The Letter A
A daughter and her father’s creative connection.
A Life with Others
An exhibition of Laurence Salzmann’s work at Penn Libraries.
Radical Passage
Radical in her youth: Drew Faust G’71 Gr’75 Hon’08’s Necessary Trouble.
Arts Calendar
Sep|Oct 2023
Briefly Noted
Sep|Oct 2023
Arts Calendar
July|August 2023
The Greatest Philadelphian Who Never Lived
Monuments | A podcast explores the unlikely triumph of Rocky (the statue).
The Corrupt, the Brave, and the Foolish
Fiction | Martin Cruz Smith C’64 on his 10th novel featuring Arkady Renko.
Briefly Noted
July|August 2023
Arts Calendar
May|Jun 2023
The Double Life of Ernest Withers
A double exposure in Lise Yasui C’77’s The Picture Taker.
Competition and Camaraderie
Joshua Bennett C’10’s new book mixes cultural and personal history.
In the Stitch
Kartik Kumra C’22 is creating “Indian future vintage” menswear.
Briefly Noted
May|June 2023
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Mar|Apr 2023
Lost and Found
Penn’s lost and found Courbet landscape at Arthur Ross Gallery.
Walking The Edge
“Walking the Edge,” curated by photographer JJ Tiziou C’02.
The French Connection
An old painting and a new book unlock a family’s origins.
Briefly Noted
Mar|Apr 2023
Rich History, New Visions
At Penn Live Arts, the legendary Negro Ensemble Company is creating new work that explores this country’s racial tensions and challenges. A February world premiere, Mecca is Burning, brought together five playwrights to imagine how four Black families in Harlem might navigate a white-supremacist revolution.
At the Crossroads
The Penn Museum’s new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery casts the cradle of Abrahamic religions and alphabetic innovation as a cosmopolitan sphere—not just a conflict-ridden one.
Safe Harbor, Fitful Prospects
How Philadelphia has repelled, attracted, and been reinvigorated by refugees.
The Lambs of War
Buzz Bissinger explores World War II through a group of football players pushed into the ultimate sacrifice. Daniel Akst probes the legacy of pacifist resisters.
Arts Calendar
Jan|Feb 2023