November 29 , 2001
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PERFORMANCES | LECTURES | EVENTS
Nov. 29-Dec. 12
The Morris Arboretum’s popular Garden Railway Display now has a holiday edition. For the first time, designer Paul Busse has given a festive seasonal touch to historic landmarks such as Mill Grove, John James Audubon’s first home, shown here. The trains will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 23 and daily from Dec. 26 through Dec. 30 at the Arboretum, 100 Northwestern Ave., Chestnut Hill. Info: www.morrisarboretum.org or 215-247-5777. |
Thursday, Nov. 29
TALKS
HOW TO STOP A LAWSUIT: Jack
B. Jacobs, vice chancellor of the Delaware Chancery Court, speaks on “Fee
Shifting as a Control Against the Rogue Litigant.” 4:30 p.m. in the
Levy Conference Room, Silverman Hall, Law School, 3401 Sansom St.
ON CULTURE: Richard Shusterman,
professor of philosophy at Temple University, speaks about approaches
to cultural interpretation. 6:30 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House, 3805
Locust Walk. Info for all Writers House events: dept.english.upenn.edu/~wh
or 215-573-WRIT.
FILM
“IL MANOSCRITTO DEL PRINCIPE”:
Roberto Andò’s 2000 film is based on the biography of Italian
aristocrat Giuseppe Tomasi de Lampedusa. 8 p.m. at International House,
3701 Chestnut St. Admission free; tickets available one hour before show
time on a first-come, first-served basis.
Friday, Nov. 30
TALKS
OBESITY TALK: Michael Grossman
of the City University of New York speaks on “Obesity: Results from
the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.” Noon to 1:30 p.m.
in the Colonial Penn Center auditorium, 3641 Locust Walk.
SPECIAL EVENTS
SILENT ART AUCTION: An auction
of more than 50 original works on paper supports the MFA Class of 2002
Thesis Show. Faculty/staff preview from 3 to 5 p.m., auction from 7 to
8 p.m. and cocktail party from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Meyerson Hall gallery,
210 S. 34th St.
FILM
“COME A TE NESSUNO MAI”:
International House’s Italian film festival continues with this 1999
film about a complicated romance between two high school students. 8 p.m.
at International House; panel discussion at 7 p.m. precedes screening.
Admission free; tickets available one hour before show time on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Saturday, Dec. 1
FILM
“LA FATE IGNORANTI”:
Ferzan Ozpetek’s 2001 film chronicles the surprising relationship
that develops after a Roman woman meets her late husband’s male lover.
8 p.m. at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. Admission free; tickets
available one hour before show time on a first-come, first-served basis.
MUSIC
FRESH WINDS: The University
Wind Ensemble performs Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” and
works by Dello Joio, Clifton Williams and Barnes Chance. 8 p.m. in Irvine
Auditorium, 34th and Spruce streets. Tickets $5, Penn students free with
PennCard (one free ticket per student). Tickets: 215-898-3900.
Sunday, Dec. 2
SPECIAL EVENTS
DANCE AROUND THE WORLD: African,
Irish and Middle Eastern dances are the centerpiece of the University
of Pennsylvania Museum’s sixth annual “Peace Around the World”
celebration. 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Museum, 33rd and Spruce streets.
Admission free.
MUSIC
ANCIENT VOICES: Early Music
at Penn presents a concert of Christmas music from the Middle Ages to
the Baroque, featuring Josquin des Prez’s “Missa Ave Maris Stella.”
2:30 p.m. in Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium. Admission $10, students
with ID $5, Penn students free with PennCard (one free admission per student).
FILM
“LA LUCE NEGLI OCCHI”:
Andrea Poporati’s 2000 film explores the mystery of the banality
of evil through the character of Marco, whose subsurface rage led him
to murder his father. 8 p.m. at International House, 3701 Chestnut St.
Admission free; tickets available one hour before show time on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Monday, Dec. 3
TALKS
THE AUTHOR AND HIS EDITOR:
Novelist Tom Coyne and editor Brendan Cahill (C’96), who edited Coyne’s
first novel, “A Gentleman’s Game,” for Atlantic Monthly
Press, drop by the Kelly Writers House for lunch and conversation. 12:15
p.m. at the Writers House. Reservations required: wh@english.upenn.edu.
ANCIENT RECYCLING: David Ilan
of Tel Aviv University speaks on “Recycling Metallurgy, Anthropomorphic
Image Prohibition and Mortuary Restraint in the Iron Age I of Canaan.”
6 p.m. at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Admission free. Registration
requested: 215-898-4890.
PERFORMANCE
LIVE AT THE WRITERS HOUSE:
The December edition of the Kelly Writers House-WXPN arts showcase tapes
tonight. 8 p.m. at the Writers House.
Tuesday, Dec. 4
TALKS
OUT OF HARM’S WAY: Nursing
Professor Loretta Sweet Jemmott speaks on “Reducing HIV Risk Among
African-American Adolescents in Urban Communities.”
4 p.m. in the Benjamin Franklin Room, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St.
Wednesday, Dec. 5
TALKS
GIVING VERSE VOICE: Literary
critic Martin Spinelli, producer of the radio program “LINEbreak,”
talks about innovative poetry, digital audio and Internet radio. Noon
to 2 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House.
PERFORMANCE
THAT’S A RAP: Or it’s
a poem, or prose, or whatever you feel like sharing with the audience
at the last “Speakeasy” open-mike night of the semester. 8 p.m.
at the Kelly Writers House.
Thursday, Dec. 6
DANCE
“XMAS PHILES”: See
“Editor’s Pick.” 7:30 p.m. in
Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St.
ARTS HOUSE DANCE COMPANY: The
eclectic student dance ensemble presents its fall show. 8 p.m. in Harold
Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center. Tickets $6. Additional performances
Dec. 7-8.
MUSIC
BAROQUE MASTERS: The Penn Baroque
and Recorder Ensembles and the Penn Madrigal Singers present works by
Handel, Clerambault and others. 8 p.m. in Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium.
Admission $5, Penn students free with PennCard (one free admission per
student).
Friday, Dec. 7
TALKS
DON’T THROW IT AWAY: Scott
Cassell of the Product Stewardship Institute of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell
speaks on “Reducing Environmental Impacts from Consumer Products.”
12:15 p.m. at the Wistar Institute auditorium, 3601 Spruce St.
EXHIBITS
TRIPLE PLAY: Three new exhibits
go on display today at the Institute of Contemporary Art: “In Parts,
1998-2001,” a site-specific installation of recent works by Richard
Tuttle; a collaborative project by Asymptote Architecture and Karim Rashid;
and “Painting Against the Grid/Surface/Frame,” curated by Whitney-Lauder
Curatorial Fellow Karen Jones. Exhibit tour with Hani and Karim Rashid
at 5 p.m., opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at the ICA, 118 S. 36th
St. Admission free. Info: www.icaphila.org
or 215-898-7108/5911. Exhibit continues through Feb. 10, 2002.
THEATER
SCRATCH THAT ITCH: Stimulus
Children’s Theater’s fall show, “A Wooly Bully Itch? (Yes,
a wooly bully itch.)” follows Lambert the Sheepish Lion and his friends
as they learn to have faith in themselves and their aspirations. 7 p.m.
in Houston Hall Auditorium. Tickets $6. Additional performances Dec. 8-9.
MUSIC
SONGS FOR SEEKERS: Nubian oud
master Hazma El-Din’s music is strongly influenced by the mystical
branch of Islam known as Sufi. He performs along with vocalist Deepak
Kumar and tabla player Naren Budhkar tonight. 7:30 p.m. in Harrison Auditorium,
University of Pennsylvania Museum. Tickets $50, $35 and $25, students
$18. Info: www.ticketmaster.com
or 215-336-2000.
DANCE
ARTS HOUSE DANCE COMPANY: See
Thursday, Dec. 6.
“XMAS PHILES”: See
“Editor’s Pick.” 8 p.m. in Zellerbach
Theatre, Annenberg Center.
Saturday, Dec. 8
FOR THE KIDS
“GIFT OF THE NILE”:
This “Anthropologists in the Making” workshop introduces children
ages 8 to 12 to Egyptian civilization. 10 a.m. to noon at the University
of Pennsylvania Museum. Materials fee $5. Pre-registration required: 215-898-4015.
DANCE
ARTS HOUSE DANCE COMPANY: See
Thursday, Dec. 6. 2 and 8 p.m. in Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center.
“XMAS PHILES”: See
“Editor’s Pick.” 2 and 8 p.m.
in Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center.
THEATER
SCRATCH THAT ITCH: See Friday,
Dec. 7. 2 and 8 p.m. in Houston Hall Auditorium.
READINGS
TWO LOCAL POETS: The Laughing
Hermit reading series presents Panna Naik (Current,
May 3) and Alicia Askenese. 4 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House.
MUSIC
RUMI-NATION: Scholar Coleman
Barks reads his translations of selected poems of the 13th-century Sufi
mystic Jellaludinn Rumi, with musical accompaniment provided by The Illumination
Band and special guest Hazma El-Din. 7:30 p.m. in Harrison Auditorium,
University of Pennsylvania Museum. Tickets $50, $35 and $25, students
$18. Info: www.ticketmaster.com
or 215-336-2000.
A CENTURY OF VERDI: The University
Choral Society and the University Symphony Orchestra join forces to pay
tribute to Giuseppe Verdi in the centennial year of his death. 8 p.m.
in Irvine Auditorium. Tickets $5, Penn students free with PennCard (one
free ticket per student).
The Tallis Scholars are one of the leading performers of Renaissance sacred music. On Sunday, Dec. 9, the English ensemble graces the Penn Presents stage with a concert of well-known Renaissance Christmas songs. See Sunday, Dec. 9. |
Sunday, Dec. 9
THEATER
SCRATCH THAT ITCH: See Friday,
Dec. 7. 2 p.m. in Houston Hall Auditorium.
DANCE
“XMAS PHILES”: See
“Editor’s Pick.” 3 p.m. in Zellerbach
Theatre, Annenberg Center.
MUSIC
TALLIS SCHOLARS: The acclaimed
English choral ensemble performs a program of holiday carols and other
seasonal favorites. 7 p.m. in Irvine Auditorium. Tickets $33, $29 and
$27; discounts for students, seniors and Penn affiliates available. Tickets/info:
www.pennpresents.org
or 215-898-3900.
BATTLEFIELD BAND: The group that led
the Scottish music revival performs at the Cherry Tree Music Co-op tonight.
7:30 p.m. at the St. Mary’s Church parish hall, 3916 Locust Walk.
Tickets $17 in advance, $20 at the door. Tickets/info: www.cherrytree.org
or 215-386-1640.
Monday, Dec. 10
READINGS
REAL LIVES ON PAPER: English
Professor Paul Hendrickson hosts a reading of eleven documentary stories
written for his non-fiction writing class. 7 p.m. at the Kelly Writers
House.
Tuesday, Dec. 11
SPECIAL EVENTS
PRICKLY CRAFT: Cheyenne River
Lakota artist Jo Esther Parshall Bear demonstrates the Native American
art of using porcupine quills to decorate clothing and other items. 11:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Admission
$5, students/seniors $2.50, children under 6/Museum members/PennCard holders
free.
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