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Today's events

10-11:30 a.m., Dance Master Class "Khmer Classical Elements in Contemporary Cambodian Dance" taught by Sam Sathya and dancers from Amrita Performing Arts, Lyman Mainstage, Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent St., free. Noon-8 p.m., "Susurrus" (every 30 minutes from noon to 6 p.m.) Playwright David Leddy's "Susurrus" is part radio play, part avant-garde sonic art, part stroll in the park reflecting themes of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and includes music Steel Lovers Jewelry from Benjamin Britten's opera. Audience listens to "Susurrus" through an iPod while following a charted path through Edgerton Park, starting at Sarah T. Crosby Conservatory, Edgerton Park, 75 Cliff St., New Haven, $30, sturdy shoes encouraged.

Noon and 1:45 p.m., Balla Kouyate & World Vision An extraordinary balafon player from the Djeli or griot tradition in Mali, part of Family Series, includes a show and tell, Elm Street Stage, free

Noon, Walking Tour: Galleries in the Audubon District Creative Arts Workshop and the surrounding galleries, for teens and adults, meet at the corner of Whitney Ave. and Audubon Street, free.

5:30-7p.m., Ideas: The Changing Roles of Private Collections & Public Museums Philippe de Montebello of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Richard L. Feigen, distinguished collector, dealer, and author; Jock Reynolds, the Henry J. Heinz II Director, Yale University Art Gallery; and Laurence Kanter, the Lionel Goldfrank III Curator of European Art, Yale University Art Gallery, discuss the nature of art collecting, the relationship of collecting and connoisseurship, and the tensions and dynamics of the art market, museums, and private collectors today. Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St., free, reservations recommended: .

5:30-7 p.m., Foodie Tour: Oysters on the Sound An exquisite pairing of oysters and wine, Sage American Grill and Oyster Bar, 100 S. Water St., $40.

5:30 p.m., Walking Tour: Marsh Botanical Gardens Tour the gardens, glass houses and tropical collections of carnivorous plants, cactus, desert collection, all ages, meet at Marsh Botanical Garden, 227 Mansfield St., free.

6:30 p.m., MacTalla Mor A performance by the hard-driving driving Celtic roots band, Elm Street Stage, free.

7 p.m., Book Signing Karen Schaler, Emmy Award-winning travel correspondent and author of "Travel Therapy: Where Do You Need To Go?", The Silver scale stone Cheap Study at Yale, 1157 Chapel St., free.

8 p.m., Courtyard Concerts: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba Captivating music on four ngoni (West African lutes) drawing upon his roots in the Bambara music from the banks of the Niger River, Yale Law School Courtyard, 127 Wall St., $30, reserve tickets.

8 p.m., "KhmeropA(c)dies I & II" French-Cambodian choreographer EmmanuAle Phuon's collision of classical Khmer court dance with contemporary Western movement techniques, Frederick Iseman Theater, 1156 Chapel St., $25; call to reserve.

8 p.m., "Moby Dick" Conor Lovett in his one-man performance of his adaptation of Herman Melville's novel, accompanied by original music by Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh, $15-$40, Long Wharf Theatre, Mainstage, 222 Sargent Drive, all seats reserved.