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Fall Step, dance performances including Cornell's Bhangra Team and Sitara, will be held Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. at Ithaca High School. Free. Read the story.
The annual Fall Dance Theatre Concert will be Dec. 2-4 at 7 p.m. in the Class of '56 Dance Theatre of the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $4 in advance. Call 254-ARTS for tickets and information. Read the story.emeritus/retired
"Science Results From the Spirit and Opportunity Rovers on Mars," James Bell, astronomy, Dec. 2, 2 p.m., Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium. Prior to the lecture, at 1:30 p.m., CAPE's annual membership meeting will be held. For further information, contact Tori Wishart, 255-6608.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.
* "Byrdcliffe: An American Arts and Crafts Colony," through Dec. 5.
* "For the Love of Beauty: British Arts and Crafts at the Turn of the Century," through Dec. 19.
* "Tears of Stone: World War I Remembered," through Jan. 2.
* "E.V. Day," through Jan. 9.
* "Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image," through May 15.
* Art for Lunch: On Dec. 2 from noon to 1 p.m., curator Nancy Green will lead a discussion of the exhibition "Tears of Stone."
* Art-full Family Saturday: On Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to noon, come for a morning of art activities, music and tales with the Storycrafters, an award-winning duo who tell traditional stories with music and motion from world cultures. Free for museum members/$5 per family for nonmembers.
* Holiday Party: Celebrate the holiday season Dec. 4 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the annual party, with performances by the Sage Chapel Choir, musical ensemble the Hanshaw Trio and Dryden High School Flute Choir, plus refreshments and a tour of the galleries with a certain special visitor from the North Pole. Free. Donations of dry dog food, dry and canned cat food, treats, toys, collars and leashes to benefit the Tompkins County SPCA would be appreciated.
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., 1-5 p.m.)
"Get Out the Vote! Campaigning for the U.S. Presidency," through Jan. 21.
"Senior Painting and Printmaking Exhibition," through Jan. 24. Read the story.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 ($4.75 for undergraduates and seniors; $4 for Cornell graduate students and kids 12 and under). films
"Distant" (2003), directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 7:15 p.m.
"Hero" (2002), directed by Zhang Yimou, with Jet Li, Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung, 9:45 p.m.
"Vanity Fair" (2004), directed by Mira Nair, with Reese Witherspoon, James Purefoy and Jim Broadbent, 7 p.m., Uris.
"A Time for Drunken Horses" (2000), directed by Bahman Ghobadi, with Ayoub Ahmadi and Rojine Younessi, 7:15 p.m.
"Open Water" (2003), directed by Chris Kentis, with Blanchard Ryan and Daniel Travis, 9:30 p.m.
"Hero," 9:45 and 11:45 p.m., Uris.
"Vanity Fair," 7 p.m., Uris.
"Distant," 7:30 p.m.
"Hero," 9:45 p.m., Uris.
"Open Water," 10 p.m.
"Student Films I," 7:30 p.m.
"Open Water," 7:15 p.m.
"Vanity Fair," 9:15 p.m.
"Distant," 7:15 p.m.
"Hero," 9:45 p.m.
"Danny Deckchair" (2003), directed by Jeff Balsmeyer, with Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto and Justine Clarke, 7:15 p.m.
"Open Water," 9:15 p.m.
An elegant holiday party and benefit featuring a rare screening of the silent classic "I Kiss Your Hand, Madame," starring Marlene Dietrich, with live musical accompaniment by Philip Carli. Party starts at 7:30 p.m., film at 9 p.m. Tickets, $35/$15 students, are available at 104 Willard Straight Hall or by calling 255-3522. Read the story.lectures
Gold Lecture: "Planets, Yellowstone and Prospects for Life in the Universe," Geoff Marcy, University of California-Berkeley, Dec. 2, 4:45 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
Baker Lecture: "Channeling of Ammonia Over Long Distances: The Role of Glutamine in Biology Using FGAR Aminotransferase as a Paradigm," JoAnne Stubbe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dec. 2, 11:15 a.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"Housing Preservation and Development in New York City: Accomplishments and Challenges," Rafael Cestero, deputy commissioner, New York City Department of Housing and Community Development, Dec. 3, 12:20 p.m., 135 Baker Hall.
"Health and Human Consequences of War: A Focus on Iraq," Jonathan Kirsch, Cayuga Medical Center, Dec. 7, 6 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
"Mapping `Holy Space': King Mongkut and Mahasima," Worrasit Tantinipankul, city and regional planning, Dec. 2, 12:20 p.m., Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave.music
* Dec. 2, 12:30 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Midday Music: Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players.
* Dec. 2, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Cornell Middle Eastern Music Ensemble, featuring traditional, Arabic, Turkish, Persian and Greek vocal and instrumental music performed on oud, qanoun, nay, strings and percussion. Read the story.
* Dec. 3, 8 p.m., Sage Chapel: Cornell Chorale will perform Schubert's Deutsche Messe, D. 872, and works by James MacMillan, Eric Whitacre and more.
* Dec. 4, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Cornell University Jazz Ensemble II and Gussman Jazz Combo, with guest trumpeter Clay Jenkins.
* Dec. 5, 3 p.m., Barnes Hall: Student chamber music recital.
* Dec. 5 and 6, 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 readings by members of the Cornell Community. Audience participation in the familiar Christmas hymns.
* Dec. 6, 8 p.m., B21 Lincoln Hall: MIDI Madness: Student projects for Macintosh computer, synthesizers and live performers.
* Dec. 7, 8 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Cornell Javanese Gamelan Ensemble and, from the Eastman School of Music, the Balinese Gamelan Lila Muni present "Music of the Indonesian Isles."
Dec. 5: Brian Joseph will perform. "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; kids are welcome. Listen to "Bound for Glory" on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5.religion
Priscilla Berggren-Thomas of the Earlham Religious (Society of Friends) Seminary will lead the service Dec. 5 at 11 a.m.
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Weekly prayer circle open to all faiths, sponsored by the Baha'i Club, held Sundays at 11 a.m. at 630 Stewart Ave. All are welcome.
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. Instruction is required before attending. For information, call Anne Marie at 273-4906.
Weekly large group meets Fridays at 7:30 p.m. in B14 Hollister Hall.
Sunday Mass schedule: 10 a.m. and 5:15 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium; 9:30 p.m., Sage Chapel.
Daily Masses: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 12:20 p.m., ATH Chapel; Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:15 p.m., ATH Chapel.
Testimony meetings: Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Founders Room, 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.
The InterVarsity chapter meets Fridays at 7:30 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. For information 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. For information visit http://www.quaker.org/ithaca/ or 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: Fridays, 6:15 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall; Saturdays, 9:45 a.m., Founders Room, ATH.
* Reform: Fridays, 6:15 p.m., Chapel, Anabel Taylor Hall.
* Orthodox: Friday, Center for Jewish Living, call 272-5810 for weekly times; Saturday, 9:15 a.m., Edwards Room, ATH.
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 at 9 a.m. Call 257-7313 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 Juma'a Prayer, Friday, 1:20 p.m., One World Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
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
"Some Thoughts on Foreign Aid," Yaw Nyarko, New York University, Dec. 2, 12:20 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"The Evolution of Sex Chromosomes: Do Human Males Have a Future?" Helen Skaletsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dec. 3, 3:45 p.m., 655 Rhodes Hall.
"From Biology to Finance: Analysis and Numerical Approximation of Stochastic Models With Singularities," Denis Talay, Inria Centre de Sophia Antipolis, France, Dec. 7, 4:15 p.m., 253 Rhodes Hall.
"Phylogenetic and Functional Investigations of Microbial Communities Respiring Diverse Chlorinated Contaminants: The Big Work of Small Microbes," Ruth Richardson, Cornell, Dec. 3, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Cell and Molecular analyses of Craniofacial Myogenesis," Drew Noden, biomedical sciences, Dec. 7, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"Making Natural Products by Fluorous Mixture Synthesis," Dennis Curran, University of Pittsburgh, Dec. 2, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
TBA, Amy Haas and Tadhg Begley, Cornell, Dec. 8, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"Nanoscale CMOS Microprocessors: Challenges and Directions," David Albonesi, Cornell, Dec. 2, 4:15 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
"Microbial Ecology of Compost Amendments in Organic Agriculture: I. Monitoring Human Pathogens in Compost Tea; II. Bacterial Communities in Vermicompost and Thermophilic Compost," Allison Horner, Dec. 2, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Support Vector Machines for Remotely Sensed Image Classification," Pramod Varshney, Dec. 9, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Food Web Structure and the Importance of Species Interactions in a Venezuelan Stream," Bryon Daley, doctoral dissertation seminar, Dec. 7, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"The Implications of HIV Diversity," Bette Korber, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Dec. 7, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
English Department Roundtable Series: Wyatt Bonikowski on Freud and Lacan, Dec. 3, 2:30 p.m., English Department Lounge.
"Update on Iron and Young Child Mortality in Zanzibar: What Are the Next Steps for Research?" Rebecca Stoltzfus, Cornell, Dec. 2, 12:20 p.m., 100 Savage Hall.
"Light-Regulated Capture of Biomolecules Mediated by Photoresponsive Polyelectrolytes," Jason Benkoski, Chalmers University of Technology, Dec. 9, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Marrying Continuum Mechanics and Radiology: Diffusion Tensor MRI as a Case Study," Peter Basser, National Institutes of Health, Dec. 7, 3 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
"Barbara McClintock at Cornell," Lee Kass, plant biology, Dec. 2, 4:30 p.m., Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium.
CANCELED: "Melding Cultivation-based and Molecular Ecological Approaches to Isolate and Study New Model Biosystems in Microbial Oceanography," Michael Rappe, University of Hawaii, Dec. 9, 4:30 p.m., 105 Riley-Robb Hall.
"Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms in Yeast and Human Cells," Kevin Struhl, Harvard Medical School, Dec. 3, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
"Study of Mammalian Fibroblast Migration on Fibronectin Gradients Generated Using Microfluidics," Dan Rhoads, Guan Research Group, Dec. 7, noon, G01 Biotechnology Building.
"Monitoring Ecological Changes in Terrestrial Landscapes Using Repeat, Ground-based Photography: A Case for Northwestern Yunnan, China," Jim Lassoie, natural resources, Dec. 7, 3:30 p.m., 304 Fernow Hall.
"Fish and Chips: Genes, Environment and Social Behavior in African Cichlid Fishes," Hans Hofmann, Harvard University, Dec. 2, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"At the Forefront of Civilized Nations? Imperial Russia's Surprising Support for the Laws of War," Peter Holquist, history, Dec. 2, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
TBA, Maria Harrison, Boyce Thompson Institute, Dec. 3, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
TBA, Rebecca Bennett, plant pathology, Dec. 8, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
CANCELED: TBA, Erin Kelly, University of Minnesota, Dec. 7, 3:30 p.m., 114 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"Bodies and Souls," Paul Bloom, Yale University, Dec. 3, 3:30 p.m., 202 Uris Hall.
"Interfacial Evaluation of Bioabsorbable Polymer Composites by Micromechanical Test and Acoustic Emission," Dae Sik Kim, Cornell, Dec. 2, 12:20 p.m., 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.symposiums
"European Turkey: Modernization, Secularism and Islam" will be held Dec. 3 and 4. Faruk Logoglu, Turkey's ambassador to the United States, will deliver the opening address Dec. 3 at 5:30 p.m. in the A.D. White House, and Kemal Gürüz, former president of Turkey's council of higher education, will deliver the keynote address Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. in the atrium of Sage Hall. For a complete list of speakers and topics, visit the forum Web site at http://ww.einaudi.cornell.edu/europe/initiatives/turkey.asp.theater
The Good Person of Setzuan by Bertolt Brecht will be staged Dec. 2-4 in the Kiplinger Theatre of the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $10/$8 students and seniors. For tickets and information, call 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 Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy will hold an open house Dec. 4 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Founders Room of Anabel Taylor Hall. Meet Director Anke Wessels, project staff and board members. Information about all projects will be on display.
The Soup Kitchen, a series of casual meetings, discussions and interventions, continues Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Miller-Heller House, 122 Eddy St., with "The Sun, Grey, Electricity and Future Secrets of the Production of Space: Reviewing La Posa."
No appointment necessary.
* Noyes Center, Room 320, Sunday-Thursday, 7-10 p.m.
* Carol Tatkon Center, 3343 Balch Hall, Sunday-Thursday, 7-10 p.m.
* Robert Purcell Center, Room 222, Sunday-Wednesday, 7-10 p.m.
* Rockefeller Hall, Room 178, Sunday-Thursday, 3:30-5:30 p.m.sports
Dec. 4, at St. Bonaventure, 7 p.m.
Dec. 6, Lafayette, 7 p.m.
Dec. 4, Drexel, 2 p.m.
Dec. 4-5, at Centenary Tournament, Hackettstown, N.J.
Dec. 4, Yale
Dec. 5, at NIWFA Holiday Invit., Teaneck, N.J.
Dec. 3, Yale, 7 p.m.
Dec. 4, Princeton, 7 p.m.
Dec. 3, at Yale, 7 p.m.
Dec. 4, at Princeton, 4 p.m.
Dec. 3, Greenwich, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 4, at VFMA, 1 p.m.
Dec. 4, TBA, 2 p.m.
Dec. 4, Harvard, 10 a.m.
Dec. 4, Harvard, 10 a.m.
Dec. 2, at Binghamton, 5 p.m.
Dec. 2, at Binghamton, 6 p.m.
Dec. 3-4, at Las Vegas Invitational