Arts & Culture
Season four of ‘You’ struggles with plausibility
By Indigo Mudbhary | February 23“You” Season 4 leaves viewers disappointed by casting Joe as a victim.
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Review
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ is rare Marvel win
By Finn Kirkpatrick | February 22The latest Ant-Man movie, undeserving of criticism, offers pure comic book fun.
Arts & Culture
‘A labor of love:’ Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading celebrates poet, nurtures connection through performance
By Julia Vaz | February 17The Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading brought together more than 400 people this year.
Arts & Culture
‘Nothing is mutually exclusive’: Dori Walker ’24 pursues art in academics at Brown
By Rya Vallabhaneni | February 16Dori Walker ’24 hones her photographic, artistic practice through media studies.
Arts & Culture
Exploring ‘bigger worlds’: 5 powerful reads for Black History Month
By Aalia Jagwani | February 16Toni Morrison, Nella Larsen and Raven Leilani are key authors to read for Black History Month.
Arts & Culture
‘To Leslie’ is deserving of praise despite Oscars controversy
By Ned Kennedy | February 15Though marred in controversy, the film is a compelling tale of alcohol and identity.
Review
‘Women Talking’ fails to capitalize on compelling concept
By Finn Kirkpatrick | February 15The film demonstrates why the old adage of “show, don’t tell” is important.
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‘A sense of belonging’: Jazz band Em’s Femmes showcases musical talent
By Isabel Hahn | February 14The band rallies around a shared love of jamming out, synergetic rehearsals and gender-inclusive jazz spaces.
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‘The Living Ones’ offers original undergraduate staging of climate crisis
By Maisie Newbury | February 14The TAPS department’s production explored key social issues facing young people today against a backdrop of climate change.
Review
Tiny Habits looks to reach new heights after strong debut year
By Campbell Loi | February 13Since Tiny Habits’ first cover video was posted on TikTok in February 2021, the group has quickly gained online traction.
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boygenius returns with three emotion-packed singles
By Daphne Dluzniewski | February 13boygenius broke their over four-year hiatus with the release of a new EP.
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‘Carrying Black tradition forward’: Black theater pioneers talk community theater
By Sarah Ogundare | February 13Providence community members gathered in the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts Friday, Feb. 10 for a colloquium entitled “The Book of Black Theatre.” The event was hosted by the Department of Africana Studies’ Rites and Reason Theatre, in collaboration with (De)cypher: Black Notes on Cultural ...
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NOTSODIFFERENT hosts Superbowl-inspired rap competition
By Magdalena Del Valle | February 12Tension rose at the Watermyn Cooperative house Friday night as two hip-hop teams came face-to-face on stage, cheered on by shouts of encouragement from fans. Audience members were preparing for the “Superbowl,” a rap competition put on by College Hill hip-hop collective NOTSODIFFERENT, which ...
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‘After Hours Annual Staff Exhibition’ shines spotlight on staff artists at Brown
By Ashley Guo | February 12Professors and staff get creative, displaying their art to the community in the “After Hours Annual Staff Exhibition.”
Events
Seven student theater performances to watch out for this semester
By Rya Vallabhaneni | February 12Seven student-led theater groups announced productions for the spring 2023 semester.
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Brown-RISD Dual Degree students hold ‘fantastical’ art exhibition
By Samantha Chambers | February 9Dual degree students display their artwork in the fifteenth annual student-run showcase.
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‘Maame’ raises the standards of coming-of-age novels
By Daphne Dluzniewski | February 7Maddie Wright has been taught to keep things to herself. Family matters and personal problems are private and not to be shared. But she has one confidant: the readers of Jessica George’s new book “Maame,” in which she is the protagonist. The author’s debut novel, released on Jan. 31, has ...
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‘Infinity Pool’ raises interesting questions, fails to fully answer them
By Finn Kirkpatrick | February 72022 was a particularly strong year in horror filmmaking, and Brandon Cronenberg tried to carry that torch into 2023 with his sci-fi horror thriller “Infinity Pool.” Brandon — son of legendary director David Cronenberg, known for his bone-chilling body horror — has much to prove beyond just ...
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‘You People’ shines with feel-good rom-com format, self-aware humor
By Rya Vallabhaneni | February 6“You People” confronts the cultural differences between its two leads.
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Brown Ballet Company leaps into University dance scene
By Isabel Hahn | February 6Brown Ballet Company aims to fulfill students’ ballet needs one pirouette at a time.
