Now 23 Travelogue: Paris, France; lecture ACADEMIC CALENDAR Archaeologists and Travelers in Otto- by Pierre Leguillon. 18 Drop Period ends. man Lands; explores the excavation of Nippur by the University of Pennsylvania Ongoing at the Penn Museum Amarna: Ancient Egypt’s Place in CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES in the late 1800s; Penn Museum. Through February 6. the Sun; Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, Penn Med Art; annual exhibition; Fox Greeks and Romans; Canaan & Ancient February Morris Arboretum Art Gallery. Through February 9. Israel; Living in Balance: The Universe RSVP: (215) 247-5777 ext. 125 or 156. of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache; Info.: www.morrisarboretum.org UG FNAR Juried Exhibition; selected work from the undergraduate fine arts Mesoamerica; The Egyptian Mummy: 27 “Witchhazel” Is Your Favorite?; department; Charles Addams Gallery. Secrets & Science; Buddhism: History & A T P E N N a scavenger hunt of witchhazels for Through February 10. Diversity of a Great Tradition; Africa. families, followed by a craft; free with Wharton Esherick and the Birth of P.M. @ Penn Museum Wherever these symbols appear, more images or audio/video clips are regular admission; 1-3 p.m. the American Modern; examines the work Wednesday evening programs. Gallery available on our website, www.upenn.edu/almanac/. Penn Museum of the founder of the American Studio tours at 5:30 p.m., followed by programs Info.: www.penn.museum Furniture Movement; Kamin Gallery, first at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 20 Family Sundays: Pharaoh Fashions; floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, and Kroiz 9 Quizzo Night. make your own usekhs, Egyptian collar Gallery of the Architectural Archives. 23 Learn How to Belly Dance! necklaces; 1-4 p.m. Through February 13. Set Pieces; a restaging of art works Penn Museum Tours Peanut Butter & Jams from the collection of the Philadelphia Tours begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Warden Family-friendly, concert series at World Museum of Art, including treasures from Garden Entrance. Tour availabilty and Cafe Live. Info.: www.worldcafelive.com. the Museum’s storage; ICA. Through topics subject to change. Info.: www. 5 Bollywood Dance for Kids; ages February 13. penn.museum. 4-11, 10 a.m.; ages 12-16, noon; adults, Painting Survey; selected work from 5 Silk Road Public Opening. 2 p.m.; $10/adults, $7 children. the PennDesign MFA program; Meyerson 6 Two Millenia of Ancient Egyptian 12 Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke; classic Gallery. Through February 17. History. rock; 11:30 a.m.; $10/adults, $7/kids. Free Range: Painting and The Uni- versity of Pennsylvania; various artists; 12 Chinese World Culture Day. 19 Doc Gibbs; funky jazz rhythms and Meyerson Gallery. Through February 18. 13 A Mediterranean Journey. percussion; 11:30 a.m.; $10/adults, $7/kids. The Botswana Collection; quilts 19 Fulfilling a Prophesy: The Lenape. from Fiber Revolution and the Kalahari 20 The World of the Pharoahs. CONFERENCES quilters; Burrison Gallery. Through 26 Daily Life in the African Gallery. Security and Public Health February 18. 4 Art: Basics Trilogy: Water Food 27 Glass, Mosaics and Sculpture of Symposium; 9 a.m-1:30 p.m..; Amado Rome and Etruria. Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium; Shelter; experimental activist video group Termite TV Collective’s; West Gallery, RSVP: www.cphi.upenn.edu/ FILMS UpcomingCPHIEvents.shtml (CPHI). International House. Through March 4. A Time to Pause: Art as Healing; art- 8 Measuring Economic Impacts 4 Middle Passage; noon; Also ists Marc Bernstein and Patricia A. Bar- February 10, noon and 4:30 p.m. and of Historic Preservation: Research rera; East Gallery, International House. Symposium; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Upper Gallery, February 24, noon and 4:30 p.m. (YoW; Through March 4. Center for Africana Studies) Meyerson Hall (Historic Preservation). Nikon Small World Exhibit; award- winning photography through the micro- Center for East Asian Studies EXHIBITS scope; Wistar Institute. Through March Info: (215) 573-4203 13. 1428; feature-length documentary Admission Donations and Hours 3 Anne Tyng: Inhabiting Geometry; film by Du Haibin; Time TBA, Location Above: Terminus, the innovative masterpiece by Mamet-Pinter-Beckett inspired Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts TBA (Cinema Studies). Mark O’Rowe performed by the world-renowned Abbey Theatre of Dublin (The Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; architecture that demonstrates Tyng’s lifelong interest in Platonic solids; ICA. Shofuso Film Series; Time TBA; National Theatre of Ireland), kicks off the Annenberg Center’s spring focus on Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m. Location TBA; Also February 10, 17 and Burrison Gallery, University Club at Through March 20. precocious young Irish playwrights, February 16-20 at the Annenberg Center. Emerging Artists—Project Space; 24 (Friends of the Japanese House and Penn: free; Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Garden). Sat.-Sun., 7 a.m.-1 p.m. curated by Whitney Lauder Curatorial Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, Gellow Virginia Solomon; ICA. Through International House March 20. www.ihousephilly.com READINGS/SIGNINGS 5 Opening Weekend Celebration: Secrets Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall: free; Tickets: of the Silk Road; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Penn Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Shary Boyle & Emily Duke: The Il- How to Draw a Bunny; 7 p.m. luminations Project; ICA. Through 1 Kelly Writers House Museum; free with Silk Road exhibition Esther M. Klein Art Gallery, 3600 5 Our Beloved Month of August Events in the Arts Cafe unless otherwise admission (includes Museum admission). Market St.: free; Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 March 20. Post-Mao Dreaming: Chinese Con- (Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto); 7 p.m. noted. RSVP: [email protected]. Also February 6. See Exhibits. p.m.; Info.: www.kleinartgallery.org. Iran: Voices of the Unheard; 7 p.m. Info.: www.writing.upenn.edu/wh Women’s Committee Gala for Secrets Fox Art Gallery, Claudia Cohen temporary Art; over 30 prints, drawings, 9 9 photographs, and paintings which offer 10 In the Land of the Free…; 7 p.m. 1 Lunch Talk with Poet Charles of the Silk Road; includes the exhibit, Hall; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Alexander; noon; RSVP. a glimpse into the post-Cultural Revolu- Pushing the Elephant cocktails, dinner and entertainment; 6-9 Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA): 11 ; 7 p.m. Poetry Reading by Nate Mackey; 6 p.m. p.m.; Penn Museum; starting at $175; free; Wed. 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Thu.-Fri. 11 tion era in China; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through April 3. 12 Youth Producing Change Short Film Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and RSVP: [email protected]. a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Program; 7 p.m. 2 www.icaphila.org. Year of Water; collection of ancient Anything Goes!; 8 p.m. Also February 16. 12 PECO World Culture Day 30th Mesopotamian artifacts; Penn Museum. 16 Archive Fever!: The Films of Alina Cecilia Vicuna; a screening of Kon Annual Chinese New Year Celebration; International House: hours vary; Marazzi; 7 p.m. 3 info.: www.ihousephilly.org. Through May. Kon; 6 p.m. music and dance performances, activities, Righteous Dopefiend; photographs Kroiz Gallery of the Architectural 17 Sullivan’s Travels; 7 p.m. Reading by Michael Davidson; 6 p.m. storytelling, crafts, workshops, the Lion and other media examine the experiences 7 Dance Parade and more; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Archives, Fischer Fine Arts Library, low- 19 Smiles of a Summer Night; 7 p.m. Riot Grrrls Panel; Kerry Prize er level: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. of homeless drug users; Penn Museum. 8 Penn Museum (Museum). Through May. 25 Live/Film: Andrew Lampert + Chris Presentation by Grace Ambrose; 6 p.m. Meyerson Hall Gallery, Meyerson Corsano; 7 p.m. Hall: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Water as Creator and Destroyer Spe- 9 Reading by Phillip Lopate; 6 p.m. SPORTS Morris Arboretum: $14; $12/seniors, cial Display; ancient Mesopotamian arti- 10 RealArts@Penn Presents; 6 p.m. facts including a famous Sumerian “flood MEETINGS Tickets & venues: www.pennathletics.com $7/kids 3-17, students; free/members and 14 Reading by Susan Cheever; 10 a.m.; tablet;” Penn Museum. Through May. (M) Tennis vs. Temple; 4 p.m. kids under 3; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. University Council; 4 p.m. Bodek RSVP. 2 Penn Museum: $10/adults; $7 se- Fang! The Killing Tooth; explores 2 the history of the vampire myth and of Lounge, Houston Hall. 15 Brunch Conversation with Susan 4 (M) Basketball vs. Dartmouth; 7 p.m. niors (65+); $6/children (6-17) and full- Cheever; 10 a.m.; RSVP. 5 Wrestling vs. Brown; 10 a.m. time students with ID; free/members & the “killing” canine; Penn Museum. 8 PPSA Board Meeting; noon; rm. 241, Through July. Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; RSVP: ppsa@ 18 Marathon Reading of Mrs. (W) Squash vs. Harvard; noon. PennCard holders; Tues./Thur.-Sun. 10 (M) Squash vs. Harvard; 2 p.m. a.m.-5 p.m.; Wed. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; www. Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and exchange.upenn.edu. Dalloway; noon. Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania; Wrestling vs. Harvard; 2 p.m. penn.museum. 18 Stated Meeting of the Trustees; 11:15 24 New Jewish Writing; featuring (M) Basketball vs. Harvard; 7 p.m. Slought Foundation: free; Thur.-Sat., photographs, archaeological objects, tra- a.m.; Inn at Penn; RSVP: ldelap@upenn. Shahar Bram, Jessica Greenbaum, Bob 1-6 p.m.; www.slought.org. ditional arts and family heirlooms; Penn edu. Perelman and Rivka Fogel (C’10); 6 p.m. 6 (M) Squash vs. Dartmouth; 11 a.m.