February at PENN 2017
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for Advanced Medicine; Burrison Gallery. Through February 6. Photography in Crisis; a collective art project in Athens, Greece, engaging the February “Greek Crisis” and its aftermath; Slought. Through February 17. And So the Story Goes: Innovations A T P E N N in Storytelling; Penn Museum. Through March 3. Lens on Latin America; an art exhibi- tion of innovative, experimental, and radi- cal photography; IHP. Info: http:// Wherever this symbol appears, more images are ihousephilly.org/calendar/lens-on-latin- available on our website, www.upenn.edu/almanac/at-penn-calendar america Through March 22. Citizen Salon; crowd-sourced exhibit; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through March 24. Photography of Paul W. Meyer: A Plantsman in Asia; upper gallery, Morris Arboretum. Through March 31. Nikon Small World Exhibition; see the top 20 winning images from the 2018 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competi- Lunar New Year Celebration at International House Philadelphia. See Special Events. tion; Wistar Institute. Through April 5. Thomas Evans and the Professional Department of Music Emily Rachel Sachs, a Penn student who Press; Leon Levy Dental Medicine Library. Info: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/music/ passed away in 1995; 7 p.m.; Iron Gate Through April 12. 15 Contemporary Music from Europe and Theatre (Dance Arts Council). Musical Partnerships at Play: The Lunar New Year Celebration 2019; a Marlboro Music School and Festival the US; Thomas Kraines & Friends; discus- 7 ; Eu- sion at 6:15 p.m., performance at 7 p.m.; night of fantastic performance and delicious gene Ormandy Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Kislak Center, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. food; 7 p.m.; Ibrahim Theater and Galleria, Library. Through June 21. IHP (International House Philadelphia). Bearing Witness: Four Days in West 17 Millenial Music; Network for New Egyptian Adventures event at the Penn Museum. See Children's Activities. Kingston; Penn Museum. Through Decem- Music Ensemble; 3 p.m; Rose Recital Hall, 13 Women & Science: Nutrition and Gene ber 2. Fisher-Bennett Hall. Regulation: How Does What We Eat Alter ACADEMIC CALENDAR 26 3rd Annual Mid-Atlantic Extracellular Moundbuilders: Ancient Artifacts of 21 Eric Owens Master Class; 4 p.m.; Rose Disease Development?; cocktail reception Vesicle Scientific Symposium; 8:30 a.m.-6 North America; Penn Museum. Through Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall. & program; 6 p.m.; Wistar Institute; tickets: Course selection period ends. https://tinyurl.com/ybhftlqa (Wistar). 4 p.m.; Caplan Auditorium, Wistar Institute; December 2. 23 Penn Symphony Orchestra; 8 p.m.; 22 Drop period ends. register: https://tinyurl.com/yd92qslu (Wi- Irvine Auditorium. 19 Chili Cook Off; participants make and star, PennVet). Ongoing bring batches of chili for a tasting, two best Audubon’s Birds of America; 1st Floor, CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES World Cafe Live chili-makers will face off in a Chopped-style EXHIBITS Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Performances daily. For a complete list- dessert throw-down; 6 p.m.; Dining Room, Imagery, Narrative, Propaganda: ing, see: http://philly.worldcafelive.com/ Kelly Writers House; RSVP: wh@writing. Lightbox Film Center at IHP Artists intheGermanDemocraticRepublic; upenn.edu $5 (ages 2+), free for members. Tickets: Admission Donations and Hours rm. 500, Annenberg School. ON STAGE Beer Fest www.lightboxfilmcenter.org/family-matinee Arthur Ross Gallery (ARG): Fisher Marian Anderson on the World Stage; 23 ; 15th annual event; 1 p.m.; Fine Arts Library; free; hours: www. World Cafe Live; tickets: https://tinyurl. 9 Labyrinth; 2 p.m. Marian Anderson Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietri- 1 The Book of Mermen; Mask and Wig’s com/y8gr45t8 arthurrossgallery.org ch Library. 131st Annual Production, an unforgettable, Morris Arboretum Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers Middle East Galleries 27 Two Pints; Philadelphia premiere of Info: www.morrisarboretum.org ; ancient Meso- underwater musical; 8 p.m.; The Mask and House: free; hours, info: http://writing. potamian societies that gave rise to the Wig Club House; 310 S. Quince St.; $35/ Abbey Theatre play; 7 p.m.; Blarney Stone, 16 Witchhazel is Your Favorite?; children upenn.edu/wh/involved/series/brod- world’s first cities; Penn Museum. adults, $15/students; tickets: www.maskan- 3929 Sansom St.; tickets: www.annenberg- create witchhazel-related crafts; 1 p.m.; Up- skygallery/ Native American Voices: The People— dwig.com/ Also February 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, center.org/event/two-pints (Annenberg per Gallery of the Visitor Center. Burrison Gallery, Inn at Penn: Here and Now; Penn Museum. 23. Center). Also February 28, 7 p.m., March free; Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; http:// 1, 8 p.m., and March 3, 3 and 7 p.m. Penn Museum Out of Time; 12 photos or paintings by 27 Reading and Performance by Camae tinyurl.com/kaevlec artists and dancer Raphael Xavier; Lobby, Tickets: www.penn.museum Esther Klein Gallery: free; Mon.- Ayewa; Citizen Salon; 6 p.m.; Arthur Penn Museum Feasting with Friends; stories, make- Annenberg Center. Ross Gallery (ARG). Also see Exhibits. Info: www.penn.museum 5 Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; http://estherkleingal- People, Plants & Place: The Story of and-take art activities and snacks; 10:30 a.m.; lery.tumblr.com Morris Arboretum Annenberg Center 5 Conversational Corners; Spanish China Gallery; $10, $5/members for one adult ; lower gallery, Morris ICA: free; VIP hours: February 2, Arboretum. Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org language groups welcome; 10 a.m. Also and one child, $2 per additional child; series 9-11 a.m.; info: https://icaphila.org We Are Not Alone February 12, English language groups; subscription $55, $25/members. ; exhibit of 10 9 Legacy on Broad 2019; Philadelphia’s International House Philadelphia: large-scale illustrations by cartoonist and premier South Asian fusion dance competi- February 19, Portugese language groups; 8 40 Winks at the Penn Museum; sleepover free; hours: http://ihousephilly.org freelance writer Dwayne Booth; Forum, tion; 6 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre. February 26, Italian language groups; free. for ages 6-12; 5:30 p.m.-9 a.m.; admission Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Annenberg School. 7 [CANCELLED] Crawl Out $55, $45/members. Through February 9. Library: free; Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; 17 Cirque Mechanics; an industrial spin Thursday; happy hour dance party; 6-9 Penn Museum Tours on traditional circus; 2 p.m.; Zellerbach 9 Egyptian Adventures; scavenger hunts, info: http://tinyurl.com/hvrlct4 p.m.; Penn Museum; $15; Morris Arboretum: hours, prices: Info: www.penn.museum/visit/tours Theatre; tickets:https://annenbergcenter.org/ tickets: https://tinyurl.com/ya8xxugy crafts and more; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; free w/ad- Gallery Tours; Saturdays-Sundays; event/cirque-mechanics mission. www.morrisarboretum.org Coffee with a Keeper; enjoy your morn- Penn Museum: $15/adults; $13/ 1:30 p.m.; Pepper Hall; free w/admission. 8 Global Guides Public Tours; ing coffee in the company of Penn Museum World Cafe Live seniors; $10/children; free/members, READINGS AND SIGNINGS expert Lynn Makowsky; 9:30-11 a.m.; Info: http://philly.worldcafelive.com/ PennCard holders and children under 5; Saturdays-Sundays; 2:30 p.m.; free w/ admission. 5 Reading and Discussion with Helen Museum Café (enter at group entrance); 24 Kids Rock Philly: A Benefit for LiveCon- Tues.-Sun, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; first Wed., 10 $5, free/members. nections a.m.-8 p.m.; www.penn.museum Highlights Tour: Mandarin Language; Zia; author of Last Boat Out of Shanghai: ; World Café Live; 1 p.m.; tickets: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled $20 (World Café Live, School of Rock). Slought: free; Tues.-Fri., noon-5 Fridays; 2:30 p.m.; free w/admission. SPORTS p.m.; info: slought.org Mao's Revolution; 5:30 p.m.; Penn Book http://www.pennathletics.com/ CONFERENCES Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free; FILMS Center; info: www.pennbookcenter.com/ Info.: hours: info: http://www.library.upenn. event/helen-zias-last-boat-out-shanghai 2 (M/W) Squash vs. Dartmouth; 10 a.m. Romantic Prints on the Move edu/vanpelt 10 Deaf Family Home Movies; An Illus- (Penn Book Center). 1 ; 1:30 trated Talk (M) Tennis vs. NJIT; noon. p.m.; various locations; register: https:// Wistar: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; ; presented in ASL with voice Screening, Reading, and Conversa- interpretation; 2 p.m.; Penn Museum. 7 Wrestling vs. Brown; 1 p.m. tinyurl.com/yceb5yly (Kislak Center, URF, info: https://wistar.org tion with Cecilia Vicuña and Laynie Brown; Wrestling vs. Harvard; 6 p.m. SAS, Germanic Languages & Literatures, 21 Bamako; 7 p.m.; Lightbox Film 6:30 p.m.; Penn Book Center; register: Wolf Humanities Center, Sachs Program, Upcoming Center at IHP; free; reservations re- https://tinyurl.com/ycfrrotr (ICA, Penn 3 (W) Tennis vs. Marist; 11 a.m. History, Comparative Literature & Literary 1 Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen; quested: https://tinyurl.com/ybzjlhlm Book Center). (M/W) Squash vs. Harvard; 11 a.m. Theory, History of Art). Also February 2. offers insight into the evolution of her (Slought). Nasser Mufti; 5 p.m.; rm. 330 Fisher- Gymnastics vs. Brown/Cornell/ practice through a range of landmark 21 7 Awakening and Calming the Epig- Lightbox Film Center at IHP Bennett Hall (English). Ursinus; 1 p.m. enome Symposium works; 6:30 p.m. public opening celebra- ; keynote speaker: Rudolf February 27 Tickets: $10, $8 students/seniors, free 22 Reading and Conversation in Con- 8 (M/W) Squash vs. Cornell; 4 p.m. Jaenisch, MIT; 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Rubenstein tion; ICA. Curator-led tour: , 6 p.m. Through March 31. for members. Screenings at 7 p.m. unless junction with Colored People Time: Mun- (W) Basketball vs. Brown; 7 p.m. Auditorium, Smilow Center; register: otherwise noted. dane Futures Exhibition; Saidiya Hartman, Colored People Time: Mundane Fu- (M) Tennis vs.