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Cornell Free Summer Events Series

The School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions invites you to continue your education in one of the most enjoyable ways possible -- by attending our free summer events series! We offer concerts and lectures at no charge to encourage you to take a chance and learn something new or listen to music you may never have heard, all while visiting our gorgeous campus.

"I love summer in Ithaca because of the series — keep it up SCE!"

"It's a wonderful community resource — a great variety of events and you can't beat the price!"

Events Calendar

Date Event Description
June 24, 2008 Indoor Concert Searson: Canadian Celtic
June 27, 2008 Outdoor Concert Ageless Jazz Band: Big-band Jazz
July 1, 2008 Indoor Concert The Afro-Semitic Experience: Multicultural Soul
July 2, 2008 Lecture Brian O. Earle: Sensible Civility
July 8, 2008 Indoor Concert Elizabethan Conversation: Shakespeare's Colors
July 9, 2008 Lecture Harold Holzer: Lincoln: Candidate, Campaigner, and President-elect
July 11, 2008 Outdoor Concert HotFoot Club: Vintage Swing and R&B
July 11, 2008 Event Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art: A Summer Party!
July 15, 2008 Indoor Concert Kitchen Theatre Company: Scoot, Sizzle & Slide
July 16, 2008 Lecture M. H. Abrams: On Reading Poems Aloud
July 18, 2008 Outdoor Concert Lonesome Road Ramblers: Traditional Bluegrass
July 22, 2008 Indoor Concert Department of Theatre, Film & Dance: Love Shoe II
July 23, 2008 Lecture Donna Freitas: Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance, and Religion on America’s College Campuses
July 25, 2008 Outdoor Concert Oculus: Alternative World Music
July 29, 2008 Indoor Concert Trio Appassionata: Flute, cello, and piano
July 30, 2008 Lecture Madeleine Homan: Coaching: What It Can Do for You
August 1, 2008 Outdoor Concert Radio London: '60s Rock 'n' Roll
Multiple dates Event Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art: Summer Exhibits