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	Tell-a-friend Drawing Away: Exile and the Graphic Novel University of Pennsylvania January 11-March 15, 2010 Drawing Away: Exile and the Graphic Novel explores how various graphic novelists have used the theme of exile, whether from a home country, culture, or ethnic group, to create More
	Tell-a-friend Discover the Winter Garden Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania January 1-March 31, 2010 Discover the Winter Garden at Morris Arboretum! Walk along the paved path of our 92-acre garden and discover what’s in bloom even in January. Look for snowdrops, which are More
	Tell-a-friend In Citizen's Garb: Southern Plains Native Americans, 1889–1891 University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology March 26-June 20, 2010 The 1880s and 1890s were decades of tremendous upheaval for many Native American nations. Numerous Indian reservations were opened in the Oklahoma and Indian Territories during this More
	Tell-a-friend Rasta Thomas' Bad Boys of Dance Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts April 15-April 17, 2010 Wunderkind and prodigy Rasta Thomas (winner of just about every gold medal at major international ballet competitions) wants to show you that men can dance. His troupe, Bad Boys of More
	Tell-a-friend Spring Concert Standing On the Promises of God University of Pennsylvania - New Spirit of Penn Gospel Choir March 20, 2010 The completely student-run New Spirit of Penn Gospel Choir will be presenting a live concert with the theme "Standing On the Promises of God." The carefully selected More
	Tell-a-friend WXPN's Free At Noon WXPN April 27, 2009 - Ongoing Every Friday at noon, WXPN brings live music to the air with the Free At Noon Concert series at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. From NPR Music and WXPN, hear a live mix of roots More
	Tell-a-friend What in the World: A Philagrafika 2010 “Out of Print” Installation University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology January 29-April 11, 2010 Penn Museum is one of five “Out of Print” cultural partners participating in the city’s Philagrafika 2010 international festival. In this exhibit, artist and More

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Event	Organization	Dates
Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and Present of the Lenape of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology	09/13/08- 07/11/10
Tree Adventure	Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania	07/04/09- Ongoing
Go Out on a Limb	Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania	07/27/09- Ongoing
Dance with Camera	Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)	09/10/09- 03/21/10
Great Archaeological Discoveries of the World	University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology	10/07/09- 06/02/10
Winter Wellness Walks	Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania	11/07/09- 03/27/10
Righteous Dopefiend: Homelessness, Addiction and Poverty in Urban America	University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology	12/05/09- 05/01/10
The Goodlands: Young Photographers Inspiring Hope in North Philadelphia	University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology	12/05/09- 05/01/10
Islamic Gallery at the Penn Museum	University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology	01/11/10- 03/15/10
XPN Welcomes Music Friday	Lancaster Arts	01/15/10- 12/17/10
Silence Dogood: Miler Lagos	University of Pennsylvania - Arthur Ross Gallery	01/27/10- 03/21/10
A Cheshire Catastrophe: There is No Place Like Home	Mask and Wig	02/01/10- 04/09/10
XPN Welcomes Bobby Long	World Cafe Live	03/13/10
Habib Koité	Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts	03/14/10
A Nation of Politicians	Penn Bookstore	03/15/10
XPN Welcomes Natalie MacMaster	Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts	03/17/10
Whenever Wednesday: Dance with Camera Cinema Program	Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)	03/17/10
UPenn's Bloomers Presents: The Sound and the Furry: A Bloomers Tail	Bloomers: All-Female Musical and Sketch Comedy	03/18/10- 03/19/10
XPN Welcomes Duncan Sheik	Arden Gild Hall	03/19/10
UPenn's Arts House Dance Company Presents: Splits, Lies and Videotapes	Arts House Dance Company	03/19/10- 03/20/10
UPenn's Sparks Dance Company Presents: Sparks Rocks The House	Sparks Dance Company	03/19/10- 03/20/10
UPenn's Pennsylvania Six-5000 Presents: Penn Six Spring Show	UPenn\'s Pennsylvania Six-5000	03/20/10
The Husband and Wives Club: A Year in the Life of a Couples Therapy Group	Penn Bookstore	03/23/10
Design and Nonlinear Systems Bioogy–LabStudio	Penn Humanities Forum	03/24/10
A Discussion with Philadelphia Muralist Jane Golden	Penn Bookstore	03/24/10
Birthing a Mother: The Surrogate Body and the Pregnant Self	Penn Bookstore	03/25/10
XPN Welcomes Jonatha Brooke	World Cafe Live	03/25/10
XPN Welcomes Los Lobos & Leo Kottke	Keswick Theatre	03/27/10
Whenever Wednesday: Michael Bierut and Chee Pearlman on M&Co	Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)	03/31/10
XPN & Y-Rock Welcome The Big Pink	TLA - Theatre of the Living Arts	03/31/10
XPN Welcomes Norah Jones	Tower Theater	04/03/10
XPN Welcomes Drive By Truckers	Electric Factory	04/03/10
XPN & Y-Rock Welcome Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	TLA - Theatre of the Living Arts	04/06/10
Whenever Wednesday: Cabaret, Curated by Sarah McEneaney	Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)	04/07/10
XPN Welcomes Philadelphia Orchestra: Beyond The Score: Rite or Wrong	Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts	04/08/10
XPN Welcomes Allen Toussaint	Sellersville Theater 1894	04/10/10
XPN Welcomes Joan Osborne	Camden County College - Dennis Flyer Memorial Theatre	04/10/10
Whenever Wednesday: Jewish Culture in Maira Kalman's Work	Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)	04/14/10
XPN Welcomes James Cotton	Sellersville Theater 1894	04/15/10
XPN Welcomes Mutlu	World Cafe Live	04/16/10
Romeo and Juliet	Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts	04/20/10- 04/24/10
Penn Relays	University of Pennsylvania	04/22/10- 04/24/10
Music From the Crooked Road: Mountain Music of Virginia	Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts	04/22/10
When Music and Sweet Poetry Agree	Penn Humanities Forum	04/22/10
116th Penn Relay Carnival	The Penn Relays	04/22/10- 04/24/10
XPN Welcomes Cowboy Junkies	World Cafe Live	04/24/10
XPN Welcomes Hot Chip	WXPN	04/25/10
Philadelphia International Children's Festival: The Little Engine that Could	Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts	04/27/10- 05/01/10
Philadelphia International Children's Festival: Street Beat	Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts	04/27/10- 05/01/10
Philadelphia International Children's Festival: Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir	Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts	04/27/10- 05/01/10
Philadelphia International Children's Festival: The Man Who Planted Trees	Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts	04/27/10- 05/01/10
XPN Welcomes Kaki King	WXPN	04/28/10
Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir	Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts	04/30/10
XPN Welcomes PCAD Senior Show	Pennsylvania College of Art and Design	05/01/10
XPN Welcomes Yeasayer	WXPN	05/05/10
XPN Welcomes Mark Knopfler	Tower Theater	05/07/10
XPN & Y-Rock Welcome Beach House	First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia	05/07/10
XPN & Y-Rock Welcome Dr. Dog	Electric Factory	05/13/10
MOMIX: Botanica	Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts	05/20/10- 05/22/10
XPN & Y-Rock Welcome The National	Electric Factory	06/04/10
Dee Dee Bridgewater	Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts	06/08/10
XPN Welcomes Kings of Convenience	TLA - Theatre of the Living Arts	06/10/10
XPN Welcomes Otis Taylor and the Nighthawks	Carlisle Regional Performing Arts Center	10/23/10- 07/12/10