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2025-02-10

Energy Week 2025

energy week
Penn Schools, centers, institutes, student groups, and more host events for Energy Week 2025, ranging from Lightning Talks hosted by the Kleinman Center to a talk about climate change and artificial intelligence, hosted by the Penn Environmental Innovations Initiative.

All Day

Various locations

2025-01-17

After Modernism Opening Reception

The Arthur Ross Gallery hosts an opening reception for After Modernism: Selections From the Neumann Family Collection, which showcases 50 works collected since 1948 from the modernist canon. Refreshments will be available and the student a cappella group Counterparts will perform.

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Arthur Ross Gallery, 220 S. 34th St.

Anuj Shrestha

Janine White for Wharton Magazine

2025-01-16

Things Felt But Not Quite Expressed

Vibrant silhouette with a dark, cityscape background.
Public Trust, Magnum Photos, and the Department of Fine Arts at the Weitzman School of Design co-sponsor a conversation with Magnum photographer Sohrab Hura about the dilemmas inherent in photographing the marginalized. Lucy Gallun, curator in the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, will facilitate the conversation.

6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Public Trust, 4017 Walnut St.

2025-01-21

Kristen Martin

A yellow and green victorian house
Cultural critic Kristen Martin will discuss her narrative nonfiction book, “The Sun Won't Come Out Tomorrow.” The book describes the history of being an orphan in the U.S.

6:00 p.m.

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

2025-02-08

Witch Hazels Tour

Red witchhazel with snow
Morris Arboretum & Gardens maintains one of the largest witch hazel collections in the country. A guide will lead a tour through the grounds to highlight varieties of witchhazels. The tour is free with general admission; PennCard holders receive free admission.

11:00 a.m.

Morris Arboretum & Gardens, 100 E. Northwestern Ave.

2025-02-04

Michael C. Lens

The Weitzman School of Design welcomes urban planning and public policy scholar Michael C. Lens for a talk about his book, “Where the Hood At?: Fifty Years of Change in Black Neighborhoods.” Lens examines the histories of Black neighborhoods since the passage of the Fair Housing Act.

12:00 p.m.

Meyerson Hall, 210 S. 34th St.

2025-01-26

Mali Obomsawin

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

7:00 p.m.

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts,

2025-01-31

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

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