When did she sneak back into town? Emma Watson mentioned her upcoming graduation from Brown with pride on a recent Letterman, but that segment isn’t up yet. Will she be doing the full Van Wickle and collect her diploma with the rest of her class on May 25th? For celebrity news we turn to Showbiz […]
(4.15) . . . early Tuesday morning, April 15th. The Brown University Ladd Observatory has been testing its camera in anticipation of the event resulting in this impressive image. They will not be open to the public during the early morning event, but will be open 8pm to 10pm, Tuesday night, weather permitting. Tuesday’s total
(4.11) As part of Brown University’s 250th anniversary the David Winton Bell Gallery presents the second in a two-part exhibition of alumni artists. Alumni Exhibition Part 2 will run from Saturday, April 12, through Sunday, May 25. The exhibition features work from Sarah Morris, Rob Reynolds and Taryn Simon. Seen here is Eletrobras [Rio] (2013)
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(4.1) The E.J. Lownes Memorial Recital is an annual event hosted by the Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life at Brown University. Brown University will present Bruce Neswick, Associate Professor of Music in Organ and Sacred Music at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, in the E. J. Lownes Memorial Recital on
(3.7) In celebration of Brown University’s 250th Anniversary, the David Winton Bell Gallery and the Department of Visual Art present a series of one-person exhibitions by distinguished alumni. The works of Dawn Clements ‘86, Paul Ramirez Jonas ‘87, and Kerry Tribe ‘97 will be on view now through March 30. Paul Ramirez Jonas’s sculpture The
(3.6) The Creative Arts Council presents a multi-media performance by Brian Kelly, Brown Class of ’79. After leaving Brown, Kelly became part of the highly publicized art and alternative music worlds of New York in the 1980s and 1990s. For many years he worked with Julian Schnabel, managing production of his sculpture, painting, and film
(3.7) Cake! Brown University will be hosting a campus open house of sorts, launching a 15-month celebration of its 250th anniversary. Providence Journal staff writer Karen Lee Ziner can sniff out a cake story from a mile away and provides the pertinent details: And don’t forget the cake: a gigantic sculpted replica of University Hall,
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New work from the people who brought you the charming local indie film “Breakfast with Curtis.” This time the action is live. The “Writing is Live” festival at Brown University features new works by writers in Brown’s graduate Writing for Performance Program; this week the festival hosts four performances of “Magic Hour” written by Laura
Now through February 2nd, the David Winton Bell Gallery and the Department of Visual Art present the work of forty four outstanding student artists in the 34th Annual Brown University Student Exhibition. Organized by students Anna Muselmann and Todd Stong, the juried exhibition is open to all Brown University students, regardless of major, and encourages
A small exhibit of lovely old books on magic, hocus pocus, and the art of legerdemain are now on display through March at the Rockefeller Library at Brown University. One book with the unwieldy title “Hocus Pocus: or, A Rich Cabinet of Legerdemain Curiosities, Natural and Artificial Conclusions” dates back to 1671. And wall text
(11.25) Archaeology in northern Israel has been making big news lately with the recent discovery of an ancient Canaanite wine cellar, circa 1700 B.C. The New York Times reports, . . . archaeologists who have been exploring the Canaanite site, known as Tel Kabri, announced on Friday that they had found one of civilization’s oldest
Stellaaaaaaa!!!!! (11.10) Sorry, had to get that out of my system. How ever does a young actor make that line his own? You can check out one man’s interpretation over at Brown University’s Stuart Theatre. In this inventive new production of Tennessee Williams’ tragic masterpiece, the vibrant world of the New Orleans French Quarter becomes
(10.19) The second and final night game to be held at Brown Stadium this season finds Brown taking on Princeton. This will be the 80th meeting of the two teams since they first met in 1898, with the Tigers holding a 52-27-0 series advantage. Last year, Princeton shut out the Bears, 19-0, at Princeton Stadium,
(10.6) Brown Bookstore presents author Jhumpa Lahiri in conversation with Poet William Corbett. Former Rhode Island resident Lahiri will be signing her latest book The Lowland — shortlisted for the Man Booker prize —following the reading and discussion. According to the New York Times review the narrative finds the protagonist marrying his brother’s young widow
“Ars Necronomica” — a three-gallery survey of H. P. Lovecraft in the visual arts (exhibits at the Providence Art Club and Julian’s have already ended) — will be holding a reception to mark the close of the exhibitions, Friday at the Cohen Gallery in the Granoff Center. Closing reception, 6pm to 9pm, Friday, September 13,
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How cool is this? Still in production, sculptor Nick Bibby’s “Indomitable” — the latest incarnation of Brown’s mascot, the Kodiak bear — is scheduled for installation this fall on the Ittleson Quad at the entrance of the Nelson Fitness Center on Hope Street. The towering bear, created by renowned wildlife sculptor Nick Bibby, is true