Speaking Through Dance
Jennifer Weber C’00, founder of Strictly Funk, discusses her post-Penn career and the niche she's found in theatrical hip-hop.
The Wild Yarns at Swan Pond
Window, May|June 2016
Inside Cleaver
Karen Rile C’80 wields Cleaver.
The Essential Tinseltown
Cinema studies’ Peter Decherney on Hollywood history.
Adjusting the Focus
Jennifer Higdon G’92 Gr’94’s first opera, Cold Mountain
Arts Calendar
May|June 2016
UT’s Loss Is PennDesign’s Gain
Alumnus Fritz Steiner, of UT-Austin, named new PennDesign dean.
A People’s History of ENIAC
New book on ENIAC emphasizes machine’s operations—and operators.
Wasser World
Julian Wasser’s photographic love affair with Hollywood began more than half a century ago. He’s been loving and hating and shooting it ever since.
Off the Beat: To ICCAs and Back
This student a cappella group has had a packed spring semester, from regional competitions to filming for a reality show.
Alumna Selected as Yale Younger Poet
Airea D. Matthews C’94 will have the next book (Volume 111) in the prestigious Yale Series of Younger Poets.
Arts Calendar
March|April 2016
Ghosts of Segregation
Barren campus. Without Regard to Sex, Race, or Color.
Behind the Bamboo Camera
“Father of Philippine Independent Cinema” Kidlak Tahimik WG’67.
When the Answer Is C) None of the Above
“Middlesex meets Mean Girls” in YA novel None of the Above.
Out of Texas
Paul Christensen Gr’73’s “A West Texas Marriage.”
The Small, Good Stories
The Penn Cultural Heritage Center was launched to provide a forum for an “intellectual discussion” of the meaning of heritage and the role of communities in preservation efforts. Then came the Syrian civil war and the rise of ISIS.
Briefly Noted
March|April 2016
The Peace Children of Syria
Art can’t provide a way out of tragedy, but perhaps a way through.
Make It Mini
Adjunct anthropology professor Louise Krasniewicz is a prize-winning miniature-maker—and she's researching our attraction to tiny worlds at the same time.
‘From Away’
In coastal Maine, the Tepler family—including dad Sheldon L'81, mom Denise C'78 G'81, and daughter Maya C'11—have opened their home to two Burundian asylum-seekers. Now Maya is making a documentary about the experience, titled 'From Away.'
Choosing Paper
Through a West Philly-based, non-profit print shop and zine library called The Soapbox, several alums are putting paper first.
Yo Zydeco!
Yearlong celebration of Zydeco at WXPN.
Having It All and Keeping It Too
Lisa Green C’82’s legal guide for women, On Your Case.