Wax in 1971
Lost photos from a band still making Rolling Stone Top 10 lists today.
When West Went East
Victor Mair first encountered the Bronze Age mummies of China’s Tarim Basin 23 years ago. He—and others—have been trying to figure out what those people were doing there ever since.
Up Tempo
Jennifer Higdon G’92 Gr’94 reviewed and interviewed.
Designing Men
Alumni firm KieranTimberlake’s London embassy.
Briefly Noted
Jan|Feb 2011
Creating a New Museum for a Venerable History
Gwen Goodman Ed’56 led the NMAJH to Independence Mall.
Abele Honored
A mural and new neighborhood park in southwest Center City named in Abele’s honor.
More Light
“I think that what is changing about my writing is my willingness to go darker so that I can come out with more light,” says memoirist and fiction writer Beth Kephart C’82. In her new novel, set in Philadelphia during the Centennial, a young woman contemplates suicide following the accidental death of her twin.
Golf Instructor, Grandfather, President
A grandson’s memories of Eisenhower in retirement.
Rethinking Design
DesignPhiladelphia founder Hilary Jay C’83.
Kelly Writers House Expands Online Book Groups
Latest online discussion groups from Kelly Writers House.
Eye Candy
A filling dessert from Martha Rich GFA’11.
Museums and Their Meanings
Conn asks Conn, Do Museums Still Need Objects?
Moscow Noir
Martin Cruz Smith’s venerable Russian detective investigates dark crimes and class tensions.
Down to Zeroes
Randall Lane C’90 wrote the book on Wall Street insanity.
At the Mosque Door
Painting by Osman Hamdi Bey, who played a major role in the Penn Museum’s first archaeological dig, at Nippur in the late 1800s.
Art History Lessons
An exhibit at the Arthur Ross Gallery offers a revealing look at some treasures of the University’s art collection—but a walk around campus works, too.
When Wax Was Hot
Four decades ago, a Penn-dominated rock band was poised to take the world by storm. What happened?
To Flush or Not to Flush
Penn Reading Project’s The Big Necessity makes excrement interesting.
Crafting Art
A new exhibition celebrates the singular designs of Wharton Esherick.
Speak Softly, and Carry a Big Bat
A hard-hitting history of horsehide diplomacy.
Après Roland, le Déluge
Beyond Bovary. One Hundred Great French Books.
Briefly Noted
Sept|Oct 2010
A Wordslinger Takes on a Gunslinger—and Other Cultural Pursuits
Dan Rottenberg C’64 still believes in journalism.