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This fall's Dance Theatre Concert will be held Dec. 6-8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Class of '56 Dance Theatre of the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $4 in advance and $5 at the door. For tickets, call the Schwartz Center box office at 254-2787 or visit 430 College Ave. Read the story.exhibits
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, on the corner of University and Central avenues, is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Telephone: 255-6464.
* "Old Master Drawings and Prints," through Dec. 30
* "No Ordinary Land: Encounters in a Changing Environment," through Jan. 6.
* "Carlos Ulloa Sculpture," through Jan. 13.
* "Is It Real?" through Jan. 13.
* Art for Lunch: On Nov. 29 at noon, tour the exhibit "Carlos Ulloa: Sculpture," with museum registrar Warren Bunn.
* Art for Lunch: On Dec. 6 at noon, tour the exhibit "Is It Real?" with Nancy Green, senior curator.
(Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., 1-5 p.m.)
"Treasures of the Asia Collection," through Dec. 21.Films listed are sponsored by Cornell Cinema and held in Willard Straight Theatre, except where noted, and are open to the public. All films are $4.50 ($4 for students, kids 12 and under and seniors). Saturday and Sunday matinees are $3.50. films
"Full Moon in Paris" (1984), directed by Eric Rohmer, with Pascale Ogier, Tchéky Karyo and Fabrice Luchini, 7 p.m.
"Brother" (2000), directed by Takeshi Kitano, with Takeshi Kitano and Omar Epps, 9:20 p.m.
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (2001), directed by John Cameron Mitchell, with John Cameron Mitchell, Andrea Martin and Michael Pitt, 7:15 p.m.
"Full Moon in Paris," 7:15 p.m., Uris.
"Amores Perros" (2001), directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, with Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal and Vanessa Bauche, 9:25 p.m.
"Memento" (2001), directed by Christopher Nolan, with Guy Pearce and Carrie-Anne Moss, 9:30 p.m., Uris.
"The American Astronaut" (2001), directed by Cory McAbee, with Cory McAbee, Rocco Sisto and Gregory Russell Cook, midnight, Uris.
"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (1971), directed by Mel Stuart, with Gene Wilder and Peter Ostrum, IthaKid Film Fest, 2 p.m.
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch," 5 p.m.
"Amores Perros," 7:15 p.m.
"Memento," 7:30 p.m., Uris.
"The American Astronaut," 10 p.m., Uris.
"Brother," 10:20 p.m.
"Amores Perros," 4:30 p.m.
"Summer" (1986), directed by Eric Rohmer, with Marie Rivière and Lisa Heredia, 7:30 p.m., Uris, free.
"Brother," 7:30 p.m.
"Chloe in the Afternoon" (1972), directed by Eric Rohmer, with Bernard Verley, Zouzou and Françoise Verley, 7 p.m.
"The American Astronaut," 9:15 p.m.
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch," 7:15 p.m.
"Chloe in the Afternoon," 9:25 p.m.
"Promises" (2001), directed by Justine Shapiro and B.Z. Goldberg, 7 p.m. Read the story.
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch," 10 p.m.
"Boyfriends & Girlfriends" (1987), directed by Eric Rohmer, with Emmanuelle Chaulet, 7:15 p.m.
"Moulin Rouge" (2001), directed by Baz Luhrmann, with Nicole Kidman, 9:30 p.m.lectures
"Gender Status and the Rough Road to Gender Equity," Cecilia Ridgeway, Stanford University, Nov. 30, 3 p.m., 105 Ives Hall.
"Polymeric Imaging Materials: The State of the Art," Jean Fréchet, University of California, Nov. 29, 11:15 a.m., 119 Baker Lab.
Bayer Lectures: Roeland Nolte, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, will give three lectures on mastering molecular matter, all at 4:40 p.m. in 119 Baker Lab: "Supramolecular Catalysts," Dec. 3; "Molecular Materials From Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines," Dec. 4; and "Hierarchical Macromolecular Programming," Dec. 5.
Andrew Garrett of the University of California-Berkeley will give two lectures: "The Historical Syntax Problem," Nov. 29, 4:30 p.m., 106 Morrill Hall; and "How Infixes Evolve: A Case Study From California," Nov. 30, 12:20 p.m., B11 Morrill Hall.
Joachim Maier, director at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, will give the following Herbert H. Johnson Memorial Lectures, all at 4:30 p.m. in B11 Kimball Hall: "Ionic and Electronic Carriers in Solids," Dec. 3; "Kinetics of Stoichiometric Changes in Ionic Materials," Dec. 4; and "Nanoionics: Just a Slogan?" Dec. 5.
Retired U.S. infantryman and author John Burnham will tell stories from his book, Dog Tags of Courage, about the war dogs that worked with him and other soldiers in Vietnam, Dec. 3, 5:45 p.m., Lecture Hall II, Veterinary Education Center.music
* Nov. 30, 8 p.m., Sage Chapel: Under the direction of Kelly Hudson, the Cornell Chorale will perform The Fauré Requiem as well as works by Pinkham, Sviridov, Baristow and Britten.
* Dec. 1, 2 p.m., Barnes Hall: Jazz chamber recital featuring the Trommer Jazz Chamber Ensemble and the Appel Latin Jazz Chamber Ensemble, both under the direction of Paul Merrill.
* Dec. 1, 3:30 p.m., Barnes Hall: Jazz lecture/workshop with guest saxophonist Vincent Herring.
* Dec. 1, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Under the direction of Paul Merrill, the Cornell Lab Ensembles will perform a concert with guest saxophonist Vincent Herring. Read the story.
* Dec. 2, 2 p.m., Barnes Hall: Jazz lecture/workshop with guest Vincent Herring.
* Dec. 2, 3 p.m., Sage Chapel: The Cornell and Rutgers Glee Clubs, under the direction of Patrick Gardner and Scott Tucker, will perform a joint concert.
* Dec. 2, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Under the direction of Paul Merrill, the Cornell Lab Ensembles will perform a concert with guest saxophonist Vincent Herring.
* Dec. 3, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Student chamber music recital.
The Kirov Orchestra, under the direction of Valery Gergiev, with pianist Vladimir Feltsman, will peform Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. in Bailey Hall. Tickets range from $18 to $35 for the public and $11 to $21 for students and are on sale at the Willard Straight Hall ticket office, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, noon-5 p.m., and at the Clinton House ticket office, 116 N. Cayuga St., Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Read the story.
Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen, dubbed a "genuine folk super-group" by the Boston Globe, will give a concert Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. in Anabel Taylor Auditorium. Tickets, at $12, are available at the Ithaca Guitar Works, Then and Now (I-Town) Records, Bound for Glory and at the door. For information or to order tickets online, visit http://www.rso.cornell.edu/folksong.
Dec. 2: The Diamondback Rattlers will perform. Bound for Glory is broadcast Sunday nights from 8 to 11 from the Café at Anabel Taylor Hall, with live sets at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30. Admission is free; kids are welcome. Listen to Bound for Glory on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5.religion
Rev. Dr. Thomas Poole, Penn State University, will lead the service Dec. 2 at 11 a.m.
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Fridays, 7:30 p.m., meet in the lobby of Willard Straight Hall, speakers, open discussion, games and service-oriented activities. Classes, speakers, prayers, celebrations at alternating locations. For more information, call 272-3037 or send e-mail to bahai@cornell.edu.
Tibetan Buddhist Class: "Seven Point Thought Transformation," instructed by Tenzin Gephel, Mondays, 5:30 p.m., cafeteria, Anabel Taylor Hall. For more information contact tg47@cornell.edu or call 255-4214.
Meditations: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 12:15-1 p.m., Founders Room, ATH.
Weekend Mass schedule: 10 a.m., noon and 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium.
Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m., ATH Chapel. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sundays, 4 p.m., G-22 ATH.
Testimony meetings: Tuesday, 7 p.m., G-20 Anabel Taylor Hall. Church services: Sundays, 10:30 a.m., and Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., First Church of Christ, Scientist, 101 University Ave., Ithaca.
Meets every Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the One World Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Wednesdays, worship and Eucharist, 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Sundays, worship and Eucharist, 9:30 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
For more information, call 255-4219 or send e-mail to eccu@cornell.edu.
Meeting for Worship, Sunday, 11 a.m., in the Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Child care provided. For information call 273-5421.
* Conservative and Reform: Fridays, 6 p.m., Welcoming in Shabbat with song, in the lobby of Anabel Taylor Hall, followed by a community Shabbat dinner at 7:45 p.m. in the Kosher Dining Hall. Saturdays, 9:45 a.m., Conservative services in the Founder's Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Call the Hillel office at 255-4227 for more information.
* Orthodox: Friday, Young Israel House, call 272-5810 for weekly times; Saturday, 9:15 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For daily service times, call 272-5810; all daily services are at the Young Israel House.
Sundays, 11 a.m., One World Room (in English), and 1 p.m., chapel (in Korean), Anabel Taylor Hall. Call 255-2250 for more information.
Cornell student branch: Sundays, 9 a.m. Call 272-4520 or 257-6835 for directions and transportation. Basketball on Wednesdays, 8 p.m.
Daily congregational prayer at 218 Anabel Taylor Hall.
Weekly Friday prayer, 1:15-1:45 p.m., One World Room, ATH.
Weekly Halaqa, Friday, 6:30-7:30 p.m., 218 ATH.
Father Stephen Lilley will lead Vespers followed by discussion, every Monday at 5 p.m. in Anabel Taylor Chapel.
For information about United Pagan Ministries, call Cornell United Religious Work at 255-4214.
Sunday service at 11 a.m. in Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Meditation practice is Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For more information, call Anne Marie at 273-4906.seminars
"Identification of the Targets of Natural Selection at the Molecular Level," Rasmus Nielsen, biometrics, Nov. 30, 3:45 p.m., 655 Rhodes Hall.
"SIRTF Sings: The SIRTF Nearby Galaxies Survey," Robert Kennicutt, University of Arizona, Nov. 29, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
"The Cosmological Origin of Galaxy Morphologies and Scaling Laws," Julio Navarro, University of Victoria, Dec. 5, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Science Building.
"Sustainability of Terrestrial Carbon Sinks," Chris Field, Carnegie Institute, Nov. 30, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Requirement for the Hox-Cofactor PBX1 in Skeletal Patterning and Organogenesis," Licia Selleri, Weill Cornell Medical College, Dec. 4, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy Applied to Membrane Imaging," Jerome Mertz, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles of Paris, Dec. 5, 4:30 p.m., 700 Clark Hall.
"Liquid Crystals on Organized Organic Surfaces," Nicholas Abbott, University of Wisconsin, Nov. 30, 4 p.m., 165 Olin Hall.
"New Chemistry of Single Site Olefin Polymerization Catalysts," Richard Jordan, University of Chicago, Nov. 29, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
TBA, David Lynn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dec. 6, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"Unnatural Disasters," Cornelia Dean, science editor of The New York Times, Nov. 29, 4:30 p.m., 166 Hollister Hall.
"Biomass and Nutrient Accumulation in Forest Fallows Regenerating From Degraded Pastures in Amazonia," Ted Feldpausch, crop and soil sciences, Dec. 5, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Earthquakes and Mountain Building Along the Silk Route, Central Asia," Ramon Arrowsmith, Arizona State University, Dec. 4, 4:30 p.m., 2146 Snee Hall.
"Bird Declines in Fragmented Landscapes: Lessons From Australia," Caren Cooper, Cornell, Dec. 3, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Changing Mindsets: Transformative Learning in Adulthood," Jack Mezirow, Columbia University, Dec. 4, 7 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Internet Control and Inference Tools and the Edge," Robert Nowak, Rice University, Dec. 4, 4:30 p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
"Trees for Treehoppers (and Other Hoppers): Total Evidence Phylogeny of Membracidae," Jason Cryan, New York State Museum, Dec. 3, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"The Past, Present and Future Challenges and Opportunities for Long Island (and New York) Vegetable Producers," Joe Sieczka, horticulture, Nov. 29, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Responses of Catharanthus roseus to Ash Yellow Phytoplasma Infection," Puay Yok Tan, horticulture, Dec. 6, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Structure of Glass" will be held Nov. 30 starting at 2:20 p.m. in 140 Bard Hall. Topics and speakers include: "Structure of Silicate Glasses From Molecular Dynamics Simulations," A.N. Cormack, Alfred University; "Local Structural Environments of Rare Earth Ions in Silicate Glasses," J.E. Dickinson, Corning, Inc.; and "The Connection Between Local Atomic Structure and Local Electronic Structure in Glasses," J. Silcox, Cornell.
"Strategies for Tailoring Chromophore-Chromophore Interactions in the Solid State," Guillermo Bazan, University of California, Dec. 6, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Micro Flight Research at NASA Langley Research Center," Martin Waszak, NASA Langley Research Center, Dec. 4, 4:30 p.m., 111 Upson Hall.
"Regulation of Listeria Monocytogenes Phospholipase C Activity," Helene Marquis, veterinary microbiology and immunology, Nov. 29, 4 p.m., 105 Riley-Robb Hall.
"Eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis," Eric Ottesen, Atlanta, Nov. 30, 12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Auditorium.
"Single Molecule Studies of Nucleosome Stability," Michelle Wang, physics, Nov. 30, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
"Using Genomic Approaches to Answer Biological Questions," Shelley Des Etages, Pfizer Inc., Dec. 3, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"Reconstructing Afghanistan After the War," Reconstruction and Reconciliation Working Group (R&R), Nov. 29, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
TBA, Jeffrey Bialos, Harvard University, Dec. 6, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"A Genetic Dissection of the Role of Signal Transduction Pathways in Regulation of Membrane Lipid Metabolism in Yeast," Susan Henry, Agriculture and Life Sciences, Nov. 30, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"A Graph-Theoretic Approach to Integrating Genetic Linkage Maps," Immanuel Yap, plant breeding, Dec. 4, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Characterization of Pseudomonas syringae pv. Tomato Effector Proteins AvrPto and AvrPto2," Anjali Iyer, plant pathology, Dec. 5, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"State Formation, State Reformation: Deciphering Decentralization In the Philippines and Thailand," Paul Hutchcroff, University of Wisconsin, Nov. 29, 12:20 p.m., 640 Stewart Ave.
"History Is More Than the Study of the Nation," David Wyatt, history, Dec. 6, 12:20 p.m., 640 Stewart Ave.
"Nano-Structured Poly-Iactide-co-Glycodile Membranes via Electrospinning and Their Medical Applications," Dufei Fang, SUNY Stony Brook, Nov. 29, 12:20 p.m., 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"Spacial Decomposition, Semigroup and Bifurcations of Multiple Regenerative Chatter," Mustapha Fofana, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Nov. 30, 2:30 p.m., 205 Thurston Hall.symposiums
"American Indian Millennium: Renewing Our Ways of Life for Future Generations," a forum examining the trends and challenges facing Native communities in the 21st century, will be held Nov. 29-Dec. 2 at the Statler Hotel. As part of the forum, Cornell's American Indian Program will honor elders Wilma Mankiller, former principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, and Tom Porter, spokesman and chief spiritual leader of the Mohawk community of Kanatsiohareke in Fonda, N.Y., Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in David L. Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall. The presentation is free and open to the public.theater
Evening performances of The Winter's Tale are Nov. 29-Dec. 1 at 8 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. A matinee is offered Dec. 1 at 2 p.m. Tickets in advance are $7 for students and seniors and $9 for the public. Tickets at the door are $8 and $10. Call or visit the box office in the Schwartz Center, 430 College Ave., 12:30-5:30 p.m. weekdays; 254-ARTS.miscellany
"Weave a Caned Seat": workshops will be held Tuesday nights Dec. 4-11. For information or to register, call the Cornell Plantations at 255-2407.
Cornell's Outdoor Education will be hosting its annual gear sale Dec. 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the Ramin Room, Bartels Hall. There will be great deals on outdoor clothing and equipment. The public is invited to sell personal gear as well as to buy. Only cash and credit cards will be accepted. For more information call 255-1807 or visit their web site at http://www.coe.cornell.edu.
Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair will be held Dec. 5-6, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., in the Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall.sports
Dec. 1, Colgate, 7 p.m.
Dec. 3, Ithaca College
Dec. 5, Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Dec. 1, at Colgate, 2 p.m.
Dec. 3, at St. Francis of NY, 7 p.m.
Dec. 2, Cornell Show
Dec. 1, at Yale
Dec. 2, NIWFA at FDU
Nov. 30, at Yale, 7 p.m.
Dec. 1, at Princeton, 7 p.m.
Nov. 30, Yale, 7 p.m.
Dec. 1, Princeton, 4 p.m.
Dec. 1, Cornell Relays, 11 a.m.
Dec. 1, Cornell Relays
Nov. 30-Dec. 2, at Akron Invitational
Dec. 1, at Harvard, 2:30 p.m.
Dec. 1, at Harvard, noon
Dec. 1, at Las Vegas Open