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The Cornell Chronicle
Calendar of Events

August 30 - September 6, 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.
* "All the World's a Page," through Sept. 23.
* "Suaranya Gong Kebyar: The Balinese Art of Ida Bagus Madé," through Oct. 28.
* "Cornell Art Faculty," Sept. 1-Oct. 14.
* "Conserving the Collection: When Art Needs Science," Sept. 1-Oct. 28.
* "Image and Imagination: Jean-Léon Gérôme and 19th Century Orientalism," Sept. 1-Oct. 28.
* Art for Lunch: On Sept. 6 at noon, tour the exhibition "Jean-Léon Gérôme and 19th Century Orientalism" with art history doctoral student Diane Butler.
Read about the museum's fall exhibitions and the public reception Sept. 7.


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).
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. Read about the film.
"Citizen Kane" (1941), directed by Orson Welles, with Welles and Joseph Cotten, 10 p.m.
Friday, 8/31
An evening with special effects compositor and Cornell alumnus Bill Gilman, 7:15 p.m.
"Bridget Jones's Diary" (2001), directed by Sharon Maguire, with Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth, 10 p.m.
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000), directed by Ang Lee, with Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh, 10 p.m., Uris.
"Memento" (2001), directed by Christopher Nolan, with Guy Pearce, midnight.
Saturday, 9/1
"Citizen Kane," 7:15 p.m.
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," 7:30 p.m., Uris.
"Memento," 9:45 p.m.
"Bridget Jones's Diary," 10 p.m., Uris.
Sunday, 9/2
"Memento," 7:15 p.m.
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," 9:45 p.m.
Monday, 9/3
"8 1/2," introduced by Frank Robinson, director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 7 p.m.
"Memento," 10:15 p.m.
Tuesday, 9/4
"L.I.E." (2001), directed by Michael Cuesta, with Paul Franklin Dano, Brian Cox and Bruce Altman, 7:15 p.m.
"Bridget Jones's Diary," 9:45 p.m.
Wednesday, 9/5
"Day for Night" (1973), directed by François Truffaut, with Jacqueline Bisset, 7:15 p.m.
"Memento," 9:45 p.m.
Thursday, 9/6
"Bridget Jones's Diary," 7:30 p.m.
"Star Wars" (1977), directed by George Lucas, with Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher, 9:45 p.m.


lectures

Computer Science
"Healers: Tools for Increasing the Robustness of Systems," Christof Fetzer, AT&T Research Lab, Sept. 6, 4:15 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
Cornell Plantations
"Secret Gardens and Enchanted Forests: Nature in Children's Literature," Alison Lurie, Cornell, Sept. 5, 5:30 p.m., James Law Auditorium, Schurman Hall. Read about the lecture series.
Industrial & Labor Relations
"Global Sweatshops and the Worldwide Labor Movement," Bruce Raynor, president of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, Aug. 30, noon, G10 Biotechnology Building.


music

Bound for Glory
Sept. 2: Eddy Lawrence 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. Listen to Bound for Glory on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5.


religion

Sage Chapel
Rev. Kenneth Clarke Sr., director of Cornell United Religious Work, will lead the service Sept. 2 at 11 a.m.
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. Classes, speakers, prayers and celebrations are at alternating locations. For more information, call 272-3037 or send e-mail to bahai@cornell.edu.
Catholic
Weekend Mass schedule: Sundays, 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.
Zen Meditation
David Yoshin Radin of the Ithaca Zen Center will give a talk on Zen practice and theory Sept. 5 at 5:30 p.m. in the Founders Room of Anabel Taylor Hall.
Basic instruction is offered Monday, Sept. 10 - meditation practice is every Monday and Wednesday thereafter - 5:30-6:30 p.m., Founders Room, ATH. For information, call Anne Marie at 273-4906.


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.
"Status of the Atacama Telescope Project," Riccardo Giovanelli, Cornell, Sept. 6, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
Biomedical Sciences
"Cyclic Nucleotide-Mediated Signaling in Sperm," Ingo Weyand, Institut fuer Biologische Informationsverarbeitung Forschungszentrum, Juelich, Germany, Sept. 4, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
Cornell Participatory Action
Research Network
"Bridging Feminisms and Participatory Action Research," Nimat Hafez Barazangi, Sept. 5, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering
John Belina, director of MEng Program, will give a colloquium orientation Sept. 4, 4:30 p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
Materials Science & Engineering
"Atomic and Molecular Scale Electronic Transport," Mark Reed, Yale University, Aug. 30, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Functionally Graded Ceramics by Thermoreversible Gelcasting," Katherine Faber, Northwestern University, Sept. 6, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
Microbiology & Immunology
"Recent Breakthroughs in the Study of the Oyster Pathogen Perkinsus Marinus," Jerome La Peyre, Louisiana State University, Aug. 31, 12:15 p.m., C2 539 College of Veterinary Medicine.
Physics
"Heavy Elements in the Galaxy and Tuberculosis in the USA," Edwin Salpeter, Cornell, Sept. 3, 4:30 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
Plant Pathology
"Fungal Functional Genomics: Identifying the Pathogenicity Gene Set," Gillian Turgeon, plant pathology, Sept. 5, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
Science & Technology Studies
"Doing Nothing: The Practice of Elevator Riding," Stefan Hirschauer, Universitat Bielefeld, Sept. 3, 4:30 p.m., 609 Clark Hall.
Theoretical & Applied Mechanics
"Hierarchical Free-Energy Global Minimization for Protein Structure Prediction," David Shalloway, Cornell, Aug. 31, 2:30 p.m., 202 Thurston Hall.


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.
Dilmun Hill Student Farm Stand
Dilmun Hill holds a weekly farm stand on Ho Plaza, Thursdays through Oct. 18, from 2:30 to 6 p.m. Fresh-picked organically grown vegetables, herbs and flowers will be available. Visit the farm, located on Route 366 near the Cornell Orchards. For more information contact Natalie or Ted at 227-0462 or e-mail farm-1@cornell.edu.
Emotions Anonymous
Emotions Anonymous, a 12-step program for those dealing with emotional problems, meets Sundays at 7:30 p.m. and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 109 Oak Ave. For information, call Ed at 387-8257.