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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. 6 at noon, tour the exhibit "Art and Its Afterlife," with co-curator Andrew Ramage.
* Artbreak: On Feb. 9 at 2 p.m., join in a panel discussion, "Art and the Law," about current legal issues pertinent to collecting and exhibiting art in a museum.
* Lecture: Feb. 13 at 5:15 p.m., Robert Hobbs, curator of the exhibition "Mark Lombardi: Global Networks," speaks about Lombardi's life and work.
(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.
(M-Th 8 a.m.-11 p.m., F 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. & Sun. 1-11 p.m.)
Twelve BFA students in their final year at Cornell will exhibit paintings Feb. 4-18. The participating students are Christopher Baily, Ross Frankel, Peter Gerakaris, Jung Eun Kim, Gigi Lee, Emily Schulenburg, Loreen Segal, Eun Shin, Nicole Sylvester, Luke Thorpe, Abby Weir and Jeffrey Williamson.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
"Afghanistan Year 1380" (2002), directed by Alberto Vendemmiati and Fabrizio Lazzaretti, 5:30 p.m.
"A Girl's Guide to the Galaxy" (2002), directed by Catherine Tingey, with an introduction by guest filmmaker Tingey, 7:15 p.m.
"The Rules of Attraction" (2002), directed by Roger Avary, with James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon and Fred Savage, 9:30 p.m.
"The Apartment" (1960), directed by Billy Wilder, with Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray, 7 p.m., Uris.
"Derrida" (2002), directed by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Kofman, with an introduction by guest filmmaker Kofman, 7:15 p.m.
"Brown Sugar" (2002), directed by Rick Famuyiwa, with Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan and Nicole Ari Parker, 9:40 p.m., Uris.
"The Rules of Attraction," 10 p.m.
"Naqoyqatsi" (2002), directed by Godfrey Reggio, midnight, Uris.
"Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams" (2002), directed by Robert Rodriguez, with Antonio Banderas, Daryl Sabara and Carla Gugino, presented by IthaKid Film Festival, 2 p.m.
"Derrida," 5 p.m.
"Yellow Asphalt" (2001), directed by Danny Verete, presented by the Jewish Film Festival, 7:15 p.m.
"Naqoyqatsi, 7:30 p.m., Uris.
"The Rules of Attraction," 9:20 p.m.
"Brown Sugar," 9:30 p.m., Uris.
"Yellow Asphalt," 10 a.m.
"Derrida," 4:30 p.m.
"Hiroshima, Mon Amour" (1959), directed by Alain Resnais, with Emmanuelle Riva, presented by Pentangle, 7:30 p.m., Uris, free.
"Written on the Wind" (1957), directed by Douglas Sirk, with Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall and Robert Stack, 7 p.m.
"The Apartment," 10:15 p.m.
"Sonbert's Early Influences: Andy Warhol," directed by Warren Sonbert and Andy Warhol, 7:30 p.m., Schwartz Center Film Forum.
"Gaza Strip" (2002), directed by James Longley, 7:30 p.m.
"Written on the Wind," 9:20 p.m.
"No Man's Land" (2001), directed Danis Tanovic, with Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac and Filip Sovagovic, with an introduction by John Weiss, history, 7:15 p.m.
"Undeclared Film Tour 2003" (2002), presented by the Cornell Ski and Snowboarding Club, 10 p.m., free. Please note: This show has been postponed until Feb. 19.
"Gaza Strip," 5:30 p.m.
"8 Women" (2002), directed by François Ozon, with Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart and Isabelle Huppert, 7:15 p.m.
"The Ring" (2002), directed by Gore Verbinski, with Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson and Brian Cox, 9:45 p.m.lectures
"Evolutionary Causes and Consequences of Robustness in Complex Gene Networks," Aviv Bergman, Stanford University, Feb. 11, 4:15 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
"On Designing Seeds for Similarity Search in Genomic DNA," Uri Keich, University of California-San Diego, Feb. 13, 4:15 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
"A Vineyard Venture: A School Administrator's Transition From Education to Business," Nancy Battistella, Six Mile Creek Vineyard, Feb. 13, 10 a.m., Six Mile Creek Vineyard, 1551 Slaterville Road.
"Report From Iraq," Terry Rockefeller, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m., Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.
`Transcriptomics: The Link Between Sequencing the Human Genome and Human Biology," Andrew Simpson, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, São Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 12, 4 p.m., G-10 Biotechnology Building.
"Cracking the Conch Conundrum: Tough Ceramics at the Seashore," Roberto Ballarini, Case Western Reserve University, Feb. 11, 4 p.m., 366 Hollister Hall.
"One Day, All Children in This Country Will Have an Equal Opportunity to Attain an Excellent Education," Wendy Kopp, Teach for America, Feb. 10, 4:30 p.m., Barnes Hall Auditorium. Read the story.
"Gender Neutrality or Gender Blindness? Examining the Process of Becoming Female Legal Professionals in Taiwan," Grace Kuo, Northwestern Law School, Feb. 12, noon, 273 Myron Taylor Hall.
"Personal Identification of Skeletal Remains in Mass Disasters: Role of the Forensic Anthropologist in Accounting for the Dead," Kenneth Kennedy, physical anthropologist, Feb. 10, 2:55 p.m., 155 Olin Hall.
"Truth and How We Seek It," Janet Reno, former U.S. Attorney General, Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m., Statler Auditorium.
"Collaboration Between Law and Public Health," Janet Reno, Feb. 12, 4:15 p.m., G90 Myron Taylor Hall.
"Accounting for Peace as Violence by Another Name? Heretical Thoughts From the Margins of the Sri Lankan Conflict," Arjuna Parakrama, University of Peradeniya, Feb. 7, 12:15 p.m., 157 E. Sibley Hall.
"World Culture and Transformations of the Transnational Corporation," John Boli, Emory University, Feb. 10, 10 a.m., 201 A.D. White House.music
* Feb. 6, 12:30 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Midday Music at Lincoln: Augustus Arnone presents "J.S. Bach and his modern piano."
* Feb. 7, 8 p.m., Sage Chapel: Guest artist Lee Wright performs a program of works for organ by Vierne, Franck, Alain, Duruflé and Hampton. The performance is part of the 2002-03 organ series, "Americans in Paris."
Lee Wright
* Feb. 8, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Pianist Xak Bjerken presents a solo piano recital, performing works by Ligeti, Beethoven, Stucky and Brahms.
* Feb. 9, 3 p.m., Barnes Hall: Tenor Gary Moulsdale performs a program of Italian popular songs, assisted by pianist Blaise Bryski.
* Feb. 13 12:30 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Midday Music at Lincoln: Guests Felicia Lipson, soprano, and William Jones, piano. German Lieder and American songs.
The Juilliard String Quartet will perform Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. in the State Theatre, downtown Ithaca. Tickets range from $19 to $30 for the public and $11 to $18 for students and are on sale at the Willard Straight Hall ticket office, Monday-Friday, 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.
Feb. 9: Connie Kaldor 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.reading
Nigerian novelist and poet Helon Habila will give a fiction reading Feb. 13 at 4:30 p.m. in Kaufmann Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall. His first novel, Waiting for an Angel, the opening section of which won the Caine Prize for African Writing, recently has been released in the United States by W.W. Norton. Currently Habila is a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University.religion
Cal Walker, associate director of Cornell's Learning Strategies Center, will lead the service Feb. 9 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 directions.
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.
Orthodox Christian Vespers, Thursday, Dec. 5, Anabel Taylor Chapel at 6:45 p.m.
Orthodox Christian discussion, Dec. 19, 6:45 p.m., Anabel Taylor Café.
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
"Optimal Investment in Incomplete Financial Models," Dmitry Kramkov, Carnegie Mellon University, Feb. 7, 3:45 p.m., 655 Rhodes Hall.
"Spinning the Bottle: Precision as a Probe of Neutron Star Physics," Bennett Link, Montana State University, Feb. 6, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Science Building.
TBA, Liese Van Zee, Indiana University, Feb. 13, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Science Building.
"Epithelial Calcium Channels CaT1 and EcaC and Their Roles in Calcium Homeostasis and Cancer Biology," Matthias Hediger, Harvard Medical School, Feb. 11, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
TBA, Maria Santore, University of Massachusetts, Feb. 10, 4 p.m., 165 Olin Hall.
"Automated Chip-Based Nanoelectrospray Determination of Biological Compounds," Jack Henion, Advion, Feb. 10, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"Ocean Warming, Predator Invasion and Rapid Morphological Change in a Marine Snail (Littorina obtusata)," Robin Hadlock Seeley, ecology and evolutionary biology, Feb. 10, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"The Affairs of Leaf Hairs: Regulation of Defense in Arabidopisi," Brian Traw, University of Chicago, Feb. 12, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"The Power and Limits of NGOs: Comparing International Efforts to Build Civil Society in Eastern Europe and Eurasia," John Glenn, Columbia University, Feb. 12, 4:30 p.m., 201 A.D. White House.
TBA, Marie Yeung and Luci Almeida, food science and technology, Feb. 11, 4 p.m., 204 Stocking Hall.
"Public Communication of Science: Scientists Speaking to the Media," Clint Nesbitt, communication, Feb. 6, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Crop Losses in a High CO2 World," Jason Hamilton, Ithaca College, Feb. 13, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Exclusive Breastfeeding in the Central Plateau of Haiti: Going From Problem Identification to Problem Solving," Purnima Menon, international nutrition, Feb. 6, 12:20 p.m., 100 Savage Hall.
"Carbon Dynamics in Costa Rican Alley Cropping Systems," Maren Oelbermann, crop and soil sciences, Feb. 12, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Experiments and Simulations for Understanding the Distribution of Lattice Strains in Multiphase Alloys," Mathew Miller, Cornell, Feb. 6, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Muscles, Motors and Liquid Crystal Elastomers," Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Kent State University, Feb. 13, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"What's in the Maize Centromere/Kinetochore Complex," Kelly Dawe, University of Georgia, Feb. 7, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
"Gonad on a Slide: A Neophyte Excursion Into the World of Nanofabrication," James Dias, Wadsworth Center, Feb. 11, noon, G01 Biotechnology Building.
"Complex Systems and Valuation," Karin Limburg, SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry, Feb. 11, 3:30 p.m., 304 Fernow Hall.
"Long-Term Consequences of Improving Nutrition in Early Childhood: The Oriente Study From Guatemala," Reynaldo Martorell, Emory University, Feb. 10, 4 p.m., 100 Savage Hall.
"Current Events Roundtable on the Situation in North Korea," Michael Shin, Asian studies; Barry Strauss, history and classics; Jae-June Suh, government; and Chong-Ae Yu, development sociology, Feb. 6, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"Nanometer Resolution With Single Molecule Fluorescence Imaging: Application to Biomolecular Motors," Paul Selvin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Feb. 10, 4:30 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
"Trend Analyses for Field Experiments-Exploratory Model Selection," Walter Federer, biometrics, Feb. 11, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Powdery Mildew of Grapevine: Problem Solved, Time to Move On," David Gadoury, plant pathology, Feb. 12, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Systems Biology Through the Back Door: Function, Evolvability and Collaboration in Software Systems and Biochemical Networks," Chris Myers, Cornell Theory Center, Feb. 7, 2:30 p.m., 205 Thurston Hall.
"Cell Culture Analogs for Evaluation of Potential Toxicity," Michael Shuler, chemical engineering, Feb. 7, 12:20 p.m., 300 Rice Hall.symposium
A conference, "Sri Lanka: Dynamics of Violence, Challenges of Peace," will be held Feb. 7-8.
The keynote address, "Accounting for Peace as Violence by Another Name: Heretical Thoughts From the Margins of the Sri Lankan Conflict," will be given by Arjuna Parakrama of the Center for Monitoring Election Violence and Center for Policy Alternatives, Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 7 at 12:15 p.m.in 157 E. Sibley Hall. A panel discussion on the topic "Social Cleavage, Hierarchy and Difference," follows from 3 to 5 p.m. in 401 Warren Hall.
The conference continues Feb. 8 from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. in 401 Warren Hall. Panels will be offered on "Structures of Violence and Forgiveness" and "Suffering, Violence, Closure," as well as a roundtable discussion on the peace process.
For more information, contact Cynthia Caron cmc41@cornell.edu or Nilanjana Bhattacharjya nb35@cornell.edu.theater
* Good 'n' Plenty, a comedy by Jeffrey Hatcher, is staged in the Black Box Theatre of the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. Performances are Feb. 6-8 at 8 p.m.; matinees are Feb. 8 and 9, at 2 p.m. Tickets in advance are $8 for seniors/students and $10 for the general public. Tickets at the door are $9 and $11. Call or visit the Schwartz Center box office, 430 College Ave., weekdays, 12:30-5:30 p.m.; or call 254-ARTS.
* Read about the Schwartz Center production of Company, which starts Feb. 12.miscellany
A Cornell United Religious Work Advisory Board meeting will be held Feb. 12 at 4:30 p.m. in 314 Anabel Taylor Hall. The meeting is open to all interested parties in the Cornell community.
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.
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
Feb. 7, Pennsylvania, 8 p.m.
Feb. 8, Princeton, 8 p.m.
Feb. 7, at Pennsylvania, 7 p.m.
Feb. 8, at Princeton, 7 p.m.
Feb. 8, at Temple, Fairleigh Dickinson and Princeton, 10 a.m.
Feb. 8, Pittsburgh and Rutgers, at Piscataway, 1 p.m.
Feb. 7, Dartmouth, 7 p.m.
Feb. 8, Vermont, 7 p.m.
Feb. 8, Princeton, 2 p.m.
Feb. 9, Yale, 2 p.m.
Feb, 7, Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 7, at Yale, 7 p.m.
Feb. 8, DC, 8:15 p.m.
Feb. 8, at Harvard and Dartmouth, noon
Feb. 7, at St. Bonaventure, 6 p.m.
Feb. 7, Buffalo and Bucknell, 2:30 p.m.
Feb. 8, Marist and St. Johns, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 8, at Boston College, 1 p.m.
Feb. 9, at Boston University, 10 a.m.
Feb. 8, at Army, with Yale
Feb. 8, at Army, with Yale
Feb. 7, at Columbia, 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 8, at Lehigh, 1 p.m.