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Monday, April 27

Arts

2 to 10 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts poetry festival. First of two days. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander. To register: www.princeton.edu/arts/poetryfestival.

8 p.m. Music recital. Tyler Pines, jazz drums. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Lectures

Noon. Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies/translation and intercultural communication lecture. “Celebrating the Publication of REX.” Jose-Manuel Prieto; and Esther Allen, Columbia University. 216 Burr.

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “Controlling Chaotic Networks.” Larry Abbott, Columbia University. 302 Computer Science.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “Dinosaur Forecast: Cloudy, and Other Lessons From Past Warm Climates.” Eli Tziperman, Harvard University. 220 Guyot.

4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. “Stefan Problem With Surface Tension.” Yan Guo, Brown University. 110 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Center for the Study of Religion/Buddhist studies workshop. “Circles of Power: The Political Palladia of Southeast Asia.” Boreth Ly, University of California-Santa Cruz. Room 137, 1879.

4:30 p.m. Music musicology colloquium. “Difference and Exclusion as Enlightened Values in Haydn’s Instrumental Music.” Melanie Lowe, Vanderbilt University. Cone Seminar Room, Woolworth.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Center for the Study of Religion lecture. “Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East.” Robin Wright, author. 16 Robertson.

8 p.m. Mathematics/Princeton University Press lecture. “The Theorem’s Implications for Science and Philosophy.” Last of six. John Conway. A02 McDonnell.

Notices

[G] 4:30 p.m. Faculty meeting. Faculty Room, Nassau.

Tuesday, April 28

Arts

2 to 10 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts poetry festival. Last of two days. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander. To register: www.princeton.edu/arts/poetryfestival.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Tarrell Alvin McCraney: “The Brother/Sister Plays Part 1: In the Red and Brown Water.” Berlind Theatre.

7:30 p.m. Women and gender/French and Italian lecture. Paulo and Vittorio Taviani: “The Lark Farm (La masseria delle allodole).” Introduction by Antonia Arslan, Università di Padova. In Italian with English subtitles. 10 East Pyne.

8 p.m. Music graduate student concert. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Lectures

Noon. Population research lecture. “The Urban (Dis)Advantage: Slums and Schooling in India.” Valerie Lewis. 300 Wallace.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “Stratospheric Water Vapour: Enigma or Rosetta Stone?” Stephan Fueglistaler, University of Cambridge. 220 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Davis Center for Historical Studies lecture. “Race and Redemption: Barack Obama and the Memory of Civil Rights.” First of three. Thomas Sugrue, University of Pennsylvania. 302 Frist.

4:30 p.m. French and Italian lecture. “Writing in the Time of the Hostage.” Madeleine Dobie, Columbia University. 10 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. “Calabi-Yau Threefolds With Vanishing Third Betti Number.” Chad Schoen, Duke University. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics mathematical physics seminar. “Eigenvalue Statistics for Random CMV Matrices.” Mihai Stoiciu, Williams College. 343 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Medieval studies lecture. “Langland on the ‘Via Moderna.’” David Aers, Duke University. 209 Scheide Caldwell House.

4:30 p.m. Near Eastern Studies reading and discussion. “Summer’s End.” Adalet Agaoglu, author. In Turkish and English. 100 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Philosophy/Council of the Humanities lecture. “The Problem of Suffering: Philosophy and Narrative.” First of three. Eleanore Stump, St. Louis University. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Near Eastern studies lecture. “Imperialism Without Empire in the Middle East: History and Consequences of Oil Scarcity Assumptions in U.S. National Security Policy.” Bernard Haykel. 16 Robertson.

5:30 p.m. University Public Lecture Series/Vanuxem/Princeton Environmental Institute lecture. “The Impact of Climate Change on Global Viticulture.” Antonio Busalacchi, University of Maryland-College Park. McCosh 10.

7:30 p.m. Alumni association lecture. “Modern Politics and Ancient Heritages: An Islamicist’s Perspective.” Michael Cook. 219 Burr.

8 p.m. University Public Lecture Series/Farnum lecture. “Chacona, Lamento, Walking Blues: Bass Lines of Music History.” Alex Ross, The New Yorker. McCosh 10.

Notices

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Greening Princeton farmers market. Firestone Plaza.

Wednesday, April 29

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music concert. Due Solisti. Chapel.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Tarrell Alvin McCraney: “The Brother/Sister Plays Part 1: In the Red and Brown Water.” Berlind Theatre.

8 p.m. Music recital. Holger Staude, piano. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Lectures

Noon. Information technology lecture. “The Cairo Geniza: Bringing Ancient Papers Into the Digital Age.” Mark Cohen and Ben Johnston. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Signaling Nutrient Conditions Through Small Molecule Metabolites.” Erin O’Shea, Harvard University. 3 Thomas.

Noon. Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials/Princeton Center for Complex Materials lecture. “Advancing Fuel Cell Technology for a Sustainable Clean-Energy Future.” David Wilkinson, University of British Columbia. 222 Bowen.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering lecture. “Catalytic Production of Liquid Fuels and Chemicals From Biomass-Derived Oxygenated Hydrocarbons.” James Dumesic, University of Wisconsin-Madison. A224 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Center for African American Studies/English/theater and dance discussion. “Theater and the Politics of New Media: Shannon Jackson in Conversation With Marianne Weems.” Shannon Jackson, University of California-Berkeley; Marianne Weems, Builders Association theater company. McCosh 28.

4:30 p.m. Classics lecture. “Deus Nobis Haec Otia Fecit: ‘Recontextualizing’ Virgil’s Bucolic Deus.” Petra Schierl.
161 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Davis Center for Historical Studies lecture. “Obama and the Truly Disadvantaged: The Politics of Race and Class.” Second of three. Thomas Sugrue, University of Pennsylvania. 302 Frist.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies program lecture. “On the Cambridge History of Chinese Literature.” Kang-i Sun Chang, Yale University. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Latin American Perspectives: Painting/Suturing.” Adriana Varejão, artist. 219 Burr.

4:30 p.m. Philosophy/Council of the Humanities lecture. “Narrative and the Knowledge of Persons.” Second of three. Eleanore Stump, St. Louis University. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Physics lecture. “Choice and Challenge: Energy, Food and Climate in the 21st Century.” David Tilman, University of Minnesota. A10 Jadwin Hall.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program lecture. “China-U.S. Relations in the New Era.” Zhou Wenzhong, China’s U.S. ambassador. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Anti Object.” Kengo Kuma, Kengo Kuma and Associates, Tokyo. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

222 Bowen.

Notices

8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute/science, technology and environmental policy symposium. “Agricultural Biotechnology and Sustainability.” Fields Center. To register: www.princeton.edu/morefoodlesscarbon.

Sports

7 p.m. Women’s lacrosse vs. Loyola. 1952 Stadium.

Thursday, April 30

Arts

7 p.m. Slavic languages and literatures film screening. Mikhail Kozakov: “Pokrov Gates.” 10 East Pyne.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Tarrell Alvin McCraney: “The Brother/Sister Plays Part 1: In the Red and Brown Water.” Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 and 10:30 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance senior thesis production. Sam Zetumer: “Good Winks Here.” Rehearsal Room, Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. University Concerts performance. Mark Kaplan, violin, and Yaël Weiss, piano. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

12:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology lecture. “Vocal Communication and Social Cognition: Insights From Playback Experiments on Lions, Elephants and Horses.” Karen McComb, University of Sussex, United Kingdom. 10 Guyot.

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “Protein Sequence Database Searches Using Compositionally Adjusted Amino Acid Substitution Matrices.” Stephen Altschul, National Institutes of Health. 402 Computer Science.

2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “Lee-Yang Zeros for the Diamond Hierarchical Lattice and 2D Rational Dynamics.” Mikhail Lyubich, State University of New York-Stony Brook. 401 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Center for Information Technology/Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Technological Due Process.” Danielle Citron, University of Maryland-Baltimore. 101 Sherrerd.

4:30 p.m. Davis Center for Historical Studies lecture. “Post-Racial America?” Last of three. Thomas Sugrue, University of Pennsylvania. 302 Frist.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “‘Heavenly Pattern Reading’ and the Origins of Writing in China.” David Pankenier, Lehigh University. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics number theory seminar. “Symplectic Galois Representations Over Totally Real Fields.” Claus Sorensen. 214 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. “On the Geometry of Space-Time.” Thierry Barbot, University of Avignon, France. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Philosophy/Council of the Humanities lecture. “The Problem of Suffering and the Story of Job.” Last of three. Eleanore Stump, St. Louis University. 101 McCormick.

7:30 p.m. Princeton Varsity Club/athletics lecture. “Aspiring to Build a Better Financial World.” Jack Bogle, Bogle Financial Markets Research Center. McCosh 10.

8 p.m. Madison program/Murphy lecture. “Why Do/Should Constitutions Have Preambles?” Sanford Levinson, University of Texas-Austin. 219 Burr.

Notices

8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute/science, technology and environmental policy/University Center for Human Values conference. “Feeding a Hot and Hungry Planet: The Challenge of Making More Food and Fewer Greenhouse Gases.” First of two days. McCosh 10 and 50. To register: www.princeton.edu/morefoodlesscarbon.

[G] 9:30 a.m. to noon. LGBT Task Force/LGBT Employee Resource Group workshop. “Supporting LGBT Students, Staff and Faculty.” Center for Jewish Life. To register: lgbt@princeton.edu.

[G] 2 to 4 p.m. LGBT Task Force/LGBT Employee Resource Group workshop. “Transgender 101: Understanding the Trans Experience.” Center for Jewish Life. To register: lgbt@princeton.edu.

[G] 4 to 10 p.m. Fristfest Weekend festival. South Lawn, Frist. First of three days. For more information: www.princeton.edu/frist.

4:30 p.m. Center for International Security Studies conference. “International Security in a New Era of Crisis.” First of two days. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

7 to 9 p.m. Center for Information Technology Policy/Woodrow Wilson School conference. “City Planning, Civic Engagement and the Internet.” First of three days. 101 Friend. For more information: ccisummit.princeton.edu/.

Friday, May 1

Arts

[F] 8 and 10:30 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance senior thesis production. Sam Zetumer: “Good Winks Here.” Rehearsal Room, Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Tarrell Alvin McCraney: “The Brother/Sister Plays Part 1: In the Red and Brown Water.” Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. New Jersey Symphony Orchestra concert. “Jarvi’s Farewell.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

12:30 p.m. Science and global security/Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Zoonotic Disease: Minimizing Risk in a Global Society.” Kristine Smith, Wildlife Conservation Society. 280 Icahn.

4:30 p.m. Center for the Study of Religion/Doll lecture. “Catholic Conceptions of Charity, Justice and Philanthropy.” Bryan Hehir, Harvard University and Archdiocese of Boston. 120 Lewis Library.

Notices

8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Policy Research Institute for the Region conference. “The Newspaper Crisis.” Dodds Auditorium, Robertson. To register: www.princeton.edu/prior/events/conferences.

8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute/science, technology and environmental policy/University Center for Human Values conference. “Feeding a Hot and Hungry Planet: The Challenge of Making More Food and Fewer Greenhouse Gases.” Last of two days. McCormick 101. To register: www.princeton.edu/morefoodlesscarbon.

9 a.m. Center for International Security Studies conference. “International Security in a New Era of Crisis.” Last of two days. 16 Robertson.

[G] 8 p.m. Fristfest Weekend festival. “Tastes and Sounds of Princeton.” South Lawn, Frist. Second of three days. For more information: www.princeton.edu/frist.

8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Center for Information Technology Policy/Woodrow Wilson School conference. “City Planning, Civic Engagement and the Internet.” Second of three days. Various locations, Friend. For more information: ccisummit.princeton.edu.

Sports

8 a.m. Women’s track and field Princeton Elite Meet. Weaver Track and Field Stadium.

Saturday, May 2

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. David Bromberg Big Band with Angel Band. Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 and 10:30 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance senior thesis production. Sam Zetumer: “Good Winks Here.” Rehearsal Room, Berlind Theatre.

[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Tarrell Alvin McCraney: “The Brother/Sister Plays Part 1: In the Red and Brown Water.” Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Westminster Community Orchestra opera gala. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Notices

8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Center for Information Technology Policy/Woodrow Wilson School conference. “City Planning, Civic Engagement and the Internet.” Last of three days. Various locations, Sherrerd. For more information: ccisummit.princeton.edu.

9:30 a.m. to noon. Class of 1966/Alumni Association/Fields Center Princeton Prize in Race Relations symposium. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

[G] 9 p.m. Fristfest Weekend festival. University Wind Ensemble concert and film screening. Frist. Last of three days.For more information: www.princeton.edu/frist.

Sports

[F] 1 p.m. Men’s lacrosse vs. Brown. 1952 Stadium.

8 a.m. Women’s track and field Princeton Elite Meet. Weaver Track and Field Stadium.

9 a.m. Men’s heavyweight crew vs. Brown. Lake Carnegie.

Sunday, May 3

Arts

[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Tarrell Alvin McCraney: “The Brother/Sister Plays Part 1: In the Red and Brown Water.” Berlind Theatre.

[F] 3 p.m. University Concerts performance. “Vienna Romantic.” Richardson Chamber Players. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Notices

11 a.m. Chapel service. Alison Boden. Chapel.

Weekly

Alcoholics Anonymous

12:15 p.m. Mondays. East Room, Murray-Dodge.

9:30 a.m. Sundays. Basement, Murray-Dodge. Membership not required to attend.

Office of Religious Life

Worship and meditation activities. web.princeton.edu/sites/chapel/religioushome.html.

Prospect House

Noon. Mondays and Thursdays. “Communal Table” informal lunch and discussion for faculty and staff. Tap Room.

Exhibits

Art and Archaeology

First-floor lounge, McCormick. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• “An Accidental Tourist in Post-World War II Japan.” Through Wednesday, Sept. 30.

Art Museum

Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.
• “Memorable Encounters From Ho¯nen to de Kooning: In Honor of Yoshiaki Shimizu.” Through Aug. 2.
• “Myth and Modernity: Ernst Barlach’s Images of ‘The Nibelungen’ and ‘Faust.’” Through June 7.
“Outside In: Chinese x American x Contemporary Art.” Through June 7.
• “What Is a Thing?” Through June 28.

Firestone Library

Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
Main Gallery:
• “Egypt Unveiled: The Mission of Napoleon’s Savants.” Through May 10.
Milberg Gallery:
• “Beauty and Bravado in Japanese Woodblock Prints: Highlights From the Gillett G. Griffin Collection.” Through June 7.

Lewis Center for the Arts

Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Senior thesis exhibition. Installations by Anna Miller. Photography by Elizabeth Lemoine. April 29-May 2. Opening reception, April 7, 6 p.m.
• Senior thesis films by Glenn Brown and Rudy Lee. April 28 and May 2, 4:30 p.m. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

Murray-Dodge

Lobby. 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• “What Is Peace?” Through Dec. 1.

Office of International Programs

Wilcox Hall Commons, Wilson College, through April 30; Guggenheim Gallery, Whitman College, May 1-31. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• “International Eye.” Student photo exhibition.

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library

Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday until 8 p.m.
• “‘The Best Old Place of All’: Treasures From the Princeton University Archives.” Saturday viewing of University charter: May 30, 9 a.m. to noon; Oct. 10, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

School of Engineering and Applied Science

EQuad Café. 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Photo exhibition from Beijing Olympics air-quality study.

Women and Gender

Lounge, 113 Dickinson. Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• “Mosaic Art.” Rhonda Heisler. Through April 30.

Woodrow Wilson School

Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• “Guns In America.” Kyle Cassidy, photographer. Through May 1.

Et cetera

Art Museum

Hours: 258-3788. www.princetonartmuseum.org.

Athletic Ticket Office

Tickets and information: 258-3538.

Employment Opportunities

jobs.princeton.edu.

Frist Campus Center

Welcome Desk: 258-1766. www.princeton.edu/frist.

Library

Hours: 258-3181. libweb.princeton.edu.

McCarter Theatre Box Office

Reservations: 258-2787 (for Matthews and Berlind Theatre events), Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. www.mccarter.org.

Orange Key Guide Service

Weekday tours leave from Undergraduate Admission Reception Area, Clio. Saturday and Sunday tours leave from Frist Campus Center Welcome Desk. Tours Monday-Saturday at 11:15 a.m., 1 and 3:30 p.m.; Sunday at 1 and 3:30 p.m. Information and tours: 258-3060.

Prospect Association

Reservations: 258-3686. www.princeton.edu/prospecthouse.

Richardson Auditorium

Event information: 258-5000. www.princeton.edu/richaud.

Tiger Sportsline

Current sports highlights and upcoming athletic events: 258-3545.

University Ticketing

Ticket information: 258-9220. www.princeton.edu/utickets.