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From finance to fine arts
Jill Krutick, “Ray of Sunshine.” Oil on canvas, 40″ x 30″ After more than 20 years in the corporate world as an investment analyst and media executive, Jill Krutick W’84 was ready for a change. Why...
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Caren Lissner C’93 hopes to ‘kickstart’ Carrie Pilby movie
Two weeks ago, Variety announced that Caren Lissner’s novel, Carrie Pilby, was “headed for the big screen.” That same day, the Women in Film Institute proclaimed that “Susan Cartsonis, Chair of the...
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Check out these Penn acts from the Make Music Philly festival
Penn joined the rest of Philadelphia in a new annual tradition late last month: Make Music Philly. The free, citywide, “do-it-yourself” music festival marks the summer solstice and World Music Day,...
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How do Penn professors spend their summers?
You may have wondered what Penn’s illustrious English professors are up to when school isn’t in session. The short answer is plenty. The longer answer, at least in the case of Kenneth Goldsmith, is...
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Writing instructor Karen Rile C’80 on her new literary magazine, Cleaver
Karen Rile C’80 always dreamed of starting her own literary magazine. The idea just kept pushing its way into her head until finally, in early 2013, she launched Cleaver Magazine with her daughter,...
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This alumnus moonlights as ‘Ali G with an M.F.A.’
We were chatting with one of Penn’s art history professors the other day and she happened to mention a series of videos by alumnus Jayson Scott Musson GFA’11. “They are hilarious,” she promised. It...
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Performing ‘Syrinx’ for a sphinx
Alumna flutist Mimi Stillman G’03 Gr’12 has spent the last year celebrating the 150th anniversary of composer Claude Debussy’s birth. Every day from August 22, 2012, through August 22, 2013 — 366 times...
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Kelly Writers House announces this year’s crop of alumni book groups
Last year around this time, we told you all about the free online book groups Kelly Writers House had created for alumni — and today we’re back to do it again! The first group starts in late October,...
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Ready for Homecoming? Its arts-and-culture focus turns 5 this year.
It’s been five years since the University introduced an arts-and-culture focus to Homecoming weekend — a focus we here at the Arts Blog happen to love. Each year we bring you a roundup of the events...
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Lessons Through Literature
A year or so ago, when Allison Gutknecht C’05 uncovered an embarrassing fact about the marching-band pants she’d worn in high school, she pulled out her phone and quickly tapped out a note to herself:...
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