Klein Gallery; reception: March 14, 2 p.m.; tration: (215) 573-3550 (French Institute; The Return of the gallery talk: March 17, 3:30 p.m. Alliance Française). Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur 15 Works in Encaustic on Wood; work by Cinema Studies Neil Garrioch; Burrison Gallery; reception: Screenings 5 p.m.; The Bridge Cinema de Opening March 13, UPMʼs cel- March 20, 5:30 p.m. Through April 30. Lux. Free admission. ebrated, nationally-traveling exhibition returns for a limited March 22 Undergraduate Senior Thesis Show; 3 Modern Times. engagement. More than 200 work by students in the fine arts depart- Taxi Driver. ment; Charles Addams Gallery. Through 17 ancient Sumerian treasures April 15. 25 Technolust; followed by discussion from the site of Ur in Mesopo- with Patricia White, Swarthmore College; tamia (modern-day Iraq) will A T P E N N 28 A Show of Roses: Watercolors for the be on display through Sep- Morris Arboretum Timothy Murray, Cornell University; Whenever there is more than meets the ; paintings by Marcy Ab- Timothy Corrigan, cinema studies. tember. Included in the 4,500 eye, see our web site, hau; Morris Arboretum. Through June 27. year-old Sumerian collection www.upenn.edu/almanac. 29 All GFSA Show; Meyerson Gallery. Film Culture Program, are the Great Lyre with a gold Through April 11. Gregory College House and lapis lazuli bullʼs head, Screenings 8:30 p.m.; Film Lounge, Lady Puabiʼs lapis lazuli and Now Van Pelt Manor. Free w/ PennCard. carnelian jewelry, an electrum A Look at Nature: Flowers & Land- Kiss Me Deadly. ACADEMIC CALENDAR scapes; watercolors by Deena Gu that 2 drinking tumbler, a gold os- feature the classic Chinese brushstroke 5 Silence of the Lambs. trich egg, and other treasures. Spring Break Begins at Close of with influence by Western art; Burrison Blade Runner. Following a large scale gallery 5 16 renovation plans and building Classes. Gallery. Through March 13. 19 On the Waterfront. upgrades, the full exhibition Classes Resume at 8 a.m. Al-Bustan Photo Exhibit; photographs Fight Club. 15 of youth from Al-Bustan, a childrenʼs Arabic 22 of Ur materials will be re-in- 22 Advance Registration for Fall and language and cultural day camp; Interna- 23 Se7en. stalled in UPMʼs Mesopota- Summer Sessions. Through April 4. tional House. Through March 14. 30 Dark City. mian galleries after 2006. At Modern Ireland: Four Centuries right Ram in the Thicket made CHILDRENʼS ACTIVITIES through English, American, and Irish Hill Film Society of gold silver, lapis lazuli, cop- Eyes; Rosenwald Gallery, Van Pelt- Screenings 8 p.m.; Hill Gallery, Hill Col- per, shell, red limestone and 2 Penn and Me Story Hour; 2 p.m.; Dietrich Library. Through March 15. See lege House. Free w/ PennCard. bitumen, ca. 2650-2550 B.C. Penn Bookstore. Also every Tuesday. Talks. 4 Shine. UPM will have a opening day Secrets and Science; join an ar- Leaf and Flower: Photographs by The Hanging Garden. celebration full of activities on 20 18 March 13. See Exhibits and chaeological expedition to the Egyptian Nora Odendahl; Lower Gallery, Wid- 25 Life is Beautiful. mummy room, discover tombs and mum- ener Visitor Center, Morris Arboretum. Special Events. mies while learning about Egyptian art Through March 21. International House and science; decorate and gild mummy Dusk of Dawn; digital photography Screenings with English subtitles. Tickets: masks in a craft workshop; ages 8-12; by Demetrius Oliver; Amistad Gallery, Du $6, $5/members, students, seniors. Info.: (215) 387-5125 or www.ihousephilly.org. Penn Presents 26 Architecture and Community Recep- 10 a.m.-noon; UPM; $10; registration: Bois College House. Through March 31. Info./tickets: www.pennpresents.org. tion; join HRH The Duke of Gloucester (215) 898-4016 (UPM). Me Alterʼs Egoes; artist William 4 Reel Voicesʼ African Film Series–Lu- at this reception to see one of University Anastasiʼs works span more than 2000 mumba; French and Lingala; 7:30 p.m.; 4 Ravel Project; performed by the Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, a company of dancers City Districts most important buildings; handwritten sheets of paper on the walls of preceded by Rencontrer: Siddiq. 6 p.m.; Philadelphia Cathedral, 3723 CONFERENCES Slought Foundation. Through March 31. with daring physical and emotional interpreta- 5 The Manchurian Candidate; 7 p.m.; tions of familiar scores; 7:30 p.m.; also March Chestnut St; $35. Euterpe in Furs: Russian Musical Antique Rugs of the Turkman preceded by Primary. 4 Tribes; “main carpets” from 1800-1875 5, 8 p.m. and March 6, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; 27 Young Friends Gala; cocktail party Culture of the Nineteenth and Twentieth 6 Wild in the Streets; 8 p.m.; preceded Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; tickets: with opportunity to meet HRH The Duke Centuries; discussion of Russian music reserved for ceremonial occasions along Yippie! RFK ʼ68 with storage bags and trappings; Arthur by and . evening $39, $35, $31; matinee $36, $32, $28; of Gloucester and other dignitaries; ages in its relations to literature, theater, visual 7 Ulzanaʼs Raid; 1 p.m.; preceded by school matinee March 5, 10:30 a.m., $7. 21-35; 8:30 p.m.; $60. arts, anthropology, social history, philoso- Ross Gallery. Through April 4. Yoshimoto Nara: Nothing Ever Interviews with My Lai Veterans. 17 Othello; Shakespeare play per- UPM phy and other relevant areas; for time and formed by Tony-winning Guthrie Theatre; location visit http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ Happens; paintings and sculptures of 10 Life on the Tracks; Filipino; 8 p.m.; Info.: www.museum.upenn.edu. young children and childhood; ICA. preceded by Poison (Sanpeet). 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg slavic/calendar/current_events.htm Center; also March 19 & March 20, 8 p.m. 6 World Culture Day: Celebrate (Slavic Languages). Through March 5. Through April 4. 11 When the War is Over; English and Japan!; hear beats of the Japanese taiko Sarah McEneaney; autobiographi- and March 21, 3 p.m.; tickets: evening Brain Research: From Molecules to Afrikaans; 8 p.m.; preceded by Gacca, drums, view popular Japanese anime car- 15 cal paintings that engage a combination Living Together Again in Rwanda? $42, $36, $28; matinee $39, $32, $26; pre- Mind; keynote speaker Stanley Prusiner, show dinner and talk, 6 p.m., $10; rsvp for toons, taste traditionally prepared green of intimacy, directness and imagination; Hijos/Figli tea, and more; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; free with Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases; ICA. Through April 4. 12 ; Spanish and Italian; 8 p.m. pre-show by March 15; see web site for 8 a.m.-5:15 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III; 13 War Takes; English and Spanish; 8 p.m. additional talks; school matinee March 18 museum donation (Japan America Society Aleksandra Mir: Naming Tokyo of Greater Philadelphia). info.: (215) 898-8498 (The Mahoney In- (Part III); ramp project uses maps, street 14 Power Trip; English and Georgian; & March 19, 10:30 a.m., $7. stitute of Neurological Sciences). signs and other mediums to come up with 7 p.m. 25 Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal; pro- 13 Opening Day: Ancient Near East 26 22nd Annual Maya Weekend: Ancient an alternate, more user friendly identity gram entitled Light-Time-Open Space is a Celebration; in celebration of the open- 17 Selections from the National Film ing of the exhibit Treasures for the Royal Masks and Modern Eyes–New Views on for Tokyo, Japan; ICA. Through April 4. Board of Canada–Begone Dull Care; jazz and contemporary work; 7:30 p.m.; Maya Traditions; discoveries from current See Talks. Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; Tombs of Ur; a lecture by Dr. John Curtis, Lonely Boy; Very Nice, Very Nice; Wres- British Museum, writing in cuneiform on excavations and new research on Mayan cul- Smartwrap; concept for a new building tling (La Lutte); Blinkity Blank; The also March 26, 8 p.m.; March 27, 2 p.m. tural traditions; a special exhibition of Maya material that integrates the functions of a con- & 8 p.m.; tickets: evening $39, $35, $31; fresh clay tablets, regional music, dance Street; How to Build an Igloo; Pas de and children activities; noon-4:30 p.m.; textiles and paintings; 6:30 p.m.; Rainey Au- ventional wall and compresses them into one Deux; 8 p.m. matinee $36, $32, $28; school matinee ditorium, UPM: $155, $130/members and free with museum donation. See Exhibits. composite film; ICA. Through April 4. Walkabout March 26, 10:30 a.m., $7. seniors, $65/full-time students; registration: New Society for Universal Harmony 18 ; 8 p.m. 19 Single Malt Scotch Dinner; Michael www.museum.upenn.edu/new/mayaweekend/ featuring Leonard Malen; installation 20 Bed Sitting Room; 8 p.m. READINGS/SIGNINGS Jackson, internationally renowned beer and register.shtml (UPM). Through March 28. features factual formats, pseudo-documen- Russian Film Series scotch expert, hosts a reception and din- 28 Can Animals Help Humans Heal?: tary photos, video and audio narratives, Screenings 7 p.m.; rm. 402, Logan Hall; 6 J. Hoberman–The Dream Life: ner featuring his selection of single malt Animal-Assisted Interventions in Ado- testimonials, and case histories; Slought Russian and other European languages Movies, Media and the Mythology of the scotches; ages 21 and up; 6:30 p.m.; $100, lescent Mental Health; presentations by Foundation. Through April 15. with English subtitles. Free. Sixties; 7 p.m.; International House. $90/members; reservations: (215) 898-4890. practitioners and scholars in the treatment Garden Life: A Juried Photo Exhibi- 3 Stalker. 20 14th Annual Beer Tasting with Mi- of adolescents with a variety of mental tion; Upper Gallery, Widener Visitor Cen- Kelly Writers House chael Jackson–Beer or Food: Which Came health diagnoses; 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Jon ter, Morris Arboretum.