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(04/14/25 2:49pm)
When I started Apple TV+’s Severance three years ago, two things struck me most: The first was its primary setting—Lumon’s headquarters—which happened to be a familiar and frequent study spot 20 minutes from my home in Jersey. The second, and perhaps more universally relatable, was its music. The opening theme is immediately engrossing, strange, and cinematic, introduced with eerie keys and crescendoing into swelling strings and electronics. Paired with the title sequence’s trippy visuals, it’s one of the strongest hooks I’ve ever encountered in television.
(04/11/25 9:46pm)
Rohana Gullapalli (C ’25, W ’25) sits with me in Perry World House in her running shoes. Even though she is busy serving on the board of large campus groups such as AIS, she makes time to test her new limits and go out of her comfort zone by running half–marathons, and getting her scuba diving license while balancing her dual degree.
(04/20/25 6:21pm)
I have a question for you. What is the definitive movie about climate change? Take a moment to think about it. Does anything spring to mind? I’m going to be honest: It took me a while to come up with my answer. And that right there, that need for reflection, is absolutely fascinating.
(04/18/25 4:00am)
It’s sacrilege to spend the first day of spring inside, when the weather finally hits 70 degrees and you can leave the house without a puffer. At least, that’s what I told myself after deciding to skip my 10:15 a.m. class to sit on the green by Franklin Field to photosynthesize with my friends and pretend to do work—even though my computer was completely dead.
(04/17/25 8:29pm)
On March 14, Playboi Carti released his long–awaited third studio album, MUSIC. The record followed his 2020 album, Whole Lotta Red, plus five long years of teasing fans with a plethora of other projects. The 30–track album sees Carti continue in experimenting with his sound and lyricism, moving away from the vampy production and baby voice seen across Whole Lotta Red and instead opting for lower–pitched, Future–esque vocals.
(04/14/25 3:05pm)
The moistness of your socks radiates into your boots as they flank her side. You both stand out in the hay field. In between your legs, she wanders from weed to weed. You click your tongue and slam your heels into her sides. With each fence post you pass, she gets faster and faster. You’re losing control, and she knows it. Saddleless, you sit back and hold onto her neck. As you grip her reins, she pulls you up on the hill overseeing the field where you were just standing. You lean back and sit forward. On top of the hill, you come to a halt. The wind pushes the grass in the field onto its back, leaning away from you. She sighs and picks at the field below. You were scared. You weren’t listening to each other.
(04/04/25 12:16am)
For Maddie Pastore (C ‘25), impact is everything. One of the most notable faces in Penn Student Government, Maddie is environmentally conscious and socially concerned. Coming to Penn as a transfer student from a West Coast university while also having grown up in the Philadelphia suburbs, Maddie’s Penn experience has been a unique combination of novelty and familiarity, while pushing for impact in whatever ways she can.
(04/04/25 4:00am)
Donald Trump (W ‘68) is back in office. For some, it’s a sign of the end of democracy. For others, it’s a long–awaited opportunity to reassert a nationalist agenda. But beyond the polarization—the sensational headlines, partisan battles, and congressional gridlock—there are quieter consequences unfolding in classrooms, dorms, and visa offices.
(04/20/25 6:11pm)
Japanese Breakfast's latest album—before the release of For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) on March 21—was not their widely acclaimed record Jubilee, as some reviews incorrectly cite. In reality, the group released an instrumental Original Video Game Soundtrack for Sable in September 2021 just a few months after the release of Jubilee. The game centered around exploration, and the soundtrack was softly infused with the whimsy and adventure of an open–world landscape.
(05/04/25 8:55pm)
A line forms outside the Foto Club, a scrappy bar in Harrowgate, Philadelphia. Outside, several people mingle in groups, standing awkwardly, yet excitedly in the darkness. I arrive an hour earlier in an unsuccessful attempt to nab an interview with ALEXSUCKS, the headliner for this special show. I do, however, catch the band members unloading their equipment as I exit, just in time to hear guitarist John Luther accidentally lock himself out of the tour van and mutter “Ahhh, fuck,” in perhaps a more unfiltered moment.
(04/10/25 4:45pm)
On March 13, 2025, indie pop singer Chappell Roan rocked the worlds of sapphic Midwest princesses everywhere by going full Nashville. On that fateful day, Roan released the single “The Giver” from her upcoming album, and to the shock of some (and the chagrin of many), the record is a country song. Roan joins many others in the industry that are undergoing an anti–Taylor Swift arc, if you will: female pop stars shifting their music over to a country aesthetic. Sabrina Carpenter, for example, collaborated with country superstar Dolly Parton on the deluxe version of her album Short n Sweet in February. Beyoncé released her first country album, Cowboy Carter, to much acclaim last year. So what’s going on? Are rhinestone cowboy boots trending of their own accord? Or are there larger political causes and implications behind the insidious move to guitars and Southern twang?
(04/21/25 7:57pm)
Philadelphia’s reputation as the United States' “Cradle of Liberty” has long endured: As the nation’s primary capital, this city oversaw America’s forefront discourses on self governance. Likewise, Independence Mall’s attractions recollect momentous events in the democratic republic’s formation—the Constitutional Convention and Second Continental Congress. Mediating 5th and 6th streets, this national historic landmark enlightens visitors of all ages and backgrounds. Plus, what elementary schooler doesn’t enjoy subverting each “DO NOT TOUCH” sidenote, or photobombing Liberty Bell selfies?
(04/18/25 4:00am)
“Every single person that I have worked with in the past ten years in this field who is not at the World Bank is either furloughed or terminated,” says Penn professor Heather Huntington.
(04/18/25 4:00am)
Going to college in Philly, we’re so often bombarded—both on social media and in real life—with seemingly endless options for how to spend our free time. So, I’m delighted to announce that Street has done the hard part for you: We’ve rounded up what we think are the can’t–miss events for the month in one convenient place. If I’ve done my job right, there’ll be something in here for every one of our readers, no matter what you like to do with your free time.
(04/13/25 4:42pm)
It's one of those days when everything feels like it's going wrong. You don't get your friend into the party (and nearly end a different friendship in the process), the guy you thought was pretty cool bails on you for his girlfriend, an ex–hookup hits you up at the worst time, and you’re sobering up in the cold wind. The host almost doesn’t let you into the venue because they don’t “do” press passes (despite you having an email confirming your press pass). All you have been looking forward to for three months now is this one concert, someone who you think made your Album of the Year, and still the opener is terrible. But maybe, just maybe, it’ll be worth it.
(04/28/25 6:40pm)
Photography is, in one sense, a limitless medium that demands no specific space to practice. In any given location, smartphones effortlessly capture the fleeting moments of the day. Staged: Studio Photographs from the Collection aims for something different. In contrast to the non– fabricated nature of our visual world—where photographers are unable to meticulously sculpt every component of their desired shot—this exhibition showcases objects and portraits of figures photographed exclusively in the studio where the artist takes full control.
(05/22/25 9:19pm)
Tucked away in a gallery of her own in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Christina Ramberg’s A Retrospective is a masterclass in interrogating perceptions of women. As a part of the Chicago Imagists, her paintings encapsulate the pop culture styles of the late 1960s and draw inspiration from an eclectic range of sources, including flea market dolls, thrift store paintings, and dumpster mannequins that the artist has scavenged for. Leaving faces almost entirely out of her work, Ramberg establishes a mysterious sensuality with focus on hairstyles, hands, midriffs, and shoes, which the artist distorts to encapsulate the sinister expectations placed upon femininity.
(04/18/25 4:00am)
The smell of hot hibiscus tea fills the air and the acidity of freshly cut limes lightly stings my eyes as I stand in Las Parcelas, one of the largest community gardens in North Philadelphia. Roosters roam the streets, the homes are vibrantly painted, and music booms through car windows out into the air—it’s as if I have entered a new soundscape altogether.
(04/09/25 7:17pm)
The climate change apocalypse in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower is frighteningly tangible. Written in 1993, the novel is presented as a series of journal entries beginning in 2024, which tell the story of Lauren Oya Olamina as she navigates a particularly tumultuous period of American history. Journalists will come to describe this era as “accidentally coinciding climatic, economic, and sociological crises,” literally coining it “the Apocalypse” (or “Pox” for short).
Our parable opens on a bleak image of Robledo, Calif., Lauren’s relatively affluent neighborhood. “Relatively” does a lot of work here, as the residents of this Los Angeles suburb scratch out a living behind a massive wall meant to keep out the hungry, crazy “street poor.” In the Pox, fresh water is a treasured commodity, crime is a given, and jobs are nigh impossible to come by. Still, the residents of Robledo cling onto their old lives, dreaming of a return to the good old days even as the nation descends further into anarchy. Families lend each other resources, temporary shelter, and neighborly gossip. All the while, news of pyromania–inducing drugs and growing instability reach the townspeople, who continue to compartmentalize the issue as an outside problem.
Meanwhile, we learn that Lauren has been putting together plans for the inevitable collapse of Robledo. We even learn through her journals of the religion she has started to develop, coined “Earthseed.” Each chapter is prefaced by a passage from Lauren’s self–written holy texts. The daughter of a pastor, Lauren chafes under the antiquated rituals and expectations of her father’s faith, instead turning to Change as her God, the dominant power in her universe. At 15 years old, she is already writing passages that refine her vague belief in Change to a holy text, which teaches her future disciples to navigate the Pox without becoming complacent, myopic, or nostalgic.
When outsiders inevitably raze her neighborhood, Lauren must brave a world she has prepared her whole life for but never properly known. What’s more, she must do so while hiding a secret: She is afflicted by “hyperempathy,” feeling the sensations, both pain and pleasure, of any living person she sees. While hyperempathy may seem initially like a unique power, it means that as part of the street poor, she must act ruthlessly—killing, rather than wounding, any assailants.
A striking feature of the Pox is its normalcy. Butler does not sell us a romanticized view of apocalypse, with joyous last hurrahs, agrarian lifestyles, or rugged–yet–principled survivalists. Her America is filled with the industrial complexes, desperate behaviors, and politics that make the Pox a believable period of history. At chain supermarkets, Lauren must buy such unglamorous things as water purification tablets and tampons (under armed guard, of course). On the road, she must join a growing wave of street poor on the journey north, in blind search of greener pastures without the drugs or droughts of Los Angeles. And in the outlying hills, Lauren must band together with her small group of survivors to fend off wild dogs, criminals, and the odd cannibal.
(04/20/25 6:18pm)
Between Jan. 7 and 31 of this year, two major fires roared through Los Angeles County, leaving behind the shells of cars and empty foundations of houses. On the western side of LA, the Palisades fire destroyed more than 20,000 acres of the Pacific Palisades; in the east, the Eaton Fire consumed 14,000 acres of Altadena, Calif. and nearby neighborhoods. By the time they were contained, 29 people had died, 200,000 were forced to evacuate, and the fires would become the second and third most destructive in California history.
