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March 20, 2012,
Volume 58, No. 26 |
CONFERENCES
24 Global Education Lab; provides teachers and administrators with information and experience needed to establish a new global education program; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Crest Room, ARCH; $75/one educator, $100/two or more from same school, $60/school districts and other educational groups of 10 to 25 or more teachers; RSVP: (610) 566-0156 or info@bigpicturesmallworld.com (Global Education Network).
Alumni Performing Arts Career Symposium;five alums discuss their career journeys in the arts; 2 p.m.; Platt Student Performing Arts House (University Life Arts Initiatives).
28 Abraham Cancer Center Core Symposium; highlights of the AAC core facilities; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; rooms 251 & 253, BRB Auditorium (Abramson Cancer Center).
ON STAGE
22 Front Row Theatre Company Presents: King Lear by William Shakespeare; 7 p.m.; Bruce Montgomery Theatre, Annenberg Center; $10, $8/with PennCard. Also March 23, 24, 7 p.m. (University Life Arts Initiative).
23 Arts House Dance Company Presents: West Philadelphia, Born and Trained; 8 p.m.; Iron Gate Theatre; $10, $8/advance, $7/groups of 8+. Also March 24, 8 p.m. (University Life Arts Initiative).
Off the Beat (Co-ed A Cappella) Presents: The 25th Anniversary Show; 7 p.m.; Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum; $10, $8/advance. Also March 24, 8 p.m. (University Life Arts Initiative).
SPECIAL EVENTS
26 Cherry Blossom Festival: Manzairaku; a group from Japan whose name literally means “all year joy” performing Kyogen, Tenshu-Monogatari, and Dengaku; Manzairaku; 7 p.m.; International House; $10, $5/IHP & JASGP members, $8/students & seniors (IHP).
28 Opening Reception for the Education Commons; an open house with refreshments and mementos for the Penn community; 2-5 p.m.; Education Commons at Franklin Field (Libraries).
TALKS
21 Mike Kelley: Sublevel; George Baker, UCLA; 6:30 p.m.; ICA (ICA; History of Art).
22 Civility Without Intimacy: Northern Tamil and Muslim Relations in Post-war Sri Lanka; Sharika Thiranagama, New School; noon; rm. 816, Williams Hall (South Asia Studies).
24 Esther McCoy; Susan Morgan, editor of East of Borneo’s inaugural publication, Piecing Together Los Angeles: An Esther McCoy Reader; 2 p.m.; ICA (ICA).
25 World Game; Medard Gabel, author and co-founder, with Buckminster Fuller, of the World Game Institute; 2 p.m.; ICA (ICA).
CHANGES
The lunch talk with Roger Simon at the Kelly Writers House has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 28, at noon. RSVP: wh@writing.upenn.edu
The location has changed for the artist talk by Matthew Day Jackson on March 28 at 6:30 p.m.; it will be held in B3, Meyerson Hall.
AT PENN Deadlines
The deadline for the weekly Update is each Monday for the following week’s issue. The deadline for the May AT PENN calendar is Tuesday, April 10. Information is on the sponsoring department’s website. Sponsors are in parentheses. For locations, call (215) 898-5000 or see www.facilities.upenn.edu
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