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.
Splendid Digs
Middle East Galleries trace humanity’s “journey to the city.”
Rags to Riches to Ruin
Fantastic, flawed, forgotten Mr. Fox. The Man Who Made the Movies.
Briefly Noted
July|August 2018
Arts Calendar
July|August 2018
The Power and the Glory
An architect explores Mexico’s early churches.
Mock Me, Ludwig
On a humorous note, Beethoven.
Innovation in Action
Sachs Program’s public launch.
Our Love Affair with Movies
A movie producer and Class of ’68 alumnus recalls the cinematic passions of his senior year—and offers some advice on rekindling the romance for today’s audiences.
The Philosophical Composer
In the year of his centenary, a look back at the music and thought of American composer and Penn faculty member George Rochberg G’49, who first embraced 12-tone music and serialism and later rejected avant-garde styles as a form of “self-extinction.”
No Longer ‘Adrift’ in Hollywood
David Branson Smith C’06 on finding his footing in Hollywood—and rewriting the script for 'Adrift,' which came out June 1.
The Unpainted Word
Beyond description.
Songs of Love and Kvetch
Robert Freedman L’54 and his wife, Molly, have a gift for music.