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The Spring Dance Theatre Concert is May 6-8 at 7 p.m. at the Cornell Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $4 in advance. For tickets and information, call or visit the box office in the Schwartz Center, 430 College Ave., 12:30-5:30 p.m., weekdays; 254-ARTS. 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.
* "Lauren Greenfield: Girl Culture," through May 16.
* "Allen Sisters: Pictorialist Photographs 1885-1920," through May 30.
* "Small Worlds: The Etchings of Jacques Callot and Stefano Della Bella," through June 13.
* "Contemporary Taiwanese Art in the Era of Contention," through June 13.
* "Double Takes: Transformations Through the Lens," through July 11.
* Art for Lunch: On May 13 at noon, An-Yi Pan, assistant professor of art history, will lead a tour of the "Contemporary Taiwanese Art" exhibition.
"Labyrinths for Peace," through May 22, in 3330 Carol Tatkon Center.
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., 1-5 p.m.)
"600 Years of Urban Development and Planning in and Around Tianjin," through June 5.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
"The Last Waltz" (1978), directed by Martin Scorsese, with Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Eric Clapton, 7:15 p.m.
"Kill Bill: Vol. 1" (2003), directed by Quentin Tarantino, with Uma Thurman, David Carradine and Lucy Liu, 9:45 p.m.
"Whale Rider" (2003), directed by Niko Caro, with Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene and Cliff Curtis, 7:15 p.m.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003), directed by Gore Verbinski, with Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, 7:15 p.m., Uris.
"The Last Waltz," 9:30 p.m.
"Club Dread" (2004), directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, with Bill Paxton, Jordan Ladd and members of Broken Lizard, 10:15 p.m., Uris.
"Cold Mountain" (2003), directed by Anthony Minghella, with Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Renée Zellweger, 7 p.m., Uris.
"Waiting for Happiness" (2002), directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, 7:15 p.m. Read the story.
"Tokyo Godfathers" (2003), directed by Satoshi Kon, with Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki and Aya Okamoto, 9:30 p.m.
"Club Dread," 10:15 p.m., Uris.
"Kill Bill: Vol. 1," 11:30 p.m.
Student films and videos, 7:30 p.m.
"Whale Rider," 7:15 p.m.
"The DV Club Presents ...," for information contact the Digital Video Club at crs29@cornell. edu or bpw22@cornell.edu, 9:30 p.m.
"The Last Waltz," 7:15 p.m.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," 9:45 p.m.
"Japanese Story" (2003), directed by Sue Brooks, with Toni Collette and Gotara Tsunashima, 7:15 p.m.
"Kill Bill: Vol. 1," 9:30 p.m.
"Club Dread," 7:15 p.m.
"Whale Rider," 9:30 p.m.music
* May 6, 12:30 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Midday Music at Lincoln: Jason Wang presents a senior honors project on the wind music of Florent Schmitt.
* May 8, 3 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Piano students of Xak Bjerken present "Mikro/Makrocosmos."
* May 8, 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall, Ithaca College: The Cornell Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of John Hsu, presents an evening of Brahms. Read the story.
* May 9, 3 p.m., Ford Hall, Ithaca College: The Cornell University Wind Ensemble and Cornell University Symphonic Band perform.
* May 9, 6 p.m., Arts Quad: Third Annual Percussion Gala, featuring performances by the Cornell Steel Bands and the Cornell World Drum and Dance Ensemble.
* May 10, 8 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: MIDI Madness: Student projects for Macintosh computer, synthesizers and live performers.
* May 10, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Cornell Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of Martin Hatch, perform traditional and new music for Indonesian instruments.
* May 11, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Student chamber music recital.
* May 12, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: The Cornell Middle Eastern Music Ensemble, under the direction of Nikolai Ruskin, presents Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, Greek and Persian songs and dances.
May 9: The McKrells will perform. Bound for Glory is broadcast Sundays from 8 to 11 p.m. on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5, from the Café at Anabel Taylor Hall, with live sets at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. Admission is free.religion
Ven. Tenzin Gephel, Tibetan Buddhist chaplain at Cornell United Religious Work, will lead the service May 9 at 11 a.m.
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
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.
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, and 9:30 p.m., Sage Chapel.
* Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m., ATH Chapel.
* Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sundays, 4 p.m., G22 ATH.
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 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. until June 1, then 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 Halaqa, Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., ATH. 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
"Women Redefining Their Roles in the Post-Apartheid South Africa," Thelma Pinto, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, May 6, 12:20 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
Salpeter Lecture: "Evidence for Grain Growth in Protoplanetary Disks From Mid-Infrared Scattered Light Images," Andrea Ghez, University of California-Los Angeles, May 6, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
"The Biogeochemistry of Tropical Land-Use Change: Mesoscale to Microscale Impacts," Deborah Lawrence, University of Virginia, May 7, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Insect Tight Junctions: A Paracellular Pathway With an Active Transport Role," Ming-Jiun (Brad) Yu, biomedical sciences, May 11, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"How Membranes Shape Protein Structure," Stephen White, University of California-Irvine, May 12, 4:30 p.m., 700 Clark Hall.
"Ionic Liquids by Protein Transfer, and the Ionic Liquid Fuel Cell," C. Austin Angell, Arizona State University, May 6, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Laboratory.
"Diversity Management: Examining the Link Between Diversity and Organizational Performance," Quinetta Roberson, ILR School, May 6, 4:30 p.m., 100 Caldwell Hall.
"Evaluations of the System of Rice Intensification and Its Spread in Andhra Pradesh, India," Alapati Satyanarayana, ANGRAU, May 6, 12:15 p.m., 300 Rice Hall.
"Nitrate Adsorption in Oxisols of the Brazilian Savannas," Thomaz Rein, May 6, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Genetic Differentiation, Feeding Performance and Pre-Zygotic Barriers Between Two Host Races of the European Corn Borer, Ostrinia nubilalis," Denis Bourguet, Centre de Biologie et de Gestion des Populations, Montpellier, France, May 10, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Using Leaf Litter Beetles as Indicators of Diversity Patterns and Endemism," Bob Anderson, May 10, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Growth, Net Carbon Exchange and Carbon Partitioning in Apples Affected by Temperature," Guillermo Calderon-Zavala, Ph.D. candidate, May 6, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Enabling Anomalous Light Behavior With Photonic Crystals," John Joannopolous, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 6, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Spacecraft Formation Flying: A Systems Perspective," Jana Schwartz, Virginia Tech, May 6, 10 a.m., 178 Rhodes Hall.
"Stable Relative Equilibria of a Gyrostat: Systems Engineering Applications in the XM Radio Spacecraft Mission," Mason Peck, Honeywell, May 10, 10 a.m., 111 Upson Hall.
"Reductive Dechlorination in Dehalococcoides: From the Ithaca Sewage Treatment Plant to the Field to the Genome," Stephen Zinder, microbiology, May 6, 4 p.m., 105 Riley-Robb Hall.
"Mitotic Regulation From a Checkpoint Perspective," Orna Cohen-Fix, National Institutes of Health, May 7, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
Composers' Forum: Tristan Murail, Columbia University, May 7, 1:25 p.m., 316 Lincoln Hall.
"Grading on the Curve?: Where Do U.S. Nonproliferation Programs Fit?" Kathleen Vogel, science and technology studies, May 6, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"Dynamic Mechanism for Stimulus-Induced Ventricular Fibrillation in Beagle Dogs," Carlo Bartoli, student presentation, May 10, 4 p.m., T3004A Veterinary Research Tower.
"Marker Assisted Breeding for Transformability in Maize," Brenda Lowe, Monsanto/Mystic Research, May 11, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
TBA, Kathryn Gordy, Cotton Inc., May 6, noon, 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"Rapid Detection of Salmonella ssp. in Ground Beef and Water Using Immunoliposomes," Tone Helland, environmental toxicology, May 7, 12:20 p.m., 300 Rice Hall.symposium
The Department of Economics is holding a conference, "75 Years of Development Research: An International Colloquium," May 7-9 on campus.
Cornell President Jeffrey Lehman will open the conference May 7 at 9:45 a.m. in 165 McGraw Hall. The keynote speakers include Stephen Morris from Yale University, who will speak on "Coordination, Crises and Development," and Abhijit Banerjee from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who will speak on "Modeling Credit Markets." They will speak starting at 10 a.m. in 165 McGraw Hall. A panel discussion on "The Role of Theory in Development Economics" will held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in 305 Ives Hall.
On May 8, a keynote panel will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on "Economic Sociology of Development" in 305 Ives Hall. The May 9 keynote speaker will be Dani Rodrik of Harvard University, who will speak on "Growth Strategies" at 11 a.m. in 305 Ives Hall. A keynote panel on "Methodology" runs from 9 to 10:30 a.m., and a second panel, on "Knowing Development: Anthropological Investigations of the Subjects, Institutions and Practices of Development," runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m., both in 305 Ives Hall.
For information: http://www.arts.crnell.edu/econ/75devconf/home.html. Read the story.theater
The Grapes of Wrath runs May 6-8 at the Schwartz Center. Evening performances are at 8 p.m.; one matinee is offered May 8 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $8 for students and seniors and $10 general in advance. For tickets and information, call or visit the box office in the Schwartz Center, 430 College Ave., 12:30-5:30 p.m. weekdays, or one hour before the show; 254-ARTS.miscellany
Meetings are open to the public and are held Monday through Friday, 12:15 p.m., in Anabel Taylor Hall. For more information, call 273-1541.
Tuesday, May 11, 7 p.m. at the Sciencenter. For information, call Charles at 257-2033.
Discover the Cornell Plantations' F.R. Newman Arboretum with a map and compass, May 16 from 1 to 3 p.m. Learn to read a detailed topographical map of the arboretum and practice using a compass, then discover selected locations throughout the arboretum. Compass, map and instructions will be provided. Start between 1 and 3 p.m. under the tent in the Houston Pond area of the arboretum. The event will be held rain or shine. Free to all Discovery Trail members (any member of the Cayuga Nature Center, Cornell Plantations, Lab of Ornithology, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Paleontological Research Institution, Sciencenter, History Center in Tompkins County and Tompkins County Public Library) who preregister by May 9. After May 9 or at the event, admission is $3 per person, $5 for a group of four. Call 255-2400 or e-mail plantations@cornell.edu to register.
The CU Web forum will meet May 12 from 10:30 a.m. to noon in Multipurpose Room A of Appel Commons. Marge Wolff from CIT will describe the LYNX Program, which arranges for certified students to provide instructional technology assistance to faculty and others involved in courses. Also, Steve Tylock of Lynx Technologies Inc. will discuss web caching to improve performance.
The Dean's Office in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is sponsoring a pesticide applicator certification orientation May 11 and 12. Attendance at this program is required for all new pesticide applicators at Cornell. Preregistration is required. For more information, contact Eric Harrington, 255-0485 or eh22@cornell.edu.
* 178 Rockefeller, Sunday-Thursday, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
* 222 Robert Purcell, Sunday-Thursday, 7-10 p.m.
* 320 Noyes Center, Sunday-Thursday, 7-10 p.m.
* Carol Tatkon Center, 3343 Balch Hall, Sunday-Thursday, 7-10 p.m.
Visit: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/writing/.
Week one of the Weight Watchers at Work Program begins May 12, noon to 1 p.m., 32 Warren Hall. Members must preregister. Contact Bobbi at 257-3128.sports
May 7, at Hobart, 7 p.m.
May 8, at Colgate, 1 p.m.
May 8, at Pennsylvania
May 9, at EAWRC Sprints
May 8-9, at Heptagonal Champs.
May 8-9, at Heptagonal Champs.