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1/23

Mind of Winter 2025

Exterior of the Kelly Writers House with a path to the front door.

Kelly Writers House welcomes the Penn community back with the annual Mind of Winter gathering, featuring soups, stews, and winter-themed readings.

5:30 p.m.

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

Through

5/19

Manuscript to Manga

Van Pelt Library.

Penn Libraries and the Penn Museum present materials held in their collections that reflect upon the creators, modes, and influences of the Ainu, Indigenous peoples connected to the northern islands of Japan and parts of Russia. This exhibit is co-curated by Stephen A. Lang, Eri Mizukane, Rebecca Mendelson, and Deborah Stewart.

All Day

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library and Penn Museum

1/21

24th MLK Jr. Social Justice Lecture

Martin Luther King Jr.

Sociologist Orlando Patterson of Harvard will receive the 24th MLK Jr. Social Justice Award and will deliver a lecture.

5:30 p.m.

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St.

1/22

Confabulation Lecture Night

sachs art lounge in annenberg

The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation invites the public to join for a night of confabulated lectures based on artworks from the exhibition We Are Nature, featuring artworks from Penn's art collection. The short lectures will be developed in collaboration with Obvious Agency. No prior knowledge of the artworks is necessary.

5:00 p.m.

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Arts Lounge; 3680 Walnut St.

Rendergraph of Penn Museum gallery with people walking around and visiting.

Global Discovery Tour

Penn Museum's 2023 homecoming programing features Professor of Egyptology and Egyptian Archaeology Josef Wegner and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations Jennifer Wegner discussing the process behind the planning for the Penn Museum‘s New Ancient Egypt and Nubia Galleries. The new galleries will showcase exciting never-shown artifacts, including the palace of King Merenptah, the only pharaonic palace that exists outside of Egypt.

For more information, visit penn.museum.

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

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

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