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December 19, 2006, Volume 53, No. 16

Upcoming Exhibits On January 13, the Arthur Ross Gallery opens its new exhibit, Modern Indian Works on Paper-Post-Independence Art from a Private Collection, featuring 64 modern and contemporary works owned by Umesh and Sunanda Gaur, who were featured on the cover of the March 2003 Art and Antiques “Top 100 collectors” issue; Madhvi Parekh, On Way to My Home, 1999. Photo courtesy of Arthur Ross Gallery. Female Gender Stereotypes in North America and South Africa will open at the International House on January 2 and run through February 2. On display will be a quilt assembled from many beaded panels that were sewn by local students and meant to illustrate a positive emotion or action that can help society rise above harmful attitudes towards females. The quilt will be donated in 2007 to Cape Town Child Welfare, a grass roots organization in South Africa that aids children and families affected by HIV/AIDS. Photo courtesy of I-House. January 11 through February 2, The Listening Station Project, will be exhibited. Conceived and presented by Philadelphia artist Zoe Cohen, the Listening Station is meant to be used by two people who face each other and take turns listening to each other for equal amounts of time. Afterward, participants will be asked to fill out a questionnaire on the experience. Photo courtesy of I-House. ICA - Nicole Cherubini’s ceramics reflect on both history and popular culture.The constant attention to affluence and the importance of material wealth that is endemic to American culture is reflected in the size, surface and color of her ceramic pieces. (G-Pot, Vanitas #3, 2006; ceramic, terracotta, luster, yellow and crystal ice, fake gold and silver jewelry, chain, purple rabbit fur, plywood, polyurethane, enamel and red plexi-glass). Through March 25. Photo courtesy of ICA. ICA - Locally Localized Gravity will include over 100 artists, musicians, designers, lecturers, performers, and creators, and will be one non-stop event on view in ICA’s first floor galleries and terrace; (Sundown Salon #29, Dancing Convention, 2006). Photo by Fritz Haeg. Through March 25. ICA - Carlos Garaicoa has been working since the early 1990s using a multidisciplinary approach that includes architecture and urbanism, narrative, history and politics. His works are charged with provocative commentary on issues such as architecture’s ability to alter the course of history, the failure of modernism as a catalyst for social change, and the frustration and decay of 20th-century utopias; (from the Series New Architectures, 2003, rice paper, steel, electric wires and bulbs). Photo courtesy Galleria Continua, San Gimignano-Beijing. Through March 25. Top photographs through the microscope combine art and science at the Wistar Institute’s upcoming exhibit, Nikon’s Small World Competition, opening January 15; Seed of a Clematis vitalba shrub (2x), 7th place photo by Viktor Sykora, Charles University Institute of Pathophysiology, Czech Republic. Photo by Viktor Sykora. On January 7, Morris Arboretum opens a new exhibit, Great Gardens of the Philadelphia Region, an inspired photographic tour of the Delaware Valley’s rich and diverse horticultural legacy by photographer Rob Cardillo. From the majestic estates of Delaware, to the vital community gardens of Center City, this exhibit reveals why Philadelphia and its surrounding towns, suburbs and countryside are considered the horticultural epicenter of the United States. Based on the forthcoming book, A Guide to the Great Gardens of the Philadelphia Region by Adam Levine with photographs by Rob Cardillo, this exhibit is free with regular admission and will be on display through May 13; (Balustrade surrounding the iconic Rose Garden at the Morris Arboretum). Photo by Rob Cardillo.

Peanut Butter and Jams: World Cafe Live
Shows begin 11:30 a.m.; $10/adults, $7/children. Info.: www.worldcafelive.com.

Upcoming

2	Female Gender Stereotypes in North America and South Africa; beaded fabric panels sewn by local youth and assembled into a quilt illustrating a positive emotion or action that can help society rise above harmful attitudes towards females; reception: January 4, 6 p.m.; International House. Through February 2.
7	Great Gardens of the Philadelphia Region; photographs of Delaware Valley’s diverse horticulture by Rob Cardillo; Upper Gallery, Morris Arboretum. Through May 13.
8	Photography by Didier Clain; reception: January 10, 6 p.m.; Kelly Writers House Gallery. Through February 10.
	Undergraduate Juried Exhibition; reception: January 9, 5 p.m.; Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery. Through January 27.
11	The Listening Station Project—Zoe Cohen; public participatory object for two people to sit on taking turns listening to each other for equal amounts of time after which they will be asked to complete a questionnaire; reception: 5 p.m.; International House. Through February 2.
12	Panoramas and Other Circular Stories; multi-media works by Roderick Coover that challenge the traditional borders of documentary form through experiments in motion, montage and multi-linearity; reception: 5:30 p.m.; Esther M. Klein Art Gallery. Through March 31.
13	Modern Indian Works on Paper-Post-Independence Art from a Private Collection; 64 contemporary works owned by Umesh and Sunanda Gaur, who were featured on the cover of the March 2003 Art and Antiques “Top 100 collectors” issue; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through March 11.
15	Nikon’s Small World: Photography Through the Microscope; art meets science with these winning photos from Nikon’s 2006 competition; Wistar Institute. Through March 2.
16	First Year MFA Exhibition; Meyerson Lower Gallery. Through February 16.
	The Art of Reinvention: Travel, Exile, and Recuperation; political exile of artists Franz Werfel and Kinga Araya; reception: January 30, 5 p.m.; Rosenwald Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through April 13.
20	Carlos Garaicoa; works that address Cuba’s politics and ideologies through the examination of modern architecture; reception: January 19, 6 p.m.; ICA. Through March 25.
	Locally Localized Gravity; exhibits and events from over 100 artists, musicians, designers, lecturers, performers, and creators; reception: January 19, 6 p.m.; ICA. Through March 25.
	Nicole Cherubini; clay art forms reflecting on history and popular culture; reception: January 19, 6 p.m.; ICA. Through March 25.
	Ramp Project: Luca Buvoli; exploring aviation through mediums of drawing, sculpture, animated films and the artist’s books; reception: January 19, 6 p.m.; ICA. Through March 25.

Penn Museum Tours
Meet at Trescher Main Entrance; free w/admission. Info.: www.museum.upenn.edu.

Now

Francisco Goya y Lucientes: Los Caprichos: An Early Edition from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ross; celebrates the 25th anniversary of association between the Arthur Ross Foundation and Penn; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through January 7.

Literae Humaniores: Treasures from the University of Pennsylvania Library; books & manuscripts; Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through February 16.

Under European Eyes: Conquistadors & Arts of the New World; artifacts that reveal how Europeans perceived the arts of their newly conquered subjects; Penn Museum. Through February 26.

Butabu: Adobe Architecture of West Africa; British photographer James Morris’ visual survey, from monumental mosques to family homes; Penn Museum. Through March 3.

The Architect’s Eye: Master Drawings From the Collection of the Architectural Archives; original sketches and renderings by Louis I. Kahn, Robert Venturi and Frank Lloyd Wright; Kroiz Gallery. Through March 30.

Amarna, Ancient Egypt’s Place in the Sun; artifacts from the period of King Tutankhamun and from the 1920s excavations of Amarna; Penn Museum. Through October.

Coming to the Small Screen: Ormandy & Television; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Ongoing.

meta Metasequoia; see the world from among a canopy of celestialwood limbs; Morris Arboretum. Ongoing.

A Wonderful Life: A Daughter’s Tribute to a Family of Educators; Joan Myerson Shrager’s digital art; Student Lounge, GSE. Ongoing.

Ongoing at the Penn Museum

Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, Greeks and Romans; Canaan & Ancient Israel; Living in Balance: The Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache; Mesoamerica; The Egyptian Mummy: Secrets & Science; Raven’s Journey: The World of Alaska’s Native People; Buddhism: History & Diversity of a Great Tradition; Africa: The Cradle of Humankind; Polynesia: ‘ahu’ula + lei niho palaoa.

Cinema Studies
Info.: http://cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu.

International House
With English subtitles: 7 p.m.; $7, $5/members, students, seniors unless otherwise noted.
Info.: www.ihousephilly.org.

Class of 1923 Arena; 3130 Walnut St.; admission: weekday $5.50, weekend $6.50, $1 off w/PennCard; skate rental $2.50; public skating: Mon.-Thurs., 1-3 p.m.; Sat. 7:30-9:30 p.m.; Sun. 1-2:30 p.m.; group rates and skating lessons offered; info.: www.upenn.edu/icerink.

Jazzercise; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Tuesdays & Thursdays; Newman Center; first class free; $7/class, $5/students; contact Carolyn Hamilton: (215) 662-3293 (days) or (610) 446-1983 (evenings).

Christian Association
Info: www.upennca.org.

ELP Online Courses
7-week Courses through February 23. $700/course. Register by January 15: (215) 898-8681.

14-week Courses through April 20.
$825/course, $650/Penn registrants.
Register by January 22: (215) 898-8681.

ELP Evening Courses

Through week of February 9; $340/course; TOEFL Prep: $665; $15 registration fee.
Intermediate and advanced courses unless otherwise noted. Register by January 2.

Morris Arboretum
Free w/admission. Info.: (215) 247-5777.

Learning and Education: HR
Open to faculty and staff. Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/training_coursecatalog/.

PennFit: Department of Recreation
Free to Penn students, faculty & staff.
Events take place at Pottruck Health and Fitness Center, noon-1 p.m.
Register: www.upenn.edu/recreation or (215) 898-6100.

Penn Museum
Register: (215) 898-4890.

Technology Training Services
Classes at ISC labs, 3650 Chestnut St., 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Open to faculty, staff & students.
Register: www.tts.isc.upenn.edu.

World Cafe Live
Performances daily.  For a complete listing, see www.worldcafelive.com.

Penn Presents
Info./tickets: www.pennpresents.org.

18	Richard Alston Dance Company; contemporary dance performance to the ragtime music of Scott Joplin; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; Annenberg Center; $32-$44. Also January 19, 8 p.m. and January 20, 2 & 8 p.m.
23	Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise; portrayal of growing up in apartheid South Africa based on the real-life stories of the five men and women who make up the cast; 7:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center; $38-$44. Also January 24 & 25, 7:30 p.m.; January 26 & 27, 8 p.m. & January 28, 3 p.m.

Kelly Writers House
Events in the Arts Café unless otherwise noted. RSVP where noted: wh@writing.upenn.edu.
Info.: www.writing.upenn.edu/~wh/.

Penn Bookstore
Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore.

The new Vernon and Shirley Hill Pavilion welcomes the Penn community during an Open House to be held on Friday, January 5, 2-4 p.m. The building is the most state-of-the-art veterinary teaching and research facility in the world and contains surgery centers, teaching and library space, research laboratories and a vivarium (Vet Med). Photo by Marguerite Miller.

Info./tickets: www.pennathletics.com.

Penn’s Commitment to the Legacy: Mobilizing for Peace & Social Justice The following are among the many events for the 2007 MLK Symposium. For a complete list of programs and the latest information, visit: www.upenn.edu/aarc/mlk. 2 Winter Clothing Drive; collecting hats, coats, gloves and other winter wear; see MLK website for drop-off locations. Through January 11. 14 21st Annual Dinner in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; discussion of King’s work in today’s society featuring southern-style dinner & gospel music; 6 p.m.; $28, $20/students, seniors & community activists; reservations: (215) 386-9224 (White Dog Café). 15 Day of Service Breakfast; Kofi Asante; 8-9 a.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall; volunteers are asked to bring a new hat, scarf, gloves or multicultural book for children, to be donated to West Philadelphia community organizations (BGAPSA; UMC; MLK Service Committee).   Children’s Banner and Poster Painting at Houston Hall; 10 a.m.-noon (MLK Service Committee).   Helping Hands at Houston Hall; create gifts to be donated to area shelters, nursing homes and other charities; 10 a.m.-noon (MLK Service Committee).   Philadelphia Reads Literacy Project at Houston Hall; create books on tape to promote literacy for Philadelphia youth; 10 a.m.-noon (MLK Service Committee).   Spruce Up Project; West Philadelphia High School and other sites; 10 a.m.-2 pm; pre-register at MLK website; transportation will be provided from Houston Hall (MLK Service Committee).   Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday; enjoy a special birthday cake and watch a documentary about the life and works of King; 5-7 p.m.; Michael Murray Lounge, Samson Place East (GPSP).   Candlelight Vigil; reflect on Dr. King’s life and legacy; marching from DuBois, the Quad and Hill College Houses to Houston Hall; 7 p.m. (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority). 16 Portrayals of Responses to Racism in Film: A Look at Scenes from American Movies; open discussion about racial injustice and social activism in America as represented through films such as Do The Right Thing, A Time to Kill, and Higher Learning; 6:30 p.m.; Common Room, Graduate Student Center; RSVP: www.gsc.upenn.edu/programs/film.php (GSC). 17 HUP Celebrates Dr. King; special keynote and performance by the Penn Inspiration Choir; 11:30 a.m.; Medical Alumni Hall, 1 Maloney Bldg.   Interactive Program: “Keeping Colours True...”; Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum, VPUL; noon-2 p.m.; Bishop White Room, Houston Hall (WOCAP).   The Future of Black Leadership in America; Sean Vereen & Marc Hill, Center for Africana Studies; Herman Beavers, English; moderated by Penn students: Shakirah Simley (UMC), Jason Saunders (BSL); 7-9 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall. 18 MLK Interfaith Program; music, readings, remarks from President Amy Gutmann and special guest speaker; Presentation of Community Involvement Awards with reception to follow; 6:30 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (Office of the Chaplin). 19 Prepare Meals with MANNA; help prepare meals for people living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life threatening illnesses; departs from Civic House; 5-8 p.m.; RSVP: niblick@sas.upenn.edu or (215) 898-4831 (Civic House).   The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture in Social Justice: A Conversation with Harry Belafonte and Mary Francis Berry; moderated by Tukufu Zuberi; 5:30 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium (Africana Studies). 20 Making Movements Through Media; screenings, workshops & panel discussion on the media’s effect on social justice movements, moderated by Marc Lammont Hill; noon-4 p.m.; location tba; info.: www.geoclan.com. 22 Project PEACE Information Session; learn the basics of implementing peer mediation/conflict resolution in K-8 schools; noon-2 p.m.; Silverman 245A, Law School (Law; Greenfield Intercultural Center).   Apartheid and Beyond: South African Writers and the Politics of Place;Rita Barnard offers readings of South African literary culture, explore how Apartheid functioned in its day-to-day operations; 5 p.m.; Penn Bookstore (Alice Paul Center). 23 The Nine Things Every Writer Must Know: Seminar; Tonya Evans-Walls, publishing/intellectual property lawyer; learn how copyright is created and protected, fair use and public domain laws, trademark, patent and other legal issues; 12:30 p.m.; Penn Bookstore (Bookstore).   Civil Rights, LGBT Rights: Dr. King’s Legacy in the Queer Community; Mary Francis Berry, former Chair of The Civil Rights Commission, distinguished scholar and activist, will reflect on King’s impact on contemporary movements for LGBT rights, with responses from campus leaders; reception to follow; 5:30 p.m.; LGBT Center, Carriage House (LGBT). 24 Men of Color Networking Lunch; learn about Penn’s newest networking and support group geared towards men of color at Penn, featuring brief remarks, live performances and lunch; noon-2 p.m.; location tba (MOCNS).   Reverend Dr. Wilson Goode: The Future of Philadelphia; the African-American elected to Mayor of Philadelphia, and former Deputy Secretary of Education under former President Clinton, Goode will speak on Philadelphia’s future; 12:30 p.m.; Seminar Room, Fels School of Government (Fels). 25 Philadelphia Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson; Commissioner Johnson will give reflection and insight on Philadelphia’s current crime problems and initiatives for change; 6 p.m.; Hillel (AARC).   In King’s Shadow: LGBT Leaders for Civil Rights;special invitation is extended to local high school students and GSA for viewing of “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin”, the architect behind the March on Washington; discussion on LGBT leadership in and outside of the LGBT community to follow; 5-7 p.m.; LGBT Center, Carriage House (QPOC; GIC; LGBT; Mazzoni Center). 26 Jazz for King Celebration; annual Jazz event and poetry reading featuring Dr. Guy’s MusiQology, poets Traci Poe, a.k.a. Lady Poet, Pat McLean and other performers; 6-8 p.m.; Dubois College House (MLK Planning Committee). 28 Building Stronger Cross-Class Alliances; examine the role that class plays within organizations trying to make social change; learn how to facilitate cross-class collaborations in your own activism, work and life; featured lecturer: Ms. Leondar-Wright, www.classmatters.org; 2-5 p.m.; Carriage House (Race Dialogue Project).