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CU Music: Midday Music at Lincoln 11/13 11/13 12:30pm
Midday Music at Lincoln: Indie-Rock Duo; Anna Coogan, voice and electric guitar, and Wille B, drums and bass pedals. See annacoogan.com and www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuJFIA_qpPk.
Create Your Own Indoor Bonsai 11/13 1:00pm
After a short lecture and demonstration of how a bonsai is developed from common nursery stock, master bonsai artist and educator William Valavanis will assist each student in creating their own indoor bonsai to take home. Most bonsai are winter-hardy outdoor species which cannot be cultivated in the home. However tropical species which have been hand selected from Florida growers will be used for this workshop. A few developed bonsai will be...
CU Music: Musicology Colloquium 11/13 11/13 4:30pm
Adem Merter Birson (Cornell University) presents "Harmonic Progression, Chromatic Dissonance, and Bold Gesture in Haydn's String Quartets, opp. 9 and 17."
CLASSE Seminar: Dr. Ricardo Lebensohn, Los... 11/14 1:00pm
"Fast Fourier Transform-based micromechanical modeling with direct input from 3-D images of polycrystalline microstructures" Abstract: Emerging 3-D characterization methods pose a challenge to modelers to devise efficient formulations for interpretation and exploitation of the massive amount of data generated by these novel methods. On the other hand, a synergistic combination of experiments and modeling is critical to advance the new 3-D...
CU Music: Composers' Forum 11/14 11/14 1:30pm
Composers' Forum: guest pianist Juan Carlos Garvayo presents a lecture-recital of contemporary piano music, including recently premiered compositions by Spanish composer Mauricio Sotelo and Roberto Sierra, as well as Jesús Torres and Isaac Albéniz. Garvayo is considered to be Spain’s most prominent exponent of contemporary music.
Cheap Food & Bad Climate: From Surplus... 11/14 3:00pm
Capitalism, understood as a world-ecology that joins accumulation, power, and nature in dialectical unity, has been adept at evading so-called Malthusian limits through an astonishing historical capacity to produce, locate, and occupy cheap natures external to the system. In recent decades, the last frontiers have closed, and this astonishing historical capacity has withered. This ”withering” is perhaps most evident in capitalism's failure to...
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages FREE with... 11/14 7:00pm
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages FREE with live accompaniment. Prepare for a crash course in witchcraft! Swedish director Benjamin Christensen explores different notions of hell, witchcraft and superstition using narrative vignettes brought to life by stunning visuals, use of color, and animations. The film was banned in the United States for many years for its graphic content. Shown with a live, original score by New York City–based new...
CU Music: Cornell Symphony Orchestra with... 11/14 8:00pm
Cornell Symphony Orchestra; Chris Younghoon Kim, conductor. Features the premiere of Christopher Stark’s Soldier Asleep at the Tomb, with guest soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. Funded in part by a grant from the Cornell Council for the Arts.
Cold in July ( w/Intro by Filmmaker Jim Mickle ) 11/14 9:45pm
Based on the hard-boiled novel by Joe R. Lansdale, this Texas-based crime drama follows Richard Dane (Michael C. Hall) through the aftermath of shooting and killing an intruder in his family's home. When the dead man's father (Sam Shepard) surfaces, Dane's life spirals out of control as he tries to protect his family. “[Jim Mickle] continues to show that he’s among the most distinctive genre filmmakers on the indie scene with this cracked but...
Make Your Own Gourd Basket 11/15 1:00pm
Learn gourd-crafting basics as you create a simple yet elegant gourd basket. You will start with a whole gourd and cut, clean and finish it into a basket. Please bring a rotary tool (dremel) if you have one (the instructor has a few that students can share), an apron, and a dust mask. Registration fee includes a cleaned hard-shell gourd and all other materials. Pre-registration is required.
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Penn Masala, presented by Asha Cornell 12/6/2014 7:00pm
Charity/Fundraiser, Cultural, Food/Catering, Music, Presentation, Performance
Asha Cornell presents Penn Masala, the world's first and premier South Asian a capella group, in concert to raise funds and awareness for educational...
Alice Statler Auditorium
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Cupcakes Around Cornell 11/22/2014 5:00pm
Charity/Fundraiser
Cupcakes for a Cure-a Cornell organization devoted to helping children fight their battles against pediatric cancer, will be hosting "Cupcakes Around...
Willard Straight Hall, Memorial Room
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