Update

OCTOBER AT PENN

CHANGE

The Lecture Flooding the Black Sea: Noah and Early Agriculture? by William Ryan, originally scheduled for October 15, will be held on October 14 at 4 p.m. in Harrison Auditorium, University Museum.

FILMS

20 Open Video Call; first in a series of non-curated events to highlight local video and film artists; 20 artists can show up to six minutes of a video; sign-ups start at 6:30 p.m.; screenings start at 7 p.m; exterior wall of the ICA building; info: Francisco Aguirre at (215) 898-5911 (Institute of Contemporary Art).

FITNESS/LEARNING

13 Coming Out Stories Meeting; people share their stories of "coming out"; 7:30 p.m.; 104 Williams Hall (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Alliance).

20 Cinq à Sept: Vin, Pâté, et Bonne Compagnie; 5-7 p.m.; The Veranda, 3615 Locust Walk (French Institute for Culture and Technology).

READINGS/SIGNINGS

Kelly Writers House

All events held at 3805 Locust Walk.

13 20th Century Reading Group; 4:30 p.m.; room 202.

19 Reading by Dorianne Laux; author of three collections of poetry; 6 p.m.

20 Webcast Conversation with Marjorie Perloff about Gertrude Stein; 4:30-5:30 p.m.

• Watchman, Spy and Dead Man: Frank O'Hara, Jasper Johns and John Cage in the Sixties; Marjorie Perloff; 6:30 p.m.
• Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose and Anything Goes; open mic performance night; 9 p.m.
• Sangria: The Artists' Group; 9:30 p.m.; room 202.

TALKS

12 La Traduction: Profil d'un Métier et Perspectives d'Avenir; Claire Babanoury-Grange, Lauder Institute; noon-1:30 p.m.; The Veranda, 3615 Locust Walk (French Institute for Culture and Technology).

13 Protein Structure and Its Use in Drug Design; Work on the Ricin Cytotoxin; Jon Robertus, University of Texas Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; noon; Hirst Auditorium, Dulles Building (Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health).

19 Prostaglandin H Synthase: Two Activities and Two Isoforms; Richard Kulmacz, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry and Biophysics).

• Translation Validation; Amir Pnueli, Weizmann Institute of Science; 3-4:30 p.m.; room 216, Moore School (Computer & Information Sciences).

20 Lief Lecture: How the Mind Works; Stephen Pinker, MIT; 3-4:30 p.m.; room 17, Logan Hall (Penn Humanitites Forum; Lief Lecturship in English; IRCS).

• Why Are Japanese Judges So Conservative in Politically Charged Cases?; J. Mark Ramseyer, Harvard Law School; 3:30 p.m.; Rm. 240A, Silverman Hall, Law School (Center for East Asian Studies).

Almanac, Vol. 46, No. 7, October 12, 1999

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