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10.21

Edible Books Party 2019

Cake of a house and other food items mixed with pun text Gucci Plantain and The Oatmeal and the Sea

Hosted to honor Blaze Bernstein, this annual party encourages students to get creative with literary puns and baking, whipping up desserts that represent book titles, such as “Jane Pear.”

6:00p.m.

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

10.23

Critical Role of Public Gardens

Bill Cullina smiles in front of trees

Morris Arboretum Executive Director Bill Cullina delivers the Klein Endowed Lecture, discussing public gardens' relationship with research and wellness, and what role they play in providing accessibility and transcendence.

2:00p.m. - 3:00p.m.

The Ambler Theater, 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, Pa.

10.26

Dia de Los Muertos

People dressed in floral costumes while dancing

The Museum celebrates the traditions of Mexican culture with a Day of the Dead festival, as part of the CultureFest! series. The day of events includes puppetry, face painting, storytelling, and more.

10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

10.31

Monster Dig

Gorgon sculpted onto ceramic pot

In a special edition of the 15-minute Daily Dig lecture about Museum objects, the “Monster Dig,” Ph.D. student Olivia Hayden discusses a Greek ceramic pot featuring a Gorgon, relating it to Medusa.

1:00p.m. - 1:15p.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

brain science

AI and Our Future World

Meredith Broussard, associate professor at New York University, delivers a lecture about the limits of artificial intelligence in solving social problems, and the impact of digital inequalities. Lunch begins at 11:45 a.m.

For more information, visit asc.upenn.edu.

Monday, October 14, 2019

12:00p.m. - 1:30p.m.

Annenberg School for Communication, 3620 Walnut St.

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