The Penn Current / January 24, 2002 / What's On

January 24, 2002

Special Report: Turnaround - The neighborhood is looking good
Six years after Penn refocused its attention on its home neighborhood, the Current takes a look at Penn's investments and how the neighborhood has changed.
Universities take on the role of redevelopers
Little scholars from near and far
Business success means streets are jumping
Penn's "greene countrie towne"
It took a community and the University to raise a neighborhood
Get to know the neighbors

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What's On

PERFORMANCES | LECTURES | EVENTS

Jan. 24-Feb. 6

Indian standard time
Did the concept of multitasking originate in India? Images such as this 18th-century illustration of the Hindu elephant god Ganesha might suggest that. Along with the other images and manuscripts on display in “Destiny and Design: Perceptions and Uses of Time in South Asia,” it also offers clues to how Indic cultures thought about time. The exhibit is on display in the Rosenwald Gallery on the sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, 3420 Walnut St., during normal library hours through March 7.

Thursday, Jan. 24

TALKS

THINKING ABOUT ART: Art historian and former Artforum Editor-in-Chief Joseph Masheck speaks on aesthetics. 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

DOCUMENTARY REVOLUTION: See “Editor’s Pick.”

Friday, Jan. 25

SPECIAL EVENTS

GALAXY QUEST: This semester’s open houses at the Flower and Cook Observatory include talks about planetary formation, dark matter, the galactic center and more. 7 to 9 p.m. at the observatory, 753 Providence Rd., Malvern; viewings subject to weather conditions. Info/directions: www.physics.upenn.edu/~observer or 215-898-5995.

FILM

DOCUMENTARY REVOLUTION: See “Editor’s Pick.”

Saturday, Jan. 26

SPECIAL EVENTS

HAPPY NEW YEAR: Welcome in the Year of the Horse at the University of Pennsylvania Museum’s 21st annual Chinese New Year celebration. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Museum, 33rd and Spruce streets. Admission $5, students/seniors $2.50, children under 6/Museum members/PennCard holders free. Info: www.upenn.edu/museum or 215-898-4000.

SPORTS

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Penn vs. St. Joseph’s. 4 p.m. at the Palestra, 33rd St. below Walnut. Tickets/ info: www.pennathletics.com or 215-898-6151.

MUSIC

BRAZILIAN ORIGINAL: Tania Maria brings her unique Latin fusion of jazz, funk and Brazilian pop to the Penn Presents stage tonight. 8 p.m. in Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. Tickets $32, $27 and $21; discounts for students, seniors and Penn affiliates available. Tickets/ info for all Penn Presents events: www.pennpresents.org or 215-898-3900.

Monday, Jan. 28

TALKS

THE NEXT FIVE YEARS: Join Executive Vice President John Fry and Provost Robert Barchi for an open forum on Penn’s new strategic plan. Bring your own ideas about Penn’s future. 4 p.m. in Room 200, College Hall, Locust Walk between 34th and 36th streets.

READINGS

MELBA BOYD: The Michigan native’s poetry deals with the complexity of identity in the African-American experience. 5 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House.

Tuesday, Jan. 29

READINGS

JENNIFER MOXLEY: The poet and author of “Imagination Verses” reads from her work. 6 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House.

Wednesday, Jan. 30

PERFORMANCE

OPEN-MIKE NIGHT: The end-of-January “Speakeasy” open-mike night promises to be anything but winter blah-blahs. 8 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House.

Thursday, Jan. 31

MUSIC

MORE FOR LESS: The Institute of Contemporary Art’s “Maximum Minimalism” program features a tour of the ICA’s current exhibits, and the music of Relâche, Philadelphia’s premier new music ensemble. Tour at 7:30 p.m., concert at 8 p.m. at the ICA, 118 S. 36th St. Info: Relâche, www.relache.org or 215-574-8246.

Friday, Feb. 1

SPORTS

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Penn vs. Cornell. 7 p.m. at the Palestra. Tickets/info: www.pennathletics.com or 215-898-6151.

SPECIAL EVENTS

GOING BACK TO SATURN: This semester, the David Rittenhouse Laboratory observatory public nights will feature views of the two largest planets, Jupiter and Saturn. 7 to 8 p.m. on the roof of David Rittenhouse Lab, 33rd and Walnut streets, weather permitting. Info: www.physics.upenn.edu/~observer or 215-898-5995.

Saturday, Feb. 2

SPORTS

WRESTLING: Penn vs. Columbia at 1 p.m., Penn vs. Cornell at 9 p.m. at the Palestra. Tickets/info: www.pennathletics.com or 215-898-6151.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Penn vs. Columbia. 7 p.m. at the Palestra. Tickets/info: www.pennathletics.com or 215-898-6151.

Tuesday, Feb. 5

TALKS

TECHNO-SEER: “Predicting the Unpredictable: Computing Here, Computing There, Computing Everywhere” is the subject of Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Telecommunications David Farber’s lecture, part of the Provost’s Lecture Series. 4 p.m. in the Hall of Flags, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St. Info: provlec@pobox.upenn.edu or 215-898-7227.

Wednesday, Feb. 6

TALKS

CRIME OF PASSION: Eugenia Lean of the University of North Carolina speaks on “The Case of Shi Jianqiao: Gender, Passion and Law in 1930s China.” Noon in Room 318, College Hall. Info: Center for East Asian Studies, ceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu or 215-573-4203.

READINGS

BRIAN KIM STEFANS: He writes poetry, edits the new media, poetry and poetics Web site Arras, and reads tonight at the Kelly Writers House. 6 p.m. at the Writers House.