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. College of Art; 3-4:30 p.m.; 28 Fifth International Conference on FITNESS/LEARNING Nursing Heritage; noon-2 p.m.; Wood- Merrihue Room, Van Pelt-Dietrich Li- Supersymmetries in Physics; lecture: Sym- English Language Programs Eve- MEETINGS lands Cemetery, 40th and Woodland Ave. brary (SAS & Black Alumni Society). metry in Physical Law, Art and Thought, ning Course Registration; classes meet 6- 2 Trustees Budget and Finance and 9 Spring Plant Sale; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; 19 Plant Collecting in Darien Province Frank Wilczek, Princeton; 5:30 p.m.; 8:30 p.m.; TOEFL Prep, Mon. and Wed., Executive Committees Meetings; 11 a.m.- Morris Arboretum. Through May 10. of Panama; Allen Howard, Fairchild Tropi- Rainey Aud., Museum (Physics & Astro.). May 19-June 18, $290; Speaking and Lis- 2:30 p.m.; Faculty Club; info: 898-7005. 11 Mother’s Day Special Event: Tea cal Garden; 8 p.m.; Morris Arboretum. tening, Tues. and Thurs., May 20-June 19, 9 Penn Professional Staff Assembly Ceremony of Japan; 3 p.m.; University 20 Regulation of Chloride and Calcium EXHIBITS $290; Language of Meetings, Thurs., May Annual Meeting and Elections; 12-1:30 Museum. Channels by IP3 and Tyrosine Kinase in 22-June 18, $145; late registration fee: Admission donations & hours p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall. Mothers Day Buffet; 1-3 p.m.; Fac- Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells; Olaf $10; info: 898-8681 or [email protected]. ulty Club; For reservations: 898-4618. Strauss, Freie Universität of Berlin; 4 Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Jazzercise; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Mon., Mothers Day with Morris Dancers; p.m.; Physiology Conference Room, Arts Library: free, Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 Tues. and Thurs.; Philadelphia Child MUSIC p.m., Sat. & Sun., 12-5 p.m. 1-3 p.m.; Morris Arboretum. Richards Bldg. (Physiology). Guidance Ctr.; first class free; $3.50/class. 1 Coltrane Project; featuring artists 17 Botanical Garden Centennial Cel- Splitting Hairs: Splicing in Hair Burrison Gallery, Faculty Club: free, $2.50/students; Carolyn Hamilton, 662- influenced by the jazz great, including Mon.-Fri., 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. ebration; 10 a.m.-noon; Leidy Labs & Cells; Kumar Navaratman, Pathology; 3293 (days), 446-1983 (eves.). Reggie Workman Rashied Ali, Sonny For- Goddard Plaza (Biology). 11:30 a.m.; Monell Seminar Room, Esther Klein Gallery, 3600 Market: 1 Appreciating Nature and Honoring tune, Ravi Coltrane, Larry Ridley and Ol- Monell Center (Monell Center). free, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. iver Lake; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; Institute of Contemporary Art: $3, Arbor Day; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Ralston SPORTS 21 Apoptosis, p53, and Cancer Therapy; House; free/community elders, nursing $25, $12/students; tickets: 898-6791. Re- David Fisher, Dana Farber Cancer Insti- $1/students, artists, seniors, free/members, peated May 2 & 3, 8 p.m.; May 4, 3 p.m. children under 12, with PennCard, and on home residents and local elementary 10 Women’s & Men’s Outdoor Track, tute & Harvard; 4 p.m.; Grossman Audito- Sundays 10 a.m.-noon; Thurs., 10 a.m.-7 school students (Green Thumb Club). 16 Saied Shanbehzadeh Traditional Heptagonals; Franklin Field. To May 11. rium, Wistar (Wistar). p.m.; Wed.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed: Bible Study: The Gospel of Mark; Bushehri Music Ensemble; 8 p.m.; Folk- 22 Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Mon. & Tues. 12:30-1:30 p.m.; Newman Center. life Center concert; International House. TALKS Underlying Vertebrate Eye Formation; Yi Meyerson Hall Galleries: free, 2 Do You Have Credit Problems? How Postponed from April 26; see April at Rao, Washington University; 12:15-1:30 Important is Maintaining Good Credit? Penn calendar for details. 2 Architecture of Language Acquisi- Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. tion; Robin Clark, linguistics; 3-5 p.m.; p.m.; Class of ’62, John Morgan Bldg. Morris Arboretum: $4, $3/seniors, How Do You Fix Past Credit Problems?; (Cell & Developmental Biology). noon and/or 1 p.m.; Room 720, Franklin Curtis Organ Concerts Room 470, IRCS, 3401 Walnut St. (Inst. $2/students, free/with PennCard, children Recitals at Irvine Auditorium. for Research in Cognitive Science). Foresight and Hindsight in Science; under 6; Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. & Bldg.; reservations: 898-7256. Sir Andrew Huxley, Cambridge; 2 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Silicon Graphics’ Tour of The Magic 7 Jonathan Bowen, St. Luke and the 6 Src Family Protein Tyrosine Kinases Austrian Aud., Clinical Research Bldg. University Museum: $5, $2.50/se- Bus, their interactive Traveling Technol- Epiphany Church; 12:05 p.m.. & Signal Transduction Pathways; Sara (Pennsylvania Muscle Inst.; Physiology). Courtneidge, Sugen, Inc.; 4-6 p.m.; Class niors and students with ID, free/members, ogy Showcase; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; in 14 Ralph Fisher, Westminster Choir Col- 28 Yeast Transcriptional Regulatory with PennCard, children under 6; Tues.- front of Hill House; info: 658-7042 or lege; 12:05 p.m. of ’62, John Morgan Bldg. (Pathology & Laboratory Medicine). Mechanisms; Kevin Struhl, Harvard; 4 Sat., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sunday, 1-5 p.m.; [email protected]. 17 Alumni Weekend Concert; 8 p.m. p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Insti- closed Mon. and holidays. 7 Housing Fair; bankers, realtors, reps. Dietary Modulation of Opioid Drug Action; Robin Kanarek, Tufts; 11:30 a.m.; tute (Wistar). Upcoming from title insurance and moving van com- ON STAGE panies; $1/credit report; 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Monell Seminar Room, Monell Chemical 3 Folio ‘97: Works from the Print- Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (Treasurer). 2 Dancefusion; contemporary dance Senses Center (Monell Ctr.). making Studio; lithographs, etchings, 13 Issues of Single Parenting; noon; company presentation of Nova, six new 7 Cell Adhesion, Apoptosis and the woodblocks and mixed media works by Bishop White Room, Houston Hall (Fac- works by six choreographers; 8 p.m.; Epithelial Phenotype; Steven Frisch, The Graduate School of Fine Arts students; re- ulty/Staff Assistance Program). Movement Theatre International, 3700 Burnham Institute; 4 p.m.; Grossman Au- Suite 211 Nichols House, 3600 Chestnut St. ception, May 8, 4:30-6:30 p.m.; Burrison Chestnut St.; $15/adults, $10/seniors, $8/ ditorium, Wistar (Wistar). 20 Caregivers: Memory Loss Among the Philadelphia, PA 19104-6224 Gallery, Faculty Club. Through May 30. students, children, PDA members; tickets: 8 Chloroplast Gene Expression and (215) 898-5274 or 5275 FAX 898-9137 John Kindness; works from the Elderly; noon; Bishop White Room, 898-2881. Repeated May 3. Houston Hall (F/SAP). Photosynthetic Electron Transport in Thy- E-Mail [email protected] Belfast artist’s Belfast Series, Treasures of URL: www.upenn.edu/almanac New York and The Old Lady Who Swal- Christian Association lowed the Fly; reception, May 2, 5:30- 5 Muslim Student Association Daily At the ICA: Unless otherwise noted all events are 7:30 p.m.; other events listed at right; ICA. Prayers; 1-5 p.m.; Chapel. Mon., Tues., John Kindness open to the general public as well as to Through June 29. Thurs. & Fri.. members of the University. For building 7 Artist/Student Collaborative Exhibit; Holy Communion; noon; Chapel. Mon. Exhibition Events locations, call 898-5000 between 9 a.m. work by University City High School stu- 7 Quaker Meetin’ and Eatin’; noon; 8 Tour led by artist and 5 p.m. Listing of a phone number dents; opening, with performance by Auditorium. Meets Wed.. Judith Schaechter; 6 p.m. normally means tickets, reservations or UCHS dance troupe, 3:30-5:30 p.m.; ICA. Buddhist Meditation; 1 p.m.; Chapel. 15 Conundrums and registration required. Now Meets Wed. Conversations in Com- This May calendar is a pull-out for 8 Early Morning Prayers; 8 a.m.; Con- munity-based Art; Lisa posting. Almanac carries an Update with Brian Peterson: Recent Photos; additions, changes and cancellations if Esther Klein Gallery. Through May 21. ference Room. Meets Thurs. Corrin, chief curator, Sister Circle; noon; Conf. Room. Thurs. Contemporary Museum, received by Monday noon prior to the East/West: Visions in Between; week of publication. Members of the Uni- Arthur Ross Gallery. Through June 25. 9 Buddhist Meditation; noon; Chapel. Baltimore; 6 p.m. 22 John Kindness: Politics and Position; Patrick Murphy, ICA director; 6 p.m. versity may send notices for the Update or Creating the Quid: Betel Chewing Meets Fridays. Summer at Penn calendar. Paraphrenalia from Asia and the Pacific; Above: Panel from Belfast Frescoes, 1994. Lime fresco on slate.

04/29/97 ALUMNI/FACULTY EXCHANGES ALUMNI WEEKEND EVENTS Friday, May 16 Saturday, May 17 (details listed in following entries); 10 a.m.-noon. For information about locations and prices, pick up a brochure from the Alumni Welfare Reform: Analysis, Alterna- Surviving Changes in Healthcare: Relations office in the Sweeten Center or the Alumni Tent during the festivities; Environmental Bioscience; Joseph information: 898-7811. tives and Action; conference, 8:15 a.m.- Business Skills for Clinicians; Linda Travis, C’75, Florida State; Brenda 4 p.m.; luncheon program: The Impact Carrick, Gnu’81, and Cynthia Scalzi, Casper and Phillip Rea, biology; 10-11 of Welfare Reform on Homelessness; nursing administration program; Lois a.m.; Room 109, Leidy Lab (Biology). Friday, May 16 ENIAC Virtual Tour and Demonstra- Michael Reisch and Mark Stern, social Evans, academic nursing practices; 8:30- Birthday Party; 11 a.m.-noon; rain tion; 10-10:45 a.m. and 11-11:45 a.m.; work; Dennis Culhane, social work and 9:45 a.m.;Auditorium, Nursing Educa- or shine, in the enclosed plaza at Institute of Contemporary Art Moore Building. psychology in psychiatry; Penn Tower tion Building (School of Nursing). Goddard Laboratories, next to the Curator’s Tour; 1-2 p.m.; ICA. Alumni Day Picnic; 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Hotel, Ballroom Level, 34th and Civic Just Kidding! Penn’s Comedy Writ- BioPond. (SAS) Highlights Tour of the University of Superblock Plaza. Center Blvd.; $75; 7 continuing educa- ers; Sam Domsky, C’78, Barry Fabius, Internet 101; 10-11 a.m. and 11 Pennsylvania Museum; 2 p.m.; limited Penn Parade of Classes; Grand Mar- tion credits towards social work C’79, Pete Luftig, C’78 and Rex Mor- a.m.-noon; Class of ’55 Conference registration: call 898-4025. shals: members of the Gordon S. Bodek licensure; information: Dori Myers at gan, C’77 (members of the comedy Room, 2nd Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Li- Alumni Council on Admissions Open (C’42) Family, along with University 898-5526 (Social Work Alumni Ass’n) group Mixed Nuts, founded at Penn in brary Center (Library). House; 2-5 p.m.; Sweeten Center. officials and other alumni leaders, in- Assemblings from the Ruth and 1978); Ken Olshansky, C’81, producer The Penn Campus 1977-1997: Career Planning and Placement Ser- cluding President Judith Rodin, CW’66, Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete of children’s cartoons at Sunbow Ani- The Dynamic Between Education and vices Open House; 3-5 p.m.; Leonard and General Alumni Society President and Visual Poetry; 9-10 a.m.; Rosen- mation; 9-10 a.m.; Room 111, Annen- Urbanism; moderator: Wendy Evans Lauder Career Center, Suite 20 Elsie Sterling Howard, CW’68; Old wald Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library berg School (Class of 1977). Joseph, AIA, C’77; Gary Hack, Dean, McNeil Building. Guard Classes, 1:30 p.m.; Classes of Center (Library). Admissions Seminar for Alumni Graduate School of Fine Arts; Laurie Perelman Quadrangle Tour; 3:30- 1947-97, 2 p.m.; Locust Walk, Super- Philadelphia Urban Youth: Diversity Families; Harriet Joseph and Jennifer Olin, landscape architecture; Denise 4:30 p.m.; starts at Logan Hall. block to Blanche Levy Park, College Through Their Eyes; videos by youth Gordon, C’95, Ged’96, Alumni Council Scott Brown, principal, Venturi, Scott General Alumni Society Board Meet- Hall Green. from different Philadelphia neighbor- on Admissions; Cynthia Harvey, C’94, Brown and Associates, Inc.; 10-11 a.m.; ing; 4-5 p.m.; The Castle Lobby. Penn Party on the Green; 2-5 p.m.; hoods; Kevin Vaughan, C’77, Executive Undergraduate Admissions Office; 9- Room B-11, Vance Hall (Class of 1977; Black Alumni Society Reception; 4-6 Blanche Levy Park. Director, Philadelphia Commission on 10:30 a.m.; Room 109, Annenberg GSFA). p.m.; Annenberg Center Lobby. Modern Languages College House Human Relations; 11 a.m.-noon; Room School (Alumni Council on Admissions From the College to the Congress... Organized Classes Annual Meeting; Alumni Reception; 3-5 p.m.; 3941 Irving 351, Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall (Class of the General Alumni Society). in Just Four Years; Congressman (D- 5 p.m.; Castle Lobby. Street, Faculty Master’s Suite 411. of 1977). Blues and Truth: American Culture TN) Harold Ford Jr., C’92; 10:30-11:30 College Alumni Society Annual Ivy Day Ceremonies; presentation of Locust Walk to the Information and Communities in the 21st Century; a.m.; Multi-Purpose Room, DuBois Col- Meeting; 5-7:30 p.m.; Ben Franklin senior awards and honors, including the Highway; Gregory Farrington, Dean, Nick Spitzer, C’72, Smithsonian folklor- lege House (Class of 1992). Room, Houston Hall. General Alumni Society Student Awards School of Engineering and Applied Sci- ist and NPR radio commentator and High Profile Cases: Is Justice Young Alumni Happy Hour; classes of Merit; 4 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium,. ence and Helen Anderson, CE’77, host; Roger Abrahams, folk literature; Served?; moderator: Colin Diver, dean, of 1987-1997; 5-7:30 p.m.; Palladium DP Alumni Association Reception; MSE’86, Director of Computing and 9:30-10:30 a.m.; Room 108, Annenberg Law School; Hon. Arlin Adams, ’47, Restaurant (rain location: The Gold 4-5:30 p.m.; 4015 Walnut Street. Education Technology Services; 1-2:30 School (Class of 1972). Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis; Ed- Standard). Penn Band Alumni Reception; 4-6 p.m.; Alumni Hall, 100 Towne Building The Globe Theater to the World ward Dennis, Jr., ’74, Morgan, Lewis & Alumni Weekend Buffet Dinner; p.m.; Kings Court-English House. (SEAS; Library). Wide Web: Rare Library Holdings on Bockius; Oscar Goodman, ’64, Good- 5:30-8 p.m.; Faculty Club; $15 plus 18% PennGALA (Gay and Lesbian Divorce and You; Moderator: Gayle the Net, and How They Get There; 9:30- man & Chesnoff; Edward Medvene, ’57, gratuity; cash bar; reservations pre- alumni) Reception; Ben Franklin Room, Rosenwald Smith, CW’72, family law 11 a.m.; Rosenwald Gallery, Van Pelt- Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp; Nicholas ferred: 898-4618. Houston Hall; 4-6 p.m.; attorney; 2-3 p.m.; Room 111, Annen- Dietrich Library Center (Library). Nastasi, ’67; David Rudovsky, law Penn Glee Club Performance; 135th Curtis Organ Concert; 8 p.m.; Irvine berg School (Wharton School; Class of The Golden Touch: Behind the school and Kairys & Rudovsky; 10:30 annual production, Treble In Paradise, Auditorium. 1972). Scenes with an Olympic Sports Agent; directed by Bruce Montgomery; 8 p.m.; a.m.-noon; Room 240B, Law School Sunday, May 18 The Electronic Classroom: A Hands- Brad Hunt, agent for Michael Johnson, (Law School). Annenberg School Auditorium; $10. on Lab; 2-4 p.m.; Patricia & Bernard Dan O’Brien, Amy Van Dyken; Bradley Penn Basketball 25 Years Ago and Ben’s Blockbuster; 9:30 p.m.-1:30 Baccalaureate Mass; 11:30 a.m.; St. Goldstein Electronic Classroom, Van T. Hunt, C’79, Gold Medal Manage- Today; Corky Calhoun, Bobby Morse, a.m.; 3400 block of Moravian Court Agatha/St. James Church, 38th and Pelt-Dietrich Library (Library). Re- ment, Inc.; 9:30-10:30 a.m.; Room B-1, Alan Cotler, Billy Walters and Ron (Sansom Common). Chestnut Streets. peated May 17, 10 a.m.-noon. Vance Hall (Class of 1979). Billingslea, Class of ’72 and other fig- Saturday, May 17 Ware College House Alumni Recep- Managed Care: Coping with the Independence and the Future of Al- ures from Penn’s Basketball program; tion; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; 3700 Spruce Counterrevolution; Arthur Caplan, Cen- ternative-fuel Vehicles; 9:30-10:45 a.m. 10:30-11:45 a.m.; Room 111, Annen- Alumni 5k Run; registration and Street. ter for Bioethics; Claire Fagin, nursing; and 11 a.m.-noon; West Lawn, Towne berg School (Class of 1972). post-entries,8-9 a.m.; race, 9:30 a.m.; Baccalaureate Service; 3 p.m.; Irv- Wanda Mohr, Psychiatric Mental Health Building, in case of rain, north side of “Elevenses” at the Library/Planned Harnwell House, 3820 Locust Walk. ine Auditorium. Nursing; Mark Pauly, insurance and risk Towne Garage (SEAS). Giving Seminar; Deborah Layton, Campus Loop Shuttle Service; 9 management; Arnold Rosoff, legal stud- Women in Politics; Kathleen Hall CGS’71, Planned Giving; 11 a.m.-noon; a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, May 19 ies and health care systems; J. Sanford Jamieson, Dean, Annenberg School for Lea Library, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Continental Breakfast; 9-10 a.m.; 241st Commencement; 9:30 a.m.; Schwartz, medicine, health care man- Communication; Marjorie Margolies- Center (Library; Planned Giving). Lee Lounge, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Franklin Field. agement and economics and Leonard Mezvinsky, CW’63, former member of Eyes from the Ashes: Voices Hitler Ben Franklin, General Honors and Graduation Buffet; 11:30 a.m.-2 Davis Institute of Health Economics; Congress for Montgomery County; 9:30- Could Not Silence; Ann Weiss, ASC’94, University Scholars Continental Break- p.m.; Faculty Club; $13 plus gratuity; moderator: Howard Veit, health care 11 a.m.; Room 110, Annenberg School and GSE doctoral candidate; 11 a.m.- fast; 9:30-10:15 a.m.; Room 310, reservations preferred: 898-4618. systems and Integrated HealthSystems (Annenberg School; Bread Upon the noon; Room B-21, Stitler Building Hayden Hall; RSVP: 898-7415 or Consulting; 2:30-4 p.m.; Room 110, An- Waters Scholarship Fund in the College (Graduate School of Education). [email protected]. Graduate and Professional nenberg School for Communication (Le- of General Studies; Class of 1963). Toward a 21st Century Penn; Pro- Newman Center Bagel Breakfast School Alumni Activities onard Davis Institute; Class of ’47; Social Security, Mutual Funds, and vost Stanley Chodorow; 11 a.m.-12:30 and Open House; 9:30-10:15 a.m.; 3720 Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Den- Financial Literacy: Are Baby Boomers Chestnut Street For more information, please contact the p.m.; Room 110, Annenberg School (Of- sponsoring school. tal Medicine; Wharton School). Ready For Retirement?; Neal Cutler, fice of the Provost; Agenda for Excel- Association of Alumnae Coffee Hour; Racism: Where Does it Come gerontology and social policy, and Fi- lence). 9:30-11 a.m.; Faculty Club Lounge. Grad School of Fine Arts: 898-8321. From?; moderator: E.J. McPherson, nancial Literacy 2000, Penn School of Transportation in the 21st Century: Games, Games, Games; basketball, Law School: 898-1516. C’76, National Co-chair of the Black Social Work; 9:45-10:30 a.m.; Caster “We can put a man on the moon; why football, golf, lacrosse, soccer and more; Dental Medicine: 898-8951. Alumni Society; Herman Beavers, Afro- Building, Room D-26, 3701 Locust can’t we get out of rush hour traffic?”; 9:30-11:30 a.m.; Hill Field (rain site: Engineering & Applied Science: American Studies and English; Kathleen Walk (Social Work). moderator: Edward Morlok, PhD, trans- Hutchinson Gymnasium). 898-6564 www.seas.upenn.edu/alumni, Brown, history; Mercedes Sherrod Balancing the Personal and Profes- portation; Patrick Harker and Vukan Christian Association Open House; or [email protected]. Evans, Esq., CW’72, Director of Affir- sional; Margaret Cotroneo, GNu’70 and Vuchic, transportation; 2:30-4 p.m.; 10 a.m.-noon; 3601 Locust Walk. Medicine: 898-5298. mative Action and Diversity, Massachu- Freida Outlaw, psychiatric mental health Alumni Hall, Towne Building (SEAS; WXPN Reception; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Nursing: 898-1665. setts College of Art; 3-4 p.m.; Merrihue nursing; Rosalyn Watts, GNu’67, nurs- Wharton). 3905 Spruce Street; RSVP: 573-3340. Social Work: 898-5526 Room, 4th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Li- ing; 10-11:15 a.m.; Auditorium, Nursing Planned Giving Seminar: Who Con- Alumni Business Card Exchange; Veterinary Medicine: 898-1481 brary (Black Alumni Society; SAS). Education Building (Nursing). trols Your Retirement Funds—You or 10:30 a.m.-noon; Wharton Tent, Mack Wharton Evening School Alumni So- 100 Years: Alumni Organized for Happy Birthday, BioPond!; SAS and Uncle Sam?; Deborah Layton, CGS’71, Plaza/Lehman Brothers Quad (rain site: ciety: 662-3630 (days) or 534-9054 Penn; 3-4 p.m.; The Castle Lobby, 300 the biology department celebrate the Planned Giving; 3-4 p.m.; Room 240B, Hoover Lounge, Vance Hall). (evenings) South 36th Street (General Alumni Soci- 100th anniversary of the University Bo- Law School (Planned Giving) Wharton School: 898-8478. ety; University Archives). tanical Gardens with a lecture and party Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema: April 30-May 11 Sixth annual festival features films, seminars and events at Philadelphia theaters; Mother’s Day Activities listed below: events at International House (IH), Annenberg Center (AC), Cinemagic Don’t know what to do for mom on her special day (Sunday, May 11)? Consider Theater, 3925 Walnut (CM); for tickets/coupons, call Upstages, 893-1145; for full film treating her to one of these special events. descriptions, schedule of screenings at other theaters and other Festival information (including opportunities to volunteer), call 1-800-WOW-PFWC, or see the Festival • Mother’s Day Buffet at the Faculty Club; the menu includes cheese, fruit and website, www.libertynet.org/-pfwc/97fest/index2.html; foreign language films shown crudité displays, salad bar, pistachio-roasted chicken breast, oven-roasted sea with English subtitles; repeat screening times in italics; unless indicated, repeats are at bass, carved turkey, carved roast prime rib, pasta, asparagus, twice-baked pota- same theater as original screenings. toes, dessert bar, fruit bowl, coffee and tea; 1-3 p.m.; $16.75 plus 18% service Apr. 30 A Self-Made Hero (France, 4 Alloy Orchestra: Lost World (USA, charge; reservations: 898-4618. Audiard, 1996); 8 p.m.; AC. Hoyt, 1925); 1 p.m.; IH. • Mother’s Day with Morris Dancers at the Morris Arboretum; spirited dancers 1 Seminar: Mission Possible; discus- Cine Café: Frontierless Spirit;3 and musicians draw from ancient traditions to celebrate spring; stroll the gardens, sion with Paula Wagner ; 9 am.; IH. p.m.; Tails at the White Dog, 34th & visit the fernery and swan pond, too; 1-3 p.m.l; need a gift? Stop by the Arbore- Seminar: MidBudget Masterpieces Sansom. tum, May 9 or 10, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., for their annual Spring Plant Sale. and Moneymakers; 3 p.m.; IH. A Hot Roof (South Korea, Lee Kryzstof Kieslowski: I’m SoSo (Den- MinYong, 1996), 3 p.m.; CM. • Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration; Mariko Nishi LaFleur, who studied mark, Wierzbicki, 1995); 6:45 p.m.; IH. Disappearance of Finbar (UK/Ire- the tea ceremony, Chanoyu, at the Urasenke Professional Tea Institute in Kyoto May 6, 5 p.m.; May 11, 1 p.m. land/Sweden, Clayton, 1996), 5 p.m.; in the 1970s, will perform the demonstration; she teaches the philosophy and Melodrama (Cuba, Diaz, 1995); IH. May 5, 8 p.m. components of the 400-year old tradition at Penn and La Salle; her husband, Wil- 7:15 p.m.; CM. Clandestine (Cameroon, Teno, liam LaFleur, professor of Japanese Studies, will give commentary on the pro- Shorts: Oddities & Ironies; 9 p.m.; IH. 1996), 5:30 p.m.; CM. May 5, 8 p.m. gram; 3 p.m.; Mosaic Gallery, University Museum; moms admitted free when Pretty Village Pretty Flame (Former Alloy Orchestra: The Man with the they bring their children. 8 The Land of Leja (Syria, Chaia, Yugoslavia, Dragojevic, 1996); 9:30 p.m.; Movie Camera (USSR, Vertov, 1929), 8 1995), 7:30 p.m.; CM. May 10, 12:30 • Movies for Mom; buy a ticket for yourself for a May 11 screening at the Phila- CM. p.m.; IH. p.m., IH. Venus of Willendorf (Italy, Lodoli, delphia Festival of World Cinema, and mom can join you for free; more Festival 2 Jesse’s Gone (USA, Smith, 1997), Fest Indies: First Night; 8 p.m.; IH. information at right. 1 p.m.; IH. 1996), 8 p.m.; CM. Tonight Nobody Goes Home (Tai- Vaska Easoff (Hungary, Gothar, 5 No Fear, No Die (France, Denis, wan, Chang, 1995), 9:30 p.m.; CM. 1996), 6 p.m.; IH. May 8, 10:15 p.m.; 1990), 5:30 p.m.; IH. 9 Aime Cesaire (Martinique, Palcy, May 10, 2:30 p.m. Seminar: Writer’s Survival Guide 1995); 1 p.m.; IH. Little Angel (Germany, Misselwitz, 6:30 p.m.; IH. Shorts: Paperclips, Parking Spots 1996), 7 p.m.; CM. May 5, 6 p.m. Hugo Pool (USA, Downey,Sr., and Other Passions; 4:30 p.m.; IH. Rats in the Ranks (Australia, 1996), 7:30 p.m.; AC. Fest Indies: Focus on Termite TV; 7 Connolly, 1996); 7:45 p.m.; IH. 6 Seminar: Work it Baby! A Guide to p.m.; IH. Stage Door (Hong Kong, Kei, 1996), Presenting and Promoting Your Work; Nobody’s Business (USA, Berliner, 9 p.m.; CM. 6:30 p.m.; IH. 1996); 9:30 p.m.; IH. May 11, 4:45 p.m. Invented Worlds (Animation Pro- To Speak the Unspeakable: The Mes- 10 Seminar: The Headhunter’s Sister: A gram), 10:15 p.m.; IH. May 4, 2:45 p.m. sage of Elie Wiesel (Hungary/France, Case Study; 12 p.m.; IH. 3 Shorts: After Innocence; 12 p.m.; IH. Elek, 1996), 7 p.m.; AC. Seminar: Independent Feature Film Keep it for Yourself/The Hoop Skirt The Dress (The Netherlands, van Market Orientation; 2:30 p.m.; IH. (France, Denis, 1991), 2 p.m.; IH. Warmerdam, 1996), 7:15 p.m.; CM. Landscapes of Memory (Brazil, Seminar: Personal Perspectives— Asientos (Belgium, Woukoache, Araujo, 1996); 4:30 p.m.; IH. Public Views: A Filmmakers’ Panel; 2 1995) with The Last Angel of History Fest Indies: Work and Play; 7:15 p.m.; IH. (UK, Akomfrah, 1996), 7:15 p.m.; IH. p.m.; IH Bolshe Vita (Hungary, Fekete, May 8, 5:45 p.m. Sweet Power (Brazil, Murat, 1996), 11 Fest Indies: Stories; 2:30 p.m.; IH. 1996), 4 p.m.; CM. Shorts Extravaganza; 7 p.m.; IH. Conversation with Claire Denis, 4 9:30 p.m.; CM. p.m.; IH. Man No Run (France, Denis, 1989), Out of the Present (Germany, Ujica, 9:30 p.m.; IH. 1995), 4 p.m.; IH. 7 Africa Dreaming: Works in The Eighteenth (Denmark, Ronnow- Progress; The Gaze of the Stars Klarlund, 1996), 6:15 p.m.; IH. May 7, (Mozambique, Ribeiro, 1997); The 7:15 p.m., CM. Homecoming (Namibia, Pakleppa, Flame (Zimbabawe, Sinclair, 1996), 1997); Mamlambo (South Africa, May 7 p.m.; CM. May 7, 9:30 p.m. Letlaka-Nkosi, 1997); The Last Picture Lillian’s Story (Australia, (Zimbabwe, Sevenzo, 1997); 7 p.m.; IH. Domaradzki, 1995), 9 p.m.; CM. Ghetto—The Secret Life of a City From the University Museum Archives: Photograph by Jessie Tarbox Beales Riding the Rails (USA, Lovell, (Yugoslavia/Serbia, Maticevic, 1996), of a Japanese Tea Ceremony, circa 1905. 1996), 9 p.m.; IH. 9:45 p.m.; IH. May 10, 9:30 p.m. A T P E N N

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