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Photo of Jhumpa Lahiri sitting with a microphone in front of her face during Tuesday's talk.

Arts & Culture

Pulitzer-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri reflects on writing, translation at Cogut event

By Annika Singh | October 7

Lahiri is the author of “The Namesake” and “The Interpreter of Maladies.”

Arts & Culture

Brown Arts Institute adds new arts education workshop to its fall offerings

By Suhani Garg | October 6

The collaborative studios aim to connect Brown community members with Providence locals.

Three actors appear to be smothering a fourth with a sheet on a darkly lit stage.

Review

Vestal virgins, a garage goddess, Plato: Something on the Green’s 24-hour plays are as funny as ever

By Talia LeVine | October 6

The plays are written, cast, directed and performed all within a single 24-hour period.

Arts & Culture

‘Community + Connection’ exhibit examines resilience, empowerment across American communities

By Demetrius Davis | October 6

The exhibit is the latest installment of the CSREA’s “Imagining Social Justice Art Exhibit” series.

Review

‘The Life of a Showgirl’ has nothing to show

By Alyssia Ouhocine | October 5

Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated 12th studio album misses the mark in more ways than one.

Arts & Culture

With one year left at Brown, Daiela Simon-Seay ’26 reflects on her growing music career

By Ann Gray Golpira | October 5

Daiela Simon-Seay ’26 underscored the University’s impact on her musical trajectory.

In a brown hazy photo, two men in suits laughing with each other and holding hands while sitting on a piano together.

Arts & Culture

‘The History of Sound’ is a love song to folk music

By Rose Farman-Farma | October 2

Vulnerable, poetic and sonically heart-wrenching, two musicians’ bittersweet folktale doubles as an homage to music itself.

Photo of Alejandra Arteaga seated giving his talk

Arts & Culture

Alex Arteaga details history of 120-year-old ice cream truck in new book

By Nora Rowe | September 30

The Rhode Island business owner discussed the book at the Brown Bookstore on Monday.

A frame from "Eleanor the Great" showing its protagonist Eleanor Morgenstein (played by June Squibb).

Review

‘Eleanor the Great’ is good, but not great, at exploring grief

By Alice Xie | September 29

The film explores an unlikely friendship forged through loss and lies.

A frame from The Thursday Murder Club, showing three of the show's lead characters around a bulletin board of evidence.

Review

‘The Thursday Murder Club’ offers new perspective on aging

By Talia LeVine | September 29

Netflix’s “The Thursday Murder Club” is well worth the watch.

Press release photo for the Doja Cat album, "Vie"

Review

Doja Cat’s ‘Vie’ is a stranger to her previous style

By Manav Musunuru | September 28

The artist’s fifth studio album could be her most successful if she plays her cards right.

A still from the short film Pirinha depicting a woman in a yellow dress standing in a field.

Review

Natasha Craveiro’s ‘Pirinha’ is a love letter to familial care and Cape Verdean folklore

By Nora Rowe | September 25

The film was screened for the African Film and Art Festival this weekend.

The cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Providence Performing Arts Center.

Review

Providence Performing Arts Center’s ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ stuns with magic, stage effects

By Alice Xie | September 25

The production will be showing at PPAC from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4.

Photograph of the marquee of the Avon Cinema, displaying the centered text "BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN 620"

Arts & Culture

‘Brokeback Mountain’ returns to big screen at Avon Cinema for film’s 20th anniversary

By Rebecca Goodman | September 25

The film, executive produced by Michael Costigan ’90, was re-released in select theaters nationwide.

Arts & Culture

New BAI festival set to showcase films that put ‘the CULT in culture’

By Summer Shi | September 25

The Trash Camp Super Queer What Even Are Human Bodies Vaguely Dancerly Sci-Fi Film Festival will open Oct. 1.

Photograph of people standing and viewing artwork at the Bell Gallery exhibit

Arts & Culture

New Bell Gallery exhibition ‘ojo|-|ólǫ́’ honors Diné mythology, culture

By Ann Gray Golpira | September 24

The exhibition, created by artist Eric-Paul Riege, is on display until Dec. 7.

Arts & Culture

‘Love Letters / رسائل حب (Deluxe)’ celebrates romance, cultural pride

By Alyssia Ouhocine | September 23

The expanded album seamlessly blends romantic love with love for country and identity.

Album art for “The Dream,” which features a portrait of FINNEAS and Ashe, two of the band’s members, standing together and looking away in opposite directions.

Review

FINNEAS and Ashe collaborate on ‘The Dream,’ a beautiful modernization of retro aesthetics

By Talia LeVine | September 22

The Favors’s debut album is full of catchy melodies but often feels repetitive.

Photo of a woman wearing teal silk sitting on a metal loop in a room adorned with chandeliers and a disco ball.

Arts & Culture

Pop stardom reaches a fever pitch in Addison Rae’s debut album ‘Addison’

By Alyssia Ouhocine | September 18

Addison Rae’s “Addison” boldly explores her rise to fame and all the drama that accompanies it.

A black album cover and an identical pink one. Black part says "Swag" in all capital letters while the pink one says "Swag II" in all capital letters. The images are overlayed and divided diagonally in the middle.

Review

Justin Bieber’s ‘SWAG,’ ‘SWAG II’ are little more than glorified background music

By Ann Gray Golpira | September 17

Bieber’s 2025 albums, released in July and September, lack depth and originality.