The Art of Change
Charles Krause spent most of his career digging for stories. Now he’s finding—and exhibiting—artists whose work impacts the world.
Old Photographs, New Perspectives
Penn collection highlighted at Arthur Ross Gallery.
Memories of War and Children
In search of lost children in El Salvador.
How to Tame an Octopus
Writers v. robber barons. The Great American Railroad War.
Songs in Red and Blue
A new Penn songbook from the late Bruce Montgomery.
Briefly Noted
A selection of books recently published by alumni
Arts Calendar
Jan|Feb 2013
Jennifer Egan C’85 takes home the National Book Critics Circle award for fiction (updated: and the Pulitzer)
The award statement calls A Visit From the Goon Squad “a novel at once experimental in form and crystal clear in the overlapping stories it delivers, offering us a sense of youth and what gets lost along the way.”
Experimental poetry gains a new home at the Kelly Writer’s House
Jacket2 comes to Penn.
Cynthia Kaplan C’85 is feeling a little bit Fangry
Kaplan was in Philly just before Christmas, delivering her yuletide carols to an enthusiastic crowd at the Tin Angel.
Now on YouTube: Classless
Undergrad life, skewed and skewered.
Jon Sarkin C’75 splashes some paint on Guster
The art of Jon Sarkin C'75 is all over the music video for Guster's hit song "Do You Love Me," and if you look closely you can see Sarkin himself make a cameo.
Jay Matsueda W’95 creates an album of volunteers
How did Jay Matsueda W’95 scrape together studio time with some of L.A.’s finest session musicians? “Barter, and the underground economy,” he says.
Wax in 1971
Lost photos from a band still making Rolling Stone Top 10 lists today.