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(02/02/18 2:09pm)
So, apparently, I look like Rembrandt. This isn’t some metaphorical comparison nor does it have some deep symbolic meaning. When I say I look like Rembrandt, I mean I literally look like Rembrandt—a laughing Rembrandt, to be precise. Or at least that’s what the app “Google Arts and Culture” told me. I’d dispute it, but even just looking at the comparison, I can’t help but see the uncanny resemblance.
(02/08/18 5:24am)
“I see another tourist
(01/30/18 12:24pm)
It’s a running joke just how preprofessional Penn is. The number of times we make fun of OCR and the memes we make of Goldman Sachs and McKinsey are almost countless. Being a bioengineering major, it would be hypocritical of me to say that being career–oriented is a negative quality. But in such an intense environment, there’s something to be said for the students who major in something different than their long–term goal. Visual studies majors who plan on going to med school may be hard to come by at Penn, but they are definitely a group to be admired.
(01/30/18 12:21pm)
Tucked away on a quaint side street in the heart of Philadelphia's Gayborhood is a Pennstitution like no other. Many Penn students are familiar with the Mask and Wig Club from their fall show at the Iron Gate Theater or their infamous Fling performances. Much fewer know of the group's clubhouse in Center City, located at 310 S. Quince Street, and their season–long spring musical performed there. This is what makes M&W so unlike the many other performing arts groups on campus.
(01/31/18 7:51am)
How do you describe the feeling of a color?
(02/04/18 8:57pm)
On January 19th, Edgar Allan Poe celebrated his 199th birthday. So he's been dead quite some time. How does one celebrate the achievement of a dead author? You could read his work. Or you could visit his house. For any poetry fan, this is a site of pilgrimage. Located on 532 N 7th St, Poe's house stands at over 100 years old at the edge of Philly's Historic District.
(01/25/18 2:00pm)
Located on the corner of 37th and Walnut, Raxx Vintage West houses local vendors like Frilly Gurl. Frilly Gurl, initiated by the local artist René Micheli, is a social change awareness project which found its beginning in the ideas of body and womanhood. Juxtaposing line art of naked female figures and declarations like ‘I Am Free’ and ‘No Cat Calls’ on tee shirts and posters, Micheli uses art to highlight the various issues modern women tackle in today’s Western culture. Frilly Gurl is not simply political. It is personal.
(01/24/18 2:00pm)
Cigar smoke–filled speakeasies, feathered flappers, bathtub gin; delusions, drunken fights, stolen affections. Zelda Fitzgerald’s life was split, in more ways than one. It’s easy to give blunt labels to any historical figure, but especially to someone as infamous as the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Zelda has been remembered in history as the lunatic wife, a common label given to unruly women. But Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler presents another unheard side of Zelda. This Zelda was adventurous. She was loving. She was jealous. She was human.
(02/09/18 1:14pm)
Walking down 2nd Street in Old City, you’d almost miss it. The paint on the metal doorframe is chipping, the back side of a window air conditioner juts out of the façade, and the yellow brick building above is dirtied with age. The dim of midday shadows the interior, and apart from a stained–glass panel spelling “Books & Art” and a small neon sign inviting passersby in, there is no sign of activity. Surrounded by well–kept art galleries and posh furniture stores, Jules Goldman Books & Antiques is a façade that many ignore.
(01/23/18 1:38pm)
When the last Empress of France needed to flee from both an invading Prussian army that had captured her husband and an angry citizen uprising engulfing Paris, she turned to her dentist.
(01/22/18 7:07pm)
At the corner of North Preston and Market Street by 40th Street Station, the creams, rustic reds, and light blues that define West Philadelphia are interrupted by a wall bursting with colors of green, blue, red, pink, and orange. Snaking between these hues are contours of black lines. But they aren't lines. They are words.
(01/22/18 7:36pm)
Participating in the 2017 Women's March last year after the inauguration as a student I felt like I was making history, but almost a year later, the signs, t–shirts, and pussyhats feel more distant than I would have guessed. Not too much—or at least as much as many would've hoped for—has changed since my friends and I sat in our dorm plastering poster paper with protests. President Trump is still attacking female politicians (last year it was Hillary Clinton, this year it’s Kirsten Gillibrand, among many others), and issues of immigration, climate change, and police brutality still persist.
(01/24/18 1:00pm)
From now until March 25, the Arthur Ross Gallery is hosting Impressions in Ink, an exhibition of prints from artists like Cézanne, Manet, Matisse, and Toulouse–Lautrec.
(01/25/18 6:34am)
The '80s were a colorful time, to say the least. But among the neon polyester and crunchy, kinky bouffants, there was one trend that held a more serious message than “girls just wanna have fun.” Velcroed into all those chartreuse, Tommy Hilfiger sweaters and jaunty, prep blazers were shoulder pads—a bold artistic statement. But these straight–edged shoulder enhancers are making a comeback, and there is a bigger reason than just wanting a sharp, tailored look against the flowery, subtleness of spring.
(01/19/18 6:41pm)
One year after Trump's inauguration, his election and decisions in office continue to affect American society and incite protest. Over the last year, artists have channelled their emotions and opinions into their work, melding the personal and political into installations, apparel, Fine Arts theses, and more.
(01/17/18 3:13am)
There's only one night each year when all 12 dance groups at Penn share the same stage. And that night is the Emily Sachs Dance Benefit, which falls on Friday, January 19th this year.
(01/17/18 3:36am)
Ah, yes, art—a seemingly useless artifact of the past that has no place in the modern age of technology. Especially here at Penn, the atmosphere of which is largely dominated by preprofessionalism, who even has the time of day to set down their—whatever tools professional people use—for a paintbrush?
(01/16/18 12:48am)
Like many others, my Instagram feed is a conveyer belt of curated selfies and risqué finsta posts—and I love it. Instagram keeps me in touch with my high school friends and helps me remember that tropical vacation they took over winter break. But with Instagram comes FOMO, and I am missing out. I am missing some of the diverse voices I was lucky to be inundated with daily in my arts high school. I mean the queer kids, more specifically.
(01/17/18 3:24am)
Last year was bursting with stellar Broadway debuts. From Miss Saigon to Dear Evan Hansen, the big white way had something for everyone. While the 2016–2017 season was full of hits, it left theatre aficionados wondering what next season could hold. Would it be able to top this last season, which held box–office successes such as Hamilton?
(01/17/18 3:28am)
Come the beginning of each new year, bookstores fill their windows with weight–loss guides and self–help books promoting mindfulness in the spirit of New Year resolutions. Amazing! But while they directly channel the spirit of resolution, there are also plenty of more entertaining options that indirectly accomplish the same thing. So, with the goal of reading more in the New Year, here’s a college–themed (read: time–saving) list of refreshing and invigorating works of literature.
