Ithaca College Events Oct. 25–31

By Dave Maley, October 17, 2018
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

THURSDAY, OCT. 25
LECTURES

“How Self-Driving Cars Operate and Will Impact Our Future,” an IC Data Day presentation by Mark Campbell, director of the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University and an expert on autonomous systems; 12:05 p.m., Clark Lounge, Campus Center.

“Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli,” a talk by Jewish historian and humorist Ted Merwin; 7:30 p.m., Textor 101.

MUSIC
Performance of African drumming and dance; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall, Whalen Center.

FRIDAY, OCT. 26
MUSIC

Ithaca Music Forum lecture by musicologist Judith Peraino, author of “Listening to the Sirens: Musical Technologies of Queer Identity from Homer to Hedwig”; 5 p.m., McHenry Lobby, Whalen Center.

MONDAY, OCT. 29
MUSIC

Guest artist recital by composer and pianist Cathy Likhuta, performing her works with French hornist Peter Luff; 7 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall, Whalen Center.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 31
MUSIC

“Under the Stars,” a concert by the British a cappella octet VOCES8, performing works by artists ranging from Mendelssohn and Rachmaninov to Duke Ellington and Simon and Garfunkel; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall, Whalen Center.