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Mann Library's Top Shelf Gallery is displaying science illustrators' work for the 1950s and '60s print series "The World We Live In."

New galleries

The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art hosts a reception for everyone to explore its renovated and reinstalled permanent collection galleries on the first floor, Dec. 12 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Admission is free and open to the public, and galleries throughout the museum will be open, including the exhibitions “Surrealism and Magic” and “Jie (Boundaries): Contemporary Art from Taiwan,” which both end Dec. 21.

‘Boyhood’ beckons

Cornell Cinema reopens for the spring semester Jan. 20, with director Richard Linklater’s recent Golden Globe winner “Boyhood,” at 7 p.m. in Willard Straight Theatre. Filmed with the same cast (young actor Ellar Coltrane, with Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as his parents) over a 12-year period, “Boyhood” shows the experience of growing up as never before seen on screen. The Best Picture Oscar contender also screens Jan. 24 at 9:15 p.m. and Jan. 25 at 7 p.m.

Also showing: David Fincher’s “Gone Girl,” with Ben Affleck, Jan. 21-23; and a digitally restored print of Jacques Demy’s “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. The 1964 musical starring Catherine Deneuve is the first in a seven-film series, “The Dorléac Sisters,” showcasing Deneuve and her older sister, actress Françoise Dorléac. They co-starred in only one film, Demy’s “The Young Girls of Rochefort,” screening Feb. 5.

Winter wine

Ithaca’s first Winter Wine Festival, Dec. 13, will feature more than a dozen local and regional winemakers and six Finger Lakes cheese makers at The Space @ GreenStar. All proceeds from the event will benefit Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County.

Tasting times are noon-2 p.m. and 3-5 p.m. Tickets ($30) include a commemorative wine glass and unlimited wine and cheese tastings. VIP tickets ($45) include early bird entry and a food and wine pairing demonstration with Laura Winter Falk, author of “The Culinary History of the Finger Lakes.”

Wines and cheeses will be sold at the event. For more information and tickets, visit www.IthacaWineFest.com.

Concerto competition

Six Cornell undergraduate musicians and their accompanists will perform in the 11th annual Cornell Concerto Competition, Sunday, Dec. 14, in Barnes Hall.

The first round of the competition, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., and final competition at 8 p.m. are open to the public. Judges will choose three participants from the first round as finalists for the evening round.

The winner of the competition will perform with the Cornell Symphony Orchestra in a public concert on campus Feb. 28, 2015.

The competition is for all orchestral instruments, guitar, saxophone, piano and voice. Currently enrolled Cornell undergraduate students in any major can participate if they study with a Cornell music faculty member or visiting lecturer.

Science, illustrated

Paintings and drawings from a series of science publications in the 1950s and 1960s are on display in “From ‘The World We Live In’: Popular Science Illustrations of the Post War Era,” through Jan. 30 in Mann Library’s Top Shelf Gallery. Free and open to the public.

“The World We Live In” series paired the vivid prose of science writer Lincoln Barnett with large, colorful and often intricately detailed illustrations by foremost science illustrators of the day. For at least a generation, these paintings and drawings sparked an interest in space, natural history and further discovery of Earth and its surroundings.

The exhibition includes a selection of visually striking works by Chesley Bonestell, Rudolf Freund, Walter Linsenmaier and Rudolph Zallinger, all artists featured prominently in the series.

The gallery is open during library hours; during study and exam periods hours are 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Dec. 12, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Dec. 13, noon-2 a.m. Dec. 14, 8 a.m.-2 a.m. Dec. 15-17, 8 a.m.-midnight Dec. 18, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Dec. 19 and 1-5 p.m. Dec. 20.

Winter session (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) hours at Mann Library are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, closed Saturday and Sunday. The campus and libraries will be closed Dec. 25-Jan. 2.

Holiday film

Staff, faculty, students and their families are invited to attend a screening of Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Friday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m. in Bailey Hall. Admission is free. Presented by Bailey Hall as a gift to the Cornell community. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore and shown on the big screen in its original black-and-white format, the 1946 holiday classic is suitable for all ages.

Exploring careers

Cornell Facilities Services and Cornell Dining will co-host the second annual Career Exploration Event, Friday, Jan. 9 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Human Ecology Building Commons.

Representatives from facilities, dining and several other Cornell units, and from local organizations, industries and unions will participate. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with community members and Cornell staff, make contacts and explore different fields and career paths.

More information and registration: www.fs.cornell.edu/hr/fscme.cfm

Employee Celebration

Cornell’s Winter Employee Celebration, Saturday, Jan. 17, in Bartels Hall, includes a community dinner, three Big Red athletic events (swimming and diving, women’s and men’s basketball, all vs. Columbia University), entertainment and children’s activities.

Tickets ($5 inclusive) are on sale through Jan. 9 at the Athletics Ticket Office in Bartels Hall (open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.) or by calling 607-255-4247.

The celebration is open to all current Cornell staff and faculty, retirees and their families. Free parking with Cornell ID.