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The Fall Dance Theatre Concert, "Polarities: Extremes in Performance," will be Dec. 4-6 at 7 p.m. in the Schwartz Center. 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.
* "Stephen Hendee: Iron Skies," through Jan. 4.
* "Ithaca's Favorites," through Jan. 4.
* "Patty Chang and Janine Antoni: Two Video Works From the Museum's Collection," through Jan. 4.
* "North and South: Renaissance Prints," through Jan. 11.
* "CU Art Faculty Exhibition," through Jan. 11.
* "Selected Videos by Vito Acconci," through March 28.
* Art for Lunch: Dec. 4 at noon, curator Andrea Inselmann will speak about the videos by artists Janine Antoni and Patty Chang.
* Art-Full Family Saturday: Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to noon, award-winning storyteller Regi Carpenter returns to the museum for a morning full of adventure, humor and art. Free for museum members, $5 per family for nonmembers.
* Holiday Party: Dec. 6 from 2 to 4 p.m., the museum will hold its annual celebration of the holiday season, with performances by the Sage Chapel Choir and the Celtic trio Trim the Velvet, refreshments and a reading of "A Visit From St. Nicholas." Free for all.
"Dragon Day 1983 Photography by John Carroll," through Dec. 5. A reception will be held Dec. 4 from 5 to 7 p.m.
Pre-thesis painters' library exhibition, through Feb. 1.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 Cornell graduate students and kids 12 and under). films
"Bowling for Columbine" (2002), directed by Michael Moore, 7 p.m., free.
"Total Recall" (1990), directed by Paul Verhoeven, with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin and Sharon Stone, 10 p.m.
"Swimming Pool" (2003), directed by François Ozon, with Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier and Charles Dance, 7:15 p.m.
"Equilibrium" (2002), directed by Kurt Wimmer, with Christian Bale, Emily Watson and Taye Diggs, 7:15 p.m., Uris.
"Scarface" (1983), directed by Brian De Palma, with Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer, 9:30 p.m.
"Le Cercle Rouge" (1970), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, with Alain Delon, Gian Maria Volonté and Yves Montand, 9:30 p.m., Uris.
"Charlotte's Web" (1973), directed by Charles Nichols, with the voices of Debbie Reynolds and Agnes Moorehead, IthaKid Film Fest, 2 p.m.
"Swimming Pool," 5 p.m.
"Le Cercle Rouge," 7 p.m., Uris.
"To Be and to Have" (2002), directed by Nicolas Philibert, 7:15 p.m.
"Scarface," 9:30 p.m.
"Jackass: The Movie" (2002), directed by Jeff Tremaine, 10 p.m., Uris.
"To Be and to Have," 4:30 p.m.
"Student Films I," projects from the filmmakers in the Intro to 16mm filmmaking class (T.A. 377) and the Summer Animation class (T.A. 324), 7:30 p.m.
"Holiday" (1938), directed by George Cukor, with Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, 7 p.m.
"Jackass: The Movie," 9:15 p.m.
"Swimming Pool," 7:15 p.m.
"Scarface," 9:30 p.m.
"Holiday," 7 p.m.
"Jackass: The Movie," 9:15 p.m.
"Whale Rider" (2002), directed by Niki Caro, with Keisha Castle-Hughes, 7:15 p.m.
"Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" (2003), directed by Jonathan Mostow, with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kristanna Loken, 9:30 p.m.lecture
"Modeling of Elastic and Viscoelastic Composites With Damage," Ramesh Talreja, Texas A&M University, Dec. 8, 4:30 p.m., 366 Hollister Hall.music
* Dec. 4, 12:30 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Midday Music at Lincoln: Studio 342, voice students of Judith Kellock.
* Dec. 4, 8 p.m., Bailey Hall: Cornell University Wind Symphony, David Conn and James Patrick Miller, conductors; with guest composer/conductor Bernard Gilmore. Note: this concert originally was scheduled for Kulp Auditorium.
* Dec. 5, 8 p.m., Sage Chapel: Cornell Chorale and the Cornell University Low Brass Choir; James Patrick Miller, conductor, with William Cowdery, organ. Read the story.
* Dec. 6, 1 p.m., Barnes Hall: CU Jazz: Appel and Bissett Chamber Jazz Ensembles.
* Dec. 6, 3 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Piano students of Xak Bjerken.
* Dec. 6, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: CU Jazz: Cornell University Jazz Ensemble II, featuring guest trumpeter Walter White and the Gussman Chamber Jazz Ensemble.
* Dec. 7, 3 p.m., Barnes Hall: Studio 342: voice students of Judith Kellock.
* Dec. 7 and 8, 8 p.m., Sage Chapel: Sage Chapel Christmas Program: Richard Riley, director, and Timothy Olsen, organ. A candlelit Lessons and Carols service sung by the Sage Chapel Choir, with traditional and nontraditional readings by members of the Cornell community.
* Dec. 8, 8 p.m., B21 Lincoln Hall: MIDI Madness: student projects for Macintosh computer, synthesizers and live performers.
* Dec. 9, 8 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Cornell Gamelan Ensemble; Martin Hatch, director. An evening of Balinese and Javanese music and dance, featuring visiting Indonesian artists, as well as new compositions for mixed instrumentation.
Dana Robinson performs Dec. 7. Bound for Glory is broadcast Sundays 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.religion
The Rev. Kenneth Clarke Sr., director of Cornell United Religious Work, will lead the service Dec. 7 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.
Weekly Bible study meets Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in 314 Anabel Taylor Hall. For information contact Keith Bowman at kcb29@cornell.edu or 277-2283.
* Meditations: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 12:15-1 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
* Zen Meditation practice is Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Founders Room, ATH. For information, call Anne Marie at 266-7256.
* Sunday Mass schedule: 10 a.m. and 5:15 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium; 9:30 p.m., Sage Chapel.
* Immaculate Conception Mass: Dec. 8, 12:20 and 5:15 p.m.
* Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m., ATH Chapel.
* Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sundays, 4 p.m., G22 ATH.
* Evening Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-6:30 p.m., ATH Chapel.
Testimony meetings: Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Services: Sundays, 10:30 a.m., and Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., First Church of Christ Scientist, 101 University Ave.
The InterVarsity chapter meets Fridays at 7:30 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. Visit the Web site at http://www.ccfiv.org.
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, 11 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Child care provided. For rides or directions, call 273-5421.
The InterVarsity chapter meets Fridays at 7 p.m., B11 Kimball Hall. For more information visit the Web site at http://www.curw.cornell.edu/gcf.
Weekly religious service is Saturday 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 Founders Room, ATH. Call the Hillel office at 255-4227 for more information.
* Orthodox: Friday, Center for Jewish Living, call 272-5810 for weekly times; Saturday, 9:15 a.m., Edwards Room, ATH. For daily services, call 272-5810.
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, 11 a.m. Call 272-1564 or 255-2928 for information.
Campus ministry at St. Luke Church, 109 Oak Ave., in Collegetown, Sundays, 10:45 a.m. and 5 p.m. Bible study Tuesday, 7 p.m. For more information call 273-6811 or e-mail rlb8@cornell.edu.
Daily congregational prayer at 218 Anabel Taylor Hall. Weekly Halaqa, Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., ATH. Weekly coffee hour Tuesdays, 4:30 p.m., Tower Café, Uris Library. For more information visit the Web site: http://www.meca-online.org/.
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
"Microbiology of Methane Production in Acidic Peat Bogs, No Time to Wallow in the Mire," Steve Zinder, Cornell, Dec. 5, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Embryonic and Neuronal Functions of Mahogunin Signaling," Teresa Gunn, Cornell, Dec. 9, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"Economy of Dreams: The Production of Hope in the Tokyo Financial Markets," Hiro Miyazaki, Cornell, Dec. 4, 4:30 p.m., 302 Uris Hall.
"A Modular Minimal Cell: Nucleotide Metabolism," Mariajose Castellanos; and "Bridging the Length: Scales Between Experiments and Atomistic Simulations," Devashish Choudhary, both graduate students, Dec. 8, 4 p.m., 165 Olin Hall.
"Digital Fountains and Their Application to Informed Content Delivery Over Adaptive Overlay Networks," Michael Mitzenmacher, Harvard University, Dec. 4, 4:15 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
"Nature and Historia in Leon Battista Albert's `On Painting,'" Yael Naday-Manes, history, Dec. 5, 4:30 p.m., 201 A.D. White House.
"Carbon and Nitrogen Reserve Status and Partitioning in the Perennial Strawberry," Laura Acuna-Maldonado, graduate student, Dec. 4, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Factors Contributing to Target Site Selection in Tn10 Transposition," David Haniford, University of Western Ontario, Dec. 5, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
Composers' Forum: Stephen Gorbos, the music of Conlon Nancarrow; and Xi Wang, the music of William Bolcom, Dec. 5, 1:25 p.m., 316 Lincoln Hall.
"Seasonal Dynamics of Mycoplasma Gallisepticum Infection in House Finches," Cristina Faustino, natural resources, Dec. 9, 3:30 p.m., 304 Fernow Hall.
"Quantitative Disease Resistance in Cereal Crops: Comparative Approaches to Analysis and Improvement," Rebecca Nelson, The McKnight Foundation, Dec. 9, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Spatial Cognition and Memory in Symbol-Using Chimpanzees," Charles Menzel, Emory University, Dec. 5, 3:30 p.m., 202 Uris Hall.
"Research Frontiers Using Body Scan Data," Susan Ashdown and Suzanne Loker, Cornell, Dec. 4, noon, 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
TBA, Micheal Leondard and Michael Incorvia, International Flavors and Fragrances, Dec. 9, noon, 317 MVR Hall.
"Equilibrium Theory for Magnetic Elastomers and Magnetoelastic Membranes," David Steigmann, University of California-Berkeley, Dec. 5, 2:30 p.m., 205 Thurston Hall.
"Forest Response to Nitrogen and Ozone Deposition," Bongghi Hong, environmental toxicology, Dec. 5, 12:20 p.m., 300 Rice Hall.symposiums
The annual Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference is Dec. 9 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Registration begins at 9 a.m. in the foyer of the David L. Call Alumni Auditorium of Kennedy Hall. The registration fee for Cornell faculty and staff is $25, $70 for others. For information go to http://aem.cornell.eu/outreach/index.htm#outlook.
English Department Roundtable: Sunjay Sharma on Wordsworth, Dec. 8, 4:30 p.m., English Department Lounge.theater
William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors plays Dec. 4-6 at 8 p.m. at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. A matinee is offered Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. Advance tickets are $8 for students/seniors and $10 for the public. For information call the box office at 254-ARTS.miscellany
Meetings are open to the public and will be held Monday through Friday, 12:15 p.m., in Anabel Taylor Hall. For more information, call 273-1541.
The Committee on U.S./Latin American Relations and Ten Thousand Villages are teaming up for a craft fair Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Robert Purcell Community Center. All crafts are fairly traded, international items, including holiday gifts, CDs, chocolate, jewelry, bags, hand-knit items and more.
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.
The fourth annual Employee Craft and Art Fair is Dec. 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Statler Hall atrium. The fair features handmade crafts, including gingerbread houses, doll clothes and jewelry; baked goods; and homemade candy.
"Lights: A Multicultural Winter Holiday Show," presented by Cornell's student-run arts groups, will be held Dec. 7 at 8:30 p.m. in Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium. The evening of music and dance features performances by Chai Notes, a Jewish a cappella group; Teszia, a belly dance troupe; Measureless, a Christian a cappella group; and the Ithaca Scottish Country Dancers. The show is free and open to the public.
A holiday puppet show for children, featuring local artist Tom Knight, is Sunday, Dec. 7, at 3 p.m. in G10 Biotechnology Building. The event is free and is sponsored by Students With Families, Graduate and Professional Student Housing, GPSAFC, the Graduate School and the International Students and Scholars Office.