Rabbi Bob Alper and his Muslim performing partner of Indian heritage, Azhar Usman, brought their "Laugh in Peace" comedy tour to campus Thursday night.
"Nunsense," a musical comedy by Dan Goggin, is not the kind of production one usually sees at Brown. "Theater around here tends to get kind of high-brow," director Mariagrazia LaFauci '12 said. That's certainly not an issue with this show, running at Production Workshop Nov. 5-8.
The Brown University Chorus opens its fall season Saturday evening with a hauntingly beautiful performance of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Vespers" at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul.
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Tucked away in a small corner of the John Hay Library — always a treasure trove of information — is the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies' literary exhibit: "Portugal, 1910: The Advent of the Republic."
A dark figure appeared wearing a long black cape, and as the red spotlight flashed on him, the people gathered saw a face that appeared to be that of the undead. When the audience informed the figure that it was midnight on Halloween, all he could say was, "Oh I must play, I must play…"
Listeners of National Public Radio can hear Christopher O'Riley's informed commentaries on classical music and his classical compositions of Radiohead, Pink Floyd and Elliott Smith on his weekly radio show "From the Top." But on Saturday night, audience members in the Rhode Island School of Design Auditorium ...
Two understated speakers sit to the right of the Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center welcome desk. The subtlety of the white mesh speakers against the white wall strongly disguises the magnitude of the project they contain — a new permanent sound piece by Brooklyn-based artist Nina Katchadourian ...
Under the dim lights of Grant Recital Hall, students and faculty were serenaded by world renowned French chamber group Ensemble Zellig and student composers Saturday.
Santa Muerte is upset with the way the cartels are running the country and plans to overturn them by having Benecio rise in the ranks. But she does not take into consideration that what she asks him to give up in return may be too much. "I'm either going up in the cartel or down into my grave," Benecio ...
It's hard to imagine a play without a stage, a set, costumes and props, without lighting and sound, without the excitement of the curtain opening.
Gov. Donald Carcieri '65 has proclaimed October 2010 Arts and Humanities Month in Rhode Island, corresponding with President Obama's declaration of October as National Arts and Humanities Month Oct. 1.
The holiday season is always stressful. Buying gifts, managing guests and making sure the liquor cabinet is well-stocked — to help manage the guests — can drive a person crazy. Such is the case in Trinity Repertory Theatre's production of "Absurd Person Singular."
The Quiet Green, usually little more than a walkway for busy students, is transformed into a stage for actors dressed in clothes from the 16th century. Blankets on the grass form a space for the audience and lamps mark the boundaries of the stage as Shakespeare on the Green, Brown's only open-air theater ...
A flame flickers on and off as Jon Gordon '11 and Sam Usher '12 muse about East Providence street names. Nicola Ryan '13 slaughters Conor Kane '14 at the audience's request in a gladiator match. It rains puzzle pieces. A teacher painfully stumbles through a discussion of a bad "apple" with his parents. ...
For many college students, museums conjure images of family outings or rainy days. For few do they bring to mind wild nights out. But "RISD Museum After Dark: College Night" is geared especially toward college students, intended to introduce them to all the museum has to offer.
The films in the Providence Women's Film Festival may speak for themselves, but in the Women's Film Festival Symposium on Friday, a panel of filmmakers and academics discussed the questions these films raised.
Organizing an opportunity for student musicians to practice, showcase their talents or share their interests is not always easy. To make it easier for musicians to find one another and get together, Sam Rosenfeld '12, Lee Saper '12 and Andrew Antar '12 created Musicians@Brown, a social networking website ...
Though entitled "The Silent Years," the Brown University Orchestra's 2010-11 season opening concert was anything but. Under the direction of Senior Lecturer in Music Paul Phillips, the orchestra premiered a work by William Perry that accompanied 1920s silent film clips. The Friday and Saturday evening ...
Brown Opera Productions' fall show, "Gianni Schicchi," left audience members in stitches after its three performances in Alumnae Hall Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The 60-minute Italian operetta tells the tale of the greedy Donati family, which desperately elicits the help of con man Gianni Schicchi ...
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