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Spring 2011

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Pop Cinema 5-6 Migration: Artistic Formations 7 Motion Pictures: Traversing Genres of the Cinematic Imaginary 8 The Janus Collection 9-10 Recent Luso-French Cinematic Encounters 11 TV Carnage Live! 11 Archive Fever! 2.0 21-22 Directors in Focus: Joseph Strick 23-24 Kick in the Eye Screenings 25 2011 Experimental Media Series 26 Poison – 20th Anniversary Screening 26 Scribe Video Center – Producer’s Forum 27 Exhumed Films 27 Reelblack Presents 27

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ART @ InLiquid Art + Design Video Installation – Just Add Maggots Penn Abroad Photo Contest Women’s Caucus for Art InLiquid Art + Design and IHP Centennial Photography Project

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Culture + Cuisine Where in the World? 3rd Annual International Women’s Day Celebration

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Join us and enjoy the benefits of being part of a vibrant, global community. More than 800 Residents from over 94 countries call International House Philadelphia “home”. Each year IHP welcomes more than 22,000 visitors to our programs, conferences, and activities. International House Philadelphia fosters global connections one person at a time through our international Arts, Humanities, and Residential programs, bringing cultural understanding to our international residential community and the broader community at large. Your gift provides critical funding for programming and opportunities that enhance and sustain the International House Philadelphia Experience. Our IHP Annual Giving Family of Funds allows you to direct your gift to your choice of three specific program areas. By directing your gift to programs of personal interest, you support vital resources and services that are integral to the success of IHP. Should contributions designated for a particular fund exceed the fund’s budgeted amount, IHP will use its discretion in directing the funds to the area of greatest need.

To learn more about Membership Programs for Individuals + Households or Corporate, Business + Non-Profit Organizations, contact Simone Jeffers at 215.895.6543 or simone@ihphilly.org.

IHP Annual Membership Fund Campaign Chairs John F Smith, III, Esq + Susan Smith Emily C Riley

Alumni Chairs Jonathan Gaev ‘80 Chandrakant Gupta ‘56 + Margot Rowley

Leadership Chairs Donald + Hana Callaghan Frank + Susan Mechura Richard + Carolyn Veith

Friends Chair Herbert Rappaport, PhD

Trustees, Delegates + Center Board Chairs Christer M Andresen + Donna Lee Jones, Esq Thomas B Morris, Jr, Esq Edward M Satell Resident Chairs Glenn Martin

Staff Chair Carole Parker Corporate + Institution Chairs Richard Bartlett, Bartlett & Co, Ltd Frank Menna, Genesis Asset Protection, Inc James M Papada, III, Esq (Ret), Technitrol, Inc David C U’Prichard, PhD, Druid Consulting LLC

Cover art: Megan Calpin, Penn Abroad Photo Contest

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WAVE CURRENTS Wave Currents explores the interaction between live music and live cinema and presents a variety of artists whose work is creating an entirely new category of sound/moving image performance. Wave Currents showcases the unique possibilities for combining these two mediums. Special Thanks to Philadelphia Sound Forum

LoVid is the collaborative art, music, and video project of Kyle Lapidus and Tali Hinkis. Their work includes live video installations and recordings, sculptures, digital prints, media projects, and performances. For Wave Currents, LoVid presents interactive music and video that use input from the bodies of audience members. Processing audio as video and video as video, the duo creates a synesthetic experience using unique homemade instruments and a playful, inclusive approach. Free admission members above Internationalist level; $7 Internationalists; $8 students + seniors; $10 general admission.

FH and Cranked Luminescent Jewelry Workshop at Breadboard/NextFab Studio Saturday, March 19 from 1pm – 3pm Hand Cranked Luminescence is a series of workshops in which people of all ages and backgrounds experience and learn the basics of electricity through light and hand-cranked power. Using very simple materials and techniques as metaphors, participants are encouraged to discuss and reflect on renewable energy, consumerism, the significance of collaboration, metaphysics, spirituality, and fashion. Breadboard/ NextFab Studio is located at 3711 Market Street. Visit www.breadboardphilly.org to register.

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F Mobilities in Motion Conference at Drexel University Featuring LoVid – Tali Hinkis and Kyle Lapidus Monday, March 21 at 3:30pm Co-presented by the mCenter@Drexel LoVid will be giving a presentation and talk about their work at the international conference “Mobilities in Motion: New Approaches to Emergent and Future Mobilities,” hosted by the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy (mCenter@Drexel). This event takes place at Drexel University at Behrakis Hall South in the Creese Student Center, 32nd & Chestnut Streets. Conference registration required. For more information visit www.ihousephilly.org + www.mcenterdrexel.wordpress.com.

F Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib with C Spencer Yeh Saturday, May 14 at 8pm Hironaka, Suib, and Yeh present a multimedia event that revisits the spectacle and phantasmagoria of the 1967 International and Universal Exposition — more commonly known as Expo 67. Recast in the leading role is Veronique, the protagonist of La Chinoise — Jean-Luc Godard’s 1967 rumination on Maoism and France’s New Left student movement. Intending to answer the New Left’s call for revolutionary action, Veronique heads for Montreal’s World Fair to challenge the Cultural Machine in a clash of utopian visions. This work expands the cinematic form to include performance, text and lecture in a meditation on the role of the artist and the revolutionary relative to historical developments in global politics and media. Free admission members above Internationalist level; $7 Internationalists; $8 students + seniors; $10 general admission.

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F Film + Dance with Live Score Wave upon Wave with Kyoto In Ex – World Premiere Thursday, April 14 at 8pm

F Film with Live Score Trade Winds from Japan – World Premiere Friday, April 15 at 8pm

N_JP Ensemble perform a traditional Japanese score to Kyoto In Ex, a new music video by composer Gene Coleman. Incorporating architecture, dance for camera, music and text in both Japanese and English, the video expresses a story of how the city of Kyoto was transformed by globalization. The dance sequences feature Philadelphia experimental dance artist Nicole Bindler.

Network for New Music explores and expands on the connections between the music of Claude Debussy and the music of the next several generations of Japanese composers, in a collaborative “mini-festival” with Gene Coleman and his Ensemble N_JP. With video by Coleman, the Network for New Music Ensemble performs music by Debussy, Toru Takemitsu, and Toshio Hosokawa, and a world premiere, NNM commission by Dai Fujikura.

Based on the music and ideas of composers Claude Debussy and Toru Takemitsu, Wave upon Wave is scored for an ensemble of Japanese Gagaku instruments plus cello, piano, and electronics. The work has a dream like quality and explores the connections between the composers, using their music as a part of a collage of images and sounds in homage to modern Japanese cinema.

Free admission Globetrotter members and above; $10 Internationalists and Adventurers + students; $15 seniors; $20 general admission. Please note, Network for New Music requires $5 additional for tickets purchased at the door. See both Wave upon Wave and Trade Winds from Japan and receive $5 off the total ticket price.

Produced in association with Soundfield and Network for New Music, with additional support provided by the Aaron Copland Fund and The Japan Foundation, New York. Free admission Globetrotter members and above, $10 Internationalists and Adventurers + students; $15 seniors; $20 general admission.

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Saturday, April 16 at 5pm + 7:30pm

The earliest experimental films were tied inextricably to certain painters, collagists, and photographers living principally in Paris, Berlin, and Munich during the twenties. These innovative figures were working within a loose network of new and unorthodox ideas about art practice and art itself. The apparatus of cinema allowed the visual arts new kinetic properties and these artists were quick to identify and explore ideas of motion and change.

Shorts Program Saturday, April 16 at 5pm

FR ien que les heures (Nothing but Time) dir. Alberto Cavalcanti, France, 1926, 16mm, 45 mins, b/w, silent

Rien que les heures was the first of the “city symphony” films showing the life of Paris through one day in 45 minutes. Cavalcanti made a similar film about Berlin the following year.

FA mor Pedestre (Love a Foot) dir. Marcel Fabre, Italy, 1914, 16mm, 10 mins, b/w, silent

In the only filmed record of Futurist ‘reductionist performance’, the feet of three people act out an adulterous affair.

dir. Corrado D’Errico, Italy, 1933, video, 10 mins, b/w, silent

Gorgeous documentary depicts a day in the “iron world” of a railway station by intermingling the repetitive motions of machines with the mechanisms of human behavior.

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F L’Histoire Du Soldat Inconnu (The History of the Unknown Soldier) dir. Henri Storck, Belgium, 1931, 16mm, 10 mins, b/w, silent

Compiled from newsreels and still photographs, The History of the Unknown Soldier is an experimental satire in which we are warned of the dangers of the new militarism and rearmament in Europe.

F Rennsymphonie (Race Symphony) dir. Hans Richter, Germany, 1928, 16mm, 5 mins, b/w, silent

Race Symphony is a quick paced, explosively-cut impressionistic sketch about horse racing. Inventive in its construction, it reflects an image of European society at play during the late 1920’s.

F La Marche des Machines (The March of the Machines) dir. Eugene Deslaw, France, 1929, 16mm, 9 mins, b/w, silent

This graceful montage explores the world of machinery through forms and movements and not through its social reality.

F Limite Saturday, April 16 at 7:30pm

F Life and Death of 9413 – A Hollywood Extra

Mário Peixoto’s visually entrancing Brazilian classic is a stunning silent poem inspired by a photograph by André Kertesz. Described by Peixoto as “a tuning fork” to capture the pitch of a moment in time, it recounts a simple story of three people adrift on a boating trip.

dir. Robert Florey, US, 1928, 16mm, 11 mins, b/w, silent

The artificial and often cruel “Star System” of absolute success or abject failure has been present in Hollywood since its beginning. Life and Death of 9413 is a critique of an industrial society that changes humans into numbers.

dir. Mário Peixoto, Brazil, 1931, 16mm, 120 mins, b/w, sound

Free admission for members above Internationalist level; $5 Internationalists; $6 students + seniors; $8 general admission. Tickets for all Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts events at www.ihousephilly.org + www.pifa,org.

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F Ritimi di Stazione, Impressioni di Vita N.1 Rhythms (Impressions of Life # 1: Railway Station)

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Thursday, April 28 – Saturday, April 30 Pop Cinema is a three-night program of films made in the context of Pop Art in England and the US, from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Many of the artists associated with Pop Art in the UK and the US made films, but only Andy Warhol’s films are well-known. Along with artist-produced films, a significant group of documentary films were also made about these artists, narrating the history of Pop as it was unfolding. Neither the artist-made films nor the documentaries have been properly acknowledged for their crucial contribution to the history of Pop Art. This is the first program in the US to bring together a significant number of films made in the context of Pop Art. Curated by William Kaizen. Pop Cinema has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative 5

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Thursday, April 28 at 7pm F O, Dreamland dir. Lindsay Anderson, 1953, 16mm, 12 mins, b/w

F Mama Don’t Allow dir. Karel Reisz and Tony Richardson, 1956, 16mm, 22 mins, b/w

F Pop Goes the Easel dir. Ken Russell, 1962, video transfer from 16mm, 45 mins, b/w

F When I Was Young dir. Peter Whitehead, 1965, video, 4 mins, color

F T rilogy: Cineblatz; White Lite; Marvo Movie dir. Jeff Keen, 1967-68, 16mm, 9 mins, color

F Richard Hamilton dir. James Scott, 1969, 16mm, 24 mins, color

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Friday, April 29 at 7pm F Jamestown Baloos dir. Robert Breer, 1957, 16mm, 6 mins, color

F Broadway by Light dir. William Klein, 1958, 35mm, 12 mins, color

F Achoo Mr. Karoochev dir. Stan Vanderbeek, 1960, 16mm, 2 mins, color

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F I Was A Teenage Rumpot George and Mike Kuchar, 1960, 16mm, 12 mins, color

F COSMIC RAY dir. Bruce Conner, 1962, 16mm, 4 mins, color

F Wrestling dir. Marie Menken, 1964, 16mm, 8 mins, color

F Kustom Kar Kommandos dir. Kenneth Anger, 1965, 16mm, 3 mins, color

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William Kaizen, Art Historian and Curator of Pop Cinema Kalliopi Minioudaki, Art Historian Jacob Proctor, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of Michigan Museum of Art

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dir. Robert Nelson, 1965, 16mm, 11 mins, color

F Link F — —— (aka Short Line Long Line) dir. Thom Andersen and Malcolm Brodwick, 1966-67, 16mm, 11 mins, color

F Superartist dir. Juan Drago, 1967, 16mm, 21 mins, color

F American Time Capsule dir. Chuck Braverman, 1968, 16mm, 3 mins, color

F Rockflow dir. Bob Cowan, 1968, 16mm, 9 mins, color

F Airborn dir. Chas Wyndham, 1969, 16mm, 3 mins, color

F Up Against the Wall Miss America! dir. Newsreel Group, 1968, video transfer from 16mm, 6 mins, b/w

dir. Derek Boshier, 1970, video transfer from 16mm, 14 mins, color

F Daddy dir. Peter Whitehead and Niki de Saint Phalle, 1973, video, 90 mins, color Films programs are Free admission for members above Internationalist level; $5 Internationalists; $6 students + seniors; $8 general admission. Panel Discussion is Free admission. All 3 film programs are $13 Internationalists; $15 students + seniors; $20 general admission.

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Migration plays a significant role in the development of numerous modern artistic ideas and representations. This series examines the changing movements that transplant artists from one culture to another, intensifying migratory distinctions, and sharpening the conception of the creative role of displacement and estrangement within modern art.

Lonnie Van Brummelen and Siebren de Haan Thursday, April 21 at 7pm

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Introduced by Professor Mimi Sheller, Director, Center for Mobilities Research and Policy Department of Culture and Communication Drexel University

FM onument of Sugar: How to Use Artistic Means to Elude Trade Barriers dir. Lonnie van Brummelen in collaboration with Siebren de Haan, The Netherlands, 2007, 16mm, 63 mins, color, silent

Monument of Sugar: How to Use Artistic Means to Elude Trade Barriers explores subsidized economy, the globalized sugar market, and how artistic practice can disrupt and reverse economic policies. Upon the discovery of anti-competitive policies set by the European Union to protect its native sugar production, and the detrimental impact of this on other countries, van Brummelen and Siebren de Haan staged an intervention. Their goal was to work around EU restrictions on sugar importation by turning European sugar dumped into Nigeria into sculptures, and returning it as an artistic product: a Monument of Sugar.

F GRossraum (Borders of Europe) dir. Lonnie van Brummelen in collaboration with Siebren de Haan, The Netherlands, 2004-2005, 35mm, 35 mins, color, silent

Grossraum is a “triptych” filmed along three sensitive crossing points on the European Union border: Hrebenne, a border post between Ukraine and Poland; the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Morocco; and the green zone which splits Cyprus in two. By directing our gaze to the demarcations of the geopolitical “greater area” or “Grossraum” of the European Union, van Brummelen reveals the paradox of a zone of freedom whose development is dependent on the strength and policing of its borders.

F Mobilities Visiting Speaker Series at Drexel University Featuring Siebren de Haan and Lonnie van Brummelen Thursday, April 21 at 12:30pm Co-presented by the mCenter@Drexel Prior to their screening at The Ibrahim Theater, artists/ filmmakers Siebren de Haan and Lonnie van Brummelen will speak at the Mobilities Visiting Speaker Series at the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy (mCenter@ Drexel). In the context of the mCenter’s interests in the mobility and immobility of people, goods, information, and art across borders, they’lll address their works Grossraum (Borders of Europe) and The Formal Trajectory, the publication that goes with the film, as well as Monument of Sugar. Free admission to Speaker Series. This event takes place at Drexel University; for more information visit www.ihousephilly.org + www.mcenterdrexel.wordpress.com.

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Motion Pictures: Traversing Genres of the Cinematic Imaginary

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Motion Pictures is a monthly series which focuses on significant movements and genres in film culture, including Italian Neo-Realism, Westerns, and French New Wave. The history of the moving image exists at the center of modern and postmodern culture, as the invention of film and the projector in the late nineteenth centure brought movement as a new dimension to the visual arts. Once the creative use of movement was no longer reserved solely for the live arts, the photographic medium took on new expressive and formal capabilities. Cinema became both entertainment and developed into an acknowledged art form.

dir. Robert Aldrich, US, 1955, 35mm, 105 mins, b/w

Introduced by J Hoberman with book signing following film This late-period film noir is perhaps one of the genre’s high-water marks and was incredibly influential to generations of filmmakers for its raw, explosive portrayal of crime and paranoia. Mickey Spillane’s legendary anti-hero Mike Hammer barrels his way through a tense and twisted mystery that is rich with subtle (and not so subtle) allusions to cold war hysteria and apocalyptic doom. J Hoberman has been a film critic at the Village Voice for over 30 years. His books include The Dream Life: Movies, Media and the Mythology of the Sixties, and the just published An Army of Phantoms: American Movies and the Making of the Cold War. An Army of Phantoms: American Movies and the Making of the Cold War available for purchase at the screening. Special thanks to the Penn Bookstore.

F War/Anti War – The Fall of Otrar (Gibel Otrara) Wednesday, April 20 at 7pm dir. Ardak Amirkulov, Kazakhstan, 1990, 35mm, 150 mins, color, Russian w/ English subtitles

The Fall of Otrar is a one-of-a-kind experience; hallucinatory, visually resplendent and ferociously energetic, packed with eye-catching (and gouging) detail and B-movie fervor, traversing an endless variety of parched, epic landscapes and ornate palaces. This epic about the intrigue and turmoil preceding Genghis Khan’s systematic destruction of the lost East Asian civilization of Otrar is also one of the most astute historical films ever made.

F Science Fiction – Solaris Thursday, May 12 at 7pm dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR, 1972, 35mm, 166 mins, color, Russian w/ English subtitles

Cosmonaut and psychologist Kris Kelvin is sent to investigate strange transmissions from the residents of the Solaris space station. He experiences the same strange phenomena that afflicted the crew, sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his own consciousness. Legendary Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky creates a brilliantly original science fiction epic that challenges our preconceived notions of love, truth, and humanity itself.

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F F ilm Noir – Kiss Me Deadly Thursday, March 17 at 7pm

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THE JANUS COLLECTION Truly one of our national treasures, Janus Films is a vital part of American film culture. Film @ International House continues the Janus Collection with titles from their library, all in brand new or restored 35mm prints.

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F Sansho-The Baliff Saturday, March 19 at 7pm dir. Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan, 1954, 35mm, 124 mins, b/w, Japanese w/ English subtitles

Co-presented by the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia as part of the Cherry Blossom Festival When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord, he is cast into exile, his wife and children left to fend for themselves and eventually wrenched apart by vicious slave traders. Under Kenji Mizoguchi’s dazzling direction, this classic Japanese story became one of cinema’s greatest masterpieces: a monumental, empathetic expression of human resilience in the face of evil.

F Harlan County USA Saturday, April 23 at 7pm dir. Barbara Kopple, US, 1976, 35mm, 103 mins, color

Barbara Kopple’s Academy Award–winning Harlan County USA unflinchingly documents a grueling coal miners’ strike in a small Kentucky town. With unprecedented access, Kopple and her crew captured the miners’ sometimes violent struggles with strikebreakers, local police, and company thugs. Featuring a haunting soundtrack — with legendary country and bluegrass artists Hazel Dickens, Merle Travis, Sarah Gunning and Florence Reece — the film is a heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.

F Seduced and Abandoned Friday, May 13 at 7pm dir. Pietro Germi, Italy, 1964, 117 mins, 35mm, b/w, Italian w/ English subtitles

Shotgun weddings, kidnapping, attempted murder, emergency dental work — the things Don Vincenzo will do to restore his family’s honor! Pietro Germi’s Seduced and Abandoned was the follow-up to his international sensation Divorce, Italian Style, and in many ways it’s even more audacious. A rollicking yet raw series of escalating comic calamities ensue in a small village when a sixteen-year-old loses her virginity at the hands of her sister’s lascivious fiance. Merciless and mirthful, Seduced and Abandoned skewers Sicilian social customs and pompous patriarchies with a sly, devilish grin.

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TV CARNAGE Live! F Let’s Work It Out Friday, March 11 at 7pm

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Recent Luso-French Cinematic Encounters France has a very long and intimate relationship with cinema. Starting from its birth with the Lumières, extending to the poetic realism of Renoir, to the worldwide jolt of the New Wave. Portugal has a grand literary tradition as well as some of the most distinctive voices in contemporary cinema, creating an interesting blend. Together, these two countries have a new generation of contemporary filmmakers that are continually exploring and testing the boundaries of the seventh art.

F Ne Change Rien Saturday, March 12 at 7pm dir. Pedro Costa, Portugal/France, 2009, 35mm, 98 mins, color, French w/ English subtitles

Born from a friendship between actress Jeanne Balibar (Va savoir, My Sex Life…), the late sound engineer Philippe Morel and filmmaker Pedro Costa (Colossal Youth), Ne Change Rien is an homage to the creative process as Balibar and her musical collaborators prepare to record her 2006 album Slalom Dame. “The film is a sensorial exaltation… feast on the liquescent black and white cinematography, while Jeanne Balibar purrs her way through the recording and performing of an ensemble of musical pieces stretching from Offenbach to the synth-pop present day.” – Senses of Cinema

TV CARNAGE (TVC) mastermind/mysteryman Pinky Carnage brings the “Let’s Work It Out” tour to Philadelphia, presenting portions of his new exercise video compilation, fresh finds, classic clips, and other TVC treats and treasures that you won’t find on YouTube. Prepare to say goodbye to your body…and mind! For over 15 years, Brooklyn-based Canadian transplants TV CARNAGE have been entertaining/ torturing connoisseurs of bad television the world over with their renowned DVD compilations. These videos provoke seemingly endless streams of uncomfortable laughter in the form of public access shows, Christian rock phenoms, racist children, Asian show tunes, pro wrestlers, and Gary Coleman.

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It Happened First in Philadelphia Friday, May 20 at 6:30pm

Founded 100 years ago in Philadelphia, the city of firsts, we are the world’s original International House. And on May 20th, we’ll gather to commemorate the Centennial as we ring in the next century. We invite you to be among the first to reply to our invitation to join us in celebrating at our Centennial Gala.

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An event like this occurs once every 100 years. Be here for the party of the Spring and welcome our next 100 years!

Join us for a true flavor of the diverse neighborhood cuisines of the City of Brotherly Love with a block party unlike no other! When the sun sets, our celebration becomes a Centennial parade for the history books; our dramatic dinner will be elegant and electrifying; and the party turns red hot with dancing until 2am. For one special evening, you can enjoy the best of Philadelphia all in one location as The Ibrahim Theater, Galleria, and beautiful outside courtyard are transformed to represent dynamic neighborhoods from South Philadelphia to Chestnut Hill, Chinatown to the Northeast.

This annual black-tie event includes a cocktail hour, followed by a seated dinner, dessert, and dancing with a silent auction filled with wonderful items to bid on. You’ll also get to meet Residents of IHP who hail from over 90 countries. We look forward to celebrating this great anniversary, and our great city, with you!

Ticket Information: $250 each ($185 of which is tax deductible) Sponsor Information: International Benefactor - $15,000; International Partner $10,000; International Patron - $7,500; International Delegate - $5,000; Community Partner (for non-profit organizations) - $3,500 Program Book Ads: $850 Full Page Ad; $500 Half Page Ad; $250 Quarter Page Ad Silent Auction donations are being accepted until May 11th. To purchase tickets or for more information about ads and sponsorships, please contact Simone Jeffers, Director of Development, at 215.895.6543 or simone@ihphilly.org.

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Throughout, you will also join IHP in celebrating our history, our future, and the many other entities that make Philadelphia the great city it is – including other groups, companies, and landmarks which share our distinction of being “firsts.” We’ll recognize people who have brought excellence to the city through arts, culture, business, and civic leadership.

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Culture @ International House explores global perspectives through shared experiences, with events from holiday celebrations to conversations in an informal setting.

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Join us for dinner and explore the wonderful diversity and culinary treasures in Philadelphia as we visit an ethnic restaurant for an authentic experience. The restaurant’s host selects our menu and beverages and presents a short overview of the food and culture of the region. Bring your friends and enjoy new tastes from around the world!

FK orean at Pastoral Wednesday, March 16 at 6pm

Where in the World? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel off the beaten path when visiting a foreign country? What do only locals know that can make the experience of visiting a market in Abbis Abba, or ordering food at a sidewalk cafe in Lisbon, even richer? Enjoy food samples from this region in this meet, greet, and eat experience with IHP Residents, who hail from all over the world.

F China Tuesday, March 1 at 6pm $5 members + students; $10 general admission.

205 South 13th Street, Philadelphia $25

FG reek at Effie’s Wednesday, April 20 at 6pm 1127 Pine Street, Philadelphia $35

F India Tuesday, April 5 at 6pm

3rd Annual International Women’s Day Celebration F Women, Water & The World Wednesday, March 16 at 7pm Join us for the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day. This year we examine the connection between water and women’s lives across the globe. The event includes a reception with a performance by the Anna Crusis Women’s Choir; Women and Water art exhibit by the Women’s Caucus for Art Philadelphia Chapter; a panel discussion featuring local and international academics and activists; and a poster making session highlighting student projects and local organizations doing work here and abroad. See page 30 for Women and Water art exhibit. Free admission.

$5 members + students; $10 general admission. Register at www.ihousephilly.org or call 215.895.6584.

To purchase tickets, visit www.ihousephilly.org. Questions? Contact 215.895.6543 or development@ihphilly.org.

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Get valuable information and strategies on how to self-petition for permanent residence and workrelated non-immigrant visas in these challenging economic times. Learn the latest on the most recent changes to the H-1B visa classification and tips on how to approach potential employers. Benefit from the informative Q&A format. Bring your questions on any immigration-related matter and get answers from the attorneys and staff of COHEN, FLUHR & GONZALEZ. Free admission. To register, please send your name and college/university affiliation to immigrationlawcenter@cfg-law.com.

Spoken English and Foreign Language Programs Spoken English – Many people have found that “classroom English” is very different from “conversational English” – they have trouble speaking even after years of study. We will help you learn how to communicate clearly outside of the classroom with our small, friendly and informal classes. Foreign Language – Expand your foreign language skills. Our small, relaxed classes are designed to help students develop basic speaking and listening skills for real-life situations.

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Tickets are available at www.ihousephilly.org + 866.468.7619 The Ibrahim Theater Box Office opens 30 minutes before the event unless otherwise noted. Free admission tickets are available only at the box office and cannot be reserved online or by phone.

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Executive Director Tanya Steinberg Arts + Language Programs Renae Dinerman - Director of Arts Robert Cargni - Curator, Film @ International House Jesse Pires - Curator, Film + Live @ International House Barbara Warnock - Language Programs Director Jesse Kudler - Production Manager Herb Shellenberger - Programs + Box Office Manager Admissions + Resident Services Glenn Martin - Director of Admissions + Resident Services Deborah Houda - Resident Activities + Advisory Center Manager Marlon Patton - Front Desk Manager + Cashier Edwin Garcia - Admissions Coordinator Emily Martin - Admissions Coordinator Eugene Park - Front Desk Coordinator Institutional Advancement Martha Buccino - VP of Institutional Advancement Simone Jeffers - Director of Development Lauren Pagliaro - Director of Marketing Lara Kindle - Marketing Coordinator Business Office Lina Yankelevich - Finance + Human Resources Manager Clara Fomich - Executive Assistant Building Operations Carole Parker - Director of Building Operations Moshe Caspi - Security Services + Systems Manager Raj Persad - Building Operations Manager Alex Rivkin - Information Systems + Technology Manager Althelson Towns - Housekeeping Supervisor Wendy Hyatt - Conference Center + Building Services Coordinator Housekeeping, Maintenance + Security Reginald Brown Yefim Klurfeld Phillip Carter Vipin Maxwell Moifee Dorley Larry Moore Kodzo “David” Gasonu Lulzim Myrtaj Sherman Griggs Amar Persad Sylvie Hoeto Desiree Rivas Jaison Jacob Christina Rivera Russell Jenkins Ronald Smith Tarnue “Keith” Kabah Linda Stanton Henry Koffi Robert Wooten

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Board of Trustees

Board of Delegates

Officers James M Papada, III, Esq, Chair Laurada B Byers, Vice Chair Frank J Mechura, Treasurer William Larkin, EdD, Secretary

Officers: Frode Kjersem, Chair Audrey Allen, Esq, Vice-Chair Christian Mattioli, Esq, Secretary

Board of Trustees Christer Andresen Yelena M Barychev, Esq Jill R Felix-Colton Peter R Dachowski George M Doolittle Marc Duey Adelaide Ferguson, Esq Hernan Guaracao Robert I Harries Robin Pinder Herndon, Esq Nicole Wellman Kraus Kenneth L Kring Siobhan Lyons Julie Mostov, PhD Louis Padulo, PhD Herbert Rappaport, PhD Emily C Riley Heather Ritch, Esq Constance W Benoliel-Rock James R Roebuck* Edward J Ryan Edward M Satell John F Smith, III, Esq David C U’Prichard, PhD Richard L Veith Anthony Hardy Williams* *ex-officio

Board of Delegates Kodjo Adovor Busola Awoniyi Sally Baraka, Esq Richard Bartlett Toni Nicole Benedetti, Esq Peter Brennan Christopher Bryan Thomas Fischer Audrey Julienne Sherry Kumar Kimberly Langton Ken Oh Richard Powell Matthew Satell John Walker, Esq Brendan Walsh

Emeriti, Honorary + International Trustees Hussein El-Sharkawy Anne Elder John C Haas Josephine Klein A Bruce Mainwaring Thomas B Morris, Jr, Esq Lewis S Somers, 3rd Mark Willcox, Jr, Esq

Center Board Richard P Brown, Jr, Esq Graham S Finney Frederick Heldring A Bruce Mainwaring Paul F Miller, Jr Thomas B Morris, Jr, Esq James M Papada, III, Esq Curtis R Reitz, Esq Constance W Benoliel-Rock John F Smith, III, Esq Richard L Veith

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parking

It’s easy to park in University City!

Discount parking for International House patrons is now available at the Science Center Parking Garage, 3665 Market Street. A special rate of $5 per vehicle, effective after 4pm until 7am, Monday through Friday plus all day Saturday & Sunday. Please bring your parking stub to International House’s Front Desk to be stamped when attending events. There are two other parking lots (38th + Walnut and 36th + Chestnut) just a short distance away. Plenty of street parking, free after 8pm, is available on Chestnut and Market Streets and throughout University City.

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We are located at 37th and Chestnut Streets, in the University City area, one block south of Market Street and one block north of Walnut Street. Public Transportation: It’s a short walk from either of the Green Line’s 36th Street stops or the Market-Frankford El’s 34th Street stop. From Center City, you can take the 21 bus west on Walnut Street to 37th Street. From West Philly, take the 21 bus east on Chestnut to 37th. From Center City: Take Walnut Street to 38th and Walnut. Make a right onto 38th Street, when you come to Chestnut Street, make another right. We are located one block down on the left. From I-95 North: Take the I-95 S exit towards Central Philadelphia. Merge onto Delaware Expressway. Delaware Expressway becomes I-95 S. Take the I-676/US-30 exit, exit number 17, towards Central Phila./ Independence Hall. Keep left at the fork in the ramp. Merge onto Vine Street Expressway. Take the I-76 E exit towards International Airport. Keep right at the fork in the ramp. Turn right onto Arch Street. Arch Street becomes North 30th Street. Turn right onto John F. Kennedy Blvd. Turn right onto Market Street. Turn left onto 38th Street. Turn left onto Chestnut Street; we are located one block down on the left.

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From I-95 South: Take the PA-291 exit, exit number 11, towards I-76 W/Central Philadelphia. Keep right at the fork in the ramp. Keep left at the fork in the ramp. Merge onto Penrose Avenue. Stay straight to go onto George C. Platt Memorial Bridge. George C. Platt Memorial Bridge becomes Penrose Avenue. Turn left onto S 26th Street. S 26th Street becomes I-76 W. Take exit number 41 towards University Avenue/Civic Center. Stay straight to go onto S 34th Street. S 34th Street becomes S University Avenue. Stay straight to go onto S 38th Street. Turn right onto Chestnut; we are located one block down on the left. From 476: Take exit 16A (from 476 south) or exit 16 (from 476 north) for I-76 East toward Philadelphia. Follow I-76 East to exit 345 toward 30th Street Station/Market Street. Turn right off of the ramp onto Arch St./PA-3 W; follow the road as it curves behind 30th Street Station. Turn right onto John F. Kennedy Blvd./PA-3. Turn right onto Market Street. Turn left onto 38th Street. Turn left onto Chestnut Street; we are located one block down on the left.

General Information 215.387.5125 or programs@ihphilly.org Housing Information 215.895.6540 or housing@ihphilly.org Programs Office 215.895.6575 or programs@ihphilly.org Art @ International House 215.895.6533 or programs@ihphilly.org Film @ International House 215.895.6555 or film@ihphilly.org Live @ International House 215.895.6546 or programs@ihphilly.org Spoken English + Foreign Language Programs 215.895.6541 or languages@ihphilly.org Resident Activities + Advisory Center 215.895.6584 or raac@ihphilly.org Conference Center + Commercial Tenants 215.895.6539 or facilities@ihphilly.org Marketing + Public Relations 215.895.6531 or laurenp@ihphilly.org Membership 215.895.6543 or simone@ihphilly.org Ibrahim Theater Inquiries 215.895.6530 or programs@ihphilly.org Development Office/Alumni Relations 215.895.6543 or simone@ihphilly.org Business Office 215.895.6566 or lina@ihphilly.org Executive Director Tanya Steinberg 215.895.6527 or tanya@ihphilly.org

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MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

One hundred years ago the Philadelphia experiment of bringing people of all different backgrounds under one roof was so successful that it sparked the birth of the Worldwide International House Movement. International House Philadelphia is the first in the world and it is among the many “firsts” in Philadelphia. As IHP commemorates its Centennial year it is our privilege to celebrate Philadelphia, the great city of ours and the birthplace of so many “firsts” in the United States and the world.

Tanya Steinberg, Executive Director

Now more than ever, it’s increasingly important to understand global perspectives on world issues. Our Programs offer an ideal opportunity to gain insight on other cultures and non-American points of view often directly from IHP Residents and audience members. Through our year-round exhibitions and advocacy of artistically significant, socially relevant arts and humanities programs, we serve our Residents as well as the Greater Philadelphia region’s multinational and multicultural community. For over thirty years, the most unique and innovative artists working in film, visual arts, and performance have showcased their work at International House Philadelphia. Please read the descriptions of a wide array of our spring offerings in this Magazine. Come to IHP, join our membership and experience programs as many thousands of people did before you for over hundred years. Please save the date for our Centennial Gala – IT HAPPENED FIRST IN PHILADELPHIA – May 20, 2011. This annual event provides critical funding that enhances our mission: to maintain a diverse and welcoming community for scholars from around the world, while introducing them to the American experience; to broaden the horizons of its Residents and the Greater Philadelphia community through high quality international arts and humanities programs; and to encourage cooperation and respect among the peoples of all nations. Be here on Friday, May 20 at 6:30pm. Don’t miss the party of the year! Thank you, Tanya

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IHP supports Philadelphia and our region in building a global community by hosting and facilitating an ongoing and dynamic conversation with diverse participants. The fine art of effective communication is the backbone of all programs at IHP. How many problems and misunderstandings would be eliminated in the world if people would take time to sit down, break bread together, and have a respectful conversation where everyone has a chance to share their points of view?

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Kathryn Ramey is a filmmaker and anthropologist whose work operates at the intersection of experimental film and socio-cultural research. An associate professor at Emerson College in Boston, Ramey is the recipient of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship, three LEF New England Moving Image grants, the Social Science Council Research Council on the Arts dissertation fellowship, and was a resident artist at Yaddo Corporation. Her award winning films have screened at international film festivals including TriBeCa, Toronto, Ann Arbor, Black Maria Film, and L’Alternativa Independent Film Festival of Barcelona, among others.

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F Yanqui WALKER and the OPTICAL REVOLUTION dir. Kathryn Ramey, US, 2009, video, 33 mins, color, English and Spanish w/ English subtitles

This film explores obscure American expansionist and military dictator William Walker, who through force and coercion became president of Nicaragua in 1856. The film blends found footage, documentary photography, ethnographic inquiry, and personal travelogue with experimental film techniques such as hand-processing, optical printing, and time-lapse to detour and derail the various approaches to historymaking that have been applied to Walker’s story.

F the passenger dir. Kathryn Ramey, US, 2006, 16mm, 16 mins, color and b/w

With whispered voice-over, text on screen, singing, and kinesic anthropologists Jacques Van Flack and Ray Birdwhistell intoning analysis, the passenger is a hand-processed multi-vocal film meditation on madness, motherhood, psychoanalysis, and the possibility of escaping one’s fate. the passenger is a personal, experimental, 16mm film that addresses my tenuous relationship with my mentally ill mother and my reservations about pregnancy, birth, and parenthood. – Kathryn Ramey

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F The Pottery Maker NEW SPECIAL dir. Robert Flaherty, US, 1925, BetaSP,EVENT OPTIONS: 14 mins, b/w, silent

A humble experiment using the new Mazda incandescent lamps instead of mercury vapor lights, The Pottery Maker was shot in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s basement in collaboration with the Arts and Crafts Department and proved to be important as a preliminary study for the pottery-making sequence in Industrial Britain.

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Flaherty on the Road Wednesday, April 6 at 7pm

With the theme of “Work,” this shorts program features innovative, provocative, and hard-to-see films from the 2010 Robert Flaherty Film Seminar. Bringing together a wide range of films and videos, the Seminar examined the ways in which artists depict and explore the daily rituals and larger implications of work as well as the changing nature of work and the workplace.

F Haiku dir. Michael Glawogger, Austria, 1987, BetaSP, 3 mins, color

Haiku uses the clang of metal forming as the basis for an earsplitting rhythm that mirrors the repetition of life structured by the factory’s whistle.

F Cheese dir. Mika Rottenberg, US, 2008, BetaSP, 16 mins, color

Cheese conflates farm-girl imagery with the fairy tale Rapunzel into a story loosely based on the Sutherland Sisters, renowned for their extremely long hair. Floating through a pastoral yet mazelike setting of raw wooden debris cobbled together into a benign shantytown, six longhaired women in flowing white nightgowns ‘milk’ both their locks and their goats to generate cheese. As nurturing caretakers, these women represent maternal aspects of Mother Nature.

F Me Broni Ba dir. Akosua Adoma Owusu, US/Ghana, 2008, BetaSP, 22 mins, color, Twi and English w/ English subtitles

Who dictates the whims of fashion and what can these whims tell us? Me Broni Ba remixes the traditional anthropological documentary (including the classic story about Euro-colonialism) into a mad and inventive fusion of both forms and formats. Titled for an Akan term of endearment (me broni ba or my white baby), Me Broni Ba is a lyrical and impressionistic portrait of hair salons in Kumasi, Ghana, combining images of Ghanaian women who practice braiding on discarded white baby dolls with a child’s story of migrating from Ghana to the United States.

The Sixth Section is a portrait of a Mexican migrant community inhabiting a transnational space between the village of Boquerón, Puebla, and Newburgh, NY, where they formed a niche enclave, ready to supply their labor in menial occupations. Having come north with the intent of supporting families back home, Newburgh’s Poblanos shrewdly consolidate their efforts into Grupo Unión, a benevolent society (headquartered in a backyard tent) dedicated to public-welfare projects in Boquerón. Rivera leafs through Grupo Unión’s jaw-dropping portfolio: the construction of a 2,000-seat baseball stadium; purchase and delivery of an ambulance for the village clinic; instruments for a marching band; completion of an abandoned, half-dug well; and more — all done from upstate New York.

F The Way dir. Uruphong Raksasad, Thailand, 2006, BetaSP, 6 mins, color, Thai w/ English subtitles

A man with a young boy on his shoulders maneuvers through a tall thicket. “This is the old way,” he says, reassuring the boy that they have not much farther to go.

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dir. Alex Rivera, US/Mexico, 2003, BetaSP, 26 mins, color, Spanish and English w/ English subtitles

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Directors in Focus Joseph Strick Wednesday, March 2 – Thursday, March 5 Joseph Strick (1923-2010) was an American director, producer, and screenwriter who learned filmmaking as a cameraman for the US Air Force in World War II. A science student before the war, he founded a group of technology firms and later sold these companies to fund his films. For several years in the 1950s, he, Ben Maddow, and Sidney Meyers worked part-time on the experimental documentary The Savage Eye, which won the BAFTA Flaherty Documentary Award, the Venice Festival Critics Prize, and the Mannheim Golduktar. Strick’s films have had five Academy award nominations and an Academy award for Best Documentary for his movie Interviews with My Lai Veterans.

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F Criminals NEW SPECIAL EVENT OPTIONS: Saturday, March 5 at 5pm dir. Joseph Strick, US, 1996, 35mm, 73 mins, color

This fierce documentary about crime in America features the action of decoy squads, police videotapes of crimes in progress, unimaginable confessions, and some heroic resistance.

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dir. Joseph Strick, Ireland, 1979, BetaSP, 92 mins, color

Strick’s second take on a James Joyce novel follows Stephen Dedalus, a student in Dublin, who has to overcome poverty, snobbery and a crushing religious culture to find some freedom for his literary and sexual expression.

F Ulysses Thursday, March 3 at 7pm dir. Joseph Strick, UK/US, 1967, digiBeta, 132 mins, color

Often said to be unfilmable, Strick’s version of James Joyce’s groundbreaking classic novel Ulysses is the saga of one day in Dublin. A cuckolded husband who has lost a child in infancy meets a poor student who desperately needs a father figure. For the first time in many years, it becomes probable that the husband and his frustrated wife will begin to enjoy the lovely intimacy of their wellremembered youth.

F Road Movie Friday, March 4 at 7pm dir. Joseph Strick, US, 1974, BetaSP, 88 mins, color

This cult favorite stars Barry Bostwick (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) and Robert Drivas (Cool Hand Luke) delivering bravura performances as a pair of brutish truck drivers who pick up a prostitute on a trip across America. Regina Baff tears at the heart as the beaten and furious hooker who exchanges her body for a ride to Chicago, only to be rejected and abused. Scorned, she becomes determined to seek revenge. with

F The Savage Eye dir. Joseph Strick, US, 1960, digiBeta, 68 mins, b/w

The Savage Eye is a fascinating experiment, a portrait of a lost, lonely, middle-aged divorcée who wanders the streets of LA engaged in an interior dialogue with her own (male-voiced) conscience. In conception and script it calls to mind 1950s television drama, but the images constitute a vivid, gorgeously-photographed document of late-50s Los Angeles. The Savage Eye is a strange hybrid of West Coast experimentation and cinema vérité photography at its greatest.

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F Muscle Beach dir. Joseph Strick, US, 1948, digiBeta, 9 mins, b/w

On a beach in Southern California, acrobats and muscle builders flaunt their skills and poses. A singing narration takes note of their obsessions. Strick shot Muscle Beach in 1948 while working as a copy boy at the Los Angeles Times.

F Interviews with My Lai Veterans dir. Joseph Strick, US, 1971, digiBeta, 22 mins, color

Five ex-soldiers, veterans of the atrocity in My Lai, Vietnam, tell what they did and why they did it. Two of them would do it again. Two refused to kill and left the scene of the genocide unharmed.

F The Balcony Saturday, March 5 at 7:30pm dir. Joseph Strick, US, 1963, digiBeta, 84 mins, b/w

In this adaptation of a Jean Genet play, brothels are “whorehouse of illusions,” where the customers act out their fantasies in detail. But the city is in the middle of a revolution. As the major figures of the government are killed, the brothel’s customers take over the roles of the dead government officials as the world goes on.

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FA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Wednesday, March 2 at 7pm

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Friday, April 8 + Saturday, April 9 at 7pm In conjunction with Kick in the Eye, a group exhibition of recent painting, sculpture, installation, and video that highlights fractured ways of looking and being seen at Vox Populi, we present two nights of historical and contemporary film that expand upon the themes of the exhibition. Please visit www.ihousephilly.org + www.voxpopuligallery.org for more information. SPECIAL EVENT

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Kick in the Eye is curated by Andrew Suggs and is on view at Vox Populi Gallery from April 1 – May 1. Vox is located at 319 North 11th Street, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia. F The Closet Friday, April 8 at 7pm dir. Andy Warhol, US, 1966, 16mm, 66 mins, b/w

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F Bijou Saturday, April 9 at 7pm dir. Wakefield Poole, US, 1972, 77 mins, color

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F Community Action Center dir. AK Burns and A.L Steiner, US, 2010, 69 mins, color

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F Poison – 20th Anniversary Screening with New 35mm Print Friday, May 6 at 7pm

Presented by the Washington Project for the Arts, the Experimental Media Series (EMS) is a showcase of new media works by emerging artists. This year’s program was juried by Paul D Miller, aka DJ Spooky, and features a wide range of sound and video art, with 32 video works from an open call to local, national, and international artists. Established in 2006, EMS has presented the work of over 150 artists, including Julia Oldham, Stefanie Barber, Stan Brakhage, Paul Chan, Herman Asselberghs, Miranda July, Jose Ruiz, and Champneys Taylor.

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival, Poison was a runaway hit which made national headlines when it was attacked by right-wing figures, including Dick Armey, Ralph Reed and minister Donald Wildmon. Poison is unsettling, unforgettable, and thoroughly entertaining. The second feature by Haynes (Safe, Far From Heaven, I’m Not There), this groundbreaking American indie was the most fervently debated film of the 1990s and a trailblazing landmark of queer cinema.

dir. Todd Haynes, US, 1991, 35mm, 85 mins, color and b/w

Inspired by the writings of Jean Genet, Poison deftly interweaves a trio of transgressive tales – “Hero,” “Horror” and “Homo” – that build toward a devastating climax. “Hero,” shot in mock TV-documentary style, tells a bizarre story of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice; “Horror,” filmed like a delirious ’50s B-movie melodrama, is a gothic tale of a mad sex experiment which unleashes a disfiguring plague; while “Homo” explores the obsessive sexual relationship between two prison inmates.

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Producers’ Forum F Scarr ed Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968 Tuesday, March 15 at 7pm dir. Bestor Cram and Judy Richardson, US, 2009, video, 57 mins, color

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Exhumed Films

Formed in 1997, Exhumed Films was created to provide a theatrical venue for a much beloved art form that had all but disappeared in the 1990s and is in further decline in the early 21st Century: the B-grade horror movie. A Night of Menacing Monsters and Mayhem! Friday, March 25 at 8pm

On February 8, 1968, eight seconds of police gunfire left three young men dying and at least 27 wounded on the campus of South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, SC. All of the police were white and all of the students African-American. This powerful yet disturbing documentary film explores the eye-witness accounts of student protesters and police officer participants.

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FC uando los Espíritus Bailan Mambo/When the SpiritS Dance Mambo Tuesday, April 5 at 7pm

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dir. Dr Marta Moreno Vega and Robert Shepard, US, 2002, video, 90 mins, Spanish w/ English subtitles

Director Robert Shepard in person Tracing the role of sacred African thought and practices in the formation of Cuban society, culture, and music, this documentary is a tribute to the spiritual energy that traveled from West Africa to Cuba and New York. $5 Scribe + IHP members; $8 students + seniors; $10 general admission.

dir. Bill L Norton, US, 1972, 35mm, 74 mins, color

F eX-Fest – 12-Hour Exploitation Madness Marathon Saturday, May 7 from 11am – 11pm Doors open at 9am. $20 general admission. In advance at www. exhumedfilms.com; cash only at the door.

F Incubus dir. John Hough, Canada, 1981, 35mm, 93 mins, color

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Reelblack Presents promotes discoveries and rediscoveries in African-American film. F The Inheritance Tuesday, March 1 at 7pm dir. Robert O’Hara, US, 2011, digiBeta, 84 mins, color

Five ambitious cousins set out on a family reunion during a winter storm. They hope to please the elders and secure their inheritance, a fortune that dates back to days of slavery. Their Uncle Melvin (Keith David) welcomes them with open arms, but warns them to respect their family traditions. During the weekend, as each of the cousins mysteriously disappears, they learn the truths about their family legacy, blood ancestor Chakabazz, and the ultimate sacrifice they must make in exchange for their beloved inheritance. Official Selection American Black Film Festival and Urbanworld Film Festival.

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Co-presented by R5 Productions R5 Productions presents Oneohtrix Point Never’s first Philadelphia performance in an area exclusive at The Ibrahim Theater. Oneohtrix Point Never (OPN) is Daniel Lopatin, a US native whose work has brought him to the forefront of the modern electronic composition scene. The sound of OPN is history filtered through modern process with an emphasis on structure and a humanness that resounds in its melodies; if one can communicate efficiently within the realm of electronic music, OPN reveals itself as a project with a zeal for expression, an emotive blinking light on the cold horizon. $12 general admission. In advance at R5Productions.com + AKA Music (27 N 2nd Street, Philadelphia) or one hour before showtime.

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Ars Nova Workshop in Residence F The New Mellow Edwards Wednesday, April 27 at 8pm Chris Speed, saxophone + clarinet; Curtis Hasselbring, trombone; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Trevor Dunn, bass; Matt Moran, vibraphone; Satoshi Takeishi, percussion; Ches Smith, drums

“A smart ensemble that harnesses the forward thrust of rock in the service of an almost chamber-like group cohesiveness.” – Nate Chinen, The New York Times Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to present this special concert by a septet version of Curtis Hasselbring’s The New Mellow Edwards for a performance of a new piece titled “Number Stations.” $12 general admission. In advance at www.arsnovaworkshop.org or one hour before showtime; cash only.

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F Oneohtrix Point Never Friday, April 22 at 9pm

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Art @ International House highlights the work of local and regional artists. Most exhibits have opening receptions with the artists, food, and drink.

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F I nLiquid Art + Design Video Installation Just Add Maggots by Colette Copeland March 11 – April 30 Embracing dark humor in her latest video work, Mydeath.com (aka how to plan a funeral in 90 seconds or less), Copeland humorously asserted the Internet as the ultimate commodified marketplace. In Ossa, animator Christopher Dunkle and Copeland created a magical dark underworld where skeletons came alive, enacting primal rituals. “To my husband’s great dismay, my cherished possession (which unfortunately is not a gift from him) is a mummified bat received one Christmas from a friend, who understood if not shared my obsession with death. Since then, many people have gifted me with dead things — mouse skeletons, a mummified fox, an elk jaw, bird skulls, beetles, frogs and more. I transform the dead things into sculptures or tableaux photographs. This ongoing work merges my fascination with death, with my need to collect/ memorialize.” – Colette Copeland

F Penn Abroad Photo Contest March 11 – June 3 The annual Penn Abroad Photo contest is a showcase of University of Pennsylvania students’ interpretation of the host communities where they lived, studied, and explored. The photos capture beautiful, often insightful images experienced outside of their home country.

Galleries are open to the public Monday – Friday from 10am to 6pm and whenever there is a program in The Ibrahim Theater.

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FW omen’s Caucus for Art Women and Water March 16 – April 8

F InLiquid Art + Design and IHP Centennial Photography Project May 6 – June 3

Wednesday, March 16 at 7pm

Our mothers and grandmothers took the role of water bearers, transforming water into a source to boil our nourishment. Without water, there is no harvest, no purity, no life. This exhibition responds to the billions of people who live each day without clean water, to the impurities that families have to face globally and the scarcity of food source because of it. Participants are members of the Women’s Caucus for Art Philadelphia Chapter including Alison Altergott, Ellen Bonett, Joanna Fulginiti, Veronica Gledhill, Bonnie MacAllister, Virginia Maksymowicz, Rachel Blythe Udell, and Ruth Schanbacher. Women and Water is sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania’s African Studies, Women’s Center, South Asia Center, and Middle East Center; United Nations Association of Greater Philadelphia; Women’s Campaign International; CARE; Philadelphia Global Water Initiative; and Engineers Without Borders. This exhibit is presented in conjunction with the 3rd Annual International Women’s Day Celebration – Women, Water & The World. See page 13.

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Thursday, May 12 at 6pm

In conjunction with our year-long 100th Anniversary Celebration, IHP and InLiquid are partnering to produce the Centennial Photography Project series of exhibitions. IHP is sponsoring four InLiquid member photographers to create work about the building, its inhabitants, its architecture, and its history. The result is a photo exhibition curated by IHP and InLiquid as well as a series of postcards of the images. The work will be on view at our Centennial Gala on May 20, 2011. See page 12.

Please note, the Women and Water exhibit is in our South America Conference Room. Please call Wendy Hyatt at 215.895.6539 for available viewing times.

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INTERNATIONAL HOUSE PHILADELPHIA 1910-2010

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE PHILADELPHIA 100 YEARS

3701 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

IHP is an independent, member supported non-profit. JOIN TODAY! International House Philadelphia is a multicultural residential center, a source of distinctive programming, and the embodiment of an ideal. It has a critical threefold mission: to maintain a diverse and welcoming community for scholars from around the world, while introducing them to the American experience; to broaden the horizons of its Residents and the larger community through high quality international arts and humanities programs; and to encourage cooperation and respect among the peoples of all nations.

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The generous support of our Members, Friends, and Benefactors allows International House Philadelphia to continue its tradition of offering lifelong learning through the Arts, Culture, and Humanities to an increasing number of people each year. We receive State arts funding through a generous grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. These programs are also funded in part by grants from the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative, a program of the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage; The Barra Foundation; The Connelly Foundation; The Eugene Garfield Foundation; The Quaker Chemical Foundation; and the JP Morgan Chase Foundation. We thank our Corporate Members and Supporters: Asher & Co. Ltd; Bartlett Insurance Brokers; Blank Rome LLP; CertainTeed; Citizens Bank; Coinmach; Crown Americas; Elliot Lewis Corporation; Genesis Asset Protection; Husky Associates; Philip Rosenau Co., Inc; PNC Bank; Progressive Business Publications; Sheraton Philadelphia University City Hotel; and Wells Fargo. IHP is also thankful for the support of our in-kind donors and many generous annual donors. We thank the Centennial Arts Committee – Jill Katz, Joseph Newland, Mimi Sheller, and Sean Stoops – for their invaluable dedication and commitment to Arts Programming at International House Philadelphia. Special thanks to the Sheraton University City for their support in providing accommodations to our guest artists.

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