Deadlines
Advance Registration, Monday, November 9 to Sunday, November 22
Friday, November 20, last day to withdraw from a class
STUDY SKILLS EVENTS AND RESOURCES
USEFUL LIBRARY SITE — Research Tutorial Online
http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/PORT/
* *From Assignments to References: Writing a Research Paper*, Wed.
Other events for exploration
Career Services is also co-sponsoring an NGO, Nonprofit & Government
Career Forum on 12/4 in Washington D.C. (flyer attached). You can
arrange transportation on your own, or register to travel by bus with
Penn for $20.
ACADEMIC EXPLORATION
Go to http://www.upenn.edu/curf for regular news about fellowship events and other interesting possibilities across the week
General Place of Action: Kelly Writers’ House:
As always, all events take place at the Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, and are free of charge. If you have any questions or would like further information, please e-mail us at wh@writing.upenn.edu, or call 215-573-WRIT. For a more detailed Writers House calendar, visit our website: http://writing.upenn.edu/~wh
This week at Kelly Writers' House:
Thursday, November 19th at 6:00 PM in the Arts Café: RealArts@Penn
presents: The Serious Side of Comedy Writing, featuring GREG MAUGHAN
(Penn '06), GREGG GETHARD, and MEG FAVREAU, hosted by
ANTHONY DECURTIS.
Friday, November 20th from 1:00-3:00 PM: Arts in the City Year Crawl:
Collaborative Writing Activities with THE NEW PHILADELPHIA POETS.
OTHER ACADEMIC EVENTS
Generally useful url for all sorts of talks and events: http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v54/n19/febcal08.html
Thursday, November 19
2-4pm, 212 Moore Building
Jonathan Lopez "Vermeer: True and False"
Dutch art forger Han van Meegeren became a folk hero at the end of World War II when he confessed to selling Hermann Goering a fake Vermeer. Hear author Jonathan Lopez discuss the extravagantly sordid life of the world's most notorious art forger and what he did to the image of the Vermeer we all know and love.
THURSDAY, November 19, 4:30-6:30pm
History Lounge, College Hall 209
The University of Pennsylvania’s Ethnohistory Program presents:
“Christian-Indigenous Art in Sixteenth Century New Spain”
Prof. Pablo Escalante Gonzalbo, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas,
National University of México
Commentators: Prof. Peter Stallybrass (English) and Raquel Albarrán
(Spanish)
Reception to Follow. To rsvp and receive the paper, email:
ethno@ccat.upenn.edu
Thursday, November 19
4:30-6pm, Room 138 Fisher Bennett Hall
2nd Visual Studies Career Roundtable w/ Neil Perry
Join us to hear about XLNTads--an innovative marketing and advertising firm located in Philly. CEO Neil Perry will also have a q&a session about jobs in advertising. (For the sophmores & juniors--XLNTads takes interns!)
Thursday, November 19, 2009 6 p.m.
Meyerson Hall, Basement, Room B?
Adam Levine, Historical Consultant, Philadelphia Water Department (www.phillyh2o.org)
>From Creek to Sewer: A Philadelphia Story
Cut-and-fill is a basic tool of landscape architects, but the scale of cutting and filling done in 19th century cities is almost unfathomable. This fascinating lecture, profusely illustrated with period photographs, maps, drawings and plans, will trace some of the major alterations in the original Philadelphia landscape, and reveal the various justifications used by city officials for these projects. The most significant topographical change in many cities was the systematic obliteration of most of the surface streams--a process that, in Philadelphia , went on for more than 150 years. Buried deep underground in pipes as large as 20 feet in diameter, these former streams--some with watersheds that covered thousands of acres--became main drainage arteries in the city's 3,000 mile sewer system. In Philadelphia , as in many cities, this massive alteration to the original hydrology and landscape is a little-known story that is still relevant today.
November 20, 2009 3:30 p.m.
Rich Seminar (113) Room
Jaffe Building
" The Vogue of Art: Representations of Artists in American Fashion and Lifestyle Magazines, 1923-1951 "
Alix Davis, ABD
History of Art
FRIDAY, November 120, 8:30 a.m. and running past 9 p.m.
"Penn Arts Crawl": A day of creativity, exhibitions and new experiences
Galleries and performance spaces will open their doors to the Penn
community on Friday, Nov. 20, for the first-ever campus Arts Crawl. Part
of the Arts and the City Year celebration, the Arts Crawl will allow
students, faculty and staff to sample from the wide array of
arts-related activities and spaces on and near campus. Ty Furman,
director of arts initiatives for the Vice Provost for University Life
and director of Platt Student Performing Arts House, says the day’s
events are an ideal way for people to get to know the creative side of
Penn. “There’s something for everyone, from student-initiated projects,
to academic programs, to the professional institutions and everything in
between,” he says. Designed to raise the profile of the arts and culture
on campus and build bridges with the local community, the events will
take place at more than 22 locations, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and running
past 9 p.m. For a schedule of events see:
http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/111209-3.html
Student Research Presentations and Opportunities
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INTERESTING EVENTS
The Brazilian Samba Ensemble
Wynn Commons (weather permitting)
12:00-12:30 pm
Jazz Combo
5:00 pm
Graduate Student Center (Locust Walk)
One of the jazz combos will perform a free concert following an exhibit
featuring graduate artwork (the exhibit begins at 4:00; jazz concert at 5:00)
Members of the Penn Baroque and Recorder Ensembles
8:00 pm
Rose Recital Hall in Fisher-Bennett Hall
Performance features music of Corelli, Purcell, and Porsile.
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Saturday, November 21
The University Choir
William Parberry, Music Director
8:00 pm
Irvine Auditorium
Admission is FREE with PennCard; $5 for the general public.
The University Choir performs an eclectic program featuring music of Brahms,
Bach, and Ives, as well as music of Vasquez, de Wert, Bennet, and Clemens non
Papa as performed by the Chamber Singers.
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Sunday, November 22
Penn Flutes
Michele Kelly, Director
2:00 pm
Rodin College House Rooftop Lounge
Admission is FREE; valid Penn ID needed for access to venue.
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Sunday, November 22
A Penn Contemporary Music Concert:
counter)induction
8:00 pm
Amado Recital Hall in Irvine Auditorium
Admission is FREE.
Contemporary music ensemble counter)induction, featuring Penn Alums Kyle
Bartlett and Douglas Boyce, will perform Philadelphia premieres by Bartlett,
Boyce, and Penn Associate Professor of Composition Anna Weesner.
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The South Asia Society Fall Cultural Show is this Saturday in Irvine Auditorium at 6:30 pm. The show is called Drishti: See What They See, and it will be in collaboration with Penn for UNICEF and the Kamla Mehta Dadar School for the Blind.
On behalf of SAS Board, we really hope to have to support and attendance of the SAST Dept. at our show this semester! You can buy tickets on the walk, online at www.upennsas.com, or at the door.
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
3260 South St.
www.museum.upenn.edu
Philadelphia Museum of Art
26th and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
www.philamuseum.org
Institute of Contemporary Art
118 S. 36th St. between Walnut and Sansom
www.icaphila.org
Arthur Ross Gallery
22 S. 34th St. between Walnut and Spruce in the
Fisher Fine Arts Library
www.upenn.edu/ARG
Major NYC Exhibtions/Events
Whitney Museum of American Art
75th and Madison Ave.
www.whitney.org
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
82nd and 5th Ave.
www.metmuseum.org
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES