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Calendar of Events

Aug. 26 - Sept. 2, 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.
* "Time and a Chair," through Oct. 3.
* "Korean Art: Highlights From the Collection," through Oct. 3.
* "Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image," through May 15, 2005.
* "African Forms: Objects of Use and Beauty From the Ginzberg Collection," Aug. 28 through Oct. 3.
* "Cornell Council for the Arts: Emerging Artists," Sept. 2 through Oct. 10.
* Opening reception: All are welcome at the opening reception, Sept. 2, from 5 to 7 p.m.
* Teacher's workshop: Teachers are invited for an open house in the exhibition "African Forms," Sept. 2 from 3 to 5 p.m., to learn more about the objects in the exhibition and discuss how to incorporate them into the classroom.
* Gallery talk: Mark Ginzberg will speak about his collection in the "African Forms" exhibit, Sept. 2 at 4:30 p.m.
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Kroch Library
"Cornellians at the Olympic Games," in the RMC Reference Room.
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.
Olive Tjaden Gallery
"Dialogues Between Patterns," paintings by Josephine Alcott, Aug. 30-Sept. 4. An opening reception will be Sept. 28 from 5:30 to 8 p.m.


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 ($4.75 for undergraduates and seniors; $4 for Cornell graduate students and kids 12 and under). Visit the Cornell Cinema Web site at http://cinema.cornell.edu.
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.
Friday, 8/27
"The Trial" (1962), directed by Orson Welles, with Anthony Perkins and Jeanne Moreau, 7 p.m.
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004), directed by Michel Gondry, with Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet and Mark Ruffalo, 7:30 p.m., Uris.
"The Belly of an Architect" (1987), directed by Peter Greenaway, with Brian Dennehy and Chloe Webb, 9:30 p.m.
"Mean Girls" (2004), directed by Mark Waters, with Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Tim Meadows, 10 p.m., Uris.
"Kill Bill, Vol. 2" (2004), directed by Quentin Tarantino, with Uma Thurman and David Carradine, midnight, Uris.
Saturday, 8/28
"The Umbrellas of Cherbourg," 7:15 p.m.
"The Triplets of Belleville" (2003), directed by Sylvain Chomet, 7:15 p.m., Uris.
"Kill Bill, Vol. 2," 9 p.m., Uris.
"Shaolin Soccer," 9:30 p.m.
"Mean Girls," midnight, Uris.
Sunday, 8/29
"The Trial," 3 p.m.
"Modern Times" (1936), directed by Charles Chaplin, with Chaplin and Paulette Goddard, 7:15 p.m.
"Seamen's Wives" (1930), directed by Henk Kleinman, with Harry Boda, Josina Schetzer and Joseph Pasch, presented by Pentangle, 7:30 p.m., Uris, free.
"Kill Bill, Vol. 2," 9:15 p.m.
Monday, 8/30
"The Belly of an Architect," 7:15 p.m.
"The Triplets of Belleville," 9:45 p.m.
Tuesday, 8/31
"The Umbrellas of Cherbourg," 7:15 p.m.
"Shaolin Soccer," 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 9/1
"Fahrenheit 451" (1966), directed by François Truffaut, with Julie Christie and Oskar Werner, 7 p.m.
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," 9:30 p.m., Uris.
Thursday, 9/2
"Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism" (2004), directed by Robert Greenwald, 5:15 p.m., free.
"Lucía" (1969), directed by Humberto Solás, with Raquel Revuelta, Eslinda Núñez and Adela Legrá, 7 p.m.
"Mean Girls," 10 p.m.


lectures

City & Regional Planning
"Changing Planning for a Changing Rochester," Wade Norwood, councilmember-at-large, Rochester, Aug. 27, 12:20 p.m., 135 Baker Hall.
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.
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
"What's at Stake: The Future for Working Families," Richard Trumka, secretary-treasurer, AFL-CIO, Sept. 2, 11:45 a.m., 105 Ives Hall. Read the story.
A.D. White Professors-at-Large
"Creativity and the Brain," Oliver Sacks, neurologist and author, Sept. 2, 7:30 p.m., Statler Auditorium. Free tickets are required and are available at the Willard Straight Hall ticket office. Limit two per person. Read the story.


music

Bound for Glory
Aug. 29: Guy Davis 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

Sage Chapel
Rev. Kenneth Clarke Sr., director of Cornell United Religious Work, will lead the service Aug. 29 at 11 a.m.
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.
Weekly coffee hour Tuesdays, 4:30 p.m., Tower Café, Uris Library. For more information visit the Web site: http://www.meca-online.org/.
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

African Development, Institute for
"Gender, Transport and Maternal Mortality: An African Perspective," Margaret Grieco, Napier University and visiting professor, Sept. 2, 12:20 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
Biophysics
"Heterogeneity in Protein Folding Reactions," Jayant Udgaonkar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India, Sept. 1, 4:30 p.m., 700 Clark Hall.
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Laughlin Lecture: Cosima Stubenrauch, University of Cologne, will give the following seminars, both at 4:40 p.m. in 119 Baker Laboratory: "Films and Foams: New Concepts and Perspectives," Aug. 26; and "Films and Foams: What Do a Foam Film and a Real Gas Have in Common?" Aug. 31.
"Complex Natural Products as a Driving Force for Discovery in Organic Chemistry," Brian Stoltz, California Institute of Technology, Aug. 30, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"Probing Molecular Mechanisms in Vitro and in Vivo: RNA Aptamers as Highly Specific `Drugs,'" Jon Lis, molecular biology and genetics, Sept. 2, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
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 Hall.
European Studies, Institute for
David Brown will hold an introductory session on the "Mellon Sawyer Seminar: Integration at the Periphery," Sept. 1 at 4:30 p.m. in 110 A.D. White House.
International Programs - CALS
"Exploring the Scientific Foundations of Ecoagriculture," Louise Buck, natural resources, Sept. 1, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
Materials Science & Engineering
"Nanoscale Morphology Control Using Ion Beams," Michael Aziz, Aug. 26, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Assault on Storage Density of 1 Terabit/sq-in and Beyond," Dieter Weller, Seagate Research, Sept. 2, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
Neurobiology & Behavior
"Estrogen Production in the Brain of a Vocal Fish With Alternative Reproductive Morphs," Paul Forlano, neurobiology and behavior, Aug. 26, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
Physics
"Searching for a Guaranteed Surprise: Systematic Analysis of Energy Frontier Collider Data," Bruce Knuteson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Aug. 30, 4, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Laboratory, 4 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
Textiles & Apparel
"Green Composites," Anil Netravali, Cornell, Sept. 2, noon, 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
Theoretical & Applied Mechanics
"Biomimetic Design of Fibrillar Interfaces for Adhesion," Chung-Yuen Hui, theoretical and applied mechanics, Sept. 1, 4:30 p.m., 205 Thurston 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.
Plants for Life Sale
Thousands of plants will be for sale Aug. 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. beneath the Schoellkopf Crescent. Proceeds will benefit the Ithaca Breast Cancer Alliance.