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Upcoming Penn Presents Jazz series ACADEMIC CALENDAR continues with the Grammy, 1 Solimon Lawrence: New Photog- Emmy and Golden Globe 4 Spring Break Begins at Close of raphy; Kelly Writers House; reception: nominated trumpeter and Classes. March 16, 6 p.m. Through March 31. composer Terence Blanchard 14 Classes Resume at 8 a.m. 11 Teatro Anatomico; Cristin Millettʼs and His Band on March 4 at Advance Registration for Fall and objects and installations examine the the Annenberg Center. March 21 Summer Sessions Begins. Through April 3. shifting theories of the female body; Es- In conjunction with his ther Klein Gallery. Through April 29. appearance, film scores by CHILDRENʼS ACTIVITIES 16 Selected Group of Posters by Sam Blanchard can be heard in A T P E N N Maitin; Burrison Gallery. *Cancelled* films shown in the Spike Lee Whenever there is more than meets the 5 A Chinese New Year Celebration; 21 Undergraduate Senior Thesis Show; Terence Blanchard Film eye, see our web site, Chinese food, celebrations, dress, music Charles Addams Gallery; reception: Festival at the Annenberg www.upenn.edu/almanac/. and more; ages 8-12; 10 a.m.-noon; Penn March 22, 5 p.m. Through April 8. Center. See Films and Music. Museum; $10; register: (215) 898-4016 Visual Studies Thesis Show; Fox (Museum). Gallery; reception: March 22, 6 p.m. atre show, $25, $12/student: March 19 & 13 Cactus Dish Gardening for Kids; Through April 8. 31; info./spring schedule: www.maskand- wig.com (Mask and Wig). ages 6 and up; 1:30-3 p.m.; Morris Arbo- 23 Line and Letter: Examining a 16th- retum; $15, $13/members; register: (215) Century Shirazi Manuscript; Rosenwald Penn Presents 247-5777 ext. 125 (Arboretum). Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Info./tickets: (215) 898-3900. 19 Childrenʼs Climbing; introduction Through May 23. 19 Mesopotamia: Treasures from the Korean Film Series 11 Dancefusion with Kun-Yan Lin to indoor rock climbing; 10 a.m.-noon; Tombs of Ur. Info.: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/. Dancers; modern dance; 8 p.m.; Prince Pottruck Center; $10; register: (215) 898- Now Images of Ireland; images by Robin 26 Egypt: Daily Life. 15 Bakha saʼtang (Peppermint Candy); Theatre, Annenberg Center; $25, $20. 6100 (Recreation). 7 p.m.; rm. 111, Annenberg. Also March 12. Hiteshew; Bucks County Coffee Shop; ICA Programs/Tours CONFERENCES Through March 1. Info.: www.icaphila.org. 29 Paramnan Kajok (The Lawyerʼs 29 National Acrobats of Taiwan, Wife); 7 p.m.; rm. B21, Stiteler Hall. R.O.C.; based on the tradition of the Han Through Her Eyes: Works in the Lectures on Contemporary Art; tour 9 The Eunice and Irving Leopold Photopoetic; photography by Beandrea 6 Dynastyʼs dramatic folk arts; 7:30 p.m.; Annual Scientific Symposium and Re- of Barry Le Vaʼs installations; 1 p.m. Penn Presents Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; Davis; Fox Gallery. Through March 4. Pre-show talk at 6:30 p.m., screenings at 7 treat; lectures by nationally recognized Y Philly: An Identity Mural by Phil- 17 Accumulated Vision, Barry Le Va $36, $27, $19; pre-show dinner and lec- cancer researchers and a poster session; 9 Exhibit Tour; followed by talk by artist; 5 p.m. in Studio Theatre, Annenberg Center. ture: 5:30 p.m., $15, RSVP by March 22. adelphiaʼs Youth Generation; designed to See Music. a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III; capture the spirit of Philadelphia for the p.m. See Conferences. info.: www.penncancer.org/symposium people of Tel Aviv, Israel; International 30 Art and Urban Planning; a screen- 1 Clockers. SPECIAL EVENTS (Abramson Cancer Center). House. Through March 4. ing of The Social Life of Small Urban 2 The 25th Hour. 18 The Art & Science of Anti-Aging Tabitha Morris and Alex Paik: Spaces, followed by a conversation about 3 Malcolm X. 3 Secondary School Outreach Event– Therapies: Convergence of Theory and Recent Work; lush, peaceful landscapes public art; 6 p.m. Why Study French in College?; 3rd annual Practice; bone regeneration, antioxidants and playfully disturbing scenes of lifeʼs Middle East Week luncheon honoring advanced high school and laser treatment for the aging face; dark side; GSC. Through March 5. FILMS Foreign screenings w/English subtitles students of French; info./reservations: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III; Architecture: Images of the Built at International House; free admission. (215) 573-3550 (French Institute). info.: http://pennhealth.com/phys_forum/ Environment in Contemporary Paint- 2 Women Without Men; followed by dis- Info.: www.ihousephilly.org. cussion with Iranian author Shahrnush Par- 4 18th Annual Women of Color Day; symposium.html (Institute on Aging). ing; painting students using architectural 16 Turtles Can Fly; Kurdish; 7 p.m. vendor and resource fair, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Continues March 19, 8 a.m. imagery as subject matter and inspiration sipur and literary critic Houra Yavari; 6 p.m.; rm. 17, Logan Hall (Middle East Center). 17 The Ladies Room; Farsi; 7 p.m.; reading and signing, 2-3 p.m.; 1st floor Resistance: Spiegel Symposium for their work; Charles Addams Gallery. preceded by Paradise Lost and Horse of and Reading Room, Houston Hall; info.: 2005; exploration of themes of resistance Through March 5. 17 Roger and Me; 6:30 p.m.; 4th fl., Mud, Arabic. [email protected] (AARC). in culture and politics; 9:30 a.m.-4:30 The Revolt of the Bees, Wherein the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library (GET-UP). The Battle of Algiers; 8 p.m.; Roof- 18 Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets; 11 Beer Dinner with Michael Jackson; p.m.; rm. 110, Annenberg School; info.: Future of the Paper Hive is Declared; 6th Arabic; 7 p.m. internationally renowned beer expert with www.icaphila.org (ICA; Architecture; fl., Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through top Lounge, Harrison College House (ICA). See Conferences. 19 The Letter; English & Somali; his selection of fine beers; 6:30 p.m.; Cinema Studies; Fine Arts; History of March 7. Penn Museum; 21 years and up; $85, $75/ Art). See Exhibits and Films. UNTITLED Selected Works: 1999– 25 Final Solution; followed by discus- 7 p.m. Ninaʼs Tragedies; Hebrew; 7 p.m. members; reservations: (215) 898-4890 Life and Death in Ancient China 2004; graphite drawings by Sandra Milner; sion with filmmaker; 2 p.m.; rm. B1, 20 (Museum). and Ancient Egypt; comparing and con- Burrison Gallery. Through March 11. Vance Hall (South Asia Center). Philomathean Society Films 12 15th Annual Beer Tasting with Mi- trasting the two civilizations; 1-6 p.m.; The Nine Lives of Edgar Fahs Smith; Cinema Studies Showings at 8 p.m.; 4th fl., College Hall. Penn Museum; info.: (215) 898-4890 examination of his service to Penn through chael Jackson–Golden Treasures; 1 p.m., 8th fl., Harrison College House; 2 I am Curious (Blue). 3:30 p.m., and 6 p.m.; beer expert will (Museum). Continues March 19, 9 a.m. various media; Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt- PennCard needed. Dietrich Library. Through March 24. I am Curious (Yellow). comment on recent gold medal-winning 19 Edward V. Sparer Symposium–Drug The Thin Blue Line; 4:30 p.m. brews; Penn Museum; 21 years and up; Policy Reform: In the Courts and in the Accumulated Vision, Barry Le Va; 25 16 Trois Couleurs: Bleu; French. large-scale sculptures and drawings; ICA. 27 Ghost in the Shell; 8 p.m. Satyricon. $45, $40/members; tickets: Annenberg Streets; 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; rm. 213 & 214, 23 Box Office, (215) 898-3900 (Museum). Roberts Hall; info.: (215) 573-9931 (Law). Through April 3. See Conferences. 30 Charulata; 4 p.m. 30 Trois Couleurs: Blanc; French. A Place of Transcendence: Louis I. 16 Course and Majors Fair; noon-2 21 African Studies Annual Scholar Kahn at Dhaka; working documents for East Meets West Film Series Snapshots of Modern Italy p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall (VPUL). for a Day; Francis Deng, Johns Hopkins his architectural masterpiece at Dhaka, Screenings at 2 p.m.; TV Lounge, Grego- International House; Italian w/English Political Science Department Pre- University; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Forum, India; Kroiz Gallery. Through April 8. ry College House; PennCard needed. subtitles; info.: http://ccat.sas.upenn. registration Reception; open house for Stiteler Hall; info.: (215) 898-6971 (Af- Sam Maitin: A Life in Art; new and 14 Bend it Like Beckham. edu/italians/. Penn undergraduate students; 4:30 p.m.; rican Studies Center; GSAC; Middle East recent work by this celebrated Philadel- Forum Stiteler Hall; info.: mdotson@sas. Center; Political Science). 21 The 13th Warrior. 28 A Scuola; 5 p.m. phia artist; concurrently shown at Arthur 28 Startup.com. Latina/Littoria: A Portrait of a upenn.edu (Political Science). Ross Gallery and Hillel. Through April 17. 2005 Models of Excellence Award EXHIBITS Film Culture Program Provincial City; 6:30 p.m. 22 Iraqʼs Endangered Cultural Heri- Bibione; 8 p.m. Ceremony and Reception; celebration Admission Donations and Hours tage: An Update; eight ancient Iraqi cyl- Screenings at 8:30 p.m.; TV Lounge, of staff member achievements; 4:30- Van Pelt Manor, Gregory College House. 29 Volare; 5 p.m. Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine inder seals, circa 3300 to 1500 B.C., il- Presentation of the Documentary 6:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annen- Arts Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; legally brought into the U.S. and recently PennCard needed. berg Center; info./RSVP by March 10: Neo-Noir: The Blade Runner. Series; with Carlo Cresto-Dina; 6:30 p.m. Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m.
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