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The Martha Graham Dance Ensemble will perform Aug. 29 at 8 p.m. in the Proscenium Theatre of the Center for Theatre Arts. Tickets are $8 for students and seniors, $10 for the general public. The box office is open Mondays through Fridays, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. and one hour before performances. For information and tickets, call 254-ARTS and check out the department's Web site: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/thatrearts.
Sundays in the North Room of Willard Straight Hall. Teaching begins at 7:30 p.m., followed by open dancing from 8:30 to 10 p.m. For more information, contact Marguerite at 539-7335 or David at 564-3613, e-mail dhr1@cornell.edu.
Thursdays, 8 to 10 p.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.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.
See story on the following exhibitions:
* "At the Threshold of the Visible: Minuscule and Small-Scale Art, 1964-1996," Aug. 30 through Oct. 26.
* "American Photographs: The First Century," Aug. 30 through Nov. 2.
Cornell Plantations, the university's botanical garden, arboretum and natural areas, is open seven days a week from sunrise to sunset. Limited parking is available at the Lewis Headquarters Building, One Plantations Road. Telephone: 255-3020.
* Trace the evolution of vegetables popular in the Northeast at the Pounder Heritage Garden, across the road from Emerson Field.
* The Robison York State Herb Garden, adjacent to the Plantations' headquarters building, is blooming.
"I Take This Pen in Hand: Letters Home From Everyday People" is on display at the Carl A. Kroch Library through Sept. 30. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; Saturdays, 1 to 5 p.m., beginning Sept. 6.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) and are held in Willard Straight Theatre except where noted. films
"8 1/2" (1963), directed by Federico Fellini, with Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale, 7:15 p.m.
"Donnie Brasco" (1997), directed by Mike Newell, with Al Pacino and Johnny Depp, 10:15 p.m.
"Donnie Brasco," 7 p.m., Uris.
"Kolya" (1996), directed by Jan Sverak, with Zdenek Sverak and Andrej Chalimon, 7:15 p.m.
"Scream" (1996), directed by Wes Craven, with Drew Barrymore, Neve Campbell and Henry Winkler, 9:40 p.m., Uris.
"Citizen Kane" (1941), directed by Orson Welles, with Welles and Joseph Cotten, 10 p.m.
"Liar Liar" (1997), directed by Tom Shadyac, with Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney and Jennifer Tilly, midnight, Uris.
"Liar Liar," 7:15 p.m., Uris.
"Walkabout" (1971), directed by Nicolas Roeg, with Jenny Agutter, Lucien John and David Gumpilil, 7:30 p.m.
"Donnie Brasco," 9:20 p.m., Uris.
"Kolya," 9:45 p.m.
"Scream," midnight, Uris.
"Kolya," 7:15 p.m.
"The 3rd Man" (1949), directed by Carol Reed, with Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard and Orson Welles, presented by Pentangle, 7:30 p.m., Uris, free.
"Citizen Kane," 9:45 p.m.
"Effi Briest" (1974), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, with Hanna Schygulla and Wolfgang Schenck, introduced by Professor David Bathrick, 7 p.m., free to new students.
"Liar Liar," 10:15 p.m.
"Citizen Kane," 7:15 p.m.
"Young and Restless - Program One" (1993-1997), directed by various, 7:30 p.m., CTA Film Forum, $2.
"Scream," 9:45 p.m.
"Decalogue One" and "Decalogue Two" (1988), directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski, 7:15 p.m.
"Black Is . . . Black Ain't" (1995), directed by Marlon Riggs, sponsored by the Durland Alternatives Library, 8 p.m., Uris, free.
"Chasing Amy" (1997), directed by Kevin Smith, with Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams and Jason Lee, 9:45 p.m.
"Boat People" (1983), directed by Ann Hui, with Lam Chi-Cheung and Cora Miao, introduced by Professor Edward Gunn, 7:15 p.m.
"Grosse Pointe Blank" (1997), directed by George Armitage, with John Cusack and Minnie Driver, 9:45 p.m.* Registration: Check "Just the Facts" on Bear Access to see if you are registered. If not yet registered, go to the University Registrar's Office, 222 Day Hall. A late registration fee of $200 plus interest payments will be assessed those registering after Sept. 19. graduate bulletin
* Course enrollment: Course enrollment forms are available in graduate field offices and at the Graduate School, 150 Caldwell Hall. Course enrollment continues through Friday, Sept. 19; return completed form in person to the Graduate School. Students who completed electronic precourse enrollment last spring do not need to complete a course enrollment form; if there is a change in their schedule, they should complete a Course Drop and Add form.
* Faculty meeting: Friday, Sept. 5, 4 p.m., General Committee Room, 125 Caldwell Hall. This meeting is solely for the purpose of voting on August degrees.
* Templates: Templates for creating the thesis/dissertation are available on the World Wide Web at http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/grad/students/thesis/templates/citpubs.html.
* Teaching workshop: An all-day graduate teaching development workshop will be held Saturday, Sept. 13, in Kennedy Hall. Workshop registration forms are available at Graduate School registration, graduate field offices, the Big Red Barn Grad Center and at the Office of Instructional Support, fourth floor, CCC building (255-3493). Pre-registration required; space is limited; no charge for attendance. For information, contact vmc3@cornell.edu.
* Study abroad: Applications for Fulbright grants for study abroad for the 1998-99 academic year are available at the Einaudi Center for International Studies. Applicants must be U.S. citizens. Applicants should meet with the Fulbright adviser, Milton Esman; for an appointment, contact the Einaudi Center, 170 Uris Hall, phone 255-6370. Completed applications are due Oct. 1.
* Partial tuition fellowship: Since reduced tuition has ended, doctoral students who are self-supporting are eligible for partial tuition fellowships if they entered the doctoral program in spring 1995 or earlier, have six semesters registered in the Graduate School and have passed the A-Exam. Completed applications are due at the Graduate Fellowship Office, 155 Caldwell Hall, by Aug. 29 for the fall 1997 semester.lecture
Gemant Lecture: "Duality and Unification," Edward Witten, Princeton's Institute for Advanced Studies, Sept. 1, 3:30 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall. See story.music
The Cornell Savoyards is holding auditions for its fall musical production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado on Sept. 1 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Community School of Music and Art on Prospect Street and Sept. 2 from 7 to 10 p.m. in 403 Barton Hall on campus. For further information call 257-0496 or 844-4039.
Aug. 31: Guy Davis will open Bound for Glory's 31st year. 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; refreshments are available. Bound for Glory is broadcast on WVBR-FM 93.5 and 105.5.religion
Cornell trustee Ezra Cornell IV will give the sermon Aug. 31 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 more information, call 272-5320.
Weekend Masses: Sunday, 10 a.m., noon and 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Auditorium.
Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sunday, 3:30 p.m., Catholic Office, G-22 Anabel Taylor Hall.
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, Sunday, Aug. 31, 11 a.m., in the Edwards Room of Anabel Taylor Hall. Child care provided. For information, call 273-4324.
Conservative and Reform: Friday, 6:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall.
Orthodox: Friday, Young Israel House, call 272-5810 for information; Saturday, 9:15 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Call 255-4227 for more 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, 9 a.m. Call 272-4520 or 257-6835 for directions and transportation. Basketball on Wednesdays, 8 p.m. For geneology resources, call Jeremy at 257-7187.
Sunday worship at 10:45 a.m. and 5 p.m., St. Luke Lutheran Church, Oak Ave. at College Ave. For information, 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.
For information about United Pagan Ministries, call Cornell United Religious Work at 255-4214.
Sunday service, 11 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel. For more information, call the Protestant Cooperative Ministry at 255-4224.seminars
"Infall Regions of Galaxy Clusters," Antonaldo Diaferio, Max Planck Institute, Aug. 28, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
"Tidal Distortion and Disruption of Asteroids," William Bottke, Cornell, Sept. 4, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
"Cristobalite in Adirondack Garnet: A Remarkable Case of Mineral Formation and Preservation," Robert Darling, SUNY Cortland, Sept. 2, 4:30 p.m., 1120 Snee Hall.
"Studies of Pathological, Ecophysiological and Biochemical Responses of Two Aspen Clones to Chronic and Dynamic Ozone Exposures," Sung-Chul Yun, plant pathology, Sept. 3, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Sciences Building.theater
* Stage Crew Meeting: Students are invited to join CTA staff and faculty for this open house to learn about getting involved in theater behind the scenes, Sept. 2, 7 p.m., CTA lobby.
* Auditions for fall plays: Sign up in Room 125 to audition for Crimes of the Heart, You Never Can Tell and Black Box 1 and 2. Sept. 3 and 4, time TBA. Call 254-2705 for information.miscellany
Meetings are open to the public and will be held Monday through Friday at 12:15 p.m. in Anabel Taylor Hall. For more information, call 273-1541.
Also, meetings will be held Fridays at 5 p.m. in the Moore Library at Gannett Health Center.
This 12-step group that helps people deal with emotional problems meets for a discussion meeting on Sundays at 7:30 p.m. and a step meeting on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at the St. Luke Lutheran Church, 109 Oak Ave., Collegetown. For more information call 387-0587.
The Willard Straight Hall Program Board presents Phil Shapiro's group folk guitar lessons. There are eight one-hour lessons on Monday evenings, starting Sept. 8, in the North Room of Willard Straight Hall. Register at the first session. Beginner lesson starts at 7 p.m.; intermediate, at 8 p.m. Those who are unsure of which class is for them should go to both. Open to the public. For information, call Phil at 844-4535.
The first meeting of the new session is Wednesday, Sept. 10, from noon to 1 p.m. in 110 A.D. White House. The group meets Wednesdays. For more information, call 1-800-234-8080.
