Selected Works: Alex Dragulescu; digital art derived from junk e-mail, databases, blogs and malware; Esther Klein Art Gallery. Through May 2 (Esther Klein Art Gallery).
FILM
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I Love Trash: A Documentary On Dumpster Diving; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore (RecycleMania).
MUSIC
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Vadya Sunada Sangama; South Indian classical instrumental ensemble; 1:30 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (South Asia Center).
ON STAGE
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The House of Yes by Wendy MacLeod; Penn Players; 8:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center; tickets: www.dolphin.upenn.edu/players; Also March 20, 6 p.m. and March 21, 8 p.m. (PAC).
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Ugly Babies; Simply Chaos, stand up comedy troupe; 8:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center; $8/door, $7/Locust Walk (PAC).
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Exhibits: Inner: Honor; Pennsylvania Six 500, all male a capella; 8:27 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium; $8/door, $5/Locust Walk (Platt Performing Arts House).
SPECIAL EVENT
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*POSTPONED* CSI@NBC: Be a toxicologist for a day—help solve the mystery of food pathogens—National Ag Day Celebration! Continental breakfast, 9:30 a.m., day includes lunch; Penn Vet Medicine’s New Bolton Center, Myrin Building Library and Conference Center, 382 West Street Road, Kennett Square. *POSTPONED*
TALKS
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*CANCELLED* Graduate Fine Arts Lecture; Gary Hill, media artist; 5 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson Hall (PennDesign).*CANCELLED*
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Virtually Perfect: Adolescent Responses to Digital Manipulation in Visual Media; Kristen Harrison, University of Illinois; noon; rm. 500, Annenberg School for Communication (Annenberg).
How the Current Economy will Affect Academic Hiring and University Life; Dean Rebecca Bushnell, SAS and Glen Gaulton, SOM; 5 p.m.; Class of ’49 Auditorium, Houston Hall; RSVP: vick@upenn.edu (Career Services).
Graduate Fine Arts Lecture; Barkley Hendricks, painter; 5 p.m.; Upper Meyerson Gallery, Meyerson Hall (PennDesign).
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Autophagy: A Therapeutic Target in Cancer; Ravi Amaravadi, medicine; 5 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar; Abramson Cancer Center).
Deadlines: Submissions for the Update are due every Monday for the following Tuesday’s issue. The deadline for the April AT PENN calendar is Tuesday, March 17, 2009. For information see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.