College Theatre to put on play about love and the nature of art
The Ithaca College Theatre will present the play “The Shape of Things” next month.

In the play by Neil LaBute, an art graduate student named Evelyn seeks to transform the shy and naive undergrad Adam. His hip transition “for love” begins to affect his relationships with his friend Phil and Phil’s fianceé, Jenny. The story includes a variety of uncomfortable entanglements, ultimately leading to a disturbing revelation.

Performances will be held at 8 p.m. on Nov. 30 and Dec. 2 to 4, with 2 p.m. matinees on Dec. 4 and 5. All performances will be held in the Clark Theatre in Dillingham Center.

Tickets can be purchased at the Ithaca College Theatre ticket office in Dillingham Center, the Clinton House Ticket Center and Cornell University’s Willard Straight Hall.

Ticket prices range from $4.50 to $10. For information, call 274-3224 or visit www.ithaca.edu/theatre.

Language Center gets new dish to receive international shows
A second satellite system for receiving international television has been installed at the Language Center.

It can receive German television from the German TV network along with numerous channels from other countries including Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Romania and some Middle Eastern countries.

The first satellite dish can receive French, Hebrew, Italian and Spanish television.

Both can be watched in the Language Center, 316 Gannett Center.

For more information contact James Hogg, manager of the Language Center, at 274-7093.

Trio to give classes and perform Trio to give classes and perform as part of annual concert series
The Fleisher Jolley Tree-O will give a concert on Nov. 29, at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music.

This year’s performance will be part of the annual Shirley and Chas Hockett Chamber Music Concert Series.

The trio was established to give audiences a chance to experience rarely performed masterworks while hearing them performed in a new and interesting ways.

The eclectic combination of musicians perform horn trio repertoire, violin or French horn sonatas and solo works for all three instruments.

The trio, composed of pianist Leon Fleisher, French hornist David Jolley and violinist Michael Tree, will feature a Schubert violin sonata, a Beethoven sonata and Brahms’ Horn Trio in E-flat Major.

While the trio visits Ithaca, members will give masterclasses and coaching sessions at the School of Music.

Author and speaker to lecture Author and speaker to lecture about issues in long-term care
Karl Pillemer, director of the Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging, will speak as part of the Ithaca College Gerontology Institute Distinguished Speaker Series on Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. in the Emerson Suites.

He will give a discussion titled, “Solving the Crisis in Long-Term Care: Why Focusing on the Workforce Matters Most.”

Pillemer’s research concerns lifelong human development, with an emphasis on family and social relationships in middle age and beyond.

His projects include the first scientific study of abuse of residents in long-term care.

He has also developed and evaluated a number of nursing home interventions, including model training, mentoring and career ladder programs.

Pillemer is the author of the book “Solving the Frontline Crisis in Long-Term Care.”

He is also the founding editor of “Nursing Assistant Monthly,” an educational newsletter that reaches 100,000 nursing assistants nationwide.

For more information contact Terry Beckley at the Gerontology Institute at 274-1967.

Contemporary music concert showcases music school talent
The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble concert will be held tonight at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall. Works by Binghamton composer Paul Goldstaub, Yotam Haber and Igor Stravinsky will be performed.

Goldstaub’s “Movie in my Head,” invites listeners to create a film of their own based on the musical journey. Haber’s “Purity Guaranteed,” written in 2003, contains three parts titled, “Skeleton Time,” Flesh Time” and “Skin Time.” 

Stravinsky’s “Histoire du Soldat,” Soldier’s Tale, set a new standard for instrumental chamber music, having been written for a new combination of instruments; violin, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, bass and percussion.