Shary Boyle & Emily Duke: The Il- events; 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. ACADEMIC CALENDAR luminations Project; ICA. Through 19 Set Pieces Screenings: Citizen Kane; 12 Spring Semester Classes begin. March 20. introduction by Virgil Marti. 17 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; 14 The Midwestern Experience: Or- 26 Set Pieces Screenings: The Phantom No classes. mandy in Minneapolis; exhibit on Eugene of Liberty; Viridana. Double feature with Ormandy’s life; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, introduction by Virgil Marti. 31 Course Selection Period ends. Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through Fall. Ongoing at the Penn Museum CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES 17 Nikon Small World Exhibit; award- Amarna: Ancient Egypt’s Place in winning photography through the micro- the Sun; Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, Morris Arboretum scope; Wistar Institute; reception: January Greeks and Romans; Canaan & Ancient RSVP: (215) 247-5777 ext. 125 or 156. 14, 6 p.m.; RSVP: www.wistar.org. Israel; Living in Balance: The Universe January Info.: www.morrisarboretum.org. 18 State of the Union; photography of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache; 30 Tu B’Shevat Family Day; featuring by Linh Dinh; Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Mesoamerica; The Egyptian Mummy: Andi Joseph, The Musical Mommy; Writers House. Secrets & Science; Buddhism: History & crafts and activities for kids; 1-3 p.m. 22 Post-Mao Dreaming: Chinese Con- Diversity of a Great Tradition; Africa. A T P E N N Peanut Butter & Jams temporary Art; over 30 prints, drawings, P.M. @ Penn Museum Family-friendly, 11:30 a.m., Saturday photographs, and paintings which offer Wednesday evening programs. Gallery concert series at World Cafe Live. a glimpse into the post-Cultural Revolu- tours at 5:30 p.m., followed by programs Wherever these symbols appear, more images or audio/video clips are available on our website, www.upenn.edu/almanac/. Info.: www.worldcafelive.com. tion era in China; Arthur Ross Gallery. at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Through April 3. See Special Events. 22 Erin Lee and the Up Past Bedtime 5 Cocktails with a Curator. Also Janu- Band; rock, funk and blues; $10/adults, 28 Painting Survey; selected work from ary 19. $7/kids. the PennDesign MFA program; Meyerson 20 Keigwin + Company; fusion of Through 12 Quizzo Night. concert dance, camp and cabaret; 7:30 Yosi & The Superdads Gallery; reception, 5:30 p.m. 29 ; rock music February 17. 26 Learn How to Tango! p.m.; $24-$48; Zellerbach Theatre. Also for the whole family; $10/adults, $7/kids. Now Penn Museum Tours January 21, 8 p.m.; January 22, 2 p.m. & EXHIBITS Holiday Garden Railway Display; Tours begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Warden 8 p.m. (Dance Celebration Series). Morris Arboretum. Through January 2. Garden Entrance. Tour availabilty and Admission Donations and Hours Machinato Causa; result of an artist- topics subject to change. Info.: www. READINGS/SIGNINGS Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts in-residency project with Marisha Si- penn.museum. 25 Global Forum; Rose George, author Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; mons, Peter Hanley and Laureen Griffen; 9 An Ancient Egyptian Journey. of The Big Neccessity: The Unmention- Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m. Esther Klein Gallery. Through January 2. 16 Amarna: Ancient Egypt’s Place in able World of Human Waste and Why It Burrison Gallery, University Club at The Wolf Man Paints!; drawings and the Sun. Matters; 6 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson Hall. Penn: free; Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; paintings by Sigmund Freud’s famous pa- (Year of Water). Sat.-Sun., 7 a.m.-1 p.m. tient Sergius Pankejeff; Slought Founda- 30 Glyphs, Ball Game, and Jade— Through January 22. Mesoamerica. Kelly Writers House Brodsky Gallery; Kelly Writers tion. Location: Arts Cafe, unless otherwise House; free; Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m-10:30 p.m.; Archaeologists and Travelers in Otto- man Lands FILMS noted. Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. noon-11 p.m.; Sun. ; explores the excavation of Info.: www.writing.upenn.edu/wh. 6-11 p.m. Nippur by the University of Pennsylvania 1 Sing-A-Long Sound of Music; 7 Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, in the late 1800s; Penn Museum. Through 19 Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and p.m.; World Café Live; $12/adults, $10/ Anything Goes!; open mic night; 8 p.m. Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall: free; February 6. kids. Also noon kids’ show. Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wharton Esherick and the Birth of 20 North of Invention; ten Canadian Esther M. Klein Art Gallery, 3600 the American Modern; examines the work 16 Babies; 7 p.m.; Heyer Sky Lounge, poets working at the cutting edge of Market St.: free; Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 of the founder of the American Studio Harrison College House (Cinema Studies). contemporary poetry; 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; p.m.; Info.: www.kleinartgallery.org. Furniture Movement; Kamin Gallery, first 19 The Legend of 1900; 7 p.m.; M20 also January 21, 9:30 a.m. Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA): floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, and Kroiz Seminar Room, Harrison College House Live at the Writers House; 7 p.m. (Cinema Studies, Year of Water). 24 free; Wed. 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Thu.-Fri. 11 Gallery of the Architectural Archives. 5th Anniversary of the Common Through February 13 25 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; . 30 Welcome; 7 p.m.; Heyer Sky Lounge, Press; first floor, 6 p.m. www.icaphila.org. Set Pieces; a restaging of art works Harrison College House (Cinema Studies). International House: Hours vary; from the collection of the Philadelphia 26 Mind of Water; post-holiday International House celebration; 5:30 p.m.; RSVP: wh@ info.: www.ihousephilly.org. Museum of Art, including treasures from Tickets: www.ihousephilly.com Kroiz Gallery of the Architectural the Museum’s storage; ICA. Through writing.upenn.edu or (215) 746-POEM. Archives, Fischer Fine Arts Library, low- February 13. 8 The Portuguese Nun–A Religiosa Penn Bookstore er level: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Art: Basics Trilogy: Water Food Portuguesa; 7 p.m. Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore. Meyerson Hall Gallery, Meyerson Shelter; experimental activist video group 10 Campaign; 7 p.m. 18 Protecting New Jersey’s Environment: Above: Keigwin + Company makes its Hall: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Termite TV Collective’s; West Gallery, 11 Mental; 7:30 p.m. From Cancer Alley to the New Garden Morris Arboretum: $14; $12/seniors, International House. Through March 4. Philadelphia debut at the Annenberg 12 Film ist: a girl and a gun; 7 p.m. State; Thomas Belton; 6 p.m. Center’s Zellerbach Theatre January 20- $7/kids 3-17, students; free/members and A Time to Pause: Art as Heal- Lucid Food: Cooking for an Eco- ing 13 Documentary–Cortile Cascino; 7 p.m. 19 22 with four performances. kids under 3; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. ; artists Marc Bernstein and Patricia Conscious Life; Louisa Shafia; 5:30 p.m. Penn Museum: $10/adults; $7 se- A. Barrera; East Gallery, International niors (65+); $6/children (6-17) and full- House. Through March 4. MEETINGS 25 About to Die: How News Images Exploring fire, water, air and earth, this time students with ID; free/members & Year of Water; collection of ancient Move the Public; Barbie Zelizer, Ray- full-length production fuses concert 11 Penn Professional Staff Assembly; dance, camp and cabaret. Visit www. PennCard holders; Tues./Thur.-Sun. 10 Mesopotamian artifacts; Penn Museum. noon; rm. 302, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; mond Williams Professor of Communica- a.m.-5 p.m.; Wed. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; www. Through May. tion; 6 p.m. annenbergcenter.org for tickets. Post- RSVP: [email protected]. show talk with Keigwin + Company after penn.museum. Righteous Dopefiend; photographs WXPN Policy Board Meeting; noon, 26 Job Killers: The American Dream in Slought Foundation: free; Thur.-Sat., and other media examine the experiences 19 Reverse; Robert Graham; 3 p.m. the 8 p.m. show on Friday, January 21. WXPN, 3025 Walnut St.; Info.: (215) See On Stage. 1-6 p.m.; www.slought.org. of homeless drug users; Penn Museum. 898-0628. A**hole-ology: The Cheat Sheet Through May 27 ; Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free/ . Chris Illuminati; 7 p.m. ID required; info.: http://events.library. Water as Creator and Destroyer Spe- MUSIC upenn.edu/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi. cial Display; ancient Mesopotamian arti- SPORTS Wistar Institute; free; Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.- facts including a famous Sumerian “flood Penn Improvisational Jazz Workshop; SPECIAL EVENTS 5 p.m. tablet;” Penn Museum. Through May. open jazz jam for musicians of all abilities; Tickets & venues: www.pennathletics.com Sundays, 4-6 p.m.; rm. 413, Fisher Bennett 8 Winterfest; 5:45-7:15 p.m.; $3 in- Fang! The Killing Tooth; explores Hall; Info.: [email protected]. cludes admission and skate rental; Class Wrestling vs. Bloomsburg; 1 p.m. Upcoming the history of the vampire myth and of 9 8 Synth Sircus & Friends Present: of 1923 Ice Rink. 12 (W) Basketball vs. Villanova; 7 p.m. 10 The Botswana Collection; quilts from the “killing” canine; Penn Museum. Welcome to the CA Reception Through July. Funk-Tech-Heaven 2011; $5 suggested do- 14 ; 5:30 (M) Squash vs. Williams; 3 p.m. Fiber Revolution and the Kalahari quilters; nation; 8:30 p.m.; The Rotunda (Rotunda). p.m.; Christian Association (CA). 15 Burrison Gallery; reception, January 20, 5 Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and (W) Squash vs. Williams; 3 p.m.