September 18, 2013The Week Ender appears every Thursday in Yale News and offers highlights of the many activities taking place at the university Friday-Sunday.
The Week Ender appears every Thursday in Yale News and offers highlights of the many activities taking place at the university Friday-Sunday.
Friday
Tour the new home of the Yale School of Management. Members of the Yale community are invited to the Edward P. Evans Hall Open House to take a guided tour of the new building or explore the space on their own. Free. Edward P. Evans Hall, Yale School of Management, 165 Whitney Ave. 3-5 p.m.
Put on a white shirt and help fill Ingalls Rink for the fourth annual White Out for Mandi. The Yale women’s ice hockey team is dedicating this game vs. Brown to Mandi Schwartz ‘10 (1988-2011), utilizing the game as a fundraiser for the Mandi Schwartz Foundation. The team will be joined by Mandi’s family and the NHL St. Louis Blues. Free. Donations for the Mandi Schwartz Foundation will be accepted at the door. Ingalls Rink, 73 Sachem St. 7 p.m.
Saturday
Find out What makes your iPhone tick? From Transistors to Microchips. Professor T.P. Ma will give an overview of the microchip technology and its applications, with a preview of what’s to come in the future. Hands-on science demonstrations and lab tours will be available after the talk. Free. Dunham Laboratory, Davies Auditorium, 10 Hillhouse Ave. 10 a.m.
Enjoy a concert version of Lerner and Loewe’s musical My Fair Lady. An all-Yale cast and crew of more than 100 alumni, students, faculty, and staff will perform the musical in a style reminiscent of a 1950s radio broadcast. A 50-piece orchestra onstage will play the original Broadway orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett, under the direction of veteran Broadway musical director David Loud ’83. Shubert Theater, 247 College St. Two performances: 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Listen to music from the old world and the new world at a concert by Yale Schola Cantorum: Renaissance Polyphany, David Hill, conducting.Spanish and Portuguese church music of the 16th and 17th centuries will be featured, including music by Cardoso, De Padilla, Franco, Salazar, Saldanha, and Vivanco. Free. St. Mary’s Church, 5 Hillhouse Ave. 8 p.m.
Attend An Evening with Henry Louis Gates Jr. — conversation and a screening of “A More Perfect Union (1968–2013),” the final episode of the recent, six-part PBS documentary series “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross” that he wrote, presented, and produced. Free. Sterling Law Buildings Auditorium, 127 Wall St. 6 p.m.
Sunday
Bring the kids and explore the Yale University Art Gallery at the Annual Family Day. The afternoon includes art-making activities, storytelling in the galleries, and tours for children ages 3 to 10. Free. 1111 Chapel St. 1-3:30 p.m.
