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Music
Everyone’s a Winner! The 67th Grammy Awards Might Be The Most Predictable Yet
All of the major musical players of 2024 got their flowers. Well … almost all of them.
by KYLE GRGECIC
Television
‘The Batman’ Meets ‘The Godfather’
How HBO’s The Penguin bends genre to create something new.
by RIA REGE
Film
‘I'm Still Here’ Explores When Personal Loss Becomes Political
The Oscar–nominated Brazilian film is a gripping portrayal of loss, resilience, and the fight for justice.
by LUIZA LOUBACK
Music
Bring Out the Pitchforks: Is Music Criticism Dead?
The era of hating professionally seems to be coming to an end—but this process can be stopped.
by AMBER URENA
Music
FKA twigs is the Voice of a Detached, Uninspired Generation in ‘EUSEXUA’
The album gracefully balances club life and existential despair in an insightful reflection on the rave zeitgeist.
by JO KELLY
Music
In Transit With Roy Blair’s 'Chasing Moving Trains'
The singer–songwriter’s first release in four years sounds stuck in the past, but for good reason.
by WILL CAI
Arts
Weike Wang’s ‘Rental House’ Reminds Us of the Opportunity Cost of Belonging
How do we know where to call home?
by SAMANTHA HSIUNG
Music
Love in the Age of Sampling
In defense of borrowed brilliance and why you’ve definitely danced to it before.
by SOPHIA MIRABAL
Music
Where to Find New Music (If TikTok Gets Banned For Real Next Time)
It’s not as easy as it sounds, unless you’re willing to do some digging.
by WILL CAI
Arts
Purring Machines: ‘Nature Never Loses’ at the ICA
The major Carl Cheng retrospective is on display until April 6
by KATRINA ITONA
Music
GRWM: A Genre–Hopping Guide to Pregame Music
The music we get ready to is never just background noise.
by KATE HIEWON AHN
Arts
How Do We Exhibit the Fear and Fragility of Our Moment?
The Arthur Ross Gallery’s first exhibition of 2025 brings modernism’s past into our present.
by RICHARD PAGET
Music
From Dorm Room to Dance Floor: Penn DJs Break out Beyond the Bubble
At Warehouse on Watts, these DJs showed off a little bit of madness, badness, and everything in between.
by NISHANTH BHARGAVA and SOPHIA MIRABAL
Music
A Look Back at the Golden Age of Hip–Hop Sampling
Sampling's not “a longer term for theft." It’s art.
by SADIE DANIEL
Music
Sequels Suck and So Does Lil Uzi’s ‘Eternal Atake 2’
Where the original album blasted off, Uzi’s newest project crashes and burns.
by JETT BOLKER
Film
‘The Apprentice’ Isn’t About President Donald Trump
From biopics to fictionalized political dramas, the ethics of politics–as–entertainment are murky waters—and this Trump picture’s politics are far from clear.
by ISAAC POLLOCK
Music
Street’s Best Albums of 2024
From breakout hits to sleeper picks, Street brings you the hottest records of the year.
by 34TH STREET MAGAZINE
Film
Street's Favorite Film & TV of 2024
From sex–worker–centric rom–com fake–outs, to animated tearjerkers for kids, to a peek into what life is like for Whartonites post–Penn, here's what Street has been watching this year.
by 34TH STREET MAGAZINE
Arts
Orientalism and the Limits of Reimagining
Matthew Ozawa’s satirical reimagining of the classic "Madama Butterfly" subverts orientalism but at the cost of artistic merit.
by KYUNGHWAN LIM
Arts
Millionaires Go Bananas!
The infamous banana duct–taped to a wall was sold for $6.2 million.
by PRIYANKA AGARWAL
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