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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.

Mali Obomsawin posing in First Nation garb and holding a pipe.

Mali Obomsawin

Mali Obomsawin is a bassist and singer/songwriter from Odanak First Nation. They will combine free jazz with chorale-like spirituals and folk melodies.

For more information, visit pennlivearts.org.

Sunday, January 26, 2025

7:00 p.m.

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts,

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