Past Events



STUDENTS OF KATHY DEMARCO VAN CLEVE

A Short Story Reading
Dec 12, 2016 at

Staged readings of original stories, including but not limited to: science fiction that's better than Arrival, coming-of-age stories better than Good Will Hunting and a political satire that will make…



STUDENTS OF JAMIE-LEE JOSSELYN

A Personal Essay Reading
Dec 12, 2016 at -

The students of Jamie-Lee Josselyn's English 10 have spent the semester writing personal essays about their grade school days, their complex relationships, objects that are both extraordinary and ordinary, and places…



STUDENTS OF ANNA MARIA HONG

A Fiction Reading
Dec 12, 2016 at -

Students in Anna Maria Hong’s creative writing course studied and practiced writing focused on the real and imagined lives of animals, including ancient fables and 21st-century stories, poems, essays, and hybrid-…



STUDENTS OF JASON ZUZGA & MELISSA JENSEN

A Speculative Fiction Reading
Dec 8, 2016 at -

Students of Melissa Jensen’s speculative fiction course will join students of Jason Zuzga’s poetry and prose course for an evening of imagined futures, alternate histories, sci-fi, and great poetry and prose, honed…



STUDENTS OF KAREN RILE

An Advanced Fiction Reading
Dec 8, 2016 at -

Students of Karen Rile’s advanced fiction writing course spent the semester focusing on their narrative craft. Join them in celebrating a semester of intensive writing and revision.

 

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STUDENTS OF KATHRYN WATTERSON

A Personal Essay Reading
Dec 7, 2016 at -

Personal essayists — at their best — tell us what they don’t know, as well as what they imagine to be true. Following this ideal, students in Kathryn Watterson’s writing seminar wrote personal essays about…



GETTING WHIPPED IN THE RUSSIAN SPA, ROOFTOP THIEVES, AND A GEOMETRY OF FEAR

Students of Jay Kirk: A Narrative Non-Fiction Reading
Dec 6, 2016 at -

Join us for readings by students in Jay Kirk’s class (Narrative Nonfiction: The Art of Experience) as they close out an extraordinary semester of work. Open to the public; refreshments served.

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POETRY, PROSE, AND LANGUAGE EXCURSIONS

Students of Julia Bloch & Laynie Browne
Dec 6, 2016 at -

Come hear readings by students in Laynie Browne's Writing Philadelphia first-year seminar, together with the students of Julia Bloch's Poetry Writing Workshop, who will present work from across the semester. Students…



REALARTS@PENN SUMMER INTERNSHIPS

Information and lunch
Dec 1, 2016 at -

Have you been dreaming of the perfect summer internship? The one that will change your life forever? RealArts@Penn can help make that dream a reality!…



REALARTS@PENN PRESENTS LELAND SUNDRIES

hosted by Anthony DeCurtis
Nov 10, 2016 at -

Singer-songwriter Nick Loss-Eaton leads the Brooklyn band (and performs under the name of) LELAND SUNDRIES. He has been praised by the New York Times ("dedicated to storytelling in a…