Old Penn and After
Every so often, for one reason or another, I have occasion to look through old issues of the Gazette and its predecessor, Old Penn. I’m always fascinated, for reasons both contradictory and complementary.
Busting Ghosts
By most conventional measures William Watson G’86 Gr’90 is a pretty rational guy. Also a pretty smart one.
Doing the Time Warp with Wax
The scene, Mangoes restaurant in Allentown; the time, Friday evening, October 29. The occasion was a Beaufest, honoring the late Beau Jones, the bassist for Wax who died this past September.
Trish Sie C’94 directs and choreographs OK Go’s viral music videos
Odds are that if you had an Internet connection back in the summer of 2006, you’ve seen OK Go's music video for “Here It Goes Again.” (Hint: It involves treadmills. Lots of them.)
Stuart Gibbs C’91 makes his fiction debut with Belly Up
Q&A with the author.
Paul Provenza, the Comedian’s Comedian
… on his new book and TV show.
Sweeney Todd slices into Fling
The Quadranics musical, 2010.
The Soup Speakeasy
If you have a hankering for a soupy Vietnamese treat, and it's a Monday, and it's the middle of the night, and you're on campus, check out the Pho Kings' Facebook page and follow your nose.
Anna Deavere Smith on “Let Me Down Easy”
Anna Deavere Smith performs and discusses her recent one-woman show on the Zellerbach stage.
Dance Groups Join Forces
The annual Emily Sachs Dance Benefit, 2010.
Alumna Stars in 24-hour Play at Annenberg Center
Victoria Frings C'08 will perform non-stop from Jan. 22 to Jan. 23, 2010.
The “Yard Man”
Bill Hengst, alum, poet and gardener.
Snow Traces Exhibition
Francesca Pfister MFA'07 at Burrison Gallery through Feb 19, 2010.
Arts Grant Winner Creates Stringy Situation
Robert Dimin receives an Arts Year Grant to fund his campus-wide installation String Theory.
Art History Lesson
January 2010
Nickelodeon Festival Finalist
DMD freshman Jason Merrin.
Alum’s Breakup Story
Alum's breakup story now a Golden Globe-nominated film.
Righteous Dopefiend at the Penn Museum
Righteous Dopefiend: Homelessness, Addiction, and Poverty in Urban America at the Penn Museum