"Italian politics in the last several years reminds me of a spaghetti version of Mel Brooks' ‘Blazing Saddles' — everything goes," said famed Italian journalist and author Giuseppe Severgnini last night to a packed crowd in Smith-Buonanno Hall. Severgnini visited the University to discuss ...
Portraits of former University deans and professors adorn the walls, and the space flickers with the eerie glow of camera flashes. Students with laptops, sleeping bags and tired expressions fill the cavernous Sayles Hall. Strange costumes abound, and couples scatter the floor, looking for the best place ...
With the threat of eviction looming, Providence Occupiers spent the weekend at Occustock, a three-day concert organized by Matt Weisberg '12, Sarah Grimm '12 and Providence resident Jay Wills. Over 20 different artists played at three locations Friday through Sunday in support of the Occupy movement. ...
Students whose pumpkin cravings were not satisfied by the muffins from the Blue Room certainly got their fill Friday evening. To kick off Halloween weekend, the Arkham Film Society and Malachi's cafe presented a screening of the 1988 horror flick "Pumpkinhead" in the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for ...
Authors Paul Tremblay, John Langan and Laird Barron congregated in the warmth of the Brown Bookstore Saturday night as cold rain and snow fell in the dark outside. It was fitting weather for the end of the bookstore's first Speculative Fiction Fest.
1. Shades Plus is the perfect place to buy last-minute Halloween widgets like whiskers, wings and masks guaranteed to obstruct your ability to breathe, see and hear. The other day, as I was intently examining a plaid top hat, a fox mask on the wall turned to look at me. I'm not even kidding.
Thane Richard '09, a self-proclaimed "NPR Junkie" was sitting in a crowded train from Bandra to South Mumbai, listening to downloaded podcasts, when he was struck by a realization. "Why am I listening to shows about Chicago and Boston when I am in Bombay?" he asked himself. "Why aren't there these kind ...
Like the newspaper itself, the logo of the free monthly publication Mothers News is undeniably unique.
Hip-hop died in 2006. Some of you may have heard Nas' eulogy. The emcees from my childhood — the Jay-Zs, DMXs and Wu-Tangs of the world — remained mostly relevant but lost some of their luster as they struggled to reinvent themselves in a musical world thirsting for corporate beats and catchy ...
Gabriel Kahane '03 is ambivalent about the banjo. "I'm just a dilettante," he said ruefully, "Although a banjo definitely has the element of surprise."
In collaboration with Northwestern and Stanford universities, Brown announced Oct. 11 the creation of a new dance studies program that incorporates doctoral fellowships and summer seminars for the expansion of research and scholarship in the field of dance studies.
Laurie Anderson spoke with the kind of voice one uses with babies — and a nearly full Martinos Auditorium listened with an infant's delight.
Combining the text of Gertrude Stein's opera libretto with the original music of Deepali Gupta '12 and Zachary Segel '13, "Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights" mixes poetry, music and cages this weekend in the Production Workshop Downspace. The show leaves the audience stunned and in definite need of a seat. ...
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Some will let CVS or the Providence Place Mall provide their Halloween costumes. But not you. You are too original for that! Dress as one of these things instead:
Shakespeare on the Green staged its traditional Family Weekend production this weekend with Director Christina Sauer's '14 adaptation of "The Tempest."
For one night each year, the Rhode Island School of Design Museum leaves the lights on late and opens its doors for college night. Last Thursday, students from Brown, RISD and neighboring colleges attended the diverse exhibitions and performances on display at the museum.
There's a rumble at the Underground. Upon approaching this Main Green venue, soft swung notes snake into your ears. You walk, and the bass takes a syncopate stroll. Its low grumble swings fluidly from plucked note to note, keeping pace with the soft clash of the drums.
Going to the theater is a privilege often taken for granted in the United States. On campus alone, students can pick and choose the type of show they wish to attend each weekend — musical or play, comedy or drama, original production or reinterpretation. But in Palestine's Jenin refugee camp, ...
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