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February Bow & Fiddle Penn Presents A T P E N N seven-time Irish fiddler Whenever there is more than meets the eye, champion see our web site, www.upenn.edu/almanac/. Eileen Ivers. See Music. Meyerson Gallery: Mon-Fri. 9 a.m-5 p.m ACADEMIC CALENDAR Morris Arboretum: $8, $6/seniors & stu- 8 Drop period ends. dents; $3/ages 3-12; free/children under 3; Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Wed. & Thurs. CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. & Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. University Museum: $5, $2.50/seniors 2 Children’s Workshop: Out of Africa; and students w/ID, free/members, with ages 8 to 12 are invited to join this Mu- PENNCard, children under 6; Tues.-Sat., seum safari to visit the African continent 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sunday (free), 1-5 p.m. during this “Anthropologists in the Mak- Upcoming ing” program. Zebras, crocodiles, and 4 Photography and Ceramic Show; ostriches are a few of the animals to be student exhibits; opening reception: encountered on this trek. Participants February 5, 5-7 p.m. Addams Gallery; create their own animal dance mask to Through February 15. wear home. 10 a.m.- noon; University Museum; $5/materials fee. Pre-registra- 11 Large Print and Digital Exhibition; tion required: (215) 898-4015. faculty and students; opening reception: February 13, 5-7 p.m; Meyerson Gallery. 16 Family Festival of Fun: 13th Through February 22. Museum in Guatemala City; information 21 A Fantastic Voyage: Someone’s Annual Celebration of African Cultures; 18 Focal Points/ Penn at CAA: on patterns, plant fibers, natural dyes and MEETINGS Riding theh Folk Tale Train to Culture 11 a.m-4 p.m.; University Museum. See back strap looms used by the Maya weav- City; African American Arts Alliance Special Events (Museum). Graduate Faculty Exhibition; opening 15 Stated Meeting of the Trustees; 11 reception: February 21, 6:30- 8 p.m.; ers; includes the ceremonial blouse, skirt - 11:45 a.m.; Inn at Penn. and Stimulus Children’s Theater col- 26 Wings of Courage; original play Addams Gallery. Through March 1. and headdress worn by women for special laborative show; Harold Prince Theater, with music; true story of 1st African- 20 A-3 General Assembly Meeting; Heather Brammier & Nicholas fiestas; traces changes in Mayan weaving noon - 1 p.m.; location TBA Annenberg Center. Also February 23 American combat pilot; 10:30 a.m.; over the last 60 years; Morris Arboretum. (African American Arts Alliance; Nyland; Graduate Student Center. 27 University Council; 4 -6 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; Through March 15. Through April. Stimulus Children’s Theater). $7. Info.: (215) 898-6701 (Penn Presents). Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall. An Inspector Calls; play by J.B. Now Genghis Khan; features Mongolian cultural Info. (215) 898-7005. Priestly; performed by Arts House The- CONFERENCES Fine Arts Undergraduate Exhibi- treasures from the National Museum of ater; auditorium, Houston Hall. Through MUSIC Now Caring for Our Future Now: tion; 5-7 p.m.; Charles Addams Fine Mongolian History, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. February 23. Young People’s Presenting in the 21st Arts Gallery. Through February 1 Life-size dioramas, photographs, films 1 Burnt Sugar; Greg Tate, music jour- PENNaach; Spring show; Iron Century; round table discussions, talks (GSFA). reconstruct 20th c. Mongolian life. 2nd fl., nalist, leads bevy of guitarists, keyboard Gate Theater. Through February 23. and panels designed to explore the Maya Brym and Kate Stewart; Dietrich Gallery, University Museum. players and percussionists through ex- 28 Bloomers; Spring show; auditorium, issues facing young people’s program- Graduate Student Center; Through Feb- Through July. ploratory group improvisations; 9 p.m.; Houston Hall. Through March 2. ming. Through February 2 (IAPAYP). ruary 8. Ongoing Hall of Flags, Houston Hall; free (SPEC The Tempest; play by William Against the Wall: Painting Against Ancient Greek World; Canaan & Concerts). Shakespeare; performed by Penn Play- 1 Native Americans and the Consti- the Grid, Surface, Frame; artists from tution; Law School Symposium; all day; Ancient Israel; Living in Balance: 4 Sonic Liberation Front; nine-piece ers; Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg New York City and Philadelphia; ICA. Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo & Center. Through March 1. Also March Silverman Hall, Law School; info: www. Through February 10. group the brings together traditional and law.upenn.edu/journals/conlaw/symposium. Apache; Ancient Mesopotamia: Royal avant-garde jazz, Afro-Cuban music and 2, 2 & 8 p.m. In Parts: 1998-2001: A Project by Tombs of Ur; The Egyptian Mummy: YOFI!; Penn’s Israeli and Middle Through February 2 (University of Penn- Richard Tuttle; American artist who has trip-hop into a surprising and ground- sylvania Journal on Constitutional Law). Secrets & Science; Raven’s Journey: breaking mix; 8 p.m.; Bistro, Houston Eastern dance troupe Spring show; Iron played a significant role in contemporary World of Alaska’s Native People; Bud- Gate Theater. Also March 2. 7 Bioethics and the Cognitive Neuro- art since he emerged in the context of Hall; free (SPEC Jazz; Philadelphia dhism: History & Diversity of a Great Legacy Jazz Series). science Revolution; featured speakers: Post-minimalism during the late 1960s; Tradition; University Museum. SPECIAL EVENTS Steven Hyman, Harvard; and Steven ICA. Through February 10. Healing Plants: Medicine Across 9 C’est L’Afrique; an acoustic Pinker, MIT; panel: Arthur Caplan, Cen- stratascape Asymptote: Hani Rashid + Time and Cultures; Morris Arboretum. evening with Mali vocalist Kandia 2 School of Nursing Graduate Open ter for Bioethics; Martha Farah, Center Lise Anne Couture and Karim Rashid; on the Kouyate; 8 p.m.; International House; House; introduction to masters, non- University Museum Tours $20. Tickets and Info: (215) 895-6545. for Cognitive Neuroscience; Charles forefront of innovations in architecture, Meet at the main entrance; 1:30 p.m. traditional and doctoral programs; 8 O’Brien, psychiatry; and Paul Root works range from experimental installations (International House). a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Nursing School. Info/ and digital environments to buildings and Free with Museum admission donation. Wolpe, NASA; 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; The Info: www.upenn.edu/museum. 10 Fiddler Eileen Ivers; seven-time registration: www.nursing.upenn.edu/ Inn at Penn (Center for Bioethics; Cen- urban designs using new materials, such as Irish fiddler champion plays for Irish admissions/events/Grad_Open_House or ter for Cognitive Neuroscience). polypropylene for crisp, fluid and sculptural 2 Alaska’s Native People. Culture Series; 7 p.m.; Irvine Audito- call (866) 867-6877 (Nursing). 9 Municipal Unions and Municipal forms. ICA. Through February 10. 3 Canaan and Ancient Israel. rium; $35; $30; $25 (Penn Presents). 3 Super Bowl Viewing Party; 7 p.m.; Governance; Law School Symposium; Video Mezzanine: New Work by Also February 23. Tempesta di Mare: Invisible Bach; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall (SPEC). Joshua Mosley; Mosley is an Assistant Pro- 13 all day; Silverman Hall, Law School; 9 Ancient Egypt. dirs. Gwyn Roberts on recorder and Ri- 6 Delaware Valley College Fair for info: Vijay Kapoor, (215) 898-6737 fessor of Animation and Digital Media in the chard Stone on lute, with Cynthia Rob- Graduate School of Fine Arts. Departing 10 Mesopotamia. International Students; 4-6 p.m.; Inter- (University of Pennsylvania Journal on 16 Africa (African Cultures Day). erts on violin, Vivian Barton Dozor on national House ([PAEIN]). Labor and Employment Law). from a background in painting and video, he cello, and Barbara Weiss on harpsi- has made short films incorporating his poetry 17 Modern Mongolia. 8 Winter Olympics Opening Cer- 22 2002 Wharton Technology Confer- chord; 8 p.m.; Rosenwald Gallery, 6th and animation while using contemporary 24 China. emony; 7 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston ence—Bridging Business and Innova- floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Libriary; free; Hall (SPEC). technologies. ICA. Through February 10. info: (215) 755 8776 (Library; Music) tion; will explore issues in the fields of PAFA at PENN; group works by Wireless, Internet Security, Peer-to-Peer FILMS 16 Family Festival of Fun: 13th An- Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts stu- 17 Sharon Katz and the Peace Train; nual Celebration of African Cultures; Computing, Genomics and more; includ- dent completing their BFAs at Penn; 12 Bab El-Oued City; Marzak South African pop group; 7:30 p.m.; St. ing keynote presentations from two vi- special programs that will delight the en- Writers House. Through February 9. Alwash; 7:30 p.m.; TV lounge, Gregory Mary’s Church; Tickets: House of Our tire family. Children’s arts and crafts, sionary CEOs, nine panel sessions cov- Seasons of Western Pennsylvania: College House, Class of 1925, 3941 Irv- Own Bookstore, 3920 Spruce Street; ering a range of timely and exciting top- dance lessons and storytelling, music the Photography of Donald M. ing St. (Al-Bait Al Arabi). Info: (215) 386-1640 (Cherry Tree Mu- and performances enliven the Museum; ics, and the annual alumni award presen- sic Co-op). Robinson; Kamin Gallery, 1st fl., Van 13 Rosetta; “French Wednesdays” 11 a.m-4 p.m.; University Museum; free tation. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; University City Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through February 19 Pianists Jerome Lowenthal and Sheraton Hotel. $20/Penn undergrads; film series; French film with English with Museum admission donation. Info.: 23 (Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; GSFA). subtitles; 8:30 p.m.; International House; Ursula Oppens; featuring Three Pictures (215) 898-4890 (Museum). $25/Penn grads & faculty; $35/other stu- Art and Community Series: Coali- from The Devil in the Flesh for two pi- dents; $55/Wharton & Penn alumni; $5 (International House). tion Ingenu; Esther M. Klein Art Gal- anos; Penn composer Jay Reise, and SPORTS $65/corporate & public. Info./registra- lery; call for a list of special events 15 Luis Buñuel: Film as a Subversive works by Beethoven, Poulenc, Bartok, tion: www.whartontechconference.com/ scheduled in conjunction with Art; screening Buñuel’s first and last Rorem, and Ravel; 8 p.m.; The Curtis 1 M. Basketball vs. Cornell; 7 p.m. (Wharton; The Mack Center for Techno- exhibition: (215) 387-2262. Through films: Un Chien Andalou (The Andalusian Institute of Music; 1726 Locust St.; free; logical Innovation). Dog) directed by Luis Buñuel and Sal- 2 M. Squash vs. Franklin & March 1. doors open at 7 p.m.; info.: (215) 898- Marshall/ Haverford; all day. Destiny and Design: Perceptions vador Dali (1928, 16 mins, silent, 624 (Music Department). 16mm, black and white) followed by Cet M./W. Fencing vs. Yale; 11 a.m. EXHIBITS and Uses of Time in South Asia; from 22 It’s Gonna be Glee; Penn Glee M./W. Swimming vs. La Salle; noon. Penn's Indic Manuscript Collection; Obscure Objet Du Desir (That Obscure Admission Donations and Hours Object of Desire) directed by Luis Buñuel Club Spring show; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Gymnastics vs. Brown; 1 p.m. Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Rosenwald Gallery, 6th fl., Van Pelt- Theater, Annenberg Center. Through Wrestling vs. Columbia; 1 p.m. Dietrich Library. Through March 7 (1977, 100 mins, newly restored 35mm Library: free, Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., print, color, in French and Spanish w/ En- February 23. Info./tickets: (215) 898- M. Basketball vs. Columbia; 7 p.m. Sat. & Sun., noon-5 p.m. (Library; Penn Humanities Forum). 7308 (Performing Arts Council). Wrestling vs. Cornell; 9 p.m. North Americans in the Aegean glish subtitles); 8 p.m.; International Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery: free, House; $5; Tickets available one hour be- 24 Mary Black; pop vocalist of Irish 8 W. Tennis v. Seton Hall; 3 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Bronze Age: The Discovery of Minoan music; 7 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Gymnastics vs. Temple/Ursinus; 6 p.m. and Mycenaean Civilizations; a visual fore showtime (International House 100 Esther Klein Gallery, 3600 Market: free, Years of Cinema: Masterpieces of the Annenberg Center; $35; $30; $25 (Penn W. Basketball v. Yale; 7 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. history, including drawings, archival Presents Irish Music Series). photographs, and objects excavated by World Cinema). 9 M./W. Fencing vs. Harvard/Rutgers; Institute of Contemporary Art: $3, 10 a.m. $2/students, artists, seniors, free/members, Penn archaeologists and others throughout 26 Lion of the Desert; Moustapha the twentieth century. In cooperation with Akkad; 7:30 p.m.; TV lounge, Gregory ON STAGE W. Tennis vs. Penn State; noon. children under 12, with PENNCard, and on W. Basketball vs. Brown; 7 p.m. Sundays 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; open: Wed.-Fri., the Institute for Aegean Prehistory. Arthur College House, Class of 1925, 3941 Irv- Now 24th International Showcase of noon-8 p.m.; Sat. & Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Ross Gallery. Through March 25. ing St. (Al-Bait Al Arabi). Performing Arts for Young People; per- 15 M. Basketball vs. Harvard; 7 p.m. Kelly Writers House: see Wearable Plants: Mayan Weaving East Asian Film Festival formances by various different groups 16 W. Tennis vs. Virginia; 11 a.m. www.english.upenn.edu/~wh/. Art; Guatemalan textiles from the Ixchel International House. Free. 8 p.m., unless or performing artists from throughout M. Basketball vs. Dartmouth; 7 p.m. otherwise noted. Tickets: first come, the world; $4/showcase; $24/all-day 17 Wrestling vs. Central Michigan; 2 p.m. first served—one hour before showtime. pass; tickets/info: (215) 898-6707. 22 M. Basketball vs. (Center for East Asian Studies). Through February 2. See Conferences. Brown; 7 p.m. 20 Not One Less; (dir., Z. Yimou; 14 One and Only You; Susan 23 M. Basketball vs. China; 1996; 106 mins.; Mandarin w/ Marshall and Company Dance Troupe; Yale; 7 p.m. English subtitles). 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; tickets: $35, $33, 24 Wrestling vs. Yale/ 21 The Eel; (dir. S. Imamura; Japan; Lehigh; 2 p.m. 1998, 117 mins.; Japanese w/ English $31 (215) 898-3900. Through February subtitles). 16 (Dance Affiliates; PENN Presents). 22 A Tale of Love; (dir. T. T. Minh- Performing Arts Council ha; USA; 1995; 108 mins.; Vietnamese All shows at 8 p.m., unless otherwise and English w/ English subtitles). noted. Info./tickets: (215) 898-7308 or Suite 211 Nichols House, 3600 Chestnut St. 23 Tell Me Something; (dir. C. Youn- http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~pac/. Philadelphia, PA 19104-6106 (215) 898-5274 or 5275 FAX (215) 898-9137 hyun; South Korea; 2000; 116 mins.; 1 Mask and Wig’s 114th Production: Korean w/ English subtitles). E-Mail [email protected] “Star Spangled Banter”; all-male com- URL: www.upenn.edu/almanac 24 Goodbye South, Goodbye; (dir. H. edy troupe; 8 p.m.; Mask and Wig Club- Hsiao-hsien; Taiwan; 1996; 116 mins.; house, 310 South Quince St.; tickets/ Unless otherwise noted all events are Taiwanese w/ English subtitles). 7 p.m. info.: (215) 923-4229. Also February 7- open to the general public as well as to SPEC Film Society 9, 15, 21-23 & 28. Dinner show Febru- members of the University. For building ary 16 (Mask & Wig). 4 Super Troopers; 8 p.m. Interna- locations, call (215) 898-5000 between 9 tional House. 7 One Acts Festival; featuring: New a.m. and 5 p.m. Listing of a phone number York Actor, by John Guare; The normally means tickets, reservations or 5 Net: Collateral Damage; live Q/A Author’s Voice, by Richard Greenberg; registration required. with Arnold Schwarzenegger; 7 p.m.; and The Jacket, by Keith Boynton. Iron This January calendar is a pull-out for Hall of Flags, Houston Hall. Gate Theater. Through February 9. posting. Almanac carries an Update with 4 Philadelphia Films; movies to 14 Unexpected Tenderness; play by Is- additions, changes and cancellations if re- Celebrate Philadelphia plus Free food; rael Horovitz; performed by Teatron Jew- ceived by Monday noon prior to the week 7 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall. ish Theatre; Harold Prince Theater, of publication. Members of the University The Women’s Sekere Ensemble returns to the University Museum for their 11 Hart’s War; 8 p.m.; International Annenberg Center. Through February 16. may send notices for the Update or March 13th Annual Celebration of African Cultures. See Special Events. House. At Penn calendar.

01/29/02 TALKS TALKS TALKS TALKS TALKS 1 Nonhuman Primates: Viral Diseases 6 From Fetal-Maternal Tolerance to (GSFA). 20 The Essence of Leadership; Doris Lisa M. Coussens, University of Califor- Part 1; Marisa St. Claire, BIOQUAL Inc.; Autoimmunity: Novel Functions of Mem- TBA; Judy Lochland, SUNY- Stony Kearns Goodwin, renowned journalist nia—San Francisco; noon; Vagelos and William Elkins, NIAID Twinbrook II; brane Complement Regulators Revealed Brook; 5 p.m.; rm. 302, Music Dept. (Music). and presidential historian; 7 p.m.; Irvine Resarch Labs (Institute for Medicine & 10 a.m.; Medical Alumni Hall, HUP by Gene Targeting; Wenchao Song, phar- 13 SR-BI-Dependent Uptake of HDL Auditorium (Fox Leadership Program). Engineering). (Laboratory Animal Medicine). macology, CRRWH; noon; auditorium, Bound Estradiol Activates Endothelial Efforts to Develop Ovarian Cancer Feminist Debates in Japan, 1902- 2 Vision thru Art: Working with BRB II/III (Center for Research & Repro- Nitric Oxide Synthase; Eric Smart, Uni- Models; Thomas Hamilton, Fox Chase 2002; Ayako Kano, comparative litera- Blind and Visually Impaired Artists; duction in Women’s Health [CRRWH]). versity of Kentucky; noon; BRB II/III Cancer Center; noon; rm. 252, BRB II/ ture; 1 p.m.; Faculty Club, Inn at Penn slide lecture; Bob Fluhr, Allens Lane The Case of Shi Jianqiao: Gender, Auditorium (CRRWH). III (CRRWH). (Women’s Club). Art Center; 11 a.m.; Esther M. Klein Art Passion and Law in 1930s China; Eugenia Regulation of Innate and Adaptive Envisioning the Fantastic in La Genese de la Societe Mondiale Gallery (Esther M. Klein Art Gallery). Lean, UNC—Chapel Hill; noon; rm. 318, Immunity by Dendritic Cells; Yong-Jun Eighteenth Century Japan; Lawrence de l’Information; Armand Mattelart, College Hall (Center for East Asian Studies). Marceau, University of Delaware; noon; 4 New Light on the Galileo Affair: Liu, DNAX Research Institute; 4 p.m.; University of Paris-VIII (Saint-Denis); The Clash with the Church; Mariano Transcription Control of the Cell Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Instute rm. 318, College Hall (CEAS). 4:30 p.m.; Cherpack Lounge, rm. 543, Cycle; Brian Dynlacht, Harvard; 4 p.m.; (Wistar). Directional Spread of an Alphaherpes Williams Hall (French Institute). Artigas, University of Navarra; 8:30 a.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute Virus in the Nervous System; Lynn Enquist, Africa Room, International House; $5 Title TBA; Warren Lieberfarb, Warner TBA; Joseph Dubiel, Columbia; (Global Village at Philadelphia; (Wistar). Home Video; 4:30 - 6 p.m.; rm. TBA, Princeton University; 4 p.m.; Grossman 5 p.m.; rm. 302, Music Dept (Music). Artist’s Discussion with Joshua Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall; info.: Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar). Kim Sowol’s “Azaleas”: How to Metanexus Institute). Mosley; animation and digital media, Song Architecture and Comparisons [email protected] (Wharton 21 Rocks with Sieves and Guts: The Read a Poem 10,000 Times; David with Liao and Jin Architecture; Wang GSFA; 6 p.m.; ICA (ICA). Musser-Schoemaker Leadership Lecture). Hidden Effects of Freshwater Mussels McCann, Harvard University; 5 p.m.; Guixiang, School of Architecture, Tsinghua 7 Expanding the Genetic Alphabet: The Dynamics of Dissent: Islamism on Stream Water Quality; Daniel A. rm. 402, Logan Hall (CEAS). University; noon; rm. B-13, Meyerson Hall Incorporation of Unnatural Amino Acids and Reform in Saudi Arabia; Gwenn Kreeger, Academy of Natural Sciences, Evolving Dimensions of Global (Center for East Asian Studies [CEAS]). In Vivo; Yi Tang, California Institute of Okruhlik, University of Arkansas; 4:30 p.m.; Patrick Center for Environmental Re- Race/Racism; Howard Winant, Temple, Synuclein: The Third Amyloid in Technology; noon; rm. 337, Towne Bldg. rm. B-26, Stiteler Hall (Middle East Center). search; 12:15 p.m.; Grossman Audito- and Tukufu Zuberi, African American Alzheimer’s Disease; Virginia Man-Yee (Chemical Engineering; Bioengineering). Timekeeping in Islamic Civilization; rium, Wistar Institute (Institute for Envi- Studies; 7 p.m.; Terrace Room, Logan Lee, Center for Neurodegenerative Dis- Family Photos, Oral Narratives and David King, Johann Wolfgang Goethe ronmental Studies). Hall (GIC). ease Research; 2 p.m.; rm. 251; BRB II/ Identity Information: The Ukrainians of University; 5:30-7 p.m.; rm. 200, College What Studies in the Developing 27 Cellular Immune Responses to III (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute [PMI]). Berisso, Argentina; Danial James, Indiana Hall; info./registration: (215) 573-8280 World Have Taught Us About Pediatric Listeria monocytogenes Infection; Hao Controlling and Placing Molecules in University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College (Penn Humanities Forum; History of Art). and Perinatal HIV Infection; Kenneth Shen, Microbiology; noon; auditorium, Monolayers and Membranes; Paul Weiss, Hall (Latin American Cultures Program). 14 Riparian Forests, Stream Ecology, McIntosh, Harvard University, Children’s BRB II/III (CRRWH). Penn State Univ.; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 337, Towne Petersen Lecture: Facts and Fal- and the Ability of Streams to Provide Eco- Hospital of Boston; 12:30 p.m.; Austrian Au- Unexpected Multipotency of Adult Bldg. (Chemical Engineering). lacies of the Ancient Olympic Games; system Services ; Bern Sweeney, Stroud ditorium, CRB (Center for AIDS Research). Stem Cells; Catherine Verfaillie, Uni- Our Toxic Food Environment and David Gilman Romano, Mediterranean Water Research Center; 12:15 p.m.; Title TBA; Dane Smith, National versity of Minnesota; 4 p.m.; Grossman the Obesity Epidemic; Kelly Brownell, Section, Museum; discussing similarities Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute Peace Corps Association; 4:30-6 p.m.; rm. Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar). Yale Center for Eating and Weight Dis- & differences between the ancient and (Institute for Environmental Studies). TBA, Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall; info.: Image et litterature au XIXe siecle; orders, Yale University; 4:30 p.m.; 3619 modern games. 6 p.m.; Free/lecture; The Social and Ideological Bases mslls@wharton. upenn.edu (Wharton Philippe Hamon, University of Paris Locust Walk (Fox Speakers Forum). $25/reception; free to members at the of Islamic Militancy in Egypt; Jim Toth, Musser-Schoemaker Leadership Lecture). III—Sorbonne Nouvelle; 4:30 p.m.; Privatization of Public Schools; Fellows level and above. Info.: (215) Harvard University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 639, 22 Zoonotic Diseases and Safety Con- Cherpack Lounge, rm. 543, Williams “Justice Talking” taping; 4:30 p.m.; 898-4890 (University Museum). Williams Hall (Middle East Center). cerns with Nonhuman Primates; Gaye Hall (French Institute). Wistar Institute (NPR). 8 Nonhuman Primates: Viral Diseases 15 Bacterial Pathogens of the GI Tract: Ruble, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Managing Time: The Aesthetics Assisted Suicide: Part Two; Part 2; Marisa St. Claire, BIOQUAL Inc., What’s Old and What’s New?; James Fox, 10 a.m.; Medical Alumni Hall, HUP and Engineering of Early Watch Design; “Justice Talking” taping; 7:30 p.m.; and William Elkins, NIAID Twinbrook II; MIT; 10 a.m.; Medical Alumni Hall, HUP (Laboratory Animal Medicine). Provost Robert Barchi; 5:30 -7 p.m.; Wistar Institute (NPR). 10 a.m.; Medical Alumni Hall, HUP (Laboratory Animal Medicine). Improving Hospice; John Hansen, pul- 3619 Locust Walk; free; info./registra- 5 Methodes Non- Pharmacologicques de (Laboratory Animal Medicine). monary & critical care, HUP; noon; rm. 320, tion: (215) 573-8280 (Penn Humanities 18 An Overview of the Disease and Forum). Soulagement du Stress; Kimberly Negotiating an Academic Offer; Mortality in the Middle East; Jacques 3401 Market Street (Center for Bioethics). Max Cavitch, English; noon; Graduate Understanding the Tenure System; Piece of Pieces: An Assessment of Trout, Nursing; noon; rm. 118, Williams Baudouy, World Bank; 4:30 p.m.; rm. Hall (French Institute). Student Center (Career Services; Deputy Walter Licht, history; noon; Graduate Stu- Current Initiatives to Manage the Pales- 251, BRB II/III (Middle East Center). tinian-Israeli Conflict; Naomi Chazan, Strategies for the Development of Provost). From Bacteriophage T7 to dent Ctr. (Career Services; Deputy Provost). Synthetic Support Structures for Bone Meet the Author: Strangers in the 25 Filling the Void: The Fugen Israeli Parliament; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 17, House: Coming of Age in Occupied Pal- ‘PhenoBank’: Mathematical Modeling Logan Hall (Middle East Center). and Cartilage Regeneration; Venkatram for Integrated Understanding of Biologi- Jurasetsunyo Iconography in Japanese Prasad Shastri, materials science & engi- estine; Raja Shehadeh; 4:30 p.m.; rm. cal Systems; Lingchong You, University Buddhist Art; Nicole Fabricand-Person, 28 Biodiversity Conservation in a B-26, Stiteler Hall (Middle East Center). neering; noon; 2nd fl., Vagelos Research of Wisconsin-Madison; 3:30 p.m.; rm. visiting lecturer, AMES Dept.; noon; Developing Country: Mongolia; Labs (IME; Bioengineering). 11 Mechanisms of Cytokinesis in Bud- 337, Towne Bldg. (Chemical Engineer- rm. B-13, Meyerson Hall (CEAS). Clyde Goulden, Academy of Natural Predicting the Unpredictable: ding Yeast: Commonality and Uniqueness; ing; Bioengineering). Computational Investigations of Brain Sciences and Institute for Mongolian Computing Here, Computing There, Erfei Bi, cell & developmental biology; 2 Tumor Growth; Anuraag Kansal, Princeton; Biodiversity and Ecological Studies; 19 Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering; 12:15 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Computing Everywhere; David Farber, p.m.; rm. 251 BRB II/III (PMI). Keith Gooch, Penn; noon; 2nd fl., Vagelos 3:30 p.m.; rm. 337, Towne Bldg. (Chemical SEAS & Wharton; 4 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Wistar Institute (Institute for Environ- Usama bin Ladin and the Making of Research Labs (IME; Bioengineering). Engineering; Bioengineering) Houston Hall (Provost’s Lecture Series). the Saudi Oppression; Joshua Teitelbaum, Slide Lecture: Fabian Marcaccio; mental Studies). Meet the Filmaker: “Live on Establishment and Disestablishment; What a Difference a Name Makes: Tel Aviv University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. B- Stage: A Century and a Half of Theater painter; 5 p.m.; B-3, Meyerson Hall. Cri- Two Instances of African-American Professor Michael McConnell, Univer- 26, Stiteler Hall (Middle East Center). in Egypt”; Mona Mikhail, NYU; 4:30 tiques from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (GSFA). Popular Music; David Brackett, SUNY- Slide Lecture: William Bailey; sity of Utah; 5 p.m.; Silverman Hall, 12 p.m.; rm. G16, Irvine Auditorium 26 Deconstructing the Tumor Microen- Law School; info.: (215) 898-3069 (Law Binghamton; 5 p.m.; rm. 302, Music painter; 5 p.m.; B-3, Meyerson Hall. (Middle East Center). vironment: Role of MMPs and their Sub- Dept. (Music). School; National Constitution Center). Critiques from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. strates during Epithelial Carcinogenesis; FITNESS & LEARNING READINGS & SIGNINGS

Now Jazzercise; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Tues- 13 Lacan Study Group; 6:30-8 p.m.; Kelly Writers House 7 Playing Bodies: A Painting Poem freelance writer, Solar-Tuttle’s new book day and Thursday; Newman Center; 1st rm. 209; info.: [email protected]. 3805 Locust Walk. Info.: (215) 573- Collaboration; Bob Perelman, English Number 6 Fumbles is being published in class free; $4.50/class, $3.50/students; Film Advisory Board; 8 p.m.; rm. WRIT, www.english.upenn.edu/~wh/ or reads; and Francie Shaw, artist, displays February 2002. She is a graduate of the Carolyn Hamilton, (215) 662-3293 (days) 202; info.: [email protected]. Also [email protected] slides of her paintings; poems were writ- College (1992) and of Penn’s law school or (610) 446-1983 (evenings). February 27. 4 Live at the Writers House; a one- ten for each painting (52 short poems); 6 (1995). Students interested in writing as a Public Ice Skating; Mon. & Wed.: 14 Algebras, Geometries and Topolo- hour word and music radio show that p.m.; ICA (The Poet/Painter Series; career are invited to meet her and discuss 1:15- 3:15 p.m.; Tues.: noon - 2 p.m.; gies on Philosophy: On Deleuze, tapes at the Kelly Writers House; 8 p.m. Writers House; GSFA). her career as lawyer, freelance writer, and Thurs.: noon - 2 p.m. & 7-9 p.m.; Fri.: Derrida, and Mathematical Knowledge; 10 Live at the Writers House airs 11 novelist. 10 a.m. RSVP required: 8-10 p.m.& midnight - 2 a.m.; Sat.: 8-10 5 Spring Local Spotlight #2; featuring whsolar@english. upenn.edu. Arkady Plotnisky, Purdue; 6:30 p.m.; Charles O’Hay, recipient of a 1995 fel- p.m. on WXPN 88.5 FM. p.m., 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. & midnight - 2 a.m.; Arts Café (Theorizing in Particular: Ap- Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and Sun.: 12:30- 2:30 p.m.; Class of 1923 lowship in poetry from the Pennsylvania 11 Michael Cunningham Reading; re- Anything Goes; an open mic perfor- proaches to Cultural Interpretation). Council on the Arts; Cecily Kellogg, cipient of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Ice Rink. $6; $4.50/ with PENNCard. Write On! Workshop; 3:15-5 p.m.; Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award, mance night; 8 p.m. Also February 27. Skate rental $2 per session (Ice Rink). 15 Phila. poet whose work appeared in the info.: [email protected]. anthology Sounds Of A City; and Jeffrey both for The Hours; 6:30 p.m. RSVP to 14 A Reading by Israeli Poet Meir 6 Neither Male Nor Female; discuss 21 To Catch a Falling Star; Jacques Lee, recipient of the first Tupelo Press [email protected]. Weiseltier; widely regarded as one of gender identity and spirituality in an open Lacan Meets Andy Warhol; Catherine Literary Fiction Prize for The Autobiog- the foremost contemporary Israeli poets, and honest environment; 7 p.m.; CA 12 Interview and conversation with he has published some thirteen books of Liu, University of Minnesota; 6:30 p.m.; raphy of Somebody Else (forthcoming Michael Cunningham; first Writers House [118 S 37th St] (Student Life). Arts Café (Theorizing in Particular: Ap- Spring 2002). also special guests: per- House Fellow of 2002; 10: a.m.; RSVP poetry. 1:30-3:30 p.m.; the Arts Café (Israeli Consulate; Writers House). 7 Penn Knitters; noon-1:30 p.m.; The proaches to Cultural Interpretation). cussionist Toshi Makihara and actress to [email protected]. ARCH. Also February 20, suite 1-B Lori-Nan Engler. 7 p.m. Webcast with Michael 16 Laughing Hermit Reading Series; Lessons In Leadership South, 3624 Market (Penn Knitters). 6 Poet Brian Kim Stefans; will read Cunningham; 10:30 a.m. presents Anne Colwell University of College alumni speak to students about Delaware, Georgetown University; and Al-Bait Al-Arabi how they became leaders. 4:30 p.m.; from his work; 6 p.m. (Creative Writing 13 Informal Discussion and Brunch Middle East Center coffee hours/discus- Program). with Rachel Solar-Tuttle; novelist and Martha Rhodes, Emerson College, New 3619 Locust Walk, unless otherwise School University. 4 p.m. sions; 7 p.m.; TV Lounge, Gregory House. noted. RSVP to [email protected]. Arab Youth: Hopes and Handicaps. 18 A reading by poets Prageeta 7 edu. Info. (215) 746-7112 (Robert A. Sharma and Anselm Berrigan; Berrigan, Arab Women in Action in the Arab World: Fox Leadership Program). poet/ author whose recent work has 14 The Case of the Pioneers. 7 Dimitri Boylan (C ’83); fresident, appeared in Open City, milk.com, and 21 The Case of the Artists, or the CEO, and COO of HotJobs.com, Ltd. Lungfull!; and Sharma, poet/author who Makers of the New Arab World. 13 Robert Bogle (C ’68); fresident & is currently writing a poetry column for 28 The Conservators of the Arab Identity. CEO, Philadelphia Tribune. National Organization for Women. 7 p.m. 21 William Shore (C ’77); founder, 19 A Talk by Writer and Rock Critic Human Resources Share Our Strength. Anthony DeCurtis; contributing editor, Quality of Life Workshops 27 Todd Haimes (C ’78); artistic Rolling Stone, and host of “The A List 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; rm. 223, Houston director, Roundabout Theatre; Studio With Anthony DeCurtis on the GetMusic Hall. Registration required: www.hr. Theatre, Annenberg Center. web site www.getmusic.com/alist. 4:30 p.m. upenn.edu/quality/workshop.asp. 20 The Poet & Painter Series Pre- Morris Arboretum sents “Lightning Sketches”; a perfor- 7 Helping Your Child Achieve in Info.: (215) 247-5777, ext. 156 or School. mance by Matthew Freedman, senior www.upenn.edu/morris/. critic, artist, writer and critic; noon-1 p.m. 21 Handling the Difficult and Angry 13 Winter Tree Identification— Customer. RSVP required (GSFA; Writers House). Appreciating Nature’s Subtleties; fee A Poetry Reading with L.S. Asekoff Kelly Writers House includes a hand lens and two handbooks. and Susan Stewart; L.S. Asekoff, The 3805 Locust Walk. Info.: (215) 573- Enrollment limited to 15 students. 7-9 Wolfe Institute for the Humanities at WRIT, www.english.upenn.edu/~wh/ or p.m.; $66; $62/members. Also February Brooklyn College; and Susan Stewart, [email protected]. 16, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. English; 5 p.m. (The American Poetry 1 Suppose an Eyes; a poetry working 17 Staff Lecture: Curator’s Picks—Top Review; Kelly Writers House). group; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 209; info.: menski@ Plants from the Arboretum’s Collection; 25 A Lunchtime Program with Abe sprynet.com. Also February 22. 2 p.m.; $5; free/members. Reservations Brumberg; Mr. Brumberg appears at 4 Penn & Pencil Club; for Penn required: (215) 247-5777 ext. 169. Penn as part of a series with Gratz faculty & staff; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 202. 19 Selecting and Planting Quality College; reading new translations of The Hollywood Club; 8 p.m.; rm. Nursery Trees; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; $85 Yiddish/English poetry; hosted by Dr. 202; info.: [email protected]. Also /includes lunch. Kathryn Hellerstein; noon; RSVP February 11, 18 & 25. 28 Landscape Design Studio; 7-9:30 required (Jewish Studies Program; 6 Modernist Group; 4:30-6 p.m.; info.: p.m.; $195; $175/members. Also March Slavic Languages & Literatures; 7, 14 & 21 and April 4, 18 & 25. History; Germanic Languages & [email protected]. Literatures). The Fish Writing Group; 7-8 p.m.; Volunteer Tour Guide Training; 9 Tempesta di Mare will perform at Van Pelt Dietrich Library. See Music, reverse. rm. 202; info.: [email protected]. The Alumni Visitors Series Pre- a.m.-noon; $50; free/members. Registra- sents Jim Gladstone; author of The Big Manuck!Manuck!; a group that tion/info.: (215) 247-5777, ext. 128. Mon- Book of Misunderstanding, and a 1988 shares & discusses fiction written by its days & Thursdays through March 21. members; 7:30 p.m.; rm. 209; info.: follinge Penn graduate and widely published critic Office of Community Housing and cultural commentator; 6 p.m. (SAS, @sas.upenn.edu. Also February 20. American Civilization). 12 Nonfiction Writers Workshop; 720 Franklin Bldg., unless otherwise noted. Registration: [email protected]. 26 A Group Reading by Masterman for non-fiction writers who have been High School Students; hosted by David published or are serious about trying; 6 Tax Implications of Home Buying; 5:30-7 p.m; rm. 202; info.: auersylvia@ noon-1 p.m. & 1-2 p.m.; Also February Meketon; 7 p.m. February 28 A talk on poetry by Juliana Spahr; aol.com. Also February 26. 13, 5:30 p.m., Where’s the Romance? West Philly 7 Budgeting and Planning; 5:30 p.m. author of Fuck You—Aloha—I Love You Women’s Reading Group; 7- 8:30 p.m.; 4046 Walnut St. and editor of Chain Magazine; 4:30 p.m. rm. 209; info.: [email protected]. (Penn Creative Writing; Temple 20 Refinance and Home Equity; noon- University’s Creative Writing Program). 1 p.m. & 1-2 p.m. A T P E N N

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