The Week Ender: Happenings Feb. 10-12

The Week Ender appears every Thursday in Yale News and offers highlights of the many activities taking place at the university Friday-Sunday.

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Attend a talk by JoAnna Lio Amos, a producer at Electronic Arts for Maxis, the studio behind The Sims™ and SimCity™. In this event, Amos will discuss her work and experiences creating iconic game works at Electronic Arts. Free. Digital Media for the Arts, 149 York St., Rm. 104. 11:30 a.m.

Join the Small-Great Exercises with Weaving hands-on workshop to explore basic patterns and concepts of weaving. Presented in conjunction with the special exhibition “Small-Great Objects: Anni and Josef Albers in the Americas.” Free (register in advance, space is limited.) Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St. 1:30 p.m.

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See the musical 1776 (by Peter Stone, lyrics by Sherman Edwards), a senior project in theater studies for Sarah Chapin. The production chronicles the debate surrounding the writing of the Declaration of Independence during the sweltering summer of 1776. Chapin’s version will “not stay rooted in history but will reflect the world we live in today through a Brechtian and materialist feminist reinterpretation of the American musical.” Free (register in advance). Whitney Humanities Center Theater, 53 Wall St. Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 1 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Come watch the women’s ice hockey team play their last two home games of the season. Yale will host Cornell on Friday and Colgate on Saturday. Free. Ingalls Rink, 73 Sachem St. Friday at 6 p.m.; Saturday at 3 p.m.

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Celebrate the opening of Dinosaurs Take Flight: The Art of Archaeopteryx. This interactive exhibition features more than 50 pieces of original art, murals, sculptures, cast specimens of most of the known Archaeopteryx fossils, and a collection of real fossils representing the plants and animals that lived with Archaeopteryx. There will be a craft activity, scavenger hunt, a touch table, and games. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Bring the family to this month’s Science on Saturdays Program: Chemistry of Food and Cooking. Professor Elsa Yan explains how chemistry is the key to winning on “Cake Wars.” The engaging science demonstrations run by Yale College students are designed to bring “the excitement of research and the passion of scientists” to youngsters in 7th grade and above. Free. Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Rm. 110, 225 Prospect St. Demonstrations 10 a.m.-noon.

Dress up for a Family Day: High Seas and High Tea at the Yale Center for British Art. “Calling all fair princesses and pirates so bold, it matters not if young or old. Hear a tale, make a treat, or have a taste of something sweet,” say the organizers. Costumes are encouraged. Free. 1080 Chapel St. 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Enjoy Yale Camerata: Carmina Burana performed with the Yale Symphony Orchestra and Yale Glee Club. Carl Orff’s masterwork is a piece that has been celebrated everywhere from concert halls to movie soundtracks. Complementing Orff’s ode to fate and passion is Schoenberg’s “Verklärte Nacht,” conducted by YSO assistant conductor and principal trumpet player Elias Brown. Free. Woolsey Hall, 500 College St. 8 p.m.

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Join an interactive Highlights Tour of the Yale University Art Gallery’s history, architecture, and encyclopedic collection. The tours will focus on a handful of objects chosen to showcase both the permanent collection and special exhibitions currently on view. No two tours are the same. Free. 1111 Chapel St. 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

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To see more events, visit the Yale Calendar of Events and the Yale Arts Calendar.