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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.
* "African Forms: Objects of Use and Beauty From the Ginzberg Collection," through Oct. 3.
* "Cornell Council for the Arts: Emerging Artists," through Oct. 10.
* "California Dreamin," through Oct. 17.
* "Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image," through May 15, 2005.
* Concert: Jin Hi Kim, the Freeman Foundation artist-in-residence at Cornell this semester and a widely acclaimed composer and Korean komungo player, will perform at the museum Sept. 16 from 5:15 to 7 p.m. Seating is limited.
* Art for Lunch: On Sept. 23 at noon, Andy Weislogel, assistant curator and master teacher, will lead an exploration of the "African Forms" exhibition.
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., 1-5 p.m.)
"Liberty Hyde Bailey: A Man for All Seasons," through Oct. 2.
"Stay-at-Home," paintings by Erin Arnold and Allison Bodznick, Sept. 20-24. A reception will be held Sept. 23 from 5 to 7 p.m.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. films
"Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism" (2004), directed by Robert Greenwald, 5 p.m., free.
"Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring" (2003), directed by Kim Ki-duk, with Oh Yeong-su, Kim Ki-duk and Kim Young-min, 7:15 p.m.
"Shrek 2" (2004), directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon, 9:30 p.m.
"The Corporation" (2003), directed by Jennifer Abbott and Mark Achbar, with Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore and Howard Zinn, 7 p.m.
"Godzilla" (1954), directed by Ishirô Honda, with Takashi Shimura and Momoko Kochi, 7:15 and 11:45 p.m., Uris.
"Shrek 2," 9:30 p.m., Uris.
"Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" (1971), directed by Melvin Van Peebles, with Van Peebles and Rhetta Hughes, 10 p.m.
"The Corporation," 7 p.m.
"Shrek 2," 7:15 and 11:30 p.m., Uris.
"Godzilla," 9:20 p.m., Uris.
"Young Adam" (2003), directed by David Mackenzie, with Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton and Emily Mortimer, 10 p.m.
"The Corporation," 4:15 p.m.
"Young Adam," 7:15 p.m.
"The Human Dutch" (1963), directed by Bert Haanstra, presented by Pentangle, 7:30 p.m., Uris, free.
"Godzilla," 9:30 p.m.
"Pépé le Moko" (1937), directed by Julien Duvivier, with Jean Gabin and Mireille Balin, 7 p.m.
"Young Adam," 9 p.m.
"Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring," 7:15 p.m.
"Pépé le Moko," 9:30 p.m.
"The Corporation," 7 p.m.
"The Kidnapping of Ingrid Betancourt," Latin American Film Series, 8 p.m., Uris, free.
"Monty Python's Life of Brian" (1979), directed by Terry Jones, 10 p.m.
"Millennium Mambo" (2001), directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, with Qi Shu, Jack Kao and Pauline Chan, 7:15 p.m.
"Time of the Wolf" (2003), directed by Michael Haneke, with Isabelle Huppert, 9:45 p.m.lectures
Milman Lecture: "The Baseball Mystery: Why Is It so Special?" Fay Vincent, former commissioner of Major League Baseball, Sept. 22, 4:30 p.m., Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. Read the story.
"Art Deco Picture Palaces in India," Mary Woods, architecture, Sept. 23, 5 p.m., Willard Straight Theatre.
"Urban Design Framework for the Near Southeast (D.C.)," Uwe Brandes, Washington, D.C., Office of Planning, Sept. 17, 12:20 p.m., 135 Baker Hall.
"A Romance With Spiders," Linda Rayor, entomology, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m., Statler Auditorium.
"Teach-in on the 2004 Election," Valerie Bunce, Matthew Evangelista, Walter Mebane and Nicolas van de Walle, Sept. 22, 4:30 p.m., Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.
Heidi Byrnes, Georgetown University, will speak Sept. 20 at 4 p.m. in the A.D. White House.
"Reduce Your Risk of Developing Diabetes," Cindy Parlett, Sept. 16, noon, G01 Biotechnology Building.
"The Mystery of Alzheimer's Disease," Paulette Johnson, Sept. 23, noon, G01 Biotechnology Building.music
* Sept. 16, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Kia-Hui Tan, violin, with pianists Augustus Arnone and Xak Bjerken. Read the story.
* Sept. 17, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: "The State of the Art" features digital music and video by such composers as Paul Lansky, Philippe Manoury and Miller Puckette, with violist John Graham of the Eastman School of Music. Part of symposium "The State of the Art: Perspectives on Digital Music in the 21st Century."
* Sept. 19, 7 p.m., Sage Chapel: "Eastman Organists at Cornell" features an evening of music by students in the renowned organ department of the Eastman School of Music.
* Sept. 20, 4:15 p.m., Barnes Hall: Lecture recital by Heather Miller.
* Sept. 21, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Pianist Shane Levesque will perform works by Liszt and Debussy.
* Sept. 23, 12:30 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Midday Music at Lincoln: Kia-Hui Tan, violin, and friends, featuring music of Charles Ives and other American composers.
On Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in Statler Auditorium, Asha Cornell presents "Notes of Hope," an evening of classical North Indian music, featuring the legendary flute maestro Padmabhushan Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, with Bhavanprasad Kathak on the pakhawaj and Shyamala on tanpura, to benefit grassroots educational projects in India. Advance tickets are $12 for students, $15 general; tickets at the door are $15 for students, $18 general. Tickets are available on campus at the Willard Straight Hall ticket office and online at http://www.ashanet.org/cornell.
Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen will perform Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. in 165 McGraw Hall. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. For information visit http://www.rso.cornell.edu/folkson.
Sept. 19: Alison McMorland and Geordie McIntyre 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
Professor Robert L. Harris Jr., vice provost for diversity and faculty development, will lead the service Sept. 19 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.
* 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., 12:15 p.m. and 5:15 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium.
Daily Masses: 12:20 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.
Contact the Center for Jewish Living for holiday information.
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 Halaqa, Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., ATH. Weekly Juma'a Prayer, Friday, 1:20 p.m., One World Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
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
"Why NEPAD Is Different From Other Pan-African Initiatives," Peter Ondeng, NEPAD Kenya Secretariat, Sept. 16, 12:20 p.m. 153 Uris Hall.
"Dams, Irrigation and Neo-liberalism: The Dismantling of Inter-African Development Dreams in the Senegal River," Jeanne Koopman, visiting scholar, Sept. 23, 12:20 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"One Against the Others: Conflict of Histories in Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God," Chima Anyadike, visiting associate professor, Sept. 22, noon, 258 Goldwin Smith Hall.
"Why Can't Johnny Integrate? Filling Bathtubs, Controlling Climate Change and Other Experiments With Complex Dynamic Systems," John Sterman, MIT Sloan School of Management, Sept. 17, 3:45 p.m., 655 Rhodes Hall.
"Recent Science Results From the Mars Exploration Rover Mission," Steve Squyres, astronomy, Sept. 16, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Buildings.
"Measuring the Meteoroid Bombardment of the Moon With Lunar Glass Spherules," Jonathan Levine, University of California-Berkeley, Sept. 23, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
"Nitrogen Processing in Headwater Streams: Lessons Learned From Solute Injections," Maury Valett, Virginia Tech, Sept. 17, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Speaking With the Silent Majority: Unculturable Bacteria in Microbial Communities From Soil and Insect Guts," Jo Handelsman, University of Wisconsin, Sept. 23, 4:30 p.m., 105 Riley Robb Hall.
"Genetic Control of Mammalian Gametogenesis and the Maintenance of Genomic Stability," John Schimenti, biomedical sciences, Sept. 21, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"Unzipping the Mysteries of the Helicase Protein," Smita Patel, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Sept. 29, 4:30 p.m., 700 Clark Hall.
"Practical Approaches to Business Analysis: Make It Simple," Bob Marklein, Procter and Gamble, Sept. 16, 4:30 p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
"The Challenges of Working on the Frontier," Alfred Center, chemical engineering, Sept. 23, 4:30 p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
TBA, Jennifer Elisseeff, Johns Hopkins University, Sept. 20, 4 p.m., 165 Olin Hall.
"Transport and Scanned Probe Investigations of Chemical Nanostructures," Hongkun Park, Harvard University, Sept. 16, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"Synthesis and Properties of Amphiphilip Block Copolypeptides," Timothy Deming, University of California-Santa Barbara, Sept. 20, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"Tuning With Amphiphilic Blockcopolymers," Cosima Stubenrauch, University of Cologne, Sept. 21, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"Nanoparticle Molecules and Quantized Charge Transfer," Shaowei Chen, University of California-Santa Cruz, Sept. 23, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"A Perspective on Systems Research," Roy Levin, Microsoft Research, Sept. 23, 4:15 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
"Mapping New York's Foodsheds: A Spatial Analysis of Local Food Production Potential," Christian Peters, Sept. 16, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Wet Melting at Subduction Zones," Terry Plank, Boston University, Sept. 21, 4:30 p.m., 2146 Snee Hall.
"North Korean Nuclear Crisis as Security Dilemma," brown bag luncheon seminar, Sept. 23, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"The Influences of Incomplete Reproductive Isolation and Environmental Differences on Parapatry in Skistodiaptomus Copepods," Ryan Thum, ecology and environmental biology, Sept. 20, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Engineers for a Sustainable World: Comments and Reflections," Rachel Davidson, civil and environmental engineering, Sept. 22, 12:15 p.m., 310 Rhodes Hall.
"Mapping the Informal Labor Market in Post-Socialist Societies," Caleb Southworth, University of Oregon, Sept. 22, 4:30 p.m., 201 A.D. White House.
"Small-Scale Structure of the Velocity and Scalar Fields in Turbulent Flows," Zellman Warhaft, mechanical and aerospace engineering, Sept. 21, 12:15 p.m., 178 Rhodes Hall.
"Soils, Roots and Grapes: Investigating Grapevine Mineral Nutrition at the Cornell Vineyard Laboratory," Terry Bates, Cornell, Sept. 20, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Virus Surfing Along Actin Fibers Precedes Entry," Walther Mothes, Yale University, Sept. 17, 12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium.
"On the Mechanics of Size Scale Plasticity and Fracture Relevant to the Design of Micro and Nanodevices," Horacio Espinosa, Northwestern University, Sept. 16, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Self-Organizing Robotic Systems," Eric Klavins, University of Washington, Sept. 21, 4:30 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
"Mcm10 Regulates the Stability and Chromatin Association of DNA Polymerase-alpha," Anja-Katrin Bielinsky, University of Minnesota Medical School, Sept. 17, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
"Deciphering Novel Roles for FAK Signaling in Cell Invasion and Tumor Angiogenesis," David Schlaepfer, Scripps Research Institute, Sept. 20, 4 p.m., G3 Veterinary Research Tower.
"Integration of Nanobio and Inorganic Materials in Sensors Inspired by Nature," Basil Swanson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sept. 21, noon, G01 Biotechnology Building.
"Biocomplexity and Fisheries Sustainability," Ray Hilborn, University of Washington, Sept. 21, 3:30 p.m., 304 Fernow Hall.
"Shedding Some Light on Brightness Perception," Al Seckel, California Institute of Technology, Sept. 16, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Sociocultural and Environmental Influences on the Food Choices of Hispanic Girls: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health," Ronni Bowen, University of North Carolina, Sept. 20, 4 p.m., 100 Savage Hall.
"Military Humanitarian Operations: Understanding the Problem," Reuben Brigety II, George Mason University, Sept. 16, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"Quantum Foam and Melting Crystal," Cumrun Vafa, Harvard University, Sept. 20, 4 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
"RNA Polyadenylation in Prokaryotes and Organelles: Different Tails Tell Different Tales," Gadi Schuster, Israel Institute of Technology, Sept. 17, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Cornell University's Cooperative Agricultural Activities With Institutions in the Republic of the Philippines," Edwin Oyer, vegetable crops, Sept. 21, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Redirection of Former Soviet Biological Weapons Scientists: Opportunities in Plant Sciences," Kathleen Vogel, science and technology studies, Sept. 22, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
TBA, Marianne Bitler, Public Policy Institute of Calfornia, Sept. 21, 3:30 p.m., 114 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"Establishing and Maintaining an Artistic Canon: The Roles of Dealers, Collectors, Museums, Curators, Scholars and the Public," James Cutting, Cornell, Sept. 17, 3:30 p.m., 202 Uris Hall.
"Identity and Exclusion: Caste Disparity and Liberalisation in India," Ashwini Deshpande, Delhi School of Economics, Sept. 20, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"Nucleic Acid-Based Microbiosensors for Pathogen Detection," Antje Baeumner, biological and environmental engineering, Sept. 16, noon, 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"High Speed Spinning of Fibers Based on Poly(trimethylene terephthalate," Richard Kotek, North Carolina State University, Sept. 23, noon, 317 MVR Hall.
"Good Questions for Deeper Learning of Mathematics," Maria Terrell, mathematics, Sept. 22, 4:30 p.m., 205 Thurston Hall.symposiums
"Havana and Miami: Modernism and the City" will bring together artists, designers and historians who have made seminal contributions to creating, preserving and interpreting modern Havana and Miami. The conference is Sept. 17 and 18 in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. The event opens with a talk Sept. 17 at 5 p.m. by Jorge Rigau, dean of the School of Architecture at Polytechnic University in Puerto Rico. Saturday events start with a 9 a.m. lecture by Eduardo Luis Rodríguez, Havana architect, preservationist and historian. Sessions on modern art, architecture, landscape and preservation will continue throughout the day. Read the story.
"Disciplinary Bodies," a graduate student conference, will be presented Sept. 17 and 18 in the A.D. White House. The keynote address Sept. 17, at 5 p.m., is "From Surface to Depth" by Paul Vanouse of the University at Buffalo. The keynote address Sept. 18, at 3 p.m., is "The Most Painful Photographs: Chinese Images of the `Death of a Thousand Cuts,'" by James Elkins of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Themes that will be addressed include "Performing Bodies," "Transgressive Bodies, Transitional States," "Textual Incarnations" and "Identifying Anatomies." For a complete schedule, visit http://www.rts.cornell.edu/complit/d_bodies/d_bodies.html.
"The State of the Art: Perspectives on Digital Music in the 21st Century," a series of lectures and performances, is scheduled for Sept. 16-18 on campus.
Sept. 16, "Dividing by Zero," Benjamin Thigpen, 4:30 p.m., B21 Lincoln Hall.
Sept. 17, B20 Lincoln Hall: "New Controllers for Musical Expression," Perry Cook, Princeton University, 1:30 p.m.; "The Death of Computer Music," Paul Lansky, Princeton, 3 p.m. Concert at 8 p.m. in Barnes Hall Auditorium: Elizabeth McNutt, flute; John Graham, viola; and Miller Puckette, live electronics.
Sept. 18, Johnson Museum Lecture Hall: "Incidences of Real-Time Processing in Musical Composition," Philippe Manoury, University of California-San Diego, 10:30 a.m.; "Live Electronic Music in the Recent Future," Miller Puckette, UC-San Diego, 11:45 a.m. Video works at 2:30 p.m. in Willard Straight Theatre.theater
Cornell's production of A Raisin in the Sun opens Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. in Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. The production will star Yolanda King as Mama and will be directed by Regge Life. Evening performances will run Sept. 17-18 and 23-25. One afternoon matinee will be offered Sept. 25 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $8 (students/seniors) and $10 (general). For tickets and information, call or visit the box office in the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, 403 College Ave., 12:30-5:30 p.m., weekdays; 254-ARTS.
The Dodgson Girls, a new play about Lewis Carroll's seven sisters, will be presented by 3rd Floor Productions, Sept. 17-19. Performances Sept. 17 and 18 are at 8 p.m.; a matinee Sept. 19 is at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10, $8 for students and seniors, and are available at the Risley box office, 255-9521, or the ticket center at Clinton House, 273-4497, or call 3rd Floor Productions for reservations, 277-6469.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.
"Judy's Day 1800s: Harvesting Upstate History," family fun and educational hands-on activities, is Sept. 19 from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Floyd R. Newman Arboretum.
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.
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 Community Center, Room 222, Sunday-Wednesday, 7-10 p.m.
* Rockefeller Hall, Room 178, Sunday-Thursday, 3:30-5:30 p.m.sports
Sept. 18, Pennsylvania, noon
Sept. 18, at Bucknell, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17-18, at Bucknell Invitational
Sept. 19, American, 2 p.m.
Sept. 17, St. Bonaventure, 7 p.m.
Sept. 19, Robert Morris, 11 a.m.
Sept. 22, Bucknell, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17, at Pennsylvania, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17-18, at Bucknell Invitational