‘The Imaginary Invalid’ | Providence College Smith Center for the Arts | Oct. 31-Nov. 9 Given the subject matter, it is ironic that “The Imaginary Invalid” was the last work produced by Molière, the 17th-century French playwright best remembered for his comedies. The show follows the antics ...
Donald Margulies did not always cast himself in the role of a dramatist. Now a prolific playwright and adjunct professor of English and theater studies at Yale, he graduated with a BFA in visual arts. Since taking up the pen, he’s received a slew of accolades, including the 2000 Pulitzer Prize in ...
Every Wednesday afternoon during the fall, there is a farmers market next to the Sciences Library and it’s the students who aren’t munching on a crisp, locally grown apple who stick out. On Thursday afternoons, students, faculty and staff alike walk down Brown Street, juggling both backpacks stacked ...
The arts have never been a stranger to the vilification of greed, but the recent combination of economic recession, Occupy movements and increased populism have brought a resurgent relevance to the story of the systematic underdog. This dynamic manifests in recent releases like “The Dark Knight Rises,” ...
Smells of food — predominantly tacos — wafted through the air as students and their families lined up for nourishment from a diverse array of food trucks at the Brown University Oncology Research Group Food Truck Festival Saturday afternoon. In attendance were Mijos Tacos, Citizen Wing, O’Crepe ...
The first satisfying feature of “She” — the group exhibition with the ambitious subtitle of “picturing women at the turn of the 21st century” — is its not having been called “Her.” The nominative pronoun seems to promise a feminist inflection, a show that will deliver to us women as ...
“I don’t have any more. We’re all out,” Dodd Francis repeated to yet another customer. A handwritten “out of order” sign was taped to the frozen yogurt machine. Several cardboard boxes on the nearest shelf bore black Sharpie letters reading “send back.” These little red flags were the ...
Exploding magic tricks in the middle of an elementary school classroom and daily rounds of chess with Janitor Jim marked a journey governed by dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder for David Flink ’02. As part of the Swearer Center for Public Service’s Social Innovation Initiative, ...
Brown students can sometimes be out of touch with the realities of the city they live in. But they can at least partially remedy this by seeing “A Kind of Providence,” a play in which the essence of the city shines through in all its diversity, grit and creativity. Director Ashley Teague GS, a ...
Greg Abate and the ‘Monsters in the Night’ Band | AS220 Black Box Theatre | Oct. 24 The Providence-based jazz mogul has played saxophone in international performances with sultans of swing like Phil Woods and Ray Charles and has been hailed by the Washington Post as “one of the most exciting ...
Fanny Howe advocated for racial equality in the 1960s. She draws inspiration from philosophers of the early 20th century. But “Second Childhood,” the newest poetry collection by the visiting lecturer in literary arts, is anything but dated. Howe, who read from her works with novelist Bradford Morrow ...
“I want to be Rhode Island’s Pickle,” said Zared Goldfarb, his confident ambition providing a stark contrast to his unassuming appearance. The owner and “head pickleteer” of Fox Point Pickling Company, Ziggy — as his parents dubbed him at infancy — dressed his tall frame simply, in tattered ...
Music from the around the world resounded Friday in Alumnae Hall, where dancers’ festive choreography mingled with aromas of international dishes at Class Coordinating Board’s culture fair, “Around the World in 180 Minutes.” The fair featured free food and performances from student groups, ...
Parking his carriage in a suburban driveway, a vampire crashes a family’s Christmas celebration with hilarious results. At the peak of the Cold War, the decades-old secrets a farmer thought he had buried along with the evidence of a UFO crash landing site resurface. These are just some of the plot ...
Only rarely does a young adult novel achieve the complexity and gravitas of general literary fiction, which perhaps explains why writers in the latter category rarely seek to appeal to the former. Of course, there are notable exceptions, including Carl Hiaasen, Philippa Gregory and — as of the Sept. ...
“Crew Scapes” | Nick Paciorek | ArtProv This weekend marks the 46th year of Boston’s famed Head of the Charles Regatta, and the Thursday opening of “Crew Scapes” provides a timely celebration of the athletic event. Paciorek’s collection of oil paintings vibrantly reflects the years he spent ...
Some time far in the future, amid a nebulous myriad of mystical galaxies and celestial entities, a space-themed party assembles people invited from all over the universe to view the detonation of a star. The raucous party is hosted by three “sisters,” who are soon revealed to be clones. Among the ...
What do Sarah Whitman, a writer and Edgar Allan Poe’s former lover, military historian Anne Kinsolving Brown, RISD founder Helen Metcalf and women’s education advocate Sarah Doyle have in common? They all helped to shape state history, and their contributions are honored in the new book “Remarkable ...
It seems that Ben Lloyd, executive chef and owner of the Salted Slate, has done it all. After not getting into dental school, Lloyd worked in insurance for Liberty Mutual and coached the Lesley College crew team. And when he discovered his passion for cooking, he added one more responsibility to his ...
Entering the ivy-covered brick mansion on Prospect Street, one is confronted by a collection of contrasts. Contemporary images in a modern medium are hung on the aging walls. A small, bright, experimental photograph of a slab of raw meat faces a large, dark inkjet of a traditional Chinese bathing scene. ...
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