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April 20, 2010, Volume 56, No. 30

April AT PENN

exhibits

22

Queer Voice; video, installation and audio works regarding queer identity and non-oppositional representations of gender; reception: 6 p.m.; ICA. Through August 1.

23 Nowhere Fast: Jordan Griska; large-scale sculptural works by Philadelphia-based artist Jordan Griska; reception: 5 p.m.; Esther M. Klein Art Gallery. Through June 25.

films

26

Empire Africa; 6 p.m.; Multipurpose Room, Du Bois College House (Consciousness in Black Film).

28 Whenever Wednesday Conversation & Screening: Ryan Trecartin; 6:30 p.m.; ICA (ICA).

fitness/learning

5/6

PPSA Brown Bag Luncheon: Phased Retirement—What It Means and How It Works; noon; Myerson Conference Room 223, 2nd flr. Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; register by April 28: ppsa@exchange.upenn.edu.

Music

23

PennChants: Our 21st Birthday; all male a cappella; 8 p.m.; Dunlop Auditorium, Stemmler Hall; $10, $8/PennCard, $6/Locust Walk. Also April 24.

  PennYo: The Day Before Tomorrow; Chinese a cappella; 6 p.m.; Class of ’49 Auditorium, Houston Hall; $9, $7/Locust Walk. Also April 24, 7 p.m.
24 Full Measure Spring Concert; Christian a cappella; 7:30 p.m.; Dunlop Auditorium, Stemmler Hall; tickets: $8/at door, $7/Locust Walk.

reading/signing

26

Soak; book launch and panel discussion with Anuradha Mathur & Dilip Da Cunha; 6 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Center for the Advanced Study of India).

Special event

25

Carnivale; food, entertainment; noon-4 p.m.; Wynn Commons (Dessalines Haitian Student Association; Asociacion Cultural de Estudiantes Latinoamericanos; Caribbean American Students Association; Grupo Quisqueyano).

talks

21

Book Talk about Recovering Art Lost During WWII; Robert Edsel, founder and president of the non-profit organization, Monuments Men; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 240A, Silverman Hall; RSVP: pennartlaw@gmail.com (Penn Law).

  Italic Lessons/Lezioni italiche; Piero Bassetti, Globus et Locus; 4:30 p.m.; Golkin Room, Houston Hall (Center for Italian Studies).
22 Dis/Fare Mondi: Italian Artists at the Venice Biennale; various speakers; 5 p.m.; rm. 543, Williams Hall (Center for Italian Studies).
30 Dalits in India 2010: Problems, Challenges and Strategies; Martin Macwan, Navsarjan Trust, Gujarat; noon; 3600 Market St., ste. 560; RSVP by April 29: casi@sas.upenn.edu (Center for the Advanced Study of India).

 

AT PENN Deadlines: Submissions for the Update are due every Monday for the following Tuesday’s issue. The deadline for the Summer AT PENN calendar is Tuesday, May 11. For information see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.

Events are subject to change. Information can be found on the sponsoring department’s website. Sponsors are listed in parentheses. For locations, call (215) 898-5000 or see www.facilities.upenn.edu.

Additional events are in the April AT PENN Calendar.

 

Almanac - April 20, 2010, Volume 56, No. 30