January
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8 Registration
for Undergraduate Transfer Students; Through January 9.
12 Spring
Semester Classes Begin.
23 Add
Period Ends.
22 Talking
Rocks; discover the stories recorded in
ancient paintings and engravings on cave walls and rocks, create your own
picture messages. For ages 8-12; 10 a.m.-noon; University Museum; $5 materials
fee. Pre-registration required; call 898-4015 (Museum).
20 The Writers House on Kid's Corner at WXPN 88.5 FM!; experts
join kids on the popular radio show to explore poetry. Tonight's topic:
ballad; 7-7:30 p.m. (Writers House).
31 Cancer
in the Dog: 28th Annual Canine Symposium;
$50; reservations required. Call 898-8862 (VHUP).
Admission, donations and hours
Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library: free, Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5
p.m., Sat. & Sun., noon-5 p.m.
Burrison Gallery, Faculty Club: free, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Esther Klein Gallery, 3600 Market: free, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Institute of Contemporary Art: $3, $2/students, artists, seniors,
free/members, children under 12, with PENNCard, and on Sundays 10 a.m.-noon;
Thurs., 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Wed.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed: Mon. & Tues.
Meyerson Hall Galleries: free, Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Morris Arboretum: $4, $3/seniors, $2/students, free/with PENNCard,
children under 6; Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. & Sun., 10 a.m.-5
p.m.
University Museum: $5, $2.50/seniors and students w/ID, free/members,
with PENNCard, children under 6; Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sunday (free),
1-5 p.m.; closed Mon. & holidays.
Upcoming
14 Pennsylvania Treasures I: Active artists over 65 years-old
with a continuous history of work and production. Exhibiting artists include:
Edna Andrade, Vivian Bergenfeld, Quita Brodhead, Bill Daley, Ruth Davis,
Larry Day, Ruth Elgart, Tom Gaughan, Laura Goodman, Millie Greenberg, Sanford
Greenberg, Mildrid Hurwitz, Ben Kamihira, Jerome Kaplan, Michael Lasuchin,
Lee Lippman, Arlene Love, Sam Maitin, Pat Mangione, Charlotte Schatz, Louis
Sloan, Doris Staffel, Rudy Staffel, Roswell Weidner and Mili Dunn Weiss.
Esther Klein Art Gallery. Through March 6.
17 Glenn Ligon: "Unbecoming"; paintings, drawings,
prints, archival materials, photographs and installations that not only
reflect the artist's autobiographical search for his identity as a gay African-American
but also comprise a broader investigation of race, culture, gender and sexuality.
Preview reception, January 16, 5:30-7:30 p.m.; Institute of Contemporary
Art. Through March 8.
Now
The First Juried Exhibition of Clay Monoprints; an exhibition
of clay monoprints curated by the technique's innovator, Mitch Lyons; Esther
Klein Art Gallery. Through January 2.
Inside Out: Four Artists From Korea; four contemporary artists from
Korea whose work reflects the personal and political issues of Korean identity,
in a variety of media, including installation, photography and video; Institute
of Contemporary Art. Through January 4.
The Fragrance of Ink: Korean Literati Paintings of the Choson Dynasty
(1392-1910); from Korea University Museum; traditional scholar paintings
from Korea's last dynasty; 16th to 20th-century delicate silk paintings;
hanging scrolls and screens; Arthur Ross Gallery & University Museum.
Through January 18.
Cultural Readings: Spanish Representations of the New World; selected
from the collection of the Jay Kislak Foundation; Rosenwald Gallery; 6th
Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center. Through February 28. (Friends
of the Library).
Roman Glass: Reflections on Cultural Change; more than 200 examples
of Roman glass and associated materials such as pottery and bronze from
the first century BC. through the sixth century AD.; second floor, Dietrich
Gallery; University Museum. Through June.
Ongoing
Ancient Greek World; Living in Balance: Universe of the Hopi, Zuni,
Navajo and Apache; Ancient Mesopotamia: Royal Tombs of Ur; The Egyptian
Mummy: Secrets and Science; Raven's Journey: World of Alaska's Native People;
Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition; University Museum.
Healing Plants: Medicine Across Time and Cultures; Works by Harry Gordon;
massive sculpture in wood, small pieces in granite; Butcher Sculpture Garden,
Morris Arboretum.
ICA Tours
Free with gallery admission.
21 Curator's Perspective; ICA associate director Judith Tannenbaum
leads a tour of the Glenn Ligon exhibition; 5:30 p.m.; members and
volunteers/free; guests $5. 898-7108 for reservations.
22 `Gallery Tour; 5:15 p.m.
Ethnic Notions screening; 6 p.m.
29 Gallery Tour; 5:15 p.m.;
Thelma Golden talk; 6 p.m.;
University Museum Tours
Meet at the main entrance; 1:30 p.m. Free with Museum admission donation.
For info, visit www.upenn.edu/museum.
10 Highlights; Also January 31.
11 Southwest
17 Mesoamerica
18 Archaeology
24 China
25 Buddhism
22 Ethnic Notions; (Marlon
Riggs; 1987; 56 min) in conjunction with Unbecoming; 6 p.m.; ICA
(See Exhibits).
CGS Special Programs; registration
required. For info, call 898-6479, or visit: www.sas.upenn.edu/CGS/.
Jazzercise; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Mon., Tues. and Thurs.; call for class
location; first class free; $3.50/class, $2.50 students; Carolyn Hamilton,
662-3293 (days), (610) 446-1983 (evenings).
Writers House
All events take place at 3805 Locust Walk. For info call 573-WRIT or
visit: www.english.upenn.edu/~wh.
12 Penn and Pencil Club; creative writing workshop for
Penn and Health systems staff; 5:15-7:15 p.m. Also January 19 (with
guest speaker TBA).
20 Talking Film: Film History Workshop; with Ernie Vecchione;
7 p.m.
28 Publishing Workshop; Loretta Barrett, Penn alumna and literary
agent talks to Penn writers about the business of publishing your work;
time TBA.
14 University
Council; 4-6 p.m.; McClelland, Quad; Penn
ID required; observers must advance register with the Secretary's Office
at 898-7005 to attend.
19 PPSA Executive Board; open to all A-1 observers; noon-1:30
p.m.; Bishop White Room, Houston Hall.
9 Inkhay:
Sounds & Rhythms of the Andes; pre-Columbian
and contemporary South American music and dance; 8 p.m.; $16; students/seniors-$14;
I-House members-$15; International House; 895-6588 for info (I-House Folklife
Center).
15 The Virgin House Band; jazz quartet; 8-10 p.m.; 3805 Locust
Walk. Also playing January 22 (Writers House).
25 Scottish Folk Music; Charlie Zahm and Ted Fiddler perform
traditional Scottish music in honor of Scottish poet Robert Burns on his
239th birthday; 2:30 p.m.; University Museum Galleries (Museum; Presser
Foundation).
Annenberg Center
Call box office, 898-6791 for tickets.
Info: www.libertytnet.org/~annctr.
2 Black Nativity; by Langston Hughes; holiday musical;
Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center. Through January 4. (Freedom
Repertory Theater).
8 Parsons Dance Company; with performances of Nascimento,
Sleep Study, The Almighty, The Envelope, Caught, and Closure,
all choreographed by founder David Parsons; 7 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater.
Also January 9, 8 p.m.; and January 10, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
(Dance Celebration/Main Series).
12 O Vertigo; high energy dances including excerpts from the
full-length Don Quixote and Chagall; 8 p.m. (Dance Celebration/Montreal
Festival).
22 The Tale of Teeka; drama about how domestic violence affects
children; an adult Maurice returns to his childhood farm and recalls the
painful loss of his pet goose; 7 p.m.; Also January 23, 10 a.m. &
12:30 p.m. (Montreal Festival/Young Adult Theatre).
Writers House
All events take place at 3805 Locust Walk. For info: 573-WRIT or visit
www.english.upenn.edu/~wh.
21 Philly Talks; poetry reading and panel discussion with
Ron Sillman and Jeff Dirkson; 7 p.m.
26 Poetry Reading by Diane Cavallo; 6 p.m. with dinner to
follow. To RSVP for the dinner and/or reading, e-mail wh@dept.english.upenn.edu.
28 Speakeasy:
Poetry, Prose and Anything Goes; open-mic performance night; 8:30 p.m.
31 Full Circle; open-mic reading for Philadelphia poets; 8-10
p.m.
Penn Graduate Christian Fellowship; 7 p.m., Wednesdays, Newman Center.
Christian Association
The CA Chapel is open 9 a.m.-9:30 p.m. for private prayers and meditation.
Holy Communion,; noon-1 p.m., Mondays, Chapel
Orthodox Christian Fellowship: Vespers and Discussion Series; 7-9
p.m., Tuesdays, 3rd floor, Chapel
Early Morning Prayers; 8-8:55 a.m., Wednesdays, Conference
Room
Physical Plant Prayer Group; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Wednesdays,
Chapel
Quaker Meetin' and Eatin; noon-1 p.m., Wednesdays, Auditorium
Sister Circle; noon-1 p.m., Wednesdays and Thursdays, Conference
Room
Buddhist Meditation; 1-2 p.m., Wednesdays, Chapel
Unitarian Universalists; 7-9 p.m., first and third Thurs.,
Lounge
Bible Study; 7:30-8:30 p.m., Thursdays, Lounge
Buddhist Meditation; noon-1 p.m., Fridays, Chapel
24 World
Culture Day at the University Museum: Chinese New Year Celebration; 17th annual event celebrating Chinese history, culture
and the Year of the Tiger; children's workshops, storytelling, cooking,
arts & crafts, martial and healing arts demonstrations, and traditional
Chinese Lion Dance and Firecracker Parade grand finale; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.;
Museum (University Museum).
29 Women's Jamboree; literary and musical performances celebrating
women; 8-10:30 p.m.; Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk; $5 donation requested
for WOAR (Penn Women's Alliance).
Faculty Club
Dinner seatings between 5:30-7:30 p.m. Call 898-4618 for reservations
and
information.
21 Chef's Showcase Dinner
28 Foods of the Forest Buffet
Information: 898-4519 or www.upenn.edu/athletics.
9 Women's Basketball vs. Brown; 7 p.m.
10 Swimming & Diving vs. Rutgers; noon (M/W)
Women's Basketball vs. Yale; 7 p.m.
12 Men's Basketball vs. Lafayette; 7 p.m.
16 Swimming & Diving vs. Army; 4 p.m. (W)
17 Swimming & Diving vs. Brown; noon (W)
Swimming & Diving vs. Brown/Army; 3 p.m.(M)
19 Women's Basketball vs. Lafayette; 7 p.m.
20 Men's Basketball vs. Drexel; 7:30 p.m.
21 Men's Squash vs. Franklin & Marshall; 6:30 p.m.
24 Women's Squash vs. Williams; noon
Men's Basketball vs. St. Joseph's; 7:30 p.m.
30 Men's Basketball vs. Columbia; 7 p.m.
Wrestling vs. Cornell; 9 p.m.
Swimming & Diving vs. Yale/ Dartmouth; time TBA. (M/W Diving)
31 Swimming & Diving vs. Yale/Dartmouth; noon (W)
Fencing vs. Yale; 2 p.m.
Wrestling vs. Columbia; 2 p.m.
Swimming & Diving vs. Yale/Dartmouth; 3:30 p.m. (M)
Men's Basketball vs. Cornell; 6:30 p.m.
9 Nonhuman
Primates: Bacterial Diseases; Stuart E.
Leland, clinical veterinarian, ULAR; 10 a.m -noon; Medical Alumni Hall,
36th & Spruce (Laboratory Animal Medicine).
14 Maratha Power in Everyday Life; Anne Waters, Mt. Holyoke;
11 a.m.; History Lounge, 329A 3401 Walnut (South Asia).
Protein Kinase A, Long-Term Memory and the Late Phase of LTP; Edwin
Abel, biology; 4 p.m., 140 John Morgan Building (David Mahoney Institute
of Neurological Sciences).
16 Nonhuman Primates: Viral Diseases; Dale Martin, Walter
Reed Army Institute of Research; 9 a.m.-noon; Medical Alumni Hall, 36th
& Spruce (Laboratory Animal Medicine).
TBA; Gary Hatfield, philosophy; noon; Large Seminar Room, IRCS, 3401
Walnut (IRCS).
21 Sinhala-Ness Over the Longue Duree; John Rogers, Harvard
Un iversity ; 11 a.m.; History Lounge, 329A, 3401 Walnut (South Asia).
Welfare Rights and Social Change; Ursula Bischoff, Ph.D. student,
noon-1 p.m.; Caster Building (School of Social Work).
Rigorous Research to Improve Policy and Practice: Lessons from Welfare
Reform Demonstrations;Rebecca Maynard, education; 1-2 p.m.; Caster Building
(School of Social Work).
22 Reconstructing Women's Lives in Central Europe Before the Holocaust;
Helen Epstein, author; 5 p.m.; 109 Annenberg School, 3620 Walnut St. (Women's
Studies, Jewish Studies).
23 Animal Rights Activities: A Real Threat to Animal Research;
Susan Paris, Americans for Medical Progress; 10 a.m.-noon; Medical Alumni
Hall (Laboratory Animal Medicine).
TBA; Geoffrey Hinton, University of Toronto; noon- 2 p.m.; Large
Seminar Room, IRCS, 3401 Walnut (IRCS).
26 Sawyer Seminar on Globalization and Inequality; Yasemin
Soysal, Harvard; 3-5 p.m.; Room 103, McNeil Building (Sociology).
27 Assisted Reproduction: Towards the Millennium; Karen Gunsane,
obstetrics and gynecology; 1 p.m.; Faculty Club (Women's Club).
The Altered Partitioning Model for huMDR 1-Mediated Drug Resistance;
Paul Roepe, Georgetown; 4 p.m.; physiology conference room, 4th floor Richards
Building (Physiology).
28 Modern South Asia in World History Perspective; Michael
Adas, Rutgers; 11 a.m.; History Lounge, 329A 3401 Walnut (South Asia).
29 The Glenn Ligon Exhibition in the Context of Contemporary Art
Issues; Thelma Golden, Whitney Museum of American Art; 6 p.m.; Institute
of Contemporary Art (ICA).
30 TBA Admission; Kathy McKeown, Columbia; noon-2 p.m.; Large
Seminar Room, IRCS, 3401 Walnut (IRCS).
18 King's
Walk Banners ; banner painting, students
will gather to create visual reminders of the immortal messages of Dr. King;
the banners will hang on Locust Walk during the week to inspire the University
community; 2-6 p.m. (Program for Student Community Involvement).
Martin Luther King, Jr. Anti-Violence Vigil ;7:30 p.m., meet at the
Du Bois College House; meet at the Christian Association immediately following
theVigil for speeches and refreshments (Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated).
19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast, Keynote: Margaret Beale
Spencer, Graduate School of Education, 9 a.m., Du Bois College House (BGAPSA,
BSL,UMC).
Martin Luther King, Jr. Noontime Commemorative Program, Keynote:
Walter Palmer Palmer Foundation, School of Social Work, Martin Luther King,
Jr. Essay Contest Winners, noon - 2 p.m. Penn Tower Hotel (African American
Association of Administrators, Faculty & Staff).
Martin Luther King, Jr. Lunch; Penn Tower serves a special Holiday
lunch buffet, noon - 4 p.m., Penn Tower Hotel restaurant: PT's 387-8333
or 898-1492.
Town Meeting, facilitated by University of Pennsylvania's Martin
Luther King Commemorative Evening Program; keynote speaker: Bev Smith 3-5
p.m., Du Bois College House (BGAPSA, BSL, UMC).
University of Pennsylvania's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative
Evening Program, featuring keynote: Bev Smith, host of "Our Voices"
seen on Black Entertainment Televison (BET) and can be heard daily on the
Sheridan Broadcasting Network. Also featured will be the Martin Luther King
Community Service Awards recipients, Penn's Gospel Choir and Rah Na Na Accapella
Group 7:30 p.m., Annenberg School Auditorium.
20 The Man Behind The March: Bayard Rustin; presentation on
the life of Bayard Rustin, organizer of the 1963 March On Washington, 7:30
p.m. for location, call 898-5044 (Lesbian Gay & Bisexual Center at Penn).
Eyes On The Prize, Part I & II , showing of the award-winning
video series which traces the Freedom and Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.
from 1954-1965 10 p.m., RESNET Video Channel 11 (Penn Video Network).
21 GSE's Annual MLK Celbration; Earl S. Richardson, president,
Morgan State University, GrD'76; 10 a.m., Room D 9-10, GSE (GSE Development
& Alumni Relations).
Eyes On The Prize, Part III& IV , showing of the award-winning
video series which traces the Freedom and Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.
from 1954-1965, 10 p.m., RESNET Video Channel 11 (Penn Video Network).
22 Martin Luther King, Jr. Interfaith Program, featuring Johnnetta
B. Cole, president emerita, Spelman College, the Presidential Distinguished
Professor of Anthropology, Women's Studies and African American Studies
at Emory University. Also featuring student reflections on Dr. King's Ministry,
Rah Na Na, and Penn's Gospel Choir, 7 p.m., Meyerson Hall (Office of the
Chaplain and Interfaith Council).
Eyes On The Prize, Part V & VI, showing of the award winning
video series which traces the Freedom and Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.
1954-1965, 10 p.m., RESNET Video Channel (Penn Video Network).
23 Free Speech and Community; a forum led by faculty which
will explore free speech and a community's need to support diverse members
of the community; 2:30 p.m. for location call 898-3357 (MECHA, BSL, APSC,
ACELA, UMC).
Jazz for King & Poetry Too; cabaret featuring Glenn Bryan's renouned
group, "Signature". Also featured, poetry by Kamau Ma'atand Huie
Douglas, 6 p.m., Du Bois College House (African-American Resource Center,
Penn Women's Center, The Du Bois College House).
27 Syphilis And Social Justice: What's The Connection? Robert
Fullilove, a colleague of Dr. King and currently an associate dean, Columbia
University's School of Public Health, discusses the links between social
policy and Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) prevention in America, 7 p.m.,
Ben Franklin Room of Houston Hall (Student Health Service).
28 Civil Rights Leader: Cesar Chavez; film from the Chicano
Film Series highlighting the life of Mexican Civil Rights leader, Cesar
Chavez 7 p.m., GIC, 3708 Chestnut (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan
(MECHA)).