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15 - 28, 2001
What's
On
PERFORMANCES / LECTURES / EVENTS
That voodoo that you do
so well
The culture of Cuba’s easternmost province, Guantanamo, is
strongly influenced by the Haitian refugees who settled there starting
at the end of the 18th century. The Ban Rra Rra dance troupe, performing
at International House Feb. 17, keeps this cultural influence alive
with its blending of Haitian voodoo dances and Latin style. See
Saturday, Feb. 17.
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Thursday, Feb. 15
EXHIBITS
 KAHN AT 100:
This special memorial exhibition celebrates the life and work of the celebrated
Philadelphia architect. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Kroiz Gallery, Architectural
Archives, 220 S. 34th St. Exhibit continues through Sept. 15. Info: www.upenn.edu/gsfa/archives/
archives or 215-898-8323.
TALKS
UNDER SCOTTISH
SKIES: Magda Salvesen, widow of artist Jon Schueler, reads from and discusses
his book “The Sound of Sleat: A Painter’s Life.” 1 p.m.
at the Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut St.
UNHEAVENLY
HOST?: Tracey McNulty of Cornell speaks on “Hospitality after the
Death of God: Pierre Klossowski’s ‘Les Lois de l’hospitalité.’”
6 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk. Info for all Writers
House events: www.english.upenn.edu/~wh
or call 215-573-WRIT.
HURRIAN
DISCOVERY: Giorgio Buccellati of UCLA and Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati of
California State University, Los Angeles, speak on “The Discovery
of Urkesh and the Dawn of a New Civilization.” 6 p.m. in Rainey Auditorium,
University of Pennsylvania Museum, 33rd and Spruce streets; reception
follows. Admission free.
DANCE
RIVER
NORTH: Back by popular demand, Penn Presents the high-energy fusion of
modern, ballet and jazz that is this Chicago ensemble’s trademark.
7:30 p.m. in Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. Tickets
$33, $31 and $29; discounts for students, seniors and Penn affiliates
available. Tickets/info for all Penn Presents events: www.pennpresents.org
or 215-898-3900. Additional performances Feb. 16-17.
Friday, Feb. 16
TALKS
QUIET RIOT:
Jack DuVall and Peter Ackerman discuss their book “A Force More Powerful:
A Century of Non-Violent Conflict.” Noon at the Penn Bookstore.
SPORTS
WOMEN’S
BASKETBALL: Penn vs. Cornell. 7 p.m. at the Palestra, 33rd St. below Walnut.
DANCE
RIVER NORTH:
See Thursday, Feb. 15. 8 p.m. in Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center.
MUSIC
IT’S IN
THE AIR: Melissa Perry performs an evening of classical songs and arias.
8 p.m. at University Lutheran Church, 37th and Chestnut streets. Tickets
$25, students/seniors $10.
THEATER
“LOST
IN YONKERS”: The Philadelphia Performing Artists Guild presents Neil
Simon’s Tony Award-winning comedy-drama about two boys growing up
with a dysfunctional grandmother. 8 p.m. at the Philadelphia Episcopal
Cathedral chapel, 3723 Chestnut St. Tickets $15, students/seniors $10.
Additional performances Feb. 17, 23 and 24.
Saturday, Feb. 17
SPECIAL EVENTS
AFRICA
FEST: See “Editor’s Pick.”
DANCE
RIVER
NORTH: See Thursday, Feb. 15. 2 and 8 p.m. in Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg
Center. Tickets for 2 p.m. show $30, $28 and $26.
THEATER
“LOST
IN YONKERS”: See Friday, Feb. 16. 2 and 8 p.m. at the Philadelphia
Episcopal Cathedral chapel.
READINGS
LOCAL
POETS LIVE: Community College of Philadelphia English instructor Brenda
McMillan and 1995 Pew Fellowship for Poetry recipient Molly Rusakoff are
the featured poets at this month’s Laughing Hermit reading. 4 p.m.
at the Kelly Writers House.
SPORTS
MEN’S
SWIMMING: Penn vs. Harvard. 1 p.m. at Sheerr Pool, Gimbel Gym, 37th and
Walnut streets.
WOMEN’S
BASKETBALL: Penn vs. Columbia. 7 p.m. at the Palestra.
MUSIC
AFRO-CUBAN
MAGIC: The musicians and dancers of Ban Rra Rra keep alive the connection
between Hatian and Cuban dance traditions. 8 p.m. at International House,
3701 Chestnut St. Tickets $25, students/seniors/International House members
$23, International Music Series subscribers $22.50. Info: 215-895-6537.
Sunday, Feb. 18
MUSIC
AMHERST EARLY
MUSIC: Faculty participating in the Amherst Early Music Winter Workshop,
hosted by the Music Department, perform early works tonight. 8 p.m. in
Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium, 34th and Spruce streets. Tickets
$10, students free with PennCard (one free ticket per student). Info:
www.sas.upenn.edu/music
or 215-898-6244.
Lift every voice and sing
The Boys Choir of Harlem has been inspiring audiences worldwide
with its virtuosity and diverse repertoire for more than three
decades. On Sunday, Feb. 25, Penn Presents and Target Stores bring
the renowned ensemble to campus. See Sunday, Feb. 25.
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Monday, Feb. 19
PERFORMANCE
LIVE AT THE
WRITERS HOUSE: This month’s edition pays special tribute to African-American
writers and artists who have contributed to America’s cultural heritage.
8 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House.
Tuesday, Feb. 20
TALKS
LIVING DOWNTOWN:
City and Regional Planning Chair Eugenie Birch speaks on “Downtown
Housing: A Look at American Cities.” 4 to 5:15 p.m. in Amado Recital
Hall, Irvine Auditorium; reception follows in Café 58. Info: provlec@pobox.upenn.edu
or 215-898-7227.
Wednesday, Feb. 21
TALKS
THEY DO IT THEIR WAY: Fleisher-Ollman Gallery Director John Ollman, a
leading authority on self-taught art, discusses how and why the self-taught
art movement caught on early in Philadelphia. 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Penn
Humanities Forum, 3619 Locust Walk.
INTRANATIONALISM: Komozi Woodard of Sarah Lawrence College speaks on “A
Nation Within a Nation: Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and Black Power Politics.”
7 to 9:30 p.m. in the DuBois College House multipurpose room, 3900 Walnut
St. Info: Afro-American Studies Program, 215-898-4965.
FILM
AFRICA FILM
FEST: See “Editor’s Pick.” Tonight’s
feature: “Chikin Biznis” (South Africa, 1998), preceded by “Toubillons”
(“Whirlwinds,” Senegal, 1999). 8 p.m. at International House.
PERFORMANCE
OPEN-MIKE NIGHT:
If it rhymes, or if it doesn’t, it’s all fair game for the “Speakeasy:
Poetry, Prose and Anything Goes” crowd. 8 p.m. at the Kelly Writers
House.
Thursday, Feb. 22
TALKS
WAY TOO REAL:
Villanova philosophy professor John Caputo speaks on “For The Love
of Things Themselves: Derrida’s Hyper-Realism.” 6 p.m. at the
Kelly Writers House.
FILM
AFRICA
FILM FEST: See “Editor’s Pick.”
Today: “Chikin Biznis” at 10:30 a.m. and
“Barbecue-Pejo” (Benin, 1999), preceded by “Aida Souka”
(Senegal, 1992), at 8 p.m. at International House.
Friday, Feb. 23
EXHIBITS
SCIENCE
FARE: Video artist Bruce Yonemoto and Philadelphia sculptor Clint Takeda
share a fascination with science fiction, as demonstrated in their works
now on display at the Institute of Contemporary Art. Opening reception:
6 to 8 p.m. at the ICA, 118 S. 36th St. Free. Exhibit continues through
April 22 (admission $3, students/artists/seniors $2, ICA members/children
12 and under/PennCard holders/all visitors Sundays before 1 p.m. free).
SPECIAL EVENTS
STAR
TURN: This month’s Flower and Cook Observatory Open House features
a talk by Professor of Physics and Astronomy David Koerner. 7 p.m. at
the observatory, 753 Providence Rd., Malvern. Info/directions: observatory.astro.
upenn.edu or 610-644-4584.
SPORTS
MEN’S
BASKETBALL: Penn vs. Dartmouth. 7 p.m. at the Palestra. Tickets/info for
all men’s basketball games: www.pennathletics.com or 215-898-6151.
FILM
MARGARET
MEAD FESTIVAL: The ninth annual Margaret Mead Traveling Film and Video
Festival celebrates the centennial of the anthropologist’s birth
with an array of cross-cultural documentaries. Tonight: two films by director
Mira Nair, “The Laughing Club of India” (1999) and “India
Cabaret” (1985). 7:30 p.m. in Harrison Auditorium, University of
Pennsylvania Museum. Admission $6, students/seniors/Museum members/PennCard
holders $3. Info: www.upenn.edu/museum
or the Museum Education Department, 215-898-4015. Through Feb. 25.
AFRICA
FILM FEST: See “Editor’s Pick.”
Today: “Barbecue-Pejo” at 10:30 a.m. and “Bye-Bye Africa”
(Chad, 1998), preceded by “Le Truc de Konate” (“Konate’s
Gift,” Burkina Faso, 1998), at 8 p.m. at International House.
THEATER
“LOST
IN YONKERS”: See Friday, Feb. 16.
Saturday, Feb. 24
FILM
MARGARET
MEAD FESTIVAL: See Friday, Feb. 23. Today: “New World Borders,”
a program of three films about the formation and transformation of ethnic
and cultural identities, at 2 p.m. and “Reframing Disability,”
two films featuring disabled people speaking out about their world, at
7:30 p.m. in Harrison Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania Museum. Admission
for 2 p.m. screening $5, students/seniors $2.50, Museum members/PennCard
holders/children under 6 free.
AFRICA
FILM FEST: See “Editor’s Pick.”
Today: “Le Truc de Konate” and “Bye-Bye Africa” at
3 p.m. and “Aristotle’s Plot” (Cameroon, 1996), preceded
by “Picc Mi” (Senegal, 1992), at 8 p.m. at International House.
SPORTS
MEN’S
BASKETBALL: Penn vs. Harvard. 7 p.m. at the Palestra.
THEATER
“LOST
IN YONKERS”: See Friday, Feb. 16.
Sunday, Feb. 25
FILM
MARGARET
MEAD FESTIVAL: See Friday, Feb. 23. Today: “A Question of Faith,”
two films about the interaction between traditional religious practice
and Christianity in Brazil and the Cape Verde Islands, at 2 p.m. and “Gendering
Politics,” two films about women who have redefined traditional social
roles in Iran and the United States, at 7:30 p.m. in Harrison Auditorium,
University of Pennsylvania Museum. Admission for 2 p.m. screening free.
AFRICA
FILM FEST: See “Editor’s Pick.”
Today: “Picc Mi” and “Aristotle’s Plot” at 3
p.m. at International House.
MUSIC
BOYS
CHOIR OF HARLEM: Penn Presents the internationally acclaimed ensemble,
stopping in Philly on its current national tour. 3 p.m. in Zellerbach
Theatre, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. Tickets $35, $25 and $20; discounts
for students, seniors and Penn affiliates available.
Tuesday, Feb. 27
TALKS
ENDLESS
ELECTION: Annenberg Dean Kathleen Hall Jamieson moderates a panel discussion
with reporters who covered the 36-day 2000 presidential election crisis.
4 to 5:15 p.m. in Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; reception follows. Info:
provlec@pobox.upenn.edu
or 215-898-7227.
NOTES
ON THE CLASSICS: Musicologist, conductor and Bard College president Leon
Botstein speaks on style and meaning in European classical music. 5 to
6:30 p.m. in Room 200, College Hall, Locust Walk between 34th and 36th
streets. Info: humanities.sas. upenn.edu or 215-898-8220.
Wednesday, Feb. 28
READINGS
THOUGHT
EXPERIMENT: “Alt Poetries, Alt Pedagogies,” featuring a reading
by poet Joan Retallack, explores the relationship between avant-garde
poetry and alternative pedagogies. 6 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House.
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