Haiti earthquake vigil

Cornell students, faculty, staff and local community members will gather for a candlelight vigil Thursday, Jan. 28, at 5:30 p.m. in Sage Chapel to show support for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. The vigil, sponsored by the Haitian Students Association, is free and open to the public. Information: Haitian Students Association co-presidents Kenya Desiste, kd87@cornell.edu or 347-256-2189, and Albert Lee, al368@cornell.edu or 908-217-7663.

Bound for Glory begins

On Jan. 24, WVBR's "Bound for Glory" show will launch its 43rd year of broadcasting live folk concerts from the Anabel Taylor Hall Cafe, with Joe Crookston and the Bluebird Jamboree with Peter Glanville. Crookston is well known in Ithaca for his songwriting and guitar playing. See: http://joecrookston.com.

Hosted by Phil Shapiro, "Bound for Glory" runs Sunday nights from 8 to 11 p.m., with live sets at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. As always, admission is free, and the show is open to the public. The show also can be heard live on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5, and streams online at wvbr.com.

Filmmakers the Quay brothers

The College of Architecture, Art and Planning will host internationally renowned filmmakers the Quay brothers Jan. 25-26. Their visit coincides with the opening of "Dormitorium: An Exhibition of Film Decors by the Quays" in the John Hartell Gallery in Sibley Hall, which will be up from Jan. 25 to Feb. 5.

The exhibition features sets and film decors from stop-motion animated films by Timothy and Stephen Quay. Reminiscent of architectural models, the meticulously crafted miniature sets provide a glimpse into the Quay brothers' unique aesthetic vision and artistry.

On Jan. 25 at 5 p.m. in Hartell Gallery, the Quays will join Kent Kleinman, dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, for a panel discussion about their work.

On Jan. 26 at 7 p.m., at Cornell Cinema's Willard Straight Theatre, the Quays will host "Tales From the Quay Brothers," a collection of their short films. "Tales" will also be shown without commentary on Jan. 28 at 7 p.m., followed by the feature-length "Piano Tuner of Earthquakes" at 8:45 p.m.

Brave New Works concert

Guest ensemble Brave New Works, led by Cornell Director of Orchestras Chris Younghoon Kim, presents two premieres and music of faculty from the Eastman School of Music, Syracuse University and Cornell, Jan. 29, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall. A project of the Mellon CNY Humanities Corridor, the concert is free and open to the public.

Brave New Works is a chamber ensemble of 10 musicians dedicated to performing and promoting new music.

Ithaca audiences will recognize a number of the performers, including Kim; violinist Stephen Miahky, who taught for one year at Cornell; clarinetist Richard Faria of the Ithaca College faculty and Cornell percussionist Tim Feeney, both performing as substitutes.

Entrepreneurship lecture for scientists

Steven Gal, visiting associate professor of clinical entrepreneurship in the Johnson School, has been involved in 10 technology startups as a founder, CEO, senior executive and/or board member or adviser -- all in partnership with a scientific leader.

In a free lecture geared to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, Jan. 27, 1:30-3:30 p.m. in 226 Weill Hall, Gal will highlight the five key basics that every scientist should know about the startup process -- from founding through funding and into development. Participants will learn whether an entrepreneurship course would be helpful in furthering their business ideas and will gain tools to use in evaluating an entrepreneurial opportunity.

Gal has served on the boards of various for-profit and not-for-profit companies for more than two decades.

LEGO League Expo

Ranging from ages 6 to 9, 85 children on 18 school teams from the Rochester, Syracuse and Ithaca areas will display their research projects at the fourth annual Junior FIRST LEGO League Expo -- hosted by the Cornell NanoScale Facility -- at Duffield Hall Atrium, Jan. 30, 1-3 p.m.

Teams were asked to build LEGO brick models that depict how people and things as varied as horses, mail, money and DVDs can best be moved around in their communities and to imagine ways to improve them.