Jazzy weekend

The 18th Annual Cornell Jazz Festival, directed by Miles Brown, continues April 17 and 18. Performers include bassists Chuck Israels, Todd Coolman, Jeff Campbell and Nicholas Walker, pianist Bill Dobbins and the Cornell University Jazz Ensembles I and II. Various venues. Schedule and tickets: http://www.BaileyTickets.com.

Gone to the dogs

Independent filmmaker Kelly Reichardt will present her acclaimed 2008 film "Wendy and Lucy" April 17 at Cornell Cinema. Reichardt will be accompanied by her dog, Lucy, co-star of the film. The film will be also shown April 20 and 22.

Selected Shorts live

Public Radio International's Selected Shorts program comes to Cornell April 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Uris Hall. Noted theater artists will read from the works of Cornell authors Lorrie Moore, Kurt Vonnegut and Victor LaValle. Katherine Minton '80, director of Literary Programs at New York City's Symphony Space, is the producer. Free.

Middle East peace?

Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor Anthony Zinni will discuss "The Prospects for Peace in the Middle East" April 21 at 4:30 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. A former marine general, Zinni retired from the military in 2000 after leading the U.S. Central Command. He co-authored the best-sellers "Battle Ready" and "Battle for Peace."

McDonald's farm

Peter McDonald of McDonald Farm in Romulus, N.Y., will speak on "Beyond Sustainability: Restorative Agriculture and the Clean Food Movement" April 22 (Earth Day) at 12:15 p.m. in Sage Chapel. McDonald practices a farming method called restorative agriculture. Free and open to all.

Where women stand

Sonia Pressman Fuentes '50, a founder of the National Organization for Women and author of "The Beginning of the Second Wave of the Women's Movement and Where We Are Today: A Personal Account," will speak April 22 at 4:30 p.m. in G90 Myron Taylor Hall. Part of the Dorothea S. Clarke program in Feminist Jurisprudence.

From Vietnam to China

The eighth Frank H. Golay Memorial Lecture, "The Art of Not Being Governed: Hill Peoples and Valley Kingdoms in Mainland Southeast Asia," will be held April 23 at 4:30 p.m. in Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. Speaker: James Scott, director of the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University.

"Poetic Injustice"

Performances and recitations of poems and monologues written by prisoners from across the country, April 23, 7 p.m. Anabel Taylor Hall.

Chinese scholars honored

The Tang Family Cornell-China Scholars Program brings some of China's most distinguished mid-career scholars in agriculture, biological sciences and biological engineering to Cornell. On April 27 at 4:30 p.m. in G10 Biotech, Cornell faculty mentors Alan Collmer and Paul Soloway will introduce Tang Scholars Gongyou Chen and Ruqian Zhao, both professors in China, who will present their research in an open forum. Sponsored by trustee Martin Tang '70. Information: Linda Schmidt, lms10@cornell.edu.

Pedal for Pets

College of Veterinary Medicine students have organized the first annual Pedal for Pets to benefit the Cornell University Hospital for Animals on May 2. Participants can choose a 33-mile route with few hills or a 53-mile route. For children, there is a junior bike-a-thon with relay races, obstacle courses, interactive games, bike safety and pet information. Registration for the ride begins at 9 a.m. in the B parking lot, where awards will be presented at about 3 p.m. Information: jed32@cornell.edu.