“A Spirit of Possibility in the Air”
Music critic Nate Chinen C’97 on his book, Playing Changes.
Malicious Influence
Richard Clarke C’72 reviews Kathleen Hall Jamieson’s Cyberwar.
Arts for All
Kelly Lee C’89 is promoting arts and culture everywhere in Philadelphia.
The Dangerous Frontier
Pre-Revolutionary War stories. Frontier Rebels.
Briefly Noted
Jan|Feb 2019
Arts Calendar
Jan|Feb 2019
A Space for Remembering
June 5 Memorial Park honors victims of deadly wall collapse.
The Imperfectionist
Celebrating the “intrinsic beauty of the imperfect.”
Staying a Fatal Course
Perfect storm, deeply flawed system. Into the Raging Sea.
Strong Language
Writer-in-Residence Carmen Machado’s Her Body and Other Parties.
“Nothing Mattered but the Music”
A story of performance, friendship, and survival. Two Pianos.
Briefly Noted
Nov|Dec 2018
Arts Calendar
Nov|Dec 2018
Works of Hartt
In 1999, David Hartt shut down his art practice and left the galleries he’d been working with. He took the next 10 years away from all of it. Now he's teaching at Penn and exhibiting around the world—including in three new exhibitions that just opened in a span of 25 days.
Fried on Rush and Rush
Gazette editor John Prendergast and author Stephen Fried talked about Fried’s new book.
Jennifer Egan C’85 Returns to Penn as Artist-in-Residence
As part of that title, Egan will teach a course on some of her favorite novels and appear at several events throughout the academic year.
Women in the Wilderness
OK, I’ll Do It Myself at Van Pelt-Dietrich Library.
Cret Day
Architect Paul Cret’s legacy in Philadelphia.
Music in the Key of Green
Presenting the Morris Arboretum Suite.
Briefly Noted
Sept|Oct 2018
Arts Calendar
Sept|Oct 2018
National Book Award Finalist Is Also A Penn Writer-in-Residence
Carmen Maria Machado has published her first short story collection—and it's been winning awards ever since.
Thirty Years of Screen Credits
From Wes Anderson movies to "Old Jews Telling Jokes"—and now his first feature film as a writer and director—Sam Hoffman C'88 reflects on the 30 years he's spent working in movies and TV.
Reclaiming the Female Form
Allison Zuckerman C’12’s “grotesque but beautiful” figures.