be burned and subsequently exhibited in Africa: The Cradle of Humankind; ACADEMIC CALENDAR video format; Slought Foundation; recep- Polynesia: ʻahuʼula + lei niho palaoa. tion: 6:30 p.m. Through January 31. 1 Spring Term Advance Registration Penn Museum Tours Begins. Through November 14. 15 MFA Benefit Auction and 2nd Year Meet at Trescher main entrance; 1:30 Exhibition; work from 2nd year master p.m.; free with Museum admission dona- 24 Thanksgiving Break Begins at Close of fine arts students; Meyerson Gallery; of Classes. Ends November 29 at 8 a.m. tion; info.: www.museum.upenn.edu. November reception: 5 p.m.; auction: November 18, American Southwest: Rites of Passage. 6 p.m. Through November 24. 6 CHILDRENʼS ACTIVITIES 7 Archaeology: Studying Material 20 Architecture Against Death; features Culture. A T P E N N two texts by Jean-Michel Rabaté, Arakawa, 2 Penn and Me Story Hour; 2 p.m.; 13 Mesoamerica: Ancient Ball Game. Whenever there is more than meets the eye, Penn Bookstore. Also every Tuesday. and Madeline Gins installed on the walls of see our web site, www.upenn.edu/almanac/. the gallery; Slought Foundation; reception: 14 Africa: Status, Law & Tradition. Penn Museum 6:30 p.m. Through January 31. 20 Heroic Myths & Legends. For ages 8-12; $10; register: (215) 898- Sun Ra Meets Napoleon ; playful 21 Egypt: Funerary Rites. 9 Dr. Guyʼs MusiQologY; 7 p.m.; 4016. juxtaposition of historical materials per- Main Hall, Irvine Auditorium; $5 for taining to ancient Egypt and the continual 6 Whatʼs Dot to Dot Down Under?; FILMS general and PennCard holders. create Australian Aboriginal art; 10 a.m. inspiration and relevance of Egyptology University Wind Ensemble; 8 p.m.; from the time of Bonaparte to that of Sun 13 20 The Splendor of Egypt; decorate 4 Nothing But a Man; 7 p.m.; Multi- Main Hall, Irvine Auditorium. and gild your own sarcophagus; 10 a.m. Ra; Slought Foundation; reception: 6:30 p.m. Through January 31. purpose Room, Du Bois College House 14 Ancient Voices; 3 p.m.; Amado Re- (Du Bois College House). cital Hall, Irvine Auditorium. CONFERENCES The Other Epistemology; revis- its the works of international artists 9 Young Frankenstein; 7 p.m.; Gross- 20 University Choir; 8 p.m.; Main Hall, Irvine Auditorium. 5 Arab World Trade: Finance & of the1960s and 1970s whose art was man Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar). Trade with the Middle East; Richard neglected in contemporary criticism; 10 Lichter; 8 p.m.; TV Lounge, Grego- 23 Penn Bass and Percussion Ensem- Murphy, former U.S. Ambassador to Sau- Slought Foundation; reception: 6:30 p.m. ry College House (Modern Languages). ble; 8 p.m.; Main Hall, Irvine Auditorium. di Arabia; 1:30-4:30 p.m.; Auditorium, Through January 31. 30 Penn Baroque and Recorder Ensem- Holiday Garden Railway Cinema Studies Lauder-Fischer Hall; info.: www.interde- 26 ; lights and Info.: http://cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu/. bles; 8 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall. pendence.org (Global Interdependence winter décor adorn the Garden Railway for the holiday season; Morris Arboretum. 1 American Psycho; 7 p.m.; rm. 109, Penn Presents Center; PennLauder CIBER). Info./tickets: www.pennpresents.org. The Long Shadows of the Berlin Through January 2. Annenberg School. Videograms of a Revolution; 6:30 Lewis-Henriquez-Jackson Trio; jazz Wall: Fifteen Years After Its Fall; experts Now 3 20 will assess the demise of the German p.m.; rm. 110, Annenberg School. musicians better known for their work as NSO Freshmen on Film; photographs the rhythm section for Wynton Marsalis; Democratic Republic; welcome and ex- from New Student Orientation; Fox Gal- 8 My Architect; followed by Q&A hibit reception: 5:30 p.m., Arthur Ross session with filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg lery. Through November 2. Center; $33, $29, $22, $19. Gallery; November 6, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Green Exhibition; artists use the color 6 p.m.; The Bridge Cinema de Lux. dinner $25; November 7, 10 a.m.-noon; green for their exploration; Esther Klein 9 American Graffiti; 7 p.m.; Semi- Slought Foundation info.: www.history.upenn.edu/Confer- Gallery. Through November 5. nar Room, Harrison College House; Concerts at 8 p.m.; $12; 4017 Walnut St. ence2004/conference2004.htm (Germanic That Which is Known and Un- PennCard needed. Info.: www.slought.org. Languages and Literature). See Exhibits. known; sound installation in a tomb-like Dual Identity; saxophonists Rudresh Contemporary Hindi and Urdu 14 Salt of the Earth; 4 p.m.; Semi- 12 vault exposes visitors to “silent” sound nar Room, Harrison College House; Mahanthappa and Steve Lehman. Women Poets; poets forum and discus- waves that are felt by the body; Slought sion featuring Hindi poet Gagan Gill PennCard needed. 15 Bobby Bradford & Frode Gjerstad Foundation. Through November 6. The Odds of Recovery and Rules of Trio; sounds from the cornet, saxophone, and Urdu poet Shahida Hasan; 10 a.m.-4 Liebeskindʼs Future for Architecture 16 Above, Girl from Scharneber Street, Ber- ; the Road; followed by Q&A session with clarinet, bass, and drums. p.m.; Terrace Room, Logan Hall; register recordings that feature presentations by lin, 1985. Gelatin silver print by Lutz Ma- by November 1 to [email protected]. filmmaker Su Friedrich; 7 p.m.; Interna- sanetz in the new exhibit GILB: Yellowed architect Daniel Libeskind and theo- tional House. edu (South Asia Studies; AIPS; South rist Slavoj Zizek; Slought Foundation. ON STAGE Images from a Vanished Country, open- Asia Center). Through November 6. 17 The Optimists; 6:30 p.m.; rm. 110, ing November 6 at Arthur Ross Gallery. 13 10th Annual Writers Conference at Back to the Front: Emerging Annenberg School. 5 The Waiting Room; play set during the Photographs of East Germany since the Penn; keynote speaker Paul Hendrickson, Artists; work by Philadelphia-area artists 18 O Brother Where Art Thou; 8 p.m.; genocide and organized rapes of Muslims in fall of the Berlin Wall, this exhibit will English; 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Schniderman that indexes the status of the artist in Phil- Seminar Room, Harrison College House; Bosnia in 1992; 2 p.m.; Studio Theatre, An- be included in the conference The Long Lobby, Logan Hall; $65/class; register: adelphia and highlights current cultural PennCard needed. nenberg Center; info.: [email protected]. Shadows of the Berlin Wall beginning No- www.sas.upenn.edu/CGS/cultural/writ- practices; Slought Foundation. Through edu (Theatre Arts Program). vember 5. See Exhibits and Conferences. ersconf/, $25 registration fee (CGS). November 6. Gregory House Screenings 8:30 p.m. unless otherwise Penn Presents Continues November 14, Master Class- Remembrance and Reconciliation: Info.: www.pennpresents.org. es/$195. See Readings/Signings. Tomiyama Taekoʼs Art noted; Film Lounge, Van Pelt Manor. ; oil paintings, PennCard needed. lithographs, and digital representations 11 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de SPECIAL EVENTS Montréal; choreography of Nacho Duato, EXHIBITS explore the issues of war, violence 8 The Public Enemy. against women, and historical retribution She Done Him Wrong; 8 p.m. Mats Ek, and Jiri Kylián; 7:30 p.m.; 4 25-Year Club Celebration; honor- 10 Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; Admission Donations and Hours in Japan; International House. Through 15 Scarface. ing faculty and staff who have served the November 12. evenings: $44, $38, $32; matinee: $38, University for 25 years or more; 5 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Scarface, The Shame of the Nation; Mimesis; paintings and drawings 17 $34, $32; November 12, 8 p.m.; Novem- Houston Hall; info.: vandusen@pobox. Arts Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; 8 p.m. ber 13, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m. by local artist Corliss Cavalieri; Burrison upenn.edu. Burrison Gallery, Faculty Club, Inn Gallery. Through November 28. 22 The Godfather. 21 Virsky Ukrainian National Dance 7 DIYA: A Charity Diwali Dinner; at Penn: free; Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Urban Life: Housing in the Con- 29 Bonnie and Clyde. Company; representation of Ukrainian performances by Penn Masala, Jhoom Esther Klein Gallery, 3600 Market temporary City; interactive exhibit draws culture through dance; 3 p.m.; Irvine Au- and others; 7 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Hous- Hill Film Society ditorium; $35, $25, $19. St.: free; Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. inspiration from international housing de- Screenings at 8 p.m.; Hill Gallery, Hill ton Hall; $20, $15/in advance; info.: Fox Gallery, Logan Hall: free; signs and suggests points of comparison College House. PennCard needed. [email protected] (Penn Med Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. with housing development efforts in the READINGS/SIGNINGS South Asia Society). Graduate School of Education U.S.; Left Bank. Through December 10. 4 Children Underground; followed by Hip-Hop Across Cultures; explore (GSE) Student Lounge: free; Mon.-Fri., Michael Winkler: Word Images Dark Days. 4 Maryn McKenna–Beating Back how hip-hop has crossed all cultures 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 1982-2004, A New Visual Orthography; 11 Mr. Death. the Devil: On the Front Lines with the around the world through a talk and con- Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA): detail of spelled-forms from “Regular, 18 Sound & Fury. Disease Detectives of the Epidemic cert; 8 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall; $3, $2/artists, seniors, students over 12, Linear, Axial Chaos;” Rosenwald Gal- Intelligence Service; 7 p.m.; Grossman info.: (215) 898-3357 (Greenfield Inter- free/members, children 12 and under, lery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through International House Auditorium, Wistar Institute; register: cultural Center). Foreign screenings with English subtitles. w/PennCard and on Sun.