Speaking Through Dance
Jennifer Weber C’00, founder of Strictly Funk, discusses her post-Penn career and the niche she's found in theatrical hip-hop.
Off the Beat: To ICCAs and Back
This student a cappella group has had a packed spring semester, from regional competitions to filming for a reality show.
Alumna Selected as Yale Younger Poet
Airea D. Matthews C’94 will have the next book (Volume 111) in the prestigious Yale Series of Younger Poets.
Make It Mini
Adjunct anthropology professor Louise Krasniewicz is a prize-winning miniature-maker—and she's researching our attraction to tiny worlds at the same time.
‘From Away’
In coastal Maine, the Tepler family—including dad Sheldon L'81, mom Denise C'78 G'81, and daughter Maya C'11—have opened their home to two Burundian asylum-seekers. Now Maya is making a documentary about the experience, titled 'From Away.'
Choosing Paper
Through a West Philly-based, non-profit print shop and zine library called The Soapbox, several alums are putting paper first.
Life Behind the ‘Wicked’ Stage
Jonah Platt C'08, now starring in 'Wicked,' pulls back the Broadway curtain.
Peeling Back the Vines
An exhibit at the Penn Library is painting a fuller picture of 'Madeline' author Ludwig Bemelmans.
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.
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.
Alan Sepinwall’s Farewell to ‘Mad Men’
The C'96 alumnus and well-known TV reviewer unpacks that final episode.
Pitch Perfect and Penn
What movie do Penn Masala, John Legend, and Elizabeth Banks all have in common?
Using Your Words
Q&A with artist Martha Rich MFA’11.
Native (Hip-Hop) Voices at the Penn Museum
A look at Modern Native Voices: The Medium of Hip-Hop—a panel discussion at the Penn Museum with several prominent artists.
Enterprising Artists
In Michael Ketner’s MUSC168 class, students learn to manage the business half of careers as musicians, painters, and more.
200 Years of African-American Art
Penn professor Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw discusses her new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Arts Videos for a Snow Day (or Not)
Whether you're home on a snow day or not, these Penn-related arts videos from around the web are worth watching.
3D Printing for Kids
PennDesign Lecturer Carla Diana on her children's book, LEO the Maker Prince.
Calling All Artists
Attention, alumni artists: The Burrison Gallery is seeking submissions.
Wasting Time on the Internet
As you’re wasting time on the Internet over Thanksgiving, take a minute to consider Penn’s newest class, which is focused on just that.
Omar Maskati EAS’11 on Breaking into the Biz
The Mask and Wig alum is currently appearing in Roundabout Theatre's "Indian Ink."