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9.25

How to Make an Impact

Penn alum and Emmy-nominated television producer and executive Allison Kruger uses examples from her days in television to discuss personal branding, the strength of a charismatic presence, and how to create business opportunities.

5:30p.m. - 7:00p.m.

Annenberg School for Communication, 3620 Walnut St.

9.26

Acts, Facts, and Artifacts

Marking the launch of Wolf Humanities Center's yearlong theme of “Stuff,” Kevin Young, an award-winning poet, and director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at New York Public Libraries, will converse with English and Africana Studies Professor Herman Beavers the material forms of Black culture.

5:00p.m. - 6:30p.m.

Wolf Humanities Center, 255 S. 36th St.

9.27

Trolley Portal Gardens Opening

The long-awaited Trolley Portal Gardens opens with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house, featuring refreshments from Trolley Car Station.

5:00p.m. - 7:00p.m.

Trolley Portal Gardens, 3927 Woodland Ave.

10.2

Linocut Demonstration

Mary Tasillo, Common Press Studio manager, demonstrates the process of creating linocut images, as showcased in the exhibit “William Kentridge Universal Archive,” featuring Kentridge's linocut ink-based prints of personal iconography.

4:30p.m.

Arthur Ross Gallery, 220 S. 34th St.

Benjamin Bratton

Benjamin H. Bratton, a professor of visual arts at the University of California, San Diego, and an interdisciplinary researcher whose work intersects philosophy, art design, and computer science, discusses the looming design challenges posed by artificial intelligence. A book signing will follow the lecture.

For more information, visit design.upenn.edu.

Monday, September 17, 2018

6:30p.m.

Meyerson Hall, 210 S. 34th St.

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