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Jim Jackson (USA) Philadelphia International Theatre Festival for Children: May 21-25 The 13th annual gathering of international performers and throngs of school children and families will host theatre companies and performers from six countries giving 70 performances of ten theatre productions during the five-day celebration performing arts. Perfor- mances are held in the Annenberg Center’s Zellerbach Theatre (ZT), Studio Theatre (ST), Prince Theatre (PT) and Annenberg School Theatre (AST), Movement Theatre International (MTI) and International House (IH). Tickets: $7 per person for the first performance and $3.50 for each additional show. Information: 898-6791 or on the web at www.libertynet.org/~annctr. In addition to the shows listed below, there are outdoor activities Pero by the Speel- and events including Stageworks featuring jugglers and musicians (free to theater Holland the public); Playworks showcasing folk artists and their crafts with a (the Netherlands) chance for hands-on participation (free to ticketholders). ➪ The Secret Window; Philadelphia Festival Theatre for New Plays & Het Waterhuis; US/The Netherlands (world premiere of a festival first, a commissioned piece by Elizabeth Swados); grades 2 and up. (ZT) May 21, noon and 7:30 p.m.; May 22, noon, 7 p.m.; May 23, noon, 7 pm.; May 24, 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.; May 25, noon. ➪ Tamakko-Za; Taiko Drum Theatre; Japan; all ages. (ZT) May 21, 10 a.m.; May 22, 10 a.m.; May 23, 10 a.m.; May 24, noon and 2 p.m.; May 25, 2 and 4 p.m. May ➪ The Impossible Balance; Jim Jackson, US; all ages. (IH) May 21, Mile High Photo 10 a.m.; May 22, noon; May 23, 10 a.m.; May 24, noon and 2 p.m.; May 25, noon and 4 p.m. ➪ Salvador; le Carrousel Theatre; Quebec, Canada; grades 2 A T P E N N and up. (MTI) May 21, noon; May 22, 10 a.m.; May 23, 10 a.m.; May 24, noon and 3 p.m.; May 25, 1 and 3:30 p.m. ACADEMIC CALENDAR ➪ Tir na n-Og; Travelling Light Theatre Company; England; 1 Final Exams. Through May 9. grade 2 and up. (AST) May 21, noon; May 22, 10 a.m.; May 23, noon; May 24, noon and 2 p.m.; May 25, 2 p.m. 17 Alumni Day. ➪ 18 Baccalaureate Service; 3 p.m.; Towering; Theater Terra; The Netherlands; grade 1 and up. (IH) May 21, noon; May Irvine Auditorium. 22, 10 a.m.; May 23, noon; May 24, 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.; May 25, 2 p.m. 19 Commencement; procession begins, ➪ Pero (or the Mysteries of the Night); Speeltheater Holland; The Netherlands; grade 1 and up. (AST) May 9:30 a.m., on Locust Walk; service fol- 21, 10 a.m.; May 22, noon; May 23, 10 a.m., May 24, 10 a.m.& 4 p.m.; May 25, noon and 4 p.m. Photo by Rob Karsten lows at Franklin Field. ➪ Still; Huis aan de Amstel Theater; the Netherlands; grade 1 and up; (PT) May 21, 10 a.m.; May 22, noon; 20 12-Week Evening and Summer Ses- May 23, noon; May 24, 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. May 25, 2 p.m. sion I Classes begin. ➪ A Lady in the Cupboard; Blauw Vier Theater; Belgium; pre-k and up. (PT) May 21, noon; May 22, 10 CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES a.m.; May 23, 10 a.m.; May 24, noon and 2 p.m.; May 25, noon and 4 p.m. 10 Serpents!; children, ages 8-12, learn ➪ Block; Theatre Sirkel; The Netherlands; pre-k and up. (ST) May 21, 10 a.m.; May 22, noon; May 23, of the importance of snakes in Southeast noon; May 24, 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.; May 25, noon and 3 p.m. Asian culture by hearing nagas (stories about snakes) and making naga artwork; 10 a.m.-noon; University Museum; $5/ma- Main Entrance, Museum. Through Dec. College of General Studies Annenberg Center lakoid Membranes of Chlamyano-monas; terials fee; info./registration: 898-4016. The Afghan Folio; Sharpe Gallery, Special Programs; courses meet weekly Tickets/info: 898-6791 (unless noted). Re- Francis-André Wollmann, L’Institut de University Museum. Through August 23. (unless noted); registration: 898-6479. peat performances in italics. Biologie Physico-Chimique de Paris; 4 21 The Secret Window; adaptation of Watercolors: Medicinal Plants of 3 Oriental Rug Symposium; 10 a.m.- 1 Headin’ South; Mark Hallen directs p.m.; Room 107, Leidy Lab. (French Inst.). Nelly Toll’s book Behind the Secret Win- Shakespeare; Arboretum. To June 1997. TBA; Ann Beyer; 12:15-1:30 p.m.; dow, about a Jewish girl during WWII; de- 3:30 p.m.; $45. Joseph Sorrentino’s play about the demise Time and Rulers at Tikal: Architec- of the Pennsylvania steel industry; 7 p.m.; Class of ’62, John Morgan Bldg. (Cell & tails above. Through May 25; tural Sculpture of the Maya; Museum. 14 Children’s Book Production and Il- Developmental Biology). Philadelphia International Theatre lustration II—Advanced Critique; 6:30-9 Prince Theatre; $23, $26/Fri. & Sat., $15/ Through Fall 1997. previews (May 1-3; May 4, 2 p.m.), $12/ History vs. Literature; Jack Miles, Festival for Children; detailed schedule p.m.; $50. Continues May 21. Pulitzer Prize winner and author of God: A above. Through May 25. Ongoing students. May 2-4, 7 p.m.; May 4, 11 & 16 Journal Writing Workshop; 9:30 18, 2 p.m.; May 6, 6:30 p.m.; May 7, 9, Biography; 3 p.m.; Class of ’55 Room, Ancient Greek World; Living in Bal- a.m.-4:30 p.m.; $85. Van Pelt-Dietrich Library (Middle East CONFERENCES ance: Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo 13, 14 & 16, 8 p.m.; May 8 & 15, 10:30 Institute of Contemporary Art a.m. & 8 p.m.; May 10 & 17, 2 & 8 p.m. Center; Jewish Studies; Asian & Middle and Apache; Ancient Mesopotamia: Royal Eastern Studies; Religious Studies). 3 Silent No More: African American Tombs of Ur; The Egyptian Mummy: Se- Focus: Critical Perspectives on Photogra- 5 Previewers; Philadelphia Festival Women Fighting Heart Disease and Stroke; crets and Science; Raven’s Journey: phy; five-week course exploring selected Theatre for New Plays’ monthly reading 9 Reflections on Jewish Culture and keynote speaker: Gwendolyn Goldsby World of Alaska’s Native People; Bud- topic in photography and the effects of of a new work; 7 p.m.; free. Society; David Ruderman, SAS Center for Grant, Essence Magazine; workshops on dhism: History and Diversity of a Great new technologies on the medium; 6-7:30 Judaic Studies; noon; Faculty Club; $14 disease prevention and health; 8 a.m.-4 8 Baseball; Momix’s full-length work fee (incl. lunch); reservations: 233-0779 or Tradition; University Museum. p.m.; individual lecture: $12/members, about America’s national pasttime; Dance p.m.; Penn Tower Hotel; info/reg.: 1-800- Healing Plants: Medicine Across $16/non-members; series: $50/members, 233-4714 (CGS Senior Associates). AHA-USA-1. Celebration; 7 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; Time and Cultures; Morris Arboretum. $70/non-members; reservations: 898- $28/evenings, $26/matinees, $12/students. 13 Comparison Between Odor & Music 9 Writers’ Conference; keynote 7108. as Associated Memory Cues; Rachel Herz, University Museum Tours May 9, 8 p.m.; May 10, 2 & 8 p.m. speaker: Madison Smartt Bell, author of Apr. 29 The Quarrel Over Realism: Monell Center; 11:30 a.m.; Monell Semi- Ten Indians, 7 p.m., Rm. 110, Annenberg Meet at the main entrance; 1:30 p.m.; free 15 Philadanco 28th Annual Spring Con- nar Room, Monell Center (Monell Ctr.). Photography Between Wars; Matthew cert; premieres, works in progress and School, free/PennCard holders; Saturday with admission donation. Drutt, Guggenheim Museum. Wingless, Hedgehog and the Role of workshops on writing; $100/full confer- 3 The Ancient Greek World. company favorites; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Pattern Organizers; Steve DiNardo, 6 Documentary Eyes; Stephen Perloff, Theatre; $25. May 16, 1 & 8 p.m.; May ence (incl. Saturday lunch); info/registra- 4 The Peoples of the Plains. Rockefeller Univ.; 12:15-1:30 p.m.; Hirst tion: 898-6479, or [email protected] editor, The Photo Review and The Photo- 17, 2:15 & 8 p.m. Aud., Dulles Bldg. (Cell & Dev. Biology). 11 The Southwest Collection. graph Collector. or www.sas.upenn.edu/CGS/CGS.CAPS/ 30 Volume 2; Dutch choreographer 14 Extracellular Proteases in Neuronal wrtrwkshps.html. Through May 10. 17 The Mesoamerican World. 13 The Conceptual Moment: Theoreti- Beppie Blankert and dancers from the Function and Dysfunction; Sidney 21 One Theatre World 1997; for artists, 18 Africa’s Diversity. cal Photography; William Williams, fine Relâche Ensemble performe a music and Strickland, SUNY; 4 p.m.; Grossman Au- educators, producers and presenters of arts and Haverford College. dance concert inspired by Charles Ives’s ditorium, Wistar (Wistar). children’s theatre; in conjunction with the FILMS 20 Photography and Controversy; music; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; $20, $12/students. May 31, 8 p.m. 16 Racism: Where Does It Come From?; Philadelphia International Theatre for Wendy Steiner and Richard Fisher, English. E.J. McPherson, C’76, BAS; Herman Bea- Children; $275, $215/students, $175/ Apr. 30 Philadelphia Festival of World 27 Photograghy After Photography: Cinema; details on reverse. To May 11. vers, Afro-American Studies; Kathleen ASSITEJ members, $115/ASSITEJ stu- Representation in the Digital Age; Jeannie SPECIAL EVENTS Brown, history; and Mercedes Sherrod dents; info: 898-3101 or [email protected]. Pearce, University of the Arts. 2 Traditional Procession to Honor our Evans, Mass.