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The Cornell Chronicle
Calendar of Events

August 19 - 26, 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.
* "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," through Oct. 3.
Hirshland Gallery, Kroch Library
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., 1-5 p.m.)
"Liberty Hyde Bailey: A Man for All Seasons," through Oct. 2.
Mann Library
"Mail Order Gardens: The Ethel Zoe Bailey Horticultural Catalog Collection," through Aug. 31.
Rare and Manuscript Collections, Kroch Library
"Cornellians at the Olympic Games," in the RMC Reference Room. Read the story.


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). Visit Cornell Cinema's Web site at http://cinema.cornell.edu.

Paper chase


Anthony Perkins as the beleaguered Joseph K. in Orson Welles' "The Trial," showing in a new black-and-white print Aug. 24 and 27 in conjunction with the New Student Reading Project and community read of the Franz Kafka book. Among the films screened by Cornell Cinema starting Aug. 22 are Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times" and Jacques Demy's "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg." Courtesy of Cornell Cinema

Sunday, 8/22
"City of God" (2002), directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, with Alexandre Rodrigues and Leandro Firmino da Hora, 7:15 p.m.
Monday, 8/23
"Modern Times" (1936), directed by Charles Chaplin, with Chaplin and Paulette Goddard, 7:15 p.m.
"The Triplets of Belleville" (2003), directed by Sylvain Chomet, 9:15 p.m.
Tuesday, 8/24
"The Trial" (1962), directed by Orson Welles, with Anthony Perkins and Jeanne Moreau, 7:15 p.m.
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004), directed by Michel Gondry, with Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet and Mark Ruffalo, 9:45 p.m.
Wednesday, 8/25
"Modern Times," 7:15 p.m.
"City of God," 9:15 p.m.
Thursday, 8/26
"The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (1964), directed by Jacques Demy, with Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo, 7:15 p.m.
"Shaolin Soccer" (2001), directed by Stephen Chow, with Chow, Vicki Zhao and Man Tat Ng, 9:30 p.m.


lectures

Clarke Program in East Asian Law
Ueno Chizuko, Tokyo University, one of Japan's leading feminist scholars, will lecture Aug. 26 at 4:30 p.m. in 276 Myron Taylor Hall.
A.D. White Professors-at-Large
"The Roman Law of Sale and Modern Times," Okko Behrends, University of Göttingen, Germany, Aug. 25, 9:05 a.m., 290 Myron Taylor Hall. Read the story.


religion

African-American
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Baptist Campus Ministry
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.
Buddhist
* 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.
Campus Crusade for Christ
Weekly large group meets Fridays at 7:30 p.m. in B14 Hollister Hall.
Catholic
Summer Mass schedule: Sundays, 10 a.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium.
Christian Science
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.
Cornell Christian Fellowship
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.
Episcopal (Anglican)
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.
Friends (Quakers)
Meeting for worship, Sunday, 11 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For information visit http://www.quaker.org/ithaca/ or call 273-5421.
Grace Christian Fellowship
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.
Hindu
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.
Jewish
* 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.
Korean Church
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.
Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)
Cornell student branch: Sundays at 9 a.m. Call 257-7313 for information.
Lutheran
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.
Muslim
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.
Pagan
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

Computer Science
"Recent Discoveries From Paxos," Leslie Lamport, Microsoft Research, Aug. 24, 10:30 a.m., B17 Upson Hall.
Crop & Soil Sciences
"Using Trees to Remediate Tritium Contaminated Groundwater: A Modeling and Tracer Study," Karin Rebel, Aug. 26, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson.
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
"Female Reproductive Strategies and Variation in Group Size of Barn Swallows: Individual-Level Decisions and Population-Level Patterns," Rebecca Safran, doctoral dissertation seminar, Aug. 25, 11:30 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.
Book Signing
Christine Schelhas-Miller, director of the Carol Tatkon Center, associate dean of students and senior lecturer in human development, will sign copies of Don't Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money, at the Cornell Store, Aug. 20 from 4 to 5 p.m. and Aug. 21 from 2 to 3 p.m.