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All events take place at the Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia (U of P).
Thursday, 5/1
- Final Examinations
- 6 PM, Arts Cafe: Penn's Philadelphia Alumni Club and Kelly Writers House present a book discussion group, open to all Philadelphia-area alumni, led by Kelly Professor of English and Faculty Director of the Writers House Al Filreis. Filreis will lead an informal discussion of the new novel by Frederick Busch, A Memory of War. Informal supper will be provided. For more information, contact whbusch@english.upenn.edu.
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Friday, 5/2
- Final Examinations
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Saturday, 5/3
- 1:00 PM: Poets for Peace - an open reading. If you are interested in reading your own poetry, someone else's poems, or making a statement of conscience, contact Leonard Gontarek: gontarekL@aol.com.
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Sunday, 5/4
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Monday, 5/5
- Final Examinations
- 5-8:00 PM: Hub End of Year Party. For more information, please see our End-of-Year Celebration website.
- 5:15 to 7:15 PM in Room 202: The monthly meeting of the Penn & Pencil Club, the writing group for employees of the University and Health System. For more information contact: john.shea@uphs.upenn.edu
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Tuesday, 5/6
- First Person Festival
- Final Examinations
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Wednesday, 5/7
- Final Examinations
- 7:00 PM - in the Arts Cafe - First Person Festival: Personal Monologue Workshop with Kimmika
Williams-Witherspoon.
Kimmika
Williams-Witherspoon,
Ph.D (Anthropology), M.A. Anthropology, MFA (Theater),Graduate Certificate)Women's
Studies, B.A. (Journalism); is an Assistant Professor in the Theater Department
at Temple University. A 2001 Independence Foundation Theater Communications
Group Grant, the 2000 winner of the PEW Charitable Trust $50,000 fellowship
in scriptwriting, and the 1999, winner of the DaimlerChrysler "Spirit
of the Word" National Poetry Competition (Seattle) at the Unity'99
Conference, Kimmika Williams has also been the recipient of a host of
awards and honors, including: the DaimlerChrysler Regional Poetry Contest
(Philadelphia), the 1996, Lila Wallace Creative Arts Fellowship with the
American Antiquarian Society and a two-time returning playwright with
the Minneapolis Playwrights' Center and Pew Charitable Trusts Playwrights
Exchange. Williams was, at one time, Arts Producer for public radio, WXPN-88.5,
reporter and columnist with the Philadelphia Tribune and television editor
for the Chicago-based "Maceba Affairs Media Review Magazine. As a
journalist, Williams' articles and essays have appeared in the "Hammer"
Journal,"Dialogue", the Philadelphia REAL NEWS, POETS &
WRITERS Magazine, THE OTHER SIDE, the New York GUARDIAN NEWSWEEKLY, the
DAILY MUSE, BLACK AMERICA MAGAZINE, PHILLY BEAT, HIGH PERFORMANCE MAGAZINE
and the PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS. In 1986, she was commended for outstanding
journalism by the Philadelphia Veterans Administration. Her stage credits
include, "From Brillo Pads To Feminine Pads: Raw Abrasives",
"A Product of Pop Culture and Pissed", "Nappy Truth",
"Common Folk", "A CHAINED FOOT STUMBLING ON A NEW WORLD",
"GUMBO", "WE THE PEOPLE","IZZY","THE
BLACK DIAMOND" and "WHERE WERE YOU IN '65".
- 3:00-4:00 PM in the Dining Room: A meeting of the Mellon Writing Group students and staff (Dr. J. Snead: jsnead@english.upenn.edu).
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Thursday, 5/8
- Final Examinations
- All day & Evening: Penn "Arts Day" (Kelly Writers House is a participant).
- 6:00 to 7:30 PM: Art Gallery Reception. Curated by Peter Schwarz.
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Friday, 5/9
- 9:00 AM - in the Arts Cafe -
Modern Poetry
Symposium presented by Al
Filreis for
seventh-grade students visiting Philadelphia from The KIPP
Academy. Former Penn student Elliott Witney has taught with the KIPP
Academy, a special charter school for urban children, for several years.
Witney was among the founding members of the Writers House "hub" or Planning
Committee in 1995-96. Each year Witney and his colleagues visit Penn and are
taught by several members of the faculty, and there is an annual visit to
the Writers House. Members of the Writers House community are welcome to
join this symposium. RSVP to wh@writing.upenn.edu.
- Final Examinations
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Saturday, 5/10
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Sunday, 5/11
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Monday, 5/12
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Tuesday, 5/13
- 11:00 AM in Room 202: Graduate Student Meeting with the incoming director of Critical Writing, Valerie Ross
- 6:00-8:00 PM in room 209: Suppose an Eye, a poetry writing group (Pat Green patgreen@vet.upenn.edu)
- 5:00-7:00 PM in Room 202: Dissertation Writing Group - For more information, contact Lalitha Vasudevan at lmv@dolphin.upenn.edu.
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Wednesday, 5/14
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Thursday, 5/15
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Friday, 5/16
- 3:30-6:00 PM ALUMNI FACULTY EXCHANGE
Penn’s Office of Alumni Relations and the Kelly Writers House
invite Penn alumni of all ages to meet and reconnect with some of
the University’s most well-regarded Professors.
Herman Beavers, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Afro-American Studies Program; Robert F. Lucid, Professor Emeritus of English; Karen Rile, Lecturer; Witold Rybczynski, Martin & Margy Meyerson Professor of Urbanism and Professor of Real Estate; and Nancy S. Steinhardt, Professor of East Asian Art in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Curator of Chinese Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania.
Listen to a recording of this event
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Saturday, 5/17
- Alumni Day
- SENIOR CAPSTONE PROGRAM
Each year we ask a small group of graduating seniors who have been closely affiliated with the Writers House community to let us honor them in a program we call "the senior capstone." This year again Writers House-affiliated seniors will present their work, read briefly from their writing, or informally express thanks to friends and family and Writers House people for support and will informally sum up their time at Penn. A reception will be followed by a short program.
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Sunday, 5/18
- Baccalaureate
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Monday, 5/19
- Commencement
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Tuesday, 5/20
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Wednesday, 5/21
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Thursday, 5/22
- Kathy Lou Schultz leads a discussion on poetry with Germantown Friends School students.
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Friday, 5/23
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Saturday, 5/24
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Sunday, 5/25
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Monday, 5/26
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Tuesday, 5/27
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Wednesday, 5/28
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Thursday, 5/29
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Friday, 5/30
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Saturday, 5/31
- 1:00 PM in room 209: Suppose an Eye, a poetry writing group (Pat Green patgreen@vet.upenn.edu)
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.