Local Community

"Drift" art installation by Stan Crocker

A collection of found elements—ladders, cupolas, wedding dresses, bedsprings, window frames, doors, bicycles, mirrors, chandeliers, steer skulls, parasols, tractor tires, canoes— bits and pieces of the Iowa landscape floating in a gauzy cylinder of color and light that wraps the viewer 360 degrees. It is a 30-foot high piece in which the viewer is totally immersed and light is used to reveal and connect the various elements in different combinations. The installation is on display through Sept. 5 in Kimmel Theatre. Exhibit hours are 4-8 p.m. daily.

"Fluidity of Gender" exhibition

An exhibition of sculptures by feminist artist Linda Stein will be exhibited at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery through Oct. 3. An artist’s lecture will be held Sunday, Sept. 12, at 2 p.m. with a reception for the artist from 3 to 5 p.m. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, and 2 to 4 p.m. Sundays. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

One Book, One Campus

Cole Library’s third annual One Book, One Campus, One Community project features Persepolis 2, a graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi. In Persepolis, heralded by the Los Angeles Times as "one of the freshest and most original memoirs of our day," Satrapi dazzled us with her heartrending memoir-in-comic-strips about growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Here is the continuation of her fascinating story. For more information, click here. Copies of the book are available at Cole Library.

Purple Pass gives free admission to Cornell events

The new Purple Pass allows free admission to home athletic contests, Music Mondays concerts and campus lectures for residents of Mount Vernon and Lisbon and families with children in either school district.

The Purple Pass also is available at the Info Desk in The Commons or at the athletics office in the Small Multi-Sport Center. Patrons can obtain a Purple Pass for their family by showing proof of residence (a driver’s license or other document with a home address) or school enrollment (school ID, etc.).

For more information, see our Purple Pass web site.