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(07/16/19 7:37am)
Follow the bees. That's the first thing you should know if you decide to visit the brand new project put together by Penn’s School of Design in honor of the 50–year anniversary of landscape architect Ian McHarg’s 1969 ‘landmark book’ Design With Nature. The project is divided into three parts housed in close, yet different buildings on campus—some of which aren’t well–known to the average Penn student. Therefore, the entrance to each exhibit is covered with large, unmissable swarms of plastic bees, making it easy to find whichever one you’re looking for. Bees were specifically chosen as ornaments because they are symbolic in Rome—ornamental bees marked late Renaissance buildings owned by great patrons.
(06/23/19 7:00am)
Summer office jobs and classes can be draining for the creative soul. In between looking at computer screens, readings, and reports, it may be refreshing to look at something with a little more color and depth than a laptop screensaver. Enter Philadelphia's array of art museums. This summer, the city will be home to amazing works from artists ranging from Van Gogh to local filmmakers. Adventure out and explore these four special exhibits that, like summer, won’t be here for long.
(04/24/19 10:34pm)
After walking up a long, gray path into the spacious, high–ceilinged lobby of the Barnes Foundation, you are quickly immersed in 19th century photography—this is the current exhibition, From Today, Painting is Dead: Early Photography in Britain and France, which will run until May 12.
(04/22/19 11:28pm)
It’s not every day that you get to open for the Rockettes, live at Radio City.
(04/29/19 7:06am)
Anne Ishii is not your typical literary translator or editor. Growing up as an Asian American in an Asian–American community, she was heavily influenced by her heritage and sought to maintain that connection through language. Her education consisted of French throughout college, then Japanese literature in grad school. After brief stints at a Japanese translating start–up and in venture consulting and advertising upon graduation, Ishii eventually found her calling in translating and editing gay erotic manga and founded Massive, a creative agency for feminist and queer art, comics, and fashion with business partner Graham Kolbeins in 2013. Now, as executive director of the Asian Arts Initiative, "a multi–disciplinary and community-based arts center in Philadelphia" founded in 1993, she works in hosting exhibitions, performances, and art projects throughout local communities.
(04/18/19 2:26am)
Before the school year even started, the Pennchants' board members were meeting in order to prepare for their 30th anniversary show. Pennchants—Penn's "premier all–male a capella group”—has been a prominent musical force on campus for almost three decades now. They will be having their biggest show yet on April 26 and 27. “The name ‘XXX’ is a pun on the fact that it’s our thirtieth anniversary,” Dylan Levine (E’19), the music director, explains about the title—which parallels the group’s partly professional and partly goofy style. “But then also it’s kind of like a sexy Magic Mike–like sort of thing.”
(04/18/19 2:17am)
It’s no wonder that Penn’s Lebanese Club’s most significant event this year was a night spent with one of the most significant comedians from Lebanon: Nemr Abou–Nassar. A cultural leader in the region, Nemr’s honest and outspoken humor connects people from all over the world.
(04/23/19 12:03am)
The Kelly Writers House bubbles with excited chatter from both students and Philadelphia community members alike. Knitted sweaters lay on display, their interwoven colors bright and beaming against the table top's neutral wood grain. A crowd bustles around, eyes trained on the beautiful fabric.
(04/15/19 1:51am)
Huddled around a table are three strikingly different figures: one wears brown glasses with hues of blue and rounded lenses, another dons a neutral colored scrunchie and big golden hoops complemented by her subtle nose piercing, and the third has blonde locks and a dark green hoodie. These three students—Aayush Sanghrajka (W '19), Belle Carlson (C '19), and Ethan Daly (W '19)—each have unique personalities, yet the chemistry between them is evident. As they sit down, the three immediately exchange updates on their respective weekends in New York, with continual laughter and the casual exchange of chocolate covered raisins.
(04/13/19 7:33am)
When I first read Weike Wang’s name on the roster of the Penn English Department, I was thrilled. The Chinese–American author, teaching one course this semester and two next semester, is not only known for her debut novel, Chemistry—which received the PEN/Hemingway Award—but also for the journey she took to get there. With an undergraduate degree in chemistry and doctorate in public health from Harvard University, as well an MFA in fiction from Boston University, Weike’s career trajectory reflects a curious intersection between two areas that do not often mix.
(04/10/19 5:07am)
There’s a small crowd of people spilling from the entrance of the Arthur Ross Gallery into the exhibit, curving out in both directions. A few minutes pass, and even more people slip in carrying small paper plates laden with foods like golden yucca sticks and squares of flan nestled in soup spoons.
(05/30/19 7:00am)
In chaos theory, the ‘butterfly effect’ is the phenomena which supposes that the slightest shift in initial conditions can surmount to substantial changes in final circumstances. If you are anything like me, then the simple sight of y = mx + b induces an uncomfortable back–of–the–throat queasiness. I know for a fact (read: Wikipedia skim) that Jennifer Egan majored in English Literature (C'85), yet, her novel A Visit from the Goon Squad parallels a physicist's investigation, as it tracks initiality, or the unpredictability and impulsivity of human nature, to finality, which she calls “A→B.”
(04/09/19 5:49pm)
“Welcome to Funktoon NetWURQ!"—the voice in the introduction video booms to the audience. Excited shouts burst from the crowd—the show is about to be one to remember. It is Saturday night, and I am sitting front and center in the Iron Gate Theater, about to get my first taste of Strictly Funk’s energy and talent. The urban dance group has been rehearsing for their premiere show since the beginning of the semester, and has dedicated countless hours toward perfecting their pieces. It's their time to put this perfection on display.
(04/15/19 10:46pm)
On April 3, the Kelly Writers House fourth—annual "Stand–Ups Sit Down" event saw stand–up comedians Laurie Kilmartin and Judy Gold drawing boisterous laughter and heaving gasps of appreciation from the audiences throughout their conversation with host Lew Schneider. Applause resounded within the room as Kilmartin, with a cascading rush of blonde hair, and Gold, with red voluminous curls as bright as her electric character, grinned at the crowds when the event came to an end.
(04/07/19 9:52pm)
The Chinese word for friends, when translated phonetically, is pengyo—a word primed for the pun that Penn’s Chinese a cappella group, PennYo, uses as its moniker. This spring, with a theme inspired by the popular sitcom Friends, PennYo’s show—P E N N Y O, presented in the iconic Friends font—felt even more on brand. The night saw a variety of entertaining yet poignant performances that were fun for not only those in audience who have connections to Chinese culture, but also those who might not understand all the words. Everyone could feel their passion.
(04/05/19 10:30pm)
“Poetry has the power to invite change.” And with this ringing through Meyerson B1, to all the students, faculty, and others interested in poetry gathered on a Thursday night, U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith takes the stage.
(04/02/19 11:22pm)
“This theme gave us freedom to choose inspiration. Art gives the show a more cohesive feel. We are all from different dance backgrounds, we bring different styles, and being inspired by art ties the show all together,” shares Erisa Nakamura (C’19).
(04/09/19 2:00pm)
In an old Philadelphia mansion hangs sculptural glass and neon lights. Graffiti–covered ceramics and large self–portraits recall hidden histories. Through open windows, visitors overlook an undulating green cemetery: graves from the mid–18th century side by side with the graves from today. The past and the present intermingle, overlapping and intertwined.
(04/15/19 12:34am)
“Are we poets because of what we’ve went through or because we want to write.”
(04/01/19 3:18am)
Women's Week has come and gone—yet its impact at Penn remains persistent. Beyond the flurry of events on campus which have heralded its passing, there has also been emphasis on the inclusion of intersectional identities. "The most important thing as a board was to make sure that in celebrating women and marginalized gender identities, not just focusing on stereotypical girl power message that comes through in feminism and in women dominated spaces," shares Jenna Liu (C’20), the Director of Women’s Week. She continues, "we wanted to make sure that we were diving deeper into these issues and amplifying the voices of marginalized women, trans women, women of color, women who do not always get the space and resources to share their stories and their experiences, that is what is important.”
