Gazette | All Things Ornamental: The Arts

May\|June
Annenberg Center 3680 Walnut St. (215) 898-3900 Jigu! Thunder Drums of China May 11. MOMIX May 17-19. Chamber Music Now May 19. Koresh Dance Company May 24-25.
	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. Hitoshi Nakazato: Print Series Celebration of the artist, ARG curator, and longtime School of Design teacher. May 12-July 1.
PennDesign ICEBOX project space Crane Arts Building 1400 N. American St. Wed.-Sun.: 12 p.m.-6 p.m. 2007 MFA Thesis Exhibition The culmination of an intensive two-year program for graduate fine-arts students in the School of Design. May 12 through June 3.
ICA 118 South 36th St. (215) 898-7108 Wed.-Fri.: 12 p.m.-8 p.m. Sat., Sun.: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Karen Kilimnik First American survey represents a “quest for the romantic sublime.” Crimes of Omission Artistic strategies that remove visual traces of a crime or draw attention to often-overlooked injustices. Ramp Project: Phoebe Washburn Environmental installation made from collected refuse. All exhibits through August 5.
Kelly Writers House 3805 Locust Walk (215) 573-9748 Celebration of Young Alumni Fiction Writers Featuring Michael Hyde, Courtney Zoffness, and Laura Dave. May 12.
	Slought Foundation 4017 Walnut St. (215) 222-9050 Wed.-Sat.: 11a.m.-6 p.m. Grotto Life through the lens of a camera obscura. Zero Point Axis Precariously balanced stone arrangements. The Truth in Photography: The Work of Hervé Guibert Exhibits through May 23.
Penn 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. Through June 30. Piranesi: The Grandeur of Ancient Rome Engravings of Ancient Rome. Through June 16.	World Café Live 3025 Walnut St. (215) 898-6677 Black Lily Film and Music Festival May 4-6. Philly Rising Open Stage May 14. Shawn Mullins May 21. Los Straitjackets May 31. Transistor Rodeo June 1. Kruno Spisic June 9. Bruce Torres and The Silence June 23.