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Update EXHBIT Diary of FOB; photographic work by senior Owusu Akoto; explores the essence of being "Fresh-Off-the-Boat" and captures moments of cultural dissonance and dualism & paradoxes in metaphor as experienced by Owusu in the three continents where he has lived; Fox Gallery, Logan Hall (SPEC). Through February 19. FILM 18 Against the Ropes; followed by Q&A with producer Robert Cort; 7 p.m.; The Bridge Cinema de Lux; tickets required-free: Penn ID required, e-mail events@sas.upenn.edu (Penn Cinema Studies). MUSIC 19 Live Performance by Chris Mann; in conjunction with the exhibit The Plato Songs; 6:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation (Slought). READING/SIGNING 25 Henry Skammell, Giantkillers: The Team and the Law That Help Whistle-blowers Recover America's Stolen Billions; 12:30 p.m.; Penn Bookstore (Bookstore). TALKS 17 Title TBA; Orly Castle Bloom, author; 3 p.m.; Class of 1949 Auditorium, Houston Hall (Middle East Center; Jewish Studies; Women's Studies). 18 Dynamic Role of the Microenvironment in Regulating Disease Pathogenesis; Lisa Coussens, University of California, San Francisco; 10 a.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar). 19 Enlarging Korea: Democracy, Division and Diaspora; Jacqueline Pak, history; 2 p.m.; rm. B6, Vance Hall (Center for East Asian Studies). Without Passion or Partisanship: Florentine History in the Age of Cosimo I; Ann Moyer, history; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History). 25 When Civil Rights Were Only A Dream: A Roundtable Discussion of Robert Penn Warren's Interviews for Who Speaks for the Negro?; Kristina Baumli, English; Herman Beavers, English; Michael Eric Dyson, religious studies; Ancil George, Van Pelt Library; Sheldon Hackney, history; 5:30 p.m.; Kelly Writers House (Writers House). Deadlines: The deadline for the Update is each Tuesday, for the following issue. The deadline for the April AT PENN calendar is Tuesday, March 16. For more information, see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.
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