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Author Archives: Amy Ellsworth
Free Hip Hop Concert Tonight! [audio]
Back in January 2012, local hip hop artists visited the African, Egyptian, and Imagine Africa galleries at the Penn Museum to draw musical (and lyrical) inspiration from the African art and artifacts. The artists, selected by local hip hop radio DJ, Zachariah Hardin aka T.H.E., include godHead The General, Magnum O, Darian The Great, KNomadz, [...]
Posted in Africa, Community Engagement, Imagine Africa Tagged africa, african american music, african music, hip hop, music, rap music Leave a comment
Dead Men of Duffy’s Cut
More than 175 years ago, a ditch in Chester County became a mass grave for 57 Irish immigrant railroad workers, thought to have died of cholera. Now, a team that includes a Penn scholar and student is digging deeper into the lives – and deaths – of these laborers. Dr. Janet Monge, curator of physical [...]
Posted in Physical Anthropology, Research, video Tagged cholera, duffy's cut, forensics, immigrants, irish Leave a comment
Ancient Yo Mama Jokes on the Colbert Report
Last Friday, my Facebook feed was flooded with comments about our cuneiform tablet that made it onto the Colbert Report in a spot about ancient yo mama jokes. Our tablet fragment, featured in the original scholarly article in Iraq, originates from Sippar (modern-day Abu Habbah, Iraq just southwest of Baghdad) during the Old Babylonian Period (1900-1600 [...]
Employee of the Month, Kevin Schott
Our reigning Employee of the Month is Kevin Schott, Exhibit Developer. I felt compelled to write a blog post about Kevin because he is one of those rare people who seems to come from another planet – like he’s not as dinged up by the same space junk that makes world weary complainers out of [...]
A Little Light Reading for the Troops
Jane Hickman, Editor of Expedition magazine and Maureen Goldsmith, from the Director’s Office at the Penn Museum, recently sent a stack of past issues of Expedition magazine to Staten Island Project Homefront. The magazines are being sent to troops stationed abroad, including Afghanistan. Staten Island Project Homefront is a non-profit organization that supports the families of deployed military troops [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Museum Tagged afghanistan, expedition magazine, Iraq, magazine, military, troops Leave a comment
Miss Kim’s Class Gets a Loan Box
Erin Jensen, from our Community Education Department, sent me a few photos to post on the Loan Box webpage and I couldn’t resist giving these two young gentlemen a place of honor on the blog. Erin said their teacher, Ms. Kim, often brings her class to the Museum and is an enthusiastic supporter of the [...]
Imagine Africa Community Night
Imagine Africa Community Night, a set on Flickr. Heart-warming photos from our last Imagine Africa Community Night… Which one is your favorite? Recognize anyone? This is my favorite: Dancing at Community Night
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10,000 Dominoes
On Sunday, November 6, the Super Domino Brother set up 10,000 colorful dominoes in the Chinese Rotunda and set off the Rube-Goldberg-esque extravaganza with an audience of more than 100 enthusiastic visitors. This was one of many events planned to celebrate Penn’s Year of Games. See if you can hear an audience member yell, “That [...]
How to Make West African Lamb and Plantain Gravy
Chef Roshan Martin from our Peppermill Café prepares a traditional West African meal with a twist on the NBC10! Show in honor of the Imagine Africa gallery project.
Why are Zach and Courtney Hot Glueing Worry Dolls?