illustrator, author, and designer Maira a photo-ethnography by PIK professor ACADEMIC CALENDAR Kalman; reception: January 14, 6 p.m.; Philippe Bourgois and photographer Jeff 13 First Day of Classes. ICA. Through June 6. Schonberg; Penn Museum. Through May Video Art: Replay Part 2: Everyday 2010. 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Imaginary; three-part exhibition is cen- Springfield Mills; photography by (no classes). tered around three themes prevalent in Guillermo Torres of the Arboretum’s video art-documentary, animation, and Springfield Grist Mill; lower gallery, Wid- CHILDREN’S ACTIVITies January comedy; reception: January 14, 6 p.m.; ener Center, . Ongoing. ICA. Through March 21. meta Metasequoia; see the world 9 Magic Circle; story time and crafts 23 Strictly Death: Selected Works from from among a canopy of redwood limbs; followed by International New Year’s Morris Arboretum. Ongoing. celebration; 2 p.m.; Walnut St. West the Richard Harris Collection; explores the iconography of death across a range Iraq’s Ancient Past: Rediscovering A T P E N N Branch, Free Library of Ur’s Royal Cemetery; notes, photos and (Free Library of Philadelphia). of artistic practices; reception: 6:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation. Through March 8. artifacts from Penn’s famous 1922 exca- Wherever these symbols appear, more images or audio/video clips are Persian Cinderella; story time; 11 available on our website, www.upenn.edu/almanac/. 23 Miler Lagos vation; Penn Museum. Ongoing. a.m.; Walnut St. West Branch, Free Li- 27 ; unique installation of a Collective Imprints; visual art that brary of Philadelphia (Free Library). sculpture of a forest of trees made of re- celebrates the life and history of The Ro- cycled newspapers; Arthur Ross Gallery. Ongoing. abilities; Sundays (except holidays) 4-6 29 40 Winks with the Sphinx Sleepover; Through March 21. tunda; The Rotunda. 6:30 p.m.-9 a.m.; ages 6-12; Penn Mu- A Wonderful Life: A Daughter’s p.m.; Basement, 1920 Commons; Info.: SPECIAL EVENTS Now Tribute to a Family of Educators; Joan [email protected]. seum; $50, $45/members; register: www. Winterfest; $3 admission and free penn.museum (Museum). Holiday Garden Railway; mini repli- Myerson Shrager’s digital art; Student Penn Presents 2 cas of Philadelphia landmarks decorated Lounge, GSE. Ongoing. Performances at Annenberg Center ice skate rental; 5:45 p.m.; Class of 1923 Peanut Butter and Jams: for the holidays; Morris Arboretum. Tickets: www.pennpresents.org Arena (Class of 1923 Arena). World Cafe Live Ongoing at the Penn Museum Through January 3. Orchestra Underground: Conversa- 7 Nikon Small World Exhibition and Shows at 11:30 a.m.; $10, $7/children Amarna: Ancient Egypt’s Place in 30 Microscopy Equipment Demonstration; Penn Abroad Photo Contest; show- the Sun Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, tions; tribute to Israel “Cachao” López, under 12 unless otherwise noted; Info.: case of Penn students’ interpretation of ; exhibit and seminars including Martin www.worldcafelive.com Greeks and Romans; Canaan & Ancient homage to New Orleans, and debut from the host communities where they lived, a celebrated new composer; 7:30 p.m.; Chalfie, 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Gustafer Yellowgold’s Show; ani- Israel; Living in Balance: The Universe of 1-8 p.m.; Wistar Institute; register: www. 2 studied, and explored; International the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache; Me- Harold Prince Theatre; $25. mated illustrations and story songs. House. Through January 8. Soweto Gospel Choir; vocal ensem- wistar.org/openhouse (Wistar). soamerica; The Egyptian Mummy: Secrets See reverse. 9 Kidrockers; all ages music and com- InLiquid.com Video Installation: Leslie & Science; Raven’s Journey: The World ble that performs traditional and popular edy show; $18, $16/children. Rogers’s Chinnin’ Out; unscripted video of Alaska’s Native People; Buddhism: African gospel in 8 languages; 8 p.m.; 23 World Culture Family Day; Chinese 16 Key Wilde and Mr. Clark; funny, up- monologues by “chin puppets”; Interna- History & Diversity of a Great Tradition; Zellerbach Theatre; $20-$55. New Year celebration of the Year of beat original songs. tional House. Through January 8. Africa: The Cradle of Humankind; Poly- the Tiger with music and dance perfor- His Golden Touch: The Gordion nesia: ‘ahu’ula + lei niho palaoa; Photo- readings/signings mances, children’s activities, storytelling, 23 Ham and Burger; high-energy hip- Drawings of Piet de Jong; tribute to the arts & crafts, workshops, and Lion Dance hop. graphs from the Field; Strokes of Genius: illustrator and his work in Gordion, Turkey; The Art of Annie G. Hunter. 26 The Poison King: The Life and Legend parade; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; free with Museum Penn Museum. Through January 10. of Mithradates; lecture and book signing donation; info.: (215) 898-4890; Penn eXHIBITS Ben’s House: Designing History at Penn Museum Tours by author and scholar Adrienne Mayor, Museum (Penn Museum). Franklin Court; explores the making of Tours at 1:30 p.m. Meet at the Warden Stanford University; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum; Admission Donations and Hours 24 Tu B’Shevat Family Day; musical Franklin Court through original sketches, Garden Entrance. Free w/ admission and $10, $5/members (Penn Museum). celebration featuring Andi Joseph–The Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts models and period photographs; Kroiz w/ PennCard. Info.: www.penn.museum/ Penn Bookstore Musical Mommy; 11 a.m.; Morris Arbo- Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Gallery. Through January 22. Highlights of the Collection. Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m. 9 Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore retum (Arboretum). Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Pol- 10 Daily Life in Ancient Egypt. Esther M. Klein Art Gallery: free; itics of the Ancient Maya; Penn Museum. 19 Raising a Left-Brain Child in a Right- SPorts Mon.-Sat.; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Through January 31. 16 Iraq’s Ancient Past: Rediscovering Brain World; Katharine Beals; 7 p.m. GSE Student Lounge: free; Mon.- Werner Pfeiffer (censor, villain, Ur’s Royal Cemetery. 20 On Becoming a Doctor: Everything Info./Tickets: www.pennathletics.com Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. provocateur, experimenter):Book-objects 17 Native Americans in the Southwest. They Don’t Tell You, Everything You (W) Basketball vs. Lehigh; 7 p.m. Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) 5 : & Artist Books; highlights two groups of Painted Metaphors: Pottery & Politics Need to Know; Tania Heller; 6 p.m. free admission; Wed.-Fri., noon-8 p.m.; 24 9 (W) Swim vs. Harvard; 10 a.m. works commenting and reflecting on the of the Ancient Maya. 21 Reality Television and Arab Politics; (M) Swim vs. Harvard; 1:30 p.m. Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. role of the book in the twenty-first cen- International House: Mon-Fri, 10 30 The Legacy of Amarna in Ancient Marwan Kraidy; 6 p.m. Wrestling vs. Binghamton; 2 p.m. tury; Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Egypt. (W) Basketball vs. Princeton; 7 p.m. a.m.-8 p.m. Through February 12. 26 High Frequency Trading: A Practical Library. Guide to Algorithmic Strategies and Trad- Wrestling vs. Rider; noon Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Li- Interplay: Art*Audience*Architecture; 31 Highlights of the Collection. brary: free; Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m ing Systems; Irene Aldridge; 6:30 p.m. Fencing Philadelphia Invitational; sculptures from nine artists including Lanny all day Morris Arboretum: $14; $12/seniors, Bergner, Fritz Dietel and Nancy Graves; filmS 27 More Philadelphia Murals and the $7/kids 3-17, students; free/members and first floor, Perelman Center for Advanced Stories They Tell; Jane Golden; 5:30 p.m. 13 (M) Basketball vs. Temple; 7 p.m. kids under 3 and members; Daily 10 a.m.- Medicine. Through February 26 (Arts and 26 One Film One Philadelphia; film 16 (W) Swim vs. Dartmouth, Yale; 10 a.m. 4 p.m. the City Year). screening and discussion of Persepolis; On Stage (M) Swim vs. Dartmouth, Yale; 10 a.m. Penn Museum: $10, $7/seniors, $6/ Dance with Camera; explores the 5:30 p.m.; Walnut St. West Branch, Free Wrestling vs. Virginia; 1 p.m. children 6-17 and full-time students w/ crossover between artists and dancers who Library of Philadelphia (Free Library). 20 (M) Basketball vs. LaSalle; 7 p.m. PennCard, free/members; Tues.-Sat., 10 Penn Presents make choreography for the camera; ICA. International House Performances at Annenberg Center 23 (M) Tennis vs. Drexel; 11 a.m. a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. Through March 21. See Films. www.pennpresents.org Gymnastics vs. Rutgers; 1 p.m. Perelman Center for Advanced Medi- Screenings w/ English subtitles. For Tickets: Dissecting the Gross Clinic; tribute ticket prices see www.ihousephilly.org. 14 River North Chicago Dance Com- (M) Tennis vs. Bucknell; 3 p.m. cine: 3400 Civic Center Boulevard. to the painting by Thomas Eakins; Kamin Fencing Penn State Invitational; The Rotunda: 4014 Walnut St.; free; 13 Whenever Wednesday: Dance with pany; Broadway to ballroom, jazz and Gallery, Van-Pelt Dietrich Library. Through contemporary; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach time TBA. for hours: (215) 573-3234. April 31. Camera Cinema Program; films include Slought Foundation: free; Wed.-Sat. A Study in Choreography for Camera, Theatre; $24-$42 (afternoon performanc- 25 (M) Basketball vs. St. Josephs; 7 p.m. The Goodlands: Young Photographers es), $28-$48 (evening performances). 1-6 p.m. Inspiring Hope in North Philadelphia; Dance in the Sun, BREAKAWAY, From 27 (M) Tennis vs. Temple; 4 p.m. Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free/ID and Island Summer, All That Jazz; $8, $5/ Also January 15, 8 p.m. and January 16, (W) Squash vs. Princeton; 5 p.m. photography by children of the Fairhill and 2 & 8 p.m. required; for hours see: http://events. Kensington neighborhoods taken between ICA and International House members; (M) Squash vs. Princeton; 7 p.m. library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi. 2000 and 2009; Penn Museum. Through 7 p.m.; International House (ICA). See 22 The Bald Soprano; Eugene Ionesco’s 29 (M&W) Swim vs. West Chester; Wistar Institute: free; Mon.-Fri. 9 May. Exhibits. “one-hour masterpiece of metaphysical 6 p.m. a.m.-5 p.m. Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and nonsense” will be performed every hour (W) Basketball vs. Yale; 7 p.m. Upcoming Present of the Lenape in ; Penn MEETING for 24 hours!; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince The- 30 (W) Basketball vs. Brown; 7 p.m. atre; $25. 8 Nikon Small World; photomicro- Museum. Through July. Flora of Pennsylvania 5 WPPSA; 1-2 p.m.; Bishop White 26 Voices From “Let Me Down Easy” graphs taken with powerful microscopes; ; specimens Room, Houston Hall. main atrium, Wistar Institute. Through and botanical drawings celebrating the with Anna Deavere Smith; one woman March 12. See Special Events. state’s flora; Morris Arboretum.Through Music play on the fragility and resistance of the Maira Kalman: Various Illumina- September. human body; 7 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; 15 free tickets required. tions (of a Crazy World); first major Righteous Dopefiend: An Anthro- pological Installation on Homelessness, Penn Improvisational Jazz Work- museum survey of the photography, shop; open jazz jam for musicians of all embroidery, textiles and performance of Addiction and Poverty in Urban America; JanuaryJanuary PerformancesPerformances At right: World Culture Family Day— Chinese New Year Celebration. Welcome in the Year of the Tiger at the 29th annual day-long extravaganza celebration on January 23. Bring the whole family and celebrate the New Year through a wide variety of music and dance performances, children’s ac- tivities, storytelling, arts and crafts, and martial and healing arts workshops. The day ends with a drum roll, a roar, and the popular Lion Dance parade. Free with Museum admission donation. See Special Events.

At left: Celebrate the 20th anniversary of River North Chicago Dance Company, January 14-16 at the Annenberg Center, with five new works cre- ated by Artistic Director Frank Chaves and chore- ographers Robert Battle and Lauri Stallings. Enjoy Broadway to ballroom, jazz to contemporary, and everything in between, performed by a company of dancers. Program highlights include Chaves’ Habaneras, the Music of Cuba, an homage to his heritage, set to music by Cuba’s most popular composers including Ernesto Lecuona, and Sherry 3910 Chestnut St., 2nd Floor Zunker’s original signature work, Reality of a Philadelphia, PA 19104-3111 Dreamer. See On Stage. (215) 898-5274 or 5275 FAX (215) 898-9137 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.upenn.edu/almanac Unless otherwise noted all events are open to the general public as well as to members of the University. For building locations, call (215) 898-5000 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or see www.facilities.upenn. At right: On January 22 at the Annenberg edu or the University’s website, www.upenn. Center, experience The Bald Soprano—six edu. A phone number normally means tick- actors, 24 performances and no breaks. ets, reservations or registration required. Eugene Ionesco’s “one-hour masterpiece of Almanac carries an Update with ad- metaphysical nonsense” will be performed ditions, changes & cancellations if received every hour, on the hour, for 24 hours! Subur- ban life gets an extreme makeover when the by Monday at noon prior to the week of Above: American Composers Orchestra will perform Smiths and Martins find themselves trapped publication. University members may send Conversations, January 30 at the Annenberg Center. in a world of conformity, social manners and notices for the Update or February AT PENN Cuban-born composer/saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera paranoid suspicions. Identities shift, secrets calendar. The deadline for the February AT joins Orchestra Underground in a concerto for saxo- are revealed and all sense of decorum and PENN is January 12. phone and double bass. Sebastian Currier and Pawel communication breaks down in a delirious Events on this calendar are subject to Wojtasik evoke New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurri- rush of words and gestures. As the clock change. More information can be found cane Katrina, with murmurs of water and Dixieland, in strikes the hour, The Bald Soprano ends on the sponsoring department’s website. their new multimedia work Next Atlantis. See Music. where it began. See Onstage. Sponsors are listed in parentheses.

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4 Nodal Signaling During and Censorship; a conversation with the Lecture Series; Simon Martin, curator; New Parents @ Penn; meets every Pluripotency and Endoderm Formation Provost and an interdisciplinary group noon; Classroom 2, Penn Museum other Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.; contact Penn in hESCs; Julie Baker, Stanford of scholars in celebration of Benjamin (Museum). Women’s Center (215) 898-8611 for dates. University; 12:15 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB Franklin’s 304th birthday; 3 p.m.; Ann L. Innate Immunity in Acute Injury Jazzercise; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Tuesdays II/III (Cell and Developmental Biology). Roy Auditorium, Claire M. Fagin Hall; States and Chronic Debris Deposition: & Thursdays; Newman Center; $8/class; 6 China’s First Emperor: Man and info.: www.upenn.edu/faculty_senate/ The Examples of Hemolytic Uremic $6/students; Carolyn Hamilton: (215) 662- the Empire for all Eternity; Nancy announcements.html (Faculty Senate). Syndrome, Age-related Macular 3293 (days) or (610) 446-1983 (evenings). Steinhardt, curator; 6 p.m.; $10/door, 20 Mechanisms of Lentiviral Resistance Degeneration and Preeclampsia; John Class of 1923 Arena; 3130 Walnut free/members; Penn Museum (Museum). to Tetherin BA; David Evans, Harvard Atkinson; Washington University; noon; Street; admission: weekday $5.50, weekend University; noon; Austrian Auditorium, rm. 253, BRB II/III (CRRWH). $6.50, $1 off w/ PennCard; skate rental 11 Cell and Developmental Biology How Forensic Neuroscience Works $2.50; group rates and skating lessons of- Above: At the Morris Arboretum, a snow Seminar; Jeremy Dasen, NYU; 12:15 Clinical Research Bldg. (CFAR). Hasanlu and Urartu; Stephan Kroll, in the Real World; Ruth Greenberg, fered; hours: www.upenn.edu/icerink. See covered Katsura tree, which are native p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III (Cell & Boston University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 240B, Special Events. to Japan and China and known for their Developmental Biology). Dyson Fellow; noon; Classroom 2, Penn Museum (Museum). Silverman Hall, Law School (Centre for 5 Free Library of Philadelphia’s Books delicate heart shaped leaves and bright 13 State Formation as a Cultural Epigenetic Control of Heterochromatin Forensic Neuroscience). Aloud!; learn skills to read aloud suc- autumn colors. Revolution; Lauren Ristvet, anthropology; Formation and Chromosome Stability in The East Asian Heartland and its cessfully with young children; 6:30 p.m.; noon; Classroom 2, Penn Museum (Museum). Morris Arboretum the Female Gamete; Rabindranath De La Bronze Age Connections; Victor Mair, RSVP: (215) 686-5372; Walnut St. West Register: (215) 247-5777 ext. 156 or 125. Maternal Diet and Adverse East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Fuente, veterinary medicine; noon; rm. Branch, Free Library of Philadelphia Wellness Walks; 10:30 a.m.; Neurobehavioral Outcomes: Insight 253, BRB II/III (CRRWH). 5 p.m.; Penn Museum; RSVP: www. (Free Library of Philadelphia). 2 from a Mouse Model; Teresa Reyes, humanities.sas.upenn.edu (Museum). Saturdays. pharmacology; noon; rm. 253, BRB II/III 22 Biochemistry and Biophysics The Straight State: Sexuality and 8 Self-Defense Awareness & Familariza- 17 Parks, Plants and People: (CRRWH). Research Discussion; Greg Van Duyne, Citizenship in 20th-Century America tion Exchange (S.A.F.E.); free women-only Beautifying the Urban Landscape; Lynden biochemistry and biophysics; 4 p.m.; ; Margot hands-on safety awareness workshop; 6 14 Brain-Directed “Treatments” for Anti- Canaday, Princeton University; 4:30 p.m.; Miller, director of the Conservatory rm. 248, Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg. p.m.; Benjamin Lounge, Sansom Place Garden, Central Park; 2 p.m. Social Behavior: New Opportunities, Old (Biochemistry and Biophysics). Stephanie Grauman Wolf Room, McNeil West; Info.: (215) 898-4481 (PPD). Fears; Hank Greely, Stanford University; Center for Early American Studies (Women’s Quality of Worklife: HR 4 p.m.; Conference Room, Center for 25 Pathways affecting stem cell Studies; Alice Paul Center; History). 30 Teaching Empathy; become more self-renewal; Leonard Zon, Children’s empathetic to social issues and tour the Open to faculty and staff. Register: Cognitive Neuroscience; RSVP: info@ 28 2010 Goldstone Forum: The Risk www.hr.upenn.edu/coursecatalog neuroethics.upenn.edu (CNS). Hospital-Boston; 12:15 p.m.; BRB II/III exhibition “Righteous Dopefiend”; 9 Fallacy; Malcolm Gladwell, The New Maintain, Don’t Gain Post Holiday (Cell & Developmental Biology). Yorker a.m.-3 p.m.; $30; info.: (215) 898-4016; 5 15 Biochemistry and Biophysics ; 4:30 p.m.; Penn Museum (Penn Museum). See Weigh-In; open to enrolled faculty and Research Discussion; Jon Epstein, cell 26 Obama’s Regulatory Agenda: A (Philosophy Politics and Economics). One-Year Retrospective; panel; 4:30 p.m.; Exhibits. staff; 10-11:45 a.m., 12:15-2 p.m. Also and developmental biology; 4 p.m.; 29 Biochemistry and Biophysics January 6. rm. 248, Anatomy-ChemistryBldg. room TBA, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Penn Research Discussion; Scott Diamond, Christian Association (Biochemistry and Biophysics). Program on Regulation; Fels Institute of chemical and biomolecular engineering; Info.: www.upennca.org Weigle Info Commons Workshops Founder’s Day Symposium: Government). 4 p.m.; rm. 248, Anatomy-Chemistry 5 Slanguage; ESL for international Held in Class of 1968 Seminar Room, Van Forbidden Knowledge: Art, Science, 27 Penn Museum Scholars Lunch Bldg. (Biochemistry and Biophysics). students focusing on American slang and Pelt-Dietrich Library, unless otherwise social justice; 2:30 p.m.; Also January noted. Open to faculty, staff and students. 12, 19 and 26. Register: wic.library.upenn.edu/workshops. 6 Bible Study; read, study, and 7 Blackboard Basics; Goldstein Elec- Nikon’s annual Small World photography tronic Classroom; noon. Also January 11, contest, now in its 35th year, celebrates talk about the lectionary texts for the upcoming Sunday; 5:30 p.m.; Also 2 p.m. and January 26, 1 p.m. the complexity and beauty of the world as Blackboard Grade Center; Goldstein captured through the microscope. Today’s January 13, 20 and 27. 8 26 One Church in the Struggle: Electronic Classroom;1 p.m. Also Janu- advanced microscopes are opening new ary 20, noon. windows on the intricate structures and Conversations on White Privilege and subtle processes of life, leading to sci- Racial Injustice; 6 p.m. 12 Blackboard Collaboration Tools; entific discovery and medical progress. Learning and Education: HR Goldstein Electronic Classroom; 2 p.m. Winning images will be displayed in the Open to faculty and staff. Register: www. 13 Blackboard Test Pools; Goldstein main atrium at the Wistar Institute from hr.upenn.edu/coursecatalog Electronic Classroom;2 p.m. January 8-March 12, and information will 8 Essentials of Management; multiple PhotoShop Basics; 10 a.m. be presented on microscopy and photo- dates and times; $250. 16 Excel Basics; 2 p.m. graphic techniques. Seminars regarding 19 Zotero; Goldstein Electronic Class- advanced imaging technologies will take 13 Brown Bag Matinee—If Looks Could Kill; noon- 1 p.m. room; 1 p.m. place on January 7 beginning at 1 p.m. iMovie; 10:30 a.m. See Exhibits. 14 Managing Cultural Conflict; noon-1 20 InDesign; noon. p.m. 23 Excel Charts and Graphs; 2 p.m. At left: 2009 Fourth Place winner: 27 Career Focus Brown Bag—All About Anglerfish Ovary, 2-Channel Autofluo- Networking; noon-1 p.m. 25 Audacity; 10:30 a.m. rescence, 4X objective by James Hayden, 26 PowerPoint Basics; 10:30 a.m. The Wistar Institute Microscopy Core 27 Photoshop Layers; 10 a.m. Facility. Refworks; Goldstein Electronic Classroom; 1 p.m. 28 Excel and Data Analysis; 10:30 a.m.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium on Social Change: Penn’s Committment to the Legacy 18 Day of Service Breakfast; annual Hall (Day of Service Committee; MLK International Black Film Festival). required; 7 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, speak about how the communities can breakfast with special guest speaker, Symposium). 22 Education of LGBTQ Youth; Annenberg Center (Arts & City Year, continue to uphold Dr. King’s legacy and how performers and introductory remarks MLK Mentoring Project; students discussion about educational options Center for Public Health Initiatives, we can “reach the mountaintop” of equality; by President Amy Gutmann; 8:30-9:45 from Upward Bound Program and Penn for LGBTQ Youth in Philadelphia/ College Houses and Academic Services, 7 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (Onyx a.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall (Black Association of Black Social Workers Nationwide; 5-7 p.m.; Carriage House Penn Medicine, Civic House, City of Senior Honor Society, Cipactli Honor Society, Graduate & Professional Students collaborate in working on variety of (Educational Justice Coalition). Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and Oracle Senior Honor Society). Assembly; MLK Committee). projects offered; 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther Creative Economy, VA Center for Health 30 Discounted Tickets for Graduate Free Dog and Cat Vaccination Auditorium, Houston Hall (Association King, Jr. Lecture in Social Justice; Equity Research and Health Promotion). Students to Soweto Gospel Choir; hailing Clinic; the veterinary school is for Black Social Work Students; Black an annual event which highlights an 27 Race Relations at Penn: Past, from South Africa, the Grammy award- celebrating its 125th anniversary by Graduate and Professional Students individual or scholar of African descent, Present and Future; view and discuss winning Soweto Gospel Choir is a vocal offering free vaccinations to the first 200 Assembly). who has committed themselves to social a film that traces the history of race ensemble performing in eight different dogs and first 200 cats presented to clinic; Beautification Projects; paint and justice; 5:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, relations and campus climate at Penn languages, in a program of tribal, Info.: (215) 898-2210; 9 a.m.; Matthew beautify local schools and churches. Annenberg Center (Center for Africana through interviews with students, alumni, traditional and popular African gospel; J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital (Matthew J. Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King, Studies & the Annenberg School for faculty, and staff; noon-1:30 p.m.; 8 p.m.; Annenberg Center (Graduate Ryan Veterinary Hospital). Jr. Day of Service will be solicited from Communication). Houston Hall (United Minorities Council Student Center). See Onstage. Children’s Banner Painting; children volunteers. Light refreshments will be A Change is Gonna Come: & Division of Public Safety). Feb. 1 Dr. Helen O. Dickens paint commemorative Martin Luther provided. Come dressed for cleaning and From???; the 2010 Dr. Martin Luther LGBT Rights Beyond Marriage; Commemorative Lecture in Medicine; the King, Jr. posters and banners while painting; 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Houston King, Jr. Symposium performance art for a discussion of the breadth of political first annual lecture given by a prominent listening to stories about Dr. King’s Hall and Beautification Project Locations social change evening brings a collection issues impacting the LGBT community, member of the School of Medicine faculty life; adult supervision required; 9:30 (MLK Committee). of artists to the stage. Spoken word, including employment discrimination, in honor of Dr. Helen O. Dickens, the first a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Auditorium, Houston Food Drive for West Philadelphia’s music and dramatic presentations will economic disparities, access to benefits, People’s Emergency Center African-American woman admitted to the Hall (Day of Service Committee; MLK ; sort through center on societal change from what to health care reform and more; 7 p.m.; American College of Surgeons, and a former Symposium). food to be delivered to the People’s what; 7:30-9:30 p.m.; 4014 Walnut Street LGBT Center (LGBT Center). Emergency Center; 2-5 p.m.; Rodin Associate Dean for Minority Affairs in the Decoration of the Social Justice (African-American Resource Center). Reaching the Mountaintop; School of Medicine; 4-5 p.m.; Auditorium, Chair; an unfinished bench will be College House (Rodin College House). 28 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 23 6th Annual GeoClan MLK Change prominent speakers, faculty, and student BRB II/III (Office of Diversity and decorated with pictures and quotes of Makers Symposium; the day is structured leaders from various communities will Community Outreach, School of Medicine). Dr. King. “The Seat of Justice” will be Candlelight Vigil; march from W.E.B. Du Bois College House down Locust to include a welcoming address; placed in various schools throughout interactive workshops and discussions the year for students to reflect on the Walk to reflect on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; 8 p.m.; Du Bois addressing key community issues and life and contributions of Dr. King; 9:30 providing skills to impact pressing social a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Auditorium, Houston College House and Houston Hall (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Gamma issues and a dynamic panel discussion Hall (MLK Commemorative Symposium to connect the legacy of Dr. King to Executive Planning Committee; Points of Epsilon Philadelphia City Chapter & the Multicultural Greek Council). present day organizing efforts and Light Foundation). work underway to realize his dream of Philadelphia Reads: Literacy 19 Bayard Rustin: The Most Important social equality; noon-6 p.m.; 2nd Floor, Project; sort books into age Man You Never Heard of and Why He Houston Hall (GeoClan). appropriate groupings Matters Now; 4-7 p.m. Auditorium, You Be the Change; inspiring and create books on Claire Fagin Hall (School of Social evening designed to motivate people to tape to promote literacy Policy & Practice). get involved in the fight for social change for Philadelphia youth. Spreading the Knowledge: Academic and a level playing field for everyone; 6-8 Participants are asked Advancements through Scholarly p.m.; Houston Hall (The Men of Light). to bring a book(s) Research; 7 p.m.; Du Bois Multi-Purpose that discusses multi- Room (Penn NAACP). 25 No Longer Separate but Not cultural issues Yet Equal: Race and Education; a 20 MLK Commemorative Symposium: panel discussion; 5-6:30 p.m.; rm. relating to children; I Must Go Where The Signs Point: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 TBA, Graduate School of Education Community in the Age of Wikis; noon; (Greenfield Intercultural Center). p.m.; Benjamin Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall Franklin Room, Dare to Dream; find out more (VPUL). about the DREAM act, discussing an Houston Hall How Racial Statistics Lie and (Day of Service estimated 65,000 undocumented students Restructuring for the Future of Social who graduate from high school every Committee; MLK Science; 5:30-7:30 p.m.; Hillel (Center Symposium). year without the opportunity to pursue for Africana Studies; African-American a higher education because of barriers Helping Hands Resource Center). at Houston Hall; posed by current immigration laws; 7 The Grammy-Award winning Soweto Gospel Choir (above) will appear at the Zeller- create personal 21 MLK Interfaith Commemoration; p.m.; location TBA (MEChA). bach Theatre, Annenberg Center on January 30. This South African ensemble per- gifts that will be 6 p.m.; poetry, songs, and other 26 One Church in the Struggle: forms tribal, traditional and popular African gospel in eight different languages. donated to West performances; Bodek Lounge, Houston Conversations on White Privilege & Philadelphia Hall (MLK Committee & Office of the Racial Injustice; examine white privilege area shelters, Chaplain). and racial justice by viewing the film nursing Around the World and Black Film “Traces of the Trade,” which documents homes, Series: Made in America; this film Northerners’ complicity in the slave hospitals and takes the viewer inside the world of the trade; 6 p.m.; CA House (Christian other charities; notorious gangs, the Crips and Bloods; Association). 9:30 a.m.-12:30 7 p.m.; Heyer Sky Lounge, Harrison Voices from “Let Me Down Easy” College House (W.E.B. Du Bois College January p.m.; Reading with Anna Deavere Smith; one-woman Room and Bodek House’s Consciousness in Black Film & play by the award-winning actress, Lounge, Houston Theater, Harrison College House & the teacher, and playwright; free tickets A T P E N N

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