Alicia Keys’ eighth album ‘Here’ features songs, poetry, conversation
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...
View ArticleWorkshop links entrepreneurs, artists
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...
View ArticlePhotographer captures beauty in everyday scenes, family life
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...
View ArticleRodriguez offers message of inspiration, hope
In eager restlessness, students arranged themselves into a haphazard queue that wrapped around the sides of Salomon and spilled into Ruth Simmons Quadrangle more than an hour before the first words of...
View ArticlePortu-Galo captures taste of Portugal
Offering up rich cultural ties and delicious “small bites,” sandwiches and street food, the food truck Portu-Galo succeeds in “bringing Portuguese flavor to the people” of Providence, as the company...
View ArticleChildish Gambino departs from roots, explores funk, soul in new LP
Enveloping listeners in soulful, bluesy funk and eerie, ethereal vocals, Childish Gambino plunges into the mellifluous world of psychedelia in his third LP “Awaken, My Love!” Released Dec. 2, Childish...
View ArticleRISD Museum offers free entry on Inauguration Day
In response to the sentiments of anger and trepidation surrounding the Trump presidency expressed by many within the art community, the Rhode Island School of Design Museum offered free admission to...
View ArticleExhibit highlights religious, intellectual life of Spanish convent women
Illuminating the quotidian reality of a dynamically intellectual group, “Women of the Page: Convent Culture in the Early Modern Spanish World” showcases a collection of portraits, engravings, objects...
View ArticleSpring Weekend to feature Erykah Badu, AlunaGeorge, Young Thug
Following snow day-related delays and mistakenly disclosed spoilers by artist Young Thug, rumors were finally put to rest Tuesday night as the Brown Concert Agency announced the 2017 Spring Weekend...
View ArticleBursting the bubble
This article is part of the series Commencement Magazine 2017True to the freethinking and amorphous spirit that distinguishes Brown’s academic atmosphere from others, no two Brown experiences are the...
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