Penn Museum: $12/adults; $10/se- International House (I-House) ACADEMIC CALENDAR niors (65+); $8/children (6-17); free/ Shows at 7 p.m. Tickets: $9, $7/students, seniors unless noted; http://ihousephilly.org/ members, PennCard holders and children 1 Classes Resume (from Thanksgiving under 5; Tues.-Sun, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; First 1 25 to Life; $10, $8/students, seniors, break). Wed. each month, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; www. $5/members. 9 Last Day of Classes. penn.museum December 2 Your Day is My Night; free. 10 Reading Days. Through December 11. Slought: free; Thurs.-Sat., 1-6 p.m.; www.slought.org 3 Un Chant d’Amour & Jean Genet in 12 Final Examinations. Through Chicago; with Moyra Davey reading The December 19. Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; free/ID A T P E N N required; for hours, see http://events. Thief’s Journal; RSVP. See Readings & Fall Term Ends. Signings & Exhibits. 19 library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi Wherever these symbols appear, more images or audio/video clips are 9 WTF X-Mas? Featuring Santa and available on our website, www.upenn.edu/almanac CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES Upcoming the Ice Cream Bunny; $10, $8/students, 8 Let Every Heart Be Filled with Joy; seniors. 5 Parsons Dance Youth Program; history of the Savoy Theatre Company; works performed by a solo dancer Eugene Ormandy Gallery, Otto E. Al- 10 The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her trapped in mid-motion by strobe lights to brecht Music Library, Van Pelt-Dietrich Lover; screened in conjunction with East- create the illusion of flight; 10:30 a.m.; Library. Through late 2016. ernsports; RSVP. See Exhibits. The Conformist; Italian. Zellerbach Theatre; prices & tickets: Now 11 www.annenbergcenter.org (Annenberg Rate of Occurrence by Create in 12 Native Land. Center). Situ—Temporal Shift & Proceed; sculp- 13 Rome, Open City; Italian. 6 All Around This World: Percussionist tural installations by Sarah Zimmer & 17 The Short Films of David Lynch; Jay Beck; interactive cultural workshops; Kim Brickley; Esther Klein Gallery. free; RSVP. ages 7 and under; 2 p.m.; South America Through December 5. Room, International House; $5/age 2+; A Visible Feast; photography by New Authors of Italian Cinema Photo courtesy of the artist register: www.ticketfly.com/purchase/ Sally Mattison; Burrison Gallery; recep- Free; info.: http://tinyurl.com/mgrzp4a event/698331 (I-House). tion: December 5, 6 p.m. Through 4 Border; 5:30 p.m. Penn Museum December 18. Blame Freud; 8 p.m. Info.: www.penn.museum As the Ink Flows: Works from the 5 Up to the World; 5:30 p.m. Pen of William Steig; explores the life of House of Shadows; 8 p.m. 12 40 Winks with the Sphinx; sleepover William Steig; Goldstein Family Gallery, for kids ages 6-12; 5:30 p.m.; $50, 6 Remember Me?; 5:30 p.m. Kislak Center, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Human Capital; 8 p.m. $40/members; register: www.penn. Through December 19. museum/40winks Through December 13, The Medicines Seller; 5:30 p.m. Henrique Oliveira: Adenocalcinoma Poliresidual is on display through January Itinerant Belongings; artists who 7 9 a.m. engage ideas of homeland and belonging; In the Snow; 8 p.m. 18, 2015 at Arthur Ross Gallery. This site-specific collaboration with the Arthur 14 Kente Cloth; Second Sunday Family Slought. Through December 20. Ross Gallery marks the first time Oliveira’s work has been shown in Philadelphia. Workshop; 1-4 p.m.; free w/admission. Dear Nemesis, Nicole Eisenman FITNESS & LEARNING See Exhibits. Peanut Butter and Jams 1993-2013; 120 paintings, drawings, Aerobic Cardio Fitness; 5:30 p.m.; Tickets: http://worldcafelive.com prints and sculptures; ICA. Through 17 RefWorks; 1 p.m.; Goldstein Elec- 4 Early Modern Manuscript Transcribe- Parrish Hall, St. Agatha’s and St. James tronic Classroom. Doors open: 11 a.m. Shows begin: 11:30 a.m. December 28. Church (enter at back door); first class a-Thon with the Folger Shakespeare Li- Easternsports; scripted by Jayson brary; food, prizes and cool handwriting; 6 The Cat’s Pajamas; $10. free, $8/class, $5/students; info.: (267) Musson & directed by Alex Da Corte; 251-3842. Every Tuesday and Thursday. MEETINGS noon-midnight; Kislak Center, Van Pelt- 20 Baby Loves Disco; $13. ICA. Through December 28. Dietrich-Library (Penn Libraries). R Bootcamp; with Emil Pitkin, 27 Sing-A-Long-A Sound of Music; $8- Moyra Davey: Burn the Diaries; the 6 3 University Council Meeting; 4 p.m.; 5 Friday Night Lights; lit up and deco- 13. act of reading is integral to Davey’s Wharton; learn computer programming Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; RSVP: language; Kislak Center, Van Pelt-Dietrich rated Holiday Garden Railway; 4:30-7:30 work; ICA. Through December 28. [email protected] p.m.; Morris Arboretum; $16/adult, $8/ CONFERENCES This is What Liberation Feels Like™; Library; RSVP for times: saravarney@ sas.upenn.edu (Penn Humanities Forum). 9 WPPSA; for all weekly paid (non- child, $9/member adult, $3/member child; Readykeulous by Ridykeulous; artists union) staff members; 12:30 p.m.; Golkin tickets: www.morrisarboretum.org (Arbo- 2 AAI Symposium on the Future of Nicole Eisenman & A.L. Steiners; ICA. Through December 7. African Leadership; 9 a.m.-noon; Bodek Room, Houston Hall; RSVP: mdotson@ retum). Also December 12, 19 & 26. Through December 28. Class of 1923 Arena sas.upenn.edu Undergraduate Fine Arts Program Lounge, Houston Hall; register: www. Behind the Veil 8 ; Design Philadelphia: Prices: www.upenn.edu/icerink PPSA Ceramics Sale; 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Locust aaionline.org (The Africa Center). Lyn Godley; International House. Through 12 ; open to all monthly-paid staff Public Skating; Sun. 1:30-3 p.m.; member; 11 a.m.; Dean’s Conference Walk at 34th St. (Ceramics). 3 Urban Women’s Health in the United December. Mon. noon-1:30 p.m.; Wed. noon-1:30 Nation’s Post-2015 Agenda; 2-5 p.m.; Holiday Garden Railway; decorated Room 1040, Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall; 10 CASI’s Annual Student Programs p.m.; Fri. noon-1:30 p.m.; Sat. 5:30-7 RSVP: [email protected] Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall; reg- for the holidays with lights that twinkle p.m. See Holiday Hours. Open House; 2-5 p.m.; ste. 560, CASI ister: http://tinyurl.com/mkotnkg (Penn Bldg. (CASI). along the tracks; Morris Arboretum. Holiday Skate; 1:30-3 p.m.; Class of IUR). Through January 4. 14 MUSIC Christian Association Christmas 1923 Arena: Free admission to anyone Party; 6:30 p.m.; CA House (CA). 4 Race, Poverty and Change in Amer- Henrique Oliveira: Adenocalcinoma with a Toys for Tots donation. Also 3 St. Mary’s Lunchtime Concert: Dar- ica: The Persistent Dilemmas of Equity Poliresidual; site-specific installation; December 21. ius Milhaud’s Sonate; Carolyn Ellman- 11 Annual Winter Sale-A-Bration; 20% and Equality; 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Law School; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through January cello, David Shunskis-piano; 12:15 p.m.; off, free gift-wrapping, hot chocolate register: www.gse.upenn.edu/rpc-sympo- 18. HR: Healthy Living Workshops St. Mary’s Church (St. Mary’s). and cookies; 4-6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore. sium/register (GSE; Annenberg) Through The School of Atha: Collaboration in Open to faculty and staff; free. Through December 12. December 5, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. the Making of Children’s Books; celebrat- Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/myhr/ 6 Penn Glee Club Holiday Concert; hot Computer Connection Holiday Sale; ing the life and work Atha Tehon; Kamin chocolate and cookies; 2 p.m.; Morris Ar- with the Bookstore’s Sale-A-Bration; 5 Computation: From Axiomatization 1 Be in the Know Biometric Screenings; boretum; free w/admission (Arboretum). to Embodiment; William Bialek, Princ- Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Conference Room, Learning prizes, refreshments, give-aways; Com- eton; Wilfried Sieg, CMU; Umesh Vazi- Through March 27. and Education. 7 Christmas with Lúnasa & Karan puter Connection. Through December 12. Casey; Irish acoustic music; 7 p.m.; Kwanzaa Celebration; 6 p.m.; Hall rani, UC Berkeley; 2-5 p.m.; rm. G17, Ongoing 2 Be in the Know Biometric Screenings Claudia Cohen Hall (Philosophy). Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; of Flags, Houston Hall (UMOJA). Audubon’s Birds of America; double 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Alumni Hall, New Bolton $20-45; tickets: www.annenbergcenter. Capturing the Un-Representable: Ar- folio set, a new page shown every Center. 14 Go West! Holiday Craft Fest; work org (Annenberg). from local artists and crafters; 11 a.m.-5 tifacts and Landscapes Between Mental Wednesday; 1st fl., Van Pelt-Dietrich 3 Chair Yoga; noon. Also December 17. and Material Worlds; 6 p.m.; Van Pelt- Library. World Cafe Live p.m.; The Rotunda (The Rotunda). Dietrich Library; register: http://tinyurl. 4 Be in the Know Biometric Screen- Performances daily. For a complete listing, IHP: The First 100 Years; archival ings; 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Terrace Room, Clau- 16 Holiday Party & Adopt a Family Do- com/le6t9lm (Center for Ancient Studies). documents; International House. see: http://philly.worldcafelive.com/ nation Drop-off; 12:30 p.m.; Ben Franklin Through December 7, noon. dia Cohen Hall. John Cage: How to Get Started; Gentle Yoga; noon. Also December 18. Room, Houston Hall (WPPSA). 8 The Last Food Mile Conference: interactive installation of rarely heard ON STAGE 17 University Club Holiday Party; 4:30- Food Loss and Food Waste in the US Sup- performance; Slought. 5 Be in the Know Biometric Screenings; 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Hoover Lounge, Vance Hall.