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4.23

Breadwinning from 1850-1940

Penn Lightbulb Cafe Lecture Series

Beth Wenger, the Moritz and Josephine Berg Professor of History, discusses American Jewish men and the anxieties of breadwinning from 1850 to 1940, aligned with her interest in American Jewish history, Holocaust memory, contemporary Jewish culture, American religious history, and gender.

6:00p.m. - 7:00p.m.

Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.

4.25

Public Policy in Practice

Jeb Bush with Students

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush joins Fels for a discussion. Bush is a non-resident Presidential Professor of Practice for the 2018-19 academic year.

6:30p.m.

Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St.

4.25

125th Penn Relays

The University hosts the 125th annual Penn Relays, a three-day series of relay competitions that draws as many as 110,000 spectators per year. More than 15,000 high school, college, or Olympic-training athletes compete.

10:00a.m. - 9:00a.m.

Franklin Field, 235 S. 33rd St.

5.3

The Juniper Tree

Woman on ground looking up

Director Neitzchka Keene's The Juniper Tree is loosely based on a Brothers Grimm fairytale, set in Iceland and following two sisters who flee after their mother is burned for witchcraft.

7:00p.m.

Lightbox Film Center, 3701 Chestnut St.

A skeleton kissing another skeleton in a grave

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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