After learning that his three brothers have all died in the war, the government attempts to locate Private Ryan to send him home. The problem is they don’t know if he is dead or alive behind enemy lines. The film screens on Saturday, November 13 at 10 p.m. and Sunday, November 14 at 8 p.m. Admission is $6 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non UM-students, and staff. General admission is $8. Cash only. Free for UM students. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest is the third and final film adaptation of the best-selling Millennium trilogy, written by the late Swedish author, Stieg Larsson. Master computer hacker Lisbeth Salander lies in critical condition in the intensive care unit of a city hospital. She’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she’ll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. The film screens on Friday, November 12 at 9 p.m.; Saturday, November 13 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, November 14 at 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. Admission is $6 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non UM-students, and staff. General admission is $8. Cash only. Free for UM students. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

“Memory is everything. Without it we are nothing,” says neuroscientist Eric Kandel, winner of the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking research on the physiology of the brain’s storage of memories. This blend of autobiography and history recounts the life of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century and illuminates our understanding of the brain’s role in recording and preserving memory. The film screens on Friday, November 12 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, November 13 at 5 p.m.; and Sunday, November 14 at 3 p.m. Admission is $6 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non UM-students, and staff. General admission is $8. Cash only. Free for UM students. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

An estimated 500,000 Floridians are affected by Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. Join Miller School of Medicine Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt; Margaret Pericak-Vance, director of the Hussman Institute for Human Genomics; and Clinton Wright (Evelyn McKnight Brain Institute) and Elizabeth Crocco, co-directors of the UM Memory Disorders Clinic, at the 2010 Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk on Saturday, November 13 from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Merrick Park on Southwest 42nd Avenue (LeJeune Road) across from City Hall in Coral Gables.

Sponsored by the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, the 5K walk is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support, and research. For more information or to sign up, visit the 2010 Miami-Dade Memory Walk website.

The 2010-2011 Frost School of Music Choral Studies concert season continues with “Falling, Rising” at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 5960 North Kendall Drive, Coral Gables, on Saturday, November 13 at 7:30 p.m. Frost choral ensembles performing include the Chamber Singers, conducted by Jeb Mueller; Symphonic Choir, led by George Case and Alec Schumacker; and the Frost Chorale under the direction of Joshua Habermann. As stated by the philosopher Confucius, “Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.” Confucius’s quote provides the inspiration for a concert tracing the challenges and triumphs of a life’s journey. The concert is free. For more information, please contact the UM Choral Studies Program at 305-284-4162, via e-mail at [email protected], or on the Web at www.music.miami.edu/choralstudies.