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400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio
About six people standing looking at open books on a table in a library

John Pollack (fourth from left) of the Penn Libraries organized the First Folio Day and chose the Shakespeare-related works to put on display. 

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400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio

A Penn Libraries celebration of the 400th anniversary of the publication of William Shakespeare’s “Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies” featured students performing scenes and a rare appearance of four First Folios.

Louisa Shepard

People and Places at Penn: Makerspaces
student works with mears staff member in lab

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People and Places at Penn: Makerspaces

Hands-on learning fosters creativity, creates opportunities for collaboration, and feels good. Education Commons, the Precision Machining Laboratory, and Tangen Hall all offer space for students to get their hands dirty.

Kristina Linnea García

Sonal Khullar on books, art, and ‘love in the stacks’
Sonal Khullar inspects the flyleaf from 'Alice in Wonderland.'

Sonal Khullar inspects the flyleaf of an illustrated copy of ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ a favorite book from her childhood.

(Image: Dan Horan.)

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    • Sonal Khullar on books, art, and ‘love in the stacks’

    The history of South Asian art professor discusses books, art, and love through her edited volume “Old Stacks, New Leaves: The Arts of the Book in South Asia.”

    Kristina Linnea García

    Penn Libraries receives archive of writer, activist, and historian James G. Spady
    James Spady (right) and South African writer Es'kia Mphahlele.

    James Spady (right) interviewing South African writer Es’kia Mphahlele.

    (Image: Courtesy of Leandre K. Jackson)

    Penn Libraries receives archive of writer, activist, and historian James G. Spady

    Spady’s prolific archive highlights figures in African American history including scholars, musicians, and architects, and documented Philadelphia’s place in the Civil Rights Movement and hip-hop.

    From Penn Libraries

    A rare rediscovery revealed
    Jalen Chang with courbet

    Jalen Chang, a Ph.D. candidate in art history at Penn, was a research assistant for the exhibition.

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    A rare rediscovery revealed

    An oil painting by 19th-century French artist Gustave Courbet that was found in the School of Dental Medicine’s storage is now on view at the Arthur Ross Gallery.

    Louisa Shepard

    Evoking an ancient world
    Benjamin Bagby speaking and gesturing with his hand

    Bagby has been performing “Beowulf” for nearly 30 years.

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    Evoking an ancient world

    The medieval English epic poem “Beowulf” is brought to life in a musical performance by Benjamin Bagby and academic discussion through a partnership among the Penn Live Arts, the Libraries, and the School of Arts & Sciences. 

    Louisa Shepard

    Taking play seriously at the Penn Libraries
    Tex Kang holds a giant replica of a gaming system control.

    Tex Kang, program coordinator for Technology and Play. (Image: Penn Libraries)

    Taking play seriously at the Penn Libraries

    The Penn Libraries’ Education Commons and Vitale Digital Media Lab facilitate and support play through planned activities and in response to student requests, with an ultimate goal to benefit student wellness.

    From Penn Libraries

    The University of Pennsylvania Libraries acquires archives of The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Academy of Music
    worker reviewing orchestra archives

    Dillalogue views photographs by Adrian Siegel at the archives at the Academy of Music ahead of the material being moved to Penn. Siegel served as the unofficial photographer at The Philadelphia Orchestra while a cellist from 1922-1959, and then official Orchestra photographer during his retirement, from 1959 to the mid-1970s.

    The University of Pennsylvania Libraries acquires archives of The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Academy of Music

    The historic partnership provides the public access to nearly 175 years of Philadelphia’s rich musical history.