Arts & Humanities
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Alexis Albion ’92 Educates About Espionage at Spy Museum
As lead curator, Albion teaches the public about the intelligence community
Pastor Hampton Deck ’81 Has Become a Master Paper Marbler
The technique has roots in China and became popular in 15th century Turkey
Comedian Zach Zimmerman ’10 Is Releasing a Book of ‘Chipper Doom’
Zimmerman continues to provoke with levity and darkness
Chad Williams *04 Reveals W.E.B. Du Bois’ Inner Conflict
In ‘The Wounded World,’ Williams uncovers Du Bois’ complex feelings about Black military participation
Professor and Electric Guitarist Steven Mackey Is Back on Stage
Mackey was on the road almost constantly during the winter and spring, bringing several works to the stage at last
Princeton Houses the World’s Largest Trove of Byzantine Coins
The University’s numismatics collection connects scholars to the past with valuable research tools
Manhattan D.A. Seizes 11 Allegedly Stolen Artifacts in Princeton Art Museum Collection
Six of the items are antiquities on loan from Edoardo Almagià ’73, according to documents
Class Close-Up: Students Rewrite the Classics in Creative Course
Visiting fellow Kamila Shamsie says contemporary writers are using the Greek classics in different ways
New ‘Conversation Council’ Fosters Joint Projects with McCarter Theatre
More than 25 new pilots and partnerships have launched since the council was formed
Paul Provost *94 Built a Career Pairing Art and Business
After working at Christie’s, Provost leads a nonprofit that loans artworks to about 220 museums around the country
Newsmakers Q&A: Opera Singer Anthony Roth Costanzo ’04
New Toni Morrison Stamp Revealed in Ceremony on Campus
Howard Gertler ’96’s Documentary Film Is Up for an Oscar
‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ tells the story of Oxycontin activist Nan Goldin
In Photography Exhibit, Two Alumni ‘Let Oakland Speak for Itself’
Constance Hale ’79 and Malcolm Ryder ’76 forged an artistic collaboration decades after college
‘Unexplored Corners’
A new Princeton University Library exhibition on Toni Morrison reveals never-before-seen material on her creative process and day-to-day life
Princeton Ballet Company Grows From Upstart to Campus Arts Fixture
‘It was surprising to me that a company focused on ballet didn’t exist on our campus,’ said co-founder Elizabeth Rosen ’10
Patricia Blessing *12 Unpacks Architecture in the Ottoman Empire
From the Editor: In Fashion and Life, Long Nguyen ’84 Was an Original
Paris A. Spies-Gans *18 Is Pulling Women Artists into Mainstream Art History
‘You can tell the story everyone is familiar with while featuring artists who were women’
Mike Millner ’90 Is Preserving the Legacy of Writer Jack Kerouac
Millner directs the archive at UMass Lowell where Kerouac’s papers are housed
Q&A: Ann Tashi Slater ’84 and John McPhee ’53 on the Creative Process
‘That muscle memory produces the semi-conscious effect of being in the zone, hitting one shot after another’
Randall Balmer *85 Studies the Intersection of Religion and American Life
In his new book, Balmer says sports is the ‘new religion’ in America
Architect Taylor Plosser Davis ’93 Helps Clients Age in Place
The architect is helping her clients transform their homes