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(02/24/25 6:51pm)
Abel Tesfaye has spent the last five years making highly thematic albums, revealing to us the inner workings of his hedonistic, dark The Weeknd persona. His last two projects—After Hours and Dawn FM—contained highly visual, conceptual imagery, and leaned into this focus, featuring cinema–inspired narratives that slowly depicted The Weeknd's inevitable descent into madness. Regarding After Hours, The Weeknd’s costume designer Patrick Henry, more popularly known as “Fresh,” told Billboard, “When he did this, it wasn’t just Abel anymore. He created a persona and took this guy through a whole experience.” Dawn FM picked up where After Hours left off—inserting The Weeknd into a state of purgatory, followed by a journey towards escape. Hurry Up Tomorrow is the light at the end of this tunnel, offering the same immersive experience. Announcing this album as his last as The Weeknd, Tesfaye lets this infamous persona take his last breaths in Hurry Up Tomorrow. But one question remains: Just how great of a finale is this?
(02/26/25 1:54am)
It’s never been easy to put Steven Soderbergh neatly into a box. From his extremely varied filmography to his incredible yearly culture diaries that document all the media he consumes year–by–year, Soderbergh has always been one of the most unique figures in Hollywood. With the release of Presence, his 35th(!) feature film, Soderbergh proves he’s still as vital an auteur as ever.
(02/05/25 12:56am)
“Weeeeelcome to Philly, the best blue collar fighting city in the world,” the announcer’s voice echoes across Wells Fargo Center. We were just two of the 17,762 fans in attendance on Jan. 25 for Knucklemania V, Pennsylvania’s first ever state–sanctioned Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship.
(02/12/25 2:26am)
Last month kicked the year off in a panic: political conflict ripped into our screens, threatening to upheave TikTok, Gen Z’s most cherished marketplace of brainrot. Disregarding the staged melodrama of Donald Trump and CEO Shou Chew’s back–and–forth, TikTok went into meltdown mode; creators delivered teary–eyed goodbyes, reminisced on the app’s quarantine days, and made desperate last–ditch efforts to learn Chinese. But one worry stood out to me in particular: “Where will I find new music?”
(02/17/25 2:25am)
The air is cold and dry. We yawn, stretch tired limbs, and squint crusty–lidded eyes into the bleak sunlight as we trudge down Locust Walk to our 8:30 a.m. classes. It's another day we won’t touch grass or see green. Each week is an endless rotation of Pret coffee, Van Pelt, and classes we can’t stay awake for. It’s February at Penn.
(02/12/25 6:15am)
As multifaceted as their interdisciplinary alma mater, Penn alumni can be found thriving, leading, and innovating across a wide array of fields. This year, their impact is undeniable: 26 Penn graduates have been recognized across 20 categories in the “Forbes 30 Under 30” list for 2025. Among these rising stars, Street had the privilege of interviewing eight extraordinary individuals whose journeys are as inspiring as they are diverse.
(02/07/25 5:00am)
A theater kid, in the flesh, and a venturer to all opportunities he can get his hands on, Jacob Pollack (C, W ’25) is everywhere all at once. Literally. From studying cinema and management concurrently to backpacking through Patagonia, the horizons of Jacob’s ambitions and versatility see no end.
(02/14/25 5:00am)
Two households, both alike in dignity,
(02/05/25 12:58am)
Tucked behind the brick–and–terra–cotta Venetian entrance of the Fisher Fine Arts Library, the new exhibition After Modernism: Selections from the Neumann Family Collection is finally on view at the Arthur Ross Gallery and will remain on view through March 2.
(01/31/25 6:02am)
Students taking a class taught or organized by Mathematics and Electrical and Systems Engineering professor Robert Ghrist—who goes by prof–g—often encounter a unique type of tutor. It is available 24/7, not bound by a strict office hours schedule or a reticence to answer emails late at night. It never runs out of practice questions or examples. And it is always able to get back to you in moments, even if dozens of students are asking it questions simultaneously.
(02/14/25 5:13am)
“I probably wouldn’t be married if I knew I was going to have health insurance. That’s not because I don’t love my partner and [don’t] want to spend the rest of my life with him. It’s because I didn’t want to actually take part in this institution,” says Miranda Sklaroff, a Ph.D. candidate in political theory at Penn. Sklaroff knew she and her partner wanted to have kids. But she had concerns about healthcare, which she wasn’t sure Penn would provide. “It was just something we had to do.”
(02/02/25 5:48pm)
Whether our life choices are influenced by new ambitions or family traditions, Gloria Cheng (N, W ‘25) chooses to balance both. While her family history shapes the way she engages with community, her new experiences and aspirations simultaneously propel her to explore and innovate in the fields of maternal health and obstetrics. From beekeeping on campus to exploring how nutrition can be medicine, Gloria finds creative ways to merge her heritage with her aspirations—never wasting a moment to learn, connect, and contribute to communities of care and cuisine.
(01/31/25 5:00am)
Between the streets of Vine and Arch rests a community born over 150 years ago.
(01/27/25 1:40pm)
Restaurant Week is a time when Philly opens its heart—and its kitchens—to remind us why it’s one of the most exciting food cities in the country. It’s more than just prix fixe menus; it’s a celebration of the flavors, vibes, and stories that make this city feel like home. Whether you’re craving nostalgic comfort food or looking for a sleek night out, these restaurants deliver on every front. Here’s where to go and why.
(02/02/25 6:00pm)
We’d talked about going to the concert together for months. In August, when we learned that Panchiko was coming here on tour, she was elated. I’d seen them before, but I’d go again with her.
(02/14/25 5:07am)
A bar in Istanbul. Friends surrounding me, a glass at hand—empty, near closing time. During the hassle where everyone tries to figure out a way to get home, I grow distant. It is my last day here, but I don’t want to leave. Everything I have carefully grown in my life has their seeds here, but we are growing apart with every coming day. I am afraid. Of being alone.
(02/14/25 5:00am)
It isn’t that I don’t fall in love.
(02/14/25 5:00am)
What is the price that we pay to live in America? How far will we go to understand and help those that we love, even when they don’t reciprocate love in the way that we need? Rental House by Weike Wang, a Creative Writing professor at Penn, explores these questions by following a couple—Keru and Nate—and their delicate relationships with their family and the world around them.
(02/14/25 5:00am)
If I were to mention “Funky Drummer,” you might furrow your brow in unrecognition, or you might be trying to decipher what combination of sounds could warrant the title. Is the drummer funky because he smells weird? Or is it a nod to his unparalleled groove? Chances are, you wouldn’t recognize the track’s appeal or mid–20th century cultural significance, nor would you be familiar with its creator. In the hip–hop world, the eccentric James Brown is widely considered to be the most sampled artist of all time. Alongside iconic hits like “Funky President (People It’s Bad)” and “Get Up Offa That Thing,” he penned “Funky Drummer” during a successful career that spanned the ‘60s and ‘70s. But if you’re just not cool enough to keep up with Nixon–era disco, chances are you are familiar with its borrowers.
(02/14/25 5:00am)
I met ___ when the air smelled like water and the sun fell onto the pavement in fat, white–hot rounds in between old ginkgos. There was cigarette smoke and car exhaust in the air, a flower wrapped in plastic in my hand, and cicadas yelling to get laid. Humidity. My hair stuck to the back of my neck and his to his forehead as we waited for the train. He told me—jokingly—that one day he would try to win me over in the wintertime. “It’s when people are the loneliest,” he said. Easier to fall in love, he meant.
