Things to Do, March 8-15

Planet Cornell exhibit
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'Planet Cornell' at Mann Library.

Foreign fare

Cornell Cinema is screening two new art-house hits this week. Korean writer-director Hong Sang-soo’s comedy “In Another Country,” March 8 and 10, stars French actress Isabelle Huppert as three different women named Anne in a trio of breezy, metaphysical vignettes.

“Barbara,” about an East German doctor in 1980 who is sent to work at a small hospital after being denied a work visa to the West, screens March 14 and 15. The film was Germany’s official entry for Best Foreign Language Film in the 2013 Academy Awards. The March 14 screening will be introduced by Brian Hanrahan, a postdoctoral fellow in Performing and Media Arts. Information: http://cinema.cornell.edu.

‘Planet Cornell’

You’ll find an entire magical solar system on the Cornell campus, in an exhibition on display through March 20 at the Mann Library Gallery.

For “Planet Cornell,” photographers Kent Loeffler and Claire Smith combined artistry and software wizardry to transform scenes of the campus into free-floating spherical worlds. Loeffler’s and Smith’s images are elegant, whimsical and captivating.

The exhibition is free and open to the public.

Lincoln’s language

Shirley Samuels, editor of “The Cambridge Companion to Abraham Lincoln” (2012), will discuss the rhetorical power of Lincoln’s prose, from his earliest legal decision, stump speeches, anecdotes and letters, to the Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural Address, in a book talk March 12 at 4:30 p.m. in 2B48 Kroch Library.

The Cambridge volume, aimed at students of American studies, history and literature, includes an analysis of Lincoln’s correspondence with generals and his early poetry, and offers a look into his private life. Samuels, a Cornell professor of English and American studies, is also the author of “Reading the American Novel: 1780-1865” (2012).

The exhibition “Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation at 150” is on display in Kroch Library. The book talk is sponsored by Olin and Uris Libraries and the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.

Refreshments will be served after the talk, and books will be available for purchase and signing. Information: http://booktalks.library.cornell.edu.

Solas in concert

Cornell Cinema and Dan Smalls Presents will bring acclaimed Irish-American band Solas to campus for a concert March 13 at 8 p.m. in Willard Straight Theatre. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Led by Seamus Egan (on flute, tenor banjo, mandolin, whistles, guitars and bodhran), Solas includes violinist and co-founding member Winifred Horan, accordionist Mick McAuley, guitarist-keyboardist Eamon McElholm and lead singer Niamh Varian-Barry.

Their new album, “Shamrock City,” features Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and was inspired by Egan’s family history. The songs are set in the mining town of Butte, Mont., at the turn of the 20th century as seen through the eyes of Egan’s great-great uncle Michael Conway, an Irish immigrant. The concert will feature a video about the life and death of Conway, with archival footage shot in Butte.

Tickets are $25 in advance at http://dansmallspresents.com, the State Theatre box office and McNeil Music. Information: http://www.solasmusic.com.

Twice the glee

The Cornell University and Morehouse College Glee Clubs will perform at a joint concert March 13 at 8 p.m. in Sage Chapel.

The program will feature folk songs and sea chanteys performed by each ensemble, and selections by the combined groups. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students, available at http://gleeclub.com/tickets.html, from Glee Club members or at the door.

Dylan/Dawes tickets on sale

Bob Dylan and his band will perform April 14 in Barton Hall, with Dawes opening.

Tickets will go on sale to students March 12 at 9 a.m. ($19, limited to two tickets per student) and to the general public March 13 ($29). A limited number of tickets will be set aside for alumni. Tickets will be available online only, at http://cornellconcerts.universitytickets.com/.

The show is presented by the Cornell Concert Commission.

Dragon Day

One of Cornell’s oldest traditions continues with Dragon Day 2013, to be held on campus Friday, March 15.

The parade route for the dragon, designed and constructed by first-year architecture students, begins behind Rand and Milstein Halls on University Avenue at 1 p.m. and proceeds down East Avenue to Campus Road. After confronting a Phoenix created by rival engineering students, the parade continues west on Campus Road and turns north to pass through Ho Plaza and end on the Arts Quad.

Information: http://aap.cornell.edu/arch/programs/dragon.cfm. Road closings will be posted at http://www.cornell.edu/cuinfo/specialconditions/.

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