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Open mic raises thousands for Haiti
By Nicole Boucher | January 31Correction appended.
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Silk and bamboo books exhibit makes debut
By Julia Kim | January 28An exhibit showcasing the art and craft of East Asian bookbinding is not only the first of its kind at Brown — but also in the nation, according to the exhibit's curator.
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Self-discovery, with a little help from Wagner
By Monica Carvalho | December 3Running this weekend in Leeds Theater, Sock and Buskin's "Doris to Darlene: A Cautionary Valentine," by Jordan Harrison MFA '03, tells the story of how three characters from three different time periods relate to music and, through this relationship, find love. The play begins with the three main characters ...
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Spoken word artist spits the 'isms'
By Suzannah Weiss | December 3Internationally recognized spoken word artist and activist Alix Olson addressed a crowd of students from Brown and neighboring colleges about "isms," identity politics and women's and queer empowerment in List Art Center Thursday night.Olson's performance included several of her more well-known works, ...
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Fifth symphony the charm for Mahler
By Nicole Boucher | December 3"The symphony must be like the world. It must embrace everything," composer Gustav Mahler once said.Mahler's Fifth Symphony will be highlighted at this weekend's Brown University Orchestra concert and is one of five fifth symphonies being played over the course of this orchestra season."As I was putting ...
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Set in amber, the trauma of extinction
By Jenna Steckel | November 29Two hundred years ago, the population of American passenger pigeons was considered limitless, and observers wrote of migrations that completely blackened the sky. At the dawn of the 20th century, however, there was only a single survivor, and with her death, what had once been the most populous bird ...
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Conference explores digital history
By Kate Monks | November 29Could Facebook notes appear on the pages of future history books next to tweets about someone's day? Could Facebook pictures one day be hanging in the Ratty next to the images of years gone by at Brown, documenting student life in the 2000s?
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Waxing philosophical with wax-coated flora
By Suzannah Weiss | November 22Visitors to the gallery in the Sarah Doyle Women's Center will have one last chance to catch "Night Garden" by Boston-based artist Hilary Tolan this week. The exhibit, which closes Nov. 27, uses wax flowers and delicate paper to depict life's fragility.
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'Inner City' explores modernization and its discontents
By Kristina Fazzalaro | November 21At first glance, nothing looks amiss in the budding metropolis below. It's a typical day in New York or Tokyo or London. Construction workers are busy assembling the newest skyscrapers. Steel and cement come together to create a new city ripe for progress. Initially, Arnie Zimmerman and Tiago Montepegado's ...
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In 'Gondoliers,' a Venice in vibrant color
By Amy Chen | November 19For its fall production this weekend, Brown University Gilbert and Sullivan is offering up a dynamic array of dancing and singing in "The Gondoliers."
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Lyricist Yeston explores the chemistry of song
By Sarah Mancone | November 19Musical theater writing and performance were combined in a talk by American composer and lyricist Maury Yeston in Leeds Theater Thursday evening.
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City meets country in lovable 'Leavittsburg'
By Kristina Fazzalaro | November 14It's Friday night at Leavittsburg's small-town watering hole, Connie's. The local yokels are out in full force celebrating the end of yet another laborious work week. Enter into this scene Jake (Michael Williams '10). He's the quintessential boy from the big city come to steal away the resident golden ...
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Yeasayer and Javelin inspire dance-happy audience
By Anne Speyer | November 14After an energizing opening performance by the electrofunk-inspired Javelin, psychedelic indie rock band Yeasayer played an infectious set Friday for the dance-happy audience in the RISD Auditorium for the Brown Concert Agency's Fall Concert.Students from Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design ...
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In 'Birdhouse' at PPAC, a circus of man and machine
By Brian Mastroianni | November 12Chris Lashua has always liked wheels.
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Boy meets Girl meets existential void
By Ben Hyman | November 12There's an obvious difference between using a set of directions to get somewhere and using a map. The former only provides one way of traveling from point A to point B. A map, on the other hand, is the sum of all directions, the totality of all possible routes. Maps open up options, and directions close ...
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'On a Boat' mixes styles, cultures
By Kayleigh Butera | November 8This weekend, a cruise director's voice instructed audience members to sit back and prepare for a journey of cultural experiences. The cruise ship was the Salomon auditorium, and the cultural tour guides were Brown's Mezcla dancers.Mezcla is a student-run Latino performing arts group. The group's name ...
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Salama's '12 sculptures offer a little hair of the dog
By Ben Hyman | November 7Taking a break from installing her solo sculpture show Sunday, Cecilia Salama '12 looked around the small gallery room at the half-dozen works she had already put up. "I think I've become completely numb to the fact that all this stuff is gross," she mused.Gross is in the eye of the beholder. That said, ...
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Brownbrokers return to stage with musical
By Emily Kirkland | November 7Editor's note: A number of passages in the original version of this article presented as direct quotations language that differed from the wording used by the individuals quoted.
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What Nic Cage and Handel have in common
By Luisa Robledo | November 5Correction appended.
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Black and gay, on display at the Hay
By Caitlin Trujillo | November 5An exhibit about the contributions of black gay men to Rhode Island, its culture and its politics premiered Thursday evening at the John Hay Library. Rhode Island College professor Daniel Scott kicked off the display with a lecture about his work documenting the oral history of the traditionally overlooked ...
