The Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania » Gentle Madness

Solistimum II: Le Salon des Refusés

Herald of Avian Truth — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:18:41 +0000

Artistic degeneracy or the virtuosity of the avant-garde? You be the judge. Come join the Philomathean Society for a scandalous evening of food, conversation, and outcries of vulgarity. Meet the members this Wednesday, February 1st at 9 pm on the fourth floor of College Hall. Dress as you wish to be seen. Check your petty bourgeois tastes at the door

Solistimum I: Russian!

Herald of Avian Truth — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:43:07 +0000

Comrades, it is time to throw off the chains of human oppression! Although now is the season to be rushin’, it is also the season to be Russian! Come join the Philomathean Society for an evening of food, conversation, and polite polemics. Meet the members this Wednesday, January 18th at 9 pm on the fourth floor of College Hall. Dress as you wish to be seen. And bring your own molotov cocktails.

Solistimum III: Applicants’ Reception

Herald of Avian Truth — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:32:59 +0000

Wednesday, October 19th, 9:00pm | 4th floor College Hall

Join the Philomathean Society for our third Solistimum: Applicants’ Reception: The Iron Cello: A Folk-Punk-Rock Band Telling The Story Of One Man On A Mission To Communicate The Voice Of The Human Race To An Alien Tribe Via Euphonium: One More Subtitle. Further description is quite obviously unnecessary. Dress as you wish to be seen.

(Please enter via east door of College Hall, across from Fisher Fine Arts.)

Solistimum II: “Darwin’s Snack Box”

Herald of Avian Truth — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:34:24 +0000

Wednesday, October 5th, 9:00pm | 4th floor College Hall

Join the Philomathean Society for our second Solistimum: Darwin’s Snack Box. Like any intelligently designed gathering, there will be plentiful food and tasteful conversation, as well as a little irreducibly complex madness. Dress as you with to be seen.

(Please enter via east door of College Hall, across from Fisher Fine Arts.)

Meeting II: The Second One

Herald of Avian Truth — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:39:43 +0000

Friday September 23rd, 8:00pm | 4th floor College Hall

Join us for the 2nd meeting of the 521st session, featuring prospective presentations, a rhyme review haiku, flamingos, a celebration of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 115th birthday a day early, egregious poetry, cheese and reports from the Music Appreciation Committee, the (Very)ⁿ Funny Joke Committee, and the “It Came From Beneath the Art Gallery” Committee. All very interesting, believe you me.

The meeting will also feature a Literary Exercise by Mr. Taylor Williams, on Jacques Derrida. Come for the paradoxes, stay for the deconstruction!

Human Chess at Penn Park

Herald of Avian Truth — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:31:06 +0000

Saturday September 17th, 4:00pm | Penn Park

The Philomathean Society is hosting a Human Chess match at the opening of Penn Park, from 4-6 on September 17. We are looking for volunteers to play the role of a piece. Feel free to come for any length of time, and don’t forget to wear either white or black.

Solistimum I: The Great Hatsby

Herald of Avian Truth — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:24:09 +0000

Wednesday, September 14th, 9:00pm | 4th floor College Hall

As the lights in College Hall go out, notice that this Wednesday the light of the Philomathean library will glow warmly into the night. “Like Gatsby’s green light, it is the promise of happiness.”

Join the Philomathean Society as we, too, pursue the light emanating from fourth floor of College Hall in our Solistimum: The Great Hatsby. Like those famous West Egg parties you only hear about in novels, there will be plentiful food and tasteful conversation, as well as a little gentle madness. Dress as you wish to be seen, entertaining hats thoroughly enjoyed.

(Please enter via east door of College Hall, across from Fisher Fine Arts.)

Solistimum the First: Riddles in the Dark

Technojoy — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:50:02 +0000

“Praps we sits here and chats with it a bits, my preciousss. It likes riddles, praps it does, does it?”

Join the Philomathean Society as we climb from the dark places of the earth to the illumination of the fourth floor of College Hall for our NSO Solistimum: Riddles in the Dark. There you will find a night of plentiful food and tasteful conversation, gentle madness, and hospitality unrivaled by even the best of Shire revelries! Dress as you wish to be seen. (Footwear of some sort, sadly, required.)

We hope to see you there and back again!
Where: Philo Halls | 4th floor College Hall
When: Thursday, September 1, 10 p.m.
(Please enter via east door of College Hall, across from Fisher Fine Arts.)

Solistimum II: Steampunk Disco

Herald of Avian Truth — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:35:24 +0000

9:00 PM Thursday 3 February 2011 | Philomathean Halls, 4th Floor College Hall

Take in the future that never was at Philo’s steampunk disco this Thursday from 9-11:30 pm. Enjoy good food, great company and the best views on campus while learning more about Philo.

Enter by the east entrance (opposite Fisher Fine Arts). If no-one is there, call 267-507-4456 to be let in.

Solistimum I: Orient Express

Herald of Avian Truth — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:39:20 +0000

9:00 PM Thursday 20 January 2011 | Philomathean Halls, 4th Floor College Hall

Join the Philomathean Society when East meets West for a Night of Asian Fusion food, conversation, and gentle madness. Meet the members of the society this Thursday, 20th at 9 pm on the fourth floor of College Hall. Dress in your best East meets West attire or as you wish to be seen.