Featured Events at Brown University through March 13
Featured Events is a listing of
University lectures, performances and exhibitions of interest to the general
public. Unless otherwise indicated, all events are open to the public without
charge. For additional information, contact the Featured Events editor at (401)
863-2478 or visit www.brown.edu/news.
Monday 27 February
UCC Director Ron Buford to Discuss a 21st Century Civil Rights Vision
Ron Buford, director and architect of the United Church of
Christ’s (UCC) national “God Is Still Speaking” campaign will
deliver a lecture titled Yes We Can: Black, Out, Proud & Loud – A
21st Century Civil Rights Vision. Buford created the campaign to
help identify a religious denomination as welcoming and inclusive with a
particular focus on minority citizens. The event begins at 8 p.m. in room 120 of
the List Art Center.
www.brown.edu/Administration/Chaplains/News/01262006-ronbuford.html
Wednesday 1 March
Caribbean Heritage Week: Knowing the Caribbean
One of the nation’s preeminent Dominican scholars, Dr.
Silvio Torres-Saillant, will deliver a lecture titled Knowing the
Caribbean at 5:30 in the Joukowsky Forum at the Watson Institute, located at
111 Thayer Street. This event hopes to increase Dominican and Dominican-American
related study on campus in order to strengthen relations between the burgeoning
Dominican community in Providence and Brown University. For more information,
contact Susan Hirsh at (401) 863-2106.
Thursday 2 March
Jazz Piano Recital
An evening of jazz piano featuring Justin Bachorik and Stefan
Love. Grant Recital Hall is located behind the Orwell Music Building on the
corner of Hope Street and Young Orchard Avenue. The recital is free and open to
the public.
www.brown.edu/Departments/Music/events/
Friday 3 March
Breast Cancer, The Environment & Women of Color
Some of the region’s leading advocates will discuss trends
in breast cancer rates and mortality among women of color. Panelists are Marlene
McCarthy, co-founder of the Rhode Island Breast Cancer Coalition; Dr. Julia
Brody, Executive Director of Silent Spring Institute; and Wanna Wright of The
Kaiser Family Foundation. Topics include the emerging partnership between breast
cancer advocacy and environmental justice and how the alliance will enhance the
scientific understanding between the relationship between cancer and the
environment. Event is from 1-3 p.m. in the List Art Center, Room 110. For more
information, contact Linda Covington at (401) 863-3525.
Friday 3 March
Brown University Orchestra
The Brown University Orchestra performs Symphony No. 35,
"Haffner" (W.A. Mozart); The Age of Gold Suite (Dmitri Shostakovich); Viola
Concerto (Béla Bartók); and Francesca da Rimini (P.I. Tchaikovsky)
under the direction of conductor Paul Phillips. Featuring Cally Sizer ‘06,
winner of the 2005 Concerto Competition. The performance begins at 8 p.m. in
Sayles Hall, located on The College Green.. Tickets are available one week in
advance at the Orwig Music Building, located at 1 Young Orchard Avenue, during
regular business hours or at the door one hour before the performance. $4
General Admission/$2 with a Brown ID. For more information, call (401)
863-3234.
www.brown.edu/Departments/Music/events/
Friday 3 March
Sen. Jack Reed To Deliver Ogden Lecture
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) will deliver the Stephen A. Ogden
Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs. Reed has emerged as a
leading voice on Iraq and national security. He just returned from his seventh
trip to Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. His lecture is titled President Bush
and the Long War: Are Slogans Enough? The event begins at 6 p.m. in the List
Art Center, located at 64 College Street. It is free and open to the public.
Technical assistance is available for the hearing impaired. For more
information, call the Office of University Events at (401) 863-2474.
www.brown.edu/news/2005-06/05-076.html
Monday 6 March
American Indian Maps: Divinity, Territory, and Politicking
Author and Professor Nancy Shoemaker will deliver the lecture
American Indian Maps: Divinity, Territory, and Politicking at 5:30 p.m.
in the John Carter Brown Library, located on the corner of Brown and George
streets. The lecture is a component of a lecture series and conference at Brown
University titled “Geography, Ethnography, and Perceptions of the World in
Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance.”
www.brown.edu/Departments/Ancient_Studies/events.htm#Lectures
Monday 6 March to Tuesday 7 March
Providence Journal/Brown University Public Affairs
Conference
Some of the nation’s leading voices on class in America
will gather at Brown University on March 6 and 7 for the 26th annual
Providence Journal/Brown University Public Affairs Conference, titled
“One Nation Indivisible? The Persistence of Class in American
Culture.” Author and The New York Times columnist David Brooks will
deliver the keynote address, the Michael P. Metcalf ⏻ Howard R. Swearer Memorial Lecture, on March 6 at
6:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. The
conference continues on Tuesday with a panel discussion moderated by Glenn
Loury, professor of economics at Brown. Panelists are Jared Bernstein of the
Economic Policy Institute, David Brooks, and Rep. Karen Carter of Louisiana. The
panel begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
www.brown.edu/news/2005-06/05-082.html
Monday 6 March to Sunday 12 March
Brown University Presents The 2006 French Film Festival
The 9th annual French Film Festival features 25 screenings of
twelve acclaimed French language films at the Cable Car Cinema, located at 204
South Main Street in Providence. Most films have English subtitles. Tickets are
required and can be purchased at the Cable Car Cinema on the day of the
screening beginning at 11 a.m. For more information, contact Susan McNeil at
(401) 863-3535. For a complete schedule and descriptions of the films, visit
www.provfrenchfilm.com
Tuesday 7 March
Film: The Genocide In Me
The Armenian Students' Association at Brown will be showing The Genocide
in Me at 7 p.m. in Smith Buonnano Room 106. The film deals with the impact
of the 1915 Armenian Genocide on the life of filmmaker Araz Artinian, an
Armenian-Canadian woman who asks herself the universal question, "Where do I
belong?” The Genocide in Me also explores universal questions of
ethnic identity and the preservation of culture in the diaspora, as well as
generational differences, and interracial dating. www.hamazkayin-boston.org/pdf/Genocide_full_press_kit-ENG.pdf
Thursday 9 March
Kamiks: Perfection for Survival in the Careful Arts of Inuit Women
Twenty years ago, the late Helen Oolalak of Igloolik, in
Canada's Nunavut Province, asked Jonathan F.C. King of the British Museum, "Why
do you want to collect smelly old boots ( kamiks)?" King knew that for
Inuit hunters, poor sewing, imperfect skin preparation, and damage to skin
surfaces could result in frostbite and, so, hunger. To ensure survival, men's
kamiks had to be maintained to perfection, and old boots, created with
care and abandoned the moment they became imperfect, were easy to collect yet
revealed much about Inuit culture and its gendered interdependencies. This talk
addresses the questions: Why do people part with objects they produced with
great care? Why do collectors want to acquire them? The lecture begins at 5:30
p.m. at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, located in Manning Hall on The
College Green at Brown University. www.brown.edu/Facilities/Haffenreffer/calendar/?month=3&year=2006#
Thursday 9 March to Sunday 19 March
Brown Theater Presents: Hair
On stage March 9-12 and March 16-19, HAIR puts rock music
and the culture that went with it on stage. Musical numbers include Aquarius,
Good Morning Starshine, I Believe in Love, Hair, I Got Life, What a Piece of
Work Is Man and Hippie Life. This show has vitality, timelessness,
and a meaning that outlives the late 1960's and early 1970's in America.
Performances begin at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at
the Stuart Theater, located in Faunce House on the Brown University campus.
Regular admission is $15. Discounted tickets for students, senior citizens, and
Brown employees. For more information and box office hours, call 401-863-2838.
www.brown.edu/Facilities/Theatre/hair.htm
Ongoing Exhibits
Through 8 March
Another View of Joseph Beuys at the Bell Gallery
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present Another View of
Joseph Beuys: Multiples from New England Collections through March 8, 2006.
More than 100 multiples by the world-renowned German artist are showcased,
including prints, sculptural objects, postcards, posters, audiotapes, and album
covers. The showing also commemorates the 20th anniversary of Beuys’
death. The David Winton Bell Gallery, located on the first floor of List Art
Center, 64 College St., is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and
1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information, call (401) 863-2932.
www.brown.edu/news/2005-06/05-058.html
Through 5 May
Now on Display at the John Carter Brown Library
In commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of John Russell
Bartlett’s death, the John Carter Brown Library is hosting an exhibition
on the life of this once-prominent figure in the Rhode Island community. The
Autobiography of John Russell Bartlett (1805-1886): Bookman, Ethnologist,
Artist, Politician details Bartlett’s childhood in Canada, his life in
Providence, and his entry into Rhode Island politics. The John Carter Brown
Library, located on the corner of Brown and George streets, is open to the
public 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and Saturday from 9 a.m.
until noon.
www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/index.html
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