Calendar

Friday

October 15

PERFORMANCES

Exit Players, Society of Orpheus and Bacchus: Improv comedy and a cappella. 9 p.m. Stiles dining hall.

The Fifth Humour: Sketch comedy. Midnight. Calhoun Cabaret. $2 students, $3 adults.

Gospel Choir, Living Water: Parents' Weekend concert. 9:30 p.m. Sudler Hall. $2 in advance, $3 at door. Call Jesse at 436-2992 for information.

Mood Indigo: An Evening of Dance and Jazz: Featuring dancers from Yaledancers, the music of Jazz Dialect, and vocalists Maiya Sykes and Andrea Pizzicani. 9 p.m. Morse dining hall. $2. E-mail sidra.bell@yale.edu for information.

Whiffenpoofs, Whim 'N Rhythm: Parents' Weekend concert featuring senior a cappella singing groups. 9 p.m. Battell Chapel. $10 students, $15 adults. Advance tickets available at Visitor Information Center, 149 Elm St. Call Chris at 776-7800 for information.

Yale Concert Band: Performance of movie music by Aaron Copland, Franz Waxman, and Alfred Newman. U.S. Postal Service will unveil film composer stamp series during program. 8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Free. Call 432-4111 for information.

EVENTS

"Britain and Islam, 1650-1750: Different Perspectives on Difference": Speech by Linda Colley of the London School of Economics. 4 p.m. British Art Center. Free.

Parents' Weekend Swing Dance Extravanganza: Sponsored by the Davenport SAC and the Y Swing Club. 8 to 11 p.m. Lesson at 7:30 p.m. Davenport dining hall. $3 students, $5 adults.

"Polling in Jerusalem: The Making of a Prime Minister 1999": Speech by pollster and political expert Stanley Greenberg, adviser to Ehud Barak, Tony Blair, and Bill Clinton. 8:15 p.m. Slifka Center. Free. Call 432-1134 for information.

"Yale College Life": Panel discussion, including Yale faculty and administrators. Part of Parents' Weekend activities, including an opportunity for parents to ask questions. 4:45 to 6 p.m. WLH 110. Free.

AUDITION

Yale College Opera Company: Auditions for the fall 2000 season. Audition packets can be picked up in the Music Library. Call Evan at 436-1465 for information.

FILM

The Godfather: Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. 7 p.m. HGS 119. Free.

Saturday

October 16

PERFORMANCES

Alley Cats, Something Extra: Parents' Weekend jam. 9:30 p.m. Pierson dining hall. $4 in advance, $6 at door. Advance tickets available at Commons and Yale Station.

Baker's Dozen, New Blue: Parents' Weekend concert. 8:30 p.m. Silliman dining hall. $5.

Duke's Men, Mixed Company: Part of Parents' Weekend activities. 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. Berkeley dining hall. $5 students, $7 adults.

The Fifth Humour: Sketch comedy. Midnight. Calhoun Cabaret. $2 students, $3 adults.

Out of the Blue, Proof of the Pudding: Parents' Weekend jam. 9 p.m. Stiles dining hall. $4 students, $6 adults.

Parents' Weekend Gala Concert: Featuring the Yale Symphony Orchestra, Yale Jazz Ensemble, and Yale Glee Club, accompanied by the Yale Concert Band. 8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Free.

Redhot and Blue, The Spizzwinks: Parents' Weekend concert. 8:30 p.m. Dwight Hall. $5.

Shades: Parents' Weekend concert. 9 and 11 p.m. Davenport dining hall. $4 students, $5 adults.

Yale Freshman Chorus: Parents' Weekend concert. Directed by Pamela Getnick. 12:30 p.m. Sprague Hall. Free.

Yale Guild of Carillonneurs: Parents' Weekend carillon concert. Parents can bring a picnic lunch to Old Campus for the hour-long concert. Old Campus residents are asked not to play loud music during the concert. 2 p.m. Old Campus. E-mail matthew.wrather@yale.edu for information.

Yale Russian Chorus: Parents' Weekend concert, featuring sacred and secular music. 5:30 p.m. Dwight Chapel. Call Ashley at 436-3157 for information.

EVENTS

"Education in Yale College": Panel discussion with Yale faculty and administrators. Part of Parents' Weekend activities, including an opportunity for parents to ask questions. 10 to 11:15 a.m. Woolsey Hall. Free.

Poetry Reading: Featuring writers Robert Stone, John Hollander, and Karl Kirchwey. Refreshments follow reading. 3 to 5 p.m. LC 101. $6 students, $10 adults.

"Why They Kill": Book signing by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes. 1:30 p.m. Yale Bookstore. Free.

"The Wonderful World of Wall Street": Book signing by Wall Street lawyer and broker Milton Fisher. 3 p.m. Yale Bookstore. Free.

FILMS

The Godfather: Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. 7 p.m. HGS 119. Free.

The Importance of Being Earnest: Directed by Anthony Asquith. Part of British Art Center fall series "Fashion and Passion." 2 p.m. British Art Center. Free.

Sunday

October 17

PERFORMANCE

Jazz Dialect: Jazz quartet, including three Yale students. 1:30 p.m. Morse Master's House. Free.

Thomas Murray: Yale University Organist Murray plays works by Saint-Saëns, Rheinberger, Schumann, and other composers. 8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. $5 requested donation. Call 432-4157 for information.

FILM

Married to the Mob: Directed by Jonathan Demme. 7 p.m. HGS 119. Free.

Monday

October 18

EVENT

"`Performing' for President: The Quest for the Office Today": Speech by Roger Simon, chief political correspondent, U.S. News and World Report. 4 p.m. Sterling Law Building, Room 120. Free.

Tuesday

October 19

PERFORMANCE

Faculty Artist Series: Wendy Sharp, violin, and Sara Laimon, piano. Playing works by Bach, Brahms, and Dohnanyi. 8 p.m. Morse Recital Hall. Free. Call 432-4157 for information.

EVENT

"The Big Test": Panel discussion on new book by New Yorker writer Nicholas Lemann. Moderated by Lincoln Caplan, senior journalist at Yale Law School. 4 to 6 p.m. Sterling Law Building, Room 120. Free.

Wednesday

October 20

FILM

The French Lieutenant's Woman: Directed by Karel Reisz. 6:45 p.m. British Art Center. Free.

Thursday

October 21

PERFORMANCES

New Music New Haven: Featuring composer and Pulitzer Prize winner Joseph Schwanter. 8 p.m. Sprague Hall, WLH. Free. Call 432-4158 for information.

Yale Gilbert and Sullivan Society: Fall cabaret, featuring songs from Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas. 8 p.m. Silliman Common Room. Free.

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