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Holiday Happenings at Penn

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ActivitiesMorris Arboretum Holiday Garden RailwayTickets: http://www.morrisarboretum.org

The Morris Arboretum’s Holiday Garden Railway — free with regular admission. Display is open daily November 24-December 31, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (closed December 24 & 25).

Friday Night Lights on December 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Enjoy the Holiday Gar-den Railway all lit up and decorated for the sea-son during special evening hours. Cost: non-members $18/adult, $9/child; members $10/adult, $9/child.Morris Arboretum Holiday ClassesRegister: http://www.morrisarboretum.org

Holiday Wreath Making Workshop — Fri-day, December 1 and Saturday, December 2. Create a wreath from fresh boughs of greens with provided decorations and supplies. 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; $60, $55/members.

Holiday Tabletop Tree with Lights — Satur-day, December 9. Design your own tree center-piece and decorate with bows, glass balls, fresh flowers and lights; 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; $70, $65/members.

Kids Holiday Centerpiece (Ages 6-12) — Sunday, December 17. Design a beautiful fresh flower and evergreen centerpiece in an educa-tional workshop. 10:30 a.m.-noon; $38, $35/members.

Create a Beautiful Holiday Arrangement for Your Table or Mantle — Sunday, December 17. Design a one-of-a-kind arrangement of greens, flowers, branches, candles and accessories; 1-3:30 p.m.; $65, $60/members.Holiday Skate

The Penn Ice Rink will host a Holiday Skate event at the Class of 1923 Arena on Saturday, December 16. Free admission with donation of a new, unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots.

PerformAncesPenn Glee Club Holiday Concert

December 2. Glee Club will sing holiday classics; hot cocoa and cookies in the garden; 2-3 p.m.; Morris Arboretum at the Ha-Ha wall; free w/admission (Arboretum).Annenberg Center Holiday PerformancesTickets: www.annenbergcenter.org

Irish Christmas in America — Saturday, De-cember 9. This family-friendly holiday perfor-mance offers ballads, instrumental tunes and spirited Irish dancing; 8 p.m.; prices vary, $24-57; 20% student discount.

Canadian Brass: Christmas Time is Here — December 10. A mix of holiday standards and upbeat festive tunes; 2 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater.

Great Russian Nutcracker — Monday, De-cember 18 and Tuesday, December 19. This per-formance from Moscow Ballet marks its 25th Anniversary Tour; 7 p.m. Prices vary, $24-$185.World Cafe Live Holiday PerformancesTickets: http://www.worldcafelive.com

Cartoon Christmas Trio — Sunday, Decem-ber 10. The the premier interpreter of the clas-sic soundtracks of holiday cartoon music, espe-cially the music of A Charlie Brown Christmas, presents an evening of music. 5 p.m.; $12.

Holidelic — Friday, December 15. A futuris-tic take on the holidays that blends the influenc-es of 1970s and ’80’s funk and soul bands into clever, humorous original songs for the holiday season; 8 p.m.; $20/advance, $22/door.

Peek-A-Boo Revue Presents: Peek-At-Night, a Vintage Holiday Burlesque Show — Sunday, December 17. Philadelphia’s longest-running burlesque show performs to tunes from the Strip-tease Orchestra; for ages 18 and up; 6 p.m.; $25.

Mistletoe Jam 2017 — Thursday, December 28. Starring John Faye, Molly Rhythm, Kid Fe-lix, Bong Hits for Jesus, Stereotytans and Lexi Vaganos; 6 p.m.; $15.

New Year’s Bash with PhillyBloco — Sun-day, December 31. Join PhillyBloco for the Ul-timate New Year’s Eve Dance Party with a rau-cous mash-up of samba, funk, reggae and New Orleans second-line tunes; 9:30 p.m.; $40/ad-vance, $45/door.

shoPPingPenn Bookstore Sale-A-Bration

December 7 & 8. Save 20% storewide and enjoy holiday treats, including free festive pho-tos, 2-6 p.m.; hot cocoa and cookies, 4-6 p.m.; and free gift wrapping all day.Computer Connection Holiday Wishbook

December 7 & 8. In conjunction with the Penn Bookstore’s Sale-A-Bration; raffle prizes, refresh-ments and giveaways; second floor, Bookstore.

SEPTA Center @Penn One YearAnniversary Celebration

December 7. In conjunction with the Book-store’s Sale-a-Bration, SEPTA will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the SEPTA Travel Center @Penn by bringing its SEPTA Key mobile sales unit to campus. Visitors to the mobile unit outside Penn Bookstore will receive a free commemora-tive T-shirt with the purchase of the SEPTA Key. Join SEPTA in-store for additional festivities and prizes from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Inclement weather date is December 8.Go West! Craft Fest

Sunday, December 10. Unique, creative wares from 70 local makers. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at The Rotunda. Info: http://gowestcraftfest.wix-site.com/homeHoliday Sale at the Penn Museum Shop

December 14-23. Enjoy extra discount days with an extra 10% off for Penn Museum mem-bers and employees of Penn and Penn Medicine (brings total discount to 25% with PennCard).

sPeciAl eventsUniversity Club Holiday Party

Wednesday, December 13. University Club Holiday Party, for Club members and one guest per member; 4-7 p.m.; Inn at Penn.WPPSA Holiday Party

Friday, December 15. WPPSA will hold its annual Holiday Drive. To view the family wish list, visit http://www.upenn.edu/wpsa/meetings-events.html RSVP by December 8: rvargas@sas.upenn.eduFels Institute Holiday Party

Saturday, December 2. Faculty, staff, stu-dents and alumni are invivted for an evening of food, drink and merriment; 7-10 p.m.; Inn at Penn. Cocktail attire required. Register: http://www.fels.upenn.edu/event/1209Penn MuseumCelebrations Around the World

Sunday, December 3. Penn Museum offers this annual celebration for visitors to experience holiday traditions from throughout the year and around the world featuring music and dance per-formances, craft stations, storytelling and more; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; free.Winter Beer Festival at World Cafe Live

Tuesday, December 26. Sample more than 50 beers, food included, while being entertained by the Whiskeyhickon Boys; 5:30 p.m.; $50. Event is ages 21 and over.

Holidelic will perform a holiday set of clever, humorous original songs blending the sounds of the 1970s and ’80s on December 15 at World Cafe Live.

The Moscow Ballet will perform the Great Russian Nutcracker at 7 p.m. on December 18 and 19 at the Annenberg Center as part of its 25th Anniversary Tour.

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A Holiday for the BooksBooks are always a great holiday gift. Loved ones can visit exotic 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 au-thors is diverse as always, with a variety of writers ranging from fac-ulty to staff to alumni; a collaboration with Sheryl Sandberg; and a National Book Award finalist. As usual, more information is available on books from Penn Press at http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/, and on books from Wharton Digital Press at https://wdp.wharton.upenn.edu/

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How to Be Hap-py at Work: The Pow-er of Purpose, Hope, and Friendship; An-nie McKee, program director and senior fel-low for Chief Learn-ing Officer (PennC-LO) & Medical Edu-cation Programs, Penn GSE; offers sugges-tions for emphasizing the pillars of purpose, hope and friendship in order to enhance workplace happiness; Harvard Business Re-view Press, $27.00

We’ll Always Have Casa-blanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood’s Most Beloved Movie; Noah Isenberg, C’89; on the 75th anniversary of Casablanca’s premiere, this tells the story of the film’s or-igins and examines the legacy of a beloved icon; W. W. Nor-ton & Company, $27.95.

Tales from Webster’s; John Shea, Gr’84, retired editor for University of Pennsylvania Health System; ac-ollection of flash fiction using the alphabetical order of words in the dictionary for writing prompts; Liv-ingston Press, $14.95.

Never Caught: The Wash-ingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge; Erica Armstrong Dun-bar, C’94; the exciting account of Ona Judge, a slave who was the focus of an aggressive man-hunt after fleeing from the own-ership of the nation’s first presi-dent; Atria, $26.00.

The Ostrich Para-dox: Why We Underpre-pare for Disasters; Rob-ert Meyer, Frederick H. Ecker/MetLife Insurance Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School and Howard Kunreuther, James G. Dinan Profes-sor of Decision Sciences and Public Policy at The Wharton School; uses teaching and research to explain why we con-sistently underprepare for disasters and how to change; Wharton Digital Press, $17.99.

Connected Gaming: What Making Video Games Can Teach Us About Learning and Literacy; Yasmin B. Kafai, pro-fessor of learning sciences at GSE, and Quinn Burke; exam-ines the benefits of construc-tionist gaming—in which us-ers focus on game making in-stead of game playing—to teach skills such as coding, col-laboration and creativity; MIT Press, $35.00.

Ancient Brews: Rediscovered and Re-created; Patrick McGov-ern, adjunct professor of anthro-pology and scientific director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Project for Cuisine, Fermented Beverages, and Health at Penn Museum; a journey that mixes ar-chaeology and science explores the oldest alcoholic beverages and offers recipes for homebrew interpretations and dish pair-ings; W.W. Norton & Company, $26.95.

The Aisles Have Eyes: How Retailers Track Your Shopping, Strip Your Priva-cy, and Define Your Power; Joseph Turow, Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Commu-nication and associate dean for Graduate Studies at the Annenberg School for Com-munication; details a future of shopping in which retail stores aggressively gather data on consumers for track-ing and advertising purpos-es, and the threats this poses to privacy; Yale University Press; $30.00.

The Fortunate Ones; Ellen Umansky, C’91; a missing painting is the catalyst that brings the lives of two very different women together, one in World War II Vienna and the other in contemporary Los Angeles; William Morrow, $26.99.

Olive Witch: A Memoir; Abeer Y. Hoque, W’95, WG’99; an intimate memoir describing the displacement of a young Bangladeshi girl who grows up in Nigeria, attempts to find her place in the United States and then moves to Bangladesh on her own; Fourth Estate, $15.99.

Death Makes the News: How the Me-dia Censor and Dis-play the Dead; Jessica M. Fishman, behavior-al and social scientist with a joint appoint-ment at the Perelman School of Medicine and the Annenberg School for Communi-cation; Analyzes the editorial and political forces that influence media depictions of the dead; NYU Press, $89.00 cloth; $30.00 paper.

The Bronze Age Towers at Bat, Sul-tanate of Oman: Research by the Bat Archaeological Project, 2007-12; Ed. Christopher P. Thornton, Charlotte M. Cable and the late Gregory L. Possehl, professor emeritus of anthropology and curator emeritus of the Asian sec-tion at Penn Museum; reviews the most comprehensive study of nonmortuary Bronze Age monuments ever conduct-ed on the Oman Peninsula; Penn Press, $69.95.

The Power of Meaning: Craft-ing a Life that Matters; Emily Es-fahani Smith, G’13, instructor in positive psychology; draws from an array of research and philoso-phy to explore the four pillars of meaning to life and suggest ways to cultivate them; Crown, $28.00.

I Need a Lifeguard Every-where but the Pool; Lisa Scot-toline C’77, L’81, and Frances-ca Serritella; a collection of hu-morous real-life anecdotes from the best-selling author and her daughter that follows them on a “Guyatus,” or a hiatus from men; St. Martin’s Press, $21.99.

Four Weeks, Five People; Jennifer Yu, C’16; five teens with emotional disorders con-nect during a four-week wil-derness therapy summer camp, learning more about themselves in the process; Harlequin Teen; $18.99.

The Schmuck in My Office: How to Deal Effectively with Difficult People at Work; Jody Foster, clinical professor of psy-chiatry at PSOM and Michelle Joy; offers practical advice for dealing with difficult, disruptive coworkers; St. Martin’s Press, $25.99.

Promise Me, Dad; Joe Biden, Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor at the University of Pennsyl-vania and head of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement; a deeply moving memoir chron-icling the most diffi-cult year of former Vice President Biden’s life as he dealt with the death of his son Beau; Flatiron Books, $27.00.

Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Re-silience, and Finding Joy; Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant, Class of 1965 Professor of Management and Psy-chology at the Wharton School; based on the advice of Adam Grant for Sheryl Sandberg af-ter the loss of her hus-band, this book shares practical steps to build resilience the way one would develop a mus-cle in order to recov-er from loss; Wharton Digital Press, $13.99.

Her Body and Other Parties; Carmen Maria Mochado, artist in residence in the department of English; a short story collection that breaks through the bound-aries of realism, science fiction, comedy and horror, with wom-en and their bodies at the center; Graywolf Press, $16.00.

Making the Elephant Man; Jonathan Sanger, C’65, ASC’67; this producer’s memoir chronicles Mr. Sanger’s part in the making of the award-winning 1980 film; McFarland, $29.95.

The Power of Little Ideas: A Low-Risk, High-Reward Approach to Innovation; Da-vid Robertson, lecturer of opera-tions, information and decisions at the Wharton School; offers an alterna-tive approach to innovation that is neither incremental and sustaining nor disruptive; Whar-ton Digital Press, $24.00.

The Miseduca-tion of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports; Ken-neth L. Shropshire, Endowed Profes-sor Emeritus at The Wharton School and Collin D. Williams, Jr.; argues that edu-cation should be pri-oritized over sports, even for the most gifted student ath-letes; Wharton Digi-tal Press, $15.99.

Kids’ TV Grows Up: The Path from Howdy Doody to Sponge-Bob; Jo Holz, former profes-sional-in-residence at the Annen-berg Public Policy Center; takes a sociocultural look at the evolu-tion of children’s TV; McFarland, $35.00.

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Penn Pride: Give a gift of membership to the Penn Club of New York, a 5-star Platinum Club of America. Benefits include affordable use of the clubhouse and overnight rooms; discounts for car rentals and retail outlets; and in-person and virtual networking opportunities. Penn alum-ni, faculty, staff, undergraduate (21+) and gradu-ate students and immediate family members of students are eligible to join but must apply for ac-ceptance. For details, see http://pennclub.org

Stage Spectacular: Treat loved ones to the gift of dance, jazz, world music or theatre at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. A gift certificate to Annenberg Center, available in any amount, is redeemable for all performances.

Purchase a FlexPass of three tickets for $129 before December 15 or get a subscription for two and share in the magic. Information: (215) 898-3900 or http://annenbergcenter.org

Sweet Sounds: Gift a membership to Penn’s member-supported radio station, WXPN 88.5 FM, by pledging a monthly donation. Mem-bership levels range from $8 per month to $208 per month, with a variety of thank-you gifts at-tached. In addition, members will receive a dis-count at many local business and institutions with their XPN Member Card.

Literary Lovers: Friends of the Kelly Writ-ers House help sustain seminars, readings, web-casts and podcasts. Friends are acknowledged on the Writers House website and receive a copy of the Writers House Annual that acknowledges their gift in print. Membership level are available at $40, $100, $250 or $500; William Carlos Wil-liams Circle, $1,000; and Emily Dickinson Cir-cle, $2,500. Information: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/support/become.php

The Penn Libraries offers branded gifts in-cluding apparel, office supplies and drinkware. Visit http://costore.com/pennlibraries/welcome.asp Donations help enhance the Libraries’ infor-mation resources and implement new programs and outreach. Information: http://giving.library.upenn.edu/

Good children’s books are needed for the University of Pennsylvania’s Literacy Project (Penn Reads Aloud) which is part of the up-coming Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Symposium on Social Change. You can help a young child develop a love of books and an in-terest in reading by purchasing books from the carefully curated list of children’s books that will resonate with young readers. This will en-sure that there are high quality books available to be read at the MLK Day of Service on Jan-uary 15, 2018. These books will given, along with a flash drive containing the story, to local child care centers in the area to encourage read-ing. Visit https://tinyurl.com/ya7ryqo8

What a Wonderful World: A member of the International House Philadelphia is also a member of Lightbox Film Center who re-ceives free admis-sion to Lightbox Film Center Screen-ings; discounted ad-missions to special events; discounts on publica-

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tions and merchandise from the Box Office; and more. Membership levels begin at $40 for stu-dents, $60 for adults age 35 and below and $75 for other adults. Household memberships are also available. For more information, visit http://ihousephilly.org/support/membership

Marvelous Museum: Give the gifts of ad-venture and discovery with a full year’s member-ship to Penn Museum. Members enjoy unlimit-ed general admission; ac-cess to exclusive exhibi-tion previews and special events, including those related to the upcom-ing Middle East Galleries opening in April 2018; a subscription to Expedition magazine; and discounts in the Museum Shop (15%) and the Pepper Mill Café (10%). Addition-ally, a gift membership purchased in December will include the latest issue of Expedition maga-zine, wrapped for the holidays. To select the right membership for a loved one, call (215) 898-5093 or visit www.penn.museum

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 Gallery will be invited to Friends’ openings, will receive free admission to film series for selected exhibi-tions, will be given symposium and publica-tion discounts and will receive updates via e-newsletter. The Ross Gallery presents art from a wide range of media, periods, cultures and traditions. For more information, visit http://www.arthurrossgallery.org/join-support/be-come-a-friend/

Members of ICA will have the chance at-tend members-only exhibition previews with artists and curators. ICA has championed art-ists and exhibited artwork for more than 50 years. Membership levels begin at $25 for stu-dents and $50 for others, with additional bene-fits available at each level. Details are available at http://icaphila.org/support/membership

Botanical Beauty: Share the wonders of nature with a loved one this holiday season with a membership to Morris Arboretum, Penn’s of-ficial arboretum. Among the perks of member-

ship are free admission all year long; a 10% discount in their Shop and Café and dis-counts on educational class-es and excursions; Seasons newsletter; admission privi-leges to over 300 gardens and

arboreta through the American Horticulture So-ciety Reciprocal Admissions Program; and dis-counts for local garden center. For the favorite gardener on your list, the Arboretum Shop has garden tools, garden-inspired home items, toys and books for kids and gardening books and unique crafts from local artisans. Memberships range from $65-$2,500 and can be purchased in the Shop, online at http://www.business-servic-es.upenn.edu/arboretum/membership.shtml or by calling (215) 247-5777.

Delectable Delights: A gift of a Univer-sity Club at Penn membership is unique and useful, continuing to give all year. Member-ship is open to faculty, staff, alumni, graduate students, emeritus faculty and re-tired staff. Membership of-fers complimentary morning refreshments on weekdays during the academic year; special events; discounts at Sangkee Noodle House and Penn Dining retail locations including Joe’s Cafe, Houston Market, Gour-met Grocer, Mark’s Cafe and Accenture; and access to 100+ reciprocal clubs in the Unit-ed States and around the world. For more in-formation, visit http://cms.business-services.upenn.edu/universityclub/membership/individ-ual-membership.html

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 sessions for $45 with a PennCard or $54 for the public. Why not stuff a stock-ing with skating lessons? Five weeks of group lessons, are available for ages 5 through adult at a variety of skill levels. Cost: $125 with discounts for mul-tiple sessions. Information: (215) 898-1923 or http://www.upenn.edu/icerink/

Penn Tennis Center memberships are free for full-time undergraduate and graduate stu-dents; $54/faculty, staff; $63/senior citizens; $81/alumni; $114/public. Membership fees are the same for spouses of full-time students, fac-ulty, staff and alumni. Information: (215) 898-4741 or http://www.upenn.edu/recreation/ten-nis-center-membership/

The Department of Recreation offers mem-bership add-ons for anyone who has a basic membership plan. Full-time students automat-ically receive a basic membership while oth-ers with Penn affiliations can purchase one. Some add-on options include group exercise in-door climbing, unlimited yoga classes, personal training and aquatics classes. Details at: http://www.upenn.edu/recreation/membership-servic-es/membership-plans/

PennRec also offers gift certificates for massage therapy including 30-, 60-, 75- and 90-minute table massages. Gift certificates must be purchased through Membership Ser-vices. For pricing, see: http://www.upenn.edu/recreation/wellness/massage-therapy/

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 well wishes. Holiday options include animated cards, scenes from Penn and winter scenes from Philadelphia. Choose your cards at https://cms.business-services.upenn.edu/ecard2/

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

Gifts of Involvement