What's On PERFORMANCES / LECTURES / EVENTS Jan. 14-27 Editor's Pick for This Issue What's On WXPN Honoring Martin Luther King with celebration and service Spring into fitness Readers' Best: How we resolve to enter the millennium Thursday, Jan. 14 SPORTS MEN'S BASKETBALL: Penn plays LaSalle. 7 p.m. at the Palestra, 33rd St. below Walnut. Tickets/info: 898-6151. DANCE DOUG VARONE: The energetic modern choreographer and his troupe present a program featuring a tribute to the Swing Era and a preview of a new work. 7:30 p.m. in the Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. Tickets $25, seniors/Penn faculty, staff and alumni $22, students $15. Tickets/info: 898-3900. Friday, Jan. 15 TALKS STYRON'S BOSWELL: Penn State's James West, author of "William Styron: A Life," talks about the challenges and rewards of writing a biography of a living writer. 4 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk. Info for all Writers House events: visit the Writers House Web site or call 573-WRIT. Beyond the fridge You may not have thought much of the decals with which you decorated your notebooks or the magnets you stick on your refrigerator door, but a number of artists figured out that they could make a statement with stickers. Shepard Fairey, one of the featured artists in the Institute of Contemporary Art's "Sticker Shock" exhibit, mined the hidden subversive potential of the late pro wrestler Andre the Giant by adding messages like the one above to millions of stickers featuring Andre's face. You can see a documentary about Fairey's campaign along with stickers by him and more than a dozen other artists at the ICA from Jan. 16 to March 7. See Friday, Jan. 15. EXHIBITS MELANCHOLY AND MISCHIEF: Two new exhibits at the Institute of Contemporary Art bring back memories of dramatically different sorts: "Three Stanzas" uses verse and sculpture to evoke the poignancy of the past, while "Sticker Shock" takes those ubiquitous decals and magnets one outrageous step further. Opening reception 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the ICA, 118 S. 36th St. Admission $3, students/artists/seniors $2, ICA members/PennCard holders/children under 12 free. Exhibit continues through March 7. FILM "SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY": Ramin Niami's dark comedy traces six lonely bohemians searching for sex and success in a Manhattan apartment house. Niami and producer Karen Robson will appear in person at tonight's screenings. 7 and 9:15 p.m. at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. Admission $6.50, students/seniors/International House members $5.50. Info: 895-6542. Additional screenings Jan. 17 and 20-24. Saturday, Jan. 16 SPECIAL EVENTS WORLD CULTURE DAY: The University of Pennsylvania Museum's 10th annual celebration of African cultures features music, dance, storytelling, food and fun for all. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Museum, 33rd and Spruce streets. Admission $5, seniors/students $2.50, Museum members/PennCard holders/children 6 and under free. Info: visit the Museum Web site or call 898-4000. SPORTS GYMNASTICS: Penn and Cornell meet. 1 p.m. at Hutchinson Gym, 33rd St. next to the Palestra. MEN'S BASKETBALL: Penn vs. Colgate. 2 p.m. at the Palestra. Tickets/info: 898-6151. MUSIC MINAS: Orlando Haddad, Patricia King and special guests celebrate 20 years performing Brazilian music with a "pagode" - a get-together featuring good music, good food and good friends. 8 p.m. at International House. Admission $17.50, students/seniors/ International House members $15.50, children 12 and under $10. Brazilian food available at an additional cost. Info: 895-6542. Sunday, Jan. 17 FILM "SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY": See Friday, Jan. 15. 5 and 7 p.m. at International House. "WITHOUT YOU I'M NOTHING": This 1990 film brought Sandra Bernhard's cabaret-with-attitude out of the off-Broadway closet and made her a pop phenomenon. 9 p.m. at International House. Admission $6.50, students/seniors/ International House members $5.50. Info: 895-6542. Additional screenings Jan. 23-24. MUSIC ENGLISH TROUBADORS: John Roberts and Tony Barrand start the new year at the Cherry Tree Music Co-op with English folk songs and stories. 7:30 p.m. at the St. Mary's Church parish hall, 3916 Locust Walk. Tickets $11 in advance, $14 at the door. Info: 386-1640. Monday, Jan. 18 TALKS RED LETTERS: Sherman Labovitz (GrS'72), author of "Being Red in Philadelphia: A Memoir of the McCarthy Era," looks back on his life in and out of the Communist Party. 7 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House. SPORTS MEN'S BASKETBALL: Penn takes on St. Joseph's. 8 p.m. at the Palestra. Tickets/info: 898-6151. Wednesday, Jan. 20 FILM "SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY": See Friday, Jan. 15. 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. at International House. READINGS POETRY OPEN MIKE: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. hosts a reading open to all. 7 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House. Thursday, Jan. 21 * denotes "Go West! Go International! 3rd Thursdays" events SPECIAL EVENTS IT'S GREEK TO US: The Museum showcases the ancient Greek world tonight with music, food and fun. 4:30 to 8 p.m. at the Museum, 33rd and Spruce streets. Admission $2.50, students/seniors $1.25, Museum members/PennCard holders/children 6 and under free. Info: 898-4890. * TALKS SPECIFIC SIGHTS: Sculptor Mei Ling Hom talks about how the particulars of a given space shape site-specific works of art. 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House. * FILM "SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY": See Friday, Jan. 15. 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. at International House. * SPORTS MEN'S BASKETBALL: Penn vs. Drexel. 7 p.m. at the Palestra. Tickets/info: 898-6151. Friday, Jan. 22 FILM "SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY": See Friday, Jan. 15. 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. at International House. Saturday, Jan. 23 Caught in the crosswinds Photographer Ellen Kaplowitz spent the last five years trying to capture the face of old Vietnam before it disappeared. Her exhibit, "Layers Through the Mist," chronicles her journey through this rapidly-changing country and illustrates the growing contrasts between the traditional ways of the rural Vietnamese and the more Westernized outlook of the younger urbanites. The exhibit is on display at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, 33rd and Spruce streets, from Jan. 23 through March 28. Museum hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission $5, students/seniors $2.50, Museum members/children 6 and under/PennCard holders/all visitors Sundays free. SPORTS SWIMMING: Penn men and women meet Navy. Noon and 3 p.m. at Sheerr Pool, Gimbel Gym, 37th and Walnut streets. DANCE MOISEYEV AT 92: See Editor's Pick for This Issue. READINGS FLEDA BROWN JACKSON: The Delaware poet reads from her new collection "The Devil's Child." 2 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House. FILM "SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY": See Friday, Jan. 15. 5 and 9 p.m. at International House. "WITHOUT YOU I'M NOTHING": See Sunday, Jan. 17. 7 p.m. at International House. Sunday, Jan. 24 FILM "SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY": See Friday, Jan. 15. 5 and 7 p.m. at International House. "WITHOUT YOU I'M NOTHING": See Sunday, Jan. 17. 9 p.m. at International House. MUSIC BILL STAINES: 7:30 p.m. at the St. Mary's Church Parish Hall, 3916 Locust Walk. Tickets $11 in advance, $14 at the door. Info: 386-1640. Monday, Jan. 25 READINGS BOB PERELMAN: The associate professor of English reads from his recently-released collection "The Future of Memory." 6 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House. TALKS MARKING UP MAPPLETHORPE: Associate Professor of English Christopher Looby speaks on "Race and Sex in Robert Mapplethorpe's 'Black Book'." 7:30 p.m. in Room 109, Annenberg School for Communication, 3620 Walnut St. Info: 898-5044. Wednesday, Jan. 27 READINGS OPEN-MIKE NIGHT: It's "Speakeasy" time, which means "poetry, prose and anything goes." 8 to 10 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk.

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