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25 A Thousand Miles Up the Nile. P.M. @ Penn Museum Galleries stay open until 8 p.m., with a half-hour gallery tour at 5:30 p.m. Free w/ admission. Info: www.penn.museum 2nd Wednesday Quizzo; 6 p.m. November 14 FILMS 1 Detective Montalbano: The Snack A T P E N N Thief and A Trip to Tindari; in Italian and English; Q&A sessions with director Wherever these symbols appear, more images or audio/video clips are Alberto Sironi; 4:30-8:30 p.m.; rm. 1B, available on our website, www.upenn.edu/almanac/ (Italian Studies). 8 Photographic Memory; presented by filmmaker Ross McElwee; 5:30 p.m.; 401 University Council Meeting; 4 p.m.; Museum; $8/Locust Walk, $10/door. Also Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies). 28 November 10, 8 p.m. Andrew’s Video Vault: Pericles on 31st Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; RSVP: [email protected] On November 10, the Annenberg Center presents Acoustic Africa: Afropean Women, Street, The Man with Two Heads; 8 p.m.; The Rotunda (Cinema Studies, The Rotunda). SPECIAL EVENTS a night fusing traditional African music with contemporary pop and R&B, featuring MEMORIAL three distinguished singers. See Music. 12 Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry; film Ongoing screening followed by Q&A with 14 Emeritus Professor Paul Kleindorfer Farmer’s Market; Wednesdays; 9 Slought Foundation: free; Thur.- director Alison Klayman; 7 p.m.; Memorial; reception following; 4:30 p.m.; a.m.-4 p.m.; University Square (Business ACADEMIC CALENDAR Sat., 1-6 p.m.; www.slought.org Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum; 8th fl. Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Services). Through late November or Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; free/ early December. 16 Last Day to Withdraw from a Course. RSVP: http://form.jotformpro.com/ ID required; for hours see http://events. form/22479247541963 (Penn Museum). MUSIC Penn Power Down Challenge; three- 22 Thanksgiving Break. Through library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi week energy reduction competition to November 25. 13 Gods and Kings; presented in conjunction with the MAYA 2012: Lords 2 Jazz and Grooves Presents: Atlas reduce electricity usage as part of Penn’s 26 Classes resume. Upcoming Sound, School of Seven Bells, Slow Dance Climate Action Plan. Info.: www.upenn. Stat of the Union; original of Time exhibit; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum; 6 pay-what-you-want (Penn Museum). Chubby; 8 p.m.; The Rotunda; $15/ edu/sustainability/programs/power-down- CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES infographics handmade by Writers general, $10/Penn students day of, $5/ challenge/ (Green Campus Partnership). staffers; reception, 6 p.m.; Kelly Writers 14 On the Caribbean Periphery of Penn students advance; tickets: http://bit. Through November 19. Morris House. Through January 4. American Letters; 5 p.m.; Harrison ly/PSNCjx (The Rotunda). *Cancelled* Free with admission unless otherwise Auditorium, Penn Museum (Office of the 3 Day of the Dead Celebration; 9 9 Perspectives on a Photography 3 The New Spirit of Penn Gospel Choir families will celebrate Mexican culture noted. Register: (215) 247-5777; Collection; reception, 5:30 p.m.; remarks Provost, English, Penn Humanities Forum). www.morrisarboretum.org Presents: You Thirsty?; 3 p.m.; Dunlop with music, dancing and more; 1-4 p.m.; by Marilyn Jordan Taylor, dean, 28 Demolition Man; 7:30 p.m.; Penn Auditorium, Stemmler Hall; $8/Locust free with admission; Penn Museum 12 Veterans’ Day Print Making PennDesign; Lynn Marsden-Atlass, Museum; pay-what-you-want (Penn Walk, $10/general (Penn Gospel Choir). (Museum). Workshop; ages 6-12 will make nature- director, Arthur Ross Gallery; and Museum). inspired prints, creating one for the 15 Al-Bustan Presents Music Demo, 10 Art Slam; art competition, music, and Gabriel Martinez, guest curator; Arthur New Authors of Italian Cinema Moroccan Vocalist Karima Skalli; refreshments; 7 p.m.; Fine Arts Exhibition Veterans’ Hospital; 1-2:45 Ross Gallery. Through January 27. Free admission; International House. p.m.; $25, $20/members. 6 p.m.; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine space, Morgan Bldg.; Free tickets: http:// 11 Lisa Campeau; experimental Kryptonite!; 5:30 p.m. Auditorium; RSVP: www.albustanseeds. artslam.eventbrite.com (Fine Arts). Storytime at the ; 29 13 landscape artist; Burrison Gallery. Apartment in Athens; 8:30 p.m. org (Greenfield Intercultural Center, Al- Diwali Celebration; Indian Cultural 10:30 a.m. Also November 27. Through December 14. 13 30 100 Meters to Heaven; 5:30 p.m. Bustan Seeds of Culture). Festival with food, music and dance; Holiday Garden Railway Grand Penn Museum 24 Shun Li and the Poet; 8:30 p.m. Annenberg Center 6 p.m.; International House; $10, $8/ Info.: www.penn.museum Opening; the Arboretum’s winter garden members (International House). New Middle East Cinema Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org Catch a Dream; learn about Native railway decorated for the holidays; 11 1-3 p.m.; Morris Arboretum. Exhibit Free admission; rm. 200, College Hall. 10 Acoustic Africa: Afropean Woman; Asian Pacific American Heritage Week American dreamcatchers and make your traditional African music, contemporary Info.: www.apahw.org own; 1-4 p.m.; free with admission. continues through December 31, regular 1 Footnote; Israeli film; 7 p.m. (Near hours 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; December 15-31, Eastern Languages and Civilizations). pop and R&B; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach 4 Dance, Dim Sum & Discussions; Theatre; $20-45. World Cafe Live: extended hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 2 Red Heart; Iraqi film; 5:30 p.m. learn how to Bhangra, make dim sum, Peanut Butter and Jams (History). Music Department and engage in discussions about politics Tickets: www.worldcafelive.com Now and the Asian American community at Moby-Dick: Work from the Figures Where Do We Go Now?; Lebanese Info.: www.sas.upenn.edu/music/ Shows begin 11:30 a.m.; $10, $7/children. film; 8:30 p.m. (Cinema Studies). performance/schedule.html workshops and panel discussions; 6:30 of Thought Seminar; sculpture and p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall. 3 Steve Pullara and The Cool Beans performance works; Charles Addams 3 Microphone; Egyptian film; 5:30 3 Penn Symphony Orchestra; 8 p.m.; Band; interactive show. . An Evening with ; South Gallery. Through November 16. p.m. (Near Eastern Languages and Asian actor and political actor Kal Penn 10 Alastair Moock; collaborative Faces of a New ; artwork by Civilizations). 10 University Choir; 8 p.m.; Irvine children’s music. speaks; 7 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium; $8/ Amanda Stevenson Lupke; International Beyond the Hill; Turkish film; 8:30 Auditorium; $5, free/PennCard. Penn students, $10/non-Penn students. 17 The Human Lard Dog; musical comedy. House. Through November 23. p.m. (Middle East Center). Penn Baroque and Recorder The Woman Represented; Interna- 14 5 Asian Pacific American Heritage International House Ensembles; 8 p.m.; Recital Hall, Week Kickoff; free performances and CONFERENCES tional House. Through November 23. Fisher-Bennett Hall. Excursus III: Ooga Booga; ICA. Tickets $9, $7/students and seniors; 7 food; 7 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall. Through December 16. p.m. unless otherwise noted. Purchase at APAHW’s 20th Annual 9 The Nature of Proof: A Symposium; http://ihousephilly.org ON STAGE 6 Scott Aaronson, MIT; Dennis DeTurck, Jeremy Deller: Joy in People; a Extravaganza; food and carnival retrospective featuring installations, pho- 1 Richard Lester at 80: The Knack… Ruthless Spouse; urban drama hosted by Asian Pacific Student Coalition mathematics; Solomon Feferman, and How to Get It. 1 Stanford; David Rudovsky, Penn Law; tos, videos, posters and performance presented by Raw Yankee Theater; 8 constituent groups; 7 p.m.; Hall of Flags, 2-5 p.m.; Michael A. Fitts Auditorium, works; ICA. Through December 30. 2 Richard Lester at 80: How I Won p.m.; The Rotunda; $15, $10/student Houston Hall. rm. 100, Golkin Hall (Thomas and MAYA 2012: Lords of Time; a jour- the War. ID; tickets: http://therotunda.ticketleap. 7 Letters to Ourselves: Asian Yvonne Williams Fund for the ney through the Maya’s time-ordered 3 Richard Lester at 80: A Funny com/ruthlessspouse/ (The Rotunda). Also American Studies Dinner; ASAM Advancement of Logic and Philosophy, universe, expressed through their intri- Thing Happened on the Way to the November 4, 2 p.m., 6 p.m. & 9 p.m. professors share their personal Provost’s Fund for the Year of Proof). cate calendar systems; $22.50, $18.50/ Forum; 5 p.m. experiences growing up in America; seniors, $16.50/children & students; Penn Annenberg Center 12 The Role of Higher Education— Richard Lester at 80: The Bed- Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org dinner provided; 6 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Museum. Through January 13. See Talks Sitting Room.; 8 p.m. Houston Hall. Community—School Partnerships in Rama Vaidyanathan; Bharata and Films. 3 APA: Hit Play; performances by Jason Creating Democratic Communities Uncommon Modern: Commercial 7 Jean Gentil. Natyam, classical dance of Southern India; 8 Locally, Nationally, and Globally; 8 Philadelphia Asian American Film 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; $20-45. Chen and Shanghai Restoration Project; 7 Vernacular Architecture in Greater Phila- p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall. international conference in celebration delphia, 1937-1970; photographs and rare Festival; film series encapsulating the of the 20th anniversary of Penn’s Netter 15 Spellbound Dance Company; 7:30 original drawings; Kroiz Gallery. Through Asian American experience; info.: www. p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; $20-55. Also 9 Big Asian on Campus; Penn students Center for Community Partnerships; January 18. phillyasianfilmfest.org (HBO). Through compete for the title of Big Asian on Campus; 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Houston Hall, Claudia November 16, 8 p.m., and November 17, Paper: A Deckled Edge—The Paper November 16. 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. 7 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall. Cohen Hall, other locations; info. & Artwork of Lesley Haas; Kamin Gallery, Charity Gala; three-course dinner www.nettercenter.upenn.edu/20th- 11 Muslim Voices of Philadelphia 10 register: Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through Feb- Project; free (Scribe Video Center). University Life Arts Initiative with proceeds benefiting APAHW’s anniversary/ (Netter Center). Continues ruary 15. Tickets: Locust Walk charity, Hepatitis B Free Philadelphia November 13, 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 14 End to End: Framing the European Resolved? God Does Not Exist; Financial Crisis; free; RSVP requested: 1 The Penn Glee Club and Penn Foundation; 7 p.m.; Inn at Penn; $20, 14 Penn GIS Day; highlights the use sampling of the library’s collection; 1st http://ihousephilly.org/events/end-to-end- Dance Present: Armageddon Ready!; $180/table for 10. of Geographic Information Systems; floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through framing-the-european-financial-crisis 8 p.m.; Iron Gate Theater; $6/with keynote speaker: Michael Jones, Google; February 24. PennCard, $8/general. Also November 2, SPORTS 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Upper Gallery, Van Pelt at 50; photographs from 15 Motion Pictures: Two Films by 3, 8 p.m. Michael Rubbo. Meyerson Hall; register: penngis. throughout the library’s history; first 2 Without a Net Presents: Annie 2 Volleyball vs. Yale; 7 p.m. eventbrite.com (Penn IUR, PennDesign). floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through 17 The Janus Collection: Stranger Get Your Nun; 9 p.m.; Class of ’49 Sprint Football vs. Princeton; 7 p.m. 16 Taxonomies of Knowledge: February 24. Than Paradise. Auditorium, Houston Hall; $5. Also 3 Volleyball vs. Brown; 5 p.m. Fifth Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Year of Proof: Making & Unmaking 28 Beauty is Embarrassing. November 3, 8 p.m. Wrestling; Intrasquad; TBD. Symposium on Manuscript Studies in Race; Penn Museum. Through August 18. Arts House Dance Company and 9 (M) Basketball vs. UMBC; 7 p.m. the Digital Age; opening reception and Ongoing MEETINGS Present: Artsala 2012; 8:30 10 Football vs. Harvard; noon keynote address, 5 p.m.; Parkway Central p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg John Cage: How to Get Started; 7 WXPN Policy Board Meeting; noon; (M & W) Swimming vs. UConn; 1 p.m. Library, 1901 Vine St.; $35, $45/walk- interactive installation of a rarely heard Center; $8/advance, $10/door; info.: (M) Soccer vs. Harvard; 7 p.m. ins; $10/students, $15/student walk-ins. 3025 Walnut St; info.: (215) 898-0628 www.artshousedance.com performance; Slought Foundation. 12 (W) Basketball vs. Virginia; 7 p.m. Info. and registration: www.library.upenn. Human Evolution: The First 200 13 PPSA Board Meeting; 1 p.m.; rm. 9 Penny Loafers Presents: Fall Show edu/exhibits/lectures/ljs_symposium5. G95, Jon M. Huntsman Hall; RSVP: 2012; 8 p.m.; Harrison Auditorium, Penn 16 (W) Swimming vs. Cornell/ Million Years; Hover Gallery, 2nd fl., Princeton; 3:30 p.m. html/ Continues November 17, 8:30 a.m.- Penn Museum. [email protected] 7 p.m., G17, Claudia Cohen Hall (Penn The History of Nursing as Seen 17 (M) Swimming vs. Cornell/ Libraries). Through the Lens of Art; Carol Ware Princeton; 3:30 p.m. Lobby, Fagin Hall. (M) Basketball vs. Drexel; 4 p.m. EXHIBITS Amarna: Ancient Egypt’s Place in 18 Wrestling; Keystone Classic; all day. Admission Donations and Hours the Sun; Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, 28 (M) Basketball vs. Binghamton; 7 p.m. Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Greeks and Romans; Canaan & Ancient 30 (W) Basketball vs. La Salle; 7 p.m. Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.- Israel; Living in Balance: The Universe Sun., noon-5 p.m.; www.upenn.edu/ARG/ of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache; Burrison Gallery, University Club In the Artifact Lab: Conserving Egyptian at Penn: free; Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Mummies; Mesoamerica; The Egyptian Sat.-Sun., 7 a.m.-1 p.m.; www.upenn.edu/ Mummy: Secrets & Science; Buddhism: universityclub/burrison.shtml History & Diversity of a Great Tradition; Carol Ware Lobby, Fagin Hall: free; Africa; ’s Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur’s Royal Cemetery; On the Silk Road: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 3910 Chestnut St., 2nd Floor Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, Tashkent; Imagine Africa!; Penn Museum. Philadelphia, PA 19104-3111 Department of Fine Arts: free; Mon.-Fri., ICA Programs 10 a.m.-5 p.m; Sat. by appointment. (215) 898-5274 or 5275 FAX (215) 898-9137 7 Sound: Music with Mark Beasley, E-mail: [email protected] Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA): Liz Kotz, and Kamau Amu Patton ; 6:30 URL: www.upenn.edu/almanac free; Wed., 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Thurs. and Fri., p.m. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat. and Sun., 11 a.m.-5 Unless otherwise noted, all events p.m.; closed Monday and Tuesday; www. 28 Folk: Subculture with Alex Baker, icaphila.org Matthew Higgs and William E. Jones; are open to the general public as well as International House, Galleria: 6:30 p.m.; ICA Salon. to members of the University. For build- hours vary; info.: www.ihousephilly.org Penn Museum Tours ing locations, call (215) 898-5000, or see : free; Mon.- Tours begin at 1:30 p.m., Warden Garden www.facilities.upenn.edu or the Univer- Thurs., 10 a.m-10:30 p.m.; Fri. 10 a.m.-5 Entrance. Tour availability and topics sub- sity’s website, www.upenn.edu. A phone p.m.; Sat. noon-11 p.m.; Sun. 6-11 p.m.; ject to change. Free with admission. number normally means tickets, reserva- http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/ Info.: www.penn.museum tions or registration required. Kroiz Gallery: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.- The Etruscan/Roman World. Almanac carries an Update with addi- 5 p.m.; www.design.upenn.edu/architecture/ 3 Iraq’s Ancient Past. tions, changes & cancellations if received architectural-archives-kroiz-gallery 4 by Monday at noon for the following Morris Arboretum: Daily, 10 a.m.-4 10 The Native American Southwest. week’s issue. University members may p.m.; for prices, see www.upenn.edu/ar- 11 Music and Musical Instruments of send notices for the Update or December boretum/ the Ancient World. AT PENN calendar. Penn Museum: $12/adults; $10/ The Margarita Panel, a grand, modeled-stucco building panel, measures almost 9 feet 17 Majestic Objects of the Chinese high by 12 feet wide. Discovered by a Penn Museum excavation team in the 1990s, it Events on this calendar are subject to seniors (65+); $8/children (6-17); free/ Rotunda. members, PennCard holders and children features the emblematic name of Copan’s royal founder, K’inich Yax K’uk’ Mo’. The change. More information can be found under 5; Tues., Thur.-Sun, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; 18 The Ancient Greek World. MAYA 2012: Lords of Time features a full-color replica of this monumental piece. See on the sponsoring department’s website. Wed., 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; www.penn.museum 24 Egypt of the Pharaohs. Exhibits, Films (11/13) and Talks (11/14 and 11/16). Sponsors are listed in parentheses.

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1 Bacteria-Based Tools for Studying $18/members; RSVP: education@ Ostap, physiology; 4 p.m.; refreshments, 15 Subnationalism and Social 27 Food Insecurity and the Home Prions and Amyloid Formation; Ann morrisarboretum.org or (215) 247-5777, 3:45 p.m.; 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg. Development: A Comparative Analysis of Front in Wartime Japan: A Transnational Hochschild, Harvard University; noon; ext. 125 (Arboretum). (Biochemistry & Biophysics) Indian States; Prerna Singh, Harvard; noon; Perspective; Sheldon Garon, Princeton Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Electrostatic Effects in 9 Curators’ Panel Discussion; in Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall (CASI). University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Bldg. (Biochemistry and Biophysics). Macromolecular Systems; Zhen-Gang conjunction with the 9 Perspectives on Translesion DNA Polymerases: Hall (Annenberg School). Kalhana’s Rājataranginī; John Wang, California Institute of Technology; a Photography Collection exhibit; 4:30 From Cancer Chemotherapy to Humanities in Revolt; Alastair Nemec, University of Virginia; noon; rm. 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson Hall (Arthur Bactericidal Antibiotic Action; Graham Renfrew, Durham University; 6:30 p.m.; 816, Williams Hall ( Center). Levine Hall (Chemical & Biomolecular Ross Gallery). See Exhibits. Walker, MIT; noon; Austrian Auditorium, Slought Foundation (Slought Foundation, Do Politics Shape the Perception Engineering). 10 On the Road with John Henry Clinical Research Bldg. (Biochemistry & SAS). of Race? Evidence from Brain and Hildegarde the Benedictine: A Haynes: A Photographer and Biophysics). Mechanisms of Metastatic Woman within a Tradition 28 Behavior; David Amodio, New York ; Judith Sutera, Archaeologist in the Ottoman Empire, Leonard Davis Institute Research Dissemination; Robert Weinberg, University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 214, Gittis Benedictine College; 4 p.m.; rm. 204, 1881-1900; Robert Ousterhout, history of Seminar; Daniel Kessler; noon; location Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Hall; RSVP: [email protected] Claudia Cohen Hall (Religious Studies, art; 2 p.m.; Penn Museum; pay-what-you- TBA; info.: ldi.upenn.edu/events (LDI). Research; 10 a.m.; Grossman (Center for Neuroscience and Society). Medieval Studies). want (Museum). Title TBA; Arjun Guneratne, Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar). El Jardin de la Metropoli; Enric Cultural Brokerage and Co-Ethnic 11 In Pursuit of Happiness (2009) Macalester College; noon; rm. 816, Title TBA; Francesco Marchetti, Relations in the Korean Enclave in Beijing; Batlle, Battle I Roig; 6 p.m.; rm. B3, Williams Hall (South Asia Center). Health Canada; noon; rm. 252, Meyerson Hall (PennDesign). Discussion; Kyle Cleveland, Temple Sharon Yoon, Korean studies; 4:30 p.m.; University in Japan, facilitates discussion Constitution Making in Africa; Biomedical Research Bldg. II/III rm. B21, Stiteler Hall (Korean Studies). The First Crusade: Three Battles Nicholas Haysom, UN Director for for Latin Christendom about film of homeless population (Center for Research on Reproduction & Kai-Uwe Bergmann at PennDesign; ; Jessica Goldberg, Political Affairs; 4:30 p.m.; Silverstein Women’s Health). medieval history; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum; in Japan; 2 p.m.; free w/ museum Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Bjarke Ingels Group; admission; Penn Museum (Center for Forum, Stiteler Hall (SAS). “The Heathen are Demanding the 5:45 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall; $10/door, $5/advance; RSVP: www.penn. Sea Level Rise Along the Atlantic Gospel”: Conversion and Redemption in museum/greatbattles East Asian Studies, Cinema Studies). $45, $29/members, $10/students, free for (Museum). Coast of the US; Benjamin Horton, earth African Colonization; Ben Wright, Rice PennDesign students and faculty; RSVP: Discovery and Application of 12 Energy, Water, and Food Security in 8 the MENA Region; Paul Sullivan, National and environmental science; 5:30 p.m.; University; 12:30 p.m.; rm. 105, McNeil http://dvgbc.org/education/view/global- Chemical Probes for Epigenetic Gene Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall (LPS). Center (McNeil Center). green-innovations-sustainable-design Regulatory Mechanisms; Cheryl Defense University; rm. 224, Fisher- Digging in Rome: Excavations at the Bennett Hall (Middle East Center). Stochastic Methods for Simulation (PennDesign). Arrowsmith, University of Toronto; noon; Villa of Emperor Maxentius; Daira Nocera, of Dispersion and Agglomeration of Artist Talk: Wendy White; 6:30 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research 13 The Transnational Challenge: The graduate student; 6 p.m.; rm. 543, Williams Adhesive Particles in Turbulent Flows; Institute of Contemporary Art; RSVP: Bldg. (Biochemistry and Biophysics). Case of the United Nations Relief and Hall (Center for Italian Studies). Jeffrey Marshall, University of Vermont; http://wendywhite-rss.eventbrite.com Tenuous Sovereignty, Precarious Rehabilitation Administration, 1939- Proof: The Theme Year Lecture; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, (PennDesign). Citizenship: Civil War in Central 1947; Charles Sharpe, McGill University; Mariana Ibañez, Harvard; Simon Kim, Levine Hall (Chemical and Biomolecular 5 Community and Education India; Nandini Sundar, Delhi School of 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall architecture; Skylar Tibbits, MIT; Engineering). Challenges in Philadelphia: Research Economics; noon; rm. 816, Williams Hall (Annenberg School). 6 p.m.; PennDesign; RSVP: http:// New Work Through the Ages: Five and Reform; panel discussion; 5:30 (South Asia Center). The Economy and the Property proofthemeyearlecture-rss.eventbrite.com Decades of Seeing: Artist Talk with Larry p.m.; Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall; Anne Frank: From Diary to Book; Markets; Samuel Zell, real estate (PennDesign). Fink; 5:30 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery register: http://penniurcommunityed. Jeffrey Shandler, ; 5 investor; 4:30 p.m.; rm. G06, Jon M. 16 Food For Thought: MAYA 2012: (Arthur Ross Gallery). eventbrite.com (Penn IUR). p.m.; Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall Huntsman Hall (Samuel Zell and Robert Lords of Time Lurie Real Estate Center). ; Simon Martin, associate 29 Machines of Protein Destruction; Conversations on Coexistence: (Jewish Studies and Germanic Studies). curator of the Penn Museum’s American Robert Sauer, MIT; noon; Austrian Rethinking the Interface Between The Carabinieri for the Protection of Artist Talk: Neal Slavin; 5:30 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery (Arthur Ross Gallery). section; enjoy lunch at the University Auditorium, Clinical Research Bldg. Communities, Institutions and Ecologies; Cultural Heritage; Carmelo Manola and Club during the talk; noon; Hourglass Carabinieri The Honorable A. Leon (Biochemistry and Biophysics). Teddy Cruz, University of California, Angelo Ragusa, ; 6 p.m.; Penn Room, University Club (University One Small Step for Tourism: San Diego; Anuradha Mathur, landscape Museum (Penn Cultural Heritage Center). Higginbotham Jr. Memorial Lecture; Dorothy Roberts, Penn Law; 5:30 Club). Protecting America’s Lunar Exploration architecture; Amy Hillier, city and Translation and Poetry in Prose Evaluating Conditional Cash Heritage Boethius Volgarizzamenti p.m.; rm. 500, Annenberg School for ; Matthew Hersch, history and regional planning; 6 p.m.; Lower Gallery, ; Kara Gaston, Transfers to Prevent HIV and Other sociology of science; 4:30 p.m.; Penn Meyerson Hall (PennDesign). English; 6 p.m.; rm. 543, Williams Hall Communication (Center for Africana Sexually Transmitted Infections in Studies, Penn Law). Museum (Penn Cultural Heritage Center). Translation and Poetry in Prose (Center for Italian Studies). Tanzania: 1 Year Post-Intervention The Legendary Origins of Florence Artist Talk: Steffani Jemison Boethius Volgarizzamenti; Kara Gaston, ; 6:30 14 The Living Building Challenge; Darren Follow-up; William Dow; noon; Colonial in Medieval Political Propaganda; English; 6 p.m.; rm. 543, Williams Hall p.m.; Institute of Contemporary Art; Molnar-Port, New Jersey Department of Penn Center Auditorium; info.: ldi.upenn. Chelsea Pomponio, Italian studies; rm. (Center for Italian Studies). RSVP: http://jemison-penndesign-rss. Community Affairs; noon; Carolyn Lynch edu/events (LDI). eventbrite.com 543, Williams Hall (Center for Italian Headshaking Syndrome in Horses; (PennDesign). Room, Chemistry Bldg. (IGEL). News with Newness: Stan Studies). 6 Out of Eden: A Journalist Gone The Creation of ENIAC: The Joy Tomlinson, Veterinary Medicine; 6:30 VanDerBeek’s Network Media; Erica Transplant Center Concentration p.m.; Alumni Hall, ; Rogue; Paul Salopek, Pulitzer Prize Beginning of the Digital Age; Louis Levin, history of art; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, 30 winning journalist; 7 p.m.; Amado Recital Girifalco, materials science and and the Underutilization of Viable RSVP: [email protected] (Penn Vet). Jaffe Bldg (History of Art). Donors: Theory and Evidence from Liver Hall, Irvine Auditorium; register: www. engineering; noon; Hourglass Room, Polyphosphoinositides; Paul 7 Moving Beyond the Mean: The Role gsc.upenn.edu/register (GSC). University Club; $12/full lunch, $8.80/ Transplants; Bradley Herring, Johns of Variation in Determining Phenotype; Janmey, physiology; 4 p.m.; rm. 248, Police Administration in India: light lunch, free/no lunch (PASEF). Hopkins; noon; Colonial Penn Center John Quackenbush, Dana-Farber Cancer 9 Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg. (Biochemistry Auditorium; RSVP: maddene@wharton. Delivery Dysfunction; Anjana Sinha, Interrogating the Book of Negroes: & Biophysics) Institute; 10 a.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Reconstructing Enslaved Families in upenn.edu (LDI). CASI visiting scholar; noon; CASI, Suite Gina Haney at PennDesign Wistar Institute (Wistar). Pre-Revolutionary Virginia; Cassandra 19 ; Title TBA; Ruth Gilmore, CUNY; The Future of Water; Jon Freedman, 560, 3600 Market St. (CASI). Gina Haney, architectural historian; 6 noon; rm. 500, Annenberg School (Center Title TBA; Allyson Schwartz, US Pybus, University of Sydney; 12:30 p.m; GE; Francesca McCann, Global Water rm. 105, McNeil Center (McNeil Center). p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson Hall; RSVP: for Africana Studies). Strategies; noon; Carolyn Lynch Room, Representative; noon; Colonial Penn http://ginahaney-rss.eventbrite.com Marlon Riggs’ Tongues Untied: maddene@ Maya Majesty: Kings and Queens of Chemistry Bldg. (IGEL). Center Auditorium; RSVP: (PennDesign). Listen Up to the Grand Diva Rap; Carolyn wharton.upenn.edu (LDI). the Classic Period; Simon Martin, curator Title TBA; Elizabeth Nathanson, and author; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum; $5 20 Between Nature and Artifice: Trench, history of art; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Muhlenberg College; noon; rm. 330, Houses of Louis Kahn: The Inside Story (Museum). The Construction of Experience Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art). Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies). ; George Marcus, history of art; 3:30 Modeling Membrane Remodeling; p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art). The New China; William Overholt, in Early Modern Italian Gardens; Saving America’s Exceptional Harvard; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 111, Annenberg Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto, landscape Ravi Radhakrishnan, bioengineering; 4 Gardens; Bill Noble, The Garden How a Molecular Motor Generates Force When Bound to Lipid Membranes. School (Center for the Study of architecture; 6 p.m.; rm. 543, Williams p.m.; rm. 248, Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg. Conservancy; 2 p.m.; Widener Visitor Contemporary China). Hall (Center for Italian Studies). (Biochemistry & Biophysics). Center, Morris Arboretum; $20, A Single-Molecule Approach; Michael FITNESS/LEARNING READINGS/SIGNINGS

Cardio Fitness; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; 2 Christian Association/LGBT Center HR: Quality of Worklife 7 Mendeley; 11 a.m. Speakeasy; open mic night; 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays & Thursday; St. Agatha-St. Open to Penn faculty and staff. Register: 14 Mixer; 3 p.m.; LGBT Center. Get to the Point! Effective Use of Springsteen Fest; 6 p.m. James Parish Hall; first class free, $8/ www.hr.upenn.edu/myhr/registration PowerPoint; 4:30 p.m. 15 6 Community Dinner; 6-7:30 p.m. Live at the Writers House; 7 p.m. class, $5/students; info: (267) 251-3842. Also November 20. 7 Managing Up; noon-1 p.m.; free. PowerPoint Basics; 6 p.m. 26 2 Parents @ Penn Fall Potluck and Relaxing Ways to Manage Your NVivo; 9:30 a.m. 28 Whenever We Feel Like It: Caryl College of Liberal & Professional 28 8 Kid’s Crafts; 5:30-7:30 p.m.; Penn Wom- Stress; noon-1 p.m.; free. FAR: Synthesizing Sources in a Pagel and Paul Legault; 6 p.m. en’s Center; RSVP: [email protected] Studies Research Paper; 5 p.m. 29 Playwrights You Wish You Knew; 7 Walk-in Wednesdays; meet recruit- Morris Arboretum 6 p.m. 9 Center for Teaching and Learn- www.morrisarboretum.org 13 CSS for Beginners; 3 p.m. ing Workshop; for faculty interested in ment specialists and program directors; 11 Register: a.m.-1 p.m. & 4:30-6 p.m.; ste. 100, 3440 Winter Wellness Walks; brisk walks 14 Photoshop Basics; 10 a.m. Penn Bookstore proposing courses; 11 a.m.; Center for RefWorks; 10 a.m. Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore Teaching and Learning; registration: ctl- Market St. Also November 14, 28. led by an experienced volunteer guide [email protected] along paved paths; Saturdays; 10:30 a.m.; 16 Zotero; 10:30 a.m. 1 Southscapes: Geographies of Race, ISC Technology Training Services meet in front of Widener Visitor Center. WordPress Advanced Features; 11 a.m. Region, and Literature; Thadious Davis, 28 Rape Aggression Defense Class; ISC Labs, 3650 Chestnut St., 9:30 a.m.- Continues through March 2013. Illustrator; 2 p.m. English; 5:30 p.m. (Center for Africana 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Public Safety; RSVP: (215) 4:30 p.m. Register: www.upenn.edu/com- Native at Morris Arboretum; Studies). 898-4481. Continues Wednesdays through puting/isc/training 19 Van Pelt Research Clinics; 1-4 p.m. guided tour of the Arboretum’s trees; 1st Through December 7, Monday-Friday. 5 Regulatory Breakdown: The Crisis December 19 (Public Safety). 26 Business Objects Web Intelligence and 3rd Saturdays in November; 11 a.m.; Photoshop Layers; 10 a.m. of Confidence in US Regulation; Penn XI Beginning; $425. meet in front of Widener Visitor Center. 21 faculty panel discussion led by Cary Public Skating; Mondays, Wednesdays 28 PowerPoint 2010 Introduction; $190. The Well-Mannered Perennial Gar- 27 Mapping & GIS: Map Design with Coglianese, Penn Law; noon. 1 ArcGIS and Fridays, noon-1:30 p.m.; Saturdays, Word 2010 Intermediate; $190. den; 7-8:30 p.m.; $30, $25/member. ; 2 p.m. 5:45-7 p.m.; Sundays, 1:30-3 p.m. 29 FAR: Editing and Revising; 5 p.m. 6 Hell-Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the 2 The Botany of Beer; talk and tasting Search for Something Like Transcendence in 17 Thanksgiving Skate; half-price admis- HR: Learning and Education Open to Penn faculty and staff. Register: with Julie Jenney, Swarthmore College; Competitive Yoga; Benjamin Lorr; 6 p.m. sion upon non-perishable food donation; 6:30-8:30 p.m.; $45, $40/member. READINGS/SIGNINGS 5:30 p.m. Also November 18, 1:30 p.m. http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu 8 Aisha’s Cushion: Religious Art, 8 AMA’s Moving from an Operational 7 Advancing Your Climbing Skills: 20 In the Garden of Beasts; Eric Perception and Practice in Islam; Jamal Christian Association Manager to a Strategic Leader; 9 a.m.-5 Pruning, Rigging, and Removal with a Larson; monthly book club discussion for Elias, religious studies; 6 p.m. Prayer, Worship and Scripture; p.m.; $75. Continues November 9. Crane; course carries 16.5 CEUs for ISA Penn staff; 1 p.m.; Meyerson Room, Van Clearly, I Didn’t Think This Through: 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Mondays, certified arborists; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; $525 14 Staff Grievance Procedure Panelist Pelt Library; info.: (215) 898-0876 (Penn One Tall Girl’s Impulsive, Ill-Conceived, Wednesdays & Fridays. 14 (includes lunch). Continues November 8, 9. Libraries). and Borderline Irresponsible Life Slanguage; 2:30-5:30 p.m.; Tuesdays. Training; 1-5 p.m.; free. Also November 15, 29. 8 Creating a Woodland Garden; 27 On the Caribbean Periphery of Decisions; Anna Goldfarb; 6:30 p.m. Quaker Worship at Penn; 8:30 p.m.; 7-8:30 p.m., $30, $25/member. Brown Bag Matinee—Conflict Reso- American Letters; Junot Díaz, Pulitzer 28 Moments Captured; Robert Tuesdays. 15 Zentangle® Art Workshop Peacemaking Through the Arts; chil- lution; 11 a.m.-noon; free. 10 ; 10 a.m.- Prize-winning author, MIT; 5 p.m.; Harrison Seidman; 6 p.m. 1 p.m.; $40, $35/member. Auditorium, Penn Museum; RSVP: http:// Reporting the Revolutionary War: drens’ mentoring; 3 p.m.; Wednesdays. 16 Diversity Brown Bag—Americans with humanities.sas.upenn.edu/registration.shtml 30 Animate; exploration of faith 17 Thanksgiving Harvest Centerpiece; Before It Was History, It Was News; Todd Disabilities Act (ADA); noon-1 p.m.; free. (Provost’s Office, English). and key issues of Christianity; 7 p.m.; Unlocking the Secrets of the Penn 1-3 p.m.; $60, $50/member. Andrlik; 4 p.m. Wednesdays. Library; noon; free. 18 Painting with Watercolor and Kelly Writers House Social Justice Small Group; 7 p.m.; Webinar—Writing to Make a Difference; Colored Pencil; 12:30-3:30 p.m.; $135, Info.: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/ Thursdays. 12:30 p.m.; $40. Continues November 30. $125/member. Continues December 2, 9. 1 Kate Zambreno; 6 p.m. 1 Faith on Tap; 4:45 p.m.; graduate 19 Career Focus Brown Bag—Network 19 Advanced Plant Physiology; 10 5 A Poetry Reading by Aracelis students meet at Christian Association for Success; 1-2 p.m.; free. a.m.-noon; $30, $25/member. Girmay; 6 p.m. and walk over to City Tap House. Also Mastering Resilience; 9 a.m.-noon; $50. November 15, 29. 28 Department of Recreation: PennFit 7 Changing the Way We Drink; with Info.: www.upenn.edu/recreation/pro- Becca Goldstein; 6 p.m. grams/pennfit.html; (215) 898-6100. 8 A Poetry Reading by Nathalie A boy poses with an 7 Stress Management; 12:15-1:15 Anderson, Joan Landis and Elaine outdoor altar created p.m.; Pottruck Center Wellness Suite; Terranova; 6 p.m. by artists Cesar Vive- register: upenn.edu/recreation Continues 12 A Lunch Talk with Amanda Bennett; ros and Ana Guissell Wednesdays through December 12. noon; RSVP: [email protected] Palma, on Girard Weigle Info Commons Workshops 13 A Lunch Talk with Sam Stein; 11:30 Open the mobile version of the AT PENN Avenue in Philadel- In Class of 1968 Seminar Room, Van Pelt- a.m.; RSVP: [email protected] calendar by scanning this barcode with phia. Viveros will Dietrich Library unless otherwise noted. A Reading by John Jeremiah your smartphone and scrolling to the create a large scale Open to faculty, staff and students. RSVP: Sullivan; 6 p.m. bottom of the page. altar centerpiece for http://wic.library.upenn.edu/wicshops the Penn Museum’s 2 WordPress Basics; 11 a.m. Photo by Cesar Viveros Photo by Cesar Viveros Day of the Dead Cel- InDesign; 2 p.m. ebration on November 3, from 1 to 4 p.m. In 5 Mapping & GIS: Intro to ArcGIS; addition to this altar, 10:30 a.m. the event will feature Prezi; 4 p.m. Also November 18, dancers, storytelling, 1:30 p.m. traditional crafts, 6 Blackboard Test, Surveys & Pools; November and other talks. See 1 p.m. Special Events. Mapping & GIS: Intensity Maps with Google Fusion Tables; 3 p.m. A T P E N N

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