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COMPASS Features

• New Deuteronomy Commentary Continues Penn Tradition
• He Cures Audio and Video Ills
• Households Binge on Tax Refunds
• Dean Hack Plans Changes for Fine Arts
• Eureka! New Macromolecular Force Measured
• Music Department Goes Techno

OPPORTUNITIES
Staff Training Schedule
Update
Works by Maitin at the Faculty Club
CrimeStats

Cover illustration from the Annenberg Center's 25th Anniversary program: © Al Hirschfeld. Drawings reproduced by special arrangement with Hirschfeld's exclusive representative, The Margo Feiden Galleries Ltd. New York.

The Annenberg Center at 25

• Dr. Charles Lee Recalls the First 25 Years
• The 1996-97 Season is announced, below
• To identify the Hirschfeld drawings of Annenberg Center headliners over the years, see the key.

The Gate of Heaven The time is WWII, the place is Dachau, and the
two whose lives change forever are a Japanese-American soldier and a Jewish
survivor. Lane Nishikawa is Kiyoshi "Sam" Yamamoto and Victor Talmadge
is Leon Ehrlich in the production opening October 10. Photo by Ken Howard

The Annenberg Center: Looking Forward to the Season of 1996-97

Annenberg Center Theatre Series

Much Ado About Nothing, November 13-15

Having Our Say, December 10-15

Spalding Gray, March 5-6

Stuffed Puppet Theatre, April 16-19

Philadelphia Theatre for New Plays

The Gate of Heaven, October 10-20

Bare-Knuckle, January 23-February 8

Headin' South, May 1-18

The Secret Window, May 21-25

Dance Celebration

Trinity Irish Dance Co., October 24-26

Mark Morris Dance Group, October 28-29

Sankai Juku, November 18-19

Tharp!, January 7-12

Doug Elkins Dance Co., February 6-8

Merce Cunningham Dance Co., February 10

Paul Taylor Dance Co., April 10-12

Momix, May 8-10

Music at Annenberg

The Relâche Ensemble, September 27-28/January 10-11/February 28-March 1

The Coltrane Project, May 1-4

Beppie Blankert/Relâche, May 30-31

Theatre for Children, November 6-7/February 20-22

Young Adult Theatre, April 3-4

Philadelphia International Theatre Festival for Children, May 21-25

For series rates and other information, please call the box office at 898-6791. For school and group sales, call 898-6683.

At right: Irish Dance High style springs from Celtic roots as the Trinity Irish Dance Company opens Dance Celebration '97 October 24 in Zellerbach Theatre.

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