Terminus, the innovative masterpiece by Mamet-Pinter-Beckett inspired Mark O'Rowe performed by the world-renowned Abbey Theatre of Dublin (The National Theatre of Ireland), kicks off the Annenberg Center's spring focus on precocious young Irish playwrights, February 16-20 at the Annenberg Center.

Pan Xinglei, Chinese,1969–
Movement, 2005
Paint, plaster, and concrete dust on canvas;
Smith College Museum of Art. Gift of Ethan Cohen in memory of James Connolly, 2008.

Part of Post-Mao Dreaming: Chinese Contemporary Art at the Arthur Ross Gallery, January 22-April 3, 2011.

Shary Boyle & Emily Duke: The Illuminations Project

January 13 - March 20, 2011

Fiber Revolution and the Kalahari Quilts are pleased to present its Botswana Collection exhibition at The Burrison Gallery at UPenn. This collection started out as an exchange of culture between the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) regional group Fiber Revolution and the collective quilting group of women in Gaborone, Botswana.

Pictured: The Excavation at the Temple Court in Nippur, Oil on Canvas, Osman Hamdi Bey, 1904.

This painting, based on an 1893 photograph by John Henry Haynes, was commissioned by the University of Pennsylvania in 1903 for its envisioned Nippur Gallery.

The Nikon Small World Exhibit, on display at the Wistar Institute through March 13, showcases the beauty of life through the microscope. Above: The Popular Vote Winner for 2010 by Dr. Tomas Cabello, Universidad of Almería, Roquetas de Mar, Spain. Apterous Aphis fabae (black bean aphid) female with offspring inside the body (40X).

Righteous Dopefiend: An Anthropological Installation on Homelessness, Addiction and Poverty in Urban America, through May 2011 at the Penn Museum. © Jeff Schonberg 2009

Lenape Meesing Candle holder made of metal and paint. Each year, the Lenape of Pennsylvania honor Meesing, the protector of the woodlands, with a fall Meesing ceremony. At the ceremony, a member of the Medicine Society, a group of men responsible for organizing and performing the Meesing ceremony, represents Meesing as a dancer. The Meesing dancer prepares for his task during the year preceding the ceremony by meditating on Meesing and making objects with Meesing’s image, which are given to the Medicine Society.