For those celebrating International Women’s Day, St. Vincent’s performance at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel Sunday could not have been a better example of a powerful woman. Supported by Toko Yasuda on keyboard, guitar and backup vocals, Pete Dyer on keyboard and Matt Johnson on drums, Annie Clark — ...
The imposing granite structure at the tip of Kennedy Plaza — City Hall — does not immediately appear conducive to an art exhibit. Its interior, though similarly designed, is decidedly municipal. Dark green walls with gold trim are lit by overhead fluorescent fixtures. A massive central staircase ...
A lone bell tolled as audience members filed into their seats at exactly 8:00 Sunday evening. Seated in balcony style, the audience peered upon the Production Workshop’s performance of “The House of Bernarda Alba” — written by Federico Garcia Lorca and directed by Sam Keamy-Minor ’16. The ...
For Alejandra Carles-Tolra, photography transforms the world into a theater. It immerses her in otherwise distant cultures and environments, granting her the capacity to capture the story behind an individual’s identity within a two-dimensional space. In her latest series of photographs, “The Bears,” ...
Dancers dressed in gold weave and flow through shifting flashes of colorful light in an opening set of “ImPulse Rising.” After intensive preparation, Brown’s imPulse Dance Company will take the stage in Alumnae Hall for its annual show Friday and Saturday. The buildup to this spring performance ...
“Quitters Never Win” tells the all-too-familiar story of an awkward reunion post-first-year in college. The one-act play — directed by Spencer Roth-Rose ’17, written by Brad Weekes '17 and produced by the Production Workshop — places the audience in the middle of a catch-up session between ...
Toronto-based rapper Drake raised a lot of questions when he dropped a surprise mixtape on a random Thursday earlier this month. The collection of songs landed online like a smoking Canadian projectile, inscribed with the scratchy, cryptic lettering, “If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late.” To ...
The musical “Spring Awakening” alternates between punk-rock anthems and folk-infused ballads in its rousing and provocative exploration of the sexual liberation of German teenagers. An adaption of Frank Wederkind’s 19th century play, “Spring Awakening” marks Shakespeare on the Green’s first ...
“It’s a really good first date opportunity,” said Stephen Crocker ’05.5, University multimedia production manager, of the Providence French Film Festival running at the Cable Car Cinema until Tuesday. “The woman that I’m going to marry this June — it was our first date six years ago.” Though ...
Poetry, discourse, commentaries and analysis: Literature often takes forms that deviate from a traditional narrative to explore arcane and obscure notions. For cinema, these ideas seem less approachable, but experimental films aim to break such barriers. Originating with the avant-garde movement in ...
“I felt like I had an understanding politically of what it meant . . . to be a queer black woman, but I was grappling with what it meant to me to be black,” said Eliaichi Kimaro, who directed, produced and wrote the award-winning documentary “A Lot Like You.” The film focuses on the parallels ...
As the name suggests, Fusion Dance Company — Brown’s oldest student-run dance group — performs in a variety of styles, from modern to hip-hop. After watching the group’s Annual Spring Show, which features music ranging from the “Chicken Dance” to a ringtone to Timbaland, it becomes clear ...
On a snowy Tuesday afternoon, a drab conference room was lit up by the excitement and laughter of three 8-year-olds animatedly chatting. “Why am I the only boy here?” asked one in cartoonish exasperation. They talked cheerfully about gym class, art and bubbles, all while eyeing the conspicuous jumble ...
“Heartwarming” and “intriguing” — those are the two words Kris Cambra, director of biomedical communications at the Alpert Medical School, used to describe “Beyond the Diagnosis,” an exhibit commemorating Rare Disease Month. The exhibit features portraits of 17 patients who suffer from ...
After endless discussion in the media, delving into casting fuss and release date strategies, the highly anticipated film adaptation of “Fifty Shades of Grey” hit theaters this weekend. Though the film’s creators promised it would whip the audience to climax and break cinematic barriers by depicting ...
Making art with eyes closed may sound like a daunting task — but for some, it could be the perfect approach to accessing creativity and expression. Founded by Social Innovation Fellow Queen Nefertiti Shabazz ’17, the student group Radical Artists aims to provide workshops that use art as a tool ...
Walking into the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center, the viewer is met by a large pastel pink painting covered in seemingly simple shapes — upon closer inspection, the shapes reveal themselves to be silhouetted human profiles and glass vessels. The painting is one of nine acrylic pieces that comprise Joshua ...
The Department of Theater Arts and Performance Studies showcased works in development by first- and second-year MFA students as part of the “Writing is Live!” workshop Feb. 7 and Feb. 8. Showing the early stage of the creative process of playwriting, the program aims to provoke a conversation between ...
Following the footsteps of one man as he investigates the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Aaron Davidman will perform as the solo actor in his self-written play “Wrestling Jerusalem.” The performance will make a pit stop at AS220 in Providence Tuesday as part of a nationwide tour, addressing the complex ...
Shakespeare meets Edward Hopper, a Roman slave chases the girl next door to win his freedom and a Chinese-American woman follows her brother into the underworld in this semester’s array of performances from the Department of Theater Arts and Performance Studies and student performance groups, forming ...
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