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On April 2 and 3 Yves Moreau, internationally recognized folk dance scholar and teacher from Montreal, will hold a Balkan Dance Workshop at Appel Commons. Three workshop sessions will be held: April 2, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 2-4 p.m.; April 3, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. A Balkan dance party will be held from 7:30 to 11 p.m. with music played on traditional instruments by the Rochester band Karamfil, accompanied by singers. Admission $12 per session/party; $40 entire event. Admission is free to Cornell students. More information at http://ifd.cornell.edu or call 539-7335.emeritus/retired
"How the Earth Quakes," Jack Oliver, March 31, 10:30 a.m., Boyce Thompson Auditorium.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.
* "Rover Landings: Cornell on Mars," through April 24. Read the story.
* "Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image," through May 15.
* "Turkmen Textiles," through May 29.
* "Cars and Ketchup: Photorealist Images of the American Landscape," April 2 through June 19.
* "Twice-told Tales: Photographs and Their Stories From Alumni Collections," April 2 through July 31.
* Art for Lunch: March 31 from noon to 1 p.m., touch down on Mars and view the planet through the eyes of the Mars rover with Diane Bollen, Athena Project coordinator in the Department of Astronomy.
(9 a.m.-5 p.m., M-F; 1-5 p.m., Sat.; closed Sun.)
"The Passionate Collector: Willard Fiske and His Libraries," through May 28.
(8 a.m.-midnight, M-Th; 8 a.m.-6 p.m., F; noon-5 p.m., Sat.; and noon-midnight, Sun.)
"Freehand Drawing at Cornell: Selection of Student Illustrations Since the 1920s" is on view at the first floor of the Mann Library addition through March 31.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
"Moolaadé" (2004), directed by Ousmane Sembéne, with Fatoumata Coulibaly and Maimouna Helene Diarra, 7 p.m. Read about Cornell Cinema's International Film Festival.
"The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou" (2004), directed by Wes Anderson, with Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Cate Blanchett, 10 p.m.
"Moolaadé," 7 p.m.
"Hearts and Minds" (1974), directed by Peter Davis, 7:15 p.m., Uris.
"House of Flying Daggers" (2004), directed by Zhang Yimou, with Takeshi Kanesshiro, Andy Lau and Ziyi Zhang, 9:30 p.m., Uris.
"My Architect" (2003), directed by Nathaniel Kahn, with Louis Kahn, Edmund Bacon and Frank Gehry, 9:35 p.m.
"Moolaadé," 7 p.m.
"House of Flying Daggers," 7 p.m., Uris.
"Sideways" (2004), directed by Alexander Payne, with Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church and Virginia Madsen, 9:30 p.m., Uris .
"The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou," 9:35 p.m.
"Moolaadé," 5 p.m.
"Hearts and Minds," 7:30 p.m.
"Autumn Sonata" (1978), directed by Ingmar Bergman, with Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullman, presented by Pentangle, 7:30 p.m., Uris, free.
"Chinatown" (1974), directed by Roman Polanski, with Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, 7 p.m.
"House of Flying Daggers," 9:45 p.m.
"My Architect," 7:15 p.m.
"Ten Skies" (2004), directed by James Benning, 7:30 p.m., Schwarts Center for the Performing Arts Film Forum.
"Chinatown," 9:35 p.m.
"Hearts and Minds," 4:30 p.m.
"Mundo Grúa (Crane World)" (1999), directed by Pablo Trapero, with Luis Margani, Adriana Aizemberg and Daniel Valenzuela, 7:15 p.m.
"House of Flying Daggers," 9:20 p.m.
"Thirteen Lakes" (2004), with filmmaker James Benning, 7:15 p.m.lectures
"Projects," Valerio Olgiati, Zurich architect, March 31, 6:30 p.m., Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.
"The Last Shall Be First: African Urbanites and Their Contribution to Rethinking New Urban Worlds," Abdou Maliq Simone, New School University, April 1, 12:20 p.m., 335 Baker Hall.
"Law Creators or Law Discoverers? Japanese Crime Novels Today," Naoki Kasuga, University of Osaka, April 4, noon, 279 Myron Taylor Hall.
"`Legato con amore in un volume': Making the World Safe for Encyclopedism in Dante's Commedia," Jeff Turco, Cornell, April 1, 4:30 p.m., 201 A.D. White House.
"Gender, Violence and Poverty in Haiti," Carline Desire, Asosiyasyon Fanm Ayisyen nan Boston, March 31, 4:30 p.m., 423 ILR Conference Center.
"Reinventing the Transatlantic Alliance," Richard Burt, former U.S. ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, March 31, 4:30 p.m., 165 McGraw Hall.
"Is European Democracy Possible? Reflections on the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe," Neil MacCormick, University of Edinburgh, March 31, 4:15 p.m., 277 Myron Taylor Hall.
"From Cornell to the Courthouse: Representing High Profile Clients in Criminal Cases," Richard Strassberg, Goodwin Procter LLP, March 31, 6 p.m., G90 Myron Taylor Hall.
"Filling the Next Supreme Court Vacancy: The Confirmation Process in Perspective," Robert Katzmann, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, April 4, 4 p.m., G90 Myron Taylor Hall.
"Freedom of Speech: The Law of Defamation and the Right of Privacy," Pablo Salvador Coderch, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, April 4, 12:15 p.m., 276 Myron Taylor Hall.
"Justice at Dachau: War Crimes and the Law," Joshua Greene, author, producer, Emmy Award nominee and five-time recipient of TV Guide's Best Programs of the Year award, April 6, 4 p.m., G90 Myron Taylor Hall.
"Blind Palestinian-American Gives a Poetry Reading," Reja-e Busailah, Indiana University, Kokomo, April 6, 4:30 p.m., Gueriac Room, A.D. White House.
"Women and Civil Society in Contemporary Iran," Arzoo Osanloo, University of Washington, April 7, 4:30 p.m., 110 White Hall.
"Tropical Islands as Stepping Stones. The American Empire and Its Hardware, 1839-2003," Ruth Oldenziel, University Eindhoven, Amsterdam, April 4, 4:30 p.m., 374 Rockefeller Hall.
"The Vietnam War and Franco-American Relations: Reflections on de Galle's Speech at Phnom Penh," Yuko Torikata, Southeast Asia Program, March 31, 12:20 p.m., Kahin Cener, 640 Stewart Ave.
"Symbolic Fields and Urban Dreams on Saigon's Edge," Erik Harms, anthropology, April 7, 12:20 p.m., Kahin Cener, 640 Stewart Ave.
"Contact and Friction: Connecting Atomic-Scale Interactions to Macroscopic Behavior," Mark Robbins, Johns Hopkins University, April 5, 4:30 p.m., McManus Lounge, Hollister Hall.
"Issues and Challenges of Heat Pipes on Fuel Cells for Advanced Energy Systems," Amir Faghri, University of Connecticut, April 5, 4:30 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.music
April 2, 8 p.m. 165 Barnes Hall: Small Potatoes, the powerhouse duo with Jacquie Manning and Rich Prezioso. Folk music with broad humor, wide-open genres and a mix of traditional and contemporary songs. $10/$12 at the door. Read the story.
* March 31, 12:30 p.m., B20 Lincoln: Midday Music at Lincoln with Jevon Bindman, senior honors project.
* March 31, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Student recital with Aaron Herzog, piano.
* March 31, 8 p.m., Sage Chapel: Cornell University Chorus, with Scott Tucker, director.
* April 1, 8 p.m., Sage Chapel: Timothy Olsen and guest Nicole Keller, organ. Read the story.
* April 3, 3 p.m., Barnes Hall: Xak Bjerken, Miri Yampolsky and guest pianist Read Gainsford.
* April 3, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Student recital with Stephen Palmer, cello, and Joshua Groffman, piano.
* April 4, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: North Indian Classical Vocal Concert, Dhrupad style with Uday Bhawalkar, vocalist, and Manikrao Munde, pakhawaj.
* April 6, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Augustus Arnone, piano.
* April 7, 12:30 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Midday Music at Lincoln with Emily Green, piano/harpsichord, featuring Baroque keyboard music.
April 4, 7:30 p.m., Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall: Kate Klim, singer, songwriter and pianist. Free and open to all. Read the story.
April 3: Lee Murdock sings traditional and original songs. "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
Rev. Dr. Thomas Breidenthal, dean of the chapel, Princeton University, will give the sermon April 3 at 11 a.m.
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Weekly prayer circle open to all faiths, sponsored by the Baha'i Club, held Sundays at 11 a.m. at 630 Stewart Ave. All are welcome.
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. Instruction is required before attending. For information, call Anne Marie at 273-4906.
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; 9:30 p.m., Sage Chapel.
* Daily Masses: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 12:20 p.m., ATH Chapel; Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:15 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 Lewis 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, 9 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, ATH.
* Orthodox: Friday, Center for Jewish Living, call 272-5810 for weekly times; Saturday, 9:15 a.m., Edwards Room, ATH.
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 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
"Challenges for the United Nations," Africa Program, International Peace Academy, March 31, 12:20 p.m., Ramin Parlor Room, Sage Hall.
"Periodic Traveling Rotational Water Waves," Walter Strauss, Brown University, April 1, 3:30 p.m., 655 Rhodes Hall.
"Imaging the Effects of Rotation in Altair and Vega," Deane Peterson, SUNY-Stony Brook, March 31, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences.
"Response of a Mojave Desert Ecosystem to Global Change: Can We Predict Future Behavior of a Highly Episodic System?" Stanley Smith, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, April 1, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Balancing the Signals That Control Mouse Development," Timothy O'Brien, biomedical sciences, April 5, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"Controlling Biomolecular Recognition With Designed Peptides: Form Defines Function," Marcey Waters, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, March 31, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Laboratory.
"Utilization of Ruthenium Complexes for the Activation of Small Molecules," Brent Gunnoe, North Carolina State University, April 4, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Laboratory.
"Progress Toward an Encapsulated Baylis-Hillman Catalyst: Mechanistic Studies and Catalyst Design," Kristin Price, chemistry and chemical biology, April 6, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Laboratory.
"Heterogeneous Dynamics in Supercooled Liquids," Ranko Richert, Arizona State University, April 7, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Laboratory.
"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Neutrons but Were Afraid to Ask," Sol Gruner, CHESS, April 1, 2:30 p.m., 380 Wilson Laboratory.
"Biocomplexity: Dialogues Between African Farmers and Their Environment in Africa," Alice Pell, April 6, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Adaptive Algorithms for Price-Setting and Overlay Routing," Robert Kleinberg, MIT, March 31, 4:15 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
"Characterization and Spatial Modeling of Land Degradation for Agroecosystem Management in Western Kenya," Tom Owiyo, March 31, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Assessing Potential Biological Indicators of Soil Quality in Conjunction With Physical Indicators: Microbial Analyses From Intact Cores and Glomalin in Soil Aggregates," Daniel Clune, and "Rapid Assessment of Physical Indicators of Soil Health for Public Service in New York State," Bianca Moebius, April 7, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"FDA Regulation of Genetically Modified Foods: Sorting Out the Science, Law and Politics," David Pelletier, applied economics and management, March 31, 4:30 p.m., 100 Caldwell Hall.
"The United States and the United Nations: Working Out the Problems in a Difficult Marriage," Gordon Olson, United States Mission to the United Nations, April 7, 4:30 p.m., 100 Caldwell Hall.
"Variation in Populations of Daphnia galeata mendotae Over Space and Time," Jennifer Fox, doctoral dissertation, April 4, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Cooperation and Conflict in the Evolution of Communal Sexual Displays," Mike Greenfield, University of Kansas, April 4, 3:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Air Quality and the Urban Forest," Ruby Beil, horticulture, April 4, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science building.
"Bird Song in Music," Christine Lanza, Ithaca College, April 4, 7:30 p.m., Lab of Ornithology Auditorium.
"Labor, the State and Industrial Restructuring in Latin America," Mark Anner, government, April 5, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"The Energy Future," Arthur Ruoff, materials science and engineering, March 31, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Dispersions: Gels, Liquid Crystalline Phases, Optical and Magnetic Anisotropies," Mohammad Islam, University of Pennsylvania, April 4, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Conducting and Semiconducting Printable Composites for Organic Electronics," Graciela Blanchet, DuPont, April 7, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas fluoresens," George O'Toole, Darthmouth Medical School, March 31, 4 p.m., 105 Riley-Robb Hall.
"The Molecular Tree of Life: Applications and Lessons," Norm Pace, University of Colorado, April 7, 4 p.m., 105 Riley-Robb Hall.
"Genetics of Epithelial Architecture: Polarity, Trafficking and Tumor Suppression," David Bilder, University of California-Berkeley, April 1, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
"Molecular Dissection of Multi-Step Tumor Metastasis," Jing Yang, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, April 7, 3:30 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"Controlled Synthesis and Directed Assembly for Physical Interfaces to Biological Systems," Michael Simpson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 5, noon, G01 Biotech Building.
"Neurochemical Regulation of Social Attachment," Zuoxin Wang, Florida State University, March 31, 12:30 p.m., Atrium, Corson-Mudd Halls.
"Masculinity and Nationalism: War Volunteers From Serbia (1991-1995)," Aleksandra Milicevic, Colgate University, March 31, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"The Membrane Assembly Matrix (MAM) System, a Novel, Non-membranous Organelle," Andrew Staehelin, University of Colorado, April 1, 11:15 a.m., G10 Biotech Building.
"Identities of the Potato P and D Loci," Chun Suk Jung, plant breeding and genetics, April 5, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Characterization of Nitric Oxide Synthase and a Mobilizable Pathogenicity Island in Streptomyces spp," Johan Kers, plant pathology, April 6, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Simulating Quantum Phase Transitions: From Quantum Magnets to Ultra-Cold Atomic Gases," Matthias Troyer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, April 4, 4 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
"Affective Forecasting and the Pleasures of Uncertainty," Timothy Wilson, University of Virginia, April 1, 3:30 p.m., 202 Uris Hall.
"Hardware of the American Empire," Ruth Oldenziel, Technical University Eindhoven, Amsterdam, April 4, 4:30 p.m., 374 Rockefeller Hall.
"Supercritical Carbon Dioxide: Uses in Dye Synthesis and Dye Applications," David Hinks, March 31, noon, 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"Advertising Educational Foundation," April 7, noon, 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"On Magnetorheological Elastomers: General Theory and Aplication to the Stability of a Rectangular Block Under a Transverse Magnetic Field," Nicolas Triantafyllidis, University of Michigan, April 6, 4:30 p.m., 205 Thurston Hall.symposiums
"Exploring How Clean Technology and Base of the Pyramid Markets Create a Strategic Opportunity for Innovative Firms," third annual Sustainability Symposium, March 31-April 1, Johnson Graduate School of Management. The symposium starts with welcoming remarks by President Jeffrey Lehman, Thursday, March 31, 5 p.m., Dyson Atrium, Sage Hall. Students, faculty and staff, $5; others, $25. To register and for complete schedule, see http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/sge. Sponsored by the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise and Net Impact, Johnson School.
"Race, Sexuality, Culture and Politics in the Literatures of the United States," April 1-2, 258 Goldwin Smith Hall, with opening discussion April 1, 3 p.m., participants: Zofia Burr, Pete Coviello, Cheryl Higashida, Chris Nealon, Iyun Osagie and Sean Teuton. April 2: "Reading Those Records She Has Left: Writing the Life of Josephine Miles," Zofia Burr and George Mason, 9:30 a.m.; "Intimacy and History," Pete Coviello, Bowdoin, 10:30 a.m.; "Modernism and Double-Consciousness: Paul Gilroy on DuBoisian Scholarship," Iyun Osagie, Pennsylvania State University, 11:30 a.m.; Savage Nations: Sovereign Diplomacy in the Five Civilized Tribes," Sean Teuton, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1:30 p.m.; "Disappointment, or Western Marxism and Queer Theory," Chris Nealon, University of California-Berkeley, 2:30 p.m.; Black, White and Red All Over: The Multicultural Left," Cheryl Higashida, University of Colorado-Boulder, 3:30 p.m.theater
Amigos de Teatrotaller program presents La muerte y la doncella, April 1 and 2 at 8 p.m. in Barnes Hall Auditorium. All donations are tax deductible. Contributions of $25 or more also will receive two complimentary tickets to this semester's production of La muerte y la doncella.miscellany
Gimme! 5 Coffee trailer at Cornell, aka the Coutyard Café, will celebrate its grand opening April 6, 10 a.m., located in the courtyard between Plant Sciences, Emerson Hall and Mann Library. Free coffee (while it lasts), bags of coffee and travel mug raffle, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony, with CALS Dean Susan Henry, Gimme! Coffee owner Kevin Cuddeback and CALS Professor Susan McCouch. For more information on the grand opening celebration, contact Jim Morris-Knower at 255-6197.
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 Center, Room 222, Sunday-Wednesday, 7-10 p.m.
* Rockefeller Hall, Room 178, Sunday-Thursday, 3:30-5:30 p.m.sports
April 2, Brown, 11:30 a.m.
April 3, Yale, noon.
April 6, Binghamton, 2 p.m.
April 2, Regionals, at Saratoga Springs
April 2-3, at Towson Invitational
April 2, Penn, noon
April 2, Princeton, 3 p.m.
April 5, Syracuse, at Syracuse, 7 p.m.
April 2, Maryland, 8:15 p.m.
April 4-7, at National Championship, Ft. Worth, Texas
April 1, Maryland, 7:30 p.m.
April 4-7, at National Championship, Ft. Worth, Texas
April 3, Boston College Club, 9 a.m.
April 2, Georgetown, at Princeton, NJ, 4 p.m.
April 2, with Yale and Syracuse, at New Haven, Conn., 9 a.m.
April 1, Maine, 3 p.m.
April 2, Columbia, noon
April 3, Siena, noon
April 5, Canisius, 3 p.m.
April 2, at Columbia, noon
April 2, Columbia, noon
April 2, Oxford-Cambridge Invitational
April 2, Oxford-Cambridge Invitational