Octoberfest; with Cluding a Large Centerpiece Replica of In- Curtis Organ Restoration Society)

Now 31 Silent Film: “Phantom of the Op- 21 Project S.A.V.E.: Stolen Auto Veri- Garden Railway; designed by land- era”; screening of the original 1925 fication Effort; register vehicles with po- scape architect Paul Busse; large-gauge Phantom of the Opera accompanied by lice; noon-4 p.m.; Special Services De- model trains wind their way over 550 live organ music; 6 p.m.; also 8 p.m. partment, 4026 Chestnut; info: 898-4481 feet of track through intricate scale mod- University Museum; tickets available at (Special Services, Public Safety). els of historic Philadelphia buildings in- door only; info: 898-6533 (Museum; Faculty Club Octoberfest; with cluding a large centerpiece replica of In- Curtis Organ Restoration Society). beer tasting; seatings 5:30-7:30 p.m. dependence Hall. The display uses natu- International House (Reservations: 898-4618). ral materials throughout; Morris Arbore- Films, film series and events at Interna- 24 1998 Beaux Arts Ball and Din- tum. Through October 4. tional House, 3701 Chestnut St.; full de- ner—”Sites and Sounds of the Silver Shouts from the Wall: Posters and scriptions, ticket prices on-line: www. Screen: Shimmer on Sansom Street”; Photographs from the Spanish Civil libertynet.org/~ihouse or call 895-6542. War; posters, lithographs and photo- 8:30 p.m.-3 a.m.; Sansom Common, graphs brought home by American vol- 1 Fireworks (Japanese w/English 36th and Sansom; Dinner/Ball $250, call unteers. Arthur Ross Gallery. Through subtitles); 6:30 & 8:30 p.m. 569-3187; Ball Tickets ($75) 569-9700. October 4. 2 The Householder/Gbarbar (India); (Foundation for Architecture and Others). Mississippi Horizons: Mapping a 9 p.m. Also October 7, 6:30 p.m. 30 Alumni Writers Series presents Shifting Terrain; Anuradha Mathur, Shakespeare Wallah (India,); 6:30 Larry Dark as part of Homecoming; landscape architecture, presents explora- p.m. Also October 3, 4 p.m., October 8, noon-2 p.m. (Writers House) tions of Mississippi through photo- 9 p.m.; and October 11, 2 p.m. 31 Homecoming Weekend; Alumni graphs, paintings and a series of hand- 3 In Custody/Hifazaat (India) 6:30 Open House, noon-4 p.m.; Art Show pulled silk-screens or “map prints”; p.m. Also October 7, 8:30 p.m. Opening, 4-7 p.m. (Writers House) Meyerson Lower Gallery. Through Oc- NextFrame; premiere of 1998 pro- Homecoming Post-Game Recep- tober 9. gram for international student film and tion; alumni, students, faculty and staff The Writers Eye: Portraits of Mod- video; 9 p.m. Also October 4, 5 p.m. are invited; 4:30-6:30 p.m.; DuBois Col- ern Authors; an exhibit of 35 black and 4 Heat and Dust (India); 1:30 p.m. lege House; RSVP 898-7811 or white photos by Robin Hiteshaw; in- Also October 8, 6:30 p.m., Oct. 10, 4 p.m. [email protected] (Black Alumni Society). cludes pictures of Philadelphia writers; Writers House. Through October 31. 9 The Remains of the Day (UK); 9 p.m. Blues Festival Allan Edmunds: “The Family Album Also October 16, 6:30 pm; October 17, 4 Sponsored by Penn Health System, Price 1988-1998”; founder of the Brandywine p.m. WaterhouseCoopers, American Express Workshop in South Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (US); 6:30 Financial Advisors, and WXPN 88.5 Edmunds exhibits works in printmaking p.m. Also October 17, 6:45 p.m. FM. The annual Greater Philadelphlia and collage. Esther Klein Gallery. 10 Maurice (UK); 6:30 p.m. Also Octo- Blues Festival benefits Partnership Through October 31. ber 21, 9 p.m. Community Development Corp. Week- From Warhol to Mapplethorpe: Three Slaves of New York (US); 9 p.m. end passes available. Tickets: 662-1612. Decades of Art at ICA; 35th Anniversary Also October 14, 8:30 p.m. 2 Thank God It’s Friday Evening celebration exhibit highlights a selection 11 Howards End (UK); 4:30 p.m.; Blues Party; Mighty Joe Young per- of artists who have figured prominently in Also Oct. 16, 9:15 p.m.; Oct. 21, 6:15 p.m. forms; 6-11 p.m.; ICA; $30/person. ICA’s history; Institute of Contemporary The Bostonians (US); 7:15 p.m.. 3 Blues Fest Dinner Dance; Shemekia Art. Through Nov. 1. Also October 22, 8:30 p.m. Copeland and Mem Shannon perform; Recent Acquisitions; Kroiz Gallery, 14 Roseland (US); 6:30 p.m. Also Octo- 7 p.m.-midnight; University Museum; Architectural Archives. Through De- ber 18, 2 p.m. black tie optional. $100/person. cember, 1998. 4 All Day Blues Brunch; Maurice John The Spanish Civil War: An Exhibi- 15 Jefferson in Paris (France); 8:30 Vaughn and John F. Stoddart; 11 a.m.- tion of Memoirs, Literature and Poetry p.m. Also October 18, 6:15 p.m. 3:30 p.m.; Warmdaddy’s; $30/person. Spawned by Conflict; in conjunction Quartet (France/UK); 6:30 p.m. with Shouts from the Wall at the Arthur Also October 17, 9:15 p.m. University Museum Ross Gallery (see above); Kamin Gal- 18 The Europeans (US); 4:15 p.m. 7 Loren Eiseley Society Dinner: Ex- lery, 1st Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Also October 22, 6:30 p.m. plorations in the Usumacinta Valley; Ian Center. Through December, 1998. 23 The Last Broadcast (US); 8 & 10 Graham, Peabody Museum of Archaeol- Treasures of the Chinese Scholar; p.m. Oct. 24, midnight; Oct. 25, 6:15 & ogy and Ethnology, Harvard; Member- selections of “scholar art” from the Ji 8 p.m.; and Oct. 28 & 29, 7 &9 p.m. ship/ticket info: 898-5093. Zhen Zhai collection: calligraphy paint- 30 Habit (US); 7 & 9:45 p.m.;Oct. 31, 15 Go West! Go International! 3rd ing and artworks in wood, lacquer, 7 p.m. Thursdays: Before the Beginning; Sneak ivory, stone, horn and metal from the Preview of Canaan and Ancient Israel Zhou Dynasty (1770-250 BC) through 31 Carnival of Souls (US); 9:30 & See Exhibits and Go West! (reverse). 11:15 p.m. the Quing Dynasty (1644-1911 AD); 17 Crossroads of Civilization; gala second floor, Changing Gallery; Univer- dinner dance event opening Canaan and Elvis Sighted at ICA! Andy Warhol’s Double Elvis, 1963, a synthetic polymer and sity Museum. Through January 3, 1999. MEETINGS Ancient Israel. Invitation/ticket info: paint silkscreen on canvas, is in the Institute of Contemporary Art’s exhibition An Italian Journey; 33 black and 898-9202. “From Warhol to Mapplethorpe: Three Decades of Art at ICA.” (See Exhibits). white photographs by Liana Miuccio ex- 14 University Council; 4-6 p.m.; plore the journey of the photographer’s McClelland Lounge, Quad; PENNCard 23 Welcoming Reception for Interna- family as they emigrated from Sicily, required. Observers must register in ad- tional Students and Scholars; 5-7 p.m; Italy to the United States. First Floor, vance, 898-7005. Chinese Rotunda (Int’l Classroom). Sharpe Gallery; University Museum. 19 PPSA Executive Board; contact SPORTS Through January 6, 1999. Terri White, 898-0809, for time/place. Roman Glass: Reflections on Cul- 30 Trustees Stated Meeting: Full For tickets and additional information tural Change; more than 200 examples Board; 2-3 p.m.; Alumni Hall, Faculty call 898-4519 or visit of Roman glass from the first century Club. Open to observers: call 898-7005 www.upenn.edu/athletics. October BC. through the sixth century AD.; sec- to register intention with Secretary. 1 Field Hockey vs. Ursinus; 7 p.m. ond floor, Dietrich Gallery; University 3 Field Hockey vs. Harvard; 10:30 a.m. Museum. Through May, 1999. MUSIC M-Soccer vs. Harvard; noon. Ongoing Football vs. Bucknell (Family Day); Ancient Greek World; Living in Bal- 2 2nd Annual Greater Philadelphia 1:30 p.m.(Faculty Pre-Game Brunch). A T P E N N ance: Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Na- Blues Festival; tickets & info: 662-1612. W-Soccer vs. Harvard; 2:30 p.m. vajo and Apache; Ancient Mesopotamia: Through October 4. See Special Events. Volleyball vs. Drexel; 4 p.m. Whenever there is more than meets the eye, Penny Loafers; co-ed a capella see our website, www.upenn.edu/almanac Royal Tombs of Ur; The Egyptian 3 4 Volleyball vs. Colgate; 5 p.m. Mummy: Secrets and Science; Raven’s group; 1:15 p.m.; Penn Bookstore. 7 W-Soccer vs. Seton Hall; 1:30 p.m. Journey: World of Alaska’s Native 24 White Cockatoo: Aboriginal M-Soccer vs. LaFayette; 3:30 p.m. People; Buddhism: History and Diver- Music, Dance and Storytelling; Austra- 9 Volleyball vs. Brown; 7 p.m. ACADEMIC CALENDAR sity of a Great Tradition; University lian music and dance with didgeridoo EXHIBITS 10 M&W Crew: Navy Day Regatta Museum. master David Blanasi; 8 p.m.; $17.50; M-Soccer vs. Columbia; 2 p.m. 2 Family Weekend. Through Oct. 4. reserved seating; International House; Admission donations and hours Healing Plants: Medicine Across Volleyball vs. Yale; 4 p.m. 16 Drop period ends. info: 895-6537 (Folklife Center). Time and Cultures; Works by Harry 13 W-Soccer vs. Delaware; 3:30 p.m. Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Gordon; massive sculpture in wood, 17 Fall Term Break. Through Oct. 19. Arts Library: free, Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 31 Homecoming. small pieces in granite; Butcher Sculp- SPECIAL EVENTS 14 Field Hockey vs. Temple; 7 p.m. p.m., Sat. & Sun., noon-5 p.m. ture Garden, Morris Arboretum. 16 Field Hockey vs. Columbia; 7 p.m. Burrison Gallery, Faculty Club: free, 1 Philadelphia: Let’s Stop Domestic CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-6 p.m. University Museum Tours Violence; speakers and information; 17 W-Soccer vs. Columbia; 1 p.m. Meet at the main entrance; 1:30 p.m. Football vs. Columbia; 1:30 p.m. 3 Saturday Storyhour; 10-11 a.m.; Esther Klein Gallery, 3600 Market: noon-2 p.m.; College Green; info: 898- free, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free with Museum admission donation. 4481 (Special Services/Public Safety). (Faculty Pre-Game Brunch). Children’s Area, Penn Bookstore. Satur- Info: www.upenn.edu/museum/. 18 Field Hockey vs. Pacific; 1 p.m. days through October 31 (Bookstore). Institute of Contemporary Art: $3, 3 Open House: Penn students and $2/students, artists, seniors, free/mem- 18 Canaan and ancient Israel Families; 11a.m.-2 p.m.(Writers House) 20 W-Soccer vs. Bucknell; 3:30 p.m. 10 Children’s Workshop: Halloween bers, children under 12, with PENN Masks; ages 8-12 learn the history and 24 Egypt Reception for Parents of the Class of 21 M-Soccer vs. St. Francis; 3:30 p.m. Card, and on Sundays 10 a.m.-noon; 1999; 4-7 p.m. (Writers House) significance of masks in world cultures, open: Thurs., 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Wed.- 25 Southwest 23 M-Tennis: Penn Conference Clas- tour galleries, design their own masks; Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.. 31 Raven’s Journey 6 Financial Planning Week for fac- sic; TBA. Through October 25. 10 a.m.-noon; University Museum; $5 Meyerson Hall Galleries: free, Up- ulty/staff. Through October 8. 24 M&W Crew: Head of Schuylkill materials fee; pre-registration required: per Gallery: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; FILMS See Almanac p. 3 (Human Resources). Volleyball vs. St. Peters; 1 p.m. 898-4015 (Museum). Lower Gallery: Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6 Star Gazing Nights; open observa- 27 Volleyball vs. Villanova; 7 p.m. p.m., Sat., noon-5 p.m. 13 Samurai Film Festival: “Shinobi tory 7-9:30 p.m.; DRL Observatory; call Morris Arboretum No Mono”/”Band of Assassins” (Japa- 898-5995 (Physics & Astronomy). 28 M-Soccer vs. UMBC; 2:30 p.m. Info: 247-5777, ext. 121. Morris Arboretum: $4, $3/seniors, Field Hockey vs. Penn State; 7 p.m. $2/students, free/with PENNCard, nese w/English subtitles); 7 p.m.; 11 Down by the Old Mill Stream: 4 Water Wildlife; ages 12 and older children under 6; Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 Stiteler B-26 (Center for East Asian Tour of Historic Bloomfield Farm with 30 Volleyball vs. Cornell; 7 p.m. learn hands-on about streams and the p.m.; Sat. & Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Studies). Bob Gutowski; 1-3 p.m.; tour the 31 M&W Crew: Alumni Race creatures who inhabit them; 1-3 p.m.; University Museum: $5, $2.50/se- 15 Talking Film; 3805 Locust Walk; Arboretum’s public garden and Field Hockey vs. Yale; 10:30 a.m. $19; $16-members. niors and students w/ID, free/members, Also October 27, titles & times TBA; Wissahickon Food Web sculptures with W-Soccer vs. Yale; noon. Migrate with Monarchs; all ages; with PENNCard, children under 6; info: 573-WRIT or artist Stacy Levy; $18; $15.50-members; Football vs. Yale (Homecoming); learn migrating patterns of monarch but- Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sunday www.english.upenn.edu/~wh (Writers reservations required: call 247-5777, 1:30 p.m. (Faculty Pre-Game Brunch). terflies and tag and release them; 1:30-3 (free), 1-5 p.m.. House). Ext. 109 (Morris Arboretum). M-Soccer vs. Yale; 2:30 p.m.. p.m.; $12; $8-members. Volleyball vs. Columbia; 4 p.m. Upcoming 27 Samurai Film Festival: “Kage 14 Vendor Trade Show; showcasing 11 Origami: Creating in Paper; ages Musha”/”Shadow Shogun” (Japanese the University’s contract and approved For info on Intermural and Club Sports, 7 and older learn the Asian art of folding 1 The Art of James Mundie; paint- w/English subtitles); 7 p.m.; Stiteler B- suppliers; 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Penn Tower visit www.upenn.edu/recreation or call paper; 1:30-3:30 p.m. ings, etchings and wood-block prints; 26 (Center for East Asian Studies). Opening reception: October 6, 4:30-6:30 Hotel (Acquisition Services). 898-6100 18 Creepy, Crawly Creatures; ages p.m.; Burrison Art Gallery, Faculty elementary through adult play games Club. Through October 30. and learn about insects using micro- Faces and Places scopes; 1-3 p.m.; $8; $6-members. 12 Work of the Taisei Corporation: An Inside View; color computer draw- University of Pennsyl- Suite 211 Nichols House, 3600 Chestnut St. 25 Learn to Draw: A Different Kind of vania: A Photographic Drawing Class; Janice Meredino, ings and animations including the Ito Philadelphia, PA 19104-6106 Palace; Meyerson Lower Gallery. Portrait, arrives offi- (215) 898-5274 or 5275 FAX 898-9137 Rosemont College, teaches ages 8 and cially on October 19 but older to draw; 1-3 p.m.; $18; $15.50- Through October 23. E-Mail [email protected] can be viewed starting URL: www.upenn.edu/almanac members. 16 Twentieth-Century British Paint- October 1, exclusively at ings from the Beaverbrook Art Gallery; the Penn Bookstore CONFERENCES traveling exhibition from the collection Unless otherwise noted all events are where it can be ordered open to the general public as well as to assembled by Canadian press magnate (or mail-ordered) at 7 The 5th Annual Albert R. Taxin Brain and patron of British Art. Arthur Ross members of the University. For building $39.95. The 11”x11” locations, call 898-5000 between 9 a.m. Tumor Symposium; 10 a.m-6 p.m.; Grossman Gallery. Through December 13. volume features some Auditorium, Wistar Institute; info: 898-3912 18 Canaan and Ancient Israel; the and 5 p.m. Listing of a phone number 150 photographs by normally means tickets, reservations or or www.wistar.upenn.edu (Wistar; Albert R. first major North American exhibition eleven present-day Taxin Brain Tumor Research Center). dedicated to the archaeology of ancient registration required. photographers with This October calendar is a pull-out for 23 Revising Charles Brockden Brown; Israel and neighboring lands, features endpapers from the 9:30 a.m-5:30 p.m.; Alumni Hall, more than 500 rare artifacts from 3000 posting. Almanac carries an Update with University Archives. additions, changes and cancellations if Faculty Club; Also Oct. 24, 9 a.m.-5:20 to 586 B.C., excavated by Penn archae- Publications Services p.m. info: ologists in Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon. received by Monday noon prior to the dedicated it in memory week of publication. Members of the Uni- http://dept.english.upenn.edu/Brockden/. Opening Reception: 1:30-4:30 p.m.; of the late Vice Presi- (English; McNeil Center for Early Biblical Archaeology Gallery, Univer- versity may send notices for the Update or

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1 The Public and the Managed Care Health Care System; Paul Wolpe, David lection by Histocompatibility Molecules; Meyerson Hall (Ballinger Architects & 27 Recognition and Repair of DNA Backlash; Robert J. Blendon, Harvard; Hufford, Mark Micozzi; 7-9 p.m.; Room Emil Unanue, Washington University, Engineers, AIA Philadelphia, GSFA). Damage by the [4Fe-4S] Cluster-Con- 4-5:30 p.m.; Auditorium, Nursing Edu- 110, Annenberg School (Center for Bio- St. Louis; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium Earthquakes and Natural Disaster taining DNA Repair Enzyme, mutY; cation Building (Nursing). ethics). (Wistar Institute, Cancer Training). Insurance; Thomas Holzer, US Geologi- Sheila David, Univ. of Utah; noon; Aus- The Race and Space Gap; Ed The Leadership Moment: Nine Crime and Punishment in the USA: cal Survey; 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Wistar trian Auditorium, Clinical Research Blakely, USC; 6 p.m.; B-3 Meyerson True Stories of Triumph and Disaster History and Current Reality; Howard Auditorium,(Center for Environmental Bldg. (Biochemistry and Biophysics). Hall (GSFA). and Their Lessons for Us All; Michael Zinn; 7 p.m.; Harrison Auditorium, Uni- Studies). Introduction to Penn’s Writers’ 2 Things About Things; Daniel Useem, management; 7 p.m.; second versity Museum; Tickets: $12/advance Stories and Conversations; Julie S. House; Kerry Sherin; 1:15 p.m.; Kelly Dennett, Tufts; 3-5:30 p.m.; G17 Logan floor, Penn Bookstore (Bookstore). at House of Our Own; $12-20 at door Schneider, fine arts; 7-8:30 p.m., Room Writers’ House (Women’s Club). Hall (Benjamin and Anne A. Pinkel En- 7 Evolution of Sensory Organ Devel- (Clio Club/Wooden Shoe Books). B26, Stiteler Hall; free with PENNCard; Volume Regulatory Mechanisms in dowed Lecture Series on Mind/Brain opment in the Blind Cavefish; William 15 Solvation Effects on Protein Fold- call 898-6479 to register (CGS Special Epithelial Cells; Willy Van Driessche, Paradigms, IRCS). Jeffery, Penn State; noon; Hirst Audito- ing, Binding, and Design: Exploring the Programs). Univ. of Leuven; 4 p.m.; Physiology On the Genius of Place and Mas- rium, Dulles Building, HUP (Center for Electrostatic Balance; Bruce Tidor, 21 Genomic Imprinting: Lessons from Conference Room, 4th Floor Richards ter: The Fountains of Roman Corinth; Research on Reproduction and Women’s MIT; 2 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, Mouse Transgenes and Retrotrans- Bldg. (Physiology). Betsy Robinson, grad. student; 3-5 p.m.; Health). Clinical Research Bldg. (Biochemistry posons; J. Richar Chaillet, University of 28 Regulation of Flagellar Dynein Ac- Room 201 Jaffe Building (Art History). 8 Mechanism of Amyloid Formation & Molecular Biophysics). Pittsburgh; noon, Hirst Auditorium, tivity by Phosphorylation; noon, Hirst Welfare Reform and the Well Be- and Propagation: Lessons From a Yeast Neural Development in Embryonic Dulles Building, HUP (Center for Re- Auditorium, Dulles Building, HUP ing of Children and Families; Andrew Prion; Jonathan Weissman, UCSF; 2 Zebrafish; Judith Eisen, Univ. of Or- search on Reproduction and Women’s (Center for Research on Reproduction Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University; 4 p.m.; Class of ’62 Lecture Hall, John egon; 4 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, Health). and Women’s Health). p.m; 285 McNeil Building (Beth and Ri- Morgan Bldg. (Biochemistry & Molecu- Clinical Research Bldg. (Cell and De- Life and Death of T Cells; Philippa Mouse CD1Delta Restricted T chard Sackler Lecture in Sociology and lar Biophysics). velopmental Biology/Biology). Marrick, Howard Hughes Medical Insti- Lymphocytes; Albert Bendelac, Princeton; Social Policy). Animate Form; Greg Lynn, Greg New Excavations in the Vicinity of tute, Denver; 4 p.m.; Grossman Audito- 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium (Wistar In- 5 The Search for Biologically Rel- Lynn Form, Venice, CA; 6 p.m.; B-1 Asuka; Donald McCallum, UCLA;4:30 rium (Wistar Institute, Cancer Training stitute, Cancer Training Program). evant Partners for the Nck SH2/SH3 Meyerson Hall (GSFA). p.m., Room 109, Annenberg School Program). Visiting Artist Series; Deneyse Adaptor; Bruce Mayer, Harvard Medical 9 How Sustainable is the Mid-Atlan- (East Asian Studies). TBA; Martin Lipton; 4 p.m., Room Thomasos, painter, New York City; 5 School; 12:15 p.m.; Austrian Audito- tic Region?; Theresa Martella, EPA; Juxtapositions: Building Between 214, Law School (Irving R. Segal Lec- p.m.; White Room, Morgan Building rium, Clinical Research Bldg. (Cell and 12:15-1:45 p.m.; 1203 Steinberg Hall- Site and Substance; Andrea Leers, ture in Trial Advocacy). (GSFA). Developmental Biology). Dietrich Hall (Environmental Studies). Leers Weinzapfel Associates, Boston; 6 22 Academic Health Systems: Reac- 29 Interfacial Mechanics and the Avatars of the Word: From Papy- Cafe Litteraire: Neruda in Spain; p.m.; B-3 Meyerson Hall (GSFA). tionary or Revolutionary; Jordan J. Chemistry of Adhesion; Manoj K. rus to Cyberspace; James O’Donnell, Samuel Porrata, Spanish; 6 p.m.; Penn 16 The Redemption of the Lower Cohen, Association of American Medi- Chaudhury, Lehigh; 11 a.m.; Audito- classical studies, vice provost for ISC; Bookstore Cafe (Bookstore). Schulykill River; John Randolph, cal Colleges; 3:30-5:30 p.m.; Austrian rium, LRSM (Materials Science & Engi- 12:15-1:30 p.m.; Class of 1938 Lounge, 12 Getting In and Out of Mitosis; Schuylkill River Development Council; Auditorium, Clinical Research Bldg. neering/Chemical Engineering). English College House (Perspectives in David Morgan, UCSF; 12:15 p.m.; Aus- Robert Thomas, Cambpell Thomas & (LDI Center for Health Policy’s E.U.-U.S. Cooperation in Merger Humanities; King’s Court/English Col- trian Auditorium, Clinical Research Co.; Steve Hammell, environmental Leightman Memorial Lecture). and Antitrust Issues; Karel van Miert, lege House; Forum for Penn Authors). Bldg. (Genetics). planner; Jose Alminana, Andropogon Theory and Practice; Jean Marc European Commission on Competition; Sarcoglycans in Muscle Membrane Tropomodulin, Actin Filaments Associates; 12:15-1:45 p.m.; 1203 Lamuniere, Lamuniere and Associates, 4:30-6 p.m.; Lauder-Fisher Auditorium Stability; Elizabeth McNally, Univ. of and Cytoskeletal Architecture; Velia Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall (Center for Geneva, Switzerland; 6 p.m.; B-3 (Public Policy and Management). Chicago; 2 p.m.; Physiology Conference Fowler, Scripps Research Institute; 2 Environmental Studies). Meyerson Hall (GSFA). New Globalism, New Urbanism; Room, 4th Floor Richards Bldg. (Penn- p.m.; Dept. of Physiology Conference 19 The Genetics of Telencephalon 26 TBA; Jeffrey Leiden, Univ. of Chi- Neil Smith, Rutgers University; 4:30 sylvania Muscle Institute). Room, 4th Floor Richards Bldg. (Penn- Development in the Mouse; Andrew cago; 12:15 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, p.m., Room 17, Logan Hall (Annual Molecular-level Investigation of sylvania Muscle Institute). Peterson, Duke Medical Center; 12:15 Clinical Research Bldg. (Cell and Mo- Urban Studies Public Lecture). the Thermodynamic and Transport Involvement of Death Receptor p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Re- lecular Biology Graduate Group). Photochemistry of Adsorbates and Properties of Confined Fluids; Edward Signaling in p53-dependent Death; search Bldg. (Genetics). Genetic Manipulation of Myosin Complexes; John C. Polanyi, Univ. of J. Maginn, Univ. of Notre Dame; 3:30 Wafik El-Diery, medicine; 4-5 p.m.; Aus- Unconventional Myosins and Genes: Insight Into Muscle Function Toronto; 5 p.m.; Room 102, Chemistry p.m.; Room 337, Towne Building trian Auditorium, Clinical Research Bldg. Deafness; Tama Hasson, UCSD; 2 and Disease; Leslie Leinwand, Univ. of Bldg. (Chemistry). (Chemical Engineering). (Institute for Human Gene Therapy). p.m.; Physiology Conference Room, 4th Colorado; 2 p.m.; Dept. of Physiology 30 The Impact of Managed Care on Efficient Targeting of Retroviral Visiting Artist Series; Rackstraw Floor Richards Bldg. (Pennsylvania Conference Room, 4th Floor Richards the Mission of the Academic Medical Vectors by Incorporated Ligands; Paul Downes, painter, New York City; 5 Muscle Institute). Bldg. (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute). Center; Thomas Langfitt, Commission F. Bates, microbiology; 4-5 p.m.; Aus- p.m.; White Room, Morgan Building CFTR Gives Permission to EnaC: Tomographic Imaging of Pressure- on the Future of Medical Education; 12- trian Auditorium, Clinical Research (GSFA). NaCl Transport in Cystic Fibrosis; Paul driven Flows of Suspension; Roger T. 1 p.m.; LDI Auditorium (LDI Center for Bldg. (Institute for Human Gene M. Quinton, UCSD; 4-5 p.m.; Austrian Bonnecaze, Univ. of Texas; 3:30 p.m.; Health Policy). Therapy). 13 Iron-Sulfur Clusters as Biosensors of Oxidants and Iron; Tracy Rouault, Auditorium, Clinical Research Bldg. Room 337, Towne Building (Chemical Flemish Devotional Paintings; Visiting Artist Series; Margrit (Institute for Human Gene Therapy). Engineering). Reindert Falkenburg, The Hague; 3-5 Lewczuk, painter, New York City; 5 NIH; noon; Austrian Auditorium, Clini- cal Research Bldg. (Biochemistry & 20 Friedreich’s Ataxia: Ironing Out Genetic Disease and Protein Traf- p.m., Room 201 Jaffe Building (History p.m.; White Room, Morgan Building ficking; Dennis A. Ausiello, Massachu- of Art). (GSFA). Biophysics). the Complexities; Robert Wilson, bio- Structure and Function of the K+ chemistry and biophysics; noon; Aus- setts General Hospital; 4-5 p.m.; Aus- Arts & Sciences Trattoria: Litera- 6 Redox Signal Transduction via Channel Pore; Roderick MacKinnon, trian Auditorium, Clinical Research trian Auditorium, Clinical Research ture into Film: A Defense of Unfaithful Iron-Sulfur Clusters in the SoxR Tran- Rockefeller University; 2 p.m.; Austrian Bldg. (Biochemistry and Biophysics). Bldg. (Institute for Human Gene Adaptations; Penny Marcus, Italian scription Activator; Bruce Demple, Har- Auditorium, Clinical Research Bldg. Molecular Rearrangements Under- Therapy). Studies; 4:30-6:30 p.m.; Lynch Lecture vard; noon; Austrian Auditorium, Clini- (Physiology). lying Activation Gating in the Strepto- Women and Film; Tytti Soila; Hall, Chemistry Bldg. (SAS). cal Research Bldg. (Biochemistry and University of Stockholm; 4 p.m., Max Paul Robeson Centennial Series: 14 Genetic, Biochemical and Nutri- myces K+ Channel; Eduardo Perozo, Biophysics). UVA; 4 p.m.; Physiology Conference Kade Center (International Programs, The Formation of Paul Robeson as Artist Structural Studies in Solution of tional Factors Contributing to Neural Swedish Program, Germanics, Women’s and Man; Sterling Stuckey, University of Tube Defects in Ireland; Steven Room, 4th Floor Richards Bldg. (Physi- AIDS Proteins Involved in Fusion Inte- ology). Studies). California-Riveside; 5:30 p.m., Rm 17, gration; Marius G. Clore, NIH; noon, Whitehead, pharmacology; noon; Hirst From Social Policy to Social Ac- Logan Hall (Afro-American Studies, Auditorium, Dulles Building, HUP Recent Work: A West Coast Per- Class of 62, John Morgan Building spective; Thomas Hacker, AIA, Ned tion: Rebuilding Communities; Michael African-American Resource Center, (AIDS Seminar Series). (Center for Research on Reproduction Zisser, The University Settlement, New Greenfield Intercultural Center). and Women’s Health). Vaivoda Jr., AIA, Nancy Merryman, Ethical Perspectives on Alternative AIA, all of Portland, OR; 6 p.m.; B-1 York City; 6 p.m.; B-3 Meyerson Hall Medicine: Should It Be Part of Our Biochemical Basis of Peptide Se- (GSFA).

FITNESS/LEARNING READINGS Over 8000 people came to the first ‘Go West’ celebration. The second one, Writers House October 15, highlights film, music and CGS Special Programs; Registration PHI-Lung Center Conference Room. museums in University City. Free on- required. For info, call 898-6479, or 14 Stress Management 101; 12-12:50 Events are at 3805 Locust Walk unless street parking after 6 p.m. from 30th visit www.sas.upenn.edu/CGS/. otherwise noted. Info: 573-WRIT, or p.m.; Founders Building-Plaza B, HUP. to 50th Streets between Spring Garden Jazzercise; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Tues. 20 The Basics of Weight Control; 12- email [email protected] to RSVP Street & Woodland Avenue. Discounted and Thurs.; Stokes Auditorium, CHOP; for all dinner events; some are cost- 12:50 p.m.; Founders Building-Plaza A, $5 parking at UPenn garages at 34th call for directions; first class free; $3.50/ HUP. shared. See website for other details: & Chestnut and 38th & Walnut UCD class, $2.50 students; Carolyn Hamilton, www.english.upenn.edu/~wh Safety Ambassadors will help direct 662-3293 (days), (610) 446-1983 (eve- 23 Stress Break; relaxation activities; 1 A Bernadette Mayer Celebration; you to restaurants and to the arts & nings). 12-12:40 p.m.; Presbyterian Medical readings by Mayer, Ange Mlinko, cultural happenings below. Master of Government Administra- Center, Wright Saunders Administration Shawn Walker, Lee Ann Brown; 6 p.m.; tion Program; electives and core courses Medical Conference Room. dinner and conversation follow. On Campus: newly opened for credit to non-MGA Morris Arboretum students; registration required. For more 5 Penn and Pencil Club; Walter Museums and galleries: Located at 100 Northwestern Avenue, A centerpiece of this month’s Go West festivities is a special sneak preview of info: call 898-8217 (Fels Center of Gov- Keady reads from his new novel Mary ernment). between Stenton and Germantown McGreevy, 5:30 p.m.; dinner and con- the University Museum’s new Canaan and Ancient Israel exhibition. A celebration, Aves., in Chestnut Hill. Call 247-5777 versation to follow; RSVP. including music and food, will be held in the second floor galleries from 4:30 to 8 1 Brown Bag Lunch: A Report from ext. 156 to register. Class sizes are lim- Seoul-Update on Korea’s Response to 7 Academic Fair on Locust Walk; p.m. (Info: 898-4890). ited. Other exhibits on this 3rd Thursday include the Arthur Ross Gallery’s Sargent to the Economic Crisis; Frank Plantan, in- 4 Create a Minature House-Garden meet, representatives from Writers Freud: Twentieth-Century British Paintings from the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and ternational relations; 12-1 p.m.; Will- House, the Writing Advisors, the En- iams 632 (Center for East Asian Studies). Railway; 1-3 p.m.; Paul Busse; $16 glish Writing Program, and Writing Allan Edmunds: Printmaking and Collages at the Esther M. Klein Gallery members, $19 non-members; reserva- Across the University. 11-3 p.m. (see Exhibits). 8 Ethnohistory Workshop: Asian tions 247-5777 ext. 125. The Role of the Editor in Book Screenings: America; 4:30-6:30 p.m.; History 11 Herbal Renaissance: Modern Sci- Publishing: Fiction and Nonfiction; Roy The International House will be screening two films as part of this month’s 3rd Lounge, 3401 Walnut (History). ence, Ancient Uses; Michael DiPalma, Gainsburg, former president of St. Thursday, Jefferson in Paris and Quartet (see Films). In addition, The Kelly Writers 22 You Can Have Your Cake and Eat instructor; herb walk, slide presentation, Martin’s Press; 4:30 p.m.; discussion House presents Talking Film (see Films). It Too; Randi Cardonick and Kathy lecture and demonstration; 10 a.m.-3 and informal supper follow; RSVP. In the Neighborhood: Fleegler, instructors; cooking and nutri- p.m.; $47.50, $40/members. 10 Laughing Hermit Reading Series; tion class; 5:30-7 p.m.; Penn Medicine 15 Woody Plant Propagation-The Se- hosted by Robin Hiteshew, featuring Su- Museums and galleries: at Radnor, 250 King of Prussia Road, The Design Arts Gallery at Drexel presents Lydia Hunn, New Paintings: Inter- crets Revealed; Shelley Dillard, plant san Wood, Rice Univeristy; 1-2 p.m. Radnor, PA; $10; registration: 1-800- propagator, instructor; two sessions - Q’zine and the Kelly Writers pretations of 20th century Landscapes from 4 to 7 p.m. at Nesbitt College, 33rd and 789-PENN. Market Streets. Leo Sewell, an exhibition of the sculptor’s work, some of which can Session I: 7-9 p.m.; Session II: October House; open mic reading in honor of Fall Wellness Program 17, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; $47.50, $40/ National Coming Out Day; 4-6 p.m. be seen at the Philadelphia Zoo and the Please Touch Museum, will be held at the University City Arts League, 4226 Spruce St., from 6 to 8 p.m. (Info: 382-7811). Registration required. Call 1-800-789- members. 12 Poetry Reading; Latino Poet Mar- PENN. For information contact Maureen 22 Pruning: What the Homeowner tin Espada, UMass; first Greenfield In- Performances: The Bushfire Theatre of Performing Arts presents Convergence, a play by P.J. Poirier at 614-1801 or Needs to Know; Iana Turner, horticultur- tercultural Center Public Lecture; 3:30-5 [email protected]. Spon- ist, instructor; two sessions - Session I: p.m.; Dinner (RSVP), 5:30-7 p.m. Gibson, at 52nd and Chestnut streets (Time and Info: 747-9230). Dance NATA ‘98, a multi-media New Age dance performance that explores the impact of diverse cultures sored by the UPHS Dept. of Health and 7-9 p.m.; Session II: October 24, 10 14 Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and on dance in America will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at 3500 Lancaster Ave. Tickets: Disease Mangaement. a.m.-12:30 p.m.; $40, $34/members. Anything Goes; an open mic perfor- $10; $8/members; $20/families (3 or more) (Info: 387-1911). 6 Carbon Monoxide Screening; free 24 Herbal Alternatives to Winter mance night; 8-10 p.m. Also October 28. screenings to have your carbon monox- Woes; take home recipes for herbal 16 Reading; Pulitzer Prize-winner Jorie ide level tested; 12-1:30 p.m.; cafeteria, cough syrup, cold remedies, soothing Graham, University of Iowa; 5 p.m. Presbyterian Medical Center. teas and more; 10 a.m.-noon; $19, $16/ 18 LIVE at the Writers House; 10:30 13 The Penn Quit Smoking Program members. p.m. airs on WXPN, 88.5 FM. Free Informational Sessions; lead by 29 Orchids-Fascinating Plants for 20 Reading; Jeffrey Kluger, TIME UPHS physicians, advanced practice Home or Greenhouse; learn to grow or- Magazine, reads and discusses science nurses and respiratory therapists; 12- chids in your home or greenhouse; 7:30- and book writing; 4:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.; Presbyterian Medical Center, 9:30 p.m.; $37.50, $34/members. 22 Poet Tony Lopez, University of Plymouth, England; afternoon talk; 3:30-5 p.m.; and dinner 5:30-7 p.m.; Reading at Temple University; 8 p.m. (Temple Creative Writing Program; Writers House). 24 Full Circle; an open mic for Phila- delphia-area poets, hosted by Cecily Kellogg and Charlie O’Hay; 8-10 p.m. October 25 Reception in appreciation of Alice Cooper Schoulberg; 2 p.m. 29 Poetry Reading: Alice Notley; fol- lowed by dinner.7 p.m.; RSVP. Hippo, Beth Shean, Israel. Late Bronze Age, (c. 1200 BCE) from the Univer- A T P E N N sity Museum’s new exhibition, Canaan and Ancient Israel.

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