Photographer Harvey Wang began taking pictures as a teenager. He was mid-career when the tools of his trade were made virtually obsolete with the transition from film to digital. In a new film, “From Darkroom […]
Category: Arts & Culture
Many Animals Were Helped in the Making of This Production
Westphal College of Media Arts & Design professor Brannon Wiles is a producer of a Broadway play called “Sylvia,” starring Tony Award-winners Matthew Broderick, Annaleigh Ashford and Julie White, which recently started a limited run […]
Quick Take: Your Coloring Book is Not Your Therapist
“Art is a very powerful, symbolic language that expresses those internal life experiences for which we have no words. A trained art therapist helps people create, express, and understand their own symbolic language which can […]
It’s Not ALL Smoke and Mirrors: Going to the Movies With Visual Effects Pros
If you’ve ever wondered—perhaps even out loud, in the middle of a rather intense scene, in an exceedingly crowded movie theater—how the production crew pulled off a particularly visually stunning effect, now is your chance […]
Building a Video Game Showdown for Vets on CBS Sports Network’s ‘Triumph Games’
On Veterans Day, CBS Sports Network will unveil “Triumph Games” a seven-day competition pitting 12 military veterans head-to-head in challenges of mind and body. Among the challenges are a triathlon, an obstacle course, a car […]
Turning Social Media Data Streams into Interactive Art
Imagine this: you walk into your closet in the morning and a device on the wall notifies you that the weather is a bit blustery outside. So you put back the T-shirt you were planning […]
Quick Take: Turning Old Tires Into Batteries
“If we were to recycle all of the scrap tires, that would translate into 1.5 million tons of carbon, which is half of the annual global production of graphite.” – Yury Gogotsi Researchers from Oak […]
Drexel Snapshot: This Magical Wardrobe Will Transport You Through Fashion History
From designs by Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel to Christian Dior and Oscar de la Renta, the long-awaited and highly anticipated Immortal Beauty: Highlights of the Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection exhibition – now open to […]
Quick Take: Facebook Adding ‘Dislike’ Button—Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
“I doubt it will cause [Facebook users] to start wantonly disliking pictures of their friends’ babies, dogs, cats and cooking experiments. I suspect it will mainly be used to express mild disapproval, or to express […]
Papers Cover Rock: Drexel Students Interview Husker Dü Drummer For Writing Class
Husker Dü drummer and vocalist Grant Hart was interviewed by Drexel University students taking the “Writing About Rock Music” Honors Course on July 30. Hart, a cofounder of the influential alt rock and punk band and […]