Out of a pool of nearly 1,300 applicants, ArtPlace America listed two Providence art project proposals among 90 finalists for its 2015 National Grants Program. The proposals, put forward by AS220 and the Rhode Island Local Initiatives Support Corporation, will undergo review by ArtPlace America, which ...
In a single day, over 300,000 people will go to emergency rooms across the country seeking medical attention in the United States. The new documentary film “24|7|365: The Evolution of Emergency Medicine” explores the experience of the people who developed emergency medicine in response to the changing ...
“You know what’s more destructive than a nuclear bomb? Words,” says North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s character, played by Randall Park, in the film “The Interview.” In the wake of North Korea’s cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment and threats of violence against the United States, ...
“Black community is not monolithic,” says Reverend Eric P. Lee, dispelling ideas of a universal and singular African-American viewpoint in “The New Black,” a documentary by Yoruba Richen ’94. The film exposes the divisions among blacks and the intersection of and conflict between black and ...
The perfect play bears a striking resemblance to the perfect crime — ever-adapting, prone to explosions and often more illusion than reality. In stealing $30 million from a locked bank vault in a job riddled with mishaps, Sock and Buskin’s “Heist Play” exemplifies the fluidity of the perfect, ...
Since its opening in September, Yan’s Cuisine has become College Hill’s spot for authentic Chinese food. The swarms of students at Yan’s are a testament to the restaurant’s diverse flavors, convenient Benevolent Street location and reasonable prices. The chef responsible for the popular cuisine ...
‘Wild’ | Opened Dec. 3 | 120 minutes It is often said that before we cast judgment on someone, we must walk a mile in their shoes. According to this logic, hiking the 1,000-plus miles of the Pacific Coast Trail must be the empathy exercise of a lifetime. Based on Cheryl Strayed’s wildly popular ...
In the culmination of a semester’s casting, filming and producing, Brown Motion Pictures will host its biannual short film premiere Friday evening in Salomon 101. Toward the end of each semester, BMP screens a series of student-written films, which are produced by BMP staff, directors and writers ...
A former teacher of mine once declared — with appropriate grandiosity — “If God speaks to us at all, he does so in number.” There’s something strangely appealing in his proclamation. Religious texts? Nonsense. Sworn recollections of miracles and visions? Insignificant. A deep, unspoken and ...
Michael Gennaro will step down from his position as executive director of Trinity Repertory Company after seven years of running daily business at the Providence theater. In February, he will move to East Haddam, Connecticut, to take up the executive director position at Goodspeed Musicals — famous ...
As the leaves fall and the winds become harsher, there is a special urgency for the warmth and comfort of food. The large role food plays in daily life makes it “a very motivating subject for students,” said Esperanza Godoy Luque, visiting teaching associate in Hispanic studies. Luque teaches HISP0710: ...
Resurrecting artwork pushed farther and farther into the depths of a storage locker, Folkmade displays the pieces of five artists in a setting far removed from the traditional gallery: online. The student-run marketplace, which was launched Nov. 15 and seeks to celebrate the artistic community on College ...
The American diner — once the mecca of hip social circles with its catchall of pop culture, vintage cars, delicious milkshakes and nervous first-daters — is making a comeback,albeit one riddled with identity crises. Falling a half-century after the golden age of diners, Wayland Square Diner must ...
Susan Alper is no stranger to culinary innovation. Clean Plate, a new restaurant on South Water Street that advertises itself as specializing in American cuisine, is the fourth eatery she’s opened with her partner, Lauren Speisman. With the constantly changing menu inheriting many of its flavors and ...
“I can’t believe I ate the whole thing.” This is the inevitable conclusion of the diner leaving Decontee’s African Restaurant. The unassuming, no-frills Liberian kitchen in Elmwood serves up heaping plates of authentically crafted cuisine. Decontee’s is not the place to take parents when ...
Stepping off the bustling streets of Federal Hill and into the cozy space of Enoteca Umberto is akin to visiting an Italian grandmother just before dinner time. The back half of the restaurant is itself a partially open kitchen — one that tempts the taste buds of diners sitting at the four tables ...
The temptation to draw a comparison with local icon Kabob and Curry threatens to color perceptions of any other Indian food on College Hill, and in visiting Taste of India on Wickenden Street, it’s hard not to judge the restaurant solely in relation to Sunday mornings in the Blue Room. While Kabob ...
Paper brings the reality of the prison experiences portrayed in “The Freedom Project” to life. An actor wearing a paper mask and cloak falls to the ground as he is pummeled by paper rocks. His attire resembles the clothing and head covering in a well-publicized photo of a prisoner tortured at the ...
Comedy was always a favorite hobby for Chris Duffy ’09, a co-founder of the campus comedy group Starla and Sons, which specializes in long-form improvisation. A former Herald writer, Duffy initially aspired to be a journalist. When that fell through, he pursued teaching. Today he lives and breathes ...
When the doors opened, the walls of the Providence Art Club were fully masked behind experiments in feathers, local landscapes and three-dimensional still lifes. But 10 minutes into Sunday’s opening reception of the 110th Annual Little Pictures Show and Sale, entire sections of the wall had been stripped ...
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