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Modern-day 'Richard III' explores the power of charm

Shakespeare on the Green will turn Metcalf Courtyard into a modern political stage for its performance of "Richard III" this weekend, the first time the theater troupe has performed in this space. The play, which runs Oct. 18-21, portrays the rise to power of Richard III, whose charisma and clever turn ...


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Iroquois artist gives pottery lesson

A group of 16 students sat around a large table, Natasha Smoke Santiago seated amongst them. After the Iroquois artist recounted how she learned to hand-sculpt clay pottery on a small island in the Akwesasne Mohawk First Nations Reserve, where many Iroquois people traditionally learn the craft, a lesson ...


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'Mean Boys' breaks mold of high school 'Plastics'

"So if you're from Africa, why are you white?" a solemn Nate Huether '15 asked Michael Goodman '13 this past weekend during the Production Workshop's unique script reading of Mean Boys, a spin-off of the popular movie "Mean Girls." The cast read the entire film script with one key difference ­- the ...


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WPC event promotes safe space through arts

Guitar strums, harmonious voices, stomping and snaps echoed from Alumnae Hall Friday night during the fifth annual Strong, Sexy Words, an event sponsored by the Women Peer Counselor program. Organized by Elisa Glubok '14 and approximately 12 other WPCs, the event mixed scheduled performances by various ...


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Multimedia show highlights tech, art

Experimentations in light, rhythm and sound took center stage at the ninth annual installment of Pixilerations, a media festival presented by FirstWorks Friday and Saturday night in the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts. The full schedule included two concert programs of digital animation, ...


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Series highlights missile crisis

The Armageddon Letters, a series of short films, graphic novels and podcasts, are being released throughout October in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis. The transmedia project is web-based and is designed to appeal to a broad audience, exposing them to the realities ...


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Iberian film fest seeks to break stereotypes

The third annual New England Festival of Ibero American Cinema, which played Sept. 27 and 28 at the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, addressed in various forms the diverse cultural and emotional experiences of the Iberian diaspora. The full program included more than 60 short and ...


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Symposium celebrates Italian composer

An international conference entitled "Music Between Nation and Form: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and the Boundaries of Italianita" combined modernist musical performances with the historical context of Italian-Jewish composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco this weekend. The Italian studies department organized ...


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Arts festival on downtown plaza draws big crowd

The Greater Kennedy Plaza came alive Saturday as Providence celebrated its first annual Festival: On the Plaza, sponsored by FirstWorks, a company dedicated to promoting Providence's arts scene. Groups from all over the city, country and world sang, danced, painted and acted their way through the night, ...


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Production reimagines Latina stereotypes

"On the count of three, do everything that goes against what you were taught about watching theater," Alexandra Meda, executive director of Teatro Luna, announced at the start of the production "GL 2010: Not Your Generic Latina." "Don't be shy to throw something at the girls, though they might throw ...


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Trinity gives 'Lear' royal treatment

"King Lear" is a name synonymous with tragedy, but the inaugural performance joyously launched the Trinity Repertory Company's 49th season last week. Opening to a packed Dowling Theater, Trinity's take on one of Shakespeare's most famous plays spared no punches in its heart-wrenchingly bleak but gripping ...




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