News
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March 5, 2019
‘Vessels’ at Annenberg Brings the Horrors and the Sisterhood of the Middle Passage to the StageShaun Brady of the Inquirer featured Vessels as it was about to premier at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in March 2019. Vessels was created over a four-year period by artists Rebecca Mwase and Ron Ragin. In the article, Shaun Brady writes that “The inspiration for Vessels came from a talk by poet Nikki Giovanni, who pondered how millions of enslaved people arrived on these shores with their sanity intact. The first thought that leaped into Mwase’s mind was ‘song,’ and she set out to investigate how singing offered at least a spiritual escape from suffering.” Vessels was supported in part by a grant from The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation.
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March 1, 2019
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Announces its 2019/20 Dance SeasonIn the 19/20 season, the Annenberg Center and NextMove Dance create a special retrospective celebrating their exciting tradition of bringing the best in dance to Philadelphia. They will showcase beloved audience favorites and look to the future of dance in all its forms.
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February 27, 2019
Pinning Positivity: Student Creates ‘Affirmation Tree’ to Promote Self-loveCollege senior Elana Burack created the project, a wire tree with self-affirming messages hanging on leaf-shaped notecards, to encourage positive-self reflection among students.
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February 27, 2019
Egypt on DisplayDuring its Building Transformation Project, the Penn Museum is opening a new Ancient Egypt exhibition to display artifacts and highlight their conservation.
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February 27, 2019
PennDesign Renamed After Fashion Icon Stuart WeitzmanPennDesign has been renamed the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design in honor of the fashion icon and Wharton alumnus' lifetime commitment and support to Penn.