February A T P E N N Whenever there is more than meets the eye, see our web site, Margaret Mead www.upenn.edu/almanac/. Film Festival February 23 through 25 Counter clockwise, ACADEMIC CALENDAR Now from upper right: Lisa Yuskavage; Philadelphia • On and Off the Res’ 16 Drop Period Ends. artist’s unsettling and provocative w/Charlie Hill paintings; ICA. Through February 4. • Seven Hours to Burn CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES Hella Jongerius and Jurgen Bey; • Stairway to Heaven 6 Story Hour; 11 a.m.; Bookstore. Dutch designers’ “Droog” products • The Laughing Club Also February 13, 20 (10 a.m.) and 27. made from recycled mass-produced of India objects; ICA. Through February 4. See Films, below. CONFERENCE Mei Ling Hom: Silkworm Grind; 2 HIV/AIDS in Africa: The Critical installation focusing on Asian women’s Link Between Human Rights and Health; experiences; ICA. Through February 4. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Hous- Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie; 6th ton Hall. Registration required: (215) fl., Rosenwald Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich 823-4206 or [email protected] Library Center. Through February 5. (African Studies Center). MFA First Year Exhibition; Upper and Lower Galleries, Meyerson Hall. EXHIBITS Through February 11. Admission donations and hours Pomo Indian Basket Weavers: Their Baskets and the Art Market; text, Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine video and photos of 120 turn-of-the- Arts Library: free, Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 century Native American baskets; 2nd p.m., Sat. & Sun., noon-5 p.m. fl., Dietrich Gallery, University Museum. Burrison Gallery, Faculty Club, Through February 25. Inn at Penn: free, Mon.-Fri, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Esther Klein Gallery, 3600 Mar- The Diving Board Series; encaustic ket: free, Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. paintings on panels by Eleanor Institute of Contemporary Art: $3, Schimmel; Esther M. Klein Gallery. FILMS MUSIC 14 ENIAC 55 Year Celebration; pre- $2/students, artists, seniors, free/members, Through March 3. miere of film Mauchly: The Computer children under 12, with PENNCard, and Ongoing 5 HBO Nights; Sex and the City, So- 2 Penn Flutes; 5 p.m.; Bookstore and the Skateboard; 4:30-6:30 p.m.; pranos; 5-7 p.m.; Bistro, Houston Hall. (Bookstore). Heilmeier Hall, Towne Bldg. (SEAS). on Sundays 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; open: Wed.-Fri., Ancient Greek World; Canaan and noon-8 p.m.; Sat. & Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Also February 12, 19 & 26 (Office of 14 Glee Club; 5 p.m.; free. Houston Valentine’s Day Dinner; limited a la Ancient Israel; Living in Balance: Uni- Student Life). carte menu: Chateaubriand for two; 5-8 Kamin Gallery, 1st fl., Van Pelt- verse of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Hall Bistro (Penn Performing Arts). Dietrich Library Center; free, for hours 7 Head Over Heels (2001); 9 p.m.; p.m.; Faculty Club, Inn at Penn; $23.95/ Apache; Ancient Mesopotamia: Royal 18 Amherst Early Music Faculty Con- person. Reservations: (215) 898-4618. see www.library.upenn.edu/services/ Tombs of Ur; The Egyptian Mummy: Se- Hall of Flags, Houston Hall. Free passes at cert; 8 p.m.; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine hours/hours.html. crets and Science; Raven’s Journey: 200 Houston Hall (Office of Student Life). Auditorium (Music). 15 Go West, 3rd Thursdays: Meet Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Over a Different Menu; 2-for-1 dinner World of Alaska’s Native People; Bud- 9 Woman Human Demon; 8 p.m.; In- 25 Boys Choir of Harlem; 3 p.m.; Building, 220 South 34th Street: Mon- dhism: History and Diversity of a Great ternational House; discussion with director specials; see www.UCityphila.com or Fri, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; 1-888-GOWEST-7 for participating Tradition; University Museum. Huang Shuqin to follow (Center for East $20, $25, $30. Info./tickets: (215) 898- Meyerson Gallery, Meyerson Hall: Asian Studies; International House). restaurants. See reverse (UCD). free, Monday - Friday, 9-5 p.m. Healing Plants: Medicine Across 3900 or www.PennPresents.org. See Time and Cultures; Morris Arboretum. 21 African Film Festival; International photo, reverse (Penn Presents). 17 12th Annual Celebration of African Morris Arboretum: $6, $5/seniors, Cultures; dance, storytelling, music and $4/students, free with PENNCard, chil- House; call (215) 895-6569 for show International Music Series University Museum Tours times. Through February 24. art; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. featured: Women’s dren under 6; Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Meet at the main entrance; 1:30 p.m. All shows at the International House. Sekere Ensemble, group of female percus- Sat. & Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free with Museum admission donation. Margaret Mead Film Tickets: (215) 569-9700. sionists of Nigeria, noon & 2 p.m.; African and Video Festival University Museum: $5, $2.50/se- Info.: www.upenn.edu/museum/. Marlon Simon and the Nagual Rhythms Drum and Dance Troupe, 11:30 Harrison Auditorium, University 3 niors and students w/ID, free/members, 3 Mesoamerica Spirits; Latin jazz; 8 p.m.; $15. a.m.; African-American Stilt Ballet, young with PENNCard, children under 6; Museum. Evenings: $6, $3/students, dancers from the Philadelphia area, 1 p.m.; Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sunday 4 Archaeology senior citizens, PENNCard holders. 17 Ban Rra Rra; Cuban music and dance; 8 p.m.; $25. Images of the Motherland, interactive pro- (free), 1-5 p.m. 10 Raven’s Journey Saturday and Sunday afternoon gram, 1:30 p.m.; Ballet Shango African 11 Ancient Egypt screenings free with admission. Upcoming ON STAGE Dance Theatre, dancers and drummers of- 18 American Southwest 23 The Laughing Club of India fer West African dance workshop, 12:30 2 Paintings of William J. Bank, M.D.; (1999), India Cabaret (1985); 7:30 p.m. 24 Highlights of the Collection 2 MotherSON; one-man play; Jewish p.m., and finale performance, 3:15 p.m. assistant professor of neurology at the 24 The Great Mojado Invasion mother struggles to understand gay son; The Philadelphia Zoo’s "Zoo on Wheels" School of Medicine, self-taught artist. 25 China (1999), On and Off the Res’ w/Charlie 8 p.m.; Iron Gate Theater; $20; free/stu- 1 to 3 p.m.; University Museum; free w/ Opening reception: February 2, 4:30- Hill (2000), Seven Hours to Burn dents. Info.: (215) 898-3900. Also Feb- admission (Museum). 6:30 p.m.; Burrison Art Gallery. (1999); 2 p.m. ruary 3 (Phila. PFLAG; Beth Ahavah). 22 2001 Equal Justice Foundation Auc- Through February 28. Liebe Perla (1999), Stairway to All’s Fair in Love and Dwarves; Kate Egan & Deirdre Murphy; tion; funds will support Penn Law students Heaven (1998); 7:30 p.m. Mask & Wig’s 113th production; 7 p.m., in public service careers; 6 p.m.; rm. 100, GSFA. Opening reception: February 8, doors; 8 p.m., show; Mask & Wig Club- 5-7:30 p.m., with poetry reading by Cort 25 Santo Forte (2000), You Can’t Live Law School (Law School Sesquicentennial). with Your Mouth Shut (1999); 2 p.m. house, 310 Quince St. Info./tickets: (215) Day. Kelly Writers House. Through 923-4229. Through March 24. 25 Christian Association Open House; February 28. Zinat, A Special Day (2000), The CA celebrates its new building and hon- Child the Stork Brought Home (2000); 8 Li’l Abner; Penn Law School Light ors Philadelphia artist Sam Maitin; in- 3 Jon Schueler: About the Sky; a 7:30 p.m. Opera Company; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, retrospective; oil paintings by this ab- cludes a panel on Social Transformation Annenberg Center. $8; $5/Penn ID Info./tick- Through the Arts; 5-7 p.m.; 118 S. 37th St. stract expressionist who was a pilot in Department of Slavic Languages ets: (215) 898-6791. Also February 9 & 10. World War II and later spent much of 5:30 p.m.; TV Lounge, Modern his time living in Scotland; a member of Languages Program at Gregory House Student Performing Arts SPORTS the postwar California School, he origi- 6 Oblomov (1980); Russian w/subtitles. All shows, 5 p.m.; free. Houston Hall Bistro. Tickets for basketball games: $18/side nally exhibited with Rothko and Avery; 20 An Unfinished Plan for a Mechani- Without A Net court & lower end court; $12/upper end Arthur Ross Gallery. Through April 15 7 cal Piano (1977); Russian with subtitles. Yofi! court; $6/seniors, children & PENNCard (Sweet Briar College Alumnae Club). 21 holders. Info/tickets: (215) 898-6151 or 15 KAHN at 100: A Memorial Exhibi- MEETINGS 28 Onda Latina www.pennathletics.com. tion; selection of master drawings, mod- Penn Presents 2 (M) Basketball vs. Yale; 7 p.m. els, sketchbooks, manuscripts and memo- 15 A-3 General Assembly; single par- Info./tickets: (215) 898-3900 or rabilia by world-renowned Philadelphia 3 Wrestling vs. Harvard; 2 p.m. ent support group; noon-1:30 p.m.; loca- www.PennPresents.org. (M) Basketball vs. Brown; 7 p.m. architect Louis I. Kahn; Kroiz Gallery. tion TBA. Info.: (215) 898-1788. Mummenschanz; Swiss mime; 8 p.m.; Through September 15. See Talks. 2 4 Wrestling vs. Brown & George 16 Trustees Stated Meeting; 1:45- Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; $35, Mason; 1 p.m. 19 Tokyo Tales; Klein-Dytham Architec- 2:45 p.m.; Inn at Penn. $30, $25; matinee: $30, $25, $20. Also Feb- ture, Tokyo, Japan; Meyerson Gallery. ruary 3, 2 & 8 p.m. and February 4, 3 p.m. 9 (W) Basketball vs. Harvard; 7 p.m. 21 University Council; 4-6 p.m.; Gymnastics vs.