Artist Profile: Anastasiya Shekhtman
Name and Year: Anastasiya Shekhtman, C’14
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA; born in Zaporozhye, Ukraine
Major: Fine Arts—Communication Design
This fashionista–designer–entrepreneur and her partner Katie Lubieski have been getting a lot of publicity lately. You might run into their shop on wheels at 40th and Locust streets, where they’re dishing out autumn bags and scarves to Penn students instead of lunchtime munchies.
Name and Year: Lindsay Rapp, 2014
Hometown: Clearwater, Florida
Major: Fine Arts
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Street: How did you first get into painting?
Lindsey Rapp: The director of the pre–school I was attending was so impressed with my artistic abilities that she entered me in an art competition, sponsored by the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County commemorating its 50th anniversary.
Located right on the edge of campus at the Rotunda, Philly’s FringeArts festival’s “One Year” powerfully features stories of the mothers of murder victims in Philly.
Name and Year: Janelle McDermoth, C’14
Hometown: Bronx, NY
Major: Africana Studies, Music Minor
Website: http://janellemcdermoth.tumblr.com/
Street: You’re an extremely multifaceted artist—you sing, act, write, and photograph.
XPoNential Music Festival
When: July 26-28
Where: Susquehanna Bank Center & Wiggins Park
Price: $125 for all three days to all accessible stages
With a line up featuring everything from the Philly-based DRGN KING to the Lumineers to freakin' Bob Dylan, XPoNential promises to be the one of the best—and certainly most affordable—music festivals of the year.
Elizabeth L. Silver (C ‘01), a lawyer turned novelist, wrote one of the summer’s best reads: The Execution of Noa P. Singleton, a Philadelphia set novel about a woman on death row. Street talked to Silver about the process of writing a novel, Kelly Writer’s house, Mad Mex and why taking risks after graduation is a really good idea.
Lancaster Avenue Jazz & Arts Festival
Where: Saunders Park in Powelton Village
When: July 20, 12 p.m.-7 p.m.
Cost: Free!
Spend the day in West Philly's Powelton Village listening to live jazz performances and enjoying local art at Saunders Park.
Cheers Elephant
When: 7/17
Where: Pastorious Park
Cost: FREE
Why: This up-and-coming band is part of the beautiful Pastorious Park’s free outdoor concert series, and also a part of the XPN Welcomes series.
Take advantage of a recitation free summer and crack open a book (or an e-book). Bookstores Amazon prime can be a little overwhelming, so grab some ideas from street.