Arts & music at Cornell this week
Every upcoming concerts, art and performances at Cornell University, from the university's own calendars and updated every day.
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Thursday, November 5, 2026
- Exhibit Opening: Stories at Stake4:30 AM – 6:00 PMMann Library 102
- "From the Brink" Exhibit Series8:00 AM – 6:00 PMMultiple locations across Cornell University Library
- Languages at the Brink: Threatened Languages and How We Protect Them8:00 AM – 5:00 PMKroch Library Asia Collections Exhibit Space
- Weathering the Storm: The Role of Labor in an Era of Climate Change8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Going to Gone: Earth's Biodiversity Loss and What We Can Do About It8:00 AM – 5:00 PMMann Library Mann Lobby
- Ancient Worlds in Modern Threads8:00 AM – 5:00 PMHuman Ecology Building (HEB) HEB Display cases (Terrace Level, Level 1 and Level 2)
- Last Call: Bird Decline and the Threat of Extinction8:00 AM – 6:00 PMMann Library Gallery, Second Floor
- Keeping Common Birds Common: Birds and Habitat at Cornell Botanic Gardens and Beyond8:00 AM – 5:00 PMMann Library Mann Lobby
- Music of the Natural World9:00 AM – 5:00 PMSidney Cox Library of Music and Dance
- Midday Music: Hannah Soren, cello and Jack Yarbrough, piano (CU Music)12:30 PMLincoln Hall B20Free
- Reading with Dunya Mikhail and Lesyk Panasiuk2:00 PMGoldwin Smith Hall 258, Literatures in English Lounge
- Athanasius Kircher: Music, Machines, and the Marvelous4:00 PM – 6:30 PMLincoln Hall 124Free
- "The Color of Water" Keynote Talk4:30 PMGoldwin Smith Hall Lewis Auditorium (G76)
- Professional Directions: Film and TV Event Series5:00 PM – 6:00 PMSchwartz Center for Performing Arts 220Free
Friday, November 6, 2026
- To Be For Forbears12:00 AMBibliowicz Family Gallery
- Island Editions Conversation Series at the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center Fall 202612:00 AMGensler Family AAP NYC Center
- America at 250: Focus on George Washington12:00 AMMichael T. Sillerman '68 Rotunda, Rare and Manuscript CollectionsFree
- Rivers of Ice: Three Centuries of Glacial Science12:00 AMHirshland Exhibition Gallery, Rare and Manuscript Collections, 2B Kroch LibraryFree
- Cornell Art Faculty 202612:00 AMHerbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Gold, Schaenen, Moak, and Class of 1953 Galleries, Floor 2L
- Keeping Common Birds Common: Birds and Habitat at Cornell Botanic Gardens and Beyond8:00 AM – 5:00 PMMann Library Mann Lobby
- Weathering the Storm: The Role of Labor in an Era of Climate Change8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Last Call: Bird Decline and the Threat of Extinction8:00 AM – 6:00 PMMann Library Gallery, Second Floor
- Languages at the Brink: Threatened Languages and How We Protect Them8:00 AM – 5:00 PMKroch Library Asia Collections Exhibit Space
- "From the Brink" Exhibit Series8:00 AM – 6:00 PMMultiple locations across Cornell University Library
- Ancient Worlds in Modern Threads8:00 AM – 5:00 PMHuman Ecology Building (HEB) HEB Display cases (Terrace Level, Level 1 and Level 2)
- Going to Gone: Earth's Biodiversity Loss and What We Can Do About It8:00 AM – 5:00 PMMann Library Mann Lobby
- Banana Palette8:00 AM – 5:00 PMMartha Van Rensselaer Hall The Gold Gallery (1250)
- Music of the Natural World9:00 AM – 5:00 PMSidney Cox Library of Music and Dance
- Athanasius Kircher: Music, Machines, and the Marvelous10:30 AM – 12:00 PMKroch Library (Olin B2) 2B48Free
- Regenerative Studio Fall 2026 Events11:15 AM – 12:15 PM324 Tjaden Hall
- Biomedical Textiles: From Fibers to Life-Saving Devices11:15 AM – 12:15 PMHuman Ecology Building (HEB) T01
- Media Studies Colloquium: Natasha Raheja12:00 PM – 1:30 PMUris Library 311
- Composers' Forum: Stucky Ensemble-in-Residence Dal Niente1:30 PMLincoln Hall 316Free
- MFA First-Year Reading Series4:00 PMOff-Site Location Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca, NY 14850
- Cornell Art Faculty 2026 Exhibition Celebration4:00 PM – 6:00 PMJohnson Museum of Art Floor 2LFree
- Language, Memory, Future: Celebrating 250 Years of Language in Our Region4:30 PMKlarman Hall Atrium and Rhodes-Rawlings AuditoriumFree
- A Musical Wunderkammer: Kircher's Sound Universe5:00 PMA. D. White HouseFree
- ASL Literature Series: Flying Words Project7:00 PMKlarman Hall Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium
- Stucky Ensemble-in-Residence Dal Niente Concert (CU Music)7:30 PMBarnes HallFree
Saturday, November 7, 2026
- To Be For Forbears12:00 AMBibliowicz Family Gallery
- Regenerative Studio Fall 2026 Events12:00 AM324 Tjaden Hall
- Island Editions Conversation Series at the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center Fall 202612:00 AMGensler Family AAP NYC Center
- Cornell Art Faculty 202612:00 AMHerbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Gold, Schaenen, Moak, and Class of 1953 Galleries, Floor 2L
- Languages at the Brink: Threatened Languages and How We Protect Them8:00 AM – 5:00 PMKroch Library Asia Collections Exhibit Space
- Keeping Common Birds Common: Birds and Habitat at Cornell Botanic Gardens and Beyond8:00 AM – 5:00 PMMann Library Mann Lobby
- Ancient Worlds in Modern Threads8:00 AM – 5:00 PMHuman Ecology Building (HEB) HEB Display cases (Terrace Level, Level 1 and Level 2)
- Music of the Natural World9:00 AM – 5:00 PMSidney Cox Library of Music and Dance
- Going to Gone: Earth's Biodiversity Loss and What We Can Do About It12:00 PM – 5:00 PMMann Library Mann Lobby
- MexSA's Third Annual Jaripeo8:00 PM – 11:00 PMLivestock PavilionFree
- MexSA's Third Annual Jaripeo8:00 PM – 11:00 PMFriedman Wrestling Center
Sunday, November 8, 2026
- Regenerative Studio Fall 2026 Events12:00 AM324 Tjaden Hall
- To Be For Forbears12:00 AMBibliowicz Family Gallery
- Island Editions Conversation Series at the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center Fall 202612:00 AMGensler Family AAP NYC Center
- Cornell Art Faculty 202612:00 AMHerbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Gold, Schaenen, Moak, and Class of 1953 Galleries, Floor 2L
- Languages at the Brink: Threatened Languages and How We Protect Them8:00 AM – 5:00 PMKroch Library Asia Collections Exhibit Space
- Ancient Worlds in Modern Threads8:00 AM – 5:00 PMHuman Ecology Building (HEB) HEB Display cases (Terrace Level, Level 1 and Level 2)
- Music of the Natural World9:00 AM – 5:00 PMSidney Cox Library of Music and Dance
- Going to Gone: Earth's Biodiversity Loss and What We Can Do About It12:00 PM – 5:00 PMMann Library Mann Lobby
- Keeping Common Birds Common: Birds and Habitat at Cornell Botanic Gardens and Beyond12:00 PM – 10:00 PMMann Library Mann Lobby
Monday, November 9, 2026
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