work of the architecture and art collective, ACADEMIC CALENDAR Ant Farm; ICA. Through December 12. Nikonʼs Small World: Celebrating 10 Fall Term Classes End. 30 Years of Photography Through the 11 Reading Days. Through December 14. Microscope; images from Nikonʼs 2004 15 Final Examinations. Through competition; Wistar Institute. Through December December 22. December 17. Fall Semester Ends. Photo/Installation; Fox Gallery; 22 reception: December 6, 5 p.m. Through CHILDRENʼS ACTIVITIES December 22. A T P E N N Return to the Source; documentary Whenever there is more than meets the eye, photographer, Kerry Stuart Coppin, ex- see our web site, www.upenn.edu/almanac/. 5 Peace Around the World; holiday plores African, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro- family celebration includes children Latin American life and experience; Kelly and adult choirs, dancing, games, face Writers House. Through December 22. Israeli-American singer Noa will perform 7 Blood Pressure Measurements; 12 Ann Rhoads & Tim Block—Trees painting, holiday craft workshops and Jonathan Tucker: Painted Forms; her Festival of Lights concert on Decem- noon; rm. G-16; registration required. of Pennsylvania: A Complete Reference more; 1-4:30 p.m.; Penn Museum; info.: ber 7 at the Annenberg Center. She fuses explores boundaries between painting and 9 Stress Management; 6 p.m.; rm. 113. Guide; 2 p.m.; Upper Gallery, Widener (215) 898-4890 (Museum). sculpture in whimsical wall hangings; Esther different music styles into one–particularly Visitor Center, Morris Arboretum; $5, 7 Penn and Me Story Hour; 2 p.m.; Klein Gallery. Through December 31. Middle Eastern beats and jazz. See Music. Technology Training Services free/members, w/PennCard; register: Penn Bookstore. Also every Tuesday Images of Folk; photographer Classes at ISC labs, 3650 Chestnut St., (215) 247-5777 ext. 169 (Arboretum). (Bookstore). Robert Corwin captures folk, bluegrass, Gregory House 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Open to faculty, staff & blues, Cajun, jazz, and rock musicians in students. Register at www.tts.isc.upenn.edu. Kelly Writers House 18 Holiday Arrangements for Kids; Screenings 8:30 p.m.; Film Lounge, Van Info.: www.english.upenn.edu/~wh. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Morris Arboretum; classic and historic imagery; lobby Pelt Manor. PennCard needed. 1 Access 2000/XP Advanced; $448. 8 Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and Any- $27, $25/members (Arboretum). gallery, WXPN. Through December 31. Goodfellas. Continues December 2. Holiday Garden Railway; lights and 6 thing Goes; open mic performance; 8 p.m. Road to Perdition. 2 Photoshop 7.0 Web Graphics; $494. CONFERENCES winter décor adorn the Garden Railway 13 Continues December 3. 13 In the Arts Café; poetry reading by for the holiday season; Morris Arboretum. Hill Film Society 6 Excel 2000/XP Intro.; $190. Greg Djanikianʼs English 118 class; 5 p.m. Through January 2. Screenings at 8 p.m.; Hill Gallery, Hill Live at the Writers House; word and 8 Adverse Events in Healthcare PowerPoint XP Intro.; $190. Poster Presentations; view posters and A Garden for Your Walls: Art from College House. PennCard needed. 7 music show on 88.5 WXPN; 8 p.m. learn from findings of how to prevent ad- the Philadelphia Society of Botanical The Backyard; followed by Dog- 8 PowerPoint 2000 Intermediate; $190. Illustrators; Upper Gallery, Morris Arbo- 2 Penn Bookstore verse events/medical errors; 4-6 p.m.; rm. town & Z-Boys. 9 Excel 2000/XP Intermediate; $190. Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore. 350, Jon M. Huntsman Hall; register by retum. Through January 9. GILB: Yellowed Images of a Van- 9 Crumb; followed by Grey Gardens. 10 Excel 2000/XP Advanced; $190. 7 Anthony Lappe–True Lies; 4 p.m. December 3 to [email protected] Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Intro.; $190. (Medicine). ished Country; exhibition of black and International House 13 13 Evelyn “Slim” Lambright–The white images by Lutz Masanetz that re- Word XP Intro.; $190. Sweethearts of Soul; 3:30 p.m. 11 Anastasiʼs Pataphysical Society; work Foreign screenings w/English subtitles. 14 cords East Germany during the years the Films at 7 p.m. Tickets: $6, $5 members, Business Objects Intro.; $350. by individuals who have influenced con- wall divided it from the West; Arthur Ross ceptual artist William Anastasi; 10 a.m.-6 students, seniors. Info.: (215) 387-5125. 15 Dreamweaver MX Advanced; $570. SPECIAL EVENTS Gallery. Through January 30. Maestro. Continues December 16. p.m.; Slought Foundation (Penn Research Non-Retinal: Kovert Konflagration 1 Foundation; French Institute; Slought). Space is the Place. See Exhibits. 16 Access 2000/XP Intro.; $357. Con- 2 Annual Kwanzaa Celebration; cel- Kovenant; sculptor David Stephens revis- 2 ebrate with food, art, and culture; 6 p.m.; its the 2002 Virginia vs. Black case; ex- 3 Cosmic Africa. tinues December 17. EXHIBITS Outlook XP Intro. Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; info.: (215) hibit is comprised of 12 crosses that will Maidstone. 17 ; $179. 573-0823 (MAKUU). 10 Word 2000 XP/Intermediate; $190. be burned and then exhibited in video Tough Guys Donʼt Dance. Admission Donations and Hours format on December 3, 6 p.m.; Slought 11 3 Women of Color at Penn: Arts and Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Foundation. Through January 31. 15 India Song; French. MEETINGS Crafts Fair & Silent Auction; purchase Arts Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Architecture Against Death; features 16 Kuhle Wampe (Whither Germany?); items you wonʼt find in local stores; 11 Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m. two texts by Jean-Michel Rabaté, Arakawa, German. 1 University Council; 4-5:30 p.m.; a.m.-5 p.m.; merchandise viewing: 11 Burrison Gallery, Faculty Club, Inn and Madeline Gins installed on the walls of Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall. a.m.-noon; bidding: noon-2 p.m.; Reading at Penn: free; Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-6 p.m. 17 A Program of Short Films–Un and Bistro Rooms, Houston Hall; info.: the gallery; Slought Foundation. Through Chant dʼAmour (French); Towers Open 14 PPSA Open Board; noon-1:30 p.m.; Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery: January 31. (215) 898-0104 (AARC). free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fire; The Cut-Ups; Rite of Love and 7th fl. Conference Room, Franklin Bldg.; Sun Ra Meets Napoleon; playful Death (Japanese); Film. rsvp: [email protected]. 9 Holiday Tree Lighting Dinner Buffet; Esther Klein Gallery, 3600 Market 5:30-8:30 p.m.; $29; Faculty Club; reser- juxtaposition of historical materials per- Duet for Cannibals; Swedish. St.: free; Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. taining to ancient Egypt; Slought Founda- 18 vations: (215) 898-4618 (Faculty Club). Fox Gallery, Logan Hall: free; MUSIC tion. Through January 31. See Films. 19 Eden and After; French. 13 University Square Holiday Fest; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The Other Epistemology; revisits the La Ley de Herodes (Herodʼs Law); holiday promotions, hot chocolate, and Graduate School of Education 23 5 Turkish-American Friendship Soci- works of international artists of the1960s Spanish. ety Musical Evening; guitar player Mutlu ice sculptures; December 13 & 14: VIPS (GSE) Student Lounge: free; Mon.-Fri., and 1970s whose art was neglected in con- Toy Drive, drop off small unwrapped 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Onaral with Middle Eastern dance music; temporary criticism; Slought Foundation. FITNESS/LEARNING 4 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; gifts for local families and organizations, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA): Through January 31. 3-7 p.m.; December 14 & 15: snowshoe $3, $2/artists, seniors, students over 12, $20, $15/TASFUS members, $10/Penn Enchanting Plants: Images from a Jazzercise; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Tues- students; info.: (215) 222-8927 (Middle lessons, noon; 36th St. between Sansom free/members, children 12 and under, Roving Horticulturist; photos of plants and and Walnut (Business Services). w/PennCard and on Sun. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; days & Thursdays; Newman Center; first East Center). landscapes from around the world; Morris class free; $7/class, $5/students; contact Holiday Sale-A-Bration; 20% off Wed.-Fri., noon-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.- Arboretum. Through February 27. College House Music Program Penn branded merchandise; Penn Book- 5 p.m.; free tours on Sunday at 1 p.m. Carolyn Hamilton: (215) 662-3293 (days) Track of the Rainbow Serpent: Aus- or (610) 446-1983 (evenings). Info.: www.sas.upenn.edu/music/colleg- store; info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore Kelly Writers House Gallery: free; tralian Aboriginal Paintings of the Wolfe ehouse.htm. PennCard needed. (Bookstore). Through December 14. Mon.-Thurs., 10 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Fri., Class of 1923 Ice Rink; 3130 Walnut Creek Crater; photos, video and art collect- St.; Admission $6.50, $5.50/PennCard; 5 Michele Kelly; flutist plays holiday 16 Winterfest; a night of public ice 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., noon-11 p.m.; Sun., ed by anthropologist Peggy Reeves Sanday; 6 p.m.-11 p.m. skate rental $2.50; Public skating hrs. (*$1 program; 3 p.m.; Upper East Lounge, skating with complimentary cocoa, foun- Penn Museum. Through February 27. off admission): Mon. 1:15-3:15 p.m.*; Hill House. tain sodas, and holiday treats; $1; skate Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts The Nine Lives of Edgar Fahs Smith; Library: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tues. noon-2 p.m.*; Wed. 1:15-3:15 p.m.*; 6 Darin Kelly; trumpet ensemble; rentals free; 5:30-8 p.m.; Class of 1923 examination of his service to Penn through Thurs. noon-2 p.m.*; Fri. 7-9:30 p.m. when 8 p.m.; Rooftop Lounge, Hamilton House. Ice Rink (University City District). Sat.-Sun., appointment only.