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Hamilton College's annual Family Weekend will be held this weekend, Oct. 19-21. A full slate of activities is planned for members of the 486 families who have registered to attend.

The next Kirkland Project Brown Bag talk will be held on Monday, Oct. 29, at noon in the Beinecke Kirkland Lounge (Fireplace Room). Sue Ann Miller, Professor of Biology, will speak about "Adoration and Fear: Selected Biological Views of the Body."

This week's Think Tank (Friday, Oct. 19, noon, Burke Library Room 211) will feature Professor of English John O'Neill talking about: "The Reel Jane Austen: Learning About the Novel from the Movies." Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP with your meal card number.

In October the Syracuse Civic Morning Musicals Lunch Hour Series presented pianists Colleen Roberts Pellman and Joyce Ucci, both lecturers in music, in a recital for piano, four hands. The program, which was performed at the Hosmer Auditorium of the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, included works by Mozart, Barber, and Faure.

South African novelist J. M. Coetzee will read from his works at Hamilton College on Friday, Nov. 2, at 8 p.m. in the Chapel. John Michael Coetzee, a novelist, essayist, literary critic, linguist and translator, is one of the most respected writers working in the world today.

Dr. Jane Jervis will present a general science seminar titled "Biosphere II" on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 3 p.m. in the Science Auditorium. Her PowerPoint and video presentation will describe the Biosphere II project and opportunities available at the Biosphere facility for Hamilton College students and faculty.

HAVOC is holding its annual "Make A Difference Day" on Saturday, Oct. 27. There are many opportunities both on and off campus to volunteer. Sign-ups will be held Friday, Oct. 19, from 12-1 p.m. in Beinecke.

A "Take Back the Night" forum will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 9 p.m. in the Red Pit (KJ). Take Back the Night is a community forum for both women and men, faculty and students, to support those affected by sexual assault directly or indirectly. It is an opportunity to seek solace in others' stories or tell your own. Everyone is welcome to speak or just listen.

The Winslow Lecture, featuring Swarthmore College Professor Helen North, will be presented on Thursday, October 18, 4:10 p.m. in the Red Pit. Her lecture is titled "Think Mortal Thoughts." North, a native of Utica, is Centennial Professor Emerita of Classics at Swarthmore College, where she taught from 1948-1991.

Bernard Lefkowitz, independent journalist and author of Our Guys: The Glen Ridge Rape and the Secret Life of the Perfect Suburb, will lecture at Hamilton College on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 8 p.m. in the Chapel. The lecture is free and open to the public.