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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.
* "Ancient Art and Its Afterlife," through March 9.
* "Mark Lombardi: Global Networks," through March 16.
* "American Drawings of the 20th Century," through March 18.
* "On the Face of It: Portrait Photography 1850-2001," through March 23.
* "Salla Tykkä: Videos and Photographs," through March 30.
* Art for Lunch: On Feb. 20 at noon, celebrate Black History Month with a look at selected works from the permanent collection.
* Lecture: Feb. 20 at 5:15 p.m., Richard Notkin, a ceramic artist, will discuss his complex works that reflect political and social issues and the human experience.
* Artbreak: Feb. 23 at 3 p.m., archaeologist Carol Mattusch of George Mason University gives a talk titled "The Many Lives of the Bronze Hermes From Herculaneum."
(M-Th 9 a.m.-7 p.m., F 9 a.m.-6 p.m.)
"Through the Lens: An Exhibit on the Intertwined History of Entomology and the Microscope," through May 2. For information call 255-3265.
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., 1-5 p.m.)
"Mozart and the Keyboard Culture of His Time," in the Hirshland Gallery of the Kroch Library through May 30.
(M-Th 8 a.m.-midnight, F 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. noon-6 p.m. & Sun. noon-midnight)
"Written in Stone: Fossil Narratives From Near and Far," an exhibit in collaboration with the Paleontological Research Institution, through Feb. 25. For more information call 255-5406.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). films
"Stealing the Fire," directed by John Friedman and Eric Nadler, 5:30 p.m.
"Baraka" (1992), directed by Ron Fricke, 7:30 p.m.
"Spirited Away" (2002), directed by Hayao Miyazaki, with voices of Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette and Lauren Holly, 945 p.m.
"Malcolm X" (1992), directed by Spike Lee, with Denzel Washington and Angela Bassett, 7 p.m.
"Femme Fatale" (2002), directed by Brian De Palma, with Antonio Banderas, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Peter Coyote, 7 p.m., Uris.
"Spirited Away," 9:30 p.m., Uris.
"Baraka," 11 p.m.
"The Ring" (2002), directed by Gore Verbinski, with Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson and Brian Cox, midnight, Uris.
"The Sound of Music" (1965), directed by Robert Wise, with Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, presented by IthaKid Film Festival, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Ticket prices are $15, $12 for students/senior and $10 for children under 12.
"Spirited Away," 7:15 p.m., Uris.
"Baraka," 10 p.m., Uris.
"August: A Moment Before the Eruption" (2002), directed by Avi Mograbi, presented by the Jewish Film Festival, 10:30 a.m.
"Spirited Away," 4:30 p.m.
"Sonbert & Hitchcock: Narrative from a Woman's Point of View" (1964), directed by Alfred Hitchcock and Warren Sonbert, presented by Pentangle, 7:30 p.m., Uris, free.
"Imitation of Life" (1959), directed by Douglas Sirk, with Juanita Moore, Lana Turner and Sandra Dee, 7 p.m.
"Femme Fatale," 9:40 p.m.
"August: A Moment Before the Eruption," 7:30 p.m.
"Imitation of Life," 9:20 p.m.
"The Thin Red Line" (1998), directed by Terrence Malick, with James Caviezel, Sean Penn and Adrien Brody, 6:45 p.m.
"Romance" (1987), directed by Sergio Bianchi, presented by the Latin American Film Series, 8 p.m., free.
"8 Mile" (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson, with Eminem, Kim Basinger and Mekhi Phifer, 10 p.m.
"Karmen Geï" (2001), directed by Joseph Gai Ramaka, with Djeïnaba Diop Gaï, Magaye Adama Niang and Stephanie Biddle, 7:30 p.m.
"Femme Fatale," 9:45 p.m.lectures
"New Algorithms for NMR Structural Genomics," Chris Langmead, Dartmouth College, Feb. 20, 4:15 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
"Global Village? An Anthropologist's View From Below," Kathryn March, anthropology, Feb. 20, 4:30 p.m., 165 McGraw Hall.
"Wealth and Entitlement: A Case Study," Martha Fineman, law, Feb. 27, 4:30 p.m., 165 McGraw Hall.
"Technology for the 21st Century," Scott Donnelly, GE Global Research, Feb. 25, 4:30 p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
"What It Feels Like for a Boy: Shakespeare's Adonis," Richard Rambuss, Feb. 24, 4:30 p.m., 258 Goldwin Smith Hall.
"A Fixed Melancholy," Saidiya Hartman, Feb. 27, 4:30 p.m., 258 Goldwin Smith Hall.
"Euthanasia, From Antiquity to the Present: A European Perspective," Stefanos Geroulanos, University of Zurich, Feb. 20, 4:30 p.m., Guerlac Room, A.D. White House.
David Weber, Southern Methodist University, will give the following lectures, all at 4:30 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall: "Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment," Feb. 26; "How Did Spaniards Convert Indians? Missions in the Age of Reason," Feb. 27; and "Trading and Treating With the Savages," Feb. 28.
"Chats in the Stack," David Pimentel, entomology, Feb. 26, 4 p.m., Mann Library Addition.
"Case Studies in the Creative Process: Developing and Managing Creativity in Teaching, Research and Management," Kenneth Hover, civil and environmental engineer, Feb. 24, 2:55 p.m., 155 Olin Hall.music
* Feb. 20, 12:30 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Midday Music at Lincoln: Xak Bjerken, David Borden and Blaise Bryski perform two-piano works by David Borden.
* Feb. 21, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Violinist Kia-Hui Tan, assisted by Xak Bjerken, presents an all-Prokofiev program. See story, Page 11.
* Feb. 27, 12:30 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Midday Music at Lincoln: Julia Madden, soprano, will perform works of French and American art songs.
Feb. 23: Les Sampou 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.readings
Ruth Stone will give a poetry reading Feb. 24 at 4:30 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.
A reading group focusing on books by Laurie Garrett, this year's Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecturer, will meet Feb. 26 at 12:30 p.m. in 300 Rice Hall. The theme of the Feb. 26 meeting is "Emerging Diseases"; reading material to be discussed includes Coming Plague chapters
describing recent disease outbreaks, Chapter 13 "Revenge of the Germs" and other materials posted on the Web site http://www.cfe.ornell.edu/erap/Events/BookGroup-Spr03. See story, page 9.religion
Arianna Huffington, columnist and author, will lead the service Feb. 23 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.
* 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.
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.
* Evening Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-6:30 p.m., in Anabel Taylor Hall Chapel.
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, 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 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 service times, call 272-5810; daily services are at 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 272-1564 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 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.
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
"Inappropriate Probes by Dense Molecular Clouds," Paul Goldsmith, astronomy, Feb. 20, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
"The Crab Nebula: The Gift That Keeps on Giving," Jeff Hester, Arizona State University, Feb. 27, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
"3-D Reconstruction of Serially Sectioned Mouse Embryos," Matthew Kaufman, Edinburgh University, Feb. 25, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"Molecular Electronics and Interfacial Electron Transfer," Xiaoyang Zhu, University of Minnesota, Feb. 24, 4 p.m., 165 Olin Hall.
TBA, Carrie Stearns, chemistry and chemical biology, Feb. 26, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"The Secret of El Dorado: Terra Preta de Indio," Johannes Lehmann, crop and soil sciences, Feb. 25, 3:30 p.m., 101 Bradfield Hall.
"The Supercontinent Cycle and True Polar Wander: Implications for Precambrian Mantle Dynamics and a Plate-Tectonic Speed Limit," David Evans, Yale University, Feb. 25, 4:30 p.m., 2146 Snee Hall.
"Phenotypic Change in Introduced Plants: Common Garden Experiments in the Native and Introduced Range," John Maron, University of Montana, Feb. 24, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Animal Flight Mechanics in Physically Variable Gas Mixtures: Paleozoic and Present Perspectives," Robert Dudley, University of Texas, Feb. 24, 4 p.m., A106 Corson-Mudd Hall.
"Armed With a Yellow Mimosa: Women's Defense and Assistance Groups in Italy, 1943-45," Jomarie Alano, Tufts University, Feb. 24, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"Center-Periphery Alignments and Political Contention in Late-Modern Europe," Sidney Tarrow, government, Feb. 26, 4:30 p.m., 201 A.D. White House.
"Stress Management: L. Monocytogenes and the Alternative Sigma Factor B.," Vincent Yeung and David Sue, food science, Feb. 25, 4 p.m., 204 Stocking Hall.
"Timing Is Everything: The Role of Diel Cycles in the Control of Plant Development," Barry Micallef, University of Guelph, Feb. 20, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Sustainability of Organic, Conventional and Integrated Apple Production Systems in Washington State," John Reganold, Washington State University, Feb. 27, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Conflict and Coexistence: Lions, People and Parks in India's Gir Forest," Mahesh Rangarajan, South Asia Program, Feb. 21, 12:15 p.m., 157 Sibley Hall.
Leonida Zurita, National Federation of the Women's Peasant Movement of Bolivia Bartolina Sisa, will give the following two seminars: "The Human Costs of the War on Drugs: A Personal Account From Bolivia," Feb. 24, 4:30 p.m., 165 McGraw Hall; and "The Impact of Anti-Narcotics Policies on Rural Women in Bolivia," Feb. 25, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall. Both talks will be in Spanish with English translation provided.
"Single Molecule Mechanical Testing (Fishin' for a Livin')," Larry Bottomley, Georgia Institute of Technology, Feb. 20, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Building an Interface to Biomolecular Processes With Magnetoelectronics," Jeff Byers, Naval Research Laboratory, Feb. 27, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Exploring the Potential of Surface Grown PEG-Polymer Brushes for Biotechnology Applications," Wageesha Senaratne, Ober Research Group, Feb. 25, noon, G01 Biotechnology Building.
"Human Dominated Ecosystems: Understanding the Anthroposphere in the Anthropocene," Robert Constanza, University of Vermont, Feb. 25, 3:30 p.m., 304 Fernow Hall.
"A New Approach to Islamic Law: Egyptian Family Law in a Praxiological Perspective," Baudoin Dupret, CNRS and CEDEJ, Feb. 24, 4:30 p.m., 110 White Hall.
"Is Globalization Good or Bad for Nutrition?" Per Pinstrup-Andersen, nutritional sciences, Feb. 24, 4 p.m., 100 Savage Hall.
Deanna Marcum will give the following two seminars: "The Necessity of Collaboration: How Will Information Technology and Libraries Both Support Research and Teaching?" Feb. 20, 10 a.m., 2B48 Kroch Library; and
"When Everyone Will Be a Librarian: What Is the Future for Libraries?" Feb. 20, 2 p.m., 401 Warren Hall.
"Systems Engineering for Homeland Security: Technology Insertion Challenges," Richard Rudman, the MITRE Corp., Feb. 20, 4:30 p.m., B14 Hollister Hall.
"Natural Resources, Governance and Violent Conflict," Karen Ballentine, International Peace Academy, Feb. 20, 12:15 p.m., G8 Uris Hall.
"Semiconductor Spintronics," Nitin Samarth, Pennsylvania State University, Feb. 24, 4:30 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
"Plant Breeding for Nutrition Improvement," Per Pinstrup-Andersen, nutritional sciences, Feb. 25, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Linkage Disequilibrium Mapping of the Bacterial Blight Resistance Gene xa5 in Rice," Amanda Garris, plant breeding, Feb. 26, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"The Culture of Census Taking in India and the U.S.," Inder Jit Singh, director of census operations, Punjab, Ministry of Home Affairs, India, Feb. 21, noon, 4 Warren Hall.
"John Locke's `New Method' of Commonplacing: Managing Information and the Self," Richard Yeo, Dibner Institute, Feb. 24, 4:30 p.m., 374 Rockefeller Hall.
"The Theatre of the Oppressed in a Communist State: Jana Sanskriti in West Bengal, India," Dia Mohan, rural sociology, Feb. 24, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"Monarchs, Monks and Moderns: Colombo's 19th Century Buddhist Educators Look to Southeast Asia," Anne Blackburn, Asian studies, Feb. 20, 12:20 p.m., Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave.
"A Vietnamese Scholar in Anguish: Nguyen Cong Tru On How to Live in the World," Quang Phu Van, Yale University, Feb. 27, 12:20 p.m., Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave.
"New Membrane Model for Ballistic Impact Response and V50 Performance of Multi-Ply Fabric Systems," Leigh Phoenix, theoretical and applied mechanics, Feb. 20, 12:20 p.m., 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
TBA, Mary Brannon, Jeanswear, Feb. 27, 12:20 p.m., 317 Martha Van Rensselaer.
"Quantum Computation," David Mermin, physics, Feb. 21, 2:30 p.m., 205 Thurston Hall.
"Two Powerful Ways to Reduce Stress and Relax," Diane Hecht, a Reiki master, Feb. 20, noon, G10 Biotechnology Building.symposiums
Cornell will host a Chicana Literary Festival, "In Roads, All Roads: A Chicanafest," Feb. 22 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in 258 Goldwin Smith Hall. The festival features fiction writer Helena Maria Viramontes, mystery writer/poet Lucha Corpi, novelist Montserrat Fontes and poet Maria Herrera-Sobek. The morning session will include presentations by each author with a roundtable discussion led by Mary Pat Brady. The afternoon will include readings by each writer with a question-and-answer session following each reading. A closing reception will be at 5 p.m.
* The Third Annual Entrepreneurship and Private Equity Symposium, "Creative Strategies for Today's Economy," will be Feb. 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Sage Hall atrium and Rooms B8 and B9. Speakers include John Katzman, founder, chairman and CEO, The Princeton Review. Open to the public, fee charged to cover lunch, receptions. For details see: http://www.evcclub.com/.
* Biotechnology Symposium: "The Genomic Revolution - Changing the Face of the Health-Care Industry," Feb. 28, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Sage Hall, Room B9. Speakers include Ed Scolnick, senior vice president, Merck; George Scangos, president and CEO, Exelixis Pharmaceuticals; and a panel, moderated by Professor Bruce Ganem, featuring Colin Hill, CEO of Gene Network Sciences, and senior executives from Advion and Cigna. Free and open to the public. For details and to register: http://forum.johnso.cornell.edu/students/orgs/hbc.theater
* Company, a musical by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, in the Class of '56 Flexible Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Performances are Feb. 20-22 at 8 p.m.; matinee Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. Tickets in advance are $8 for seniors/students and $10 for the general public. Seats are limited. Call or visit the Schwartz Center box office, 430 College Ave., weekdays, 12:30-5:30 p.m.; or call 254-ARTS.
* The Heermans-McCalmon Playwriting Contest Reading will be Feb. 28 at 4:30 p.m. in the Class of '56 Flexible Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.miscellany
CALS is sponsoring the 2003 Greenhouse Update on Feb. 27. This half-day program will discuss NYS pesticide products databases, cultural and chemical control issues for Arabidopsis, and integrated pest management in commercial greenhouses. The program is open to all
greenhouse users at Cornell; seating is limited. Preregistration is required. For more information, contact Aimee Roberts at 255-6978 or abr6@cornell.edu.
* 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.
For information, visit http://www.arts.cornell. edu/writing/.sports
Feb. 21, at Yale, 7 p.m.
Feb. 22, at Brown, 7 p.m.
Feb. 21, Yale, 7 p.m.
Feb. 22, Brown, 7 p.m.
Feb. 22, at Skidmore
Feb. 22, Pennsylvania, Penn State and Columbia, New York City, 11 a.m.
Feb. 22, at Colgate, 2 p.m.
Feb. 21, Rensselaer, 7 p.m.
Feb. 22, Union, 7 p.m.
Feb. 20, Colgate, 7 p.m.
Feb. 22, at Colgate, 2 p.m.
Feb. 22, Gardnertown, 8:15 p.m.
Feb. 21-24, at NISRA Championship
Feb. 27, Ivy Championships, Princeton, NJ
Feb. 21, Colgate, 5 p.m.
Feb. 22, Binghamton, 1 p.m.
Feb. 22, Deneault Invitational
Feb. 22, Deneault Invitational
Feb. 22. East Stroudsburg, 7 p.m.