CONFERENCE 30 The Endlessly Beckoning Horizon': Afro American Literature at the End of the Twentieth Century; keynote speaker: Michael Awkward, English; Sheraton University City; Info: (215) 898-5141 (Center for the Study of Black Literature and Culture). Through October 2. EXHIBITS Now Back to the City: Culture and Vernacular Architecture of KeyWest; drawings and models by students at the University of Miami School of Architecture; Meyerson Upper Hall Gallery (GSFA). Through October 1. FILMS 22 Spike and Mike's ® 1999 Sick & Twisted ®Festival of Animation ®; 22 short films (many U.S. premieres); 7 & 9 p.m.; International House; $6.50, $5.50 students/seniors/members; Info: (215) 895-6542 (Neighborhood Film/Video Project). Also September 23, 9 p.m.; September 24 & 26, 7 & 9 p.m. FITNESS/LEARNING 21 Guided Zazen (Seated Meditation); Fukushima Keidô, Chief Abbot of the Tôfukuji sect of Rinzai Zen Buddhism; 7-9 p.m.; Terrace Room, Logan Hall; pillows recommended (Museum; Center for East Asian Studies). 27 Part II: Financial Trends: Managing Key Business Indicators; Mario O. Vicari, Kreischer Miller; 6:30-9:00 p.m.; $185 (Wharton Small Business Management Certificate Program). Continues October 11 & 18. MUSIC 25 Concert of South Indian Classical Music; Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar, Carnatic flute; with H.N. Bhaskar, violin, and H.K. Narasimhamurthy, mridangam; 6:30 p.m.; Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center; $15, $12/SRUTI members, $5/students (SRUTI; India Music and Dance Society; South Asia Regional Studies). READING/SIGNING 22 Book Talk; Barbara Dianne Savage, history; discussing her Broadcasting Freedom: Radio, War, and the Politics of Race 1938-1948; 4:30 p.m.; 2nd floor, 3808 Walnut St. (Afro-American Studies Program; Center for Study of Black Literature & Culture). TALKS 23 HIV Clinical Monitoring: Relationship to Viral Pathogenesis; William O'Brien, U. Texas Med; 3-4 p.m.; BRB II/III Auditorium (Center for AIDS Research).
24 Defining and Controlling Nonlinear Dynamics in Neuronal Systems; Steven Schiff, George Mason University; noon; suite 400A, room 470, 3401 Walnut St. (IRCS). 27 Synthetic Polymers for Control of Receptor-mediated Cellular Processes; Linda G. Griffith, MIT; 3:30 p.m.; room 337, Towne Building (Chemical Engineering; Institute for Medicine and Engineering).
Kelly Writers HouseAll events are free and are held at 3805 Locust Walk. Info: (215) 573-WRIT.
Deadlines: The deadline for the weekly update is each Monday for the following week's issue; for the November At Penn calendar it is October 12. Almanac, Vol. 46, No. 4, September 21, 1999 |