Imagine you’re a student game developer and your first game is mentioned along with the likes of video game royalty like the Mario Brothers and Pokemon. That’s the case for a student company from Drexel’s […]
Category: Arts & Culture
Q+A: How Impressive Were Lady Gaga’s 300 Flying Backup Dancers?
This year’s Super Bowl halftime show opened with a shot of Lady Gaga seemingly performing on the roof of NRG Stadium in front of an impressive, patriotic and rather animated constellation — with a hankering […]
Q+A: A Fresh Look at ‘Roots’ After 40 Years
For eight nights in late January of 1977, more than tens of millions of people in the United States tuned in to watch a miniseries about the history of slavery in America adapted from Alex […]
Want To Help Plan For an Alien Invasion?
If science fiction movies have taught us anything, it’s that it typically takes a widespread and concerted effort to turn aside a space alien invasion. So as Drexel’s Entrepreneurial Game Studio prepares its citywide, […]
Q+A: Before Kelly and Carlson — The Struggle For Equality In The Newsroom
Fifty years from now the struggle for workplace equality might be remembered as just another relic from one of the embarrassing bits of American history. That women working in media 50 years ago could only […]
Q+A: Don’t Blink! Ang Lee’s New Movie Packs in Detail by Dialing up the Frame Rate
This week the director who gave audiences acclaimed, visual masterpieces “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Life of Pi,” is asking viewers to trust him as he pushes beyond the limits of our collective visual comfort […]
Pearlstein Gallery Exhibit Preview & Artist Talk
Drexel University’s Leonard Pearlstein Gallery is currently featuring ‘Warp + Weft’ – work by 2015 Pew Fellow in the Arts Caroline Lathan-Stiefel. Here’s a preview of her work. See it in person until Dec. 4. […]
Q+A: Survival of the Coolest? The Struggle to Get Noticed in the Marketplace of Games
As a small game development company or startup, it’s hard to get noticed in a sea of hundreds of thousands of new games each year. This is one of the constant challenges for students embarking […]
Celebrate Italian Culture Month with an Exhibition, Ballet and a Play
In a city full of rich Italian-American culture and history, Drexel’s Westphal College of Media Arts and Design is excited to host two projects in honor of Italian Cultural month. Diverse programming will run through […]
Crazy About Clowns? ‘Red Bastard’ Comes to URBN Black Box
“Something interesting happens every ten seconds…” Drexel’s Co-Op Theatre Company is thrilled to present Eric Davis, aka ‘Red Bastard’ – an award-winning clown, whose mission is to charm, disarm, shock and seduce his audience. America’s […]