Native American Voices: The People— Here and Now; Penn Museum. Out of Time; 12 photos or paintings by artists and dancer Raphael Xavier; Lobby, Annenberg Center. December We Are Not Alone; exhibit of 10 large-scale illustrations by cartoonist and freelance writer Dwayne Booth; Forum, Annenberg School. WhereverA Tthis symbol P appears,E N more Nimages are available on our website, Penn Museum Tours www.upenn.edu/almanac/at-penn-calendar Gallery Tours; Saturdays-Sundays, 1:30 p.m.; Pepper Hall; free with admis- sion; info: www.penn.museum/visit/tours Global Guides public tours; Sat- urdays-Sundays, 2:30 p.m.; free with admission. FILMS Lightbox Film Center at IHP Tickets: $10, $8 students/seniors, free for members. Screenings at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Info: www.lightboxfilmcenter.org Celebration of Winter Solstice, a part of CultureFest!, will take place at the Penn Museum 4 Precious Places Community History on Saturday, December 8. See Children’s Activities and Special Events. Project. 6 Master of Applied Positive Psychology World Cafe Live 5 Electro-Pythagorus: A Portrait of Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.; online. Performances daily. Complete listing and Martin Bartlett. tickets: www.worldcafelive.com Terror Nullius. Morris Arboretum 6 Info: morrisarboretum.org Fists in the Pocket. ON STAGE 7 1 Saturday Morning Live Tour; discov- 9 Exhumed Films Holiday Party: er native trees; 11 a.m. Natale Giallo! In Italiano!; four films Annenberg Center Winter Wellness Walks; Saturdays Tickets and info: annenbergcenter.org beginning at 2 p.m. at 10:30 a.m., Sundays at 1 p.m; Visitor 1 Heathers; a Penn Players musical; Photo courtesy of Andreea Dimofte Photo courtesy of 13 Prairie Trilogy. Center. Also December 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30. 2:30 and 9 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre. Happy Blues from Blue: Photos by Andreea Dimofte at Burrison Gallery. See Exhibits. 14 Nobuhiro Aihara: Works 1969-1981. Jessica Lang Dance; 2 and 8 p.m.; 15 Nobuhiro Aihara: Works 1982-2008. 8 Holly Highlights and Winter Green- Zellerbach Theatre. Tues.-Sun, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; first Wed., ery Tour; 2 p.m., Visitor Center. Also ACADEMIC CALENDAR 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; www.penn.museum New Italian Cinema at IHP December 22. 7 A Raisin in the Sun; African Amer- Slought: free; Tues.-Fri., noon-5 p.m.; Screenings at the Lightbox Film Center; ican Arts Alliance student performance; 10 Last day of classes. free; Italian with English subtitles. Penn Ice Rink, Class of 1923 Arena 6:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre. Also slought.org Price & Info: www.upenn.edu/icerink 11 Reading days. Through December 12. Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free; Info: https://tinyurl.com/yc4urejh December 8. 13 Final examinations. Through hours: http://www.library.upenn.edu/ 1 Manuel; 3:30 p.m. 15 Holiday Skate; skate and feel great 8 Enchantment Theatre Company, The December 20. vanpelt Un Viaggio Facile Facile (Easy); by giving back–free admission with do- Snow Queen; 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Harold nation of a new unwrapped toy benefiting Prince Theatre. Also December 9, 1 p.m. 20 Fall Term ends. Wistar: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; 5:30 p.m. https://wistar.org La Terra Dell’Abbastanza (Boys Toys for Tots; 4:30 p.m.; Penn Ice Rink See Children’s Activities. Cry); 8:30 p.m. (Business Services). CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES Upcoming 14 Caleb Teicher & Company; tap, jazz 2 La Buona Novella (Good Tidings); Penn Home Ownership Services and swing; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre. 1 Citizen Salon; crowd-sourced exhibit; Annenberg Center 3 p.m. Register: cms.business-services.upenn.edu/ Also December 15, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Arthur Ross Gallery. Through March 24, La Convocazione (The Call); 3:30 p.m. homeownership See Children’s Activities. Tickets and info: annenbergcenter.org 2019. 7 Enchantment Theatre Company, The Hotel Gagarin (Hotel Gagarin); 6 Managing the Home Buying Process; Now 5:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m.; Large Training Room, 3624 READINGS & SIGNINGS Snow Queen; Student Discovery series Liana Finck Cartoons; Brodsky performance for pre-k through 5th grade; Slought Market St. (PHOS). Gallery, Kelly Writers House. Info: https://slought.org Kelly Writers House 10:30 a.m.; Harold Prince Theatre. The Geometry of Matter: Kirigami 13 How to Identify a Lender; noon; rm. See On Stage. 7 White Sun; 6 p.m. 1412, BRB (PHOS). Events held at the Arts Café. and the Art of Building Space; Mike Info: https://tinyurl.com/ycf54mmb 14 Caleb Teicher & Company; tap, jazz Tanis, curator; Meyerson Hall. Through 13 Strong Island; 6 p.m. Penn Vet Working Dog Center and swing; Student Discovery series December 3. Itar El-Layl/The Narrow Frame of Register: https://tinyurl.com/ydgzqqog 3 Penn and Pencil Club Reading; 14 6:30 p.m. performance for pre-k through 5th grade; Truth & Image; artwork that absorbs, Midnight; 6 p.m. 4 Get Lost Working Dog Center Tour; 10:30 a.m.; Zellerbach Theatre. See On captivates, transfixes and delivers the 2 p.m. 5 Witches Against Housework, or, I Stage. Really Have No Stake In This; student viewer to newly imagined destinations; FITNESS AND LEARNING 20 Up & Over, Under & Through; 10 a.m. Morris Arboretum East Alcove Gallery, IHP; info: www. reading; 6 p.m. Prices and info: morrisarboretum.org davinciartalliance.org/calls/truthimage Fels Institute of Government MEETINGS 6 The Art of Writing Badly; student Through December 15. Register: www.fels.upenn.edu/ reading; 5 p.m. 1 Holiday Garden Railway Nights; Drawing: Laurie Olin; seven decades 4:30-7:30 p.m.; Holiday Garden Railway. 4 On-Campus Information Session; 5 University Council Meeting; 4 p.m.; A Night of Extreme Noticing; student of work; Kroiz Gallery, Architectural 6 p.m.; 3814 Walnut St. Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall. reading; 7 p.m. Also December 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22. Archives. Through December 20. 7 Storytime at the Arboretum; 10:30 10 Virtual Information Session; 9:30 11 WPPSA Board Meeting; 12:30 p.m.; 10 Levels of the Game: An Evening of Blue: Photos by Andreea Dimofte; Sports Narratives; student reading; 7 p.m. a.m.; Outdoor Children’s Classroom. Burrison Gallery; reception: November a.m.; online. conference rm. 201, B Wing, 3401 Wal- 30, 5:30 p.m. Through December 21. HR: Professional and Personal nut St. Penn Bookstore Penn Museum Info: www.upenn.edu/bookstore Info: www.penn.museum Cauleen Smith: Give It or Leave It; Development Programs 13 PPSA Board Meeting; 1 p.m.; Stein- films, objects and installations; ICA. Open to faculty and staff; free. Register: Celebration of Winter Solstice; berg Conference Center. 4 Collision of Wills: Johnny Unitas, Don 8 Through December 23. www.knowledgelink.upenn.edu Shula, and the Rise of the Modern NFL; family-friendly activities; 1-5 p.m.; free Ree Morton: The Plant That Heals w/Museum admission. 11 Smart Money Moves Early In Your MUSIC Jack Gilden; 6 p.m. May Also Poison; ICA. Through Decem- Career; noon. 11 Philadelphia Big Five; M. Earl Smith; ber 23. Annenberg Center 6 p.m. CONFERENCES 2018 Biennial Wissahickon Photo TED Talk Tuesday: Got a Wicked Problem? First, Tell Me How You Make Tickets and info: annenbergcenter.org 3 Contest; Visitor Center, Morris Arbore- SPECIAL EVENTS 5 2018 CT N Symposium; 8:15 a.m.-6 tum. Through December 31. Toast; 12:30 p.m. 9 The King’s Singers; Grammy p.m.; Glen Gaulton Auditorium, BRB II/ award-winning a cappella group; 3 p.m.; Holiday Garden Railway; a quarter 14 Using Social Media for Your Job 6 Penn Bookstore Sale-a-bration; III; info: www.itmat.upenn.edu/ct3n/sym- mile of track featuring 7 loops and Search; 12:30 p.m. Zellerbach Theatre. posium.html (CT3N). take advantage of 20% off on store-wide tunnels, 15 rail lines and 2 cable cars, 9 19 Psychology of Job Performance; 15 Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big gift items; holiday festivities include a 7 Red Lines: Cartooning at Risk; 9:30 bridges (including a trestle bridge you 12:30 p.m. Brass; 7:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre. free professional photo taken in a winter a.m.; Agora, Annenberg Public Policy can walk under), and bustling model HR: Penn Healthy You Workshops scene setting from 2-6 p.m. and hot Center; register: https://tinyurl.com/ trains, set in the winter garden; Morris Open to faculty and staff; free. Register: Penn Music Department chocolate and cookies from 4-6 p.m.; ya285e5f (Annenberg School). Through Arboretum. Through December 31. www.hr.upenn.edu/registration Info: www.sas.upenn.edu/music Penn Bookstore (Business Services). Also December 8, 12:30 a.m. And So the Story Goes: Innovations 4 Get to Know What is Healthy at 1 Penn Collegium Musicum; 8 p.m.; December 7. in Storytelling; Penn Museum. Through St. Mary’s Episcopal Church; free w/ Penn Computer Connection: Annual EXHIBITS March 17, 2019. Houston Hall; join Dan Connolly, Bon Appétit’s registered dietitian nutrition- PennCard, $5 general admission. Holiday Wishbook; special offers and Thomas Evans and the Profession- savings on technology products–raffle Admission Donations and Hours al Press; Leon Levy Dental Medicine ist, on a tour of the options in Houston 5 Penn Jazz Combos; 7 p.m.; Rose Market; 11:30 a.m. Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall; free. prizes, refreshments and giveaways Arthur Ross Gallery (ARG): Fisher Library. Through April 12, 2019. (Business Services). Also December 7. Musical Partnerships at Play: The 14 December Wellness Walk: Holiday Penn Arab Ensemble; 8 p.m.; Phila- Fine Arts Library; free; hours: www.