Past Events



Joe Conason in Conversation with Dick Polman

The Midterm Elections Are Over. What's Next for America?
Nov 15, 2023 at -

JOE CONASON is editor-in-chief of The National Memo, a political commentary website, and an editor at The Investigative Fund. A widely published columnist and reporter, he is…



Arts at Homecoming: Emerging Screenwriters

With Jay Elias (C'14), Benjamin Finkel (C'16, G'17), Isabelle Mecattaf (C'17) and Nihaar Sinha (W'14). Hosted by Kathy DeMarco Van Cleve
Nov 4, 2023 at -

How does a screenwriter break into the industry? What should storytellers be thinking about right now in an industry that has been turned upside down by tech? Join us for a panel discussion of these and other…



A Celebration of the Life and Work of Bernadette Mayer

hosted by Laynie Browne with Julia Bloch, Philip Good, Lee Ann Brown, Brenda Coultas, Marie Warsh and Emily Rush
Oct 25, 2023 at -

Reception at 5:00 | Readings and reminiscences at 6:00

Please join us for a very special evening celebrating the life and work of poet and artist Bernadette Mayer (May 12, 1945 – November 22, 2022). Mayer's…



Whenever We Feel Like It

A Reading by Caren Beilin & Hilary Plum hosted by Michelle Taransky
Oct 17, 2023 at -

CAREN BEILIN is the author of the novel Revenge of the Scapegoat (Dorothy, 2022), winner of the Vermont Book Award for fiction. Other books include Blackfishing the…



Novelist Elizabeth Silver

in conversation with Lorene Cary about The Majority
Oct 16, 2023 at -

ELIZABETH L SILVER is the author of two previous books; The Execution of Noa P.



How to Turn an Idea into an Actual Story

Nora Magid Mentorship Prize 20th Anniversary Special Session, moderated by Matt Flegenheimer and featuring Ashley Parker, Luis Ferre-Sadurni, Maddie Ngo, Jason Schwartz, Jessica Goodman, Isabella Simonetti, and Stephen Fried
Oct 6, 2023 at -

In this special session, offered as part of programming to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Nora Magid Mentorship Prize, seven Nora Prize-winners…



Careers in Journalism and Media

Nora Magid Mentorship Prize 20th Anniversary Alumni Panel with Madeleine Ngo, Ashley Parker, and Jason Schwartz, moderated by Isabella Simonetti
Oct 5, 2023 at -

Hoping to work in journalism, media, or publishing after college? The annual Careers in Journalism and New Media alumni panel — co-sponsored by the Daily Pennsylvanian and the Nora Magid Mentorship…



Political Reporting

Nora Magid Mentorship Prize 20th Anniversary Alumni Panel with Luis Ferre-Sadurni, Matt Flegenheimer, and Ashley Parker, moderated by Jessica Goodman
Oct 5, 2023 at -

If you've ever wondered what it's like to report from the front lines of political campaigns, be part of the White House Press Pool, or expose the dark (and sometimes funny!) underbelly of our country's political…



Anthony Cody and Jena Osman: A Reading

hosted by Syd Zolf
Sep 26, 2023 at -

ANTHONY CODY is the author of The Rendering (Omnidawn, 2023), and Borderland Apocrypha (Omnidawn, 2020), winner of the 2018 Omnidawn Open Book Prize. His…



Ahmad Almallah & Olivia Elias: A Poetry Reading

The world as Palestine: poetry across languages, translation, and diasporas
Sep 21, 2023 at -

Among the questions being posed by these writers is this one: When the entire world becomes remnants and memories of a lost homeland, how does one reconstruct the self and its language(s) in poetry? Join us for a…