At the American Museum of Natural History 



The Accelerating Global Crisis 



Environmental and demographic issues 

 in the next century will be the subject of a 

 free talk by Paul M. Kennedy, the J. 

 Richardson Dilworth Professor of History 

 at Yale University and author of Preparing 

 for the Twenty-First Century. The lecture, 

 the first of a four-part, Tuesday-evening se- 

 ries, will take place on January 18, at 7:30 

 P.M., in the Main Auditorium of the Mu- 

 seum. Other topics in this series include the 



rise of global cities on January 25; the role 

 of ethnicity, religion, and nationaUsm on 

 February 15; and the prospects for global 

 renewal on February 22. 



In "Undesirable Elements," the eight 

 members of Ping Chong and Company will 

 dramatize their experiences of having been 

 bom in one culture and now finding them- 

 selves in another. The program will be pre- 

 sented on Sunday, January 23, at 2:00 and 

 4:00 P.M., in the Kaufmann Theater. Call 



(212) 769-5315 for information about this 

 and other free events that are part of the Mu- 

 seum's year-long program, "Global Cul- 

 tures in a Changing World." 



Supernovas and Star Formations 



The life cycles of stars and the links be- 

 tween stellar death and the creation of life in 

 the universe will be discussed by Catherine 

 Garmany, of the University of Colorado's 

 Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics. 

 The lecture, part of the "Frontiers in Astron- 

 omy and Astrophysics" series, will be held 

 on Monday, January 10, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets 

 are $8 ($6 for members). For information 

 about this and other Planetarium events, call 

 (212) 769-5900. 



Sea Monsters During the Age 

 OF Dinosaurs 



Gigantic aquatic reptiles that lived 245 

 million years ago and were the world's 

 largest predators will be the subject of a talk 

 on Thursday, January 27, by paleontologist 

 Judy Massare, professor of earth science at 

 SUNY Brockport. This lecture will be held 

 at 7:(X) pm. in the Kaufmann Theater. Call 

 (212) 769-5606 for information. 



Drawings by Waurd Indians of two masks, 

 a toucan, and a young tapir are on display 

 in the Museum 's Akeley Gallery. 



Bob L Nugent 



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