Our 15 favorite stories from 2022 Our 15 favorite stories from 2022 From interdisciplinary research and life-changing discoveries to a new University president and everything in between, this year at Penn has been one for the books.
Penn Figure Skating Club brings ‘The Nutcracker’ to life Penn Figure Skating Club brings ‘The Nutcracker’ to life A cast of 31 skaters took to the ice to perform original choreography set to Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet.
Ukraine is calling for a boycott of ‘The Nutcracker.’ Ballet companies aren't budging Penn In the News CapRadio Ukraine is calling for a boycott of ‘The Nutcracker.’ Ballet companies aren't budging A quoted essay by Kevin Platt of the School of Arts & Sciences derides pro-Ukraine cancellation of Russian art as reflecting the same kind of nationalism driving the Russian invasion. At Penn Museum, a one-man show on Palestinian-Israeli identity Ibrahim Miari, a lecturer in Jewish Studies, is performing at the Penn Museum on Dec. 8. Q&A At Penn Museum, a one-man show on Palestinian-Israeli identity “In Between” is an award-winning, semi-autobiographical one-man show by Ibrahim Miari that portrays the complexities and contradictions inherent in Palestinian-Israeli identity. Jayson Musson: ‘His History of Art’ Jayson Musson. (Image: Carlos Avendaño) Jayson Musson: ‘His History of Art’ Musson, an alumnus of the Master of Fine Arts program in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, will speak at the Annenberg Center about his artistic practice and current exhibition “His History of Art.” Mask and Wig makes history with its first gender-inclusive show The Mask and Wig Club will make history when they take the stage Oct. 12-15 in the fall show, “Better Call Y’all,” the first gender-inclusive production since its founding as an all-male comedy group in 1889. The cast rehearsed at the Platt House for the Performing Arts. Mask and Wig makes history with its first gender-inclusive show The 133-year-old comedy troupe becomes gender-inclusive, opening auditions to all undergraduates this fall, recruiting 20 new members, 14 of them female-identifying. At the Annenberg Center, 50 years of experimentation A scene from West Philadelphia-based Philadanco’s “The Xmas Philes.” (Image: Mark Garvin) At the Annenberg Center, 50 years of experimentation The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts celebrates its 50th anniversary with a new season and a planned building expansion. Penn Today looks back at the Center’s history—and where it’s going under Penn Live Arts. Penn to build new Stuart Weitzman performing arts center in the heart of campus Penn In the News Philadelphia Business Journal Penn to build new Stuart Weitzman performing arts center in the heart of campus Christopher Gruits of Penn Live Arts says that the new Stuart Weitzman Theatre will give artists more flexibility and completely transform the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. New Stuart Weitzman Theatre to be constructed for Penn Live Arts at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Night view of the Stuart Weitzman Theatre from the Annenberg Center Plaza. Representative architectural rendering, subject to change. New Stuart Weitzman Theatre to be constructed for Penn Live Arts at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts The multipurpose space will adjoin the existing building in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania campus. After 50 Brutalist years, the Annenberg Center plans to stretch out, open up Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) After 50 Brutalist years, the Annenberg Center plans to stretch out, open up Penn Live Arts plans to transform Annenberg Plaza into a new performance space, the Stuart Weitzman Theater, expanding the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts for the first time in 51 years. Load More
At Penn Museum, a one-man show on Palestinian-Israeli identity Ibrahim Miari, a lecturer in Jewish Studies, is performing at the Penn Museum on Dec. 8. Q&A At Penn Museum, a one-man show on Palestinian-Israeli identity “In Between” is an award-winning, semi-autobiographical one-man show by Ibrahim Miari that portrays the complexities and contradictions inherent in Palestinian-Israeli identity.
Jayson Musson: ‘His History of Art’ Jayson Musson. (Image: Carlos Avendaño) Jayson Musson: ‘His History of Art’ Musson, an alumnus of the Master of Fine Arts program in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, will speak at the Annenberg Center about his artistic practice and current exhibition “His History of Art.”
Mask and Wig makes history with its first gender-inclusive show The Mask and Wig Club will make history when they take the stage Oct. 12-15 in the fall show, “Better Call Y’all,” the first gender-inclusive production since its founding as an all-male comedy group in 1889. The cast rehearsed at the Platt House for the Performing Arts. Mask and Wig makes history with its first gender-inclusive show The 133-year-old comedy troupe becomes gender-inclusive, opening auditions to all undergraduates this fall, recruiting 20 new members, 14 of them female-identifying.
At the Annenberg Center, 50 years of experimentation A scene from West Philadelphia-based Philadanco’s “The Xmas Philes.” (Image: Mark Garvin) At the Annenberg Center, 50 years of experimentation The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts celebrates its 50th anniversary with a new season and a planned building expansion. Penn Today looks back at the Center’s history—and where it’s going under Penn Live Arts.
Penn to build new Stuart Weitzman performing arts center in the heart of campus Penn In the News Philadelphia Business Journal Penn to build new Stuart Weitzman performing arts center in the heart of campus Christopher Gruits of Penn Live Arts says that the new Stuart Weitzman Theatre will give artists more flexibility and completely transform the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. New Stuart Weitzman Theatre to be constructed for Penn Live Arts at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Night view of the Stuart Weitzman Theatre from the Annenberg Center Plaza. Representative architectural rendering, subject to change. New Stuart Weitzman Theatre to be constructed for Penn Live Arts at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts The multipurpose space will adjoin the existing building in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania campus. After 50 Brutalist years, the Annenberg Center plans to stretch out, open up Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) After 50 Brutalist years, the Annenberg Center plans to stretch out, open up Penn Live Arts plans to transform Annenberg Plaza into a new performance space, the Stuart Weitzman Theater, expanding the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts for the first time in 51 years. Load More
New Stuart Weitzman Theatre to be constructed for Penn Live Arts at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Night view of the Stuart Weitzman Theatre from the Annenberg Center Plaza. Representative architectural rendering, subject to change. New Stuart Weitzman Theatre to be constructed for Penn Live Arts at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts The multipurpose space will adjoin the existing building in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania campus.
After 50 Brutalist years, the Annenberg Center plans to stretch out, open up Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) After 50 Brutalist years, the Annenberg Center plans to stretch out, open up Penn Live Arts plans to transform Annenberg Plaza into a new performance space, the Stuart Weitzman Theater, expanding the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts for the first time in 51 years.