Music

26        Ancient Echoes; evening of music inspired by Penn Museum’s collections—collaboration with Philadelphia Chapter of the American Composers Forum; 8 p.m.; Penn Museum; $15/in advance, $20/door, $10/members; tickets: http://www.penn.museum/ (Penn Museum). 

Talk

28        LRSM Science Café: Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes ARE Genetic: Successes from Genome Wide Scans; Struan Grant, pediatrics; 6 p.m. (venue opens at 5 p.m.); University Club, Inn at Penn (LRSM).