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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.
* "Red Grooms: The Bus," through March 17.
* "Shaped With a Passion: The Weyerhaeuser Collection of Japanese Ceramics From the 1970s," through March 24.
* "Art From the Islamic World," through April 7. Read the story.
* "Lasting Impressions: A Portfolio of Contemporary Native American Prints," through March 24.
* Art for Lunch: March 21 at noon, explore "Art By and About Women," with museum educator Meg Elliott.
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 1-5 p.m.)
"English Women in the Literary Marketplace 1800-1900," through May.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. Visit the Cornell Cinema web site at http://cinema.cornell.edu. films
"The Body Snatcher" (1945), directed by Robert Wise, with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, presented by the Cornell Coalition for Life Film Series, 5 p.m., Robert Purcell Community Center, free.
"Thomas A. Edison Black Maria Film and Video Festival" (2001), various directors, 7 p.m.
"Near Dark" (1987), directed by Kathryn Bigelow, with Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton and Adrian Pasdar, 10 p.m.
"La Ciénaga (The Swamp)" (2000), directed by Lucrecia Martel, with Graciela Borges, Mercedes Morán and Martín Adjemián, 7:15 p.m.
"Near Dark," 9:30 p.m.
"La Ciénaga (The Swamp)," 7:15 p.m.
"Near Dark," 9:30 p.m.
Margaret Mead Traveling Film & Video Festival (Read the story.): "Margaret Mead: A Portrait by a Friend" (1997), directed by Jean Rouch; "Islands" (2000), directed by Amiel Courtin-Wilson and Vicent Heimann; and "Why Pay Two Rents" (2001), directed by Remy Weber, 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Mead festival: "Born at Home" (2001), directed by Sameera Jain; and "The Team on B-6" (1986), directed by Melissa Llewelyn-Davies, 7:30 p.m.
"Scenes of Resistance" (2000), directed by Alejandra Navarro Smith; and "The Making of the Revolution" (2001), directed by Katarina Rejger and Eric van den Broek, 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Mead festival: "A Poet" (2000), directed by Garin Nugroho, and "The Poet of Linge Homeland," directed by Aryo Danusiri, 7:30 p.m.
"Journey to the Sun" (1999), directed by Yesim Ustaoglu, with Newroz Baz, Nazmi Qirix and Mizgin Kapazan, 7:15 p.m.
"Tape" (2001), directed by Richard Linklater, with Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Robert Sean Leonard, 9:30 p.m.lecture
"On Words and Images: Rethinking the Formation of Islamic Art," Nasser Rabbat, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, March 14, 5:15 p.m., Johnson Museum of Art. Read the story.music
Student Recital: Sara Lozyniak, soprano, Blaise Bryski, piano, and assisting musicians present works by Bach, Handel, Menotti and Stravinsky, March 14, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall. Read the story.
The Cayuga Vocal Ensemble presents an evening of wine and song, with its annual cabaret-style entertainment and fund-raiser, March 16 at 8 p.m. in the Terrace Café, Statler Hotel. This year's show is titled "Let's Fall in Love," featuring a wide array of tunes from musicals and the usual smattering of jazz and popular standards. Advance tickets are $25 and are available at the Willard Straight Hall ticket office, the ticket center in Clinton House, the Dillingham Center at Ithaca College and Micky Roof Designer Goldsmith. Admission at the door will be $30. Read the story.
March 17 and 24, Bound for Glory will present albums from the studio. Listen to Bound for Glory on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5, from 8 to 11 p.m.religion
There will be no service March 17.
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, instructed by Ven. Tenzin Gephel, Mondays, 5:30 p.m., 314 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.
* Zen Meditation practice is Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Founders Room, ATH. For information, call Anne Marie at 266-7256.
Weekend Mass schedule, Sunday, March 17, 10 a.m., ATH Auditorium. Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m., ATH Chapel. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sundays, 4 p.m., G-22 ATH.
Testimony meetings: Tuesday, 7:15 p.m., 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.
Hindu discussion every Friday at 5 p.m., in 183 Rockefeller Hall. Weekly religious service is Saturdays at 4 p.m. in the Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall, followed by a Gita reading at 5 p.m.
* Conservative and Reform: Fridays, 5:15 p.m., Welcoming in Shabbat with song, in the lobby of Anabel Taylor Hall, followed by a community Shabbat dinner at 6:45 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.
Campus ministry at St. Luke Church, 109 Oak Ave. in Collegetown, Sundays, 10:45 a.m. and 5 p.m. Midweek Lenten services are Wednesday, 6 p.m. For more information call 273-6811 or e-mail skd5@cornell.edu or rlb8@cornell.edu.
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.seminars
"Robust Preferences and Monetary Measures of Risk," Hans Follmer, Humboldt University, Berlin, March 15, 3:45 p.m., 655 Rhodes Hall.
"Charting Metal-Rich Gaseous Environments Inside and Outside of Galaxies," Jane Charlton, Penn State, March 14, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
"Uncovering Relationships in the Prion World: How One Prion Can Facilitate the Appearance of Another," Irina Derkatch, University of Illinois, March 18, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall II, Veterinary Education Center.
"WNT Signals Are Required for the Initiation of Hair Follicle Development and for Postnatal Hair Growth," Sarah Millar, University of Pennsylvania, March 19, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
TBA, Matt Gronquist, Meinwald Research Group, March 18, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"Ligand-Receptor Engineering of Nuclear and Steroid Hormone Receptors: New Transcriptional Regulators and New Approaches to the Treatment of Genetic Based Disease," John Koh, University of Delaware, March 21, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"Beans for Space: Development of the Dry Bean Crop, Phaseolus Vulgaris, for Use in Planetary Life Support Systems," David de Villiers, CEA program, March 14, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
"YS Manufacturing: Succeeding in a Globally Competitive Environment," Albert Suter, Emerson Electric, March 14, 4:30 p.m., B14 Hollister Hall.
"Elastic Strains in Ultrathin Metal Films," Olivier Thomas, University Aix-Marseilles, March 14, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Prokaryotic Origin of NO Signaling Revealed by Novel Sensors and Crystal Structure of Bacillus Antharcis NOS," C.S. Raman, University of Texas Medical School, March 14, 4 p.m., 105 Riley-Robb Hall.
"Myocarditis: A Prototypic Post-Infection Autoimmune Disease," Noel Rose, pathology and molecular microbiology, March 15, 12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium.
"Conservation of Genes Required for Germ Cell Development From Flies to Humans," Renee Reijo-Pera, University of California-San Francisco, March 15, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
"Stress, Sex and the Electrical Excitability of Neuroendocrine Cells: The `Molecular Sociobiology' of BK Potassium Channels," David McCobb, neurobiology and behavior, March 14, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Future Directions in U.S. Security Policy," Judith Reppy, Peace Studies Program, and Christopher Way, government, March 14, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"The PPR Family: A Huge New Family of Proteins Involved in Organelle Gene Expression," Ian Small, CNRS, France, March 15, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"From Point A to B. Or Not to B? A `Cheap' Solution of an Optimal Control Problem," Tamás Kalmár-Nagy, biomedical sciences, March 15, 2:30 p.m., 205 Thurston Hall.
"Journal Impact Factors: Is the Tail Now Wagging the Dog?" Philip Davis, Mann Library, March 19, 12:30 p.m., and March 20, 3:30 p.m., Stone Microcomputer Center, Mann Library.miscellany
A special lunch will be held for Cornell Dining's lead cook, Gene Bright, March 14 from10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the North Star Eatery, Community Commons. The lunch is to honor his 40 years of service with Cornell Dining. The lunch is open to the public.
Cornell Plantations and Roberson Photo Club are sponsoring a two-day nature photography teach-in, with John Shaw, March 23 and 24. The teach-in will be held both days in Owego, N.Y. For registration information call Cornell Plantations at 255-2407 or e-mail rgl3@cornell.edu.
The Early Childhood Center is holding its annual open house, March 23 from 10 a.m. to noon, Ground Floor, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall. Applications for fall 2002 will be available.
The UCNS, a cooperative nursery school, is hosting its annual open house, March 16 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 59 Dart Drive. UCNS offers morning sessions for 3- and 4-year-olds and afternoon sessions for 4- and 5-year-olds. For more information call 266-9680.
Free tutorial assistance in writing.
* 178 Rockefeller, Sunday, 2-8 p.m.; Monday-Thursday, 3:30-5:30 p.m. and 7-10 p.m.
* 222 Robert Purcell, Sunday-Thursday, 7-10 p.m.
* 320 Noyes Center, Sunday-Thursday, 7-10 p.m.sports
March 16-21, at Homestead Tournament
March 17, at Temple w/West Chester, 2 p.m.
March 15, ECAC semifinals, Lake Placid, 7:30 p.m.
March 16, ECAC championship, Lake Placid
March 16, at Penn State, 1 p.m.
March 15, Columbia, 4 p.m.
March 19, at Notre Dame, 4 p.m.
March 17, at Stetson
March 18-21, at Rebel Games
March 19, at Florida Atlantic, 2 p.m.
March 17, at Tulane, 3 p.m.
March 18, at the University of New Orleans,
2 p.m.
March 20, at Louisiana-Lafayette, 1:30 p.m.
March 16, at Long Beach State Invitational
March 16, at Collegiate Classic at Long Beach