Happenings
The University of Pennsylvania has recently released a set of guidelines pertaining to COVID-19, which include restrictions on events and campus access, and the temporary closure of Penn’s arts centers. The Sachs Program will do its best to update our website to reflect any resultant cancellations. We also encourage you to visit the host sites for all events to confirm details. Ongoing events, such as exhibitions, will remain listed on our site for the time being.
Through our website and newsletter, The Sachs Program highlights events, performances, exhibitions, and other forms of public engagement on and off campus. Most of what we list is neither produced nor directly supported by The Sachs Program. Our intent is to point you to the great things happening at Penn and driven by Penn faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Penn is a destination for the arts. Happenings are what we think you should be experiencing now.
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Monday 26 AprilGSWS Senior Honors Thesis Presentations
Celebrate graduating honors thesis students as they present their work. Presenters include: Simran Chand, Annah Chollet, Connor Hardy, Erin O'Malley (Sachs Workstudy Student), Claire Sliney, and Fisher Taylor.
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Monday 26 AprilA Reading by Gabrielle Hamilton
Gabrielle Hamilton is the chef and owner of the acclaimed Prune restaurant in New York City’s East Village, and the author of Prune, the cookbook. Hamilton has won four James Beard awards over her career, perhaps most notably for her New York Times bestselling memoir, Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef (Random House, 2011).
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Tuesday 27 AprilA Reading by Gabrielle Hamilton
Gabrielle Hamilton is the chef and owner of the acclaimed Prune restaurant in New York City’s East Village, and the author of Prune, the cookbook. Hamilton has won four James Beard awards over her career, perhaps most notably for her New York Times bestselling memoir, Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef (Random House, 2011).
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Wednesday 28 AprilVirtual Honors Thesis Reading
A small group of graduating seniors have been working hard to complete their Creative Writing thesis projects – long-form creative literary works in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, and mixed genres that serve as the capstones to their time at Penn as writers. Join them on YouTube for a celebration of their hard work – including a livestreamed reading by some of the writers.
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Wednesday 28 AprilAnnenberg Center 20/21 Film Series – Colewell
In tiny Colewell, Pennsylvania, residents gather at the post office for mail and gossip, while the days pass quiet and serene. That is, until news comes that the office will be closing, and beloved clerk Nora (Karen Allen) is left to fight for her job and reflect on the choices she has made that kept her in Colewell for so many years. Touching, with a hint of melancholy, Tom Quinn’s eloquent film is an ode to small-town life and the silent emotions that come with nostalgia and memories of the past. Colewell gorgeously captures rural America, while giving space to the beauty of time passing and reflecting on what determines a life well lived.
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Saturday 1 MayVirtual Magic Academy with The Amazing Max
Known for his off-Broadway “awesome and hilarious live magic show,” (PBS Kids) magician Max Darwin, aka The Amazing Max, is on the virtual stage to teach children easy-to-perform magic tricks with a side of laughter and confidence-boosting fun. For all this magical marvelousness, your wizard will only need the following: pencil, deck of cards and two each of the following coins: quarters, nickels and pennies. This is a live, interactive event that will occur via Zoom. An email with the access link will be sent prior to the performance.