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We Shall Overcome

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Damien Sneed leads a band consisting of vocalists, a bassist, organist, and drummer that performs music from the civil rights movement, juxtaposed with spoken word from Martin Luther King Jr. speeches.

8:00p.m.

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St.

1.21

Tang Dynasty Camels

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Graduate student Paul Verheist delivers the Museum's Daily Dig artifacts lecture, about Tang Dynasty camel figurines in the China Gallery.

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

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

1.28

Risky Choice

As part of the School of Arts and Sciences Penn Science Cafe series, Assistant Professor of Psychology Sudeep Bhatia applies psychological theory to the process of risk-taking.

6:00p.m.

Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.

2.21

Health Care Conference

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In light of health care attracting so much attention during the presidential primary process, the Leonard Davis Institute will host a one-day conference gathering perspectives from leading minds related to affordability standards, choice, payment and pricing, and political feasibility. Paul Starr will deliver a keynote and host Dan Gorenstein will record a live version of the podcast “Tradeoffs.”

8:00a.m. - 4:15p.m.

Golkin Hall, 3501 Sansom St.

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Love at First Site

During this special Valentine's Day edition of the Museum's Daily Dig series, examining the story of an object in the museum in 15 minutes, Page Selinsky awaits guests in the Middle East Galleries to discuss an image of the Hasanlu Lovers, two people discovered in the remains of a fire-ravaged town around the Teppe Hasanlu citadel circa 800 BC. The pair was discovered by a Penn research team.

For more information, visit penn.museum.

Friday, February 15, 2019

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

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

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