Christian Petzold’s German thriller “Phoenix,” which ended its run at the Avon Cinema last week, plays extensively with its namesake’s symbolism. Emerging from Greek mythology, the phoenix signifies rebirth, or resurrection. The landscape, characters and narrative of the thriller fittingly gasp ...
Dana Gluckstein is a photographer, author, Stanford graduate and mother. She has photographed a handful of notable world leaders including Muhammad Ali, Mikhail Gorbachev and Nelson Mandela. She has also worked with Apple and Toyota on advertising campaigns. In November 2010, she published “DIGNITY: ...
Tables offering brochures and snacks to passersby lined one of the Main Green’s paths Wednesday afternoon, and students clumped around them between shopping classes to chat with attendants, marking the first annual Brown Language Festival. Language and cultural groups, such as the Vietnamese Students ...
As the clock struck midnight Monday morning, 500 undergraduates lay on the floor of Sayles Hall, anxiously awaiting the arrival of Mark Steinbach, University organist and lecturer in music. Pillows and blankets were strewn around the hall amidst makeshift forts and huddled bodies. Steinbach emerged ...
Bronze arms protruding from bare white walls and multiple projections playing simultaneously add a new dimension to the photographs in Hank Willis Thomas’ exhibit, “Primary Sources.” In the exhibit, which opens Sept. 11 in the David Winton Bell Gallery, Thomas strings together historical artifacts ...
Upon entering the cool, dark lair of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, visitors are greeted by an engraved tomb, a mummified figure and small bronze fish. The objects are part of the museum’s latest exhibit, “Uncovering Ancient Egypt: Ancient Crafts, Modern Technologies.” Curated by Jennifer ...
The artfully absurdist reformulation of Western film cliches is sure to confound anyone who expects a typical Western from “Slow West,” a film directed by John Maclean. Students were treated to an early screening at Avon Cinema Thursday as part of the Ivy Film Festival. The film’s premise is ...
As the semester comes to a close, students with culinary interests are beginning to cook up plans for next semester. Two new initiatives, the student organization Brownie Bites and the startup business Kat + Ella, launched their first events as a preview of the baked treats students can expect in the ...
Bright shorts and tank tops, inappropriate make-out sessions, the pungent scent of secretly cached marijuana — all blended together in an abundance of skin, grass and laughs. Nothing declares the arrival of spring more loudly than the annual Spring Weekend concerts. Brown Concert Agency meticulously ...
A framed photograph of a rustic ax greets visitors upon entering the North Common Room on the second floor of the Watson Institute for International Studies. The ax is tarnished and worn — sand and grime coat the blade and the wooden shaft is hackneyed yet polished at the end from being handled so ...
The definition of a record’s B-side has gradually evolved over the years. Often the neglected side of a record, the B-side has become a tag for offbeat and untapped works that depart from mainstream platitudes. A new online campus publication bearing the name B-Side Magazine officially launched this ...
“The End of the Tour” kicked off the Ivy Film Festival to a packed audience in the Martinos Auditorium Monday. A dramatic subversion of the usual road trip comedy, the film follows a journalist tasked with profiling author David Foster Wallace on the final leg of a book tour. Jason Segel breaks ...
Exploring the relationship between paranoia, exclusion and the perilous terrain of adolescent friendship, “The Sisterhood of Night” kept audiences in suspense in its premier Wednesday, the third day of the Ivy Film Festival. The film, written by Marilyn Fu and directed by Caryn Waechter, is set ...
Light, punny and packed with satire, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” presented by Brown University Gilbert and Sullivan is sure to send audience members home chuckling. Directed by Paul Martino ’17, the musical features a comically absurd plot, a lively set and talented actors. Set ...
After dining on Mama Kim’s, audience members gathered to watch “KTX: Korean Time Express,” the ninth annual Korean Culture Show Saturday night. With acts representative of modern and traditional Korean culture, the show featured Rhode Island School of Design and Brown student performers as well ...
If you only listen to the first few seconds of a Penn Masala song, you would probably label it as typical a capella fare — the arrangement of a mainstream pop song — until the group bursts unexpectedly and abruptly into one of their signature mashups of Hindi and English lyrics. Penn Masala, a male ...
Ivy Film Festival will host an array of events this week, including screenplay readings, workshops and film screenings, illuminating issues of animation and diversity in the media. This year’s festival aims to provide “a diverse selection of events that would appeal to a varied audience,” said ...
GlobeMed at Brown — the University’s chapter of the national organization that aims to alleviate global health disparities — hosted “Intersection of Art, Health and Social Justice” at the Ashamu Dance studio Tuesday. Using performance and creative arts to promote health equity and social justice, ...
Though short on substance, Georges Feydeau’s frantic comedy, “A Flea in Her Ear,” which runs at the Trinity Repertory Company this month, entertains in an absurdist and innuendo-heavy exploration of infidelity. The 1907 French work is a classic in the genre of farce. True to its form, the play ...
Mary Dore’s feature documentary, “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry,” celebrates the Women’s Liberation Movement of the mid-’60s and early ’70s. A combination of historic photographs, archived documents, video footage and interviews with leaders of the movement captures the passionate ...
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