Update

March AT PENN

CHANGE

      Harry G. Frankfurt, professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, replaces the original SAS Dean’s Forum speaker, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who cancelled due to medical reasons. The Forum will take still place March 23, at 4:30 p.m. in Irvine Auditorium.

     The order of speakers in Penn Museum’s Lecture Series Spotlight on Women in the World has changed. On March 21, 6 p.m., Jennifer Wegner, Research Specialist, Egyptian Section, Penn Museum will present, Women in Ancient Egypt and on March 28, 6 p.m., Simon Martin, Research Specialist, American Section, Penn Museum will present Elegance and Acumen: Women in the Courts of the Ancient Maya. For more information see www.museum.upenn.edu.

Films

14 Keep Not Silent; 8 p.m.; rm. 109, Annenberg School (Annenberg School for Communication; Alice Paul Center).

15 Full Metal Jacket; 8 p.m.; Cinema at Penn, 3925 Walnut St. (Penn Cinema Association).

Fitness & Learning

Office of Community Housing

Workshops held at noon & 1 p.m., ste. 440A, 3401 Walnut St.  Register: (215) 573-2173.

20  Top Tax Tips.

23  Home Maintenance.

Music

17 Free at Noon Concert Series–Ben Harper; noon; World Cafe Live; register: www.xpn.org/freeatnoon.php; hear the concert live on WXPN 88.5FM, or online at www.xpn.org/listen (WXPN).

18 Live Concert With Domenico Sciajno and Ghost Notes; 8 p.m.; Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut St. (Slought).

Special EventS

Hinduism Awareness Week: March 15-19

Info.: negupta@sas.upenn.edu.

15  Interfaith Banquet; guest speakers: Chaplain Rev. William Gipson and Christian Novetz, South Asia Studies; 6:30 p.m.; Heyer Sky Lounge, Harrison College House; $5 (Hindu Students Council/Young Jains of America; Harrison College House).

16  Yoga Workshop; 6:30 p.m.; F36, Jon M. Huntsman Hall.

17  Screening of “Hanuman”; 7 p.m.; Jon M. Huntsman Hall.

18  Hinduism in the World Today; Amulya Garga, Pennsylvania State University; Ajay Nair, Asian American Studies; noon; Jon M. Huntsman Hall.

     Hoila Garba; traditional Indian dance celebrates the Hindu holiday Hoila, known as the festival of color or the spring festival; 8 p.m.; Hutchinson Gym; $10/at door, $7/on Locust Walk.

19  Omkar Puja; weekly Hindu prayer service led by a member of the Omkar Foundation.; 11 a.m.; Houston Hall.

Talks

14 Canceled - U.S.-India Relations: Are We At An Inflection Point?; Arun Shourie, U.S. India Business Alliance; 6 p.m.; rm. F85, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Wharton India Club).

15 Optimism of the Will: Isabella Whitney and Utopia; Crystal Bartolovich, Syracuse University; 5:15 p.m.; Terrace Room, Logan Hall (Women’s Studies; Alice Paul Center).

16 Women and Our Body Images; Gloria Gay, Penn Women’s Center; noon; Center for Africana Studies (AARC).

    Technology Mergers in a Shrinking World; Vaughn Walker, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 4:30 p.m.; Levy  Conference Center, Law School (Institute for Law and Economics).

17 Outing Heteronormativity–National Citizenship, Feminist Disruptions: A Study of Sexuality Movements in India Since the 1990s; Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, history; noon; rm. 436, Logan Hall (Women’s Studies; Alice Paul Center).

Deadlines:  The deadline for the weekly Update is every Tuesday, for the following Tuesday’s issue. The deadline for the April AT PENN calendar is today, March 14. For information see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.