Take some time this weekend to experience Penn's thriving urban cultural life. Gallery Hop participants will enjoy director/curator-led tours of exhibitions at the Arthur Ross Gallery, Kroiz Gallery, and ICA. Or stop in the galleries on your own throughout the weekend, and visit the special Treasures show at the Penn Museum. Find time, as well, to be entertained by one of Penn's Student Performing Arts groups or concerts at Irvine and the Annenberg Center.
 PENN MUSEUM
3260 South Street
Treasures... Show and Sale
Shop your way around the world - this weekend only! Treasures...From the Silk Road to the Santa Fe Trail transforms the Museum's third floor galleries into an exciting, multicultural art expo. More than 50 prestigious dealers from the U.S. and abroad will offer vetted Asian and
ethnographic antiques and works of art from the 18th to 21st centuries: fine arts, antiques, jewelry, textiles, and more, from the far corners of the world. This annual show and sale is presented by The Women's Committee to benefit the educational programs of the Penn Museum.
Special for Penn alumni: $12 ticket includes admission to the Treasures Show and to the Museum for all three days; also includes show catalogue and opportunities to talk with experts.
General admission $15; Museum members, Penn faculty, staff and alumni $12; Students $10
Hours: Friday & Saturday 11 AM-8 PM; Sunday 11 AM-5 PM
Information: treasures@museum.upenn.edu; 215-898-9213
Museum Exhibits:
· Connecting Cultures: Kids Across the World
Award-winning photojournalist Joan Sara Klatchko's
photographic journey explores not just differences but the similarities that connect kids, cultures and countries across the world.
· Trouble in Paradise: The Art of Polynesian Warfare
This exhibition of intricately carved Polynesian war clubs made in the 19th century was researched by 16 University of Pennsylvania student co-curators.
· Under European Eyes: Conquistadors and Arts of the New World
A dazzling array of objects from Penn Museum's rich American collections represents the native Mexican, Central and South American art traditions that flourished and influenced European values and sensibilities in the years after European contact and conquest.
Hours: Friday & Saturday 10 AM-4:30 PM; Sunday 1-5 PM
Information: www.museum.upenn.edu; 215-898-4000
ARTHUR ROSS GALLERY
Fisher Fine Arts Library Building
 220 South 34th Street
An Early Edition of Los Caprichos by
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
(Included in Gallery Hop)
Hours: Friday 10 AM-5 PM
Saturday & Sunday, Noon-5 PM
Information: www.upenn.edu/ARG; 215-898-1479
KROIZ GALLERY
Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania
Fisher Fine Arts Library Building, 220 South 34th Street
Masterworks from the Collections of the
Architectural Archives
(Included in Gallery Hop)
Hours: Friday & Saturday, 10 AM-4 PM
Information: www.design.upenn.edu; 215-898-2539
KAMIN GALLERY
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library
3420 Walnut Street
Literae Humaniores
Originally created for the library of the University of Leuven, Belgium, this display features some of Penn's greatest treasures, books that illustrate the traditions of humane letters and learning from which both Leuven and Penn emerge. The library at Leuven was twice destroyed during the World Wars, and rebuilt both times with American assistance.
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART
118 South 36th Street
· John Armleder, About Nothing.
Works On Paper 1964-2004
· Fertilizers: Olin/Eisenman
· Project Space: Fables
· Ramp Project: Irene Fortuyn
(Included in Gallery Hop)
Hours: Friday, Noon-8 PM; Saturday & Sunday, 11 AM-5 PM
Information: www.icaphila.org; 215-898-7108
ROSENWALD GALLERY
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library
3420 Walnut Street
Gulliver's Reading
This exhibition displays part of a collection, given anonymously to the University in 2005, which reconstructs much of the library of Jonathan Swift. It includes a few of Swift's own books and many editions he would have used.
 STUDENT PERFORMING ARTS
Enjoy celebrations of theatre, music, dance, and comedy performed by Penn's amazingly talented students. To see what's showing during Homecoming Weekend, check SPA's online calendar at www.vpul.upenn.edu/platthouse. For more information, contact the Platt Student Performing Arts House at platthouse@pobox.upenn.edu or
215-898-2312.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27
8 PM
PENN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Irvine Auditorium
3401 Spruce Street
Sponsored by the Department of Music, the School of Arts and
Sciences, and the Student Activities Council.
9 PM
IVY LEAGUE COMEDY SHOWCASE
World Cafe Live
3025 Walnut Street
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28
6-10 PM
PENN PRESENTS THE SPANISH HARLEM ORCHESTRA
Annenberg Center, Zellerbach Theatre
3680 Walnut Street
6-8 PM Dinner/Lecture
8 PM Performance
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