RaMell Ross, professor of practice in the visual arts department, gave a talk yesterday at the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts about his exhibition titled “South County, AL.” Ross’ exhibition “South County, AL” focuses on the black experience in the rural South. Raised in West Virginia, ...
Capturing tranquil elements of quotidian life in rural Hale County, Alabama, RaMell Ross, assistant professor of practice in the Visual Arts Department, explores black identity in southern culture in his latest exhibition, “Excerpts from South County, AL.” The exhibition is comprised of six photographs ...
Chiron, the subject of Barry Jenkins’ superlative “Moonlight,” says very little. When he does speak, words tumble furtively from the corners of his mouth, as if frightened by the intimate secrets they might betray. His voice aches with pathos. “Moonlight” astounds in its ability to empathize ...
Den Den Hospitality Group, the company that owns Den Den Café Asiana and Kung Fu Tea, will open a new restaurant, Korean Fried Chicken, on the corner of Angell and Thayer streets in late January 2017. Korean Fried Chicken will be a full-service restaurant that sells primarily Korean street food. But ...
Onna Moniz-John, an East Providence resident, kicked off a seven-stop tour of her exhibit, “Mobile Museum of Black Artifacts,” at the Rhode Island State House Nov. 10. For almost 40 years, Moniz-John has been collecting artifacts related to African-American history. Her collection is now on display ...
Carrie Schneider’s art exhibition, “Reading Women,” has been on display in the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts since late October. Take a visit to the bottom floor of the building, and you’ll find yourself surrounded by large, framed photographs of women, sitting on couches, chairs and ...
On the second floor of the List Art Center, not too far from the industrial-sized elevator, is a small and unassuming room full of books. It is not a library, but “Art of the Book” — an exhibit put on by students as part of the Visual Arts course by the same name. The exhibit and the class both ...
There’s a period of time between Halloween and Thanksgiving where uncertainty surrounding decorations leaves homes with half-rotting pumpkins on the porch steps and blow-up turkeys in the front yard. It doesn’t help that the weather brings overcast clouds in the morning, a bright burning sun in ...
The Brown Arts Initiative and the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship at Brown collaborated to host a series of lectures called “Music, Tech and Entrepreneurship: A Creative Workshop” this Sunday. The series aimed to reflect the intersections between entrepreneurial ideals and the artistic ...
When he walked through the doors of the Providence Athenaeum, Assistant Professor of Music Eric Nathan saw inspiration: The stacks of old, leather-bound books and the sunlight pouring in from above would serve as the “springboard for musical and textural ideas” culminating in his new composition, ...
The visual arts department hosted a talk Wednesday by Adjunct Instructor in Art Martin Smick and Rhode Island School of Design Professor Duane Slick. The two presented their latest collaborative exhibition, “Finding Metacom,” which was featured in the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Mass. Metacom ...
Like T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” Carson Kreitzer’s play “The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer” is preoccupied with the human capacity for harm. The Sock and Buskin production ran Nov. 3 to 6 in the Stuart Theatre and will be running again Nov. 10 to 13 as advertised ...
“Here, There and Everywhere,” the 67th installment of Warren Miller Entertainment’s annual ski series, opened last Wednesday night to a packed and buzzing theater at the Avon Cinema. The reason for the atmosphere was twofold — the $20 movie ticket included complimentary ski vouchers and guaranteed ...
The Rhode Island School of Design hosted the 18th Annual Animation Show of Shows Saturday. The Show of Shows premiered Sept. 30 at the Cable Car Cinema. The Show of Shows is a collection of 16 short animated videos curated by Ron Diamond, executive producer of Acme Filmworks, Inc. and co-founder and ...
With raw, unadulterated vocals supported by soft piano, violin, raspy guitar accompaniment and a modest baseline, Alicia Keys continues to inspire the movement toward celebrating authenticity in her newest album “Here,” released Nov. 4. “Here” features a 16-track compilation of songs, rhythmic ...
An interactive exhibit called “Santuario” opened Wednesday in the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, accompanying a graduate anthology conference where the creator, Rica Maestas GS, presented her work alongside that of other artists, performers and poets. The exhibit’s namesake, El Santuario ...
The Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies collaborated with the Wilbury Theater Group Tuesday night to perform “After Orlando,” a staged reading of new plays created in response to the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. The Pulse massacre took place June 12 and resulted in ...
This December, students looking for an alternative to the typical Nelson Fitness Center grind will have the opportunity to take a quick trip down to Wayland Square to check out Barre and Soul. The barre and yoga studio in Providence is the fifth in a chain of outlets founded and owned by Andrea Isabelle ...
During Cuban science fiction author Yoss’ lecture, students and faculty members alike got a taste of Cuban government, history and life through the lens of science fiction. Yoss, né José Miguel Sánchez Gómez, is “one of Cuba’s most celebrated science fiction authors,” said Jennifer Lambe, ...
In her talk Wednesday night, artist and curator Michelle Grabner described her art as a way to address patterns, repetition and boredom. She also described her curating style as a way to create opportunities for artists. Grabner used Eugene Von Bruenchenhein to describe an artist completely opposite ...
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