Morris Arboretum: $10, $8/seniors, Locally Localized Gravity; exhibits ACADEMIC CALENDAR $5/students & youth 3-18, free w/ PennCard, and events from over 100 artists, musi- children under 3; daily, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. cians, designers, lecturers, performers, 8 Spring Semester Classes Begin. Penn Museum: $8, $5/seniors, and creators; reception: January 19, 15 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day children 6-17, full-time students w/ID, 6 p.m.; ICA. Through March 25. Observed (no classes). free/members, w/PennCard, children Nicole Cherubini; clay art forms January 19 Course Selection Period Ends. under 6; Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. reflecting on history and popular culture; Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free; reception: January 19, 6 p.m.; ICA. CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES for hours see: http://events.library.upenn. Through March 25. edu/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi. Ramp Project: Luca Buvoli; explor- A T P E N N 6 Fine Featherwork; create your own Wistar Institute: free; Mon.-Fri., ing aviation through mediums of draw- or your family’s shield or wall hanging, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. ing, sculpture, animated films and the Wherever these symbols appear, more images or audio/video while listening to Native American leg- Upcoming artist’s books; reception: January 19, clips are available on our website, www.upenn.edu/almanac/. ends and stories; ages 7+; $10, $5/mem- 6 p.m.; ICA. Through March 25. 2 Female Gender Stereotypes in North Photo by Marguerite Miller bers; 10 a.m.; Penn Museum; register America and South Africa; beaded fabric Penn Museum Tours by January 3: (215) 898-4016 (Museum). panels sewn by local youth and assembled Meet at Trescher Main Entrance. The new Vernon and Peanut Butter and Jams: into a quilt illustrating a positive emo- Free w/admission. Shirley Hill Pavilion World Cafe Live tion or action that can help society rise Info.: www.museum.upenn.edu. welcomes the Penn Shows begin 11:30 a.m.; $10/adults, above harmful attitudes towards females; community during 13 Year of Egypt: Mummies and the an Open House to be $7/children. Info.: www.worldcafelive. reception: January 4, 6 p.m.; International Afterlife; 11:30 a.m. com. House. Through February 2. held on Friday, Janu- Now ary 5 from 2-4 p.m. 6 Louie; bilingual family entertainer; 7 Great Gardens of the Philadel- Francisco Goya y Lucientes: Los The building is the Subanda; spontaneous and hip blend of phia Region; photographs of Delaware Caprichos: An Early Edition from the most state-of-the-art sounds. Valley’s diverse horticulture by Rob Car- Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ross; veterinary teaching 13 The Terrible Twos; alternative- dillo; Upper Gallery, Morris Arboretum. celebrates the 25th anniversary of as- and research facility country/Americana-pop for kids. Through May 13. sociation between the Arthur Ross Foun- in the world and con- 8 Photography by Didier Clain; recep- dation and Penn; Arthur Ross Gallery. tains surgery centers, CONFERENCES tion: January 10, 6 p.m.; Kelly Writers Through January 7. teaching and library House Gallery. Through February 10. Literae Humaniores: Treasures from space, research lab- 19 Founder’s Day Symposium: Chang- Undergraduate Juried Exhibition; the University of Pennsylvania Library; oratories and a ing the World? Penn Confronts Global reception: January 9, 5 p.m.; Charles books & manuscripts; Kamin Gallery, vivarium (Vet Med). Challenges; a conversation with the Addams Fine Arts Gallery. Through Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through Provost and interdisciplinary scholars January 27. February 16. Under European Eyes: Conquista- in celebration of Ben Franklin’s 301st The Listening Station Project— Constance Bridges—Lions Don’t Eat 11 dors & Arts of the New World; artifacts 23 birthday; 3-5 p.m.; Colloquium Room, Zoe Cohen; public participatory object FILMS Us; 6 p.m. 8th floor, Jon M. Huntsman Hall; that reveal how Europeans perceived the for two people to sit on taking turns lis- 24 A Celebration of Hart Crane; 6 p.m. info: www.upenn.edu/faculty_senate/ tening to each other for equal amounts arts of their newly conquered subjects; 7 Year of Egypt: Hollywood on the announcements.html (Faculty Senate). of time, after which they will be asked Penn Museum. Through February 26. Nile Free Film Series: Land of the Pha- 25 50th Anniversary Celebration of 26 Stress & Injury: Integrating Envi- to complete a questionnaire; reception: Butabu: Adobe Architecture of raohs (1955); 1:30 p.m.; Penn Museum Jack Kerouac’s On The Road; 4 p.m.; ronment, Biology and Behavior; Andrew 5 p.m.; International House. Through West Africa; British photographer James (Museum). RSVP. Newberg, radiology, psychiatry, and February 2. Morris’ visual survey, from monumental Cinema Studies 29 Michael McKeon—The Secret His- religious studies; Lawrence Sherman, mosques to family homes; Penn Museum. Info.: http://cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu. tory of Domesticity: Public, Private, and 12 Panoramas and Other Circular Through March 3. criminology; Heather Strang, Jerry Lee Stories; multi-media works by Roderick 23 The Rape of Europa; 7 p.m.; the Division of Knowledge; 6 p.m. Center of Criminology; 1:30-3:30 p.m.; The Architect’s Eye: Master Draw- Coover that challenge the traditional ings From the Collection of the Architec- International House. Penn Bookstore Terrace Room, Logan Hall; info.: borders of documentary form through Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore. www.uphs.upenn.edu/ficap (FICAP). tural Archives; original sketches and ren- 30 From Paradise to Paradise: A experiments in motion, montage and derings by Louis I. Kahn, Robert Venturi, Hypertext About Love followed by Jesus 17 Lynnette Khalfani—The Money multi-linearity; reception: 5:30 p.m.; EXHIBITS and Frank Lloyd Wright; Kroiz Gallery. de Buenos Aires; 6 p.m.; Arts Café, Kelly Coach’s Guide to Your First Million; Esther M. Klein Art Gallery. Through Through March 30. Writers House. 12:30 p.m. March 31. Admission Donations and Hours Amarna, Ancient Egypt’s Place in International House 18 Pauline Chen—Final Exam: A Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts 13 Modern Indian Works on Paper- the Sun; artifacts from the period of King With English subtitles: 7 p.m.; $7, $5/ Surgeon’s Reflection on Mortality; 7 p.m. Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Post-Independence Art from a Private Tutankhamun and from the 1920s excava- members, students, seniors unless other- 23 Ken Kalfus —A Disorder Peculiar to Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m. Collection; 64 contemporary works tions of Amarna; Penn Museum. Through wise noted. Info.: www.ihousephilly.org. the Country; 7 p.m. Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, owned by Umesh & Sunanda Gaur, who October. Miles From Home. were featured on the cover of March Coming to the Small Screen: Ormandy 10 30 Veronica Chambers— Kickboxing Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall: free; Geishas: How Modern Japanese Women 2003 Art and Antiques “Top 100 collec- & Television; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, 11 Wholly Communion followed by Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tonight Let’s All Make Love in London. are Changing Their Nation; 7 p.m. Esther M. Klein Art Gallery: free; tors” issue; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Ongoing. Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. March 11. meta Metasequoia; see the world 13 Pop Films followed by Led Zep- SPECIAL EVENTS Graduate School of Education 15 Nikon’s Small World: Photography from among a canopy of redwood limbs; pelin: Live at Royal Albert Hall. (GSE) Student Lounge: free; Mon.-Fri., Through the Microscope; art meets sci- Morris Arboretum. Ongoing. 14 Nothing to Do with Me followed by 5 Winterfest; a night of public ice 9 a.m.-5 p.m. ence with these winning photos from A Wonderful Life: A Daughter’s The Fall. skating and holiday treats; $1; free skate ICA: $6, $3/artists, seniors, students Nikon’s 2006 competition; Wistar Insti- Tribute to a Family of Educators; Joan Paris Belongs to Us. rentals; 5-8 p.m.; Class of 1923 Ice Rink Myerson Shrager’s digital art; Student 17 over 12; free/members, children 12 & under, tute. Through March 2. The Nun. (University City District). w/PennCard; Sun., 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Wed.- Lounge, GSE. Ongoing. 18 16 First Year MFA Exhibition; Meyerson 19 Out 1: Spectre. 9 Blood Drive; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Hall of Fri., noon-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Lower Gallery. Through February 16. Ongoing at the Penn Museum Flags, Houston Hall; also January 25; 10 International House; free; for hours The Art of Reinvention: Travel, Exile, Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, 20 Twhylight; 2 p.m. Los Lonely Boys Cotton Fields and a.m.-4 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall call (215) 387-5125. and Recuperation; political exile of artists Greeks and Romans; Canaan & Ancient (Red Cross). Kelly Writers House Gallery: free; Israel; Living in Balance: The Universe Crossroads. Franz Werfel and Kinga Araya; reception: Dining Days; various University Mon.-Thurs., 10 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Fri., January 30, 5:30 p.m.; Rosenwald Gal- of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache; 21 Jean Renoir, Le Patron followed by 11 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., noon-11 p.m.; Sun., Mesoamerica; The Egyptian Mummy: Jacques Rivette, Le Veilleur; 2 p.m. City restaurants participate in dinner lery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through promotion: 3 courses for $20, $25, or 6-11 p.m. April 13. Secrets & Science; Raven’s Journey: Love on the Ground. Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts The World of Alaska’s Native People; $30; info.: www.ucityphila.org/. Through 20 Carlos Garaicoa; works that address 25 Films and Their Makers.