Entwining a collection of beloved fairy tale stories, "Into the Woods," a musical showing at T. F. Green Hall this weekend directed by Alexandra Keegan '12, is an invitation to an exciting fantastical realm woven with symbolic real-life elements.Blending the characters of the baker and his wife with ...
Andre Leon Talley MA'73, contributing editor and former editor-at-large of Vogue magazine, recently became a judge for the 14th season of hit CW TV series "America's Next Top Model."
"Mt. Olympus," the new Brown Television series that follows the 12 Olympian gods as they encounter college life for the first time and try to regain their lost powers, aired its pilot episode Wednesday.
Students piled in front of the stage on a bustling Main Green to catch a glimpse of a gorilla — or rather, a dancer in deceptive anthropoid attire — performing alongside DJ duo Major Lazer, which opened for MGMT at Friday night's Spring Weekend concert.
For the dedicated students who loved and continue to love Tamora Pierce's young adult fantasy novels, perhaps Saturday was a day more magical than most. After all, it's not every day you get to meet one of your childhood idols.
The Brown University Chorus filled Sayles Hall with songs of worship and love Saturday night. Led by conductor Frederick Jodry, senior lecturer in music and director of choral activities, the chorus entranced a large audience. Featuring five works from various genres, the hour-long concert elicited ...
In India's main cities, approximately every six hours a woman will be abused to death by being burned, beaten or driven to suicide, according to a caption near one of the many photographs in "Beloved Daughters," an exhibit of photographs by Fazal Sheikh on display in the David Winton Bell Gallery in ...
John Racioppo '11 is a wolf — or at least he is this weekend in Production Workshop's newest play, "Red," which opens Friday night in T. F. Green Hall. Written and directed by Daria Marinelli '10, "Red" is a mature retelling of the traditional Little Red Riding Hood story.
Shakespeare meets the outdoors this weekend as Shakespeare on the Green, a student group that puts on outdoor performances of Shakespearean plays, performs two of his classic works, "As You Like It" and "Hamlet."
Since childhood, people are told that they can become whatever they want, but only recently has that been described as scientific fact. In his book, "The Genius in All of Us," journalist and author David Shenk '88 describes greatness as a thing to be achieved by anyone, not an inherent genetic gift. ...
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A Gilbert and Sullivan show, when done right, is pure fluff — a delightfully absurd piece of entertainment that invites the audience to laugh without asking them to think too hard. Brown University Gilbert and Sullivan's production of "The Pirates of Penzance," running in Alumnae Hall through Sunday, ...
Over 500 individuals' responses to the question "How are you?" coupled with dialogue and interviewers' explanations, radiate from speakers within wooden poles in the audio collage "A Thousand Voices."First formulated in September 2009, the idea for "A Thousand Voices" developed over several months with ...
Phil Hay '92 and Matt Manfredi '93, creative collaborators and friends ever since they met at IMPROVidence auditions 20 years ago, are now the prolific screenwriters behind last weekend's box-office hit "Clash of the Titans."
Musically-inclined students find diverse creative outlets around campus — alone, in a group, electronically, acoustically — creating a scene in which students can build off one another's talents.In fact, some musicians may be surprised by the number of student artists currently performing ...
The South Asian Students Association entranced the audience with performances of dance, music and comedy during their annual culture show, Nashaa, Friday in Salomon 101. A "year-long venture" of planning culminated that night to meet the vision of showcasing and spreading awareness of South Asian culture, ...
Brown's first-ever team destined for the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational — an annual nationwide competition for slam poets — performed for a packed and enthusiastic Macmillan 117 last Friday.
Inscribed on the John Carter Brown Library are the words "Speak to the past and it will answer," the message that inspired the exhibition "Map Talk: A Conversation with Maps." The exhibit, a collection of maps ranging from the year 1492 to the end of the American colonial period, is on display at the ...
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