ception November 21, 5 p.m.; Benefit 23 La Dolce Vita.; Italian w/English ACADEMIC CALENDAR auction November 21; 7 p.m.; Meyerson subtitles. 2 Homecoming. Gallery. Through December 1. See Special International House Events. 10 Spring Term Advance Registration 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted; tickets Ends. 21 Undergraduate Juried Show; high- available on first come, first serve basis light of the work of Penn’s Fine Arts one hour before the show. See 27 Thanksgiving Break Begins at students, painting, printmaking, draw- close of classes. www.ihousephilly.org November ing, sculpture, video, digital art; Charles 13 French Wednesdays Film Series: Addams Gallery; reception November Esther Kahn; Arnaud Desplechin; 7:30 p.m. CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES 26, 5 p.m. Through December 6. University Museum 15 100 Years of Cinema: Antonio das 23 Holiday Garden Railway Display; Mortes; Glauber Rocha; Brazil. A T P E N N For ages 8-12; 10 a.m.; $5; Info./Regis- a magical experience for young and old, tration: (215) 898-4016. twinkling lights and colonial décor adorn 20 Santa Maradona; Marco Ponti; Italy. Whenever there is more than meets the eye, see our web site, 2 Explorations in Archaeology; tech- the Garden Railway for the holidays; Mor- 21 Giorni; Laura Muscardin; Italy. www.upenn.edu/almanac/. niques that scientists use to explore and ris Arboretum; November 23-December 22 I Cento Passi; Marco Tullio examine archaeological artifacts. 22: weekends only; November 29, Decem- Giordana; Italy; Panel discussion on Photo by J. Henry Falk 16 Mysterious Marks!; the fascinating ber 23, and December 26-31: daily. Italian cinema prior to film screening. Le Ballet National world of ancient picture-writing, the Now 23 Brucio Nel Vento; Silvio Soldini; du Senegal is Museum’s collection of artifacts from Photographs of Erika Tapp; Kelly Italy/Switzerland. considered the around the world with mysterious marks Writers House. Through November 1. 24 L’Uomo In Piu; Paolo Sorrentino; premiere dance of the past, and how archaeologists deci- DOE Midterm Exhibition; graduate Italy; 7 p.m. company perform- pher ancient words and their meanings. student work; Charles Addams Gallery. ing traditional Through November 10. MEETINGS dances of Africa. CONFERENCES Antiquity Recovered: Pompeii and They will be Herculaneum in Philadelphia Collections; 1 Fall Full Board of Trustees Meet- 7 Interdisciplinary Connections at ing; 11 a.m.-noon, Bodek Lounge, performing Penn: Exploring Tissue Engineering the influence of 18th-century archaeologi- “Kuuyamba,” a cal discoveries in the Bay of Naples on Houston Hall; observers must register: and Imaging in Digestive and Liver Re- (215) 898-7005. dance composed of search; 2:30-6 p.m.; 2nd fl., Vagelos Re- European and American cultures on Phila- three parts, the search Labs (Institute for Medicine and delphia; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through 12 PPSA Meeting; noon, Terrace Room, Logan Hall (See TALKS). Sama, the Djigui Engineering; Center for Molecular Studies December 1. and the Silimbo. in Digestive and Liver Diseases). United Bank: an in-windows se- MUSIC Sama is a dance to 11 Nerve-Muscle Interactions in ries; by Rodrigo Toscano, Jeff Derksen, sacred songs Development and Disease; 8:45 a.m.; Rita Wong, Louis Cabri, Stefan Abrams, 1 Les Petits Chanteurs De Saint- invoking the spirits Auditorium, BRB II/III; Info.: Aaron Levy; Slought Networks Annex. Andre De Colmar; French boys choir; 8 of the gods to www.uphs.upenn.edu/pmi/events Through December 2. p.m.; Philadelphia Cathedral; $15, $10/ perform Silimbo. sym2002b.html (PMI). Pictures, Patents, Monkeys and seniors & students (Global Village at During Djigui, the 13 Center for Neurodegenerative Dis- More…On Collecting; selection of ob- Philadelphia Cathedral). chief of the tribe ease Research 3rd Annual Retreat; 8:30 jects from three collections; ICA. 3 Middle East Cultural Series Con- Through December 15. chats with the a.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III; Registra- cert; Aysegul Durakoglu, Turkish pia- spirits and gains tion required; www.uphs.upenn.edu/ Cosmic Thing; Damian Ortega; nist; 3 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston sculptures, photographs, and videos; their approval to cndr/retreat.html (CNDR). Hall; tickets: (610) 525-4654 or (215) perform Silimbo. Russian Law Reform Conference; ICA. Through December 15. 222-8927 (Middle East Center). ICA Presents: Amy Cutler; highly Silimbo is the scholars in the field and fundamental 7 Tim Berne/Michael Formanek celebration of and government providers of cross- detailed drawings, creates surrealistic worlds; ICA. Through December 15. Duo; 8 p.m.; Slought Networks, 4017 rhythm, color, border legal assistance; 2-5:30 p.m.; Walnut St.; $10 (Slought Networks). S-245, Law School (Jacques deLisle). Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting; beauty of the body works of Jasper Johns, Sol Le Witt, PENN Presents and magnificence 15 Doctoring in Hard Times; 8:30 Gerhard Richter, Alexander Calder, Tickets/Info.: (215) 898-3900 or of percussion. a.m.; BRB II/III; Info./Registration: Oskar Kokoschka, and Josef Albers; www.pennpresents.org. The performance www.med.upenn.edu/bioethics/, deadline Slought Networks Gallery. Through November 1 (Acadia Institute; Center for 1 Herbie Hancock; Grammy-award takes place on December 18. winning pianist and composer; 8 p.m.; November 17, at Bioethics). Also November 16. Edward Fry on Barnett Newman Law and the Disappearance of Class Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; the Zellerbach and Documenta 8; papers from Edward $47, $42, $34, $28. Theatre, in Twentieth-Century America; 9 a.m.; Fry, curator and art historian; Slought Net- Levy Conference Center, Law School; Shiny Hot Nights: More Songs of Annenberg Center. works Gallery. Through December 18. Joni Mitchell; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince The- Info.: www.law.upenn.edu/legalhistory/ Off the Wall: Current Work by See ON STAGE conference.html (Law; History; Law Re- atre, Annenberg Center; $32. Also Novem- below. Robinson Fredenthal; Kroiz Gallery, Archi- ber 2, 8 p.m.; November 3, 7:30 p.m. view). Through November 17. tectural Archives. Through December. From the Ground Up: Approaches to 16 Keiko Matsui; contemporary jazz EXHIBITS Architecture and Landscape Design; artist; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annen- 2312 or see http://dolphin.upenn.edu/ murals; Christian Association (CA). berg Center; $41, $36, $31, $29. Admission Donations and Hours Kroiz Gallery, Architectural Archives. ~pac/. Tickets available on Locust Walk 21 Twenty-five Year Club Annual the week of the show ($6-$10). Charles Addams Fine Arts Gal- Through December. Music Department Celebration; reception, 5 p.m. Bodek lery: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. A Chef & His Library: Recipes for Irvine Auditorium unless noted; free/stu- 1 Mask and Wig: Less Miserable; 7 Lounge; dinner, 6 p.m., Hall of Flags, Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine the Fall; selected recipes from the Col- dents w/ PENNCard; Info.: (215) 898- & 9:30 p.m.; Iron Gate Theatre. Also Houston Hall (Twenty-Five Year Club). Arts Library: Tues.-Fri.: 10 a.m. to 5 lection of Fritz Blank, chef of Deux 6244 or www.sas.upenn.edu/music. November 2. MFA Benefit Silent Auction; pro- p.m.; Saturday and Sunday: noon to 5 p.m. Cheminees; Class of 1928 Lounge, Van 5 The Cassatt String Quartet; 8 p.m. Pennaatak; South Asian Theater; 8 ceeds will finance GSFA Class of 2003 Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through January MFA thesis exhibition; 7-10 p.m.; 9 The University of Pennsylvania p.m.; Auditorium, Houston Hall. Also Burrison Gallery, Faculty Club, Inn 3, 2003. See Talks. November 2. Meyerson Gallery (GSFA). at Penn: free, Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Choir; 8 p.m.; $5. Closely Observed; close-ups of un- Penn Dance and Penn Glee Club; 8 Homecoming Weekend Class of 1928 Lounge, 1st fl., Van usual botanical forms by photographer 17 Early Music at Penn: Ancient p.m.; Irvine Auditorium. Also November 2. Voices; 3 p.m.; $10, $5/non-Penn stu- 1 The Buildings of Penn: An Archi- Pelt-Dietrich Library Center. www.libr Andrea Baldeck; Upper Gallery, Morris 7 Strictly Funk; 8 p.m.; Iron Gate ary.upenn.edu/services/hours/hours.html. dents w/ valid student ID. tectural Walking Tour; starts from main Arboretum. Through January 5, 2003. Theatre. Also November 8 & 9. entrance of Penn Bookstore; 2:30 p.m.; Photographic Explorations: A 23 The University Symphony Orches- Esther Klein Gallery, 3600 Mar- 8 African Rhythms/Soundworks Tap; Also November 2, 1 p.m. ket; free, Mon.- Sat., 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Century of Images in Archaeology and tra; 8 p.m.; $5. Pottruck Health and Fitness Center Anthropology from the University of 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Fox Gallery, Logan Hall: Mon.- 26 The University Wind Ensemble; 8 Annenberg Center. Also November 9. Homecoming Tours; 3, 3:30, & 4 p.m.; Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Pennsylvania Museum; Sharpe Gallery, p.m.; $5. Also November 2: 10, 10:30, & 11 a.m. UPM. Through April 15, 2003. 9 Inspirations/Soundworks Tap; 8 Institute of Contemporary Art: $3, Student Performing Arts p.m.; Auditorium, Houston Hall. Also 2 Locust Walk Two-Mile Run; 34th $2/students, artists, seniors, free/members, Without Ground; Kimowan McLain; ICA Ramp Project connecting Tickets/Info: (215) 898-2312 or http:// November 10. St. & Locust Walk; 9 a.m.; open to children under 12, with PENNCard and on dolphin.upenn.edu/~pac/. Dunlop Audi- alumni, faculty, staff, and their families; Sundays from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Wed.-Fri., the museum’s first and second floor gal- 15 Arts House Dance Company and leries; ICA. Through July 27, 2003. torium, Stemmler Hall at 8 p.m. unless registration $10, includes 2002 com- noon-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. otherwise noted. Counterparts A Cappella; 8 p.m.; Iron Mammoth Scale; The Anatomical Gate Theatre.