Photography from alumni

The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art's spring exhibition of contemporary photography, "Surreal/Subjective: Recent Photographic Gifts From Alumni," will be featured throughout Reunion Weekend (June 9-12) and continues through June 19.

The exhibition examines the changing conceptual and psychological import of photography, as seen in recent gifts to the collection from alumni donors including Arthur Penn '56, Ira Drukier '66 and Gary Davis '76. The exhibition features work by Meghan Boody, Gregory Crewdson, Emmet Gowin, Ana Mendieta, Frederick Sommer '27 and many others. Museum admission is free. Information: http://museum.cornell.edu/.

Happy birthday, Olin

Cornell Library is celebrating the first 50 years of John M. Olin Library this year, with a special exhibition through the end of 2011 and a birthday party Friday, June 10, 2-3 p.m. in Libe Café. The party features remarks from Anne R. Kenney, the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian. Birthday cake and light refreshments will be served.

The celebration kicks off a comprehensive exhibition with photographs, drawings and artifacts highlighting a half-century of Olin's history and evolution; its role as one of the largest university research libraries in the country (and a second home on campus for generations of students and scholars); and its contributions to collaboration, research and scholarship. "Olin@50: Inspiration Since 1961" is on display in Olin and Uris libraries from June 8 to Dec. 23. Information: http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/olinat50.

Fly-fishing facts

Master angler Michael Lenetsky of the Ithaca chapter of Trout Unlimited will present "Introduction to Fly-Fishing in the Finger Lakes," June 10, 10 a.m., 102 Mann Library.

Lenetsky will discuss year-round fishing opportunities in the region for fly-fishing enthusiasts of all levels, including where to fish and species to target during different seasons of the year. His talk is held in conjunction with the Mann Library exhibition "Rainbows and Plunge Pools: Fly-fishing and the Lore of the Streams," exploring our age-old fascination with fish and fishing as revealed in illustrated treasures from library collections. Information: http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu/events-exhibits.

Organization for organisms

Chemist Jay T. Groves will give a University Lecture, "At the Interface of Physics and Biology: Spatial Organization in Chemical Biology," June 16, 4-5 p.m., Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. The lecture and a reception to follow in Weill Hall are open to the public.

Groves is an associate professor of chemistry at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California- Berkeley. His research is in the physical chemistry and molecular organization of cell membranes.

University Lectures are sponsored by the university faculty to bring speakers to campus who lecture on a single subject for a wide audience from a range of departments and programs.

Remembering Zevi Blum

An exhibition and memorial service this month will celebrate the life and art of Zevi Blum '55, B.Arch. '57, professor emeritus of art, who died Feb. 25 at age 77.

Blum entered Cornell in 1951 as a fine arts major, changed majors to architecture and returned to teach drawing in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning from 1974 to 2002. He enjoyed a long career as an artist and illustrator of international renown, with his satirical drawings and etchings appearing in books and periodicals including Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine, The New York Times Book Review and Reader's Digest.

"Zevi Blum: A Retrospective Exhibition" will be on display June 9-19 in John Hartell Gallery, Sibley Dome. A reception is planned for Saturday, June 18, 5-8 p.m. in the gallery. A memorial service will honor Blum's life on June 18, 10:30 a.m.-noon in Sage Chapel.

Free Summer Session events

The School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions presents 16 free lectures, performances and Arts Quad concerts from June 28 to Aug. 5, all open to the public.

Performance and concert highlights include the Ithaca Wind Quintet, June 28 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts; Afro-funk band Ikebe Breakdown, July 1 on the Arts Quad; folk musicians Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, July 15 on the Arts Quad; Joe Crookston, July 19 at the Schwartz Center; music and dance by Vanaver Caravan, July 26 at the Schwartz Center; and pianist Jacqueline Schwab, Aug. 2 at the Schwartz Center. Lectures will be held Wednesdays in Kennedy Hall, with talks by Paul McEuen, July 6; Diane Ackerman, July 13; and Jon Kleinberg, July 20.

Arts Quad concerts begin at 7 p.m., and all indoor events are at 7:30 p.m. Complete schedule: http://www.sce.cornell.edu/ss/about/events/index.php.