Briefly Noted
Mar|Apr 2009
New DuBois Mural
South Street mural honors W.E.B. Dubois
The Death and Rebirth of Rasputin
A long-dormant opera by Penn music professor Jay Reise rises again in Russia.
Windows on Other Worlds
Two exhibitions and a new book of images by a physician-turned-photographer.
Academic Indigestion
A scholarly critic offers a caustic appraisal of higher education.
Briefly Noted
Jan|Feb 2009
City of Dreamers
Nathaniel Popkin C’91 GCP’95
He’s With the Band
Window, Jan|Feb 2009
Talking Books and More—Online
Writers House offers online book groups
Heaven, Hell, and Hendecasyllables
A new biography sheds more light on Penn’s most famous and infamous poet—and his poetry.
Beyond Zap
An exhibition at the ICA explores the many obsessions of
a comix genius.
Trying Evil
A new look at a sensational old murder.
Briefly Noted
Nov|Dec 2008
Beyond Tango
A young scholar rediscovers Astor Piazzolla.
The Revolution Will Not Be Canonized
Parsing the politics of—and against—modern American poetry.
The Autumn of the Matriarch
Mothers and daughters tangle and untangle in West Philadelphia.
Briefly Noted
Sep|Oct 2008
Sing on, old friend….
Window, Sep|Oct 2008
Mining Treasures, Close to Home
What they found in the museum. Penn in the World
Lost Harmony, Found
Photographer John Yang GAr’57’s lyric journey
Briefly Noted
Jul|Aug 2008
Beyond the Gulf
Window, Jul|Aug 2008
New Boss at the Ross
New Ross director Lynn Marsden-Atlass
Dark Passages
Inexhaustible horror. The Slave Ship