Lecture

"Improving Social Security: An Upgrade or a Trade-In?" an Ithaca College Gerontology Institute Distinguished Speaker Series talk by Timothy Smeeding, director, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University; 7:30 p.m., Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall (reception to follow).

Music

Graduate percussion recital by Kevin Bobo; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.

Lecture

"Film as Nazi Propaganda," a guest lecture by Stig Hornshoj-Moller, professor at the University of Copenhagen and a visiting scholar at Yale University; 7:30 p.m., Park Hall Auditorium.

Music

Faculty piano recital by Read Gainsford performing works by Bach, Liszt, Debussy, Copland, and Granados; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.

Music

Junior voice recital by Carrie MacDonald performing works by Vivaldi, Schumann, Pugno, Bernstein, and others; 7:00 p.m., Nabenhauer Recital Room, Ford Hall.

Faculty organ recital by Allison Evans Henry performing works by Telemann, Couperin, Bach, Hampton, and others; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.

Music

Junior voice recital by Schuyler Aldrich performing works by Mahler, Granados, Gluck, and Berlioz; 3:00 p.m., Nabenhauer Recital Room, Ford Hall.

Senior viola recital by Marissa Reynolds performing works by Milhaud, Bach, Debussy, and Brahms; 4:00 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.

Music

Founder's Day Concert in the Park featuring the Ithaca College Jazz Workshop in a performance of works by Cole Porter, Glenn Miller, Bennie Moten, and others; 2:00 p.m., DeWitt Park.

Music

Visiting Artists Series cello performance by Steven Doane performing works by Martinu, Bach, Boulanger, and Poulenc; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.

Lecture

"Human Rights and the Public Interest: What You Can Do," a panel discussion moderated by Ithaca College faculty member Jill Swenson as part of an ongoing series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 7:30 p.m., Southside Community Center, Ithaca.

Music

Performance by the Ithaca College Concert Band featuring works by Williams, Chance, and Persichetti, and by the Ithaca College Symphonic Band featuring works by Cheetham, Grainger, and Holst; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.

Music

Junior violin recital by Kelly Kroeck performing works by Brahms, Shostakovich, and Chausson; 1:00 p.m., Nabenhauer Recital Room, Ford Hall.

Junior trombone recital by Eric Davidson performing works by Marcello, Grondahl, Monaco, and others; 3:00 p.m., Nabenhauer Recital Room, Ford Hall.

Music

Junior voice recital by Jeanine Yako performing works by Scarlatti, Schubert, Mozart, Chabrier, Hahn, and others; 3:00 p.m., Nabenhauer Recital Room, Ford Hall.

Faculty voice recital by Randie Blooding; 4:00 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.

Music

Faculty flute recital by Wendy Mehne performing works by Jolivet, Mozart, Piazzola, Towner, and Vivaldi; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.

Music

Composition premieres; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.

The Handwerker Gallery presents Wake Up, Little Susie: Pregnancy and Power Before "Roe v Wade," a collaborative three- dimensional mixed- media installation by historian/author Rickie Solinger and artists Kay Obering, Cathleen Meadows, and Kathy Hutton, and Warnings, photomontages by Lisa Link; through September 26. Located on the ground floor of the Caroline Werner Gannett Center, the Handwerker Gallery is open weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., until 9:00 p.m. Thursdays, and from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturdays. The gallery is closed when the College is out of session.

The Roy H. Park School of Communications photography gallery presents Hunters, Handlers, and Conservationists, an exhibit by Joann Brennan; through October 10. The gallery is open weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.