8 at the door, $12 for non-students. For more information, e-mail sameer.kumar@yale.edu or sanjit.konda@yale.edu.

UPIX Film Festival: Series of short films made by students. 8 p.m. Davies Auditorium. For more information, e-mail caitlin.taylor@yale.edu.

LECTURES

"McCarver vs. North Carolina/Atkins vs. Virginia: The Supreme Court Revisits the 8th Amendment and Execution of the Mentally Retarded": Human rights workshop led by Harold Koh. 12:30 to 2 p.m. Faculty Lounge, Sterling Law Building.

"Prophetic Rumor and the Politics of Slave Revolt in the Americas": Laurent Dubois, Michigan State University. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Seminar room, ISPS.

"The Status of the Muses in Classical Epic": Andrew Laird, Warwick University. 2:30 p.m. Room 407, Phelps Hall.

"Theological Contextualization: A Chinese Case Study": Missions Research Colloquia with Enoch Wan, Western Seminary, Oregon. 12:30 p.m. 490 Prospect St.

AUDITIONS

Judith: A play by Howard Barker. A senior project in directing for Ben Vershbow. Sign up on the Theater Studies door, 254 York St.

Peter Pan: The Yale Children's Theater first spring show. Directed by Lisa Siciliano. 7 to 9 p.m. LC 205. Sign up in Dwight Hall. For more information, e-mail lisa.siciliano@yale.edu.

saturday, december 1

PERFORMANCES

A Different Drum: Fall dance performance. 7 and 9:30 p.m. Off-Broadway Theater. For more information, call 645-0937 or e-mail kate.heinzelman@yale.edu.

Delirium: Written by Stanya Kahn, directed by Pat Diamond. 8:30 and 11 p.m. Doors open at 7 and 10 p.m. Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St. $10, $8 for students. For more information and reservations, call 432-1566.

It Pays to Advertise: Written by Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett, directed by Stan Wojewodski, Jr. A Yale Repertory Theatre preview performance. 8 p.m. University Theater. $20 to $38. For more information, call 432-1234.

Opera Scenes: Presented by the Yale College Opera Company. Includes music from Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music," Gian Carlo Menotti's "The Medium," and Giacomo Puccini's one-act opera, "Gianni Schicchi." 8 p.m. Silliman Common Room. $2. For more information and reservations, e-mail perry.so@yale.edu.

Melissa Ferrick with Special Guest Chris Murray a.k.a. Venice Shoreline Chris: Doors open at 8 p.m. The Tune Inn, 29 Center St. $12. For more information, call 772-4310.

Patter and Paradox: A Gilbert and Sullivan cabaret. 8 p.m. Davenport Common Room. For more information, visit www.yale.edu/gs.

Yale Camerata Advent Concert: Works by Bach, Naumann, Verdi, Buxtehude, Gorecki, and Goss. 8 p.m. Battell Chapel.

EVENTS

The Dance Generators: Performance and workshop. 11 a.m. Saybrook Theater Space. $5 for the performance, $8 for the workshop, $12 for both. For more information, e-mail anya.raredon@yale.edu.

Teddy Bear Signing: Lenore DeMent and Marsha Friesen, artists from the Gund Barton's Creek Teddy Bear Collection, talk with customers and autograph their teddy bear creations. A limited number of each of their designs will be available. 1 to 5 p.m. Yale Bookstore.

UPIX Film Festival: Series of short films made by students. 8 p.m. Davies Auditorium. For more information, e-mail caitlin.taylor@yale.edu.

AUDITION

Peter Pan: The Yale Children's Theater first spring show. Directed by Lisa Siciliano. 7 to 9 p.m. LC 205. Sign up in Dwight Hall. For more information, e-mail lisa.siciliano@yale.edu.

sunday, december 2

PERFORMANCES

It Pays to Advertise: Written by Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett, directed by Stan Wojewodski, Jr. A Yale Repertory Theatre preview performance. 8 p.m. University Theater. $20 to $38. For more information, call 432-1234.

monday, december 3

PERFORMANCE

It Pays to Advertise: Written by Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett, directed by Stan Wojewodski, Jr. A Yale Repertory Theatre preview performance. 8 p.m. University Theater. $20 to $38. For more information, call 432-1234.

LECTURE

"The Continuity of the Art Idea": Maya Lin, ARCH `86. Part of the William C. DeVane Lecture Series, "Ideals Without Ideologies: Yale's Contribution to Modern Architecture." 7:30 p.m. YUAG Lecture Hall. Free.

tuesday, december 4

PERFORMANCE

Yale School of Music Faculty Artist Series: Ole Akashoshi, cello, Elizabeth Sawyer Parisot, piano. Works by Bach, Brahms, Debussy, Faure, and Chopin. 8 p.m. Sudler Hall. Free. For more information, call 432-4158.

wednesday, december 5

PERFORMANCES

"Liederabend": An "evening of song" presented by vocal artists from the Yale School of Music Voice and Opera Department. 8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. For more information, call 432-4158.

Lunchtime Chamber Music: Yale School of Music students perform short chamber works. 12:30 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Free. For more information, call 432-4158.

thursday, december 6

EVENTS

Master's Tea: Paul Muldoon, professor of poetry at Oxford, director of the Program in Creative Writing at Princeton. 4 p.m. Berkeley Master's House. Public reading to follow at 8 p.m. in LC 102.

Master's Tea: Scott Dikkers, co-founder and former editor-in-chief of The Onion. 4 p.m. Pierson College Master's House. For reservations, contact jules.lipoff@yale.edu.

Winter Wayzgoose Dinner: Traditional festive evening to celebrate printing at Yale. Includes reception, dinner, and a lecture by James Marrow, a specialist in medieval art and manuscripts. 6 p.m. Rose Alumni House. Free for students. RSVP to juliana.ochs@yale.edu.

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