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Close-up of receipt from Alexander Hamilton
Exhibit
Hamilton's life and legacy
Published Feb 19, 2018
Homewood Museum exhibit explores 'The Man Who Made Modern America'
'Black Panther'
Commentary
'Black Panther' taps centuries of dreams
Published Feb 16, 2018
Historian N.D.B. Connolly explores the historical inspirations, both real and imagined, for the film's fictional world of Wakanda / The Hollywood Reporter
Byeong Woo Lee
Music
Scoring at the Olympics
Published Feb 9, 2018
Peabody alum Byeong Woo Lee composes music for PyeongChang Winter Olympics opening ceremony
A crop image of a photo of African-American women aboard a ship in 1930
Exhibit
Freedom in many forms
Published Feb 2, 2018
Sheridan Libraries exhibit honors the ways black Americans have expressed freedom and empowerment
Paintings on display
STEAM education
Young artists showcase their work
Published Feb 1, 2018 Photos
Annual exhibition aims to get students excited about STEAM education, which combines arts with traditional STEM fields
A student holds a mask sculpted to appear like a deer skull
Visual Arts
Making faces in class
Published Jan 31, 2018 Video
Students learn the cultural significance of masks before creating their own in Intersession course
Taylor Kitsch as David Koresh
Entertainment
True crime and the rise of the docudrama
Published Jan 30, 2018 Video
Film and Media Studies director Linda DeLibero discusses the growing appeal of true crime storytelling on TV and the future of the genre
Ursula K. Le Guin
Commentary
An interplanetary anthropologist
Published Jan 26, 2018
In tribute to author Ursula K. Le Guin, who died this week, Anand Pandian finds parallels between her work and his / Anthrodendum
Abstract, watery painting of blue and tan.
SHORT FICTION
A Perfect Painting
Published Jan 24, 2018
A short story written by a Johns Hopkins junior as part of the Writing Fantastical Fiction Intersession course
A sparkling whale flops backwards on a background of fluffy clouds and blue sky.
SHORT FICTION
When the Whales Came
Published Jan 24, 2018
A short story written by a Johns Hopkins senior as part of the Writing Fantastical Fiction Intersession course