When the Going Gets Weird, Start Mixing Drinks
Novel take on Hunter S. Thompson. Gonzo Girl.
Behind the Baton at the PSO
Thomas Hong, Penn Symphony Orchestra’s new director.
Interior Redesign
“Reconstituted memories” in paintings by Becky Suss at ICA.
Briefly Noted
Nov|Dec 2015
Arts Calendar
Nov|Dec 2015
Arts and Culture: Homecoming Edition
Previewing some of the arts and culture events coming up this year.
“Naked Knotted Neurons”: Penn Theatre Arts at the Edinburgh Fringe
A group of theatre arts students and their professor brought two shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last month.
From Bloomers to HBO Fellow
Yolanda Carney C'12 is one of nine writers in the inaugural HBOAccess Writers Fellowship Program.
Returned, Restored, Resplendent
Window, Sept|Oct 2015
The Art of Dentistry
Courtly Treasures at the Arthur Ross Gallery.
Dreaming a Chamber Orchestra to Life
Marc Mostovoy G’67 on the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia.
Monument Man
Monument Lab memorializes sculptor Terry Adkins.
Briefly Noted
Sept|Oct 2015
Arts Calendar
Sept|Oct 2015
Jazzing Up the Music Scene
Saxophonist Matthew Clayton directs the Penn Jazz Combos—and his vision for the program is far from improvised.
Book Publishing in the Digital Age
Here's how Maris Kreizman C'00 is blazing a new path for herself in the book world—as head of publishing projects at Kickstarter, and as the author of a Tumblr-born book of her own.
Mary Ellen Mark, 1940-2015
Window, July|Aug 2015
At Last, Our Prince Has Come
Hal Prince C’48 Hon’71 gets Penn Alumni Creative Spirit Award.
When the Light Goes Out
A poet’s memoir of life after death. The Light of the World.
Penn Masala Nails Perfect Pitch
Penn Masala gets a Hollywood moment in Pitch Perfect 2.
Briefly Noted
July|Aug 2015
Arts Calendar
July|Aug 2015
“One of Those Prodigious Victorian Polymaths”
Horace Howard Furness was a hopeful ghost-hunter, a Penn leader with a gift for stimulating donors’ “pocketbook nerve”—and the founder of modern Shakespeare scholarship.
Alan Sepinwall’s Farewell to ‘Mad Men’
The C'96 alumnus and well-known TV reviewer unpacks that final episode.