Update
exhibit
Now The Americas; group exhibition of women artists from various countries that make up the Americas; Esther Klein Gallery. Through February 25.
Fitness/Learning
21 POGIL–Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning; 1:30-4:30 p.m.; rm. 2000, IAST; rsvp: pennsti@sas.upenn.edu (Penn Center for Teaching and Learning; Penn Science Teacher Institute).
24 Philadelphia and Its Neighbors Series; 7 p.m.; Penn Alexander School, 4209 Spruce St. (Penn Alexander School). Also January 31.
On Stage
26 The Poet’s Dream; performed by ArchDream, an archetype mask theatre that uses ritual movement and myth to present allegorical dramas; 7:30 p.m.; Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center; $20, $15/students, children, seniors and Penn staff; info.: (215) 898-3900; also January 27-29; and January 30, 3 p.m. (Penn Presents).
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Readings/Signings
Penn Bookstore
18 Janis Spindel—Get Serious About Getting Married; 7 p.m.
24 Andrew Coopersmith—Fighting Words: An Illustrated History of Newspaper Accounts of the Civil War; 5 p.m.
26 Eric Liu—Guiding Lights; 12:30 p.m.
Special EventS
22 Indonesian Cultural Festival; traditional music and dance, workshops, arts and crafts, and food; noon-4 p.m.; International House; $10, $3/childrenr; info.: www.ihousephilly.org (I-House).
24 Robert Burns Birthday Lunch; Burns’ poetry reading with bagpiper, and a la carté Scottish foods and single malt scotch available in the Museum Café; host: Andrew McGhie, LRSM; 12:15 p.m.; Children’s Lunchroom, Penn Museum.
Talks
19 p53/TRAIL Pathways: Understanding, Imaging and Reversing Defects in Cancer; Wafik El-Deiry, medicine; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).
21 Using Geographic Information System (GIS) to Track Firearm and Gun Violence; Charles Brennan, Philadelphia Police Department; 9:30 a.m.; Flyers/76ers Surgery Theatre, White Memorial Bldg, HUP (FICAP).
Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains; Michael Meister, history of art; 3 p.m.; rm. 201, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).
24 Structural Insights into the RNA Silencing Pathway; Keqiong Ye, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; 10 a.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).
25 Academic Publishing; Gordon Hunter, American Literary History; Dining Room, Kelly Writers House; rsvp: wh@writing.upenn.edu (Writers House).
26 Dendritic Cells and their Cytokines at the Interface of Adaptive and Innate Immunity; Giorgio Trinchieri, NIH; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).
The Domains of Sleep: Sleep Space as a Blueprint for Understanding Architectural Modernism; Louise Braverman, architect; 5 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson Hall; register: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/ (Penn Humanities Forum).
Deadline: The deadline for the March AT PENN calendar is Tuesday, February 8. For information see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.
Almanac, Vol. 51, No. 17, January 18, 2005
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