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The Cornell Chronicle
Calendar of Events

July 15 - 29, 2004


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exhibits

Johnson Museum of Art
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.
* "A Versatile Collector: Celebrating the Life of Paul Ehrenfest '32," through July 25.
* "Gifts of Photography From Diann Mann '66 and Thomas Mann '64," through July 25.
* "Contemporary Taiwanese Art in the Era of Contention, Part II," through Aug. 15.
* "Heavenly Earth: Early Chinese Ceramics From the Shatzman Collection," through Aug. 22.
* "Time and a Chair," through Oct. 3.
* "Korean Art: Highlights From the Collection," July 17 through Oct. 3.
* Summer party: July 16, 5 to 7 p.m., Live music, balloon animals, light refreshments, wine bar and new exhibits.
* Art for Lunch: Curator Ellen Avril will lead a tour of the "Heavenly Earth" exhibition, July 22 at noon.


films

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).
Thursday, 7/15
"The Big Animal" (2000), directed by Jerzy Stuhr, with Stuhr, Anna Dymna and Rubio the Camel, 7:30 p.m.
"An American in Paris" (1951), directed by Vincente Minnelli, with Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, on the WSH Terrace; doors open at 8:30, film starts at 9:30; bring your own snacks; $8/$6 students and seniors.
Friday, 7/16
"Babette's Feast" (1987), directed by Gabriel Axel, with Stéphane Audran and Jean-Philippe Lafont, 7:30 p.m.
"Noi," (2003), directed by Dagur Kári, with Tómas Lemarquis, Pröstur Leö Gunnarsson and Elín Hansdöttir, 9:45 p.m.
Saturday, 7/17
"Noi," 7:45 p.m.
"Hellboy" (2004), directed by Guillermo del Toro, with Ron Perlman, Selma Blair and John Hurt, 10 p.m.
Sunday, 7/18
"Hellboy," 9:30 p.m.
Monday, 7/19
"Sunset Boulevard" (1950), directed by Billy Wilder, with Gloria Swanson and William Holden, 7:30 p.m.
"Hellboy," 9:45 p.m.
Tuesday, 7/20
"Trapped by the Mormons" (1922), directed by H.B. Parkinson, with Evelyn Brent, Louis Willoughby and George Wynn, with live piano accompaniment by Philip Carli, 7:30 p.m.
"Babette's Feast," 9:45 p.m.
Wednesday, 7/21
"The Seagull's Laughter" (2001), directed by Agúst Gudmundsson, with Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, Ugla Egilsdóttir and Heino Ferch, 7:30 p.m.
"Sunset Boulevard," 9:45 p.m.
Thursday, 7/22
"The Return" (2003), directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev, with Ivan Dobronravov and Vladimir Garin, 7:30 p.m.
"Goodbye, Lenin!" (2003), directed by Wolfgang Becker, with Daniel Brühl and Kathrin Sass, 9:45 p.m.
Friday, 7/23
"The Seagull's Laughter," 7:45 p.m.
"Dawn of the Dead" (2004), directed by Zack Snyder, with Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames and Mekhi Phifer, 10 p.m.
Saturday, 7/24
"The Return," 7:30 p.m.
"Goodbye, Lenin!" 9:45 p.m.
Sunday, 7/25
"Dawn of the Dead," 9:30 p.m.
Monday, 7/26
"The Barefoot Contessa" (1954), directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner, 7:30 p.m.
"Dawn of the Dead," 10:15 p.m.
Tuesday, 7/27
"Ithaca Silents," with live piano accompaniment by Philip Carli, 7:30 p.m.
"The Barefoot Contessa," 9:45 p.m.
Wednesday, 7/28
"Kitchen Stories" (2004), directed by Bent Hamer, with Joachim Calmeyer, Tomas Norström and Bjorn Flobergyer, 7:45 p.m.
"Goodbye, Lenin!" 9:45 p.m.
Thursday, 7/29
"Divan" (2003), directed by Pearl Gluck, 7:30 p.m.
"Dawn of the Dead," 9:30 p.m.


lectures

School of Criticism and Theory
The following lectures are held at 4 p.m. (unless noted) in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.
* TBA, Ranjana Khanna, Duke University, July 19.
* "Democratic Iterations: The Local, the National and the Global," Seyla Benhabib, Yale University, July 20.
* TBA, Rob Nixon, University of Wisconsin, Madison, July 21.
* "Skin Hunger: Masculinity and Sexuality in Commercial Fetishism," Anne McClintock, University of Wisconsin, Madison, July 23, 3:30 p.m.
* "There Is Nothing He Cannot Ask: Milton, Liberalism and Terrorism," Stanley Fish, University of Illinois, Chicago, July 26.
* TBA, Gayatri Spivak, Columbia University, July 27.
Summer Sessions
The following lectures are held at 7:30 p.m. in Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall:
"To Be an Insect," Thomas Eisner, Cornell, July 21.
"Mars, Venus and Beyond," Joseph Veverka, Cornell, July 28.


music

Summer Sessions
Indoor events take place Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. in the Kiplinger Theatre of the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Free tickets (four per person) are available starting at 6:30 p.m. the day of the performance.
* July 20: Band du Soleil (trumpet, horn, piano).
* July 27: Ageless Jazz Band (big band).

Outdoor concerts are held Fridays at 7:30 p.m. on the Arts Quad. Rain location is Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.
* July 16: PanGaia Steel Band.
* July 23: Voxology (contemporary folk).
Bound for Glory
July 18: Mike Agranoff will perform.
July 25: Sara Milonovich and Greg Anderson 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

For information on religious services:
Contact Cornell United Religious Work at 255-4214 or visit the Web site: http://www.curw.cornell.edu.


seminar

Neurobiology & Behavior
"The Hidden Lives of Timber Rattlesnakes: Foraging Ecology, Predator-Prey Relationships and Social Behavior," Rulon Clark, Cornell, July 15, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.


miscellany

Alcoholics Anonymous
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.
Emotions Anonymous
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.