Molly Collett
ARTICLES
Arts
Seeing with your Ears: Penn’s Synesthetes
It’s Tuesday morning and Wharton sophomore Ayo Fagbemi is walking along 36th Street to campus.
Arts
"Hot People Looking at Art": Gorgeous Art and People at the ICA's Opening Party
DIY terrariums! Outrageous outfits! Jesus mixing electronica! Last week the ICA celebrated a new season of art installations with a magical mid–winter party. Street hit the galleries to check out the artwork. But mostly to see what all of the beautiful people in attendance had to say.
Important Beards of Penn
The Philly Face Blanket
Jon Yeston
Senior in the College studying Cognitive Science
“The intellectual story: I went on vacation and I was reading a lot of Camus and Salinger at the time, which made me think that shaving was useless etc.
Arts
First Friday Spotlight: Galleries at 319 N 11th Street
Now that Penn social life is dedicated to psychologically testing the freshmen, there couldn’t be a better time to burst the bubble and head to the city on a Friday night.
Arts
Required Reading
This is the one week of the semester you’re in the Penn Book Centre. While you’re there, pick up the required reading for classes you won’t find on Penn in Touch.
Arts
Contrapposto: Taking a Stance on the Eastern State Penitentiary’s Art Collection
Every October, the Eastern State Penitentiary dresses up for
Halloween. The prison in North Philadelphia’s Fairmont neighbourhood hosts
“Terror Behind the Walls,” its annual benefit where the fortress–like building
is renovated into a helluva haunted house.
Arts
Art on the Block: N 3rd Street
Think Old City is just more of the same Benjamin Franklin crap we get on campus? Think again. Last Saturday, Design Philadelphia celebrated
the diverse artistic vitality of the neighbourhood with a street party.
Arts
My Home at Penn: Stephen Masso
Engineering Senior Stephen Masso made his off campus house a home.
Arts
Spot the Difference: The La Colombe Renovation
Thank goodness they didn't mess with the coffee.
Multimedia
Campus Gems: "40th and Walnut" By McDonald's
This under–appreciated installation features a mixed–media collage of linoleum, stale fries and service with a smile.
Arts
Dispatch: The Museum Without Walls
Museum without Walls is a self–guided audio tour of Philadelphia’s public sculptures. On audio files on the museum's website, experts talk about each work for a few minutes.
Arts
Review: Rodin at the Arthur Ross Gallery
The human presence is this single Rodin-lined room of the Arthur Ross Gallery’s most startling feature.
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