LARRY SCHIFFMAN was is lecturing in New York on the Dead Sea Scrolls (NYT):

JEWISH MUSEUM, 1109 Fifth Avenue, at 92nd Street, Thursday at 6:30 p.m., “The Dead Sea Scrolls and the History of Judaism and Christianity,” a lecture by Lawrence H. Schiffman, a professor at New York University, in conjunction with the exhibition “The Dead Sea Scrolls: Mysteries of the Ancient World.” (212) 423-3337, jewishmuseum.org; $15; $12 for students; $10 for members.

UPDATE: I had read this as Thursday-yesterday, but reader Carl Mosser assures me it is Thursday next week (the 30th).