It may be my imagination, but I think this installation is getting a wee bit saggy. Erected in October 2006 by Patrick Dougherty and a crew of mystical magical elves, it was supposed to be ‘on view’ until October 2007. I don’t know about anyone else, but I can still see it. To go there: […]
In case any potential small business owners out there aren’t so enthused by the idea of opening up shop in the cold caverns of Westminster Street, there’s at least one other option: 281 Thayer, which has been vacant since Tom’s Tracks closed last month after 23 years in business. As someone who grew up buying
Tonight (Monday, I mean) 9-11pm. At The Underground, 75 Waterman. $3/person fundraiser for homeless women in Providence, sponsored by Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE), in the form of a concert/open-mic/poetry slam.
with Tricia Rose and Greg Tate Sponsored by the Brown University Department of Africana Studies Location: Salomon Center, Room 101 6:00PM Two of America’s foremost Africana Studies scholars will be at Brown tomorrow night for “A Conversation on the Making and Marketing of Black Culture” that I would not miss were I you. Dig this
And David Horowitz, its founder, ends it aptly by saying something crazy and self- righteous: [youtube:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=y3gG_s9Opmg] We’ve had many distractions this semester, and I guess I’m one of them. A recent one was an unfortunate incident of a noose being put on a professor’s door. I think that the campus is right to be concerned
This Friday Oct. 26, the Providence Zombie Film Festival commences with a lecture by Max Brooks, New York Times best-sellling author of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War and The Zombie Survival Guide. The festival runs through Halloween. They’ve got some real gems on the line up and tickets are free.
36 year-old Bobby Jindal — the hard-ass, anti-gay, tough-on-crime, creationist, Brown grad and Corporation member — is gonna be the new governor of Louisiana. (Come on: does nobody have any footage of this guy at SexPowerGod from back in the day?) Here he is on how his experience as a biology major at Brown makes
There’s a lot going on at Brown this week. Check out the calendar for everything, but in there early part of the week, there’s this: Monday, 8:30-10PM Blood Diamond Macmillan 117 Come watch the movie Blood Diamond and engage in a follow up discussion about current issues involving child soldiers in Africa. Sponsored by Uganda
Matt has a post on the hodgepodge of happenings at Brown this week, which include: the director of City of God; former presidents of Brazil and Chile; Dr. Ruth; the future of biotechnology, and more.
Last spring I was delighted to learn that Starbucks would no longer be the only coffee house on Thayer Street. An independent establishment, Blue State Coffee, was on its way. I wasn’t sure about the name (a reference to Rhode Island’s official nickname perhaps?), so I looked it up on google. This page from bluestatecoffee.com
The Brown campus is in the midst of some major construction. A significant utilities upgrade is underway in conjunction with Brown’s plan to connect its Main Green to the Pembroke campus. This second project, known as “The Walk”, involves many stages of demolition and construction. Recently the Peter Green House at 142 Angell Street escaped