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March 20, 2007, Volume 53, No. 26

At Left : A Kabuki Theatre print by Natori Shunsen.

Dramatic Impressions:  Japanese Theatre Prints from the Gilbert Luber Collection, at the Arthur Ross Gallery, displays the works of Natori Shunsen, a designer of woodblock portraits of kabuki theater actors, produced between 1916 and 1929. On Saturday, March 31 a symposium will be held in conjunction with the exhibit in room 17, Logan Hall. Register to nriley@sas.upenn.edu.

 

At Left: Bupaya, Bagan, Myanmar.  See www.buten.net/max/ for many more images from around the world.

Opening on March 26 at the Burrison Gallery is a photographic exhibit, Faces and Abstractions, by Max Buten. A reception will be held on Friday, March 30 from 6-8 p.m. The exhibit runs through April 27.


MUSIC

26 Instant Composers Pool Orchestra; 8 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (Ars Nova Workshop).

Reading

20 Harold Gullan–Jumping Through Hoops; 5:30 p.m.; Penn Bookstore (Bookstore).

TALKS

26 Women’s Health in War Zones; Richard Garfield, nursing; 12:30 p.m.; rm. 110, Claire M. Fagin Hall (Nursing).

Liberty of Conscience: The Attack on Equal Respect; Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago; 1:30 p.m.; auditorium, BRB ; register: www.mindreligion.com (Center for Spirituality and the Mind).

27 Roger Williams and the Foundations of the Fairness Tradition; Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago; 12:30 p.m.; auditorium, BRB ; register: www.mindreligion.com (Center for Spirituality and the Mind).

Untapped: The Scramble for Africa’s Oil; John Ghazvinian, Andrew Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Humanities; 5:30 p.m.; Penn Humanities Forum (PHF).

28 Fearing Strangers; Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago; Time Change: 12:30 p.m.; auditorium, BRB ; register: www.mindreligion.com (Center for Spirituality and the Mind).

Discussion Panel–Liberty of Conscience: In Defense of America’s Tradition of Religious Equality; 3 p.m.; Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, 2nd Floor, Class of ’55 Room; register: www.mindreligion.com (Center for Spirituality and the Mind).

What Penn (Nursing) Has Done, Is Doing and Should Do for Women’s Health Globally; Patricia D’Antonio, Loretta Sweet Jemmott, William McCool, nursing; 4 p.m.; rm. 110, Claire M. Fagin Hall (Nursing).

 

Deadlines: The deadline for the weekly Update is every Monday, for the following Tuesday’s issue. The deadline for the May AT PENN calendar is Tuesday, April 10. The deadline for the Summer AT PENN is May 8. For information see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.

 

Almanac - March 20, 2007, Volume 53, No. 26