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The Cornell Chronicle
Calendar of Events

August 23 - 30, 2001


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exhibits

Johnson Museum of Art
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.
* "A Sense of Place: Traditions of Landscape Photography," through Aug. 23.
* "The Lenore and Burton Gold Collection of 20th Century Art," through Aug. 26.
* "Three Ithaca Artists: Hatch, Resnick, Weisand," through Aug. 26
* "The Flowering of American Quilts," through Aug. 26.
* "All the World's a Page," through Sept. 23.


films

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).

Read about Orientation Week specials for new students and the upcoming Faculty & Film series.

Sunday, 8/26
"Ran" (1985), directed by Akira Kurosawa, with Tatsuya Nakadai and Akira Terao, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, 8/27
"Frosh: Nine Months in a Freshman Dorm" (1994), directed by Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine, 7:15 p.m.
"The Seventh Seal" (1957), directed by Ingmar Bergman, with Max von Sydow and Bibi Andersson, 9:45 p.m.
Tuesday, 8/28
"The Seventh Seal," 7 p.m.
"Ran," 9 p.m.
Wednesday, 8/29
"Duck Soup" (1933), directed by Leo McCarey, with The Marx Brothers and Margaret Dumont, with an introduction by Professor Roger Gilbert, 7:15 p.m.
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000), directed by Ang Lee, with Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh, 9:45 p.m.
Thursday, 8/30
"8 1/2" (1963), directed by Federico Fellini, with Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale, 7:15 p.m.
"O" (2001), directed by Tim Blake Nelson, with Mekhi Phifer, Julia Stiles and Josh Hartnett, 8 p.m., Uris, passes available at the door.
"Citizen Kane" (1941), directed by Orson Welles, with Orson Welles and Joseph Cotton, 10 p.m.


religion

Sage Chapel
Services will resume Sept. 2.
African-American
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Baha'i Faith
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.
Catholic
Weekend Mass schedule: Saturday, Aug. 25, 5 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 26, 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.
Christian Science
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.
Cornell Christian Fellowship
Meets every Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the One World Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Episcopal (Anglican)
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.
Friends (Quakers)
Meeting for worship, Sundays, 10:30 a.m., at the Hector Meeting House on Perry City Road. For rides or directions, call 273-5421.
Jewish
* 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.
Korean Church
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.
Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)
Cornell student branch: Sundays, 9 a.m. Call 272-4520 or 257-6835 for directions and transportation. Basketball on Wednesdays, 8 p.m.
Muslim
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.
Pagan
For information about United Pagan Ministries, call Cornell United Religious Work at 255-4214.
Protestant Cooperative Ministry
Sunday service at 11 a.m. in Anabel Taylor Chapel.


seminars

Astronomy and Space Sciences
"Infrared Spectroscopy of Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs," John Wilson, radiophysics and space research, Aug. 30, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
Industrial & Labor Relations
"Global Sweatshops and the Worldwide Labor Movement," Bruce Raynor, Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE), Aug. 30, 12:10 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.


miscellany

Alcoholics Anonymous
Meetings are open to the public and will be held Monday through Friday at 12:15 p.m. in Anabel Taylor Hall. For more information, call 273-1541.
Continuing Education & Summer Sessions
Anyone interested in personal and professional growth is invited to register for extramural study. Registration is if offered Aug. 30-Sept. 7, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., in B20 Day Hall. This program offers adults the opportunity to register for virtually any Cornell course and take full advantage of the university's wide range of academic resources. For more information visit the web site at http://www.sce.cornell.edu/exmu/, send e-mail to cusce@cornell.edu or call 255-4987.
Cornell Plantations
* Cornell Plantations offers free interpretive tours of the botanical gardens Saturdays, Aug. 25-Sept. 8, at 11 a.m.; meet outside the Garden Gift Shop. For more information e-mail plantationstours@cornell.edu or call 255-2406.
* "Reading the Landscape," Aug. 26, between 1 and 4 p.m. Come to the pond area in the F.R. Newman Arboretum, Cornell Plantations, and learn how to read a contour map and use a compass, free. For more information, e-mail rgl3@cornell.edu or call 255-2407.
Dilmun Hill Student Farm Stand
Dilmun Hill holds a farm stand on Ho Plaza, Thursdays through Oct. 18, from 2:30 to 6 p.m. Fresh-picked organically grown vegetables, herbs and flowers are available. Visit the farm, located on Route 366 near the Cornell Orchards, across from Judd Falls Road, anytime, or volunteer for free produce. For more information contact Natalie or Ted at 227-0462 or e-mail farm-1@cornell.edu.