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Regression or Revolution?; 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; 23 Residents’ Art Show; reception: April Widener Lecture Room, Penn Museum; 23, 6 p.m. Through June 30. register: https://africana.sas.upenn.edu/ future-race-and-science-regression-or- Now revolution (Center for Africana Studies). Delicate Illusion: Summertime; Lau- April After Growth: Designing the Envi- ra Henderson; abstract paintings, a fond- ronmental Settlement; 1-6 p.m.; Lower ness of summer and a bold use of color; Gallery, Meyerson Hall; register: http:// Burrison Gallery. Through April 4. tinyurl.com/q2adbdh (PennDesign). Graffiti Pataphysic, For All Man- A T P E N N kind; James E. Brewton; “lost” paintings Photo by Glenn Bartley From Constantinople to Cappadocia; Wherever these symbols 13 rediscovered after 40 years; Slought appear, images or audio/ 1-5 p.m.; Penn Museum (Center for An- Foundation (Slought). Through April 26. video clips are available on cient Studies). See Exhibits. Open Video Call; new works on our website, 18 Chakshudana (Opening the Eyes); video by Philadelphia-area artists and www.upenn.edu/almanac conversations on South Asian art, cel- filmmakers; ICA. Through May 11. ebrating Michael W. Meister, W. Norman Brought to Light: The Houses of ACADEMIC CALENDAR Brown Professor of South Asia Studies; Louis Kahn; over 60 objects, including reception: 6 p.m.; Lower Egypt Galler- sketches, models, historic photographs A Blackburnian Warbler in its natural habitat from Birds in Their Habitats: Images from 1 Advanced Registration for Fall Term ies, Penn Museum. Through April 19, and archival material from Penn’s Louis the Academy of Natural Sciences opening April 5 at Morris Arboretum. See Exhibits. and Summer Sessions. Through April 6. 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Kislak Center, Van I. Kahn Collection; Kroiz Gallery. Pelt-Dietrich Library; RSVP: www.sur- 4 Last Day to Withdraw from a Course. Through May 23. 16 Addiction Incorporated; 5 p.m.; 29 West Philly Science Night; in conjunc- 30 Last Day of Classes. veymonkey.com/s/PC9HSQS (South Asia Constellations of Atlantic Jewish rm. B3, Meyerson Hall; RSVP: https:// tion with Philadelphia Science Festival; Center; History of Art). History; Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Col- addiction-incorporated.eventbrite.com 10 speakers give 10 minute presentations; CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES Film Diplomacy in the Digital Age; lection of Early American Judaica; Gold- 6 p.m.; World Cafe Live Downstairs; $5/ the 2nd annual Dick Wolf Cinema Studies stein Family Gallery, Kislak Center, Van UCLA Festival of Preservation online, $7/door; tickets: www.philascience- 5 Family Matinee: Castle in the Sky; 2 Conference; 9 a.m.; Kislak Center, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through June 9. Prices: http://ihousephilly.org festival.org/event/181-west-philly-science- p.m.; International House; $5 (ages 2+), Pelt-Dietrich Library (Cinema Studies). Tomorrow Never Knows: The Beatles All events, 7 p.m. at International House. showcase (Penn Science Cafe). Property in South Asia: History, free/members (International House). in Text and Image; Kamin Gallery, Van 2 Mantrap; w/ live musical accompani- ICA 50th Birthday Benefit; festive Law and Politics; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; rm. 147, Pelt-Dietrich Library (Penn Libraries). ment by Rosie Langabeer. 30 13 Koi Kites; draw inspiration from the koi Silverman Hall; RSVP: debrech@law. 1963 dress encouraged; tributes by Paula pond to craft a kite; 1-4 p.m.; Penn Museum; Through August 11. 3 Gun Crazy. Marincola, Pew Center for Arts & Heri- upenn.edu Through April 19 (South Asia ICA@50: Pleasing Artists and free w/ admission (Museum). Studies; Penn Law). 4 Double Door/Supernatural. tage; Jayson Musson, artist; Adam Wein- Publics Since 1963; micro-exhibitions berg, Whitney Museum of American Art; 24 Penn’s Take Our Daughters and Sons The Myth of the Great War—World opening every two weeks, a multi-faceted 9 Midnight Madness. to Work Day; registration opens April 14: 24 6:30 p.m., cocktails; 8 p.m., dinner; ICA; War I: Myth and Reality; 9:30 a.m.-6 experience of the many forms of contem- 10 The Chase. info.: http://icaphila.org/ (ICA). www.hr.upenn.edu/myhr/worklife/family/ p.m.; Café ’58, Irvine Auditorium; $100/ porary art; ICA. Through August 17. kidstowork (HR). 11 Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxogra- professionals, $80/graduate students; Ruffneck Constructivists; 11 inter- pher, w/ Robert Frost: A Lovers Quarrel Penn Museum Morris Arboretum register: www.sas.upenn.edu/italians/ national artists, a contemporary manifesto with the World. 5 Drums Around the World; take a musi- event/2014/04/myth-great-war-inter- of urban architecture and change; ICA. Registration & prices: Busy Bodies. cal journey around the world; 1-4 p.m.; www.morrisarboretum.org national-conference Through April 25, Through August 17. 17 free w/ admission (Year of Sound). 18 That Cold Day in the Park. 7 Seeds to Sprouts, Spring Adven- 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Class of 1978 Pavilion, Ormandy in China: The Historic 25 Teen Toga Party; ages 14-19; write tures—Session I; ages 2-4; 10:30-11:45 Kislak Center, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library 1973 Tour; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, 19 Thirty Day Princess. your name in ancient Greek, etch a cameo a.m. Every Monday through May 12. (Center for Italian Studies). Otto E. Albrecht Music Library, Van Pelt- and explore artifacts; 3:30-5 p.m. Transitions in Indian Music and Dietrich Library. Through late 2014. MEETINGS 17 Nature Photography Workshop— 25 Penn Libraries Dance in the Colonial Indian Ocean, Ongoing Session I; ages 8-10; 4-5:30 p.m. Every PPSA Board Meeting; 11 a.m.; DAR, Events in Van Pelt-Dietrich Center Thursday through May 8. c. 1750-1950; 9:30 a.m.-5:45 p.m.; Audubon’s Birds of America; double 14 Amado Recital Room, Irvine Auditorium; folio set, a new page shown every fl. 5, Windows Conference Room, Franklin 17 Beatles Karaoke Night; 7 p.m.; Class 23 Stroller Strides; 1:30 p.m. info.: http://sites.sas.upenn.edu/transi- Bldg.; RSVP: [email protected] of 1978 Pavilion; RSVP: (215) 898-7088. Also April 30. Wednesday; 1st fl., Van-Pelt Dietrich tions2014/ Through April 26, 9.a.m.-3:30 Library. 15 WPPSA Meeting; 12:30 p.m.; Penn See Films. 26 Tree Time Theater; ages 5-10; 10:30 p.m.; Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall IHP: The First 100 Years; archival Women’s Center. 29 Unpublished Titanic Collection a.m. Every Saturday through May 17. (South Asia Center). See Music. documents; International House. 30 University Council Meeting; 4 p.m.; Reception; join Penn Libraries and mem- Peanut Butter and Jams 28 Horse Behavior; 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; New John Cage: How to Get Started; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; register: bers of the Thayer family for a reception Tickets: http://worldcafelive.com Bolton Center; $900/both days, $500/1 interactive installation of rarely heard [email protected] to welcome the John B. Thayer Memorial Shows at 11:30 a.m. unless otherwise noted. day; register: (610) 925-6203 Through performance; Slought Foundation. Collection of the Sinking of the Titanic Baby Loves Disco; 11 a.m.; $14. April 29 (Penn Vet). Human Evolution: The First 200 MEMORIALS to the Kislak Center; 5:30 p.m.; Class 6 Million Years; Hover Gallery, 2nd fl., of 1978 Pavilion, Kislak Center; RSVP: 12 Alex & the Kaleidoscope Band; $10. 29 Transformations of Jewish Culture in Early Modern Europe—20th Annual Penn Museum. 18 Dr. Nicholas A. Kefalides; 4 p.m.; (215) 898-2520. 26 Randy Kaplan; $10. Gruss Colloquium in Judaic Studies; 9 Native American Voices: The People- Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Terrace Room, Claudia Here and Now; ongoing interactive ex- Bldg.; RSVP: (215) 573-7527. SPORTS Cohen Hall. Through May 1, 9:30 a.m.; hibit exploring contemporary issues in 28 Professor Terry Adkins; 5-7:30 p.m.; Native America; Penn Museum. Tickets & venues: www.pennathletics.com Widener Lecture Room, Penn Museum Chinese Rotunda and Egyptian Gallery, Baseball vs. Saint Joseph’s/Villa- (Center for Advanced Judaic Studies). The History of Nursing as Seen Penn Museum. 1 Through the Lens of Art; Carol Ware nova; Liberty Bell Classic; time TBA. EXHIBITS Lobby, Claire Fagin Hall MUSIC 2 Softball vs. Temple; 4 p.m. Penn Museum Guided Tours 5 (M) Lacrosse; Alumni Game, Alumni Philadelphia International Children’s SPEC-TRUM Spring Concert—The Day; 10:30 a.m. Festival—30th Anniversary Admission Donations and Hours Tours begin at 1:30 p.m., Warden Garden 5 Events at Annenberg Center. Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Entrance. Tour availability and topics Owl Pharoah Beach Honeymoon Con- (M) Lacrosse vs. Brown; Alumni Tickets and times: www.annenbergcenter. Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; subject to change. cert; Topaz Jones, Travis Scott and TY$; Day; 1 p.m. doors open at 7 p.m.; Harrison Audi- (M) Tennis vs. Brown; 1 p.m. org/tickets/childfest.php Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m.; www.upenn.edu/ARG/ 13 The Majestic Chinese Rotunda. Burrison Gallery, University Club at torium; Penn Museum; $20, $15/Penn Me and My Shadow; Patch Theatre Mexico and Central America. 6 (W) Lacrosse vs. Northwestern; 30 Penn: free; Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; 19 students; tickets on Locust Walk or http:// noon. Company; all ages; 10 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 7 a.m.-1 p.m.; www.upenn.edu/ 26 Egypt of the Pharaohs. upennspec.ticketleap.com (SPEC). Zellerbach Theatre. Through May 4. (M) Tennis vs. Yale; 1 p.m. universityclub/burrison.shtml P.M. @ Penn Museum 10 Philadelphia Arab Music Ensemble Baseball vs.