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Fitness/Learning

Aboriginal communities in Australia continue the oldest ongoing artistic tradition on earth, producing works that resemble modern abstractionist painting. What looks like abstraction, however, is filled with exacting representation of daily existence and sacred meaning. Kandimalal (Wolfe Creek Crater) and the Rainbow Serpent by Boxer Milner from Billiluna, commissioned in 2000, part of last year's "Track of the Rainbow Serpent" exhibition and part of a small selection of Serpent paintings which will be on view before and after the lecture.

Join British beer specialist Michael Jackson (above) as he explores the effects of various grains in fermentation; following the tutored tasting, enjoy dozens of additional beers from around the world accompanied by food by Museum Catering Company. Don't miss his other event, The Book and The Cook Event with Michael Jackson: Great Grains, Great Whiskeys, March 17, 6:30 p.m. For more info, call Penn Museum at (215) 898-4890.

Sara Yorke Stevenson, a founding member of the Archaeological Association of the University of Pennsylvania (1889), later renamed the University of Pennsylvania Museum, seen in a 1917 portrait by Leopold Feyffert.	Headdress of the Lady Puabi, from the royal tombs at Ur (modern-day Iraq), ca. 2650-2550 B.C.E.
Maya Pottery Female Figurine, Jaina Island, Yucatan, Mexico, 800 A.D.	Egyptian Shabti Figure of the Lady Maya, 1292-1190 B.C.E.

Exhibits

Vickie in Plumed Hat, oil painting by Libby Rudnick

Untitled from Print Annual exhibit.

Untitled photograph by E. Romero; the exhibit is part of the community strategy to counter the negative impact of the naming of the West Kensington and Fairhill neighborhoods as “The Badlands”; Kelly Writers House Gallery. Through March 31. Image courtesy Kelly Writers House Gallery.

Qu'est-ce que L'Art? by Carlos Ginzburg

Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos (UN Studio, Amsterdam), 2005, Visualizations of ICA exhibition space

Evan Holloway, Equity (detail), 2004 Steel, rigid polyurethane, celluclay, paint, graphite Private Collection; courtesy Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles	Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Red & White & Blue Butterfly), 2003. Wax crayon on paper.

Ingrid Calame tracing a road sign in Seoul Korea, October 2005.  Photo by Norm Laich

The Ottoman and Seljuk courts were noted for producing magnificent carpets and luxurious textiles; refined examples influenced by Royal patronage will be displayed alongside more stylized versions of village and nomadic carpets from the 17th to the 19th centuries in this second “Masterpieces” exhibition. Exploring the historic legacy of tribes who established weaving traditions in Anatolia, the selection provides evidence of distinctive styles developed in certain regions being adopted into the design vocabulary of village weavers in different areas and relationships between motifs in architecture and other Islamic art as they appear especially in prayer rugs.

Untitled works from Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition.

	Famous National Geographic magazine cover portrait of a young Afghan war refugee (photo by Steve McCurry, 1985). In 2002, National Geographic searched for and relocated the girl, Sharbat Gulu, now a woman in her 30s with three children, in the remote Pushtun region of Afghanistan. Image courtesy of National Geographic.
Image of a rancher's daughter in Elko, Nevada, made by the historic tintype process. Photo by Robb Kendrick, 2003. Courtesy of National Geographic.
	Goldfinches ride on the head of a woman in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo by Thomas J. Abercrombie, 1968. Courtesy of National Geographic.

Untitled work by Edward Epstein in Means of Transport. His works were inspired by the journey Epstein's grandfather took with his family, escaping from Nazi persecution, traveling through vast reaches of the Soviet empire, and finally arriving in the United States.

Joyce Carey, Coming Together
cotton, polyester satin, interfacing, bonding, computer printed

Red Tulip by Susan Rothchild was one of last year's winners.

Benjamin Franklin, Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania Philadelphia; Franklin and Hall, 1749; Image courtesy of Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania	Hornbook of "H.H." 1799; Historical Society of Pennsylvania Collection; Image courtesy of Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia.

Benjamin Franklin, Idea of the English School, 1751, p. 1	Portrait of William Smith (1727-1803), Penn's First Provost
An East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia, 1756. Engraving by Nicholas Scull & George Heap; Image courtesy The Library Company of Philadelphia

Pennsylvania Daughter by Joan Myerson.
Digital "painting" of the artist's mother as Penn student.

Visit the artist's website for more images

Performances

Henry Threadgill’s Zooid, Friday, March 17, 8 p.m., I-House

Mick Moloney's Irish-American Music & Dance Festival, March 17, 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center.

Russian National Ballet presents Giselle, March 15, 7:30 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center.

Soweto Gospel Choir, a South African ensemble, performing in eight different languages, in an inspirational program of tribal, traditional and popular African gospel, March 25, 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center.

In the final installment to American Composers Orchestra's Orchestra Underground series for the 2005-2006 season, electric violinist Todd Reynolds joins the orchestra which also features the film, Call Them All: Fantasy Projections for Film, Laptop, and Orchestra; March 18, 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center.

Turandot an Italian Commedia by Carlo Gozzi; March 29-April 1, 8:00 p.m. & April 1-2, 2:00 p.m.; Studio Theater; Annenberg Center.

Talks

The presentation by U.S. Marine Colonel and New York Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos (above) details the investigation into the theft and looting of the Iraq Museum in April 2003. Colonel Bogdanos tells the story of the creation of the U.S. government's first multi-agency task force ever deployed to a war zone (in the frozen hills of Afghanistan), and that team's recovery more than one year later of over 5,000 of history's most priceless antiquities. Exposing the flourishing black market in stolen antiquities, he addresses the future of international efforts to stop the smugglers. Colonel Matthew Bogdanos received his law degree and a master's in classics from Columbia University. A book signing follows his talk (royalties from Thieves of Baghdad go to the Iraq Museum). $10 (includes Museum admission); free for Museum members. Reservations recommended. Information: (215) 898-4890. Photo courtesy of The New York Times.

Eric Rothschild (above), co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in the recent landmark case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, offers an insider's perspective on this highly publicized "intelligent design" case, in a special talk, "Intelligent Design Meets the First Amendment" Monday, March 13, 6:30 p.m. in the Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum.