Production Workshop’s newest presentation, “3C2C,” derives its name from the only major props on stage — three chairs and two cubes — but its content transcends those few objects. A collection of five short plays written, directed and performed by students, 3C2C presents a vast range of ...
The smell of fresh-baked bread mingled with the aroma of hot coffee lures passersby into Seven Stars Bakery, a Hope Street establishment with a commitment to maintaining a meticulous baking process and supporting the local community. What started in 2001 as a small, family-owned business has since expanded ...
Harriet, a Los Angeles-based four-piece Indie rock band laced with electronic and pop sounds, will play at AS220’s Psychic Readings room on Friday. The band — composed of Alex Casnoff on vocals and keyboard, Henry Kwapis on drums, Patrick Kelly on electric bass and Matt Blitzer on guitar — formed ...
The Brown University Oncology Research Group held its second annual food truck festival outside the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts Saturday. The event was designed to welcome parents and families onto campus for Family Weekend, as well as to raise funds for BrUOG. Founded in 1994, BrUOG focuses ...
Brown Motion Pictures teamed up with PREVIEW to distort the social conventions of media at EXPO Volume II in the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts Friday night. The pieces ranged from experimental animations to audiovisual montages to documentaries. EXPO featured 18 student works that aim to change ...
Many students avoid exploring the contents of the Sciences Library’s 14 floors. Though the basement, lobby and mezzanine are well-charted territory, levels three through 14 are less loved and favored by students seeking isolation amongst the stacks. But for the past three years, the Science Center ...
Local patrons of the arts gathered Friday night at the Athenaeum for a panel discussion on “More Than My Religion,” an exhibit of work by local American Muslim artists at the Providence City Hall. Photographs, charcoal portraits, abstract collages and henna paintings line the walls of the second ...
Special Events Committee’s annual Fall Fest returned to Ruth Simmons Quadrangle Thursday night, providing students with a much-needed break from midterm studying. A line of students snaked out Soldier’s Arch and extended up Thayer Street, filling the chilly October night with excited chatter as ...
Local lit lovers gathered Tuesday night at Symposium Books for “Rhythms and Methods,” a poetry reading and lecture on digital language arts exclusively featuring trans artists. The event drew roughly two dozen attendees, who brought an intimate and conversationalist atmosphere with them. Providence ...
Students and guests gathered last night in the McCormack Family Theater to hear poet Jane Hirshfield read a collection of poems from her latest book, “The Beauty.” Tuesday’s event opened with an introduction from Forrest Gander, professor of literary arts and comparative literature, who called ...
In celebration of Latino Heritage Month, a photo campaign of Latinx individuals is currently hanging in the downstairs lobby of the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center. Latinx — a gender-neutral term referring to those of Latin American decent — was launched by the Latino Heritage Series and aims ...
Cousins Steve Gilman and Scott Haviland did not know what to expect when they founded Santé Mobile Farmhouse Cafe, their food truck business, this past August. “It was a lot of work getting started,” Gilman said. “We had to get together finances, and I had to take a credit on my house.” Haviland, ...
Martin Boyce’s exhibition, “When Now is Night,” is a sobering reflection on the dark side of utopian 20th century Modernism, marking the first solo show in the United States by the contemporary Scottish sculptor. Boyce’s exhibit was realized in conjunction with Dominic Molon, curator of contemporary ...
Ralph Lemon, an internationally acclaimed artist whose medium spans dance, cinema and writing, came to Brown Oct. 6 to perform at the Ashamu Dance Studio. Called “Ceremonies Out of the Air,” his project merged storytelling and cinematography — Lemon narrated a story about life in the American ...
For many, the words “photographic archive” conjure images of dusty books deep within a library, far removed from life and air. But Brown’s Photographic Archives Research Group breathes life into these archives, making them the centerpiece of planned conversations around five times throughout the ...
Sayles Hall was packed Friday night as students flocked to Night Market, an annual event hosted by the Brown Taiwan Society. Walking in, an excited hum greeted visitors, with people sharing food and stories. Featuring student-run cultural organizations, performance groups and authentic homemade food, ...
Many viewers of “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,” a documentary by Stanley Nelson, may be hard-pressed to decide if its contents are more shocking or familiar. Like every historical documentary, “The Black Panthers” is about the past — more precisely, about remembering the ...
A single wooden sculpture dominates the Nightingale-Brown House’s gallery space. Gail Whitsitt-Lynch’s giant, abstract carving called “BitterSweet” has been on display since May, and leaves the exhibit today. “BitterSweet” was carved from the wood of a recently felled 94-year-old elm tree, ...
Tony Fitzpatrick’s birds flock to List Art Center’s David Winton Bell Gallery in his exhibition entitled “The Secret Birds and Other Works,” which opened Aug. 29 and will be on display through Oct. 25. Curated by Alexis Lowry, former curator of the Bell Gallery, the exhibition not only demonstrates ...
Updated Sept. 30, 2015 at 5:10 p.m. When Christoph Lindner, professor of media and culture at the University of Amsterdam, first encountered the High Line park in New York City, he was “seduced by the whole project.” “Then that relationship began to sour,” he said. Lindner discussed the High ...
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