Morris Arboretum: $10, $8/seniors, Locally Localized Gravity; exhibits ACADEMIC CALENDAR $5/students & youth 3-18, free w/ PennCard, and events from over 100 artists, musi- children under 3; daily, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. cians, designers, lecturers, performers, 8 Spring Semester Classes Begin. Penn Museum: $8, $5/seniors, and creators; reception: January 19, 15 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day children 6-17, full-time students w/ID, 6 p.m.; ICA. Through March 25. Observed (no classes). free/members, w/PennCard, children Nicole Cherubini; clay art forms January 19 Course Selection Period Ends. under 6; Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. reflecting on history and popular culture; Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free; reception: January 19, 6 p.m.; ICA. CHILDREN’S ACTIVITies for hours see: http://events.library.upenn. Through March 25. edu/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi. Ramp Project: Luca Buvoli; explor- A T P E N N 6 Fine Featherwork; create your own Wistar Institute: free; Mon.-Fri., ing aviation through mediums of draw- or your family’s shield or wall hanging, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. ing, sculpture, animated films and the Wherever these symbols appear, more images or audio/video while listening to Native American leg- Upcoming artist’s books; reception: January 19, clips are available on our website, www.upenn.edu/almanac/. ends and stories; ages 7+; $10, $5/mem- 6 p.m.; ICA. Through March 25. 2 Female Gender Stereotypes in North Photo by Marguerite Miller bers; 10 a.m.; Penn Museum; register America and South Africa; beaded fabric Penn Museum Tours by January 3: (215) 898-4016 (Museum). panels sewn by local youth and assembled Meet at Trescher Main Entrance. The new Vernon and Peanut Butter and Jams: into a quilt illustrating a positive emo- Free w/admission. Shirley Hill Pavilion World Cafe Live tion or action that can help society rise Info.: www.museum.upenn.edu. welcomes the Penn Shows begin 11:30 a.m.; $10/adults, above harmful attitudes towards females; community during 13 Year of Egypt: Mummies and the an Open House to be $7/children. Info.: www.worldcafelive. reception: January 4, 6 p.m.; International Afterlife; 11:30 a.m. com. House. Through February 2. held on Friday, Janu- Now ary 5 from 2-4 p.m. 6 Louie; bilingual family entertainer; 7 Great Gardens of the Philadel- Francisco Goya y Lucientes: Los The building is the Subanda; spontaneous and hip blend of phia Region; photographs of Delaware Caprichos: An Early Edition from the most state-of-the-art sounds. Valley’s diverse horticulture by Rob Car- Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ross; veterinary teaching 13 The Terrible Twos; alternative- dillo; Upper Gallery, Morris Arboretum. celebrates the 25th anniversary of as- and research facility country/Americana-pop for kids. Through May 13. sociation between the Arthur Ross Foun- in the world and con- 8 Photography by Didier Clain; recep- dation and Penn; Arthur Ross Gallery. tains surgery centers, CONFERENCES tion: January 10, 6 p.m.; Kelly Writers Through January 7. teaching and library House Gallery. Through February 10. Literae Humaniores: Treasures from space, research lab- 19 Founder’s Day Symposium: Chang- Undergraduate Juried Exhibition; the University of Pennsylvania Library; oratories and a ing the World? Penn Confronts Global reception: January 9, 5 p.m.; Charles books & manuscripts; Kamin Gallery, vivarium (Vet Med). Challenges; a conversation with the Addams Fine Arts Gallery. Through Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through Provost and interdisciplinary scholars January 27. February 16. Under European Eyes: Conquista- in celebration of Ben Franklin’s 301st The Listening Station Project— Constance Bridges—Lions Don’t Eat 11 dors & Arts of the New World; artifacts 23 birthday; 3-5 p.m.; Colloquium Room, Zoe Cohen; public participatory object filmS Us; 6 p.m. 8th floor, Jon M. Huntsman Hall; that reveal how Europeans perceived the for two people to sit on taking turns lis- 24 A Celebration of Hart Crane; 6 p.m. info: www.upenn.edu/faculty_senate/ tening to each other for equal amounts arts of their newly conquered subjects; 7 Year of Egypt: Hollywood on the announcements.html (Faculty Senate). of time, after which they will be asked Penn Museum. Through February 26. Nile Free Film Series: Land of the Pha- 25 50th Anniversary Celebration of 26 Stress & Injury: Integrating Envi- to complete a questionnaire; reception: Butabu: Adobe Architecture of raohs (1955); 1:30 p.m.; Penn Museum Jack Kerouac’s On The Road; 4 p.m.; ronment, Biology and Behavior; Andrew 5 p.m.; International House. Through West Africa; British photographer James (Museum). RSVP. Newberg, radiology, psychiatry, and February 2. Morris’ visual survey, from monumental Cinema Studies 29 Michael McKeon—The Secret His- religious studies; Lawrence Sherman, mosques to family homes; Penn Museum. Info.: http://cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu. tory of Domesticity: Public, Private, and 12 Panoramas and Other Circular Through March 3. criminology; Heather Strang, Jerry Lee Stories; multi-media works by Roderick 23 The Rape of Europa; 7 p.m.; the Division of Knowledge; 6 p.m. Center of Criminology; 1:30-3:30 p.m.; The Architect’s Eye: Master Draw- Coover that challenge the traditional ings From the Collection of the Architec- International House. Penn Bookstore Terrace Room, Logan Hall; info.: borders of documentary form through Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore. www.uphs.upenn.edu/ficap (FICAP). tural Archives; original sketches and ren- 30 From Paradise to Paradise: A experiments in motion, montage and derings by Louis I. Kahn, Robert Venturi, Hypertext About Love followed by Jesus 17 Lynnette Khalfani—The Money multi-linearity; reception: 5:30 p.m.; eXHIBITS and Frank Lloyd Wright; Kroiz Gallery. de Buenos Aires; 6 p.m.; Arts Café, Kelly Coach’s Guide to Your First Million; Esther M. Klein Art Gallery. Through Through March 30. Writers House. 12:30 p.m. March 31. Admission Donations and Hours Amarna, Ancient Egypt’s Place in International House 18 Pauline Chen—Final Exam: A Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts 13 Modern Indian Works on Paper- the Sun; artifacts from the period of King With English subtitles: 7 p.m.; $7, $5/ Surgeon’s Reflection on Mortality; 7 p.m. Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Post-Independence Art from a Private Tutankhamun and from the 1920s excava- members, students, seniors unless other- 23 Ken Kalfus —A Disorder Peculiar to Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m. Collection; 64 contemporary works tions of Amarna; Penn Museum. Through wise noted. Info.: www.ihousephilly.org. the Country; 7 p.m. Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, owned by Umesh & Sunanda Gaur, who October. Miles From Home. were featured on the cover of March Coming to the Small Screen: Ormandy 10 30 Veronica Chambers— Kickboxing Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall: free; Geishas: How Modern Japanese Women 2003 Art and Antiques “Top 100 collec- & Television; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, 11 Wholly Communion followed by Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tonight Let’s All Make Love in London. are Changing Their Nation; 7 p.m. Esther M. Klein Art Gallery: free; tors” issue; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Ongoing. Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. March 11. meta Metasequoia; see the world 13 Pop Films followed by Led Zep- SPECIAL EVENTs Graduate School of Education 15 Nikon’s Small World: Photography from among a canopy of redwood limbs; pelin: Live at Royal Albert Hall. (GSE) Student Lounge: free; Mon.-Fri., Through the Microscope; art meets sci- Morris Arboretum. Ongoing. 14 Nothing to Do with Me followed by 5 Winterfest; a night of public ice 9 a.m.-5 p.m. ence with these winning photos from A Wonderful Life: A Daughter’s The Fall. skating and holiday treats; $1; free skate ICA: $6, $3/artists, seniors, students Nikon’s 2006 competition; Wistar Insti- Tribute to a Family of Educators; Joan Paris Belongs to Us. rentals; 5-8 p.m.; Class of 1923 Ice Rink Myerson Shrager’s digital art; Student 17 over 12; free/members, children 12 & under, tute. Through March 2. The Nun. (University City District). w/PennCard; Sun., 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Wed.- Lounge, GSE. Ongoing. 18 16 First Year MFA Exhibition; Meyerson 19 Out 1: Spectre. 9 Blood Drive; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Hall of Fri., noon-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Lower Gallery. Through February 16. Ongoing at the Penn Museum Flags, Houston Hall; also January 25; 10 International House; free; for hours The Art of Reinvention: Travel, Exile, Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, 20 Twhylight; 2 p.m. Los Lonely Boys Cotton Fields and a.m.-4 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall call (215) 387-5125. and Recuperation; political exile of artists Greeks and Romans; Canaan & Ancient (Red Cross). Kelly Writers House Gallery: free; Israel; Living in Balance: The Universe Crossroads. Franz Werfel and Kinga Araya; reception: Dining Days; various University Mon.-Thurs., 10 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Fri., January 30, 5:30 p.m.; Rosenwald Gal- of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache; 21 Jean Renoir, Le Patron followed by 11 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., noon-11 p.m.; Sun., Mesoamerica; The Egyptian Mummy: Jacques Rivette, Le Veilleur; 2 p.m. City restaurants participate in dinner lery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through promotion: 3 courses for $20, $25, or 6-11 p.m. April 13. Secrets & Science; Raven’s Journey: Love on the Ground. Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts The World of Alaska’s Native People; $30; info.: www.ucityphila.org/. Through 20 Carlos Garaicoa; works that address 25 Films and Their Makers. January 18. Library: free; Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Cuba’s politics and ideologies through Buddhism: History & Diversity of a Sat.-Sun., appointment only. Great Tradition; Africa: The Cradle of 28 Buster Keaton’s The General with 20 World Culture Day: Chinese New the examination of modern architecture; Live Score by Relache; 3 p.m.; $20, Year Celebration; Chinese culture and Meyerson Gallery, Meyerson Hall: reception: January 19, 6 p.m.; ICA. Humankind; Polynesia: ‘ahu’ula + lei free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. niho palaoa. $15/students & seniors, $10/members. New Year music and dance performances, Through March 25. 31 Switch Off. children’s activities, storytelling, arts & crafts, fortune-telling, and martial and MEETINGs healing arts tradition workshops, culmi- Penn’s Commitment to the Legacy: Mobilizing for Peace & Social Justice nating in the grand finale: the Lion Dance The following are among represented through films such asDo The learn how copyright is created and pro- 31 University Council; 4-6 p.m.; parade; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Penn Museum; the many events for the Right Thing, A Time to Kill, and Higher tected, fair use and public domain laws, Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; RSVP: free w/admission; info.: www.museum. 2007 MLK Symposium. Learning; 6:30 p.m.; Common Room, trademark, patent and other legal issues; (215) 898-7005. upenn.edu (Museum). For a complete list of Graduate Student Center; RSVP: www. 12:30 p.m.; Penn Bookstore (Bookstore). WXPN Policy Board; noon; 3025 programs and the latest gsc.upenn.edu/programs/film.php (GSC). Civil Rights, LGBT Rights: Dr. Walnut St. Sports information visit: www. 17 HUP Celebrates Dr. King; special King’s Legacy in the Queer Community; MUSIC upenn.edu/aarc/mlk. keynote and performance by the Penn Mary Francis Berry, former Chair of The Info./tickets: www.pennathletics.com. Inspiration Choir; 11:30 a.m.; Medical Civil Rights Commission, distinguished 12 David S. Ware Unit; jazz ensemble; 6 (M) Alumni Fencing Meet; 1 p.m. 2 Winter Clothing Alumni Hall, 1 Maloney Bldg. scholar and activist, will reflect on King’s Wrestling vs. York College; 1 p.m. Drive; collecting hats, 8 p.m.; International House; $30, $24/mem- Interactive Program: “Keeping impact on contemporary movements bers & seniors, $22.50/students (I-House). (W) Basketball vs. Princeton; 7 p.m. coats, gloves and other for LGBT rights, with responses from (W) Alumni Fencing Meet; 1 p.m. Colours True...”; Valarie Swain-Cade World Cafe Live winter wear; see MLK McCoullum, VPUL; noon-2 p.m.; Bishop campus leaders; reception to follow; 10 (M) Squash vs. Navy; 5 p.m. website for drop-off loca- 5:30 p.m.; LGBT Center, Carriage House Performances daily. For a complete White Room, Houston Hall (WOCAP). listing, see www.worldcafelive.com. 12 (W) Basketball vs. Cornell; 7 p.m. tions. Through January 11. The Future of Black Leadership in (LGBT). 21st Annual Dinner America; Sean Vereen & Marc Hill, Center 13 (M) Squash vs. Amherst; 11 a.m. 14 24 Men of Color Networking Lunch; ON STAGE (M&W) Squash vs. Williams; 4 p.m. in Honor of Dr. Martin for Africana Studies; Herman Beavers, Eng- learn about Penn’s newest networking Luther King, Jr. lish; moderated by Penn students: Shakirah (W) Basketball vs. Columbia; 7 p.m. ; discus- and support group geared towards men Penn Presents (M&W) Swimming vs. Brown; noon. sion of King’s work in Simley (UMC), Jason Saunders (BSL); of color at Penn, featuring brief remarks, Info./tickets: www.pennpresents.org. (M&W) Swimming vs. Colgate today’s society featuring 7-9 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall. live performances and lunch; noon-2 18 Richard Alston Dance Company; 14 ; 1 p.m. southern-style dinner & 18 MLK Interfaith Program; music, p.m.; location tba (MOCNS). contemporary dance performance to the 20 (M&W) Swimming vs. Dartmouth; 1 p.m. gospel music; 6 p.m.; $28, $20/students, se- readings, remarks from President Amy Reverend Dr. Wilson Goode: The ragtime music of Scott Joplin; 7:30 p.m.; (M&W) Swimming vs. Yale; 1 p.m. niors & community activists; reservations: Gutmann and special guest speaker; Future of Philadelphia; the African- Zellerbach Theatre; Annenberg Center; (W) Gymnastics vs. Yale; 1 p.m. (215) 386-9224 (White Dog Café). Presentation of Community Involvement American elected to Mayor of Philadel- $32-$44. Also January 19, 8 p.m. and 24 (M) Basketball vs. Temple; 8 p.m. 15 Day of Service Breakfast; Kofi As- Awards with reception to follow; 6:30 phia, and former Deputy Secretary of January 20, 2 & 8 p.m. 26 Wrestling vs. Hofstra; 7 p.m. ante; 8-9 a.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall Education under former President Clin- 23 Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise; por- (Office of the Chaplin). ton, Goode will speak on Philadelphia’s 27 (M) Swimming vs. Navy; noon. Hall; volunteers are asked to bring a new trayal of growing up in apartheid South (W) Gymnastics vs. Temple; 1 p.m. hat, scarf, gloves or multicultural book for Prepare Meals with MANNA future; 12:30 p.m.; Seminar Room, Fels Africa based on the real-life stories of the 19 ; help School of Government (Fels). (W) Swimming vs. Navy; 3 p.m. children, to be donated to West Philadel- prepare meals for people living with HIV/ five men and women who make up the (M) Basketball vs. St. Joseph’s; 7 p.m. phia community organizations (BGAPSA; Philadelphia Police Commissioner cast; 7:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, AIDS, cancer and other life threatening 25 (W) Squash vs. Trinity; 2 p.m. UMC; MLK Service Committee). illnesses; departs from Civic House; 5-8 Sylvester Johnson; Commissioner John- Annenberg Center; $38-$44. Also January 28 Children’s Banner and Poster Paint- p.m.; RSVP: [email protected] or son will give reflection and insight on 24 & 25, 7:30 p.m.; January 26 & 27, 8 31 (M) Tennis vs. St. Joseph’s; 3 p.m. ing at Houston Hall; 10 a.m.-noon (MLK (215) 898-4831 (Civic House). Philadelphia’s current crime problems p.m. & January 28, 3 p.m. Service Committee). The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther and initiatives for change; 6 p.m.; Helping Hands at Houston Hall; King, Jr. Lecture in Social Justice: A Hillel (AARC). Readings/Signings create gifts to be donated to area shelters, Conversation with Harry Belafonte In King’s Shadow: LGBT Leaders for nursing homes and other charities; 10 and Mary Francis Berry; moderated by Civil Rights; special invitation is extended 28 The Art of the Garden: Collecting a.m.-noon (MLK Service Committee). Tukufu Zuberi; 5:30 p.m.; Irvine Audito- to local high school students and GSA for Antique Botanical Prints—Denise DeLau- Philadelphia Reads Literacy Project rium (Africana Studies). viewing of “Brother Outsider: The Life rentis & Hollie Powers Holt; 2 p.m.; Mor- Suite 211 Sansom East, 3600 Chestnut St. at Houston Hall; create books on tape to 20 Making Movements Through Media; of Bayard Rustin”, the architect behind ris Arboretum; RSVP: (215) 247-5777. Philadelphia, PA 19104-6106 promote literacy for Philadelphia youth; the March on Washington; discussion on Kelly Writers House (215) 898-5274 or 5275 FAX (215) 898-9137 10 a.m.-noon (MLK Service Committee). screenings, workshops & panel discus- sion on the media’s effect on social LGBT leadership in and outside of the Events in Arts Café unless otherwise E-mail: [email protected] Spruce Up Project; West Philadel- LGBT community to follow; 5-7 p.m.; noted. RSVP where noted: wh@writing. URL: www.upenn.edu/almanac phia High School and other sites; 10 justice movements, moderated by Marc Lammont Hill; noon-4 p.m.; location tba; LGBT Center, Carriage House (QPOC; upenn.edu. Info.: www.writing.upenn. a.m.-2 pm; pre-register at MLK website; GIC; LGBT; Mazzoni Center). edu/~wh/. Unless otherwise noted all events are open transportation will be provided from info.: www.geoclan.com. 26 Jazz for King Celebration; annual Book Release Party: Bob Perelman— to the general public as well as to members Houston Hall (MLK Service Committee). 22 Project PEACE Information Session; 9 of the University. For building locations, Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King learn the basics of implementing peer me- Jazz event and poetry reading featuring Iflife; 6 p.m. diation/conflict resolution in K-8 schools; Dr. Guy’s MusiQology, poets Traci Poe, call (215) 898-5000 between 9 a.m. and 5 Jr.’s Birthday; enjoy a special birthday cake 10 David Zucchino—Writing from Hot p.m. or see www.facilities.upenn.edu or the and watch a documentary about the life and noon-2 p.m.; Silverman 245A, Law School a.k.a. Lady Poet, Pat McLean and other Spots; noon. (Law; Greenfield Intercultural Center). performers; 6-8 p.m.; Dubois College University’s website, www.upenn.edu. Listing works of King; 5-7 p.m.; Michael Murray 11 The Jazz Avant-Garde and Jelly Roll Lounge, Samson Place East (GPSP). Apartheid and Beyond: South African House (MLK Planning Committee). of a phone number normally means tickets, Writers and the Politics of Place; Rita Morton; with John Szwed, Yale University; reservations or registration required. Candlelight Vigil; reflect on Dr. King’s 28 Building Stronger Cross-Class Alli- Dave Burrell, pianist/composer; 6 p.m. life and legacy; marching from DuBois, the Barnard offers readings of South African ances; examine the role that class plays This January calendar is a pull-out for Quad and Hill College Houses to Houston literary culture, explore how Apartheid within organizations trying to make social 16 Poetry Reading by Brian Kim posting. Almanac carries an Update with Hall; 7 p.m. (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority). functioned in its day-to-day operations; 5 change; learn how to facilitate cross-class Stefans & Juliette Lee; 6 p.m. additions, changes and cancellations if 16 Portrayals of Responses to Racism p.m.; Penn Bookstore (Alice Paul Center). collaborations in your own activism, work 17 Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose and received by Monday noon prior to the week in Film: A Look at Scenes from Ameri- 23 The Nine Things Every Writer Must and life; featured lecturer: Ms. Leondar- Anything Goes!; 8 p.m. of publication. Members of the University can Movies; open discussion about racial Know: Seminar; Tonya Evans-Walls, Wright, www.classmatters.org; 2-5 p.m.; 22 Live at the Writers House with 88.5 may send notices for the Update or February injustice and social activism in America as publishing/intellectual property lawyer; Carriage House (Race Dialogue Project). WXPN; 7 p.m. AT PENN calendar.

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10 Emergency Preparedness, Older Class of 1923 Arena; 3130 Walnut 16 Essentials of Management Cer- Adult and Health Disparities; Risa St.; admission: weekday $5.50, weekend tification Program Kickoff Session; 9 Lavizzo-Mourey, Robert Wood Johnson $6.50, $1 off w/PennCard; skate rental a.m.-10:30 a.m.; 5-month program; see January Foundation; 2 p.m.; Flyers/76ers Surgery $2.50; public skating: Mon.-Thurs., 1-3 website for all session dates and times. Theatre; Ground Floor, White Bldg., p.m.; Sat. 7:30-9:30 p.m.; Sun. 1-2:30 18 AMA’s Strategies for Developing HUP (Institute on Aging). p.m.; group rates and skating lessons Effective Presentation Skills; 9 a.m.-5 Meiotic DNA Double-Strand Break offered; info.: www.upenn.edu/icerink. p.m.; $60. A T P E N N Repair (Homologous Recombination) in Jazzercise; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Tuesdays Mice and Humans; R. Daniel Camerini- and Thursdays; Newman Center; first 30 Brown Bag Matinee—Focus Your Otero, National Institutes of Health; noon; class free; $8/class, $6/students; contact Vision; noon-1. rm. 252, BRB II/III (CRRWH). Carolyn Hamilton: (215) 662-3293 (days) Morris Arboretum Upcoming Exhibits Proteomic Mapping of Endothelium or (610) 446-1983 (evenings). Free w/admission. Info.: (215) 247-5777. and Its Caveolae for Antibody Penetra- 18 Rape Aggression Defense Program 7 Great Plants for Your Home Garden Arthur Ross Gallery tion Into Solid Tumors; Jan Schnitzer, (RAD); 12-hour sessions give hands-on Tour; Sundays through January 28; 1 p.m. Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center; 4 p.m.; physical defense training for women; Photo courtesy Arthur Ross Gallery Grossman Auditorium (Wistar). 28 The Art of the Garden: Collecting Session I: Thursdays through February Antique Botanical Prints; 2 p.m.; RSVP. 17 The Genres of Ambivalence: 1, 6-9 p.m.; 4040 Chestnut St. Session II: Revolution, Assimilation, and the Cold January 20 & 27, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; free/stu- PennFit: Department of Recreation War in Luis Perez’s El Coyote, the Rebel; dents, faculty, staff; register: (215) 898- Free to Penn students, faculty & staff. Amparo Yolanda Padilla, English; noon; 3590; Spring 2007 schedule see: www. Events at Pottruck Health and Fitness Suite 331A, 3401 Walnut St. (Latin publicsafety.upenn.edu/RADSpring2007. Center, noon-1 p.m. Register: (215) American and Latino Studies). htm (UPPD). 898-6100 or www.upenn.edu/recreation. Regulating Mammalian Sperm-egg Christian Association 8 Instructional Class Demo Week; reg- Membrane Interactions: The Membrane Info: www.upennca.org/. istration not required. Through January 14. Block to Polyspermy; Janice Evans, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; 9 SLANGuage; learn English and U.S. 12 Body Composition Measurements. noon; rm. 252, BRB II/III (CRRWH). culture through the eyes of faith; 3 p.m. 17 History of Pilates—Who is the Man Beyond Watson and Crick: Trans- Also January 16, 23 & 30. Behind the Method? lesion DNA Synthesis in Eukaryotes; 12 Christian Activist Power Lunch; 23 Spinning 101. Aneel Aggarwal; Mount Sinai University; share initiatives and build a more power- 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium (Wistar). ful network; noon. Also January 19 & 26. Penn Museum Register: (215) 898-4890. 18 Innate Partnership Between HLA-B 17 Queer Christian Fellowship; conver- and KIR3DL1 Subtypes Against HIV; sation with dinner; 6 p.m. Also January 31. 13 La Corona; Marcello Canuto, Yale Mary Carrington, National Cancer Insti- University; 1:30 p.m.; rm. 345, Academic 21 And the People Wept: White Privi- Wing; free w/admission. tute; 1 p.m.; auditorium, BRB II/III lege, Guilt and Racial Justice; Beverly (Center for AIDS Research). Dale; 10 a.m.; Tabernacle United Church. 19 Dealing with Decapitation in 19 Title tba; Marko Vujicic, The World 23 Christians in Dialogue: Islam, Ancient Egypt: Spare Heads for the Bank; noon; auditorium, Colonial Penn Judaism & Christianity; noon. Also Afterlife; Nicholas Picardo, Ph.D. candi- Center; info.: (215) 898-5611 (LDI). January 30. date, Near Eastern Languages and Civili- What the Railways Did for Us: A zations; 6 p.m.; $5. Reassessment of the Passenger Social ELP Online Courses 27 Year of Egypt: Tut 101; overview of Savings from Victorian British Railways 7-week Courses through February 23. the life of Pharaoh Tutankhamun; 9 a.m.- ; January 15 Timothy Leunig, London School of Eco- $700/course. Register by : 4 p.m.; $75, $60/members. (215) 898-8681. nomics; 2 p.m.; Lea Library, Van Pelt-Di- 31 Ancient Maya: Travel and Discovery etrich Library (History). 8 Writing for Professional Purposes. of an Ancient American Culture; Richard Confessions of a Troglodyte: Writing that Works. Leventhal, anthropology; 5 p.m.; free; Cappadoccia Demythologized; Robert Grammar for Writers. register: (215) 573-8280. Ousterhout, history of art; Rich Seminar TOEFL Essay. Room, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art). University Application Essay. Technology Training Services GMAT/GRE Analytical Essay. Classes at ISC labs; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 24 Ooplasm-Nucleus Interactions 14-week Courses through April 20. Open to faculty, staff & students. Controlling Early Development; Keith Register: www.tts.isc.upenn.edu. Latham, Fels Institute for Cancer $825/course, $650/Penn registrants. Register by January 22: (215) 898-8681. 4 Word Introduction; $250. On January 13, the Arthur Ross Gallery opens its new exhibit, Modern Indian Research and Molecular Biology; noon; Works on Paper-Post-Independence Art from a Private Collection, featuring 64 rm. 252, BRB II/III (CRRWH). 15 Grammar for Biomedical Professionals. 8 Windows XP Introduction; $250. modern and contemporary works owned by Umesh and Sunanda Gaur, who were 25 Impudence’s Just Reward: Philo- Writing for Biomedical Professionals. 9 Excel Introduction; $250. featured on the cover of the March 2003 Art and Antiques “Top 100 collectors” sophical Innovation from the Spirit of ELP Evening Courses FilemakerPro Introduction; $460. issue; (above) Madhvi Parekh, On Way to My Home, 1999. Satire; Martin Mulsow, Rutgers University; Through week of February 9; $340/course; Visio Intermediate; $295. 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History). TOEFL Prep: $665; $15 registration fee. Word Intermediate; $250. 26 Title tba; Somnath Saha, Oregon Intermediate and advanced courses unless 16 Outlook 2003 Introduction; $250. International House University; noon; auditorium, Colonial otherwise noted. Register by January 2. 17 Excel Intermediate; $250. Photos courtesy I-House Penn Center; info.: (215) 898-5611 (LDI). 8 Grammar Practice. PowerPoint Introduction; $250. Rivals and Partners: Competition TOEFL/TWE Preparation. 18 19 Business Objects Introduction; $495. and Collaboration in Ukiyo-e; Julie Davis; 9 Conversation Practice; beginner. history of art; Rich Seminar Room, Jaffe Conversational Interactions. 22 PowerPoint Intermediate; $250. Bldg. (History of Art). Pronunciation Improvement. 23 Dreamweaver 8: Introduction; $750. 31 Endometrial Gene Expression in a 10 Oral Presentation. Continues January 24. Baboon Model of Endometriosis ; Asgi 11 Listening & Speaking with Confidence. 25 Access Introduction; $470. Fazleabas, University of Illinois-Chicago; Vocabulary Expansion. Continues January 26. noon; rm. 252, BRB II/III (CRRWH). FilemakerPro Intermediate; $460. Dissecting Cell Fate Regulation in Stem Learning and Education: HR 29 Cells; Ihor Lemischka, Princeton University; Open to faculty and staff. Register: www. 30 Excel Advanced; $250. 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium (Wistar). hr.upenn.edu/training_coursecatalog/. 31 Visio Introduction; $295.

ICA On January 25, several new exhibits will open at the ICA and will run through March 25. Locally Localized Gravity will include over 100 artists, musicians, designers, lecturers, per- formers, and creators, and will be one non-stop event on view in ICA’s first

Photo by Fritz Haeg floor galleries and terrace; (top: Sundown Salon #29, Dancing Con- vention, 2006) Nicole Cherubini’s ceramics reflect on both history and popular culture. The constant attention to affluence Female Gender Stereotypes in North America and South Africa will open at the and the importance of material International House on January 2 and run through February 2. On display will wealth that is endemic to American be a quilt assembled from many beaded panels (above) that were sewn by local culture is reflected in the size, surface students and meant to illustrate a positive emotion or action that can help society and color of her ceramic pieces. (bot- rise above harmful attitudes towards tom left: G-Pot, Vanitas #3, 2006; females. The quilt will be donated in ceramic, terracotta, luster, yellow 2007 to Cape Town Child Welfare, and crystal ice, fake gold and silver a grass roots organization in South jewelry, chain, purple rabbit fur, ply- Africa that aids children and families wood, polyurethane, enamel and red affected by HIV/AIDS. plexi-glass) January 11 through February 2, The Carlos Garaicoa has been working Listening Station Project, (right)

Photo courtesy ICA since the early 1990s using a multi- will be exhibited. Conceived and disciplinary approach that includes presented by Philadelphia artist Zoe architecture and urbanism, narrative, Cohen, the Listening Station is meant history and politics. His works are to be used by two people who face charged with provocative commen- each other and take turns listening tary on issues such as architecture’s to each other for equal amounts of ability to alter the course of history, time. Afterward, participants will be the failure of modernism as a catalyst asked to fill out a questionnaire on the for social change, and the frustration experience. and decay of 20th-century utopias; (bottom right: From the Series New Architectures, 2003, rice paper, steel, Wistar Institute electric wires and bulbs)

Photo by Viktor Sykora Photo courtesy Galleria Continua, San Gimignano-Beijing San Continua, Galleria courtesy Photo Top photographs through the micro- scope combine art Morris Arboretum and science at the Wistar Institute’s On January 7, Morris Arboretum opens a new exhibit, Great upcoming exhibit, Gardens of the Philadelphia Region, an inspired photographic Nikon’s Small tour of the Delaware Valley’s rich and diverse horticultural World Competi- legacy by photographer Rob Cardillo. From the majestic es- tion, opening tates of Delaware, to the vital community gardens of Center January 15; (right) City, this exhibit reveals why Philadelphia and its surrounding Seed of a Clematis towns, suburbs and countryside are considered the horticultural vitalba shrub (2x), epicenter of the United States. Based on the forthcoming book, 7th place photo Photo by Rob Cardillo A Guide to the Great Gardens of the Philadelphia Region by by Viktor Sykora, Adam Levine with photographs by Rob Cardillo, this exhibit is Charles University free with regular admission and will be on display through May Institute of Patho- 13; (left: Balustrade surrounding the iconic Rose Garden at the physiology, Czech Morris Arboretum) Republic.

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