Update

January AT PENN

exhibit

Now    The Americas; group exhibition of women artists from various countries that make up the Americas; Esther Klein Gallery. Through February 25.

Fitness/Learning

21   POGIL–Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning; 1:30-4:30 p.m.; rm. 2000, IAST; rsvp: pennsti@sas.upenn.edu (Penn Center for Teaching and Learning; Penn Science Teacher Institute).

24   Philadelphia and Its Neighbors Series; 7 p.m.; Penn Alexander School, 4209 Spruce St. (Penn Alexander School). Also January 31.

On Stage

26   The Poet’s Dream; performed by ArchDream, an archetype mask theatre that uses ritual movement and myth to present allegorical dramas; 7:30 p.m.; Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center; $20, $15/students, children, seniors and Penn staff; info.: (215) 898-3900; also January 27-29; and January 30, 3 p.m. (Penn Presents). At right, characters "Day" and "Night"

Readings/Signings

Penn Bookstore

18   Janis Spindel—Get Serious About Getting Married; 7 p.m.

24   Andrew Coopersmith—Fighting Words: An Illustrated History of Newspaper Accounts of the Civil War; 5 p.m.

26   Eric Liu—Guiding Lights; 12:30 p.m.

Special EventS

22   Indonesian Cultural Festival; traditional music and dance, workshops, arts and crafts, and food; noon-4 p.m.; International House; $10, $3/childrenr; info.: www.ihousephilly.org (I-House).

24   Robert Burns Birthday Lunch; Burns’ poetry reading with bagpiper, and a la carté Scottish foods and single malt scotch available in the Museum Café; host: Andrew McGhie, LRSM; 12:15 p.m.; Children’s Lunchroom, Penn Museum.

Talks

19   p53/TRAIL Pathways: Understanding, Imaging and Reversing Defects in Cancer; Wafik El-Deiry, medicine; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).

21   Using Geographic Information System (GIS) to Track Firearm and Gun Violence; Charles Brennan, Philadelphia Police Department; 9:30 a.m.; Flyers/76ers Surgery Theatre, White Memorial Bldg, HUP (FICAP).

Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains; Michael Meister, history of art; 3 p.m.; rm. 201, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).

24   Structural Insights into the RNA Silencing Pathway; Keqiong Ye, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; 10 a.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).

25   Academic Publishing; Gordon Hunter, American Literary History; Dining Room, Kelly Writers House; rsvp: wh@writing.upenn.edu (Writers House).

26   Dendritic Cells and their Cytokines at the Interface of Adaptive and Innate Immunity; Giorgio Trinchieri, NIH; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).

The Domains of Sleep: Sleep Space as a Blueprint for Understanding Architectural Modernism; Louise Braverman, architect; 5 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson Hall; register: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/ (Penn Humanities Forum).

Deadline: The deadline for the March AT PENN calendar is Tuesday, February 8. For information see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.