[Summit] Fw: Featured Events at Brown Univ. through Sunday, February 10

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Events
Tuesday 29 January 5:00pmCritical Conversations: Experiences of Incarceration in the United States and SyriaDiscussions of imprisonment often focus on mass incarceration as a general phenomenon, but what happens behind the prison bars is often obscured. This talk with two former prisoners focuses on the personal experiences of incarceration in the U.S. and Syria, two countries in which mass incarceration is at the center of national conversation, and explores the impact of imprisonment on individuals, families and communities. Room 101, Stephen Robert ‘62 P’91 Hall, 280 Brook Street.Learn more Thursday 31 January 4:00pmThe Black Women Intellectuals and Activists Who Revolutionized Black PowerAshley Farmer, a historian at the University of Texas-Austin, shares her research on women in the Black Panther Party, speaking to the multifaceted roles they played in the Party’s organizational and ideological development. A light reception will follow. Petteruti Lounge, Stephen Robert ‘62 Campus Center, 75 Waterman Street.Learn more Thursday 31 January 4:00pmThe Franklin Stove: Heat and Life in the Little Ice AgeBenjamin Franklin knew he lived in an age of climate change. In response, he designed his namesake stove and developed other ideas for maximizing the production of heat from a minimal amount of fuel, inspiring extensive scholarly conversation. In a talk, Harvard historian Joyce Chaplin shows how the Franklin Stove proves that climate-change mitigation, often believed to be a relatively recent pursuit, existed in the past and reveals useful patterns of success and failure. Room 305, Pembroke Hall, 172 Meeting Street.Learn more Friday 1 February 8:30amAmerica’s Climate Change Future: Housing Markets, Stranded Assets and Entrenched InterestsRhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse gives the keynote address at a one-day conference on the economic and political consequences of climate change. The conference’s focuses are on the economics of rising sea levels in real estate, the economics of stranded carbon assets and the organized politics of climate-change denial. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street.Learn more Friday 1 February 3:30pmOpioids and Public Health: History, Problem-Solving and Research ChallengesOn average, 130 Americans die each day from an opioid overdose. The scale of the opioid crisis is staggering, and policymakers have tried to approach it from many different angles. This plenary session brings together two leading scholars to discuss the history of the epidemic and identify promising directions for both research and practice. Room 101, Stephen Robert ‘62 P’91 Hall, 280 Brook Street.Learn more Friday 1 February 4:00pmProvidence’s Heritage: Above and Below GroundProvidence is a city of hidden histories, some lying beneath the ground waiting to be unearthed and others tucked away in overlooked buildings and backstreets. At this event, students from two Brown courses, “Heritage in the Metropolis” and “The Archaeology of College Hill,” team up to present projects that share the history of Rhode Island’s capital city in creative ways — and propose how we might preserve these stories for future generations. Room 108, Rhode Island Hall, 60 George Street.Learn more Saturday 2 February 9:30amSpace Repair and In Situ Resource UtilizationJeffrey Hoffman, a former NASA astronaut whose work in space includes delicate repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope, will discuss the use of space-based resources to support long-term human habitation in space on the Moon and on other planets. Hoffman's talk is part of Brown Space Horizons, an annual conference where industry professionals, researchers and students discuss the future of space exploration. An informal discussion and meet-and-greet will follow the talk. Room 190, Barus and Holley, 184 Hope Street.Learn more Saturday 2 February 11:30amHumanity as a Multi-Planetary SpeciesJames Newman, a veteran of four space shuttle flights between 1993 and 2002, including the first in-orbit assembly of the International Space Station, gives a talk. Newman's presentation is part of Brown Space Horizons, an annual conference where industry professionals, researchers and students discuss the future of space exploration. Hazeltine Commons, Engineering Research Center, 345 Brook Street.Learn more Tuesday 5 February 8:00pmConcert: ChartreuseThe string trio Chartreuse, known for commissioning new works from composers across the globe, plays works by Brown students, a composition by Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Kristina Warren, and more. Grant Recital Hall, 105 Benevolent Street.Learn more Thursday 7 February 12:00pmHard Hearts and Boiling Blood: Muslim Encounters with St. Januarius in Early Modern NaplesA vial of the late St. Januarius’ dried blood in Naples, Italy, is said to spontaneously liquefy three times a year. The miraculous liquefaction once drew visitors from all over Counter-Reformation Europe, inspiring many Muslims to convert to Catholicism. Cristelle Baskins visits from Tufts University to share stories of the many who converted 500 years ago — and of one exiled king who didn’t. Annmary Brown Memorial, 21 Brown Street.Learn more Friday 8 February 5:00pm to Sunday 10 February 10:00pmWriting is LiveThe Theatre Arts & Performance Studies department presents its annual festival of new plays-in-progress, written by MFA playwriting students and directed and performed by students in the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA program. "Writing is Live" celebrates the diversity and strength of new theatrical voices and provides a glimpse into the vibrant process of creating original work. Leeds Theatre, Lyman Hall, 83 Waterman Street.Learn more 
Exhibits
Saturday 12 May 2018 10:00am to Wednesday 1 May 4:00pmDrone Warriors: The Art of Surveillance and Resistance at Standing RockFrom April 2016 through February 2017, thousands of Native and non-Native people made the North Dakota Plains their home to stand in opposition of the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline. As the protesters faced police, roadblocks and heavy surveillance, a group of photographic drone operators emerged within their ranks, sending their flying cameras up and over barricades to illuminate spaces hidden from the public, unmask the face of force and show the world the beauty of the surrounding landscape. Their images motivated countless Americans to join the resistance, whether in person, on social media or through donations — and kickstarted a new movement of aesthetic protest. Haffenreffer Museum, Manning Hall, 21 Prospect Street.Learn more Saturday 12 May 2018 10:00am to Wednesday 1 May 2:00pmSacred is Sacred: The Art of Protecting Bears EarsFor centuries, Southern Utah’s Bears Ears region was home to Indigenous people who used its plants, animals and other natural materials to make their food, homes and culture. But while the area is rich in history, it’s also rich in oil and gas, and renewed calls for resource extraction threaten its natural and cultural landscape. This moving exhibition of contemporary and past art explores the beauty of Bears Ears and the ways in which Indigenous peoples have learned and healed through their fight to protect it. Haffenreffer Museum, Manning Hall, 21 Prospect Street.Learn more Thursday 13 September 2018 9:00am to Monday 27 May 5:00pmJoy + JusticeHow do we live joyfully while working for justice? That question lies at the heart of this exhibit. The 22 artists assembled display a broad range of subjects, styles and traditions, but they share one common thread: connecting joy to justice. Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, 96 Waterman Street.Learn more Wednesday 23 January 9:00am to Thursday 21 February 9:00pmAfter Hours: Annual Staff Exhibition“After Hours” is an annual exhibition highlighting the creative talents of staff members working in departments and programs throughout Brown. This year’s exhibition features more than three dozen works from nearly 20 offices and departments. Atrium Gallery, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, 154 Angell Street.Learn more Friday 2 November 11:00am to Sunday 17 March 4:00pmDanny Lyon: The Only Thing I Saw Worth LeavingIn the 1960s, photographer Danny Lyon made a name for himself photographing everyone from student leaders of the Civil Rights movement to convicts in Texas prisons, insisting they all be seen. This exhibition, part of a broader Brown Arts Initiative series titled “On Protest, Art and Activism,” spotlights some of Lyon’s most thought-provoking work. David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art, 64 College Street.Learn more Tuesday 22 January 4:00pm to Saturday 15 June 6:00pmRiver Mile ZeroRhode Island artist Kate Aitchison explores human intervention of free-flowing waterways in new, large-scale works on paper depicting the power, awe and obstruction of hydroelectric dams. Upper Lobby, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, 154 Angell Street.Learn more Thursday 10 January 10:00am to Tuesday 30 April 5:00pmEntwined: Botany, Art and the Lost Cat Swamp HabitatIn this exhibit, original watercolors of Edward Peckham sit alongside matching specimens collected generations ago in Providence’s Cat Swamp Habitat. The samples, long archived in the Brown University Herbarium, showcase the biodiversity that once existed in the city’s Wayland and Blackstone neighborhoods and provoke questions about the consequences of environmental change. Exhibition Gallery, John Hay Library, 20 Prospect Street.Learn more Tuesday 22 January 4:00pm to Friday 1 February 4:00pmHerstory: Works by Jessica HillBlack women’s experiences are often left out of histories of slavery, their contributions at the forefront of social movements forgotten. The work of Jessica Hill examines the resilience of black womanhood today, exploring the ways in which racial slavery created ideas about race and racial difference that continue to divide our society. Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, 94 Waterman Street.Learn more Monday 4 February 8:30am to Friday 26 April 5:00pmLatinXpression: The Absorbing Nature of LineDrawn or painted lines can communicate boundaries, imitate nature or turn a person’s figure abstract. In this engrossing loan exhibition featuring nine Latinx artists living and working in Rhode Island, Los Angeles and New York, the focus is on lines and what they add to a work of two-dimensional art. Second Floor, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street.Learn more All University Events | 

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