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Ithaca College Calendar Of Events For October 29 - November 5

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29
LECTURE
“Physical Activity and Successful Aging,” a Gerontology Distinguished Speaker Series talk by Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko,  president of the International Society for Aging and Physical Activity and department head of kinesiology at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana; 7 p.m., Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall.

“Ghettostadt: Łódź and the Making of a Nazi City,” the annual Holocaust Lecture by historian Gordon J. Horwitz; 7:30 p.m., Emerson Suite A, Phillips Hall.

MUSIC
Rachel S. Thaler Concert Pianist Series performance by Ingrid Fliter, playing music by Beethoven, Chopin and Schumann; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall, Whalen Center.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31
MUSIC
Octubafest; 7 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall, Whalen Center.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1
MUSIC
Faculty violin recital featuring Susan Waterbury, with Jeffrey Meyer on piano and Mary Alice Dillman narrating, playing music by Ravel, Beethoven, and Lutoslawski, along with “Ferdinand, the Bull” for speaker and solo violin by Alan Ridout; 4 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall, Whalen Center.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3
LECTURE
Park Distinguished Visitor Series talk by author, columnist and commentator Arianna Huffington, the cofounder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, one of the most widely read news and blog sites, and  co-host of NPR’s "Left, Right & Center”; 7:30 p.m., Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall.

MUSIC
Guest recital by Mirror Image, the French horn duo of Michelle Stebleton and Lisa Bontrager, with Tomoko Kamanaru at the piano, presenting works from their upcoming compact disc project, “Safari”; 8:15 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall, Whalen Center.

THEATER
Ithaca College Theatre preview performance of “Children of Eden,”  a musical that uses the Biblical stories of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and Noah and the flood to shed new light on universal stories of love, hope, parents, and children; 8 p.m., Hoerner Theatre, Dillingham Center (admission charged).

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4
MUSIC
Recital by the Ithaca Contemporary Ensemble directed by Richard Faria and Jeffery Meyer, playing music by Kaija Saariaho, Thomas Adès, Steven Stucky and Arnold Schoenberg; 8:15 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall, Whalen Center.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5
FILM
Out of the Closet and onto the Screen film series screening of “Mother/Country,” and “Black Sheep”; 7 p.m., Textor 101.

MUSIC
Performance by the U.S. Air Force Band of Liberty Colonial Brass Quintet; 12:30 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall, Whalen Center.

Recital by the Ithaca College Brass Choir with guest musicians from the Boynton Middle School Band, conducted by Keith Kaiser and Michael Allen; 7 p.m., Ford Hall, Whalen Center.

Performance by the Ithaca Wind Quintet, featuring Wendy Herbener Mehne, flute; Paige Morgan, oboe; Michael Galvan, clarinet; Lee Goodhew Romm, bassoon; and Alex Shuhan, horn; 8:15 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall, Whalen Center.

THEATER
Ithaca College Theatre performance of “Children of Eden,”  a musical that uses the Biblical stories of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and Noah and the flood to shed new light on universal stories of love, hope, parents, and children; 8 p.m., Hoerner Theatre, Dillingham Center (admission charged).

CONTINUING EXHIBITS
“Threads of Hope: The Chilean Arpillera Movement,” an exhibition of small hand sewn and embroidered/embellished tapestries, created by women, most of whose relatives were among those listed as detained/disappeared during the military dictatorship in Chile. The exhibit runs through Dec. 11, Handwerker Gallery. The gallery is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon-5 p.m.

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED