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Lapine ’07: ‘To feed my creativity’

Less than 10 years out of Brown, already a published cookbook author and featured on the Food Network, Phoebe Lapine ’07 is the blogger behind “Feed Me Phoebe,” a site that shares recipes, gives cooking advice and catalogues culinary adventures. Her repertoire is inspired by her exposure to many ...


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Festival shines spotlight on black queer theater

The sixth-annual run of “The Black Lavender Experience,” a celebration of black queer performing arts, occurred last week. The festival is the brainchild of Elmo Terry-Morgan ’74, associate professor of Africana studies and theater arts and performance studies, and a group of students in his course, ...


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Lecturer promotes art, science through ‘play’

Margaret Wertheim, science journalist turned artist, began a multi-day residence by delivering a lecture on the intersection of art, science, mathematics, community and environment Monday in the Martinos Auditorium of the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts. As part of its semester-long ...


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In Jewelry District, a southern sensibility

A recent morning at Succotash, a dining establishment situated along Richmond Street in the Jewelry District, came with an unexpected development. “The water,” the waitress informed us with a casual grin, “is orange.” Alarming? Yes. But honest and delivered with a smile? Also yes. The waitress ...


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Lauryn Hill, Chance the Rapper energize Spring Weekend

The nearly perfect weather was just one factor contributing to this year’s primarily successful Spring Weekend. Friday’s chaotic and rave-like atmosphere contrasted nicely with the laidback and carefree environment fostered by most of Saturday’s artists. Friday started with a dynamic and engaging ...


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Kitchen makes masterful classic brunch

The tables at Kitchen are already dressed with ketchup, sriracha sauce, a jug of sugar — the essentials. Tame Impala and Broken Social Scene jam over the stereo. The smiling waitress, her hair pulled back into a neat, low ponytail, rushes out with tall glasses of iced water infused with petite slices ...


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Powwow seeks to uphold Native traditions, values

Brown’s Native American Heritage Series and Native Americans at Brown hosted the 13th annual Spring Thaw Powwow for students and local Native American communities Sunday. Offering dance competitions, drumming, native food vendors and arts and crafts, the powwow attracted members from various tribes ...


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IFF releases annual lineup

With grand hotels and hot dogs, this year’s Ivy Film Festival lineup features diverse screenings and speakers, including a Skype question-and-answer session with acclaimed director Wes Anderson, according to an email sent out by IFF Sunday. The festival runs Monday, April 14, through Sunday, April ...


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Cloud Nothings showcase angst and fun in new album

Like all great angsty rock music, Cloud Nothings’ new album finds just the right balance of hooks and shouting, anger and catchiness, fun and catharsis. Cloud Nothings, performing at Saturday’s Spring Weekend concert, is an indie rock trio from Cleveland, Ohio, led by singer and guitarist Dylan ...


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Imprisoned brother vies for, wins attention in ‘Bronx’

In the very first scene of “El Grito del Bronx,” light illuminates the center of the stage as Lulu, wearing a white wedding dress, glides toward center stage, approaching a frame. She contemplates this simulation of a mirror and gazes through it as an unknown man, eventually revealed to be her ...


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Sex Week promotes empowerment, discourse

Featuring a pornography screening, a BDSM workshop and a march against sexual assault, the sixth annual Sex Week at Brown kicked off last night and will run through Sunday. The event, which has been held on 12 different college campuses since its inception at Yale in 2002, is sponsored by the student ...


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‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ leaves no vacancies

In 1993, Ralph Fiennes harrowed audiences as Nazi war criminal Amon Goeth, calmly sniping concentration camp workers from his balcony for nothing more than pre-breakfast entertainment. Twenty-one years later, the “Schindler’s List” actor stars in “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” a film currently ...


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Musician explores gender in electronic genre

Sound artist and electronic musician Laetitia Sonami visited campus this week as part of an event series organized by opensignal, an artist collective formed through the Department of Music’s Multimedia and Electronic Music Experiments program. Sonami’s visit connects with opensignal’s interest ...




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