Words in flight
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| A word -- bird -- transforms into pictographs then gradually into the shape of a bird itself and takes wing in the Johnson Museum gallery. "Xu Bing: Living Word 2" is an extraordinary and beautiful installation concerned with words, images and the making of meaning. It is on view at the museum through Oct. 27. Courtesy of the Herbert F. 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.
* "Risperidone: A Video Installation by Janet Biggs," through Sept. 29.
* "Gravely Gorgeous: Gargoyles, Grotesques and the Victorian Imagination," through Oct. 6.
* "Visually Speaking," through Oct. 6.
* "Xu Bing," through Oct. 27.
* "The Hendricksen Collection of Chinese Paintings," through Jan. 5.
* Art for Lunch: Sept. 19 at noon, tour the exhibition "Gravely Gorgeous" with curator Susette Newberry.
* Artist's Talk: On Sept. 19 at 5:15 p.m., Janet Biggs will talk about "Risperidone" and her other works.
(M-F, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.)
"Entomophagy: An Exhibit on Insects as Food," through Oct. 31. For information call 255-3265.
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.)
"Not by Bread Alone: America's Culinary Heritage," through Oct. 4.
(M-Th, 8 a.m.-noon; F, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., noon-6 p.m.; and Sun., noon-midnight)
"Abuzz About Bees: An Exhibit on 400 Years of Bees and Beekeeping," through Nov. 30. For more information call 255-5406.
Explore Cornell: "The Wason Collection on East Asia," launched Fall 2002. Visit the web site http://www.explore.cornell.edu.
"9/11: One Year Later," through Sept. 28.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 $6 ($5 for undergraduates and seniors/$4 for graduate students and kids 12 and under). Visit the Cornell Cinema web site at http://cinema.cornell.edu. films
"From the Ashes: 10 Artists," with documentary filmmaker Deborah Shaffer; and "Rubble Without Pause," with multimedia/performance artist Pat Oleszko, documentaries on Sept. 11, followed by a discussion, 7:15 p.m., $7. Read the story.
"House of Frankenstein" (1944), directed by Erle Kenton, with Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr. and John Carradine, 7 p.m., Uris.
"Baran" (2001), directed by Majid Majidi, with Hossein Abedini and Zahra Bahrami, 7:15 p.m.
"Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India" (2001), directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, with Aamir Khan and Gracy Singh, 8:45 p.m., Uris.
"Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse" (2001), 9:20 p.m.
"Undercover Brother" (2002), directed by Malcolm D. Lee, with Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan and Denise Richards, 11 p.m.
"Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India," 7 p.m., Uris.
"Baran," 7:15 p.m.
"Croupier" (2000), directed by Mike Hodges, with Clive Owen and Kate Hardie, 9:20 p.m.
"Undercover Brother," 11 p.m. , Uris.
"Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse," 11:30 p.m.
"Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India," 5 p.m.
"Boudu Saved From Drowning" (1932), directed by Jean Renoir, with Michel Simon, Charles Granval and Marcelle Hainia, presented by Pentangle, 7:30 p.m., Uris, free.
"Undercover Brother," 9:30 p.m.
"Umberto D." (1951), directed by Vittorio De Sica, with Carlo Battisti, 7 p.m.
"House of Frankenstein," 9 p.m.
"Baran," 7:15 p.m.
"Monstershow" (1996), directed by Richard Myers, 7:30 p.m., Schwartz Center Film Forum.
"Umberto D.," 9:20 p.m.
"Dr. Mabuse: The Great Gambler" (1922), directed by Fritz Lang, with Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Paul Richter, 7:15 p.m.
"About a Boy" (2002), directed by Chris and Paul Weitz, with Hugh Grant, Toni Collette and Nicholas Hoult, 9:45 p.m.
"Dr. Mabuse: The Inferno," 7:15 p.m.
"Y Tu Mamá También" (2001), directed by Alfonso Cuarón, with Gael Gracía Bernal, Diego Luna and Maribel Verdú, presented by the Latin American Film Series, 9:25 p.m.lectures
"An Overview of Issues on Wars and Conflict Resolutions in Africa," Don Ohadike, Africana studies, Sept. 25, noon, Hoyt Fuller Room, Africana Studies and Research Center.
Jean-Michel Savéant, Université Denis Diderot (Paris 7), will give the following lectures, all at 11:15 a.m. in 119 Baker Lab: "Electron Transfer and Bond Breaking. Photoinduced and Thermal Reactions," Sept. 24; and "SN2 vs. Electron Transfer Reactions," Sept. 26.
"The Future of America's Community Development Movement," Ron Schiffman, Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development, Sept. 20, 12:15 p.m., 157 E. Sibley Hall.
"A Research Program for Information Science," William Arms, computer science, Sept. 26, 4:15 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
"Toward a Theory of Work-Family Enrichment," Jeffrey Greenhaus, Drexel University, Sept. 19, noon, 114 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"When Bad Lawns Happen to Good People," Frank Rossi, turfgrass science, Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m., James Law Auditorium, Schurman Hall.
"Education for Social Justice: El Puente," Luis Garden Acosta and Frances Lucerna, El Puente, Sept. 25, 4:30 p.m., Auditorium D, Goldwin Smith Hall. A buffet supper will follow at 7:30 p.m. in the A.D. White House. Read the story.
"Lessons From the U.S. Experiment in Mass Incarceration," Fox Butterfield, The New York Times, Sept. 19, 4:30 p.m., 165 McGraw Hall.music
* Sept. 21, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: In conjunction with the conference on English modernism, Ensemble X presents a concert of two British works by Lambert and Walton. Read the story.
* Sept. 26, 12:30 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Midday Music at Lincoln: the Paul Merrill Quartet will perform original and standard jazz fare.
The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis comes to Cornell Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. in Bailey Hall. Tickets range from $28 to $45 for the public and $17 to $27 for students and are on sale at the Willard Straight Hall ticket office, Monday-Saturday, 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.
Sept. 22: Garnet Rogers performs. Bound for Glory is broadcast Sunday from 8 to 11 p.m. from the Café at Anabel Taylor Hall, with live sets at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. Admission is free; kids are welcome. Listen to Bound for Glory on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5.religion
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College, will lead the service Sept. 22 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 information, call 272-3037 or send e-mail to bahai@cornell.edu.
* Basic Studies in Buddhist Philosophy "The Collected Topic," instructed by the Ven. Tenzin Gephel, Mondays from Sept. 23 through Dec. 9, 5:30 p.m., 314 Anabel Taylor Hall. For 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: Sundays, 10 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and 5:15 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, 7:15 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., ATH Chapel.
For more information, call 255-4219 or send e-mail to eccu@cornell.edu.
Meeting for worship, Sunday, 10:30 a.m., at the Hector Meeting House on Perry City Road. 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, ATH. 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, ATH. 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. Bible study Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. For more information call 273-6811 or e-mail 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
"Weird Phase Transition in a Randomly Grown Graph," Steven Strogatz, theoretical and applied mechanics, Sept. 20, 3:45 p.m., 655 Rhodes Hall.
"Precision Measurement of Neutron Stars," Bob Rutledge, California Institute of Technology, Sept. 19, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Science Building.
"Parkes Pulsar Survey," Fernando Camilo, Columbia University, Sept. 26, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Science Building.
"A (Surprising) Nutrient Limitation of Plant Productivity in a Lowland Tropical Forest," Joseph Yavitt, natural resources, Sept. 20, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Systemic Hormone and Local Growth Factor Interactions Control Normal Mammary Gland Development and Early Breast Cancer Progression," Jeffrey Rosen, Baylor College of Medicine, Sept. 24, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"Junior Scientist Survival Training," Peter Feibelman, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 26, 11:15 a.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"Atomistic Simulations of Surface Chemical Reactions for Growing High-K Gate Stacks," Charles Musgrave, Stanford University, Sept. 23, 4 p.m., 165 Olin Hall.
"Response of Marine Ecosystems to Climate Variability and Change," Andrew Pershing, earth and atmospheric sciences, Sept. 19, 4:30 p.m., 255 Olin Hall.
"On the Long-Term Fate of Anthropogenic Carbon: The Role of the Oceans," Jorge Sarmiento, Princeton University, Sept. 26, 4:30 p.m., 255 Olin Hall.
"Looking at the Trees, or the Forest? Some Examples of Levels of Analysis in Life History Studies," Evan Cooch, natural resources, Sept. 23, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Malaria's Unique Burden on Human Affairs," Andrew Spielman, Harvard University, Sept. 23, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Recent Explorations of the Upper Ocean Boundary Layer," David Farmer, University of Rhode Island, Sept. 19, 4:30 p.m., 366 Hollister Hall.
"Heavy Metal Mobilization in Soils: Chemical and Biological Processes," Murray McBride, crop and soil sciences, Sept. 26, 4:30 p.m., 366 Hollister.
"Ruination: Partition and the Expectation of Violence," David Lloyd, Scripps College, Sept. 19, 4:30 p.m., Library, A.D. White House.
TBA, Marleen Wekell, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Sept. 24, 4 p.m., 204 Stocking Hall.
"Grapevine Genomics: Current Research and Future Directions in Grape Scion Improvement," Chris Owens, horticultural sciences, Sept. 19, 4 p.m., Whetzel Room, Plant Science Building.
"People and Plants: Cultivating Human Well-Being," Sonja Skelly, Cornell Plantations, Sept. 26, 4 p.m., Whetzel Room, Plant Science Building.
"The Development and Implementation of the Standards in Secondary Education: The Case of Chinese," Richard Chi, University of Utah, Sept. 19, 4:30 p.m., 122 Rockefeller Hall.
"Solid Oxide Fuel Cells For Stationary, Transportation and Military Applications," Subhash Singhal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Sept. 19, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Junior Scientist Survival Training," Peter Feibelman, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 26, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Studies in Transonic Flow and Aeroelasticity: Unsteady Flow Past `Non-Unique' Airfoils," David Caughey, mechanical and aerospace engineering, Sept. 24, 12:30 p.m., 178 Rhodes Hall.
"The Tikkun Campus Network on Middle East Peace," Marisa Handler, Tikkun, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m., 251 Malott Hall.
"Functional Genomics of the Cell Nucleus: The New Frontier," Ronald Berezney, SUNY Buffalo, Sept. 20, 12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Auditorium.
"Functional Proteomics of Plastids From Arabidopsis Thaliana: Experimentation and Prediction," Klaas van Wijk, plant biology, Sept. 20, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
"Humanitarian Action and Responsibility," Fiona Terry, Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris, Sept. 19, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"Prisoners of the War on Terrorism: What Rights Do They Have?" with David Wippman, law, and Risa Lieberwitz, ILR School, Sept. 26, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"Quantum Phase Transitions in Randomly Inhomogeneous Solids," David Huse, Princeton University, Sept. 23, 4:30 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
"Determinants of Basal Area and Biomass in Indigenous Forests," J.J. Midgley, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Sept. 20, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Subjective Measures of Risk Aversion and Portfolio Choice," Arie Kapteyn, Rand Corp., Sept. 24, 3:30 p.m., 114 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
TBA, Carol Dweck, Columbia University, Sept. 20, 3:30 p.m., 202 Uris Hall.
"The Influencing Machines: An Experiment in Methodology for Affective Computing," Phoebe Sengers, science and technology studies, Sept. 23, 12:15 p.m., B15 Rockefeller Hall.
"Global Labor Standards, Monitoring and Nike and Gap Factories in Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand," Sarosh Kuruvilla, Asian studies, Sept. 19, 12:20 p.m., the Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave.
"The Shifting Natures of `Development': Growth, Crisis and Recovery in Indonesia's Forests," Paul Gellert, Asian studies, Sept. 26, 12:20 p.m., 304 Fernow Hall.
"Design Law Revisited: Comparing the U.S. and E.U.," Virginia Keyder, Bilgi University, Sept. 19, 12:20 p.m., 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"What Did They Wear? What Collections Tell," Tamara Manker, Sept. 26, 12:20 p.m., 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"Applied Satellite Attitude Dynamics for Estimation, Control and Design of Deployment Mechanisms," Mark Psiaki, mechanical and aerospace engineering, Sept. 20, 2:30 p.m., 205 Thurston Hall.
"Quick and Easy Vegetarian Meals," with Michele Wilbur, a personal chef and nutritionist with Green Cuisine Personal Chef Service, Sept. 20, noon, Biotechnology Building.symposiums
"Undergraduate Career Workshop," Cornell Career Services, Sept. 25, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"Five-Day Leadership Program" will be held Sept. 29-Oct. 4. The program is designed for people in higher education and business who are responsible for and interested in developing or improving their own leadership competencies and those of others. For more information or to register, contact Discovering Leadership, School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, B20 Day Hall, 255-7259 (phone), 255-8942 (fax), e-mail cusp@cornell.edu or visit the web site at www.sce.cornell.edu/exec.
"The Cultural Politics of English Modernism, 1920-1950," takes place Sept. 20-21, in B20 Lincoln Hall. Two keynote speakers will anchor the discussion, Valentine Cunningham, Oxford University, and Terry Castle, Stanford University. The session on Sept. 20 will run from 1:30-5:45 p.m. and the session on Sept. 21 will run 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Also, an evening of documentary films made by the GPO and Crown film units will be shown Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. in the Film Forum of the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, and a concert by Ensemble X will be given Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. in Barnes Hall. For information contact Annette Richards at 255-7102 or ar34@cornell.edu.
CTHEORY Multimedia and the Rose Goldsen Lecture Series will hold a workshop on "Digital Terror," Sept. 20-21. Read the story.
The following events are in 2B48 Olin Library:
* "Introduction: Rose Goldsen Archive of Multimedia Digital Art," Timothy Murray, English, and H. Thomas Hickerson, library, Sept. 20, 1:45 p.m.;
* "Wired Ruins: Digital Terror and Ethnic Paranoia," moderator Nick Davis, English, with Timothy Murray, English, and Arthur and Marilouise Kroker, CTHEORY Multimedia, Sept. 20, 2 p.m.; and
* "Race, Paranoia, Terror," moderator Maria Fernandez, History of Art, with Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Brown University, Sept. 20, 3 p.m.
The following events will be held in Auditorium D, Goldwin Smith Hall:
* "Recent Work: Discussing Robots, Androids and Cyborgs," moderator Salah Hassan, Africana studies, with Keith Piper, Carnegie Mellon University, Sept. 20, 4:30 p.m.;
* "Terror of the Digital," moderator Werner Goehner, architecture, with Shadi Nazarian, SUNY Buffalo, Sept. 21, 9:30 a.m.;
* "Blasting War," moderator Rebecca Schneider, Theatre, Film and Dance, and Patricia Zimmermann, Ithaca College, Sept. 21, 10:30 a.m.;
* "Artistic F[r]ictions: Roughing Up Digital Space," moderator Johanna Kaufman, romance studies, with Maurice Benayoun, Université Paris 1, Sept. 21, 11:30 a.m.;
* "Fingering the Trigger," moderator Buzz Spector, art, with Jordan Crandall, University of California-San Diego, Sept. 21, 2 p.m.;
* "Technologies for Countering State Terrorism," moderator Phoebe Sengers, science and technology studies, Chris Csikszentmihalyi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Christina McPhee, media artist, Sept. 21, 3 p.m.; and
* "Comparative Visualities Workshop," with Brett de Bary, Asian studies; and wrap-up discussion, Sept. 21, 5 p.m.
"The New Euro: A New Germany? Culture, Politics and the Economics of a Unified Currency," a series of lectures Sept. 21-22, in the Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.
* Sept. 21: "Currency and Politics: German Experiences in the 20th Century," Isabel Hull, history, 11 a.m.; "Young People and the `Young' Euro," Felix Kolb, European Studies, 1:30 p.m.;
* "Euro-Teuro: The Politics of European Money," Peter Katzenstein, government, 3 p.m.
* A film screening of "Twenty Bucks," will be at 8 p.m., with an introduction and discussion with Amy Villarejo, theatre, film and dance.
* Sept. 22: "'Neue Mitte' and New Money: German Politics After the Euro," Scott Siegel, government; and "The Arts in Germany Today: `Teuro-Kultur' or Culture for All?" Thomas Irvine, music.
"Cornell's Land Grant Missions," a panel and discussion, will be held Sept. 25 at 4:30 p.m. in 228 Malott Hall. Read the story.theater
The Miser opens tonight, Sept. 19, at 8 in the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Performances continue Sept. 20-21 and 26-28 at 8 p.m. One afternoon matinee will be offered Sept. 28 at 2 p.m. Tickets in advance are $8 for students and seniors and $10 for the public. Tickets at the door are $9 and $11. Call or visit the box office in the Schwartz Center, 430 College Ave., 12:30-5:30 p.m. weekdays; 254-ARTS.miscellany
A blood drive will be held Sept. 23 from noon to 5 p.m. in Noyes Center. For an appointment call 255-9039 or e-mail amh38@cornell.edu.
T'ai Chi and Chi Kung meditative exercise classes are held Tuesdays and Thursdays, through Dec. 5. Chi Kung classes are at 5 p.m., and the T'ai Chi classes are at 5:45 p.m., in the One World Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For information contact instructor Kati Hanna at khanna2@twcny.rr.com.sports
Sept. 21, at Bucknell
Sept. 22-23, at St. Bonaventure Invitational
Sept. 21, Pennsylvania
Sept. 22, Lehigh, 1 p.m.
Sept. 21, at Adelphi, 1 p.m.
Sept. 24, at Colgate, 7 p.m.
Sept. 21, Pennsylvania
Sept. 25, Lafayette, 4 p.m.
Sept. 20, at Pennsylvania, 7 p.m.
Sept. 21-22, Cornell Fall Outdoor Invitational
Sept. 20-21, at Georgia Tech Invitational