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Comedic communists comment on commodity
By Marshall Katheder | October 19Correction appended.
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13 looks for the 31st of October
By Suzannah Weiss | October 19Some will let CVS or the Providence Place Mall provide their Halloween costumes. But not you. You are too original for that! Dress as one of these things instead:
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'Tempest' enchants the Quiet Green
By Caroline Flanagan | October 15Shakespeare on the Green staged its traditional Family Weekend production this weekend with Director Christina Sauer's '14 adaptation of "The Tempest."
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Students explore 'Museum after Dark'
By Adam Toobin | October 15For one night each year, the Rhode Island School of Design Museum leaves the lights on late and opens its doors for college night. Last Thursday, students from Brown, RISD and neighboring colleges attended the diverse exhibitions and performances on display at the museum.
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Jazz group jams at Underground
By Marshall Katheder | October 12There's a rumble at the Underground. Upon approaching this Main Green venue, soft swung notes snake into your ears. You walk, and the bass takes a syncopate stroll. Its low grumble swings fluidly from plucked note to note, keeping pace with the soft clash of the drums.
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Refugee camp theater troupe tours U.S.
By Kristina Fazzalaro | October 12Going to the theater is a privilege often taken for granted in the United States. On campus alone, students can pick and choose the type of show they wish to attend each weekend — musical or play, comedy or drama, original production or reinterpretation. But in Palestine's Jenin refugee camp, ...
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A practice theory of theory and practice
By Suzannah Weiss | October 12It is commonplace for academic disciplines to laud their own integration of theory and practice, as if such a move constituted bridging a gap. But one cannot combine two things that are always already together and which are not even two things.
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Festival celebrates Ibero culture
By Gillian Michaelson | October 6Cultural exploration, self-discovery, immigration, transgender identity and toilet paper come together in the New England Festival of Ibero-American Film Cinema, which runs through Oct. 9. Sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the festival is screening Ibero-American films ...
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Granoff displays Appalachian adventure
By Marshall Katheder | October 6Michael Mount '12.5 is hungry. Everything at his disposal, including food, exists in his 10-pound bag. It's June 2010, and his slight frame faces the chilling edge of the Arctic Circle. He slogs on, numb-footed in spiked shoes, wielding a small hand ax. Since April he has been heading north, walking ...
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Sinful production 'measures' well
By Alexandra Macfarlane | October 6Turning both "head tricks" and "bed tricks," "Measure for Measure" is offering audiences a stark new look at the classic Shakespeare play in Rebecca Maxfield's '13 production, running this Friday through Monday in the Crystal Room in Alumnae Hall.
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Rock musical at PPAC takes audience back in time
By Caroline Flanagan | October 6"Rock of Ages," the hit Broadway musical that has been making headlines since it debuted in 2006, began its second national tour at the Providence Performing Arts Center Tuesday. A film adaptation is expected in June 2012.
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East Side antiquing: time capsules for the community
By Suzannah Weiss | October 6Time should not be measured in numbers alone — objects reveal the workings of time in where they go, where they came from, what they look like and how they are used. A century-old item in a recently renovated building is enough to remind us that time is not in constant motion, and the past ...
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Wilde drama puts jury on the stand
By Phoebe Nir | October 2"Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde," Sock & Buskin's current production running in Leeds Theater, plays a neat trick. Throughout the course of Wilde's 1895 hearings for sodomy, illegal in England until 1967, Wilde's own letters and literature were seized by his opposition as damning evidence. ...
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'Future of chamber music' departs from norm, but not from tradition
By Emma Wohl | October 2The Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts played host to a series of firsts Saturday night as string quartet Brooklyn Rider took to the stage in the Martinos Auditorium.
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Soulful sounds darken Met stage
By Marshall Katheder | October 2Dark Dark Dark is a name worth repeating. This Midwestern music ensemble boasts a layered, mournful sound that blends loose jazz beats with moody chamber folk. Frontwoman Nona Marie Invie possesses a haunting voice, bolstering each song with her bone-cold, skull-lingering tenor.
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Secret show abounds in possibilities
By Sophia Seawell | October 2Something is happening Oct. 8, and there are only two people who know what.
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Wise words echo in List stairway's varied artwork
By Suzannah Weiss | September 29Last week's column on graffiti seemed incomplete without a mention of the List Art Center stairwell. While peering at the paintings, inscriptions and 3D installations, I am mistaken for a tourist in need of directions. The truth is, I am looking for direction — but not geographically speaking. ...
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Compelling play at PW tells Middle East tale
By Caroline Flanagan | September 29"Your Majesty, the Elephant…," Production Workshop's adaptation of Syrian playwright Saadallah Wannous' political drama opens tonight. Directed by Zach Rufa '14, this version features a script recently translated from Arabic by Andrew Leber '12.
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Empty seats and dubstep beats at free Fall Concert
By Kristina Fazzalaro | September 25Amidst confused and opportunistic WaterFire attendees, Brown students filtered into the intimate Rhode Island School of Design Auditorium Saturday night to hear psychedelic crooning and dubstep beats at Brown Concert Agency's annual Fall Concert.
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RISD Museum showcases art from across the pond
By Michael Danielewicz | September 25Abstract expressionism, pop art, geometric abstraction and photorealism all have a place at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum's new exhibition, "Made in the UK: Contemporary Art from The Richard Brown Baker Collection." The exhibition, which opened Sept. 23 and runs through Jan. 8, features works ...
