This Friday, October 31, International House will host its Annual Halloween Costume Party. The time, from 6-8 p.m., is earlier than originally announced in the October AT PENN calendar, so get ready and come out in your best costume and dance to a spooky DJ beat. Appetizers will be served under the haunted glow of silent, scary movies. Wear your best costume and join the contest—there are prizes! Cash bar; must be 21 and over to drink alcohol. Free for I-House residents; $5 members, alumni and friends; $8 general admission.
on stage
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Barbie Shows Her Bloomers!; all-female comedy troupe; 8 p.m.; Class of ’49 Auditorium, Houston Hall; $8/door, $7/Locust Walk; also October 31 and November 1 (Bloomers).
Proof; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center; $10, $8/with PennCard; also October 31 and November 1; tickets: www.frontrowtheatreco.com (Front Row Theatre Co.).
Harmonic Dialogue; 2 one-act plays and accompanying a capella songs of the African Diaspora; 7 p.m.; Iron Gate Theater; $10, $8/Locust Walk; also October 31 and November 1 (African American Arts Alliance; The Inspiration).
talks
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Terrapins, Tires, and Traps: Conservation Biology at the Jersey Shore; Roger Wood, Richard Stockton College; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, Chemistry Bldg. (Institute for Environmental Studies).
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Dementia and Cognitive Impairment: New Complications of Diabetes?; Lenore J. Launer, National Institute of Aging; 3 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III; register: (215) 898-3163 (Institute on Aging).
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Finiteness Theorems for Deformations of Complexes; Frauke Bleher, University of Iowa; 3:15 p.m.; rm. 4N30, David Rittenhouse Laboratories (Penn’s Fund to Encourage Women).
Urban Housing and Development; Carl Greene, Philadelphia Housing Authority; noon; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall (Pi Gamma Mu).
Deadlines: Submissions for the Update are due every Monday for the following Tuesday’s issue. The deadline for the December AT PENN calendar is Tuesday, November 18. For information see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.