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(04/08/24 4:00am)
When was the last time you listened to music on the radio? If you’re struggling to recall, you’re not alone. With music streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music taking over the industry, the ways people experience and engage with music have completely changed. Up until 2017, the radio was the most popular way of listening to music, but ever since it has been steadily overtaken by streaming services.
(04/04/24 10:06pm)
Going to college in Philly, we’re so often bombarded—on social media and IRL—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 weekends.
(04/15/24 4:00am)
Julia Pratt has never stayed in one place for too long. She spent her childhood years moving around the country and overseas for her mother’s job. At 23 years old, Pratt is still on the road, performing sold–out shows and opening for her favorite artists and bands. Amid the chaos of change and the plight to find home, for Pratt, music has always been a constant.
(04/03/24 4:00am)
Anticipation is a collective experience everyone in the room shares as I peer over the balcony, looking at both the crowd in the pit, and also the band on stage. Noise pop encroaching on shoegaze, the songs that play are less about the lyrics and instead hinge on components that build the atmosphere. People sway, but are otherwise static, and I can’t hear anything but the band; an experience I had not been privy to when I’d previously frequented concerts at The Fonda Theatre. I can’t make out much of the lyrics, and most people around me aren’t singing. Looking at the legions of teenagers underneath me, the audience is hypnotized by the dreamy visuals that complement the ambient sound.
(03/29/24 4:00am)
If you know a good amount of Penn students who hail from Philadelphia, chances are high that at least one of them has a parent who works here. Why would anyone want to risk running into their parents on Locust Walk, you may ask? For many, the answer can be found in Penn’s tuition benefits.
(04/10/24 6:02am)
Some people keep diaries; I keep sketchbooks. On days when I’m home from school and nostalgia has dug its Crayola–stained fingers into my thoughts, I pull them from the shelf and begin a trip through time.
(04/05/24 4:10am)
As an Art History major, and an avid consumer of all things relating to the art world, when I stumble into a gallery or attend an event centered around art, all my opinions and ideas feel somewhat intentional, very guided by the academic and critical art world around me. My mom, who has a keen eye and wonderful taste (I must give it to her), has not faced that same art world indoctrination. When she is presented with scores of extraordinary art, she does not seek out impressive chiaroscuro or innovative archetypal representations; Instead, she admires what draws her eye, what immediately evokes emotion, and more simply, what sparks joy and, as she puts it, “seems cool.”
(04/19/24 4:00am)
Sydney McKeever (C' 27) distinctiveness is immediately apparent: her sharp wit, effortless style, and staggering academic workload. But beneath the surface, her brain itself is equally unique.
(03/27/24 4:00am)
Victoria Antoinette Megens (MFA ‘24) is committed to producing environmentally mindful art that plays with the intersection between the contrasting and colorful landscapes of nature and the drab and gray of city life. Hailing from Canada’s Pacific Northwest, Megens' upbringing seeded her artistic journey and painted the message she aims to convey through her work: opening peoples’ minds to new perspectives in the world. Megens' art strives to emphasize the coexistence of humans and nature.
(04/12/24 4:00am)
Today, cell phones make it possible to call friends and family whenever you want, wherever you want. However, communication wasn’t always as easy as it is today. Until about the 2000s, payphones used to be an important source of communication. While the advent of cell phones has made communication easier for many, it has also made communication less accessible for those who depend on payphones. Here in Philly, founder of Philtel Naveen Albert (E' 23) seeks to bring back payphones to the city and make communication accessible for all.
(04/01/24 4:00am)
In my dimly lit dorm room, on Academy Awards night, anticipation crackled through the air like static on an old vinyl record. It was the glitziest, most extravagant spectacle in the realm of cinema. As I settled into my uncomfortable desk chair, surrounded by crumpled takeout bags and half–empty soda cans, I braced myself for the inevitable rollercoaster of emotions that accompanies Hollywood's grandest soirée.
(04/17/24 4:00am)
In a corner of Abyssinia, bathed in dim yellow lighting, I sit across from Walden Green (C ‘24), and stare down an oversized rainbow–hued palette of Ethiopian food. Amidst the buzz of our fellow restaurant goers, Walden types furiously, tweeting about Italian Disco Stories.
(04/08/24 2:07pm)
I have watched all two seasons of Pen15, but I don’t even know what platform it is on. My TikTok for–you page is filled with clips of any semi–popular TV show in the last 15 years, divided into short parts, split screened with Subway Surfers or slime DIYs. These videos even prompted me to watch all seven seasons of Malcolm in the Middle, a show I had never even heard of before this year.
(04/01/24 4:00am)
There is a new red book proliferating around China, but it’s not connected to the infamous Mao Zedong or politics.
(03/22/24 4:00am)
Content warning: The following text describes disordered eating, student assault, and death.
(03/21/24 11:58pm)
Bella Whittaker (C ‘24) goes for gold. Compassionate and driven, Bella doesn't just run for herself, but she's paving the way to make the starting block a more inclusive space. Always a high achiever, coming in second is never an option for Whittaker. She may have come late to the track game, but she’s running to reach the ultimate finish line: the Olympics. Any hurdles she’s faced have only pushed her to come back stronger and faster than before. Watch out for Bella Whittaker as she leads the newest generation of our nation’s track stars and fights for equality and representation for athletes across Penn’s campus.
(03/29/24 4:00am)
There are three little–known categories in the Oscars, and I’ll give you a tiny hint—they all have the word "short" in the title. These narrative, documentary, and animated short film categories are preserving the artistic integrity of the Oscars.
(04/19/24 4:00am)
When I was three, I watched a video of my uncle performing violin in Taiwan. I decided then and there that, someday, I would play on that stage too.
(04/03/24 8:10am)
Every girl remembers the verbal arguments between her and friends, peers, and foes. Some women credit these arguments with making them intimately aware of their shortcomings in everything from character flaws to how they style their hair. Psychologists even agree that arguments can be healthy; a researcher from the University of Georgia Jennifer A. Samp—concentrating on communications to study close relationships, conflict, power, and moral injury—argued that the “process of conflict and arguing facilitates talk and awareness of another’s perspective.” Despite everybody’s lifelong exposure to normal arguments between sisters, friends, and even colleagues, why are women deemed "mean" or "catty" when they argue? Additionally, in spite of a hip–hop culture of battle rap and rap beef, why do fans and onlookers hate it when the rap girlies fight?
(04/05/24 4:00am)
Tirzah’s trip9love…???, released this past September, is an album shrouded in mystery. The London–based electronic artist gave no press interviews in the lead–up to its release, and dropped the album onto streaming platforms on a Tuesday night with hardly any promotion.