Addressing the Rising Number of Suicides in Our Community
by Dan Schank5/25/2016, 3:00 PM
A Conversation with Mandy Fauble of UPMC Hamot and Safe Harbor Behavioral Health.
Trapped Explores the Ways that Safe Access to an Abortion Has Become Inaccessible
by Dan Schank5/25/2016, 11:15 AM
Dawn Porter's appropriately-titled 2016 documentary Trapped explores abortion regulations and their impact on women.
Janis: Little Girl Blue Profiles One of the Key Icons of the Hippie Era
by Dan Schank5/25/2016, 9:15 AM
Amy Berg's 2015 documentary Janis: Little Girl Blue tells her tale with honesty and sincerity.
Feel the Puritanical Wrath of The Witch
by Dan Schank5/11/2016, 1:00 PM
FILM at Erie Art Museum will preview its summer program before the show.
City of Gold Explores the Underground Cuisine of Los Angeles
by Dan Schank4/27/2016, 9:15 AM
LA is a real hotspot for spicy Thai soup, Oaxacan mole enchiladas, and Salvadoran pupusas.
In Jackson Heights Takes an Intimate Look at One of Our Most Diverse Communities
by Dan Schank4/13/2016, 10:15 AM
Frederick Wiseman's appropriately-titled 2015 documentary In Jackson Heights takes an intimate look at the diverse group of people who live there.
Conflict Kitchen Serves Foreign Policy on the Take-out Menu at Penn State Behrend
by Dan Schank3/30/2016, 1:15 PM
Conflict Kitchen reminds us that it's possible to live in a world where we break bread instead of breaking bones
The True Cost Exposes the Dark Side of "Fast Fashion"
by Dan Schank3/30/2016, 9:15 AM
Morgan's well-meaning documentary offers a startling and ambitious glimpse into the most immoral peripheries of our consumer economy.
Get Connected with Penn State Behrend's Digital Media Festival
by Dan Schank3/16/2016, 2:30 PM
A variety of regional and national innovators come together to talk tech.
Oberlin Historian Renee Romano to Speak at Penn State Behrend About Race and "Collective Memory"
by Dan Schank3/16/2016, 1:15 PM
How does memory shape and distort our understanding of history?
Bridging the Divide
by Dan Schank3/2/2016, 4:45 PM
A conversation with civil rights leader and former CEO of the NAACP Benjamin Jealous.
Author Margot Mifflin Explores the History of Women's Tattoos during the 2016 Penn State Behrend Gender Conference
by Dan Schank3/2/2016, 4:00 PM
In Penn State Behrend's Reed Hall, Mifflin will examine this increasingly popular marker of self expression to reveal "how it reflects gendered interests, anxieties or status."
FILM at the Erie Art Museum Considers the Brutality of the Border with Sicario and Cartel Land
by Dan Schank3/2/2016, 3:45 PM
The Erie Art Museum's film series takes a socially conscious turn this winter, with two features exploring criminal justice, Mexican drug cartels, and border politics.
Spike Lee's Chi-Raq Offers an Audacious, Ambitious Look at the World We Live in
by Dan Schank2/17/2016, 2:45 PM
Chi-Raq might not be the best film of 2015, but it's probably the one that best represents the uncertain zeitgeist we live in.
Is The Holy Mountain the strangest movie ever made?