MISS DOCENT: Little Saigon, faceless rag dolls, and mountain racers

Impressive permanent collections may have put our area museums on the map, but it's the rotating exhibits that keep visitors coming back. Every Thursday, Abigail Minor keeps you updated. This week: Little Saigon, faceless rag dolls and mountain racers.

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MISS DOCENT: Little Saigon, faceless rag dolls, and mountain racers

POSTED: Friday, April 6, 2012, 11:00 AM

Filed Under: Arts | Arts Events | Museum | Philly Artists Visual Art

“Run! Super-Athletes of the Sierra Madre” at the Penn Museum

Before our half-assed goals of springtime half-marathons were the traditional 100 mile races of the Tarahumara people in Chihuahua, Mexico. Self-proclaimed “Rarámuri” (“foot runners” in Uto-Axtecan) now face environmental and drug war-related obstacles to their swift way of living. “Run! Super-Athletes of the Sierra Madre” brings the best long-distance runners in the world to the foreground. Photo-journalist Texan Diana Molina, who has studied and/or lived with the Rarámuri for two decades, clearly infuses the same fervor into her work as the runners themselves. Accompanying the photos are Rarámuri artifacts over a century old, including the racing equipment that rocketed them to the top. For those who wish to learn more about this intriguing group, Christopher McDougall offers a discussion and signing of his book Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen.

Through Sep. 30, $8-$12, Born to Run lecture, Wed., April 11, 6 p.m., $5, Penn Museum, 3260 South St., 215-898-4000, penn.museum

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