Arts & Entertainment
The Short Film Circuit
The 2012 Student Film Festival may have gone under your radar, but it didn’t go under Street’s
Bear in Heaven - I Love You, It's Cool
Bear in Heaven follow up their wonderful album Beast Rest Forth Mouth with the same goth dance–pop that caught our eye back in 2009.
Whedon Delivers Again
Cabin in the Woods continues the foray into genre subversion that the director began years ago.
Artist Profile: Jaipal Singh
Name and Year: Jaipal Singh, 2014 Hometown: Toronto, Canada Degree: Wharton, minor in Art History Medium of Choice: Pencil, pencil–crayon Street: How did you get interested in the visual arts? Jaipal Singh: I loved drawing from a very early age.
Street Art, Granny Style
Jessie Hemmons makes knitting look as badass in a gallery as it does on the Philly streets
I Work Out
Music's got some artist recommendations to pump up your jam, whether that's killin' it at the Pottruck treadmill or… power–walking.
The Knights Who Say Please
Whit Stillman’s Damsels needs little rescuing
Top 5 West Philly Wonders
Take a short walk to one of these on–campus art hubs and soak in April’s array of talent.
Beats on the Street
In which we stop Locust Walkers and ask them what they're listening to
Netflix Instant Watch: Punch-Drunk Love
Eternal Sunshine for the less whimsical mind
Nicki Minaj - Roman Reloaded
Combining hip–hop, rap and pop, Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded serves up classic Nicki while exhibiting a definite change in her unique style of music.
Review: The Lorax
We all love the story of the plump, orange creature who speaks for the trees, and I am sorry to say that our little mustached friend from childhood will not join Simba, Woody, or the squeaky yellow minions as one of our favorite animated heroes.
Album Releases: 4.3.12
Bear in Heaven – I Love You, It’s Cool For a band that has chosen such a pointedly nonchalant title for their latest album, the Brooklyn-based Bear in Heaven offers up some pretty earnest electro rock.
Snow White's Apple Falls Far From The Tree
The reflection in the mirror isn’t very fair at all.
Playlist of the Week: 4.2.2012
Check out our recent playlists.
Ruminating with Rommen
Street chats with Professor Tim Rommen, of Penn's favorite World Musics and Cultures class, about the accordion, yoiking and Passion Pit.
Artist Profile: Lyndsey Wheeler
Name and Year: Lyndsey Wheeler, C’14 Hometown: Alexandria, VA Major: International Relations, Journalistic Writing minor Medium of Choice: Anything that can be made into jewelry Website: www.flickr.com/photos/designsbylyndsey Street: When did you start making jewelry?
Guide to Your Cinema Studies Professor: Josephine Park
Few film professors could be as well–liked as Dr. Park, known for her class on Asians in Hollywood.
Music & Lyrics
Our in–depth look at the lesser–known throwaway lines of today’s biggest hits will give you the info you need to drunkenly sing the whole thing, too.
