Assorted costumed characters — including Mario, Loki and a ukulele-playing Marshall Lee — migrated to downtown Providence last weekend, claiming the Rhode Island Convention Center and the Dunkin’ Donuts Center as their own. Attendees lined up for photographs on the Iron Throne and autographs from ...
Employing the wit of the legendary humorist and cartoonist S. J. Perelman, originally a member of the class of 1925, Sean Kelly ’84 expounded on his film “The Sophisticated Silliness of S. J. Perelman ’25” to an audience of students, faculty members and community members in the Lownes Room of ...
John Bender, a radio journalist for Rhode Island Public Radio, describes himself as the “man behind the scenes.” Bender researches stories for RIPR’s Morning Edition segment and records features on community stories. Bender sat down with The Herald before his talk entitled “The Essentials of ...
This year’s Halloween was filled with fright and amusement as the Brown Japanese Cultural Association hosted its annual haunted house reenactment, filling the basement of Sayles Hall with screams of terror Saturday night. The haunted house functions as a reenactment of a short horror video that JCA ...
Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, Providence’s underground alternative artist mecca, will be the backdrop Thursday night for Guster, an indie band with a unique relationship to sound. Guster released its latest and most experimental album, “Evermotion,” in January, and Thursday’s show will kick off ...
“Places!” The excited chatter that filled Stuart Theater immediately started to die down as the four-hour rehearsal began. “Let’s have a good one, y'all,” Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies Kym Moore said from the middle of the theatre. A couple of seconds later, a series of ...
GOB Squad, an internationally acclaimed British-German art collective, critiques and parodies pop culture and contemporary locations and concepts. The collective went through a catalogue of its work in MUSC 2270B: “Performance in a Virtual World” Wednesday night. The class of 13 students — taught ...
As dark storm clouds and rain descended on College Hill, young children from William D’Abate Elementary School screamed and giggled at “Halloween on Wriston” Wednesday night. Almost 100 children were bussed over and split into five groups before rotating through the events hosted at each of the ...
Michelle Ellsworth is a dancer by training and trade, but her artwork transcends this traditional medium, as it explores topics ranging from post-9/11 religion to feminism. In her most recent piece, “Clytigation: State of Exception,” Ellsworth — associate professor of dance at the University ...
The eighth biannual Urban Vintage Bazaar, held in Providence’s Westminster Arcade, opened its doors to the public Saturday. Visitors were greeted by an array of curios, while Bob Dylan songs played over the general hubbub of customers and vendors, setting the scene. Vendors featured clothes, ...
Benefit Street transformed into a culinary adventure around the world Sunday, representing a range of countries, dishes and customs. Snippets from Haiti to Iran and Japan to Greece lined the street, all 19 booths boasting freshly made dishes in celebration of the Rhode Island School of Design’s Global ...
The Granoff Center for the Creative Arts came alive Friday night as students flocked to MESH, weaving through rooms with flickering projections, glittering spikes and people dancing with roses between their teeth. The annual fall event of art and music was organized by the Student Creative Arts Council. MESH ...
Production Workshop’s newest presentation, “3C2C,” derives its name from the only major props on stage — three chairs and two cubes — but its content transcends those few objects. A collection of five short plays written, directed and performed by students, 3C2C presents a vast range of ...
The smell of fresh-baked bread mingled with the aroma of hot coffee lures passersby into Seven Stars Bakery, a Hope Street establishment with a commitment to maintaining a meticulous baking process and supporting the local community. What started in 2001 as a small, family-owned business has since expanded ...
Harriet, a Los Angeles-based four-piece Indie rock band laced with electronic and pop sounds, will play at AS220’s Psychic Readings room on Friday. The band — composed of Alex Casnoff on vocals and keyboard, Henry Kwapis on drums, Patrick Kelly on electric bass and Matt Blitzer on guitar — formed ...
The Brown University Oncology Research Group held its second annual food truck festival outside the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts Saturday. The event was designed to welcome parents and families onto campus for Family Weekend, as well as to raise funds for BrUOG. Founded in 1994, BrUOG focuses ...
Brown Motion Pictures teamed up with PREVIEW to distort the social conventions of media at EXPO Volume II in the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts Friday night. The pieces ranged from experimental animations to audiovisual montages to documentaries. EXPO featured 18 student works that aim to change ...
Many students avoid exploring the contents of the Sciences Library’s 14 floors. Though the basement, lobby and mezzanine are well-charted territory, levels three through 14 are less loved and favored by students seeking isolation amongst the stacks. But for the past three years, the Science Center ...
Local patrons of the arts gathered Friday night at the Athenaeum for a panel discussion on “More Than My Religion,” an exhibit of work by local American Muslim artists at the Providence City Hall. Photographs, charcoal portraits, abstract collages and henna paintings line the walls of the second ...
Special Events Committee’s annual Fall Fest returned to Ruth Simmons Quadrangle Thursday night, providing students with a much-needed break from midterm studying. A line of students snaked out Soldier’s Arch and extended up Thayer Street, filling the chilly October night with excited chatter as ...
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