Things to Do, April 5-12
By Daniel Aloi
Rhythm and Rhyme Night
Poetry, art and music combine at Rhythm and Rhyme Night, April 5 from 8 to 10:30 p.m. at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
The free evening features piano music, poetry readings, gallery tours led by museum docents, food and refreshments.
The event is co-hosted by the Cornell Piano Society, the English Club and the Museum Club, with support from CUTonight and the Student Activities Finance Committee. Open to the public. For information, contact cuenglishclub@gmail.com.
‘Chasing Ice’
The Atkinson Forum in American Studies and Cornell Cinema will present “Chasing Ice” with National Geographic photographer James Balog, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Willard Straight Theatre. Free; tickets required, available at the Willard Straight Hall Ticket Desk (limit two per person).
Balog will participate in an audience Q-and-A after the screening, and sign copies of his latest book, “Ice: Portraits of Vanishing Glaciers,” available at the Cornell Store. Information: http://cinema.cornell.edu.
Art for survivors
The Cornell Women's Resource Center is sponsoring We Step Into the Light, a project featuring local artists paired with survivors of sexual assault, with the artists producing art reflecting how the survivor has thrived.
The art will be shown April 8-11 in the Mann Library lobby and April 12 from 6-9 p.m. at a reception in the Willard Straight Hall Garden Room with free food and refreshments. Two artists have written songs in collaboration with their survivors to be performed at the reception, where the survivors will be presented with the art created for them.
Information: http://westepintothelight.weebly.com/.
Understanding race
The State Theatre of Ithaca will screen the PBS documentary series “Race: the Power of an Illusion,” over three consecutive Mondays, April 8, 15 and 22 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free admission. Community leaders will introduce each episode of the series, with the screenings followed by a panel and facilitated conversation.
Cornell President David Skorton and Greater Ithaca Activities Center Director Marcia Fort will introduce the first installment April 8, “The Difference Between Us.” The episode examines contemporary science that challenges common sense assumptions that human beings can be categorized in three or four fundamentally different groups according to their physical traits.
The other episodes are “The Story We Tell ,” April 15, about the roots of the conception of race in North America; and “The House We Live In,” April 22, examining the influence of politics, economics and culture on the race issue.
The community viewing of the documentary was inspired by “Understanding to Overcome,” an earlier initiative to show the series to the public by the Social Justice Committee of the Ithaca Friends (Quakers).
Together in jazz
Mezzo-soprano Alicia Hall Moran and pianist Jason Moran team for a duo performance Thursday, April 11, at 8 p.m. in Barnes Hall Auditorium. Presented by the Cornell Concert Series in partnership with Jazz Spaces Ithaca.
The husband-and-wife duo were slated to perform on campus last year, in a concert postponed due to Hall Moran’s role in the successful Broadway run of Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess.” Together, they were featured artists in the 2012 Whitney Biennial. Jason Moran is a 2010 MacArthur Foundation fellow and “genius grant” recipient and currently serves as the Kennedy Center's artistic adviser for jazz.
Tickets are $25 for the general public, $10 for students, with general admission seating. Patron tickets supporting Jazz Spaces Ithaca are $35. Information and ticket orders: http://concertseries.cornell.edu, http://www.baileytickets.com or 607-255-5144.
The concert is part of a monthlong series of jazz events at Cornell. Information: http://jazz.arts.cornell.edu/calendar.html.
Stereotype threat
Claude M. Steele will discuss his theory of how negative stereotypes about certain groups (such as women in science or African-Americans) can affect performance, in “Stereotype Threat: How It Affects Us and What We Can Do About It,” April 11, 3:30 p.m. in Statler Auditorium. Free and open to the public. A reception will follow the lecture.
Steele will highlight findings from his recent book, “Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do,” which lays out a plan to mitigate the negative effects of stereotypes in higher education.
The Robert L. Harris Jr. ADVANCEments in Science Public Lecture is presented by the CU-ADVANCE Program and the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity.
Steele is dean of the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University and previously served as provost of Columbia University and a professor of psychology at Stanford. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Education, the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Pickard concert
The 2013 concert in the Lauren Pickard ’90 Emerging Artist Series will feature the band Cheers Elephant, Friday, April 12, at 9 p.m. in the Ivy Room Bear's Den Pub, Willard Straight Hall. Free.
Cheers Elephant is a psychedelic pop-rock quartet from Philadelphia. The series has presented an annual concert on campus since 2001. Supported by the Lauren Pickard ’90 Emerging Artist Series Endowment, the event is organized by the Office of Student Leadership, Engagement and Campus Activities and the Willard Straight Hall Student Union Board.
Information: Catherine Holmes, 607-255-3513, cah4@cornell.edu; David Bell, 607-255-4311, db66@cornell.edu.
30 years of AIP
The American Indian Program (AIP) at Cornell will hold its 30th Anniversary Recognition and Two Row Wampum Renewal Conference April 12-13, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at the Africana Research and Studies Center, 310 Triphammer Road. Free and open to the public.
Former AIP Director Jane Mt. Pleasant will present a critical history of the program at the opening session. The Onondaga Nation’s Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign is a theme throughout the conference, from the first treaty with Dutch settlers in 1613 to advocacy, education and environmental preservation initiatives today.
Other presentation topics include action research and grassroots organizations; indigenous oral tradition and history; environmental activism; and reciprocity with the Cayuga people.
A Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Social with music and dance will be held at the conference’s conclusion, April 13, 7 p.m. at the Townhouses on North Campus.
Registration is required for the conference, and limited to 100. To register or for more information, visit http://aip.cornell.edu/ or contact Joseph Solomon ’92, 607-255-3121 or jsolomon@cornell.edu.
Active animals
Watch a horse exercise on a treadmill, bring your teddy bear to the ER, suit up like an animal surgeon, listen to a dog’s heart, cuddle pocket pets and watch canine agility demonstrations at the College of Veterinary Medicine’s annual Open House, April 13 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public with activities for all ages; children must be chaperoned.
New activities this year include a scavenger hunt and family-friendly presentations. Information: http://www.vet.cornell.edu/openhouse.
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