1/22/2002, Update JANUARY AT PENN- Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 19

Update

CANCELLED/CHANGE

Time of Fulfillment, the January 29 Penn Humanities Forum by Hayden White, is cancelled.

Due to a recent stroke, the MLK Interfaith speaker, Dr. Wyatt T. Walker, will not be speaking on January 24. The Rev. Dr. Joan Parrott, vice president for leadership development and spiritual renewal at the Children's Defense Fund, will speak in his stead, at 7 p.m., Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall.

CONFERENCE

25 HIV/AIDS in Africa: Taking Action; fourth-annual Conference on Health and Human Rights; 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall. Info.: (215) 823-4206 or evelyn.shuster@med.va.gov (Ethics & Human Rights Program, VA Medical Ctr.; African Studies Ctr.; Penn Center for AIDS Research; Middle East Ctr.)

EXHIBITS

Now Undergraduate Juried Show; Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery. Through February 1 (GSFA).

Reclaiming the American Western Landscape; Cartographies, mappings and images of altered landscapes; traveling exhibition by Alan Berger, University of Colorado; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall. Through February 1 (Landscape Architecture).

Maya Brim and Kate Stuart; MFA candidates; opening reception: January 22, 5-7 p.m. Graduate Student Center. Through February 8 (GSFA).

27 Middle East Center Museum Tour; 1-5 p.m.; University Museum.

FILMS

International House

The Films of Albert and David Maysles. $5. Info./tickets: (215) 895-6542 or www.ihousephilly.org.

24 Salesman; 8 p.m.

25 What's Happening! The Beatles In America; 8 p.m. followed by Gimme Shelter.

FITNESS/LEARNING

22 The Business of Writing; Sheryl Simons on building a freelance writing career, marketing, web-based strategies, contracts and copyrights; 5-7 p.m.; Kelly Writers House (Kelly Writers House)

23 Islamic Feminism Before and After September 11; Miriam Cooke, Duke Univesity; 4:30 p.m.; Kelly Writers House (Women's Studies; English Dept.; Kelly Writers House)

Al-Bait Al-Arabi

Arab World's Membership in World History Through its Physical Monuments. Middle East Center coffee hours/discussions; 7 p.m.; TV Lounge, Gregory House.

24 The Arab West

31 The Arab East

MUSIC

27 Jazz Improvisation Duos; fusion of jazz, classical, new age & avant-garde improv; Catherine Marie Charlton, piano; and J. Jody Janetta, percussion; 3 p.m.; Chapel, Philadelphia Cathedral; $10; $5/students & seniors. Info./tickets: (215) 386-0234 ext. 103 (The Global Village--Initiatives in Arts, Culture and Education).

READINGS/SIGNINGS

24 Loos and Fine Art: Scandalous Beauty from the Anti-Artist of Architecture; Joseph Masheck; 6:30 p.m.; Arts Café, Writers House (Kelly Writers House).

28 The MouseDriver Chronicles; John Lusk and Kyle Harrison, WG '99; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 350, Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall (Wharton e-Business Initiative).

SPECIAL EVENT

23 Foods of the Forest Dinner Buffet; 5:30-8 p.m.; Faculty Club, Inn at Penn; $28/per person. Info./reservations: (215) 898-4618 (Faculty Club).

TALKS

23 mRNA Trafficking in and Between Male Germs; Norman Hecht, Johns Hopkins University; noon; Rm. 252, BRB II/III (CRRWH).

23 Survivors of the Middle Passage: Autobiographical Accounts by Enslaved Africans in British America; Jerome Handler, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities; 3 p.m.; rm. 200, College Hall (African Studies Center).

24 India-China Relations: Looking into the Future; Venu Rajamony, Embassy of India; 4:30 p.m.; conference rm., Solomon Asch Ctr., suite 305, St. Leonard's Court (Ctr. for the Advanced Study of India).

24 Slide Lecture; Winifred Lutz (sculptor); 5 p.m.; Meyerson B-3 (GSFA).

29 Slide Lecture; Tom Butter (sculptor); 5 p.m.; Meyerson B-3 (GSFA).

Deadlines: The deadline for the weekly Update is each Monday for the following week's issue. The deadline for the March At Penn calendar is February 12.