Gazette | All Things Ornamental: The Arts

Mar\|Apr
Annenberg Center 3680 Walnut St. (215) 898-3900 Compañia Nacional De Danza 2 March 8-10. Bach Festival Week Piano Recital with Markus Pawlik. March 18. Sydney Dance Company March 29-31. The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial Presented by LA Theatre Works. April 18-22.	Arthur Ross Gallery Fisher Fine Arts Library 220 S. 34th St. (215) 898-2083 Tues.-Fri.: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat., Sun.: 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Modern Indian Works on Paper: Post-Independence Art from a Private Collection. Traveling exhibition of works owned by Umesh and Sunanda Gaur. Through March 11. Dramatic Impressions: Japanese Theater Prints From the Gilbert Luber Collection. March 17-May 6.
	ICA 118 South 36th St. (215) 898-7108 Wed.-Fri.: 12 p.m.-8 p.m. Sat., Sun.: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Nicole Cherubini Innovative sculptor displays her clay works. Locally Localized Gravity Various artists sharing the same space to different ends. Carlos Garaicoa First U.S. survey of the Cuban artist’s work. Ramp Project: Luca Buvoli All exhibitions run through March 25.
Kelly Writers House 3805 Locust Walk (215) 573-9748 Jamaica Kincaid Writers House Fellow. RSVP only. March 19-20. Hank Herman Humorist, juvenile-fiction writer, Penn alumnus. March 29. Gay Talese Lecture and reception. RSVP only. April 2. Lee Eisenberg Magazine editor, author, businessman, Penn alumnus. April 9. Donald Hall U.S. poet laureate. RSVP only. April 16.	Penn Book Store 3601 Walnut Street (215) 898-7595 Steve Stern University of Wisconsin professor presents “Remembering Pinochet’s Chile.” March 22. Paul Starr Pulitzer Prize winner discusses “Freedom’s Power- The True Force of Liberalism.” April 16. Russell Simmons Discussion with hip-hop mogul on “Hip-Hop Laws of Success.” April 28
Penn Humanities Forum 3619 Locust Walk (215) 898-8280 The Wandering Jew Richard Cohen explores the history and symbolism of the archetypal traveler. Penn Museum, March 14. Down the Mississippi Street artist Swoon discusses months of travel on a raft made of recycled garbage. ICA, March 21. Sinbad the Traveling Salesman Historian Robert Irwin discusses the fabled character. Logan Hall, March 29. The Rise and Fall of European Multiculturalism Ian Buruma discusses hostilities between European societies and their immigrant populations. College Hall, April 12. The Art of Reinvention Exhibition exploring identity and homeland, displacement and loss, exile and relocation. Van Pelt Library, through April 13.	Slought Foundation 4017 Walnut St. (215) 222-9050 Wed.-Sat.: 11a.m.-6 p.m. Art and Society: The Work of Fred Forest Retrospective exhibition about the new-media artist and pioneer. Through March 23. Evasions of Power Roundtable discussions exploring relations between architecture, literature, and geopolitics. March 30-31.
	University Museum 3260 South St. (215) 898-4000 Tues.-Sat.: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sun.: 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Amarna, Ancient Egypt’s Place in the Sun Through Oct. 2007. Vanishing Worlds: Art and Rituals of Amazonia Over 150 ritual objects from various indigenous South American tribes. March 3-June 30. Piranesi: The Grandeur of Ancient Rome Engravings of Ancient Rome’s splendor. March 17-June 16.
World Café Live 3025 Walnut St. (215) 898-6677 John Butler Trio Grand National: Live and Intimate March 5. Nanci Griffith March 14-15. e.s.t. - Esbjorn Svensson Trio April 15.