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Lightbox Film Center at IHP Tickets: $10, $8 students/seniors, free for members. Screenings at 7 p.m. Info: www.lightboxfilmcenter.org 1 Staring Back at the Sun: Parts I & II. November 2 The Ballad of Shirley Collins. A T P E N N 3 Staring Back at the Sun: Parts III & IV. Wherever this symbol appears, more images are available on our website, 16 Soleil Ô (Oh, Sun!) www.upenn.edu/almanac/at-penn-calendar 17 One Sings, the Other Doesn’t. ACADEMIC CALENDAR Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free; 29 Reza Abdoh: Theatre Visionary. hours: http://www.library.upenn.edu/ 30 New Italian Cinema 2018. Now Advance registration for spring vanpelt term. Through November 11. Wistar: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; IHP: Gershman Jewish Film Festival https://wistar.org Screenings at 7 p.m. Info: 9 Last day to withdraw from a course. www.lightboxfilmcenter.org Upcoming 10 Homecoming (Harvard). 5 Anthrax. Brodsky Gallery Opening: Liana 20 Thurs-Fri class schedule on Tues- 6 12 Gentleman’s Agreement. Wed. Through November 21. Finck; 6 p.m. 22 Thanksgiving Break. Through 8 Homecoming Show; Burrison Gallery; ICA: Asian American Film Festival November 25. reception: November 9, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Info: https://icaphila.org Also see Fitness and Learning. 26 Classes resume. Through November 15. 17 Blue; Andreea Dimofte; Burrison 10 Drawn Together: Comics, Diversity, CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES Gallery; reception: November 30, 5:30 p.m. and Stereotypes; 11 a.m. Through December 21. Futbolistas 4 Life; 12:15 p.m. Annenberg Center Now Musical Shorts; 1:15 p.m. Tickets and info: annenbergcenter.org Seas and Cities; Lisa Reindorf’s work Havana Divas; 3 p.m. 8 The Prince and the Wooglefoof; a deals with the interaction of manmade in- Workshop: Sining Kapuluan; 5 p.m. family musical adapted from The Prince’s frastructure and natural systems; Burrison New Pet; 7:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Gallery. Through November 5. 11 Forbidden City, USA; 2 p.m. Theatre. Also November 9, 7:30 p.m. and William Kentridge: Universal IHP: Asian American Film Festival November 10, 1 and 4 p.m. Archive; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through Info: www.lightboxfilmcenter.org November 11. Also see Music. Lightbox Film Center at IHP OK I’ll Do It Myself: Narratives of In- $5 (ages 2+), free for members. Tickets: 8 In the Life of Music; 7 p.m. www.lightboxfilmcenter.org/family-matinee trepid Women in the American Wilderness; selections from the Caroline F. Schimmel 9 Moving Parts; 5 p.m. 17 KidFlix 1; New York International Collection of Women in the American Surviving Bokator; 7 p.m. Children’s Film Festival’s 2018 Best of Wilderness; Goldstein Family and Kamin Call Her Ganda; 3:30 p.m. the Fest; 2 p.m. family matinée. Galleries, Van Pelt. Through November 11. 10 For Izzy Morris Arboretum BioArt and Bacteria; Anna Dumitriu; ; 5:45 p.m. Info: morrisarboretum.org EKG. Through November 24. Fiction and Other Realities; 7:35 p.m. Cultures in the Crossfire: Stories 11 Sci-Fi Genre Shorts; 3 p.m. 2 Storytime at the Arboretum; 10:30 from Syria and Iraq; shedding light on the Anote’s Ark; 4:30 p.m. Photo courtesy of Burrison Gallery a.m.; Outdoor Children’s Classroom. ongoing destruction of cultural heritage in 23 Holiday Garden Rail Seasonal the Middle East; Penn Museum. Through Ulam: Main Dish; 6:15 p.m. Homecoming Show featuring alumni artists at Burrison Gallery. See Exhibits. Opening; 10 a.m.; Garden Railway. Open November 26. through December 31 (except December The Geometry of Matter: Kirigami and MEETINGS World Cafe Live Weike Wang: Cheryl J. Family Fic- 24-25). the Art of Building Space; Meyerson Hall. Performances daily. Complete listing and tion Reading; 6 p.m. Through December 3. 8 PPSA Board Meeting; 1 p.m.; Duhring tickets: www.worldcafelive.com 15 Lunch with Dana Milbank; noon. Penn Museum Wing; RSVP: [email protected] Info: www.penn.museum Truth & Image; artwork that absorbs, A Poetry Reading by Al Young; 6 p.m. captivates, transfixes and delivers the 13 WPPSA Board Meeting; 12:30 p.m.; ON STAGE 27 Whenever We Feel Like It; Laynie 6 Museum Playdates: Trickster Tales; viewer to newly imagined destinations; Conference Room 201, B Wing, 3401 geared for families with children ages 2 Diaspora Through the Decades: Browne, Connie Yu and Bianca Stone; 6 East Alcove Gallery, IHP; info: www. Walnut Street. Finding Our Way Home; Onda Latina and p.m. 3-6, includes illustrated stories, hands-on davinciartalliance.org/calls/truthimage reproduction artifacts and make-and-take 14 WXPN Policy Board Meeting; noon; The Inspiration; Iron Gate Theatre; 28 Lunch with Randi Hutter Epstein; Through December 15. WXPN; info: (215) 898-0628. 6 p.m.; tickets: $12/door, $10/Locust art activities; 10:30 a.m. Drawing: Laurie Olin; seven decades noon. Archaeology in the A.M.; designed Walk; group discounts (SAC). Also A Poetry Reading by Laura Henrik- 10 of work; Kroiz Gallery, Architectural November 3, 1 and 8:30 p.m. for teens and young adults with devel- Archives. Through December 20. MUSIC sen and Benjamin Krusling; 6 p.m. opmental or intellectual disabilities; 10 Cauleen Smith: Give It or Leave It; 9 Traveling While Black; solo 29 A Poetry Reading by Denice a.m.; free w/admission. 2 It Was a Dark and Stormy Night; performance by Edris Cooper-Ani- Frohman and Cindy Jiménez-Vera; 6 p.m. films, objects and installations; ICA. acapella show; 9 p.m.; Iron Gate Theatre; Second Saturdays: Worn & Adorn; Through December 23. fowoshe; 7 p.m.; Penn Museum; $15. tickets: $9; group discounts available Also November 10, 7 p.m. (Museum). SPECIAL EVENTS explore museum, design your own neck- Ree Morton: The Plant That Heals May (ACK). Also November 3, 6:30 p.m. lace; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; free w/ admission. Also Poison; ICA. Through December 23. Annenberg Center Sori Network; Penn Sori acapella 1 Penn Appetit: WHISK Cookbook 40 Winks at the Penn Museum; ages And So The Story Goes: Innovations show; 9 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Tickets and info: annenbergcenter.org 16 in Storytelling; Penn Museum. Through Launch; 7 p.m.; ICA; register: https:// 6-12, sleepover; 5:30 p.m.; admission: Annenberg Center; tickets: $8; group 1 Beckett Shorts; Samuel Beckett’s tinyurl.com/y9cvgxbc $55; $45 for museum members. Through March 17, 2019. Also short plays and film; 7 p.m.; Bruce Mont- discounts available (ACK). Election Day November 17, 9 a.m. Thomas Evans and the Professional November 3, 6 p.m. gomery Theatre. Also November 2, 7 p.m.; 6 ; polls open 7 a.m.-8 Press; Leon Levy Dental Medicine Library. November 3, 7 p.m.; November 4, 2 p.m. p.m.; visit www.votespa.com to find your Through April 12, 2019. 7 Drum Circle Workshop; drum with PA polling place. CONFERENCES Musical Partnerships at Play: The Philly’s own master world percussionist 2 Yellow Face; Front Row Theatre Co.; 6 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre (TAC-e). 7 The Living Legacy of George Marlboro Music School and Festival; Eu- Joseph Tayoun; 6:30 p.m.; Penn Museum Nakashima 2 2018 Penn India Research Sym- (Museum). Every Wednesday through Also November 3, 2 and 9 p.m. ; 2 p.m.; Morris Arboretum; posium; 2-6 p.m.; Perry World House; gene Ormandy Gallery, Van Pelt. Through register: https://tinyurl.com/ya5r962x June 21, 2019. November 28. 20 Potted Potter: The Unauthorized register: https://tinyurl.com/y8kqmzvu Harry Experience; a comedic condensing 11 Eagles Watch Party at Houston Hall; (Penn Global). Bearing Witness: Four Days in West Annenberg Center football in the bistro; 8:20 p.m. vs. Cow- Kingston; Penn Museum. Through Decem- Tickets and info: annenbergcenter.org of all seven Harry Potter books; 7:30 3 Script and Sound in Old Chinese; 9 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre. Also November boys (Perelman Quad). Also November ber 2, 2019. 1 The Routes of Slavery; Jordi Savall, 18 vs. Saints at 1 p.m. a.m.-6 p.m.; Nevil Classroom, Penn Mu- Moundbuilders: Ancient Artifacts of 21, 7:30 p.m.; November 23, 2 and 8 seum; register: [email protected] music interpreter; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach November 24 Novem- 12 Veterans Day Flag Raising Cere- North America; Penn Museum. Through Theatre. Also a 12:30 p.m. free p.m.; , 2 and 8 p.m.; (East Asian Languages and Civilizations). December 2, 2019. ber 25, 2 p.m. mony; keynote speaker: Jill DiSanto, Through November 4. performance for University students, Penn Communications; 9 a.m.; College Ongoing faculty and staff. Register: cpedano@ac. 30 Jessica Lang Dance; 8 p.m.; 8 Fifth Annual Microbiome Sym- Zellerbach Theatre. Green, Locust Walk (Penn Engineering, Audubon’s Birds of America; 1st Floor, upenn.edu or (215) 573-8827. OAA-EOP, Veterans Upward Bound, The posium: Microbes, Metabolomics and Van Pelt. Modern Diseases; 8 a.m.-7 p.m.; Glen 3 T.S. Monk; drummer, bandleader and Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic). Imagery, Narrative, Propagan- composer; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre. READINGS & SIGNINGS Gaulton Auditorium, BRB II/III; begins da: Artists in the German Democratic 27 The Pitch: Live from the Wharton November 7 with a 6 p.m. talk by science 11 Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar 6 Back to Black: Retelling Black School; live podcast show with Jillian Republic; rm. 500, Annenberg School Meyer; classical, bluegrass and world writer Carl Zimmer at PennVet; register: (Annenberg School). Radicalism for the 21st Century; Kehinde Manus, Structure Capital; Phil Nadel, https://tinyurl.com/ybdr6v3w (Center for music; 7 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre.