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Dance Concert '97 is March 6-8 at 8 p.m. and March 9 at 2 p.m. in the Proscenium Theatre of the Center for Theatre Arts. Tickets are $8 and $6. Call 254-ARTS for more information.
This combination of student and faculty choreographers and dancers will present premier works with live music and spectacle unique to Cornell dance.
Open to the Cornell community and general public. All events are free unless noted otherwise. The CIFD meets Sunday evenings in the North Room of Willard Straight Hall. Teaching is held from 7:30 to 8:30, and request dancing is 8:30 to 10:30. On March 2, basic Balkan rhythms will be taught. For information, call Edilia at 387-6547 or Marguerite at 539-7335.
Thursdays, 8 p.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Free and open to the community. Beginners are welcome; no partners are necessary. For information, call Minna at 257-7833.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.
* "Things of This World: Dutch Prints and Drawings of the 17th Century," through March 9.
* "Gendered Visions: The Art of Contemporary Africana Women Artists," through March 9.
* "Landscapes Rural and Urban: Photographs by Paula Chamlee and Michael A. Smith," through March 16.
* "ASAFO! African Flags of the Fante," through March 30.
* "Art for Lunch": On March 6 at noon, Sean Ulmer, assistant curator of painting and sculpture, will give a tour of the museum's permanent collections from Ancient Greece, Rome, the Near East and Egypt. The tour will include pieces pulled from storage, as well as works on permanent display.
Paintings by Colleen Cox, through March 1.Films listed are sponsored by Cornell Cinema unless otherwise noted and are open to the public. All films are $4.50 ($4 for students, kids 12 and under and seniors), except for Tuesday night Cinema Off-Center at the Center for Theatre Arts ($2), Thursday early bird matinees (5:15 p.m.) and Sunday matinees ($3.50). Films are held in Willard Straight Theatre except where noted. Check out the Cornell Cinema Web site at http://www-cinema.slife.cornell.ed. films
"Gloria" (1980), directed by John Cassavetes, with Gena Rowlands, John Adames and Buck Henry, 7 p.m.
"William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet" (1996), directed by Baz Luhrmann, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, 9:50 p.m.
"William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet," 6:50 p.m., Uris.
"Burnt by the Sun" (1994), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, with Oleg Menchikov and Igeborga Dapkounaite, 7 p.m.
"Ransom" (1996), directed by Ron Howard, with Mel Gibson, Rene Russo and Gary Sinise, 9:25 p.m., Uris.
"Beautiful Thing" (1996), directed by Hettie Macdonald, with Glen Berry, Linda Henry and Scott Neal, 9:45 p.m.
"Apocalypse Now" (1979), directed by Francis Ford Coppola, with Martin Sheen and Marlon Brando, midnight, Uris.
"Fly Away Home" (1996), directed by Carroll Ballard, with Anna Paquin, Jeff Daniels and Dana Delany, IthaKid Film Fest, 2 p.m.
"Ransom," 6:50 p.m. and midnight, Uris.
"Portrait of a Girl at the End of the 60s in Brussels" (1993), directed by Chantal Akerman, shown with the short "J'ai Faim, J'ai Froid" (I'm Hungry, I'm Cold, 1984), 7:30 p.m.
"Twelfth Night" (1996), directed by Trevor Nunn, with Helena Bonham-Carter, Imogen Stubbs and Richard E. Grant, 9:25 p.m.
"William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet," 9:25 p.m., Uris.
"Je tu il elle" (I You He She, 1974), directed by Chantal Akerman, 4:30 p.m.
"William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet," 7:15 p.m.
Pentangle presents three films by Les Blank, "Gap-Toothed Women," "Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers" and "Stoney Knows All," 7:30 p.m., Uris, free.
"100 Years of Japanese Cinema" (1995), directed by Nagisa Oshima, 5:30 p.m., free.
"Yang & Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema" (1996), directed by Stanley Kwan, 7 p.m.
"Twelfth Night," 9 p.m.
"D'Est" (From the East, 1993), with special guest filmmaker Chantal Akerman, 7 p.m. Read the story about Akerman's visit.
"Fire Eyes: Female Circumcision" (1994), directed by Soraya Mire, 7:30 p.m., CTA Film Forum.
"Ransom," 10 p.m.
"The Ascent" (1976), directed by Larissa Shepitko, with Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostjuchin and Sergei Yakovlev, 5 p.m., free.
"Twelfth Night," 7:15 p.m.
"Apocalypse Now," 10:15 p.m.
"My Life and Times With Antonin Artaud" (1995), directed by Gérard Mordillat, with Sami Frey and Marc Barbé, 5 p.m.
"Mina Tannenbaum" (1995), directed by Martine Dugowson, with Romane Bohringer, 7:15 p.m.
"Jackie Chan's First Strike" (1996), directed by Jackie Chan, with Jackie Chan, 10 p.m.* Course changes: There is a $10 charge for adding each course. Courses may be dropped or credit hours or grading options may be changed through March 7 without penalty. Instructor of course and student's chairperson must sign the drop/add form. A course dropped after March 7 will appear on transcripts with a "W" (withdrawn). No course may be dropped or changed after May 2. graduate bulletin
* Loan deferral: Students with outstanding educational loans should be aware of federal regulations concerning loan deferment. For each year a student is enrolled in a degree program, it is the student's responsibility to request, complete and file deferral forms with each lender. Students with outstanding educational loans from other institutions should contact their lenders and/or billing agencies to obtain specific instructions regarding deferral procedure and repayment terms. Students with outstanding Perkins or Supplemental loans from Cornell should notify the Bursar's office of any change in expected graduation dates.
* Tax seminars: A representative from the Internal Revenue Service will conduct a seminar for international students on Friday, Feb. 28, and Friday, April 4. Check with ISSO office for room and time. If you have additional tax questions, contact IRS, toll-free, 1-800-829-1040.
* Loan forms on Web: Forms for Federal Direct Loan Application for spring 1997, summer 1997 or the 1997-98 academic year are on the Web at http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/gradschool-folder/fellowships/forms/forms-table.
* Records office forms on Web: Many forms for the Graduate School Records Office are on the Web at http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/gradschool-folder/current_student/forms/forms-table.lectures
"Etchings and Lithographs From the Collection by James McNeill Whistler," Nancy Green, Johnson Museum of Art, March 6, 10 a.m., Johnson Museum.
Dieter Seebach of ETH - Zentrum, Zurich, will give the following Baker Lectures:
* "R-3-Hydroxybutanoic Acid as Building Block for Non-Natural Products - Synthesis and Properties of Chiral Dendrimers," Feb. 27, 11:15 a.m., 119 Baker;
* "Self-Regeneration of Stereocenters - A Synthetic Principle, also Applicable to 3-Hydroxyalkanoic Acids," March 4, 11:15 a.m., 119 Baker; and
* "Short-Chain Complexing Polymers of 3-Hydroxyalkanoic Acids (cPHB, cPHV), and of Malic Acid (PMA) - Discovery of a New Class of Biopolymers Ubiquitous in Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Organisms," March 6, 11:15 a.m., 119 Baker.
"Greek Shadow Theatre and the Nationalist Wars," Stratos Constantinidis, Ohio State University, Feb. 28, 4:30 p.m., 134 Goldwin Smith Hall.
Townsend Lecture: "The Inner City: Ethics Without Politics in the Republic," Julia Annas, University of Arizona, March 4, 4:30 p.m., 142 Goldwin Smith Hall.
"The Transforming of Mexican Communal Land," Teresa Vasquez, March 3, 4:30 p.m., the Cafe, Anabel Taylor Hall.
"Coming Home: Aussiedler Repatriation in Berlin, Germany," Stefan Senders, graduate student, anthropology, March 3, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"The Bergman Background," Paul Britten Austin, poet, brother-in-law of Ingmar Bergman, March 3, 4:30 p.m., Film Forum, Center for Theatre Arts.
"The Life and Songs of Carl Michael Bellman," Paul Britten Austin, March 3, 7:30 p.m., A.D. White House. See story about Austin's visit.
"Feminist Studies in Quebec: A `Quiet Revolution,'" Huguette Dagenais, Université Laval, Quebec, Feb. 27, 4:30 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"Latinos, Politics and Education: Contemporary Questions, Challenges and Opportunities," Rodney Hero, University of Colorado at Boulder, Feb. 27, 4:30 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
"Invisible Painters: Women Artists in Vietnam From the Revolution to Doi Moi," Nora Taylor, art history, Feb. 27, 12:20 p.m., Kahin Center.
"New Scholarship in Cham Art History," Tran Ky Phuong, curator, Cham Museum, Danang, Vietnam, March 6, 12:20 p.m., Kahin Center.
"Lesbian and Gay Families With Children: Research, Law and Policy," Charlotte Patterson, University of Virginia, Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium D, Goldwin Smith Hall.
"The Dimensions of Inequality: Homeless Women in the Great Depression," Elaine Abelson, New School for Social Research, March 5, 4:30 p.m., 105 Rockefeller Hall.
"Economies of Desire: Virtual Lesbians in 18th-Century England," Margaret Hunt, Amherst College, March 6, 4:30 p.m., 142 Goldwin Smith Hall.
See story on Women's History Month.music
For details about the following concerts, see story.
* March 1, 8:15 p.m., Barnes Hall: The Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players will present a concert featuring three works of guest composer John Harbison.
* March 2, 3 p.m., Bailey Hall: The Cornell Symphony Orchestra will perform.
* March 3, 8:15 p.m., Barnes Hall: Piano students of Xak Bjerken will present works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert.
* March 4, 8:15 p.m., Barnes Hall: Blaise Bryski will give a concert featuring the works of Muzio Clementi for the fortepiano.
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields will perform Feb. 27 at 8:15 p.m. in Bailey Hall. Tickets are $19 to $30 for the public, $15 to $24 for students; call 255-5144 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. For details about the concert, check out the Cornell Concert Series Web site at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/Cornell_ Concert_Series/.
JOMO, a solo performer of old-fashioned jug band songs on the 12-string guitar, will give a concert March 2 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the museum.
March 2: Mark Rust will perform. The show runs Sundays from 8 to 11 p.m., with live sets at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30, in the Cafe at Anabel Taylor Hall. Admission is free. Bound for Glory is broadcast on WVBR-FM 93.5 and 105.5.readings
The Creative Writing Program and the Council for the Arts present a fiction and poetry reading with Paul Cody and Elizabeth Holmes on March 6 at 4:30 p.m. in the A.D. White House.religion
Taryn Hillary, university chaplain, Protestant Cooperative Ministry, will give the sermon March 2 at 11 a.m.
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Robert Purcell Union.
Fridays, 7:30 p.m., Balch Hall Unit 4 Lounge, speakers, open discussion and refreshments. Sunday morning prayers and breakfast, 7 a.m., at alternating locations. For information, call 272-5320.
Weekend Masses: Sunday, 10 a.m., noon and 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium. Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Call the Catholic Office at 255-4228 for an appointment.
Thursdays, 7 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Everyone on campus is welcome. Room G-20 Anabel Taylor Hall is open daily for prayer and study.
Also, Sundays at 10:30 a.m. and Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., First Church of Christ, Scientist, 101 University Ave., Ithaca.
Sundays, worship and Eucharist, 9:30 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Meeting for worship, Sundays, 11 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Child care and rides provided. For information, call 273-5421.
Shabbat: Evening Services: Conservative and Reform, 5:30 p.m., meet in the Anabel Taylor Hall lobby; Orthodox, at Young Israel, call 272-5810 for times. Morning Services: Orthodox, 9:45 a.m., Edwards Room, ATH.
Sundays, 1 p.m., chapel, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Sundays, 10:45 a.m. (traditional service) and 5 p.m. (contemporary). St. Luke Lutheran Church, Oak Ave. at College Ave. For info, call 273-6811.
Friday Juma' prayer, 1:15 p.m., One World Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Daily Zuhr, Asr, Maghreb and Isha' prayers at 218 Anabel Taylor Hall.
Protestant Cooperative Ministry: Worship, Sundays, 11 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Sunday Worship Services, 10:30 a.m.; Communion on the first and third Sundays of the month. Sunday school and adult Bible classes at 9 a.m. 149 Honness Lane, Ithaca, 273-9017.seminars
"Integrating Environmental Concerns Into Agricultural Production Decision-Making," Barbara Bellows, agricultural and biological engineering, March 4, 12:20 p.m., 348 Morrison Hall.
"The Mathematics of Sudden Cardiac Death, or Heart Attacks Can Give You Mathematics," James Keener, University of Utah, Feb. 28, 3 p.m., 310 Rhodes Hall.
"RNA-Protein Interactions That Regulate Gene Expression," Ravinder Singh, University of Massachusetts, Feb. 28, noon, large seminar room, Biotechnology Building.
"TRAINS: A Conversational Planning Agent," James Allen, University of Rochester, Feb. 28, 2 p.m., 456 Rhodes Hall.
"Welfare Reform: What Role for Extension," March 3, 8:30 a.m., 401 Warren Hall.
"The Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution," John Thompson, Washington State University, March 3, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Working With Disabled Audiences: Our Opportunities and Responsibilities," Dorie Greenstein, agricultural and biological engineering, Feb. 27, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Quick Nitrate Test Comparisons in Potatoes," Joe Sieczka, fruit and vegetable science, March 6, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Plio-Pleistocene African Climate and the Paleoenvironment of Early Hominid Evolution," Peter deMenocal, Columbia University, March 4, 4:30 p.m., 1120 Snee Hall.
"The Relationship Between Fuel Energy and Nutrition - A Case for Kenya," Fridah Mugo, Ph.D. student, natural resources, March 6, 12:20 p.m., 200 Savage Hall.
"Caribbean Migrations to Western Europe and the United States," Ramon Grosfougel, SUNY Binghamton, Feb. 28, 12:10 p.m., 335 Baker Hall.
"Protest Quechua Songs and Transnational Protest Art From Peru," Billie Jean Isbell, anthropology, March 4, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"Advanced Photographic System - Robustness From Customer to Subsystem," Charles Brown, Eastman Kodak Co., Feb. 27, 4:30 p.m., 155 Olin Hall.
"Chemistry, Bonding and Fracture Properties of Grain Boundaries in Intermetallic Compounds," Stephen Sass, materials science and engineering, Feb. 27, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"How Do We Know What Microorganisms Are Doing in Field Sites: Theory and Case Studies," Eugene Madsen, microbiology, Feb. 27, 4 p.m., 105 Riley-Robb.
"What Controls Methane Production in Northern Peatland Ecosystems?" Joseph Yavitt, natural resources, March 6, 4 p.m., 105 Riley-Robb.
"Auditory Scene Analysis: Basic Phenomena and the Constraints They Impose on Theories of Neural Implementation," Albert Bregman, McGill University, Feb. 27, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"The Cause of Wild Bird Mortality in New York State," Ward Stone, NYS DEC, March 3, 7:30 p.m., Fuertes Room, Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road.
"Dietary Assessment in Epidemiologic Studies of Chronic Disease," Regina Ziegler, National Cancer Institute, March 3, 12:20 p.m., NG-02 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"Lifestyle, Body Size and Breast Cancer Risk: An Epidemiologic Study in Asian-American Women," Regina Ziegler, March 3, 4 p.m., 100 Savage Hall.
"Excess Fruit Juice Consumption by Preschool-aged Children Is Associated With Short Stature and Obesity," Gordana Mrdjenovic, graduate student, March 4, 12:20 p.m., 100 Savage Hall.
"Evaluation of the Impact of Weaning Food Message on Infant Feeding Practices and Child Growth in Rural Bangladesh," Kate Dickin, graduate student, March 5, 12:20 p.m., 100 Savage Hall.
"More on the Uptake of Fatty Acids by Cells," Noa Noy, nutritional sciences, March 6, 12:20 p.m., 100 Savage Hall.
"At Home Abroad - American Foreign Policy After the Cold War," Henry Nau, George Washington University, Feb. 27, 12:15 p.m., G-08 Uris Hall.
"From Bombs to Bombast: The Continuing Enigma of Gamma Ray Bursts," Ira Wasserman, March 3, 4:30 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
"Chemical Sensitivity: The Toxicological Lesson of Two Environmental Models," Rod Dietert, microbiology and immunology, March 4, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"Rhizobotany: The Root of Agriculture," Richard Zobel, soil, crop and atmospheric sciences, Feb. 28, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Plant Genomics: Integrating Data and Information, Working Toward Understanding," Ernest Retzel, University of Minnesota, March 4, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Pseudomonas syringae Pathovars, Paradoxes and Pathogenesis," Gail Preston, plant pathology, March 5, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Basic Principles of Auditory Scene Analysis and Their Application to Music and Speech Perception," Al Bregman, McGill University, Feb. 28, 3:30 p.m., 202 Uris Hall.
TBA, Thomas Albright, Salk Institute, March 6, 4 p.m., location TBA.
"The Spatial Question: Debates, Dilemmas and Directions in the Use of Space in Sociological Research," Linda Lobao, Ohio State University, Feb. 28, 2:30 p.m., 32 Warren Hall.
"How Can I Miss You if You Won't Go Away?" Brian Cantwell Smith, Indiana University, March 3, 4:30 p.m., 609 Clark Hall.
"Successful Colonization of a Non-Sterile Rhizosphere by Bradyrhizobium japonicum," Patrick Jjemba, soil, crop and atmospheric sciences, March 4, 3:30 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Impacts of Organic Wastes on Environmental Processes of Chemical Pollutants," Lei Guo, soil, crop and atmospheric sciences, March 6, 3:30 p.m., 240 Emerson Hall.
"Journeys of the Immortally but Eternally Wounded: Three Generations of Women Activists in India," Manisha Desai, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, March 3, 12:15 p.m., G-08 Uris Hall.
"Nonparametric and Bioequivalence," Axel Munk, University of Bochun, Germany, March 5, 3:30 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Travels Into Textiles," Dawn Zero Erikson, artist and designer, Feb. 27, 12:20 p.m., 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"So What's a Size 10? Research as the Key to Improve the Sizing and Fit of Apparel," Susan Ashdown, March 6, 12:20 p.m., 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.symposiums
"Imagemaps: From Picture to Link" is a hands-on faculty workshop offered Feb. 27 from 9 a.m. to noon in 123 CCC. Imagemaps are a feature of the World Wide Web that allows a user to navigate by clicking on different areas of an on-screen image. Register online at http://atc.it.cornell.edu/workshops/courses/register.html or call 255-8000 for information. There is no fee, but registration is required.
Legal scholars from across the country and abroad will participate in the 1997 Cornell Law Review symposium, "The Nature and Sources, Formal and Informal, of Law," on March 1 and 2 at the Cornell Law School. See story.
"Creating Minds," which will bring together artists, educators and authors for a public symposium, will be held Feb. 28 through March 1 on campus. See story.