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Tuesday, April 10
PETER GREENAWAY SCREENINGS
5 & 8PM, Slought Foundation - 4017 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Screenings of Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, his Wife, and her Lover (1989), and Rembrandt's J'accuse (2008). Slought Foundation's Tulse Luper in Philadelphia takes the form of a city-wide collaborative installation on the occasion of Peter Greenaway's visit to Philadelphia in April 2012, and has been organized in partnership with the Cinema Studies and Fine Arts Programs at the University of Pennsylvania.
Friday, April 13
PENN IUR URBAN BOOK TALK:
ROBERT SAMPSON, “GREAT AMERICAN CITY: CHICAGO AND THE ENDURING NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECT”
3:30PM, Stiteler Hall, Room B26
Penn’s Department of Criminology and Penn IUR are hosting a lecture by Robert Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences and Director of the Social Sciences Program at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
PETER GREENAWAY WITH JEAN-MICHELE RABATÉ AND ALAN SINGER
6:30PM, Slought Foundation - 4017 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Conversation and opening of Tulse Luper in Philadelphia. The project takes the form of a city-wide collaborative installation on the occasion of Peter Greenaway's visit to Philadelphia in April 2012, and has been organized in partnership with the Cinema Studies and Fine Arts Programs at the University of Pennsylvania.
Saturday, April 14
2012 APA CONFERENCE ALUMNI RECEPTION
7PM, JW Marriott Live - Los Angeles
Join City & Regional Planning Professor and Chair John Landis at a reception for Penn alumni and friends to catch up with old friends and hear the latest about this year's studios.
Wednesday, April 18 & Thursday, April 19
FINE ARTS SPRING CERAMICS SALE
10AM-4:30PM, Locust Walk & 36th Street
Spring Ceramics Sale - 30% of the proceeds support a Clay Scholarship for UPenn students/70% go to the artist (UPenn students, faculty and staff).
Wednesday, April 18
LOWER SCHUYLKILL MASTER PLAN CIVIC FEEDBACK SESSION
5:30PM, Richard Alan Charter School, 2601 South 58th Street
Presented by the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, Philadelphia City Planning Commission, and PennPraxis.
These meetings will feature a presentation of the early ideas and recommendations for the Lower Schuylkill, which consists of 3700 acres of industrial land on each side of the Schuylkill River from the University Avenue Bridge to the Girard Point Bridge.
PENN IUR URBAN BOOK TALK:
RICHARD GELLES, "THE THIRD LIE: WHY GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS DON’T WORK"
5:30PM, Houston Hall, Golkin Room
Join us as we celebrate the release of Richard Gelles's book "The Third Lie: Why Government Programs Don't Work - and a Blueprint for Change." Commentators include David Thornburgh, Executive Director, Fels Institute of Government; and Laura Wolf-Powers, Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning, School of Design.
Thursday, April 19
LOWER SCHUYLKILL MASTER PLAN CIVIC FEEDBACK SESSION
5:30-7:30pm, Marshall Labs, 3401 Grays Ferry Avenue, Building B176
Presented by the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, Philadelphia City Planning Commission, and PennPraxis.
NOTE: Someone from the Executive Vice President’s Office at Penn will give a brief presentation on Penn’s development plans for Marshall Labs at this meeting.
These meetings will feature a presentation of the early ideas and recommendations for the Lower Schuylkill, which consists of 3700 acres of industrial land on each side of the Schuylkill River from the University Avenue Bridge to the Girard Point Bridge.
Through April 20
CHAI-NA/CHINA SIGNS
1-6PM, Thurs-Sat, Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Slought Foundation and the Department of Fine Arts at PennDesign are pleased to announce Chai-na/China Signs, featuring artists Huang Rui and Ko Siu Lan. An installation featuring documentation of performance works by the artists, will be on display at Slought Foundation from March 16 through April 20.
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