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Theater festival brings student writing to life

The Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies' second annual "Writing is Live" festival — a 10-day event featuring nine fully staged productions, readings and workshops in locations all over campus and downtown Providence — begins tonight with "And Joy," written by Zarina Shea GS ...


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'Gerrymandering' film premieres at Cable Car

Jeff Reichert's '00 film "Gerrymandering," which explores what he considers a significant flaw of the American democratic system, will be screened at the Cable Car Cinema on Feb. 2. Inspired by the 2003 electoral debacle in Texas, Reichert decided to create a documentary to make his audience wonder ...


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Research team draws 'portrait' of America

Professor of Sociology John Logan and the Russell Sage Foundation have teamed up to create the US2010 project, a research initiative that aims to study demographic changes in the United States in the past decade using information from the 2010 census and the American Community Survey.


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Exhibition features diverse faculty artists

Faculty Triennial 2010, a gallery exhibition which includes the work of 24 faculty members, is now on display in the David Winton Bell Gallery.  The show provides an opportunity for viewers to experience a mix of different art forms, as it features faculty artists from the departments of Visual ...


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Magical mayhem in PW play 'The Sound'

The mansion comes to life as if animated by, well, magic. Doors open, walls shift, furniture enters and exits. A girl smirks as she snatches a glowing green bag off a table covered in books and vials of varying sizes. A door is opened and a mysterious woman sits there serenely before being locked up ...


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Hillel Gallery 's(t)imulates' senses

"S(t)imulation," an art exhibit now at the Hillel Gallery, forces viewers to search for a thread connecting a collage mural depicting exhibitionistic Facebook usage, a Venice nightscape and an abstract acrylic rock-candy composition of methamphetamine.


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Wind Symphony ends with Holst

The Brown University Wind Symphony performed pieces by popular wind band composer Gustav Holst under the direction of Matthew McGarrell, director of bands and senior lecturer in music, for a sizable crowd in Salomon 101 Friday night.


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Student dancers move bodies and audiences

In the intimate space of the darkened Ashamu Dance Studio, the only sound to be heard was the patter of bare feet on the stage. A packed audience waited excitedly for the lights to come up and the first steps to be taken at this year's Fall Dance Concert, sponsored by the Department of Theatre Arts ...


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BUGS gets campy in 'Ruddigore'

"I'm modesty personified!" quips Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd (Phil Arevalo '11 ) in the Brown University Gilbert and Sullivan production of "Ruddigore, or The Witch's Curse" opening Friday night in Alumnae Hall. "Ruddigore" features great singing and a strong orchestra — accompanied by the soundtrack ...


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'Rude Mechanicals' take the stage

From shrews to gentlemen, tyrants to jesters, all of Shakespeare's favorite characters — and a few new additions — make an appearance in Shakespeare on the Green's indoor production, "The Rude Mechanicals," which opens tonight at the Underground. Featuring eight Shakespeare-inspired scenes, ...


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