2016 MLK JR. Symposium

See www.upenn.edu/aarc/mlk/ for more info.

28 Self-Care for Social Change; workshop open to all but of particular value to caregivers and student life practitioners who support students leading social justice movements; learn how race and gender shape ideas about when, how and why to care for ourselves, how to develop approaches to personal sustainability and how to support each other through intersecting journeys; 2-3:30 p.m.; Penn Women’s Center (PWC; MLK Symposium Committee).

FILMS

31 Raising Ms. President; 4:30 p.m.; International House; for prices, see: http://ihousephilly.org (Girls on the Run; Fels Institute of Government).

FITNESS & LEARNING

29 Yoga and Meditation; yoga begins at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.; meditation begins at 11 a.m.; Palestra; free for all students/faculty/staff (Campus Health; Campus Recreation; CPHI; HR; VPUL).

ON STAGE

29  Jealousy, Infidelity and Transfiguration: an Interdisciplinary Collaboration of Music, Literature, Theatre, Movement and Visual Arts; a performance by the Daedalus Quartet, with Penn student actors and Philadelphia area dancers; 8 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery; tickets: $10 at the Annenberg Center Box Office, www.annenbergcenter.org or call (215) 898-3900 or at the door (ARG).

TALKS

27 The Control of Invasion and Metastasis; Sara Courtneidge, Oregon Health and Science University; 10 a.m.; Sarah and Matthew Caplan Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).

On Friday evening, January 29, members of Penn’s resident string quartet—the Daedalus Quartet (above left to right) Min-Young Kim, Thomas Kraines, Matilda Kaul and Jessica Thompson—will perform Janacek’s ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ and Schoenberg’s ‘Transfigured Night’ at the Arthur Ross Gallery along with Penn student actors Catalina Mullis and Max Gabarre-Grindrod and Philadelphia area dancers Megan Bridge and Beau Hancock. See On Stage.