Juan Luis Garcia

Ignacio Prego

Pioneering women scientists

An exhibit exploring the lives and work of several women engaged in scientific research at Cornell in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is on display at Mann Library through November.

The exhibition, "Pioneers: Early Women Scientists at Cornell," covers ornithologist Elsa Guerdrum Allen's role in the rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker in 1924, anatomist Susanna Phelps Gage's innovations in modeling the human embryo, and bacteriologist Alice Catherine Evans' pioneering work on brucellosis. Information: http://mannlib.cornell.edu/events-exhibits

Folk music Sundays

The fall season of WVBR's 47th year of "Bound for Glory" begins Sept. 1, featuring Leslie Lee and Steve Gretz, folk musicians from Rochester.

Hosted by Phil Shapiro, M.A. '69, "Bound for Glory" broadcasts live from the Café at Anabel Taylor Hall, 8-11 p.m. Sunday evenings on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5, with three sets of music at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. Concerts are free and open to all; children are welcome.

Artists scheduled through September are: acclaimed singer-songwriter John Gorka, Sept. 8; local band Rockwood Ferry, Sept. 15; Kevin So, Sept. 22; and John Wort Hamman, Sept. 29. For information, call Shapiro at 607-844-4535, e-mail pds10@cornell.edu or go to http://wvbr.com

On race and crime

Award-winning author Khalil Gibran Muhammad, director of the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, will lecture Sept. 4 at 4:30 p.m. at the Africana Studies and Research Center.

Muhammad is at the forefront of scholarship on the link between race and crime that has shaped and limited opportunities for African-Americans. His first book, "The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime and the Making of Modern Urban America," won the 2011 John Hope Franklin Publication Prize from the American Studies Association. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Guardian (U.K.) and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, as well as on "Bill Moyers and Company," MSNBC, CSPAN and National Public Radio.

Information: http://events.cornell.edu/event/dr_khalil_muhanmmad_lecture

Learn to salsa

A six-week salsa dance class will be held Wednesdays beginning Sept. 4 at the Big Red Barn. Beginner Class 1, 6:15-7:25 p.m., is for new students and covers the fundamentals of timing, rhythm, body movement, lead-follow connection, basic step patterns and partner combinations. Beginner Class 2, 7:30-8:40 p.m., builds on Class 1.

Salsa socials will be held after class at Agava Restaurant. The series cost for students is $65, $120 per couple, or $13 per drop-in. Non-students: $75 for the series, $140 per couple, $15 drop-in. To register or for more information: http://www.palantetroupe.org/

Keyboard festival

The Department of Music opens its 2013-14 season with "Cascade of Keys," a festival of four keyboard concerts Sept. 6-9.

The jazz duo of John Stetch and Doug Johnson perform jazz standards for two pianos, Sept. 6 in Barnes Auditorium. On Sept. 7, Ignacio Prego, winner of the 2012 Westfield International Harpsichord Competition, plays the inaugural recital on the new harpsichord built by Thomas & Barbara Wolf, with works by Louis Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Henry Purcell and J.S. Bach.

Professor Emeritus Malcolm Bilson will perform two concerts of works by Schubert, Beethoven and Schumann, Sept. 8 and 9 in Anabel Taylor Chapel, on an 1835 piano built in Vienna by Joseph Simon.

All concerts are at 8 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Information: http://music.cornell.edu

Magical mystery tour

Magician, actor, historian and scholar Ricky Jay comes to Cornell Cinema with a career-spanning documentary paying tribute to his role models, Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. Jay will introduce the film and take questions afterward. Advance tickets ($10 general public, $8 students/senior citizens) are at http://CornellCinemaTickets.com

While attending Cornell as a student at the School of Hotel Administration in the 1960s, Jay performed magic on stage and television, appearing on "The Dick Cavett Show" and "The Tonight Show."

In "Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay," filmmakers Molly Bernstein and Alan Edelstein trace Jay's career – learning tricks of the trade from his grandfather and leading New York City magicians, amassing an archive of material on the history of magic, performing and demonstrating his craft, and acting on stage and screen, often working with directors David Mamet and Paul Thomas Anderson. He is a prolific writer and speaker on conjuring, con games, "unusual entertainments" and other topics.

The documentary includes photographs from his days at Cornell, comments by Mamet and performance clips, including a game of three-card monte with Steve Martin. Information: http://www.rickyjaymovie.com

Cornell Concert Series

Single tickets are available now for the 2013-2014 Cornell Concert Series, which begins Sept. 26 with percussionist Dafnis Prieto's Proverb Trio in Bailey Hall.

The season features Mariinsky Orchestra (Oct. 7), violinist Midori (Nov. 5), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (March 26) and Roby Lakatos Ensemble (April 24), all in Bailey Hall; The Rose Ensemble (Oct. 18) in Sage Chapel; and pianist Alfredo Rodriguez (Feb. 7) and baroque ensemble Tempesta di Mare (March 6) in Barnes Hall.

Single tickets range from $12 to $40. Subscription options available through Sept. 26 are the full eight-concert season ($187-$239, $110 for students), five classical programs ($118-$150, $70 for students) or a custom choice of four or more shows. Order online at BaileyTickets.com.

Information: 607-255-5144 or http://concertseries.cornell.edu