Arts Calendar
May|June 2018
Twisting Identities
Text-based artist Cary Leibowitz’s “Museum Show” at ICA.
Worldviews at the Fairs
At ARG, students collect—and question—objects from world’s fairs.
Plumbing the Depths with Art
New worlds on ravaged ground. Surviving Genocide.
Briefly Noted
May|June 2018
Why Chaucer and Why Now?
David Wallace on Chaucer, his world, and ours.
Grand Finale
On Friday, William Parberry Gr'80 takes his final bow as conductor of three Penn choral groups. He spoke with the Gazette about his 45-year career at the University.
Can the Arts Save a City?
Santo D. Marabella GrS’91 is making a TV pilot right now—but that’s just one of the ways he’s using the arts to revitalize Reading, Pennsylvania.
Exploring the Wilderness of Color
The colorful revelations of Natvar Bhavsar GFA’65.
Sounds of Settlement
Settlement Music School CEO Helen Eaton C’93.
Un-limiting Understanding
How to know? Understanding Understanding.
Victorian Modernist
George Thomas Gr’75 on Frank Furness’s 19th-century modernism.
Briefly Noted
Mar|Apr 2018
Arts Calendar
Mar|Apr 2018
Three Cod Operas and a Plunging Chandelier
Phantom at 30.
Standing Athwart History
Annenberg’s Al Felzenberg on his William F. Buckley bio.
Everyone’s Song
Penn’s vibrant a cappella community contains a multitude of musical styles and cultural influences. Take a listen.
An Odyssey for Our Time
Emily Wilson’s translation of Homer’s epic has become a surprise sensation, a once-in-a-generation transformation of how English readers encounter one of the most iconic characters in all of literature. Fellow classics professor (and Odyssey aficionado) Peter Struck has some questions for her.
The Art of Looking
Can examining art help students become better doctors?
Ink Tones
Impressionist prints at Arthur Ross Gallery anniversary show.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Name change and more at the (now) Wolf Humanities Center.
Dangerous Crossing
Q&A with The Border author Steven Schafer G’00 WG’00.
Arts Calendar
Jan|Feb 2018
Briefly Noted
Jan|Feb 2018