4 End
of Advance Registration for Fall and Summer Sessions.
23 Spring Term
Classes End.
26 Reading Days.
Through April 28.
29 Final
Examinations. Through May 7.
CHILDREN'S
ACTIVITIES
Morris Arboretum
Free with admission. Info.: (215) 247-5777.
7 Japanese
Story Hours; interactive celebration of Japanese culture;
10 a.m. Also April 8, 10 a.m. See Special Events.
24 Fun with Origami;
make origami creations to take home; 1:30 p.m.
Penn Museum
For ages 8-12. Register: (215) 898-4016.
3 Innuit,
Tlingit, and Athapaskan Masks; explore the people of
Alaska; 10 a.m.; $10.
17 Dancing
Blankets; see a Chilkat dancing blanket and learn abstractions
of animals; 10 a.m.; $10.
20th
Birthday of the
Philadelphia International Children's
Festival
Events
at the Annenberg Center. For ages 4 & up unless
otherwise noted. Info./tickets: (215) 898-3900 or see www.pennpresents.org;
$12 for first show, $6 for same number of tickets for
each additional show. From April 25 through May 1.
25 Stars of the Peking
Acrobats; featuring Kung Fu and Chinese comedy;
10 a.m. & noon; Zellerbach Theatre. Also April
26, 12:30 p.m.; April 27, noon; April
28, 10 a.m.; April 29, noon; April 30, 10
a.m.; May 1, noon & 4 p.m.
Kaleta:
A Children's Festival; dancing, storytelling, drumming
and singing; 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre. Also
April 26, 12:30 p.m.; April 27, 10 a.m.; April
28, noon; April 29, 10 a.m.; April 30, noon; May
1, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.
Playworks;
artisans will teach arts and crafts including African
drums and Native American dream catchers; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.;
Outdoor Plaza; free with show ticket. Also April 26-30, 10
a.m.-2 p.m.; May 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Stageworks;
artists, jugglers, storytellers and musicians; 11 a.m.-4:30
p.m.; Outdoor Plaza; free with show ticket. Also May
1, 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
The
Jabali Acrobats; Chinese traditions of acrobatics;
noon & 4 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre. Also April
26, 10:30 a.m.; April 27, noon; April
28, 10 a.m.; April 29, noon; April 30, 10
a.m.; May 1, noon & 4 p.m.
Mark
Jaster-A Fool Named 'O'; silent jester whose tricks
include music from a carpenter's saw; noon, 2 p.m. & 4
p.m.; Studio Theatre. Also April 26, 10:30 a.m.; April
27, noon; April 28; 10 a.m. & noon; April
29, noon; April 30, 10 a.m. & noon.
BAM-The
Blue Barrel Show; comedy and drumming where everyday
objects are transformed into a percussion orchestra;
2 p.m.; Iron Gate Theatre. Also April 26, 10:30
a.m.; April 27, noon; April 28, 10 a.m.; April
29, noon; April 30, 10 a.m.; May 1, noon & 4
p.m.
Jack-Five
Oh: A Folk Tale Odyssey; play uses songs, shadow
puppets, special effects to bring Newfoundland fairy
tales to life; ages 6 & up; 4 p.m.; Iron Gate Theatre. Also
April 26, 12:30 p.m.; April 27, noon; April
28, 10 a.m. & noon; April 29, 10 a.m.; April
30, noon; May 1, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.
27 Jamie
Adkins in Typo; juggling, unicycling, slack-wire
walking and bumbling slapstick; 10 a.m.; Zellerbach
Theatre. Also April 28, noon; April 29, 10
a.m.; April 30, noon; May 1, 10 a.m. & 2
p.m
WXPN "Kids
Corner" with Kathy O'Connell, Live from the Festival;
similar to an old-fashioned radio show with actors
and musicians; 7 p.m.; $12.
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CONFERENCES
2 Gathering/Place:
Folklore, Aesthetic Ecologies, and the Public Domain; noon-8
p.m.; rm. 402, Logan Hall; register: www.sas.upenn.edu/folklore/center/gatheringplace/index.html (Center
for Folklore and Ethnography). Through April 3, Terrace
Room, Logan Hall.
3 Animal
Magnetism and After; history of Mesmerism in 18th, 19th & 20th
century literature, political and social philosophy, medicine,
and dynamic psychotherapy; 1:30-4:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation
(Slought Foundation; Wagner Institute).
The
Botanical Garden: Past, Present, Future; 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.;
Upper Gallery, Meyerson Hall; register: abhirsch@design.upenn.edu (School
of Design).
Global
Health and Security in the 2nd Nuclear Age; social and
political ramifications of an escalating defense; 8:30 a.m.-5
p.m.; Meyerson Hall; registration: www.psrphila.org;
$100/MDs and professionals, $50/public, $20/students (Physicians
for Social Responsibility; Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities).
16 The
Complete Petrarch: A Life's Work (1304-1374); presentations
of different Petrarchan text to commemorate the 700th anniversary
of his birth; 1-8
p.m.; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Bldg.; info./register:
(215) 898-6040 (Center for Italian Studies). Through April
17. See Exhibits.
26 10th
Annual Gruss Colloquium-Challenging Boundaries: History and
Anthropology in Jewish Studies; 10 a.m.-6:45 p.m.; rm. 17, Logan Hall;
info.: www.cjs.upenn.edu/program/2003-2004/colloquium.htm (Center
for Advanced Judaic Studies). Through April 28.
*Registration
is closed* 28 Going
Too Far: Rationalizing Unethical Medical Research in Japan,
Germany, and the United
States; for time and location call (215) 573-4203 or visit www.ceas.sas.upenn.edu (Center
for East Asian Studies). Through May 1.
EXHIBITS
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, Inn at Penn: free; Mon.-Fri.,
8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery:
free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Esther
Klein Gallery, 3600 Market St.: free; Mon.-Sat.,
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Fox
Gallery, Logan Hall: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5
p.m.
GSE
Student Lounge: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Institute
of Contemporary Art (ICA): $3, $2/artists, seniors,
and students over 12, free/members, children 12 and under,
w/PennCard and on Sun. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Wed.-Fri., noon-8
p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Kelly
Writers House: free; Mon.-Thurs., 10 a.m.-11
p.m.; Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., noon-11 p.m.; Sun.,
6 p.m.-11 p.m.
Kroiz
Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library: free; Mon.-Fri.,
10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., appointment only.
Meyerson
Gallery, Meyerson Hall: free; Mon.-Fri.,9 a.m.-5
p.m.
Morris
Arboretum: $8, $6/seniors & students, $3/children
3-12, free w/ PennCard, children under 3; Mon.-Fri.,
10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Penn
Museum: $8, $5/seniors, children 6-17,
full-time students w/ID, free/members, w/PennCard, children
under 6; Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m.,
free.
Slought
Foundation, 4017 Walnut St.: free; Wed.-Sat.,
11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Van
Pelt-Dietrich Library. For hours see http://events.library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi.
Upcoming
3 Peace of
Paper: Origami Exhibit; over 100 pieces displayed representing
10 countries; Morris Arboretum. Through April 24.
5 Yunsung
Hong; GSC. Through April 30.
Annual
Penn Undergraduate Ceramics and Photography Show; GSE;
reception: April 21, 5:30 p.m. Through
April 30.
12 Fox
Family All-Campus Show; Fox Gallery; reception: April
13, 5 p.m. Through
April 30.
Collage/Montage/Drawing;
Charles Addams Gallery. Through April 16.
16 Master Drawings
(1800-1914) from the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; drawings
and watercolors by forty European masters; Arthur Ross
Gallery; reception: April 15, 4:30 p.m. Through
June 27.
17 Framing
(a Condensation Cube); a vault installation featuring
Hans Haacke's Condensation Cube of 1963-1965; Slought Foundation;
reception: April
17, 6:30 p.m. Through May 20.
Terror:
A Collaboration Between a Palestinian and an Israeli Artist;
featuring seven composite photographs addressing the Palestinian-Israeli
conflict; Slought Foundation; reception: April 17,
6:30 p.m. Through June 12.
Public
Override Void; vault installation featuring Jim Carpenter's
Electronic Text Composition (ETC); Slought Foundation;
reception: April 29, 6:30 p.m. Through May 20.
19 MFA Preview
Thesis Exhibition; Meyerson Lower Gallery; reception: April
20, 5 p.m.; Through April 23.
23 MFA Final Review;
Meyerson Gallery. Through April 25.
Now
PAFA;
work by students from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts;
Kelly Writers House. Through April 2.
Antique
Rugs of the Turkman Tribes; "main carpets" from 1800-1875;
Arthur Ross Gallery. Through April 4.
Yoshimoto
Nara: Nothing Ever Happens; ICA. Through April
4.
Sarah
McEneaney; autobiographical paintings; ICA. Through
April 4.
Aleksandra
Mir: Naming Tokyo (Part III); ICA. Through April
4.
Smartwrap; ICA. Through
April 4.
Prints
and Digital Video; work by artists Jesse Olanday
and Sue Shon; Fox Gallery. Through April 9.
All PennDesign Show; Meyerson
Gallery. Through April 9.
New
Society for Universal Harmony featuring Leonard
Malen; Slought Foundation. Through April 15.
Undergraduate
Senior Thesis Show; Charles Addams Gallery. Through
April 9.
Mayan
Procession; fourteen life-size oil paintings by Winifred
Godfrey of the Maya people of today; Mosaic Gallery, Penn
Museum; Through April 21.
Garden
Life: A Juried Photo Exhibition; Upper Gallery, Widener
Visitor Center, Morris Arboretum. Through April 30.
Works
in Encaustic on Wood; work by Neil Garrioch; Burrison
Gallery; Through April 30.
Mythic Visions: Yarn Paintings
of a Huichol Shaman; José Benítez Sánchez;
Penn Museum. Through May 2.
Art-in-Science
XVIII: The Earth Exposed; remote satellite images by
Stephen Young; Esther M. Klein Gallery. Through May
15.
Petrarch
at 700; manuscripts and printed books date from the
15th through the early 18th centuries, and a few 19th-century
photographs illustrate places associated with Petrarch's
life; Rosenwald Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through
May 21. See Conferences.
Only
Controversial and Not Detrimental: The Legacy of Modern
Design in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia; drawings, photographs
and models representing modern houses; Kroiz Gallery. Through
May 31.
The
Beaux-Arts at Penn; selected works of architect Paul
Philippe Cret and his students; Kroiz Gallery. Through
May 31.
A
Show of Roses: Watercolors for the Morris Arboretum;
paintings by Marcy Abhau; Morris Arboretum. Through
June 27.
Treasures
from the Royal Tombs of Ur; over 200 ancient Sumerian
artifacts from the site of Ur in Mesopotamia (modern-day
Iraq); Dietrich Gallery, Penn Museum. Through September.
A
Wonderful Life: A Daughter's Tribute to a Family
of Educators; Joan Myerson Shrager's digital art; Student
Lounge, GSE. Ongoing.
Ongoing at the Penn Museum
Worlds
Intertwined: Etruscans, Greeks and Romans; Canaan & Ancient
Israel; Native American Southwest; Ancient
Mesopotamia: Royal Tombs of Ur; Mesoamerica; The Egyptian
Mummy: Secrets & Science;
Alaska's Native People; Buddhism: History & Diversity
of a Great Tradition; Africa: The Cradle of Humankind;
Polynesia: ¥ahu'ula + lei niho palaoa; Chinese Rotunda.
Penn Museum Tours
Meet at Trescher main entrance; 1:30
p.m.; free with Museum admission donation; info.: www.museum.upenn.edu.
3 Egypt:
Decoding the Hieroglyphs.
4 Greece:
Votives & Sacrifice.
10 Highlights of
the Collection.
17 The
Pottery Record in Canaan & Ancient Israel.
18 Raven's
Journey: Animal Spirit.
25 Etruscan/Roman:
Marble, Mosaics & Metalwork.
ICA Program
Info.: www.icaphila.org.
30 The Big Nothing;
over sixty artists' works from 1970s to present that explore
themes of nothing and nothingness in contemporary art;
walkthrough:
5 p.m.; opening reception: 6 p.m.; exhibit runs May 1
through August 1.
FILMS
Gregory College House
Screenings 8:30 p.m.; Film Lounge, Van
Pelt Manor. Free w/ PennCard.
2 The
Princess Bride.
5 Scarface.
6 Mulholland
Drive.
13 Minority
Report.
16 Dogma.
Hill Film Society
Screenings 8 p.m.; Hill Gallery,
Hill College House. Free w/ PennCard.
1 American
Beauty.
8 Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
15 Amélie.
22 Whale
Rider.
International House
Screenings with English subtitles. Tickets
$6, $5/members, students, seniors. Info.: (215) 387-5125
or www.ihousephilly.org.
1 La
Vie Est Belle; French; 7:30 p.m.; preceded by Rencontrer:
Ishmael.
7 Cherry
Blossom Festival Japanese Film Showcase-Hadashi no Gen and Kaze
no Tani no Naushika; Japanese; 6:30 p.m. See Special
Events.
13th Annual Philadelphia Film
Festival
April 8-24 at International House
and the Bridge Cinema de Lux. Info./tickets: (215) 733-0608
or www.phillyfests.com.
Russian Film Series
Screenings 7 p.m.; rm. 402, Logan Hall;
Films in Russian and other European languages with English
subtitles. Free and open to public.
7 Underground.
14 The Prisoner
of Mountains.
21 Russian
Ark.
Wistar Institute
Screenings 7 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium.
Free and open to public.
6 Invasion
of the Body Snatchers.
20 X-Men.
FITNESS/LEARNING
Jazzercise;
5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays & Thursdays, Newman Center; first
class free; $7/class, $5/students; Carolyn hamilton: (215)
662-3293 (days) or (610) 446-1983 (evenings).
4 Ice
Rink Closes; last session 8-10 p.m.
13 Adult
Basketball Free Play; 5-8 p.m.; enter at 43rd & Locust;
for adults 25 and over; every Tuesday through April
27 (Penn Alexander Community School).
14 Penn
Knitters; noon; The ARCH. Also April 28.
15 City
Gardening Series: Organic Gardening; 6:30 p.m.; enter
at 43rd & Locust (Penn Alexander Community School).
19 Cinq à Sept;
wine and cheese tasting for the local French community; 5
p.m.; ste. One East, 3624 Market St. (French Institute).
African-American Resource Center
Workshops at noon; Conference Room, Center
for Africana Studies. Register at aarc@pobox.upenn.edu or
(215) 898-0104.
7 Write
a Winning Resume.
13 Using
Penn's Educational Benefits.
27 High Performance
Workplace: How the Appraisal Process Supports Workplace
Productivity.
Christian Association
Info.: http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~upennca/.
1 Sister
Circle: Madonna Mamas; noon. Also April 8,
Spiritual Awakening; April 15, Spiritual Initiation; April
22, Spiritual Grounding in the Feminine Spiritual Consciousness;
April 29, Embodying Sacred Feminine Experience.
6 Discovering
God as Eros: The Passion for Connection; Bible
study; noon. Also April 13, Befriending Our Bodies;
April 20, Remaining Questions of Sacred Sex.
SLANGuage;
international students and their spouses emphasize on written
and spoken American English; 3 p.m. Also April 13, 20 & 27.
Office of Community Housing
Seminars from noon-1 p.m. and 1-2 p.m.
in Bldg. A, 3401 Walnut St. Register at laedonl@pobox.upenn.edu.
7 Credit
Counseling and Repair.
8 Community
Housing.
Learning and Education Programs
Open to faculty and staff. Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/learning/.
1 Career
Focus Brown Bag--Mentors@Penn; learn about the benefits
of becoming a mentor or mentee; noon-1 p.m.
14 Career
Focus Brown Bag--Communicating Non-Defensively Revised;
noon-1 p.m.
21 Administrative
Professionals Day; noon-2 p.m.; $15.
22 Franklin
Covey's "Focus": Achieving Your Highest Priorities;
workshop on time management and organizational skills;
9 a.m.-5 p.m.; $50.
23 Career
Focus Brown Bag--Crafting Your Career at Penn: Student Services;
noon-1 p.m.
Morris Arboretum
Info./register (215) 247-5777 ext. 125.
3 Ikebana: The
Japanese Art of Arranging Plant Material; 10 a.m.-12:30
p.m.; $85, $80/ members. Continues April 10.
Great
Plants for Your Home Garden Tour; learn the common
and Latin name of each plant, native habitat, size, hardiness
and social interest of trees and shrubs; free w/regular
admission; 1 p.m.; Also April 10, 17 & 24.
7 Decorative
Swag with Artificial and Preserved Flowers; 10 a.m.-noon;
$38, $34/members.
Cherries
and Magnolias: Beautiful Spring-Blooming Trees; learn
which varieties are best suited for your garden; 1-3 p.m.;
$48, $45/members. Continues April 21.
17 Culinary
Herb Primer; discuss the growth habits, cultural requirements,
history and lore of culinary herbs; 10 a.m-2 p.m.; $56,
$51/members.
18 Herbal
Garden, Herbal Spa; learn to make bath and body oils;
1-3:30 p.m.; $29, $27/members.
20 Healing Gardens:
Horticultural Therapy and Site Design for Health Care Settings
and Adult Communities; learn strategies for developing
and sustaining therapeutic gardens and horticultural programs;
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; $115.
Vase
Arranging: Loose Flowers; 10 a.m.-noon.; $35, $32/members. Also
April 20, 6:45-8:45 p.m.
Bonsai:
The Art of Growing Miniature Potted Trees; designed
for beginners, learn how to train your plant through
pruning and wiring; 7-9:30 p.m.; $102, $98/members. Continues
April 27.
23 Master
Class: Designing Mixed Borders for Public Spaces; create
an optimal design charette taking into consideration planning
for installation and maintenance costs and accessibility
for people with disabilities; 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m.; all day
$96, $87/members; morning only $74, $66/members.
24 The
Fabulous Spring Garden; sequencing bloom to create
color in the garden from January to early summer; 10 a.m.-2
p.m.; $48, $43/members.
26 Floral
Design: How to Create Beautiful Weddings; make bouquets,
altar arrangements, corsages, and centerpieces; 6:45-8:45
p.m.; $205, $185/members.
27 Collectors
Workshop: The Art of Collecting Botanical Engravings;
what to look for in selecting botanical prints for your
own collection; 2-4 p.m.; $40, $36/members.
PennFit: Department of Recreation
Free
to Penn students, faculty & staff.
Info./ register: jmhunt@pobox.upenn.edu.
1 Home
Run Derby; 10 p.m.; pre-registration required.
3 Spinning
Master Class; 10:30 a.m.-noon; Studio 306.
5 Body
Composition Measurements; 9-10 a.m.; rm. G-16; pre-registration
required. Also April 21& 27.
7 Information
Session on Personal Training; noon; rm. G-16.
15 Frisbee
Golf; 10 p.m.
28 Blood
Pressure Screenings; noon-1 p.m.; rm. G-16; pre-registration
required.
Quality of Work Life
Open to faculty and staff. Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/quality/workshop.
15 Helping
Teens Deal with Peer Pressure; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; rm.
223, Houston Hall.
28 Coping
with Allergies; noon-1 p.m.; rm. 213, Steinberg-Dietrich
Hall.
Technology and Training Services
Classes at ISC labs, 3650 Chestnut St.,
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Courses open to faculty, staff and students.
Register at www.tts.isc.upenn.edu.
1 Excel
2000 Intro.; $190.
Excel
XP Intro.: $190.
5 PowerPoint
XP Intermediate; $190.
6 Word
2000 Intermediate; $190.
7 HTML
Fundamentals; $494.
12 MS Project
2000 Intro.; $448. Through April 13.
14 Business Objects Intro.;
$350.
16 Excel
2000 Intermediate; $190.
20 FilemakerPro
Intermediate; $190.
21 PowerPoint
2000 Intermediate; $190.
22 Access
XP/2000 Advanced; $448. Through April 23.
26 Photoshop
6.0 Web Graphics; $494.
28 Word
2000 Advanced; $190.
Word
XP Advanced; $190.
29 Windows
XP Intro.; $190.
30 Excel 2000 Advanced;
$190.
MEETINGS
22 Networking
and Committee Recap for Weekly Paid Staff; noon; rm.
F70, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (WPSA).
28 University
Council; 4-6 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall.
MUSIC
2 And
Their Voices Cry Freedom: A Musical Tribute to John Brown
and Toussaint L'Overture; 7 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery
(Center for Africana Studies).
15 The Gundecha
Brothers; Dhrupad vocal music with a Surbahar performance;
7 p.m.; Rooftop Lounge, Hamilton House (South Asia
Center).
16 Spring Fling
Concert: Wyclef Jean and the Refugee All-Stars; 7 p.m.;
Franklin Field; tickets: $25, $20 w/ PennCard, $30 day
of show. Tickets on sale on Locust Walk and Ticketmaster
(SPEC).
Music Department
Admission: $5, free w/ PennCard.
3 University
Wind Ensemble; performance by Penn Brass Ensemble and
Penn Brass Ensemble; 8 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium.
4 Ancient
Voices; music of Brumel, Brahms, Lassus, Byrd,
Victoria, and Monteverdi; 3 p.m.; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine
Auditorium; $10, free w/ PennCard.
13 The Cassatt
String Quartet; music of Borodin, Brahms, and Penn
Professor of Music James Primosch; 8 p.m.; Amado Recital
Hall, Irvine Auditorium.
17 University
Choir; 8 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium.
20 Penn
Baroque and Recorder Ensembles; program will feature
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5; 8 p.m.; Amado Recital
Hall, Irvine Auditorium.
21 Penn
Chamber Music Society; 8 p.m.; University Lutheran
Church.
23 University
Choral Society & University Symphony Orchestra;
program includes Durufle's Requiem; 8 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium.
Penn Presents
Info./tickets: (215) 898-3900.
9 An
Evening of Indian Classical Music; Ustad Shujaat Khan
on Sitar, Debashish Bhattacharya on slide guitar, accompanied
by Shubhankar Banerjee & Shubhashish Bhattacharya on
the tabla; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg
Center; $35, $30, $25, $20 (SRUTI).
10 Poncho
Sanchez; performer of Latin Jazz and his eight-piece
band return with congas, mambo beats, and salsa; 8 p.m.;
Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; $41, $35, $29, $24.
25 Wynton
Marsalis; jazz trumpeter; 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.; Zellerbach
Theatre, Annenberg Center; $54, $50, $45, $38.
Slought Foundation
4017 Walnut St. Info.: http://www.slought.org/
3 Live
Concert with Elliot Sharp; duets of video and
sound along with Janene Higgins; 8 p.m.; $12.
10 Live Concert
with Boston Orchestra; Freedom Jazz; 8 p.m.; $12.
15 Live
Concert with Sanchez/Malaby/Rainey; structured free
jazz; 8 p.m.; $12.
25 Live
Concert with Koch-Schutz-Studer; radical and uncompromising
European jazz; 8 p.m.; $12.
28 Live
Concert with Scott Fields and DVPG; electronic jazz
with live-mixed video; 8 p.m.; $5.
ON
STAGE
22 The Trojan
Women: A Love Story; 8:30 p.m.; Penn Museum; $5; also April
23-25; talk on the adaptation of classical texts for
contemporary audiences with buffet luncheon on April
23, $25 (Center for Ancient Studies).
International House
Info.: (215) 387-5125.
6 Tamagawa
Taiko Drumming Performance; drumming and traditional
Japanese dance; 7 p.m.; also April 9, 7 p.m., Wynn
Commons; April 10, Morris Arborteum, 1 p.m., free
with regular admission (Center for East Asian Studies;
Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia).
29 Over
the Rainbow: Seeking Queer Asylum in America; play
about the stories of LGBT refugees in search of life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness; for time call (215) 895-6544; $12,
$10/members, students and seniors. Also April 30.
Penn Presents
Info./tickets: www.pennpresents.org.
15 Pilobolus;
crazy contortions and extraordinary acrobatics; 7:30 p.m.;
Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; also April 16, 8
p.m. and April 17, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; tickets: evening
$39, $35, $31; matinee $36, $32, $28.
READINGS/SIGNINGS
4 Signing
and Discussion by Patricia Vance; event includes
a bike tour of Philadelphia led by Vance and a small
talk about the book; 3 p.m.; 3131 Market St. (Penn Press).
22 An
African American Parent's Guide to Discipline; Howard
Stevenson; 5:30 p.m.; enter at 43rd & Locust; rsvp: rholmes@pobox.upenn.edu (Penn
Alexander Community School).
Kelly Writers House
Info.: www.english.upenn.edu/~wh.
5 Live
at the Writers House; word and music radio show on
88.5 WXPN; 8 p.m. Also April 9, 9 p.m.
7 Speakeasy:
Poetry, Pose and Anything Goes; 8 p.m. Also April
21.
8 Reading
with Poets D.A. Powell and Stephanie Strickland;
6 p.m.
10 Spoken
Word Reading and Open Mic; 4:30 p.m. (MuseumOfPoetry.com).
12 Conversation
with Writer and Documentary Filmmaker Dayton Duncan;
7 p.m.
13 Reading
by Kenneth Goldsmith; poet, music critic, editor;
5 p.m.
14 Brave
Testimony: A Celebration of African American Poetry;
reading by poet Elizabeth Alexander; 6 p.m. (Center for
Africana Studies).
19 Reading
by Writer James Alan McPherson; 6:30 p.m.; rsvp: whfellow@writing.upenn.edu; interview/conversation April
20, 10 a.m. (KWH Fellows Program).
27 Rhymes & Misdemeanors;
reading by Penn and Pencil and Suppose an Eye groups; 6
p.m.
28 Reading
by the Winners of Penn's Creative Writing Contests;
7 p.m.
Penn Bookstore
Info.: http://upenn.bkstore.com.
5 Mercy,
Mercy Me: The Art, Loves, and Demons of Marvin Gaye;
Michael Eric Dyson; 3 p.m.
6 Public
Dollars, Private Stadiums: Battles over Building Sports
Stadiums; Kevin Delaney and Rick Eckstein; 12:30
p.m.; followed by Foul Ball: My Life and Hard Times
Trying to Save an Old Ballpark by Jim Boulton.
13 Europe
from a Backpack: Real Stories from Young Travelers Abroad;
Mark Pearson; 3:30 p.m.
22 Intimate
Bicycle Tours of Philadelphia: Ten Excursions to the
City's Art, Parks, and Neighborhoods; Patricia Vance;
1 p.m.
Nixon
Under the Bodhi Tree and Other Works of Buddhist Fiction;
Easton Waller; 7 p.m.
27 The
Awakening: A Vampire Huntress Legend Series #2; Leslie
Esdaile Banks; 12:30 p.m.
SPECIAL
EVENTS
1 Feast
of Fools; student performing arts festival of madcaps
and tricksters with magic acts, comedies, outdoor plays
and other activities; 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; College Green
and Wynn Commons (Penn Humanities Forum)
4 Arab
Heritage Month Cultural Afternoon; learn belly
dance and other traditional Arab dances; 5-8 p.m.; Hall
of Flags, Houston Hall
6 Open Enrollment
Fair; review benefits packages options; 9 a.m.-3:30
p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (Human Resources).
7 Annual
Rental Housing Fair; 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Wynn Commons;
rain location: Hall of Flags, Houston Hall (Office of Off-Campus
Living).
10 Soul
of Du Bois Annual Celebration; theme is The
Philadelphia Negro: Then and Now; noon-9 p.m.; Du Bois
College House; info./registration: (215) 898-3677.
14 April
in Paris Dinner; Faculty Club; $29.95; reservations:
(215) 898-4618.
16 Spring
Crafts Fair; 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Locust Walk (SPEC).
Spring
Fling; concerts, games and parties; info.: http://specevents.net/fling/ (SPEC). Through
April 17.
17 The Philadelphia
Antiques Show; benefits Penn's Department of Radiology.
Loan exhibit: Folk Art on Fire features works by
18th and 19th century American folk artists and artisans;
11 a.m.-8 p.m.; 33rd Street Armory; $15 door, $12 seniors,
WHYY members, $7 students, UPHS employees; info.: www.philaantiques.com.
Also April 18, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; April 19 & 20,
11 a.m.-8 p.m.
The
43rd Annual Philadelphia Antiques Show April 17-20
Special Loan Exhibit: "Folk
Art on Fire"
This exhibit features works
by 18th and 19th century American folk artists all
relating to the heritage of the country's early fireman.
The special loan exhibit
will showcase Philadelphia's early fire fighting
legacy as the first U.S. city to establish a volunteer
fire department. These objects include weather vanes,
paintings, portraits, presentation pieces, fire engine
panels, and representational or portrait carved figures.
The 2004 Philadelphia
Antiques Show will run from April 17-20 at
the 33rd Street Armory. This year's proceeds
will be presented to the Department of Radiology
for their Ultrasound Section, and will be used
to purchase state-of-the-art scanners, which will
positively impact the section's ability to make
critical decisions on a timely basis, improving
the clinical care of patients in all departments. See
Special Events.
William Penn Red Hat-This
red cap features a full length portrait of William
Penn holding a famous charter.
Mechanic
Fire Society Bucket-Decorated by John S. Blunt, New
Hampshire, dated 1811.
Dalmation -American,
carved and painted, c. 1880-1890.
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20 Israel
Day; celebrate Israel and its culture with food, music
and dancing, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; College Green (PennPAC).
22 Take Your Daughters
and Sons to Work Day; activities across campus for
9-15 year old guests; see www.hr.upenn.edu/quality/daughterson.asp for
full listing of activities (Human Resources).
23 Greenfield
Intercultural Center End of Year Celebration; eat and
dance in celebration of GIC's 20th anniversary; 6:30 p.m.;
Newman Center-Parish Hall;
24 Feria
de Seville en Philadelphia; flamenco dancing, food,
Spanish music and crafts; 6-11 p.m.; International House;
$15, $8/members, students, seniors and children (Raêces
Culturales Latinomericanas).
25 Arbor
Day Celebration; tree related crafts and activities,
face painting and the Philadelphia Zoo on Wheels; 1-3 p.m.;
free with regular admission (Morris Arboretum).
Cherry
Blossom Celebration
Month long celebration of Japanese culture
and heritage. Events at the Morris Arboretum are free with
admission unless otherwise noted. Info.: (215) 247-5777.
5 Visit
by the 20th Tokyo Japanese Cherry Blossom Queen; 10
a.m.
10 Japanese
Garden Elements Tour;
2:30 p.m. Also
April 17 & 24.
14 Great
Gardens of Japan; Pamela Morris, Morris Arboretum;
7 p.m.; $5, free/members; register: (215) 247-5777 ext.
169.
17 Japanese Tea Ceremony;
1 p.m.
SPORTS
Info./tickets: http://pennathletics.ocsn.com.
3 Baseball
vs. Yale; 11:30 a.m.
(M)
Lacrosse vs. Cornell; noon.
(M) Tennis
vs. Princeton; noon.
Softball
vs. Princeton; noon.
Baseball
vs. Yale; 2:30 p.m.
(W)
Lacrosse vs. Columbia; 3 p.m.
(M)
Track Penn Invitational; all day.
4 Baseball
vs. Brown; noon.
Softball
vs. LaSalle; noon.
Baseball
vs. Brown; 3 p.m.
(W)
Track Penn Invitational; all day.
5 (M)
Tennis vs. Army; 2 p.m.
7 Softball
vs. Temple; 4 p.m.
(M)
Tennis vs. Swarthmore; 4 p.m.
(W)
Lacrosse vs. Penn State; 7 p.m.
9 (M)
Tennis vs. Brown; 2 p.m.
10 (W) Rowing
vs. Northeastern/Syracuse; 9 a.m.
(W)
Lacrosse vs. Harvard; noon.
(M)
Tennis vs. Yale; noon.
(M)
Track Collegiate Challenge Quad; all day.
13 Baseball
vs. Lehigh; 3 p.m.
16 (W) Tennis
vs. Harvard; 2 p.m.
17 Softball
vs. Yale; noon.
(M)
Lacrosse vs. Brown; noon.
Baseball
vs. Cornell; noon.
(W)
Tennis vs. Dartmouth, noon.
Baseball
vs. Cornell; 3 p.m.
(M)
Crew-Lightweight Dodge Cup; 9 a.m.
(M)
Crew-Heavyweight Blackwell Cup; time TBA.
18 Baseball
vs. Cornell; noon.
Softball
vs. Brown; noon.
Baseball
vs. Cornell; 3 p.m.
22 (M)/(W)
Track Penn Relays; all day. Through April 24.
23 (M) Tennis vs.
Columbia; 2 p.m.
24 Softball
vs. Columbia; 1 p.m.
25 (W) Tennis
vs. Cornell; 10 a.m.
Softball
vs. Cornell; noon.
(W)
Lacrosse vs. Brown; 1 p.m.
26 Softball
vs. Drexel; 3 p.m.
TALKS
1 Board
Composition and Private Inurement in Nonprofit Organizations:
Evidence from Hospitals; R. Lawrence Van Horn; noon;
Auditorium, Colonial Penn Center (LDI).
Lessons
In Leadership; William Floyd, Beverly Enterprises;
5 p.m.; Golkin Room, Houston Hall; register: www.sas.upenn.edu/foxleadership/;
PennKey needed (Fox Leadership Program).
A
Path of Least Resistance:'Imperial-Way
Buddhism' and Japanese Buddhist Ethics; Christopher
Ives, Stonehill College; 4 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson Hall
(East Asian Studies).
Immunotherapy
of Melanoma: A Broken Promise?; Juergen Becker, Julius
Maximilians University, Germany; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium,
Wistar Institute .
Democratic
Elections and Deliberation Day; Bruce Ackerman, Yale
University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 17, Logan Hall (SAS).
From
Exile to Ethnic: Iranian-Americans in the 21st Century;
Persis Karim, San Jose State University; 4:45 p.m.; rm.
200, International House.
Neurotic
Cities: Barnes in Philadelphia; Jeremy Braddock, Cornell
University; Kimberly Camp, Barnes Foundation; 6:30 p.m.;
Slought Foundation.
2 Television
and New Media from the Perspective of Critical Theory and
Cultural Studies; Mark Andrejevic, University of Iowa;
noon; rm. 500, Annenberg (Annenberg School).
The
Effect of Health Insurance on Access to Medical Care: Results
from an Audit Study; Helen Levy, University of Chicago;
noon; Auditorium, Colonial Penn Center (LDI; RAND/Hartford
Center of Interdisciplinary Geriatric Health Care Research).
Sacred
Treasure: Early Medieval Reliquaries; Cynthia
Hahn, Florida State University; 3 p.m.; Rich Seminar Room,
Jaffe Building (History of Art).
4 The
Multi-Objective Values of Trails; Steve Elkinton, National
Trails System Program; 2 p.m.; Morris Arboretum; reservations
(215) 247-5777 ext. 169 (Laura L. Barnes Memorial Fund
of The Philadelphia Foundation).
5 Understanding
Wide-area Internet Bottlenecks; Srinivasan Seshan,
Carnegie Mellon University; 11 a.m.; rm. 337, Towne Bldg.
(Telecommunications and Networking).
Utilizing
Plug & Play Technology & S88 Recipe in a R&D
Pilot Plant; Paul McKenzie, Bristol-Meyers Squibb;
3:30 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering).
Title TBA;
Ruth Rogaski, Vanderbilt University; 4 p.m.; rm. 337, Logan
Hall (History & Sociology of Science).
W.E.B.
Du Bois' Sociology: The Philadelphia Negro and Social Science;
Tukufu Zuberi, sociology; 4:30 p.m.; Amado Recital Hall,
Irvine Auditorium; tickets/free: (215) 898-7227 (Provost's
Lecture Series).
6 The
Basics of Sufism; Barbara von Schlegell, religious
studies; 7 p.m.; Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall (PASS).
7 Ethics,
Emotions, and Narrative Medicine; Carol Schilling,
English; noon; Center for Bioethics.
A
Taste for Punishment: Black and White Americans' Views
on the Death Penalty and the War on Drugs; Lawrence
Bobo, Harvard University; noon; Terrace Room, Logan Hall
(Sociology; Center for Africana Studies).
Kinetics
and Dynamics of Protein-protein Interactions; Elizabeth
Komives, University of California, San Diego; 4 p.m.; Class
of '62 Lecture Hall, John Morgan Bldg. (Biochemistry and
Molecular Biophysics).
Comparaison
Entre les Systœmes Þducatifs FranÆais et Américain; Vanessa
Mongey, grad student, history; 4:30 p.m.; French Institute.
Fox
Speakers Forum; William Kupper, BusinessWeek Group;
5 p.m.; 3619 Locust Walk; register: www.sas.upenn.edu/foxleadership/;
PennKey needed (Fox Leadership Program).
Translating Culture; Ahdaf
Soueif, journalist; 5 p.m.; Terrace Room, Logan Hall (International
House).
Criminal
Obsessions; Jean Comaroff, University
of Chicago; 6 p.m.; Kelly Writers House (Writers House).
Slide
Lecture on the Spanish Painter Goya; Robert Hughes, Time;
6 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium; tickets/free: Annenberg Center
Box Office, (215) 898-3900 (Design).
8 "Unequal
Treatment" Does Cultural Compentency Matter?; Joseph
Betancourt, Harvard Medical School; noon; Auditorium, BRB
II/III (Nursing; Medicine).
The
End of History, Again: Pursuing the Past in the Postcolony;
Jean Comaroff, University of Chicago; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 345,
Penn Museum (Ethnohistory; Anthropology).
Flirting
with the Chameleon: Alberti On Love; Stefano Cracolici,
romance languages; 5 p.m.; rm. 402, Logan Hall (Center
for Italian Studies).
Retail
Merchandising; discussion about the field; Tom Moseman,
Envirosell Corporation; 6:30 p.m.; rm. G60, Jon M. Huntsman
Hall (Alpha Kappa Psi).
The
Role of Religion in a Secular Society; 7 p.m.; Terrace
Room, Logan Hall (Muslim Student Association).
9 A
Golden Age of Draftsmanship, 1880-1900; Jon Whiteley,
Ashmolean Museum; 3 p.m.; Rich Seminar Room, Jaffe Building
(History of Art).
12 Optimum
MIMO Signaling for Antenna Selection and Interference;
Rick Blum, Lehigh University; 11 a.m.; rm. 337, Towne Bldg.
(Telecommunications and Networking).
Molecular
Mechanisms of Biological Adhesion; Deborah Leckband,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 3:30 p.m.;
Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering; Institute for Medicine and Engineering).
Antiangiogenesis
Research and the Dynamics of Scientific Fields: Historical
and Sociological Perspectives; David Hess, Rensselear
Polytech Institute; 4 p.m.;
rm. 337, Logan Hall (History & Sociology
of Science).
So,
How's Johnny doing in Calculus?; Dennis DeTurck, mathematics;
4:30 p.m.; Benjamin Franklin Room, Houston Hall; tickets/free:
(215) 898-7227 (Provost's Lecture Series).
13 High
Pressure Surface Science of Semiconductors; Yury Gogotsi,
Drexel University; 11 a.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine
Hall (Electrical & Systems Engineering).
The
Inconography of Yu Hong's Sarcophagus: Buddhist Sources?;
Annette Juliano, Rutgers University; noon; Golkin Room,
Houston Hall (East Asian Studies).
Anit-viral
Immunity and Vaccines; Rolf Zinkernagel, University
Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium,
Wistar Institute.
Archival
Dreams: Visions of the Historical Trace in Nineteenth-century
France; Gðran Blix, Princeton University; 4:30 p.m.;
French Institute.
14 Dengue
Virus: From Translational Control to Mosquito Control;
Eva Harris, University of California at Berkeley; noon;
Auditorium, CRB (Microbiology).
60
Second Lectures; noon; Wynn Commons (SAS). Also
April 21 & 28.
The
Deconstruction of the Mammalian Spermatid; Abraham
Kierszenbaum, New York Medical School; noon; rm. 251, BRB
II/III (CRRWH).
Should
People Believe What Scientists Say? The Problem of Elite
Knowledge in a Democratic Society; Richard Lewontin,
Harvard University; 5 p.m.; Dunlop Auditorium, Stemmler
Hall; register: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/03-04/lewontin.html (Penn
Humanities Forum).
15 Firearm
Injury in a Global Society: Interpreting International
Firearm Mortality Data; Therese Richmond, nursing;
Rose Cheney, medicine; 9:30 a.m.; Terrace Room, Logan Hall
(Firearm and Injury Center).
To
Know Feeding is to Know the Brain: Bio-behavioral Research
in High Risk Infants; Barbara Medoff-Cooper, nursing;
noon; Auditorium, School of Nursing (School of Nursing).
Literatura
Indêgena Zapoteca, Siglos XVI al XVIII; Marêa de los
Angeles Romero Frizzi; 4 p.m.; History Lounge, College
Hall (Latin American and Latino Studies).
A
Melting Pot in the Arab World? New Ideas about Citizenship
and National Identity in Jordan; Stephanie Nanes, Franklin
and Marshall College; 4:45 p.m.; rm. 200, International
House.
*NOTE:
Location change* Women's
Issues and the 2004 Elections; panel discussion; 5
p.m.; Terrace Room, Logan Hall(Women's Studies)
Lessons
In Leadership; Sarah Fuller, Decision Resources Incorporated;
5 p.m.; 3619 Locust Walk; registration: www.sas.upenn.edu/foxleadership/ (Fox
Leadership Program).
16 Innate
and Adaptive Immune Responses to Bacillus Anthracis Infection;
Lauren Zenewicz, grad student, bio-medical; noon; rm. 209,
Johnson Pavilion (Microbiology).
Managing
the Scientific Process; Raynard Kington, NIH; 2 p.m.;
Class of '62 Auditorium, John Morgan Bldg.; rsvp: westsi@wharton.upenn.edu (LDI).
Things
Unseen in the Age of Van Eyck; Alfred Acres, Princeton
University; 3 p.m.; Rich Seminar Room, Jaffe Building (History
of Art).
19 How Can We Help?
The Use and Abuse of Social Science in Bioethics; Raymond
De Vries, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social
Science; noon; Center for Bioethics.
From
the Earliest Organisms to the Latest Arrays: Old and New
Prospects for Biocatalysis; Douglas Clark; University
of California, Berkeley; 3:30 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium,
Levine Hall (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering).
20 The Role
of Common Randomness in Communications and Control;
Venkat Anantharam; University of California-Berkeley; 11
a.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Electrical & Systems
Engineering).
Nuclear
North Korea and China's Choice; Zhu Feng, Peking University,
China; noon; The Forum, Stiteler Hall (East Asian Studies).
21 Stem
Cells and Germ Cells in Regenerative Medicine and Reproductive
Biology; George Daley, Harvard Medical School; noon;
rm. 251, BRB II/III (CRRWH).
The
Emergence of Serial Cohabitation Among Young Adults;
Karen Benjamin Guzzo, sociology; noon; rm. 103, McNeil
Bldg. (Sociology).
Improving
Care for Patients with Alzheimer's Disease: Losing the
Forest for the Trees; Christopher Callahan, Indiana University
Center for Aging Research; 1:30 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB (Institute
on Aging).
Transition
States, Inhibitor Design, Cancer and Malaria; Vern
Schramm, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; 4 p.m.; Class
of '62 Lecture Hall, John Morgan Bldg. (Biochemistry and
Molecular Biophysics).
Deciphering
the Impact of Genome Conservation and Change on the Evolution
of Vertebrate Regulatory Networks; Lisa Stubbs, Livermore
National Laboratory; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar
Institute.
The
Ethics of Belief; Allen Wood, Stanford University;
5 p.m.; rm. 200, College Hall; register: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/03-04/wood.html (Penn
Humanities Forum).
22 Small Molecular
Therapeutics for Hepatitis-C Virus: Challenges and Opportunities;
Robert Schooley, University of Colorado Health Sciences
Center; 1 p.m.; Class of ¥62 Auditorium, John Morgan Bldg.
(Center for AIDS).
Object
Relations in an Expanded Field; Bill Brown,
University of Chicago; 4 p.m.; Kelly Writers House.
Race
and Sports; Harry Edwards, University of California-Berkeley;
5 p.m.; Auditorium, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Center for Africana
Studies; Wharton Legal Studies).
23 Strums
the Word in Manet's "Spanish Guitarist"; Thérœse Dolan,
Temple University, 3 p.m.; Rich Seminar Room; Jaffe Building
(Art History).
26 The City as
Art-Work of the 21st Century; Diane Lewis, Cooper Union;
Deborah Gans, Gans & Jelacic, Architecture and Design;
6:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation.
28 Molecular Signature
to Embryo Implantation; S.K. Dey, Vanderbilt University
Medical Center; noon; rm. 251, BRB II/III (CRRWH).
Uncovering
Micromechanisms in the Negotiation of Racial Stigma;
Karyn Lacy, Emory University; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg.
(Sociology).
The
Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway: From Basic Mechanisms Through
Pathogenesis of Human Diseases and on to Drug Targeting;
Aaron Ciechanover, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology,
Israel; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute.
29 Public Override
Void: On Poetry Engines; Jim Carpenter, consultant;
Bob Perelman, writer; Nick Montfort, Ph.D. student,
computer and information science; Jean-Michel Rebaté, Slought
Foundation; 6:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation
30 Title
TBA; Alex Haddad, microbiology; noon; rm. 209, Johnson
Pavilion (Microbiology).
Title TBA;
Robert Galvin, Global Health Care, General Electric; noon;
Auditorium, Colonial Penn Center; rsvp: westsi@wharton.upenn.edu (LDI).
Cystis-Induced
Plasticity of Bladder Reflex Pathways; Margaret
Vizzard, University of Vermont; 3:30 p.m.; Hirst Auditorium,
1st floor Dulles, HUP (Urology).
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