The Philomathean Art Gallery presents

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
A solo exhibition featuring the work of Artie Vierkant

Opening Reception
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
7:30 PM

Come celebrate the opening of this aptly-titled exhibition with a reception on the artist’s birthday. Refreshments will be provided.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY will be on display in the Philomathean Society Art Gallery until 7 October, 2008.

For more on the artist, visit www.artievierkant.com

THE SHOEMAKER’S HOLIDAY
An Elizabethan comedy by Thomas Dekker, presented by the Philomathean Society in the Botanical Gardens of the University May 15th, 16th, and 17th, 1912.

We haven’t found a synopsis, but it seemed to involve some great moustaches.

STARRING:
R.T. Bonsall as Sir Hugh Lacy
A.C. Hopkins as Sir Roger Oately
G.W. Rowley as Lacy, otherwise Hans
W.D. Shelly as Simon Eyre, the shoemaker
E.L. Hargett as Hodge
C.C. Butterworth as Firk
W.H. Trumbauer as Margery
W.F. Clinger as Jane
R.G. Adams as Ralph
A.L. Arnold as Dodger
W.G. Arnold as Rose
G.L. Arnhold as Sybil
D.R. Jones as Boy
L.F. Sanville as Master Hammon
L.A. Sylvester as Serving Man
H.D. Learned as the King

F.A. Child and J. Dolman, Directors.
W.M. Crowe, Stage Manager
S.L. Shanaman, Play Committee Chair

The Philomathean Society hosted a lecture by Professor John DiIluio, entitled: “The (Permanent) Presidential Campaign: Who Will Win–and Will It Matter?” An audio recording of the lecture was made, subversively, and then injected into the blogosphere.

The Philomathean Society hosted a lecture from Stacey Sobel, Esq., the Executive Director of Equality Advocates Pennsylvania (formerly the Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights) and a Lecturer in the Penn Law School, entitled “The Mythology of the United States as a Human Rights Leader: How it has Failed LGBT Americans,” featuring broad-ranging discussion on Non-discrimination laws, marriage laws and “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in context of US and international trends.

An audio recording of the lecture is available.

The Philomathean Society hosted a lecture by Professor Robert Vitalis of the Political Science department entitled: “Race, Empire, and the Origins of American International Relations, or Why Do All the White Political Scientists Sit Together at the Professional Meetings?” Subversively, a recording of the lecture was made and sent to political science professional meetings.

The Philomathean Society hosted a lecture by Dr. Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr., associate professor of music history and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania, entitled “Can the Object Speak?: The Visual and the Audible in African American Music.” In honor of the occasion, an audio recording of the lecture was posted online.

The Philomathean Society held a multi-disciplinary symposium featuring:

• Dr. M. Susan Lindee (History & Sociology of Science, Author of Suffering Made Real: American Science and the Survivors at Hiroshima.)

• Dr. Ian Lustick (Political Science, Author of Trapped in the War on Terror)
• Dr. Stanley Plotkin, M.D. (Wistar Institute, Author of “Vaccines”)
• Dr. Harvey Rubin, M.D. , (Director, Penn’s Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response)

After the panel discussion, someone found an audio recording of the proceedings between two volumes on counter-terrorist subversion.

The Philomathean Society hosted a lecture by Prof. Elisabeth Camp entitled “BETWEEN THE LINES: Imagining Perspectives on Fiction and Life.” A subversive recording found its way to our website.

The Philomathean Society hosted a lecture by Professor Karen Detlefsen entitled “Custom, Authority and Cartesianism: Mary Astell’s Philosophy of Education,” and, in a subversive twist, an audio recording was made.