We could keep locking people up, but maybe it’s finally time for a different approach. The Brown University Political Theory Project will host a forum Thursday to discuss the possibility of ending the futile and failed war on drugs. And guess what, it’s kind of been done already and we can analyze the results. In […]
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From the Brown University Theatre Arts and Performance Studies Department, Join us for the second installment of our wild(e) season as we present the play that established Oscar Wilde’s reputation as a dramatist. Lady Windermere’s Fan is set amidst the glitter of Victorian high society, where those who cannot laugh at themselves will invariably be
One large room at the heart of Brown University with twelve merchants selling nothing but vintage clothing, accessories, jewelry, books, art, lighting, linens, vinyl records, industrial, mid-century, antique and everything before and after. How can you go wrong? Mark the date and visit our web-site for all details, maps, images and updates. Saturday, November 5th,
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Sounds like a happening. . . a groovy happening. RISD Museum will host a night for college faculty and students throughout the region. Performances, talks, and art-making create opportunities to get to know the collections and each other. Free admission with college ID. Artists will be scattered all over the place, with live music, hands-on
Make a difference in your career! Come to the Idealist Grad Fair to learn more about programs that focus on your interests and to explore ways to further your career through graduate school. At the fair, you can: speak with admissions representatives from local, national, and international schools and discuss professional development through graduate education,
Brown’s quad sported some new elements this evening: plastic bottles, “reserved for” signs, and footprint-stamped commencement programs. Best of luck to the grads and to whomever has to clean up after them.
There are worse things to stumble upon than the joyous and raucous Brown Alumni Parade on Benefit Street today, part of the commencement weekend festivities. If you heard crazy cheering and horns blowing around noontime, this was it. The Class of 1986 had some interesting cultural touchstones to share with younger cohorts.
The Carrie Tower at the corner of Prospect and Waterman Streets has been guiding tourists and new students to the campus for over a century. According to the Encyclopedia Brunoniana the tower was erected in 1904, a gift of Paul Bajnotti of Turin, Italy, and a memorial to his wife, born Caroline Mathilde Brown, granddaughter
The Awesome Collective presents its inaugural performance event — TRANSFIGURATION X 5 — at 4pm Sunday, December 12, at Firehouse 13. Born in Spring 2010, the Awesome Collective explores new methods and vocabularies for cross-genre performance and cross-institutional collaboration. In this initial experiment—an artistic game of “telephone”—artists of numerous disciplines divided into collaborative teams. The
Word in from Healthy Kids Rhode Island: Shelby Knox, a feminist advocate for comprehensive sex education, will be speaking at Brown University on October 20th at 7:30 pm in MacMillan 117. As a high school student, she fought for sexual education in her Texas hometown, which was chronicled in the documentary, The Education of Shelby
“People of Earth! Do Not Panic!” Brown University was just testing its campus siren. This was followed by Charlie Brown’s teacher delivering a garbled message about what to do. (RIP Kevin McCarthy)
This week’s crossword puzzles in The New York Times. We wrote about NYT crossword constructor, Natan Last, over a year ago when he brought famous puzzle editor Will Shortz to town for a special competitive event. Now this puzzle savant and Brown junior is making news again. According to The Providence Journal, this is ‘Brown
Brown University has received an award of $15.5 million from the National Science Foundation for the purpose of creating a mathematics research institute, the eighth of its kind in the country. The Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics will be located on South Main Street and will be headed by mathematics professor Jill
Head over to the Main Green (between Waterman, Prospect, George Streets) of the Brown campus on Saturday for an all-day art installation thing. Let’s assume that it is free and open to the public. GREEN SCREEN is a seven-hour exhibition/event of site-specific, interactive sculpture, installations and performances which will be held in the central hub
Starting this weekend the Sock and Buskin theater group and TAPS kick off a series of events in conjunction with its production of The Cook written by Eduardo Machado and directed by Kym Moore. The play runs Thursday, April 8th through the 11th, and again from the 15th through the 18th; shows start Thursday through