Please Note—many of the events that were scheduled for the later half of the month have been cancelled. Contact the sponsoring department for more info. Ongoing Africa Galleries: From Maker to Museum; outlines artifacts’ origins; Penn Museum. March Audubon’s Birds of America; 1st floor, Van Pelt Library. Imagery, Narrative, Propaganda: A T P E N N Artists in the German Democratic Repub- lic; rm. 500, Annenberg School. Marian Anderson on the World Stage; Marian Anderson Gallery, Van Pelt Wherever this symbol appears, images are Library. available on our website, www.upenn.edu/almanac/at-penn-calendar Mexico and Central America Gallery; examines distinct societies and connections between political and divine ACADEMIC CALENDAR Thurs., 10 a.m.-11 p.m., Fri., 10 a.m.-5 power; Penn Museum. p.m., Sat., noon-5 p.m., Sun., 6 p.m.-11 Loop de Loop: Patrick Dougherty 7 Spring Term Break. p.m., info: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/ Installation; stickwork sculpture; Morris Through March 15. involved/series/brodskygallery/ Arboretum. Ongoing until deterioration. Classes Resume. Burrison Gallery, Inn at Penn: free; 16 hours: Mon-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; info: 20 Grade Type Change Deadline. Out on a Limb; tree adventure ex- http://tinyurl.com/kaevlec hibit; Morris Arboretum. 23 Advance Registration for Fall Term Esther Klein Gallery: free; hours: and Summer Sessions. Through April 5. Philadelphia Cartoonists; six local Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; info: cartoonists; Brodsky Gallery, Kelly 30 Last Day to Withdraw From a https://sciencecenter.org/discover/ekg Writers House. Course. ICA: free; hours: Wed., 11 a.m.-8 Samuel Yellin, Metalworker: Draw- p.m., Thurs.-Sun., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; info: ings from the Architectural Archives; CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES https://icaphila.org lobby, Inn at Penn. Architectural Archives at the Kroiz Sphinx Gallery; collections from 13 Storytime at the Arboretum; fun and Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library: free; across the globe; Penn Museum. engaging reading session in a natural hours: Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; info: We Are Not Alone; large-scale setting; 10:30 a.m.; Morris Arboretum http://tinyurl.com/hvrlct4 illustrations by Dwayne Booth; Forum, (Morris Arboretum). Meyerson Hall, Weitzman School of Annenberg School. 27 Trinity Irish Dance Company; Design: open during building hours; free; grades K-12; 10:30 a.m.; Zellerbach The- info: https://tinyurl.com/y27c5dty Penn Museum Tours ater, Annenberg Center; tickets: Morris Arboretum: hours: daily, Info: www.penn.museum/visit/public-tours annenbergcenter.org (Annenberg Center). 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; info, prices: 1 Global Guide Tour; 11 a.m. and www.morrisarboretum.org 2:30 p.m. TREES ABSTRACTED, 2015, from the exhibit Taken, will be featured along Also see On Stage. with other images by Philip A. Rea in Burrison Gallery at the University Club. Penn Museum: hours: Tues.-Sun., 7 Graduate Guide Tour; 1:30 p.m. Penn Museum 10 a.m.-5 p.m., first Wed. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Also March 8. See Exhibits. Info: www.penn.museum info, prices: www.penn.museum 3 Mummies and the Afterlife; Quorum: building hours: Mon-Fri, ON STAGE 19 #HashtagActivism: Networks of Museum playdate designed to ignite a 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; info: https:// FILMS Race and Gender Justice; Sarah J. Jack- son; 6:30 p.m. young child’s imagination; 10:30 a.m. sciencecenter.org/discover/quorum 4 Stolen Daughters: Kidnapped by 19 Fallawayinto; workshop perfor- 11 Archaeological Adventures: Meet Slought: free; hours: Tues.-Fri., Boko Haram; 7 p.m.; Montgomery The- mance in the spirit of activist Donna 24 Even if Your Heart Would Listen; the Mediterranean; discover what daily noon-5 p.m.; info: slought.org ater, Annenberg Center; register: https:// Booker; all day; the Rotunda, 4014 Elise Schiller; 6 p.m. life was like for Romans, Greeks and Van Pelt Library: free; hours vary tinyurl.com/yx5g5s4j (Wolf Humanities Walnut St. (GSWS; Alice Paul Center). 25 The Diary: The Epic of Everyday Etruscans; 10 a.m. and noon; tickets: daily; info: www.library.upenn.edu/vanpelt Center, Cinema and Media Studies). Life; Batsheva Ben-Amos & Dan Ben- Wistar Annenberg Center www.penn.museum/calendar : free; building hours: Mon.- Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org Amos; 6:30 p.m. Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; info: https://wistar.org 8 Deaf Child; 2 p.m.; Rainey Audito- 13 40 Winks at the Penn Museum; rium, Penn Museum (Wolf Humanities 13 The White Lama: The Improbable 27 Alice Paul Center Presents: A hands-on sleepover for kids ages 6-12 Upcoming Center, Penn Museum). Legacy of Theos Bernard; musical piece Poetry Reading; Fariha Roísín; 5:30 p.m.; and their families/chaperones; 5:30 p.m. 11 Taken; works from photographer 27 CAMRA at Penn: Rupture and depicting the life of the first westerner to RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/fariharoisin Through March 14, 9 a.m. and professor of biology Philip A. Rea; Repair; 5:30-9 p.m.; Penn Museum. Also study at a monastery in Tibet; 7:30 p.m.; 30 The Importance of Being Wilde at 14 Animal Adventures; find hidden Burrison Gallery; opening reception: March 28, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Annenberg Harold Prince Theater. Also March 14. Heart; R. Zamora Linmark; 6:30 p.m. animals around the museum; 11 a.m.-4 March 18, 5-7 p.m. Through April 10. School. p.m. Now 30 Film Portrait; 5:30 p.m.; rm. 401, 21 Eddie B: I’m Already Profession- SPECIAL EVENTS 27 Exploring the Past; teen activity We Are the Storm: Activist Poster Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies). ally Developed; teacher-turned-standup that explores zooarchaeology to learn Art by Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative; comedian on a sellout tour; 8 p.m.; 12 Purim: Party Like a Queen; Bioethics Film Festival celebration of a festive Jewish occasion about animals of the past; 1-3:30 p.m. focuses on climate justice and migration; Reception at 5:30 p.m., screenings at Zellerbach Theater. Fisher Fine Arts Library. Through March Trinity Irish Dance Company; with a queer twist; 6-10 p.m.; $12/adults; 6 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall; free. 27 tickets: https://www.penn.museum/calen- CONFERENCES 8. Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/bioethicsfilm progressive Irish dance; 8 p.m.; Zeller- Galapagos Memories; images by dar/337/purim (Museum). A Beautiful Mind. bach Theater. Also March 28, 2 and 8 6 Geobiology Symposium XXVII; col- Jerry Porter, professor of mathematics 24 p.m. Also see Children’s Activities. 18 Graduation Fair; students acquire laborations between students, researchers emeritus; Burrison Gallery. Through 25 At Eternity’s Gate. caps and gowns and other graduation- and faculty; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Lynch Lec- March 9. 26 Amadeus. READINGS AND SIGNINGS related items; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Penn ture Hall, Chemistry Bldg., and Hayden The Zama Zama Project; a multi- Bookstore (Business Services). Through Hall; info and registration: https://web. format installation by Rosalind Morris Middle East Film Festival 2020 March 20. Screenings at 6:30 p.m.; rm. 401, Fisher 5 The Next Billion Users: Digital sas.upenn.edu/penngeobio/ (Earth and about the world of informal mining in the Life Beyond the West; Payal Arora; 28 Nowruz; celebrating the Persian Environmental Science). abandoned gold mines of South Africa; Bennett Hall; free. Info: https://tinyurl.com/MEfilmfest noon; rm. 500, Annenberg School; New Year; 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Penn Mu- 27 Infidelities: New Directions in Ar- Slought. Through March 20. RVSP: [email protected] seum; included w/admission; tickets: menian Studies; Armenian scholars and Frankenthaler on Paper; 10 unique 16 For Sama. (CARGC). www.penn.museum/calendar/42/nowruz artists redefine Armenian-ness; 9 a.m.- paintings on paper and 17 prints by Helen 17 The Other Story; director Avi 24 Racial Melancholia, Racial Dis- (Museum). 7 p.m.; Slought; register: https://tinyurl. Frankenthaler that date from the 1970s to Nesher in person, 5-6:30 p.m. sociation: On the Social and Psychic com/umn5lzn (English; Wolf Humanities the 1990s; ARG. Through March 29. Sly. Lives of Asian Americans; David Eng Nikon Small World Exhibition; win- 18 SPORTS Center). Also March 28, 9:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Sibel. and Shinhee Han; 4 p.m.; Cheung Audi- 44th Annual Penn Linguistics Con- ning images from the Nikon Small World 19 torium, Dental School (ASAM, Dental). Venues and info: www.pennathletics.com ference; noon-7 p.m.; info and register: Photomicrography Competition; Wistar 20 Tel Aviv on Fire. 4 Softball vs. Lafayette; 3 p.m. Institute. Through April 10. 31 Beyond Politics: The Private Gov- https://www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC/ ernance Response to Climate Change; 5 (M/W) Squash hosts CSA Indi- plc44/about.html (Linguistics). Through Writing Across Genres: African MEETINGS vidual Championships Through American Women in the Joanna Banks book signing and discussion with Mi- ; all day. March 29. chael Vandenbergh, Vanderbilt Univ.; March 8. Penn in Latin America and the Collection; Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt 9 PPSA Open Board Meeting; 1 p.m.; Library. Through April 10. rm. 117, Duhring Wing. noon; University Club, Inn at Penn 6 (M) Basketball vs. Cornell; 7 p.m. Caribbean 5th Annual Symposium; dis- (Wharton IGEL). cussing LAC-related research, education Remarkable Figures: Women in the 11 WXPN Policy Board Meeting; (M) Lacrosse vs. Villanova; and practice; 12:30-4 p.m.; Perry World Art of Ashley Bryan; Kislak Center, Van 4 p.m.; WXPN, 3025 Walnut St.; info: Kelly Writers House 7:30 p.m. House; register: [email protected] Pelt Library.