Celebrate the season and give back with an apple bake-off this weekend, and enjoy symphony concerts and learn about New York’s Mohawk River through an exhibit at Mann Library. 

Wind Symphony

The Cornell Wind Symphony, led by conductor James Spinazzola, will celebrate the music of Cuba with the Yosvany Terry Quartet and guest composer Shelly Hanson.

• Friday, Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m., Bailey Hall

Apple Bake-Off

Taste-test apple-based treats in this competition benefiting the United Way.

• Saturday, Nov. 23, 1-3 p.m., Moakley House
• $5 admission fee to taste and vote

Orchestra

The Cornell Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Gabriela Gómez Estévez, will perform works from Johannes Brahms, Béla Bartók and Manuel De Falla.

• Saturday, Nov. 23, 7:30 p.m., Bailey Hall

Mohawk River Project

Anna Davidson, senior research associate and lecturer in natural resources in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and graduate student Anna Mehlhorn created the art in this exhibit as part of a capstone course they taught that intertwined art, science and culture in the study of the Mohawk River.

Davidson and her students traveled to communities along the watershed soliciting their concerns, hopes, data and other messages about the river. Several of the pieces in the exhibit, including a 15-foot canoe, are covered in messages from these participants.

• Viewable during the library’s open hours, now through Jan. 26, Mann Gallery, second floor of Mann Library

Find more events at events.cornell.edu.