- Update
- DECEMBER AT PENN
- DECEMBER AT PENN
CANCELLATION
The screening of Scary Movie originally scheduled for December 13 has been canceled.
SPECIAL EVENT
5 First Annual Pennmed Global Health Reception; highlights health issues around the world and how to become involved. Susan Gennaro, Nursing; Scott Bartlett, Children's Hospital; Vinay Bhutani, Pediatrics-Medicine; William Fox, Pediatrics-Medicine; 4:30-7:30 p.m.; Lobby, BRB II/III (Global Health Interest Group; Medical School.)
Deadlines:
The deadline for the weekly update is each Tuesday for the following
week's issue; December 5 is the deadline for the Update in the December
12 issue. The deadline for the January AT PENN calendar is December 5. The
deadline for the February AT PENN calendar is January 16, 2001.
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Philadanco's World Premiere of Xmas Philes at ZellerbachPhiladanco's holiday concert, The Night Before Christmas, will be performed in the Zellerbach Theatre of the Annenberg Center December 7 through 9. The varied program for shows represents the holiday season as celebrated by different American cultures. Philadanco ushers in the Yuletide season with their world peremiere of Xmas Philes by the internationally-renowned choreographer Daniel Ezralow, who staged the dance sequences for the new movie Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Jackson Lowell, costume designer for The Grinch, designed the costumes. The other works to be featured are The Joy of Chanukah, choreographed by Milton Myers to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach; The "Exotica" of Kwanzaa and the African-American Disapora, choreographed by Ronald K. Brown to the music of Wunmi and others; and The Whirl of "La Valse" for a New Year's Eve Celebration, choreographed by Gene Hill Sagan to the music of Maurice Ravel. Xmas Philes will be featured as part of WHYY's Philadelphia Performs! series, to be televised on December 15 and 24. Tickets: $33, $31, $29 for the evening shows; $30, $28, $26 for the Saturday matinee. For tickets call (215) 898-3900 or visit www.PENNPresents.org. Discounted Rush Tickets for Penn faculty/staff $15 and students $10 are available at the Annenberg Center Box Office, noon-5 p.m. as well as 30 minutes prior to the performance. PENNCard is required for the discounts. |
Almanac, Vol. 47, No. 14, December 5, 2000