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What's On PERFORMANCES / LECTURES / EVENTS February 12-25 Editor's Pick for This Issue What's On WXPN Readers' Best: How we're coping with Valentine's Day Thursday, Feb. 12 TALKS LIGON ON LIGON: Artist Glenn Ligon talks about his work. 6 p.m. at the Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 S. 36th St. Gallery tour precedes lecture at 5:15 p.m. Admission $3, students/artists/seniors $2, ICA members/children under 12/PennCard holders free. DANCE PILOBOLUS: The innovative modern dance ensemble returns to Penn with new dancers and new works. 7 p.m. at the Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. Tickets $29, seniors/Penn employees $24, students $12. Box office: 898-6791. Additional performances Feb. 13-14. FILM "CHRONICLE OF A DISAPPEARANCE": Palestinian filmmaker Elia Sulieman explores his roots. In Arabic with English subtitles. 7 and 9 p.m. at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. Tickets $6.50, students/seniors/International House members $5.50. Additional screenings Feb. 13-15. MUSIC VIRGIN HOUSE BAND: The popular jazz ensemble performs from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk. Info for all Writers House events: 573-WRIT. A world of human emotions Professor of Social Architecture and Management Howard V. Perlmutter's abstract paintings draw on his years of travel around the globe to express the full range of human experience and emotion. Perlmutter's work is on display in the Burrison Art Gallery at the Faculty Club, 200 S. 36th St., through Feb. 28. Gallery hours: 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Friday, Feb. 13 SPORTS WOMEN'S TENNIS: Rutgers vs. Penn. 2 p.m. at Levy Tennis Pavilion, 3120 Walnut St. MEN'S SQUASH: Penn meets Trinity College. 5 p.m. at Ringe Squash Courts, 33rd St. between the Palestra and Franklin Field. MEN'S BASKETBALL: The Quakers host Yale. 7 p.m. at the Palestra, 33rd St. below Walnut. Ticket info: 898-6151. READINGS NEW BLACK POETRY: Members of the Cave Canem workshop, including English Professor Herman Beavers, read from their works. 4-6 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk. SPECIAL EVENTS COME OUT FOR JAZZ: The Institute of Contemporary Art invites everyone to a benefit party featuring live jazz and a wine-tasting with Gregg Moore of Le Bec-Fin. 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the ICA, 118 S. 36th St. Admission $30, $27 if you wear red for Valentine's Day. FILM "CHRONICLE OF A DISAPPEARANCE": See Thursday, Feb. 12. 7 and 9 p.m. at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. DANCE PILOBOLUS: See Thursday, Feb. 12. 8 p.m. at the Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. Saturday, Feb. 14 SPORTS WOMEN'S TENNIS: Penn meets Penn State. 1 p.m. at Levy Tennis Pavilion, 3120 Walnut St. MEN'S BASKETBALL: The Brown Bruins are in town. 7 p.m. at the Palestra, 33rd St. below Walnut. Ticket info: 898-6151. DANCE PILOBOLUS: See Thursday, Feb. 12. 2 and 8 p.m. at the Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. Tickets for 2 p.m. performance $27, seniors/ Penn employees $22, students $12. FILM "CHRONICLE OF A DISAPPEARANCE": See Thursday, Feb. 12. 5, 7 and 9 p.m. at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. Sunday, Feb. 15 TALKS COMING UP ROSES: Noted rose expert Judy McKeon signs her latest book and talks about caring for these tempremental plants. 2 p.m. at the Morris Arboretum, 100 Northwestern Ave., Chestnut Hill. Admission $5, members free. Reservations: 247-5777, ext. 169. SPORTS WRESTLING: Penn takes on Lehigh. 3 p.m. at the Palestra, 33rd St. below Walnut. Ticket info: 898-6151. FILM "CHRONICLE OF A DISAPPEARANCE": See Thursday, Feb. 12. 3, 5 and 9 p.m. at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. Monday, Feb. 16 TALKS INTO THE (LANDSCAPED) WOODS: British architect Paul Shepherd speaks on "The Cultivated Wilderness." 6 p.m. in Room B-1, Meyerson Hall, 34th and Walnut streets. Tuesday, Feb. 17 FILM TALKING FILM: Canadian Caroline Leaf discusses and screens several of her animated works, including "The Owl Who Married A Goose," "The Street" and "Two Soldiers." 7 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk. Wednesday, Feb. 18 SPORTS GYMNASTICS: Penn, West Chester and Ursinus compete in a three-way meet. 6 p.m. at Hutchinson Gym, 33rd St. between the Palestra and Franklin Field. TALKS SODOM RESURRECTED: Benjamin Gianni, director of the School of Architecture at Carleton University, talks about the original "gay ghetto" and its recreations in the New World. 6 p.m. in Room B-3, Meyerson Hall, 34th and Walnut streets. PHILLY TALKS: Local poets Jena Osman and Tina Darragh read and talk about each other's work. 7 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk. Roundtable discussion and dinner follows. Reservations required for dinner: 573-WRIT. Thursday, Feb. 19 PERFORMANCE NAMU LWANGA & KAYAGA: The Ugandan storyteller and her troupe bring the customs, music and dance of East and Central Africa to town. 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at the Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. Tickets $6. Box office info: 898-6791. Additional performances Feb. 20 and 22. SPORTS MEN'S TENNIS: The Quakers host West Virginia. 3 p.m. at Levy Tennis Pavilion, 3120 Walnut St. TALKS THE EAST ASIAN CRISIS: World Bank Chief Economist Joseph E. Stiglitz addresses lessons learned from the meltdown. 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Room 351, Steinberg-Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk. SPECIAL EVENTS AN EVENING WITH CHARLES FULLER: The Pulitzer Prize-winning Philadelphia playwright comes to campus for a screening of the film version of his play "A Soldier's Story" and conversation. Screening from 6 to 8 p.m., conversation from 8 to 9 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk. Reservations requested: 573-WRIT. CARNIVALE '98: This free coffehouse celebrates Penn's diversity in music, song and dance by people and groups of all backgrounds. 9 to 11 p.m. at the Christian Association, 36th and Locust Walk. FILM "4 LITTLE GIRLS": Home Box Office and the city's three cable systems - Comcast, Greater Media, and Wade - present a special premiere screening of Spike Lee's HBO documentary about the 1963 bombing of Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church. Producer Sam Pollard will be a special guest. 7:15 p.m. at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, 33rd and Spruce streets. E-mail pennfilm@dolphin.upenn.edu for ticket info. "CAPITAINE CONAN": Bertrand Tavernier's 1996 film revisits an inglorious piece of France's military past. In French with English subtitles. 7 and 9:30 p.m. at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. Tickets $6.50, students/seniors/ International House members $5.50. Additional screenings Feb. 20-24. THEATER MY FAIR LADY: The Penn Law School Light Opera Company presents the classic musical based on George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion." 7:30 p.m. in the Annenberg School Theatre, 3620 Walnut St. Tickets $8, PennCard holders $6. Additonal performances Feb. 20-21. Info: 898-6791. JOAN OF LORRAINE: Maxwell Anderson's play uses a rehearsal of a play about Joan of Arc to examine our innermost beliefs. Presented by the Theater Arts Program. 8 p.m. in the Annenberg Studio Theatre, 3680 Walnut St. Tickets $6, students $5. Additional performances Feb. 20, 21, 26, 27 and 28. Friday, Feb. 20 PERFORMANCE NAMU LWANGA & KAYAGA: See Thursday, Feb. 19. 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at the Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. GO FORUM!: The Penn Glee Club's 136th annual production features "a group of bad actors making a musical version of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." 8 p.m. in the Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. Tickets $8. Ticket info: 898-6791. Additional performance Feb. 21. FILM "CAPITAINE CONAN": See Thursday, Feb. 19. 7 and 9:30 p.m. at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. SPORTS MEN'S BASKETBALL: Against Dartmouth. 7 p.m. at the Palestra, 33rd St. below Walnut. Ticket info: 898-6151. THEATER MY FAIR LADY: See Friday, Feb. 19. 7:30 p.m. in the Annenberg School Theatre, 3620 Walnut St. JOAN OF LORRAINE: See Friday, Feb. 19. 8 p.m. in the Annenberg Studio Theatre, 3680 Walnut St. Saturday, Feb. 21 SPECIAL EVENT Dogon A.D. 1998 The Images of the Motherland Interactive Theatre will present "Tales of the Dogon", a performance piece about the cliff-dwelling people of Mali, West Africa, as part of the University of Pennsylvania Museum's Celebration of African Cultures on Saturday, Feb. 21. CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN CULTURES: The University of Pennsylvania Museum's ninth annual festival of Africana includes music, dance and storytelling, children's activities, fashion and cuisine, plus an African marketplace. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Museum, 33rd and Spruce streets. Admission $5, students/seniors $2.50, Museum members/children under 6/ PennCard holders free. FILM "CAPITAINE CONAN": See Thursday, Feb. 19. 4:30, 7 and 9:30 p.m. at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. THEATER MY FAIR LADY: See Friday, Feb. 19. 7:30 p.m. in the Annenberg School Theatre, 3620 Walnut St. JOAN OF LORRAINE: See Friday, Feb. 19. 8 p.m. in the Annenberg Studio Theatre, 3680 Walnut St. PERFORMANCE GO FORUM!: See Friday, Feb. 20. 8 p.m. in the Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. LIVE AT THE WRITERS HOUSE: Greg Djanikian headlines the late-night music, poetry and performance-art event. 12 a.m. at the Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk; broadcast on WXPN (88.5 FM). SPORTS MEN'S BASKETBALL: It's Faculty and Staff Night as Penn plays Harvard. 7 p.m. at the Palestra, 33rd St. below Walnut. Faculty and staff get one free ticket by presenting their PennCards at the Penn Ticket Office in advance or at the Palestra box office on game night; additional tickets for faculty and staff are $5. Ticket info: 898-6151. Sunday, Feb. 22 PERFORMANCE NAMU LWANGA & KAYAGA: See Thursday, Feb. 19. 3 p.m. at the Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. FILM "CAPITAINE CONAN": See Thursday, Feb. 19. 4:30 and 7 p.m. at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. Monday, Feb. 23 READINGS LARRY ROBBINS: The Penn English-turned-management professor and director of the Wharton Communications Program reads from his memoir "Legends of the Diaspora". 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk; reception follows. FILM "CAPITAINE CONAN": See Thursday, Feb. 19. 7 and 9:30 p.m. at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. Tuesday, Feb. 24 MUSIC THE THINGS: The trio that evolved from Joshua Schuster's Free Jazz Project performs from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk. FILM "CAPITAINE CONAN": See Thursday, Feb. 19. 7 and 9:30 p.m. at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. A haunting experience Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon use virtual 3-D imagery to bring to life the ghosts from the past that haunt a solitary man in their multimedia production "Grand Hôtel des Étrangers" ("Grand Hotel of Strangers"), inspired by the poetry of Claude Beausoleil, at the Annenberg Center. PERFORMANCE GRAND HÔTEL DES ÉTRANGERS: The poetry of Claude Beausoleil inspired this multimedia production from Montréal about a man haunted by the ghosts of his past. 8 p.m. in the Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. Tickets $25, seniors/Penn employees $20, students $12. Box office info: 898-6791. Additional performance Feb. 25. Wednesday, Feb. 25 TALKS A COUPLE OF WRITERS: The Alumni Writers Series welcomes husband (and Pennsylvania Gazette editor) John Prendergast (C'80) and wife Carole Bernstein (C'81). 5:30 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk. PERFORMANCE GRAND HÔTEL DES ÉTRANGERS: See Tuesday, Feb. 24. 8 p.m. in the Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. READINGS SPEAKEASY: It's open-mike night at the Kelly Writers House for anyone with something to read. 8:30 p.m. at the Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk.