November 8, 2001

• Clothes and the Renaissance man
  The Modern Language Association recently honored English Professor Peter Stallybrass and his wife for their book, "Renaissance Clothing and the Materials of Memory."

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• Invader to the West, democrat in the East
• $7 mil. for center

• Research: Ready, aim, fire at gun disease
• Student spotlight: Small change creates a big donation
• Staff Q&A: Traffic cop Floyd Johnson has all the right moves, plus some advice for the people who use his intersection
  

• History lesson reflects the present in the past
• Studies provide international view
• Totally tubular
• Reforms come and go, Fuhrman warns
• Special University City High School students find success at Penn
• For What It's Worth: A weapon against extremism
• Haunting little critters

• Event Listings
• Editor's Pick: Edgar Allen Poe visits his mummy
• Readers' Best: Giving Thanks

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EDITOR'S PICK

Edgar Allan Poe visits his mummy

Americans’ fascination with all things Egyptian has a long and rich history, going back to the early 19th century. Egypt even caught the eye of Edgar Allan Poe, America’s first master of the macabre, who wrote the short story “Some Words with a Mummy” in 1845.

On Nov. 10 and 11, renowned actor and Poe impersonator David Keltz stages his new one-man show, “Some Words with a Mummy: Edgar Allan Poe and Egyptology” in a most appropriate setting: the University of Pennsylvania Museum’s Lower Egyptian Gallery.

Before the performance, Museum Egyptologists Josef and Jennifer Wegner set Poe’s story in context with a historical talk on the then-new discipline of Egyptology in the early 1800s, and in the Upper Egyptian Gallery, the Museum will offer a host of activities for the entire family before and after each show.

—S.S.

“SOME WORDS WITH A MUMMY”: 12:30, 1:45 and 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 and 1:30, 2:45 and 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, 33rd and Spruce streets. Tickets free on a first-come, first-served basis with Museum admission ($5, seniors/students with ID $2.50, Museum members/PennCard holders/children 6 and under/all visitors Sunday free). Info: 215-898-4000.