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Holiday Happenings at Penn

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ActivitiesMorris Arboretum Info: http://www.morrisarboretum.org

Enjoy the Holiday Garden Railway with all the buildings and trains meticulously decorated for the holidays with lights that twinkle along the tracks and around the surrounding land-scape. Display is open daily 10 a.m.-4 p.m. now through December 31 (closed December 24 & 25). Holiday Garden Railway Nights return this year on select evenings; 4:30-7:30 p.m. Tickets: http://morrisarb.org/hgrn

Holly Highlights and Winter Greenery Tour —December 14 & 28, 2 p.m. Join an experi-enced guide to explore the arboretum’s collec-tion of hollies and other broadleaf evergreens that enliven the winter landscape with their lush greenery and provide year-round appeal and an everlasting framework for season plantings. Free with admission.

Holiday Wreath Making Workshop—Friday, December 6, noon-2 p.m. Create a wreath from fresh boughs of greens with provided decora-tions and supplies; $65, $60/members. Also De-cember 7, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. & December 7, 1:15-3:15 p.m.

Kids Holiday Centerpiece—Saturday, De-cember 21. Design a beautiful fresh flower and evergreen centerpiece in an educational work-shop; ages 6-12; 10:30 a.m.-noon; $40, $35/members.

Create a Beautiful Holiday Arrangement for Your Table or Mantle—Saturday, December 21. Design a one-of-a-kind arrangement of greens, flowers, branches, candles and accessories; 1-3 p.m.; $65, $60/members.Holiday Skate

The Penn Ice Rink will host Holiday Skate events at the Class of 1923 Arena on Saturday, December 14 & 21. Free admission with dona-tion of a new unwrapped toy to the Toys for Tots Foundation (skate rental not included); 6 p.m.

PerformAncesAnnenberg Center Holiday PerformancesTickets: www.annenbergcenter.org

Nutcracker 1776—Friday, December 6. The Rock School for Dance Education brings a fam-ily-friendly holiday classic to life, for one week-end only at the Annenberg Center, with their ac-claimed Nutcracker 1776; 7 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre. Also Saturday, December 7, 1 & 4 p.m.

Dianne Reeves: Christmas Time is Here—Sunday, December 8. Celebrate Christmas with Dianne Reeves, “a jazz singer of frequently as-tonishing skill” (The New York Times); 7 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre.

PHILADANCO: Xmas Philes—Thursday, December 12. Choreographed by Daniel Ez-ralow, Xmas Philes pairs PHILADANCO’s colorful tapestry of movement with popular Christmas music in what has become an eager-ly anticipated December tradition; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre. Also December 13, 8 p.m., December 14, 2 & 8 p.m.World Café Live Holiday PerformancesTickets: http://www.worldcafelive.com

Beru Revue Holiday Show—Saturday, No-vember 30. Costumed characters, sing-alongs and special guests! An exciting and hilarious stage show; 8 p.m.; $27/advance, $30/door.

All I Want for Christmas is a Dead Chan-teuse—Saturday, December 7. Join Edith Piaf for songs about and not about the holiday as she ignores the meaning of Christmas, hangs stock-ings without care, spins no dreidels and lets not a single merry gentleman rest; 9 p.m.; $40.

Reverend Horton Heat’s Holiday Hayride—Wednesday, December 11. True to his high evangelical calling, Jim is a Revelator, both re-vealing & reinterpreting the country-blues-rock roots of American music; 8 p.m.; $27.

The York Street Hustle Holiday Spectacu-lar—Friday, December 20. The York Street Hustle is back by popular demand and bringing their 8th annual Holiday Spectacular to World Cafe Live!; 8 p.m.; $15.

Peek-A-Boo Revue Holiday Show—Satur-day, December 21. Philadelphia’s longest-run-ning burlesque show performs for the holidays; for ages 18 and up; 8 p.m.; $25.

shoPPingPenn Bookstore Sale-a-Bration

December 5 & 6. Save 25% on almost all items storewide and enjoy holiday festivities such as a free professional photos with a winter scene, 2-6 p.m.; free hot chocolate and cookies, 4-6 p.m.; free gift wrapping.Computer Connection: Annual Holiday Wishbook

Penn Computer Connection’s annual Holiday Wishbook is now available, featuring gift ideas for all ages. Enjoy special offers and savings on a variety of technology products. On December

Dianne Reeves will be performing at The Annenberg Center on December 8.

5 & 6, in conjunction with the Penn Bookstore sale, stop by the Computer Connection for raffle prizes, refreshments and giveaways.Penn Museum Shop Holiday Sale

Sunday, December 1. Get 25% off in The Mu-seum Shop and get discounted admission ($10) with a “Museum Store Sunday Passport” on Mu-seum Store Sunday. From must-have accessories to delicious treats, consumers always find some-thing for everyone. Certain exclusions apply.

sP eciAl events

Fels InstituteHoliday Party—Saturday, December 7.

Faculty, staff, students and alumni are invited; 7-10 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall; regis-ter by November 30: https://tinyurl.com/felshol-iday2019Penn Libraries

Holiday Card Printing—Friday, December 6. Letterpress print your own holiday cards from type and images in the Common Press Collec-tion; noon-3 p.m.; Common Press and the Ma-terials Library, lower level, Fisher Fine Arts Li-brary. Info: https://tinyurl.com/wa5xdrv

Penn Flutes, Deluxe Edition—Sunday, De-cember 8. This wonderful group of flutists will present a holiday-themed program; 4 p.m.; first floor near entrance, Van Pelt. Info: https://ti-nyurl.com/PennFlutesPenn MuseumInfo: www.penn.museum

Celebrations Around the World—Saturday, December 7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Get your passport to discover holiday traditions, such as Diwali, the Dragon Boat Festival, Eid-al-Fitr, Rama-dan and the Mid-Autumn Festival. Enjoy drum workshops, craft-making, Indian dance, sari-wrapping, rangoli, Arabic writing and Islamic culture, storytelling, live musical performanc-es and so much more at this joyful festival cel-ebrating the holiday customs of cultures across the globe. Included with museum admission and free to members.WPPSA Holiday Party

Friday, December 13. WPPSA will hold its annual Holiday Party noon-2 p.m; Dunning Coaches Center, RSVP to rhondak@upenn.edu

Holiday Garden Railway at Arboretum.

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Books are always a great holiday gift. Loved ones can visit ex-otic lands, go on extraordinary adventures, enjoy fun trivia, or take in practical advice to improve their lives. This year’s crop of books from Penn authors is diverse as always, with con-tributions from both faculty and staff for audiences young and old and an array of interests. More information is available on books from Penn Press at http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/, and on books from Wharton School Press at wsp.wharton.upenn.edu All prices are list price.

Monument Lab; Paul Farber and Ken Lum, Weitzman; compendium of and reflec-tion on Philadelphia’s Mon-ument Lab exhibition, de-signed to generate new ways of thinking about monu-ments and public art; $35.

Ladysitting; Lorene Cary, English; Lorene Cary’s grandmother moves in, and everything changes: day-to-day life, family re-lationships, the Nana she knew—even their shared past; $25.95.

Journey to the City; Steve Tin-ney, Penn Mu-seum, and Karen Sonik, Auburn; highlights Penn Museum’s sto-ried history of research and ar-chaeological ex-ploration in the ancient Middle East; $29.95.

Women [Re]Build; Franca Trubiano, Weitzman, Ra-mona Adlakha (MArch’18) and Ramune Bartuskaite (MArch’18); reflections on the renewal of femi-nist thought in architecture (Framing Stories), chal-lenges to practice made possible by activism (Shap-ing Polemics), and portray-als of inspiring practitio-ners who pave the way for future women architects (Building Futures); $29.95.

Design with Nature Now; Freder-ick Steiner, Weitzman dean, Rich-ard Weller and Karen M’Closkey, Weitzman, Billy Fleming, McHarg Center; celebrates the 50th anniversa-ry of Ian McHarg’s Design with Na-ture, showcasing some of the most advanced ecological design projects in the world today; $80.

Plagued by Fire; Paul Hendrickson, English; a path-breaking biography that will change the way we understand the life, mind and work of a pre-mier American architect Frank Lloyd Wright; $35.

The Stressed Years of Their Lives; B. Janet Hibbs, and Anthony Rostain, HUP and CHOP; a guide for the parents of every college and college-bound stu-dent who want to know what’s normal mental health and behavior, what’s not, and how to in-tervene before it’s too late; $28.99.

Evolving Households; Jeremy Greenwood, economics; simple mod-els are used to study such phenomena as the rise in married female labor force participation, changes in fertility rates, the decline in marriage and increased longevity, which represent a dra-matic transformation in everyday life, made pos-sible by advancements in technology; $60.

Chasing My Cure; David Fajgenbaum (M’13), PSOM; the powerful memoir of a young doctor and for-mer college athlete di-agnosed with a rare disease who spear-headed the search for a cure—and became a champion for a new approach to medical research; $27.

Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die; Penn Pres-ident Amy Gutmann and Jonathan Moreno, PSOM; an eye-open-ing look at the inevitable moral choices that come along with tremendous medical progress, this is a primer for all Americans to talk more honestly about health care; $27.95.

The Blockchain and the New Architec-ture of Trust; Kev-in Werbach, Whar-ton; why are the world’s most pow-erful companies and governments excit-ed about a technolo-gy beloved by crim-inals and radicals? And why do people invest their money and trust in crypto-currencies?; $27.95.

A Human’s Guide to Ma-chine Intelligence; Kartik Hosanagar, Wharton; ex-amines how algorithms and artificial intelligence are starting to run every aspect of our lives and how we can shape their impact on us; $27.

Connected Strategy: Building Continuous Customer Relation-ships for Competitive Advantage; Nicolaj Siggelkow, Wharton and Mack Institute, and Christian Terwi-esch, Wharton, PSOM and Mack Institute; reveals the emergence of connected strate-gies as a new source of competitive advan-tage; $32.

Connecting Histo-ries; edited by Fran-cesca Bregoli, Katz Center, and David B. Ruderman; ex-plores how early modern Jews relat-ed to Jews from dif-ferent backgrounds and non-Jews around them, em-phasizing the chal-lenging nature and impacts of these en-counters; $69.95.

Civil Disabilities; edited Nancy J. Hirschmann, politi-cal science, and Beth Linker, history and sociology of science; essays by leading fig-ures in disabilities studies reconsider the meaning of citizen-ship and explore pos-sibilities for a more just and inclusive world for disabled persons; $29.95.

Digital Media and Democratic Futures; edited by Michael X. Delli Carpini, ASC and Paideia; insights into the context-de-pendent relationship between media and democracy show that there is no sin-gle outcome for de-mocracy in the digi-tal age, only possible futures; $69.95.

Paradigm Lost; Ian S. Lustick, political sci-ence; Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs can only enjoy democracy after decades of struggle amid the consequences of today’s one-state re-ality; $27.50.

The Book Dragon; Kell (Kelly) An-drews, SP2; the town of Lesser Scrump has a rule: no books allowed! And it’s all because of a fearsome dragon, who comes in the night to take every book. Only Rosehilda says, “I’m not afraid!” This fun fairy tale stars a delightful, strong heroine—and delivers a loving message about not judging a book by its cover; $16.95.

Apple, Tree; edited by Lise Funderburg, Eng-lish; 25 writers deftly ex-plore a trait they’ve in-herited from a parent, reflecting on how it af-fects the lives they lead today; $24.95.

The Gift Inside the Box; Adam Grant, Wharton, and Allison Sweet Grant; light-hearted tale of a gift in search of a giver—a perfect conversation starter about thought-fulness for kids ages 5 to 8; $18.99.

White House Warriors; John (Johnathan) Gans, Perry World House; re-veals how the NSC evolved from a handful of administrative clerks to the president’s “per-sonal band of warriors;” $28.95.

Applied Research for Sus-tainable Change; Sharon Ravitch and Nicole Mitten-felner Carl, GSE; an incisive guide to practitioner-led qualitative research making the case for “local knowl-edge generation:” inquiry-based, school-level research that can contextualize quan-titative data, enrich insight and guide leaders in mak-ing more effective decisions leading to sustainable orga-nizational change; $68.

Practical Wisdom; Pe-ter D. Eckel, GSE, and Cathy A. Trower; es-says written for trust-ees and administrative leaders of universities/colleges draws on the authors’ consulting experience, research and service as trust-ees, to focus on prac-tical insights that will help readers improve governance; $32.

It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Serve Your Country; David Shulkin, LDI; the former VA secretary describes his fight to save veteran health care from partisan politics and how his efforts were ulti-mately derailed by a small group of un-elected officials ap-pointed by the Trump White House; $29.

The Dark Fantastic; Ebony Eliz-abeth Thomas, GSE; Thom-as considers four black girl pro-tagonists: Bonnie Bennett from The Vampire Diaries, Rue from The Hunger Games, Gwen from Merlin, and Angelina Johnson from Harry Potter. She reveals how they mirror the violence against black and brown people in our own world, and she uncov-ers and builds upon a tradition of fantasy and radical imagination in Black feminism and Afrofu-turism to reveal new possibili-ties; $28.

Storytelling; Lynn Mal-zone Ierardi, gift plan-ning; here you’ll find the “recipes” to become a sto-rytelling gourmet, which will help you engage stakeholders and increase gifts to your organization; $19.95.

Teacher Education in the 21st Century; edit-ed by Rashmi Kumar, Weingarten, Subhash Chander and Bharti Kaushik; insight for teachers and teach-er-educators to act on the demands of teach-ing in the 21st centu-ry and helps them de-velop their pedagogi-cal practices accord-ingly; $27.

It Never Goes Away; Anne Lauren Koch, Dental Medicine; both a fascinating memoir of grow-ing up trans yet re-pressed in the mid-20th century, and a guidebook to nav-igating the tricky waters of gender reassignment as a senior; $28.95.

The Ethical Algorithm; Michael Kerns and Aaron Roth, SEAS; understand-ing and improving the sci-ence behind the algorithms that run our lives is becom-ing one of the most press-ing issues. The authors ex-plain how we can better embed human principles into machine code without halting the advance of da-ta-driven scientific explo-ration; $24.95.

Subnational Hydropol-itics; Scott Moore, PennGlobal; by exam-ining case studies of both conflict and co-operation, Scott Moore argues that increasing subnational water con-flict is driven by two in-terlinked forces: identi-ty politics and political decentralization; $85.

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Dining Out; Katie Raw-son, Penn Libraries, and Elliott Shore; from the first restaurants in 12th-century China to San Francisco automats in the 21st, Dining Out presents restaurants both as businesses and as venues for a range of human experiences; $35.

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Gifts of Involvement

Stage Spectacular: Treat loved ones to dance, jazz, world music or theatre at the An-nenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Gift certificates, available in any amount, are re-deemable for all performances: https://tickets.annenbergcenter.org/gift/add.aspx

Sweet Sounds: Gift a membership to Penn’s member-supported radio station, WXPN 88.5 FM, by pledging a donation at https://xpn.secure.force.com/donate Membership levels begin at $10 per month, with a variety of thank-you gifts attached. Members will receive a dis-count at many local businesses and institutions with their XPN Member Card.

An array of gifts appropriate for ardent aficionados and advocates of animals, archaeology, anthropology, art, arboreta, athletics and academia.

The department of music at Penn established the Friends of Music primarily to enhance and promote student and professional musical per-formances across Penn’s campus. Friends re-ceive concert mailings and an annual news-letter along with invitations to special student and professional performances sponsored by the department of music. Become an Individ-ual Friend starting at $50. Information: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/music/friends-music

Literary Lovers: Friends of the Kelly Writers House help sustain seminars, readings, webcasts and podcasts. Friends are acknowl-edged on the Writers House website and receive a copy of the Writers House Annual, which ac-knowledges their gift. Membership levels begin at $40 and go up to $2,500. Information: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/support/become.php

Penn Libraries offers branded gifts, including apparel, office supplies and drinkware. Visit http://costore.com/pennlibraries/welcome.asp Gifts help enhance the Libraries’ information resources and implement new programs and outreach. Infor-mation: http://giving.library.upenn.edu/

Reading Readiness: You can be the cat-alyst for sparking a child’s imagination! Good children’s books are needed for the Penn Reads Literacy Project—a service activity of the MLK Day of Service. You can help a young child de-velop a love of reading by purchasing books from a curated list of short multicultural, anti-bias chil-dren’s books (pre-K to 2nd grade). This will en-sure the availability of high quality books. Go to: https://tinyurl.com/MLK2020BookDrive to make your purchase (delivery needed before Jan. 20). Or, just review the titles on the wish list and sup-port the Penn Bookstore, or your local “brick & mortar” bookstore such as those listed at In-dieBound.org Please check off “This is a gift” when purchasing from the Amazon wish list.

Colorful Calendar: Celebrate the joy of the year with a wondrous illustration every month by the renowned artist and storyteller Ashley Bryan in the calendar Vibrant Won-ders: A Year Celebrating the Illustrations of Ashley Bryan. In 2019 the Kislak Center became home to

his archive, documenting his life and work. See article on page 6 of issue about upcoming cel-ebration at the Kislak Center. Information, vis-it www.library.upenn.edu/collections/libraries-publications/ashley-bryan-calendar

Marvelous Museum: Give the gifts of ad-venture and discovery with a full year’s mem-bership to the “new” Penn Museum. Members enjoy unlimited general admission; access to

exclusive exhibition pre-views and special events; a subscription to Expedi-tion magazine; and dis-counts in the Museum Shop (15%) and the Pep-per Mill Café (10%).

Additionally, a gift membership purchased in December will include the latest issue of Expe-dition, wrapped for the holidays. To select the right membership for a loved one, call (215) 898-5093 or visit https://www.penn.museum/give-join/membership

Or shake things up this year by gifting a pri-vate family tour of the Museum. For more infor-mation, contact Group Sales at (215) 746-8183 or grouptickets@pennmuseum.org

Alluring Art: Give the art lover in your life a chance to get up close and personal with artists and their works by purchasing a membership to the Arthur Ross Gallery or the Institute of Con-temporary Art. Friends of the Arthur Ross Gal-lery will be invited to openings, will receive free

admission to film series for se-lected exhibitions, will be given symposium and publication dis-counts and will receive updates via e-newsletter. The Ross Gal-lery presents art from a wide range of media, periods, cultures and traditions. Information: https://tinyurl.com/rossfriend

Members of ICA will have the chance to at-tend members-only exhibition previews with artists and curators. ICA has championed artists and exhibited artwork for more than 50 years. Membership is free for current Penn students and $25 for non-Penn students. Non-student memberships begin at $50, with additional ben-efits available at each level. Details are available at https://icaphila.org/support/

Botanical Beauty: Morris Arboretum of-fers great holiday gifts, starting with a Morris Arboretum membership. Members of the Morris Arboretum, the official arboretum of the Com-monwealth, receive free admission all year long; a 10% discount in the Shop and Café and dis-counts on educational classes and excursions; Seasons newsletter; admission privileges to over 300 gardens and arboreta through the Ameri-can Horticulture Society Reciprocal Admissions Program; discounts for local garden centers and priceless memories of visiting the garden in ev-ery season. For the favorite gardener on your list, the Arboretum Shop has garden tools, garden-in-spired home items, toys and books for kids and gardening books for the professional and ama-

teur. Memberships range from $65-$2,500 and can be pur-chased in the Shop, online at http://www.morrisarboretum.org/membership.shtml or by calling (215) 247-5777 ext. 205.

Delectable Delights: A gift of a University Club at Penn membership is unique and useful, continuing to give all year. Membership is open to faculty, staff, alumni, graduate students, emer-itus faculty and retired staff. Privileges include complimentary morning refreshments, special events, 10% discounts at Louie Louie, Sang Kee

Noodle House and the Uni-versity Living Room at the Inn at Penn, and access to 100+ reciprocal clubs in the United States and around the world. Information: http://cms.business-services.upenn.edu/universityclub/member-ship/individual-membership.html

Penn Pride: Give a gift of membership to the Penn Club of New York, a 5-star Plati-num Club of America. Benefits include afford-able use of the clubhouse and overnight rooms; discounts for car rentals and retail outlets; and in-person and virtual networking opportuni-ties. Penn alumni, faculty, staff, undergradu-ate (21+) and graduate students and immediate family members of students are eligible to join but must apply for acceptance. For details, see https://www.pennclub.org/membership/apply or contact membership@pennclubny.org

Feeling Fit: The Penn Ice Rink at the Class of 1923 Arena offers a discount book of 10 ad-mission passes to any of its public skating ses-sions for $45 with a PennCard or $54 for the public. Why not stuff a stocking with skating lessons? Five weeks of group lessons are avail-able for ages 5 through adult at a variety of skill levels. Cost: $125 with discounts for multiple sessions. Information: (215) 898-1923 or http://www.upenn.edu/icerink/

Penn Tennis Center annual memberships are free for full-time undergraduate and graduate students; $60/faculty, staff; $68/senior citizens; $89/alumni; $125/public. Juniors who partici-pate in lessons are eligible for $47. Membership fees are the same for spouses of full-time stu-dents, faculty, staff and alumni with PennCard. Per-hour court fees are in addition to member-ship. Information: (215) 898-4741 or https:// tinyurl.com/penntennismembership

Penn Campus Recreation offers membership add-ons for anyone who has a basic membership plan. Full-time students automatically receive a basic membership while others with Penn affili-ations can purchase one. Some add-on options include group exercise, indoor climbing, yoga classes, personal training and aquatics classes. Details at https://tinyurl.com/pennrecmember

PennRec also offers gift certificates for massage. Gift certificates must be purchased through Membership Services. For pricing, see https://tinyurl.com/pennrecmassage

Detection Dogs: Shop through Superfit Canine to get the latest Penn Vet Working Dog Center merchandise, with a portion of proceeds supporting the Working Dog Center’s mission, at http://capable-canine.com/shop/

Green Greetings: Send a holiday eCard through Penn Business Services this year and promote sustainability while sending your wish-es. Holiday options include animated cards, scenes from Penn and winter scenes from Phila-delphia. Choose your cards at https://cms.busi-ness-services.upenn.edu/ecard2/welcome/