In her recent film “The Other Half of Tomorrow,” author and director Sadia Shepard examines the lives of Pakistani women determined to foster change in their homeland. In advance of her Nov. 6 appearance at Brown for the screening of her film, Shepard spoke to The Herald about her experiences making ...
Ninety years of singing, songwriting and musical poetry are surely deserving of a birthday party. Four well-known opera singers and pianists from the New York Festival of Song gave Ned Rorem, the famed American composer and Pulitzer Prize-winner, such a celebration Friday. In a concert in the Martinos ...
A glance around the newest exhibit at the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts can be disorienting. With a miniature bike rack across the room from equestrian-inspired sketches and images of stars and fish, the display could at first be mistaken for a child’s show. This may be part ...
In the scene that gives “A Streetcar Named Desire” its famous name, Blanche DuBois, a fading Southern belle fallen on hard times, chastises her sister Stella for marrying a man Blanche deems too common. “What you are talking about is brutal desire — just — Desire! — the name of that rattle-trap ...
Hollywood is in the age of the ensemble cast. One need only look at a critic’s shortlist of upcoming films to see that — together, “American Hustle,” “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “The Monuments Men” feature 14 actors previously nominated for Oscars. It is almost inconceivable that a ...
The Brown Student Association and the Student Activities Office, in conjunction with the Rhode Island School of Bartending, are now offering bartending courses on campus. The course, a two-day program held in the Underground, was offered this past weekend and will be offered again in November, said ...
The sounds of “Psychic” — the debut original album of Darkside, a collaboration between Nicolas Jaar ’12 and David Harrington ’09 — drift over listeners like a dense fog, rendering the songs not indistinguishable, but confused and blurry. “I know this is music, but what happened to it?” ...
In a contemporary gallery known for its clean cut lines and vast blank walls, one may be surprised to find an intricate set of traditional silver and an ethereal portrait of a woman in a pink ballgown. But together, this arrangement of historical artwork in a modern venue tells the story of a nation. “Making ...
On a crowded Saturday night at Apsara Palace Restaurant, a steady stream of patrons winds its way through tables of diners to the counter in the back corner, where a smiling woman forks over bags of food and tells other hungry customers to come back in 45 minutes for a table. Variations on “Sorry ...
Haven Brothers Diner may not break the bank, but it could certainly break your belt. While the famous institution serves an impressive variety of fried foods — from diner classics to gluttonous innovations — none of its entrees are for the faint of heart or the weak of stomach. Housed in an old-school ...
Easy to miss among the bevy of eateries on Weybosset Street, UMelt might be the greatest thing since sliced bread. Specializing in gourmet grilled cheeses, from classic to quirky, UMelt boasts a casual atmosphere and a pleasant staff. UMelt, whose original location in Kingston made it popular with ...
Take a moment to recall finger-painting in preschool. The paint streaks on T-shirts, foreheads and friends — remember the chaos, the joy of working with bare hands. Fast forward to now, when these simpler times seem all but gone. Luckily, a portal to this past exists. It is called finger-eating, ...
In a New York Times story earlier this month, food critic Pete Wells noted what should be considered a universal truth — tacos, and Mexican cuisine in general, are better enjoyed not in an upscale restaurant but at a hole-in-the wall joint run by a no-frills kitchen. Mexican food has long been a ...
Welcome to the operating theater. When you’re finished undressing, please lie down on the table and open your legs. In a matter of minutes, you will experience one of the miracles of modern science. For the characters of “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play,” written by Sarah Ruhl ’97 MFA ...
Starting this month, a Brown student ID can swipe holders into much more than just Chicken Finger Friday — it can provide access to a myriad of arts events downtown. Local performing arts venues, including Trinity Repertory Company and AS220’s 95 Empire have collaborated with the University to ...
Amorphous shadows waltz upon the gossamer backdrop, billowing ever so slightly in the secluded courtyard. The occasional autumnal leaf flutters down to rest upon the stage, where the doomed Antigonus stands alone. One shadow grows larger, then larger, then — suddenly — could it be? A bear erupts ...
Listen to the album “Homesick,” a catchy Motown revival album, and you’ll be transported back to an era when Stevie Wonder dominated the charts and Detroit buzzed with a thriving music scene. Released in January, the EP marks the debut of Clyde Lawrence ’15. The album opens with the bright, ...
The watery blue of a bright sky recedes behind lush gardens and asphalt highways. Strangely intense faces look forward and sideways — both watching and ignoring you. Stories and thoughts travel in wide arcs and boxy texts, in Spanish, French, German and English. The Creative Arts Council displays ...
In a snapshot of a page from a writer’s notebook, strips of text overlapped at perpendicular angles like woven ribbons. The notebook belongs to Lecturer in English Michael Stewart, one of three speakers at the Creative Mind lecture this past Wednesday. The lecture, which took place in the Englander ...
Competition is heating up in Thayer’s pizza ovens. The Flatbread Company, with locations across New England and Hawaii, will open a restaurant on Cushing Street this November. Flatbread was first established in Amesbury, Mass., by friends Jay Gould P’17 and John Meehan, who sought to make pizza ...
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