With the recent departure of curator Ian Alden Russell, the David Winton Bell Gallery in List Art Center has embarked on a search for a new curator to select and maintain pieces for the gallery. Gallery Director Jo-Ann Conklin is spearheading the search. In the past, curators have stayed on the job ...
College, that liminal space between childhood and adulthood, steeps students in complex social interactions as well as academic pursuits. Theatrical productions on campus this fall will speak to relationships and human connections, exploring questions of identity and separation from the past. “Water ...
When it comes to vodka, there is more to know than if you prefer it on the rocks or with cranberry juice. The Herald recently interviewed Professor Emerita of History Patricia Herlihy to discuss the contents of and thought process behind her latest book, “Vodka: A Global History.” Q: What ...
Persistent violence is not a standard precondition for the growth of an internationally acclaimed theater company. But perhaps military conflict makes urgent the need for theater as a space for ideas about political agency and human dignity to reflect and refract one another. This is the basic belief ...
It is easy to walk through campus without a thought to the masterminds behind the buildings that shape the landscape of College Hill. But several core structures were designed by stars of the architectural field — referred to as ‘starchitects’ — who implemented innovative ideas of their ...
Centuries ago, the colony that would become the state of Rhode Island earned the nickname the “lively experiment” — a title stemming from the 1663 charter’s unusual nature and stance on government. In honor of that document’s 350th anniversary, the official Charter Museum opened at the ...
Western relations with North Korea have long been fraught, with multiple American citizens having been held captive in high-profile cases and State Department officials repeatedly being denied entry to the country. But, as an alum’s recent documentary demonstrates, American civilian access to the ...
What better way to blow off fall semester steam than by dancing the night away close to home? Though Boston consistently offers top-notch lineups, local music venues such as the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, the Met in Pawtucket and Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel in Providence will all offer ...
Alas, the weekend of revelry comes to a close. The Main Green lies worn and muddied from the foot stomping of thousands of Brunonians. The stage is dismantled and the Ratty un-Fratty’d. As students wander wearily back to the libraries, the time has come to reflect on a Spring Weekend lineup that ...
Fresh off her booty-poppin’ Spring Weekend set Friday, New Orleans bounce star Big Freedia, the Queen Diva herself, sat down with The Herald to talk about her music, performing live and the non-discriminatory dance party that is her life. The critics have had plenty to say about the kind ...
As students gear up for Spring Weekend with colorful tanks, kegs and perhaps — given Saturday’s forecast — rain ponchos, their attention is turning to the main event — a two-day musical extravaganza on the Main Green. This year’s lineup features DJ A-Trak and rapper Kendrick Lamar headlining ...
The Herald: The first question, which is something I’ve always wondered — Is Wes Craven the name that you were born with? Craven: Yes. I think it’s such a perfect horror name. Why is that? People always say that. Because Craven is close to The Raven, I think. So, have you been ...
The Herald: When was the last time you were back at Brown? What were you here for? Heyman: It’s been about five years, I guess. I went to my five-year reunion, and then ... the next year, my wife had a play ... a workshop kind of thing. She had one for plays here, so I came up here. Cool, ...
Sundance Film Festival draws Hollywood stars ready to hit the slopes, and Festival de Cannes attracts A-listers looking to lounge on yachts. But there are few festivals where audience members leave their backpacks in the aisle while rubbing shoulders with acclaimed film veterans. What distinguishes ...
There were babies, dogs and beards aplenty on the Ruth J. Simmons Quadrangle Saturday when the fifth annual Brown Folk Festival kicked off in a celebration of live music. The noon-to-midnight festival featured 13 acts from Providence and the Northeast, including two student bands. Bands performed on ...
Smoke billows across the stage, filtering and dampening beams of blue lighting. Jazz plays in the background. Columns connected by web-like arrangements of rope comprise a minimalistic set. The first players emerge, clad in punky leather vests and combat boots. From early on, the audience knows this ...
Look out, mateys — swash-chucklin’ lines on the plunders of men-o’-war are coming about. Whether you keel over luffing or just beam your aft off, you shanty be star-bored with the mast-sea cast of “The Pirates of Penzance,” Brown University Gilbert and Sullivan’s current production directed ...
With California rolls now offered at the Gate and a noodle bar featured at the Sharpe Refectory, Japanese cuisine has arrived on campus with less-than-fresh fish and dry rice. But for an experience beyond the sashimi platter and miso soup offered at Thayer Street joints, venture to Ebisu, a Japanese ...
Three quarters of undergraduate students reported attending an extracurricular event in the performing or visual arts at least once per month, whereas only a third said they attend varsity sporting events with the same regularity, according to a Herald poll conducted last month. Over 30 percent of ...
Eating at Venda Ravioli will not exactly transport students to Italy, but on a nice day it is worth the 10-minute bus ride to Federal Hill — unless you are on a low-carb diet, that is. The establishment is not just a restaurant. Most of the space is devoted to an Italian market with glass cases full ...
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