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For those who grew up fascinated with the mythical worlds of dragons, sea monsters, and mermaids, the “Mythic Creatures” exhibition, held at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, is the perfect place to rediscover that old love.
I found myself not knowing where to look. Wild–bearded men, parents and children, babies and dogs, food stands, jewelry vendors, tables and tables of machinery, oddities and taxidermy–ed animals. Countless artists, all hard at work on their craft.
With the rigid Penn curriculum, most students take classes to fulfill requirements. While schedules very quickly become full, there might still be a little something missing—perhaps a little soul. At Penn, it's almost too easy to forget that our creative side needs some of the attention that we usually devote to our academics—but there are solutions. One is through taking art classes—yes, it's possible to take them just for fun. Students blessed with a bit of room in their schedule who have taken such classes can attest to just how important it is.
Four overhanging lights cast a semi-lit glow within the Taller Puertorriqueño conference room. Housed in the back left corner of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the room's worn and stained carpet gives away its age. In the front of the room sits Kukuli Velarde, about to present on her latest exhibition, The Complicit Eye. The Peruvian artist wears a colorful skirt, to match her quick sense of clever humor. Velarde is unapologetically human, she is a clever composite of all the things I am looking for when entering a museum: honest, firm, and brilliant.
When someone says the words, “Love Hurts,” what do you automatically think of? Is it that moment when an ex unceremoniously ghosted you, or memories of a long–lost teenage love? For people at The Moth StorySLAM on Feb. 4, these words meant many things, from hilarious young love set against a backdrop of moving immigrant experiences, to the warm love a woman felt for her late grandmother.
While the rest of Philadelphia drifts into slumber at 3 a.m., a group of Penn students spend their twilight hours rehearsing, rehearsing, and rehearsing. Since the beginning of the school year, the university’s first and only all–male dance team, Penn Dhamaka, has been preparing nonstop for one weekend; more specifically, for three shows. This year, their sixteenth annual production “DMAK High” takes us back to the hallways of first days, class clowns, and detention—all while combining western dance styles with South Asian dance styles in their signature fashion. I was fortunate to attend their opening night this past Friday (2/15) to see what all of those hours and sweat were about.
Rabbit opens with a monologue by protagonist Morgan, remembering her challenge to fate as a child—“…God, if you’re going to kill me, kill me … But before you do, you have to give me warning … No—if you’re going to kill me, send me a sign. An omen. Send a rabbit and a raven to my front lawn at the same time one morning, and then I’ll know.”
"What's in a name?" a gangly sans font asks against the webpage's lavender backdrop.
"I know you have an endless list of achievements—from writing poetry, to creating music, to composing musicals and opera. What would you say first inspired you to get into multimedia text to begin with?"
Transform your lazy Sunday by heading to Old City and immersing yourself in Time Passes, an unusual performance piece of Virgina Woolf’s To the Lighthouse. Yes, it is actually eight hours long—a little over the length of the novel’s audiobook.
Philadelphia is grossly underrated as an arts city. I mean, how often do you think about the fact that we just so happen to have a Van Gogh sunflower painting at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, or that the walls of the Barnes Foundation are dripping with Matisse and Cézanne paintings. Moreover, the City of Brotherly Love is a hub for the performing arts as well, with comedy clubs and small theaters galore. In order to celebrate the theater scene of Philly and the tri–state area, Theater Philadelphia is bringing back Philly Theater Week, which aims to make theater more accessible to the local community.
Upon entering Slought's front gallery at 40th and Walnut, a wardrobe full of photos takes center stage. A video flickers across one of the walls, playing ambient music that compliments more pictures lining the walls. Inside the drawers of the center wardrobe are piles of unlabeled pictures, representing the combined efforts of not one, but a community of artists.
We all have childhood staples that we can't imagine growing up without—movies, paperbacks, and TV shows which have left a mark on us as kids and now have a special place in our hearts. Among those classics is Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series, which follows the adventures of Percy Jackson, a demigod whose story blurs the line between Greek mythology and life as we know it. Since the first book, The Lightning Thief, was published in 2005, the best–selling series has inspired many a teen's love for novels and Greek mythology. Riordan's words have once again been brought to life through the on-stage magic of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. Drawing from The Lightning Thief's plot, this musical brings its audience back to the world of mythological adventure through a mix of music, acting, and song.
This winter break it seemed like everyone and their mother (myself included) was reading Michelle Obama’s new memoir, Becoming. It's become a best–seller internationally, topping book charts in eleven countries and being published in 31 languages. It was the best-selling book of 2018, and stops on her book tour have attracted thousands. However, for Obama, it's not about the money or the recognition. Simply put, she said, "If I want anything to come from [Becoming], I want us to share our stories with each other. That's what we're missing, right now...and I think people are hungry for that."
2018 is nearly over. And with the new year comes reflection, retrospection, and some top ten lists. This year gave us an onslaught of pop culture, and now Street has endeavored to choose the best of all of it—best albums, best movies, best television shows, and best books from this year, based on staff's picks.
2018 is nearly over. And with the new year comes reflection, retrospection, and some top ten lists. This year gave us an onslaught of pop culture, and now Street has endeavored to choose the best of all of it—best albums, best television shows, best books, and best movies from this year, based on staff's picks.
At the corner of 36th and Market, the Esther Klein Gallery, a gallery exploring the connections between art, science, and technology, hosted a display of life. Not in a metaphorical sense, but in the most literal one. A jar of mealworms, a petri dish of cultured bacteria, and a vest–like garment of microbes from the mouth—the gallery was teeming with life. On December 5, students from the class “Integrative Design Studio: Biological Design” exhibited their final projects in a live showcase of the intersection of art and biology
Comprised of found paper, wood, and a variety of mixed media, Pittsburgh artist Seth Clark’s solo exhibition Fragmentation explores the temporal nature of man–made structures and the complex manner in which they deteriorate, shedding light on what he refers to as the “beauty of decay.” The exhibition is Clark’s third show with the gallery and remains on view until December 6. It is a continuation of an extensive body of work by Clark that focuses on similar subject matter, though the artist breaks new ground in terms of deconstruction and abstract representation.
Good graphic design is magic. It creates space and meaning through the design, the relationship between each letterform, and the structure of area. That’s what PennDesign faculty member David Comberg does: using graphic design, he harnesses its power to generate positive change.
From within a hollowed–out cavern in an ancient statue, a face peeks through. Shadowed and half–hidden, wearing an expression of guarded innocence, it gazes evenly to the outside world like a child in a hiding place waiting to be found. The layers of cut paper framing its countenance resemble cut–open flesh, as if the statue itself has been tunneled through to reveal a living soul trapped inside.
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