Major events in the city this week

HERE'S what will make news in Philadelphia this week:

Do you know where your kids are? If not, it could cost you.

On Wednesday, City Council will begin hearings on a bill to stiffen the curfew for teens and increase fines on parents whose kids violate the curfew. Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown introduced the bill on behalf of the Nutter administration, in response to a series of violent attacks by teen mobs last summer.

* The curfew would be 8 p.m. for children 13 and younger, 9 p.m. for those ages 14 and 15, and 10 p.m. for those 16 and 17. The curfew would be an hour later during the summer.

* Fines for parents of kids out past curfew would increase from $25 to $75. The maximum penalty would be $500.

* The current curfew law, drafted in 1955, sets a weeknight curfew of 10:30 p.m. and a weekend curfew of midnight for minors 13 and older. For those under 13 it's 9 p.m. on school-year weeknights, 9:30 p.m. on summer weeknights and 10 p.m. on weekends.

Closing arguments are expected tomorrow in the federal trial of two Ukrainians charged with running a human-trafficking operation here. The defendants are alleged to have smuggled Ukrainian immigrants into the U.S. and to have forced them to work on cleaning crews in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland for meager wages. Prosecutors say the men resorted to physical force, threats of force and debt bondage. The feds say one victim was sexually assaulted.

After operating for the past four years in two locations, the Pennsylvania Ballet is set tomorrow to unveil renderings for its new home - a "state-of-the-art" building on North Broad Street.

By locating north of Vine Street, the ballet represents a premier cultural institution's expansion of the "Avenue of the Arts" onto North Broad. The ballet's neighbors include Roman Catholic High and the Daily News.

The ballet, founded in 1963 by George Balanchine student and protege Barbara Weisberger, has maintained an administrative office in Center City and a studio space in East Falls while searching for a new home.

State funding to Temple, Lincoln and two other colleges was cut by 19 percent earlier this year by Gov. Corbett. This week, state Sen. Vincent Hughes and members of the Senate Appropriations Committee will hold hearings on the issue.

* 1 p.m. Wednesday at Temple University's Sullivan Hall.

*  1 p.m. Thursday at Lincoln's International Cultural Center.

Though former superintendent Arlene Ackerman is gone, the schools' effort to engage parents, one of her key initiatives, live on.

The district celebrates its annual Parent Appreciation Month this month with workshops and events, including a presentation by author and ex- Daily News columnist Solomon Jones Thursday.

* The forum, called "Literacy Night," begins at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 1075 at district headquarters, 440 North Broad St. To reserve a seat, call 215-400- 4180, or visit www.philasd.org/ parentuniversity.