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WHO: Robert Wisdom, actorTukufu Zuberi, director of the Center for Africana Studies at PennTerry Adkins, artist and associate professor of fine arts WHAT: "Postlude," a performance piece that incorporates the elements in the exhibition "Darkwater, Recital in Four Dominions" WHERE: Arthur Ross Gallery, 220 S. 34th St., Philadelphia WHEN: Jan. 23 at 7 p.m.

WHO: University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolAmerican Civil Liberties UnionWHAT: Roe v. Wade decision anniversary symposium , "Why Is Abortion Legal? Celebrating 30 Years of Legal Abortion"

PHILADELPHIA – One was blacklisted during the McCarthy era, another electrifies the stage with avant-garde performances and the third is a renowned cultural critic and essayist. Walter Bernstein, Laurie Anderson and Susan Sontag have been named the Kelly Writers House Fellows for the spring semester at the University of Pennsylvania. Bernstein will be on the Penn campus Feb.

PHILADELPHIA-- The Barra Foundation and Robert L. McNeil Jr. have pledged $6 million to the University of Pennsylvania to build a permanent home for the McNeil Center for Early American Studies of the School of Arts and Sciences and to provide a permanent endowment for the building's operational costs. The new building will be located on 34th Street near Walnut Street.

PHILADELPHIA -- Talks by civil rights activists, a candlelight vigil, public service projects and teach-ins will be held Jan. 14-31 at the University of Pennsylvania as part of the 2003 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Symposium on Social Change.

PHILADELPHIA – Whether you fancy yourself a jet-setting sophisticate or a down-to-earth outdoorsy type, a fast-track corporate star or an all-around nice guy, new research indicates that you probably tune out information that challenges your self-image by tuning in to television.

WHAT: A conversation with Michael Eric Dyson, Mary Frances Berry and Afaf Meleis on race, gender, class and militarism in Martin Luther King's time and today WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2003, 5 p.m. WHERE: Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St., Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA -- Frank Furstenberg, professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, has received a Fulbright Senior Specialists Grant in Sociology at the Instituto de Economía.