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Three's the charm in P.W.'s show
By Kristina Fazzalaro | March 11Correction appended.
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Smooth fusion at dance show
By Alexys Esparza | March 11The Fusion Dance Company weaves together various forms of dance and musical styles in its 27th annual show, which opened Thursday night in Alumnae Hall and runs through Sunday.
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Famous poet comes to Moses Brown School
By Sarah Mancone | March 7Award-winning writer and educator Naomi Shihab Nye will present her poetry in the free and public event, "Everything Comes Next — Daily Rebirth Through Reading and Writing," hosted by Moses Brown School, in the school's Alumni Hall, March 11 at 7 p.m.
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Sheep graze at Sarah Doyle Women's Center - in artwork
By Sara Chimene-Weiss | March 7Terry Gips' work hangs in the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. Now, some of it resides in a location more convenient for most Brown students: the Sarah Doyle Women's Center Gallery.
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At festival, telling stories through song and dance
By Kristina Fazzalaro | March 7The scene in Salomon 101 Sunday afternoon was a far cry from this morning's lecture in ECON 0110: "Principles of Economics." Instead of supply-and-demand curves, the Education through Cultural and Historical Organization Performing Arts Festival presented stories of childhood, love and family.
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Fatal attraction: danger and desire in "Lulu"
By Amy Chen | March 4"Lulu," Sock and Buskin's latest production, is irresistibly dark and sensual, an exploration of the interplay between danger and sexual desire.
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Alum nominated for best original score Oscar
By Fei Cai | March 4"I, Robot." "Scream." "The Omen."
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Performers flock to College Hill festival
By Lindor Qunaj | March 4Musicians, dancers and other performers from around the world will gather at Brown for the Rhythm of Change Festival March 5–7. Presented by the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, with additional help from the Creative Arts Council and the Brown International Organization, the ...
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Deadly Syndrome features '04 alum
By Sara Chimene-Weiss | February 28As an undergraduate at Brown, Michael Hughes '04 concentrated in history and took classes on topics as varied as visual art and colonial Latin America. These days, he's in a band called The Deadly Syndrome, which will release its second album, "Nolens Volens," on March 23.
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Student playwright examines Jamaica's history
By Kristina Fazzalaro | February 28Jamaica is an island paradise both idyllic and charming — for foreigners, maybe. For Jamaicans, paradise is a concept lost to years of oppression and fighting. In "Our Hands Are Sore From Praying," playwright Janine Heath '10 explores Jamaica's exploited past, turbulent present and unsure future. ...
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Alums honored for arts achievements
By Sarah Mancone | February 28The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts recognized Visiting Lecturer in English Michael Stewart MFA'07 for fiction and poetry and Jamie Jewett PhD'08 for choreography and film this year.
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Charity showcase raises funds for Haiti relief
By Fei Cai | February 28The screen went dark, the small crowd in Salomon 101 hushed and the video began. "The recent earthquakes in Haiti have killed over 230,000 victims," it read.
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Brown alumni honored for acheivements in the arts
By Sarah Mancone | February 27The Rhode Island State Council for the Arts recognized Visiting Lecturer in English Michael Stewart MFA'07 for fiction and poetry and Jamie Jewett PhD'08 for choreography and film this year.
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French film festival kicks off at Cable Car
By Corina Chase | February 25The 13th annual Providence French Film Festival opened Thursday with a screening of "Flandres (Flanders)", directed by Bruno Dumont, followed by Andre Techine's "La fille du RER (The girl on the train)." The festival this year will consist of 18 different films, which are all "a little bit on the edge," ...
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Three alums receive prestigious fellowships for literature
By Sara Chimene-Weiss | February 25On Feb. 11, three Brown alums were awarded the prestigious MacColl Johnson Fellowship grant — which is one of the largest "no strings attached" grants for artists in the United States, according to the Rhode Island Foundation's Web site.
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Alum's 'Dead Man's Cell Phone' opens at Trinity Rep
By Suzannah Weiss | February 25In a world that sometimes seems connected only by airwaves between speakers on their cell phones, what would happen if all other communication between family, friends and acquaintances was lost?
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Where weather meets music and art
By Alexys Esparza | February 18"Musical Variations on Weather," a unique blending of weather systems, musical scores and intricate sculpture by artist Nathalie Miebach, is on display at the Sarah Doyle Women's Center Gallery through Feb. 26.
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Fang Island doesn't dwell on the past
By Luisa Robledo | February 18Born of an independent study at the Rhode Island School of Design, rock band Fang Island is preparing to release its debut album on Sargent House Records Feb. 23. The self-titled record is a jolt, a surge of energy. It's a call to get up and dance.
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Rushdie urges free speech, dissent
By Suzannah Weiss | February 16Internationally recognized British-Indian author and political activist Salman Rushdie spoke to a diverse audience in an overflowing Salomon 101 about freedom of speech, India's future and literature's relationship with politics.
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Work of M.F. Husain displayed on campus
By Sara Chimene-Weiss | February 14If you haven't checked out the newly renovated Pembroke Hall yet, now there is an extra incentive — an exhibit of the works of Maqbool Fida Husain, considered India's most famous living painter.
