[Summit] Fw: Featured Events at Brown Univ. through February 9

[David Kolsky]

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Events
  
   Thursday 30 January 4:30pm   Killer High: A History of War in Six Drugs    In his new book, “Killer High,” Brown Professor Peter Andreas shows how six psychoactive drugs have proven to be particularly important war ingredients. Andreas joins New York Times reporter C.J. Chivers, Watson Institute Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer, political scientist Angelica Duran-Martinez and Watson Institute Director Edward Steinfeld for a discussion about the book. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street.  Learn more
   Saturday 1 February 7:00pm   Performance: MusicWorks Collective    MusicWorks Collective, the ensemble-in-residence at Providence’s Community MusicWorks, explores themes of searching, nostalgia, loss and departure in a performance featuring Zhou Long’s “Chinese Folk Songs” and works by Debussy, Bartók and Komitas. Martinos Auditorium, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, 154 Angell Street.  Learn more
   Wednesday 5 February 5:00pm   Performance: Ayana Evans    Ayana Evans’ performances address issues of body image and social judgement, often including feats of endurance performed in high heels and eye-catching outfits that represent the perseverance required by women in our society. David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art, 64 College Street.  Learn more
   Thursday 6 February 5:30pm   Reading: Jenny Zhang    Author Jenny Zhang reads from her work, including the short story collection “Sour Heart,” described in The New Yorker as “a feminist bildungsroman that combines ingenious and tightly controlled technical artistry with an unfettered emotional directness.” McCormack Family Theater, 70 Brown Street.  Learn more
   Friday 7 February 5:00pm to Sunday 9 February 10:00pm   Writing is Live    Brown’s annual Writing is Live festival celebrates the diversity and strength of new theatrical voices. The festival presents a combination of readings and workshop productions of new plays by graduate and undergraduate playwrights at Brown, in collaboration with Trinity Rep and the greater Providence community. Leeds Theatre, Lyman Hall, 77 Waterman Street.  Learn more
   Sunday 9 February 1:45pm to Monday 10 February 7:00pm   Gender in Israeli and Palestinian Film    This conference brings to Brown leading practitioners and scholars in Israeli and Palestinian film. Presentations, screenings and panels will address differing social realities and their cinematic representations, as well as the financial and political contexts of filmmaking in the region. Joukowsky Forum and McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street.  Learn more
   Sunday 9 February 2:00pm to Monday 10 February 4:00pm   Recital: Tiffany Poon    Pianist and YouTuber Tiffany Poon plays music by Scarlatti, Haydn, Schumann, Debussy and Liszt in this performance. In addition to playing pieces for her 175,000 YouTube subscribers, Poon is known for sharing videologs documenting her life on the road. RSVP required. Grant Recital Hall, 105 Benevolent Street.  Learn more
   
Exhibits
    Monday 7 October 9:00am to Saturday 23 May 5:00pm   Exposing Unseen Boundaries: Works by Consuelo Jimenez Underwood    Artist Consuelo Jimenez Underwood weaves together narratives of the U.S./Mexico border and its effect on people, communities and the natural environment, exposing the unseen boundaries of the borderlands and the hope for a future filled with flowers and song. Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender, 26 Benevolent Street.  Learn more
   Saturday 16 November 11:00am to Sunday 15 March 4:00pm   Luscious: Paintings and Drawings by Wendy Edwards    Wendy Edwards’ paintings and drawings combine luscious colors and exuberant gestures in compositions that respond to the artist’s life, varying from landscapes and still-lifes to pure abstraction. This 40-year retrospective includes works created since 1980. David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art, 64 College Street.  Learn more
   Tuesday 5 November 9:00am to Friday 28 February 5:00pm   Paper Worlds of Native Voices    From Maya K’iche’ speakers in Providence to Mapuzungun linguists from central Chile, this exhibition highlights connections with the first Americans who inhabited these lands and their rich linguistic legacies that are still being recovered and acknowledged today. John Carter Brown Library, 94 George Street.  Learn more
   Thursday 12 September 9:00am to Sunday 31 May 5:00pm   We Are All Carbon Beings    This mural by artist and musician Andrew Moon Bain depicts a set of jet-black beings running through a cosmic backdrop. The work simultaneously references our own self-containment and our interrelatedness with the universe. Upper Lobby, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, 154 Angell Street.  Learn more
   Wednesday 1 January 9:00am to Friday 7 February 9:00pm   Haiti: Revolution, Loas, and the Art of Blackness    For more than 200 years, ordinary Haitians have been engaged in different struggles for complete freedom. This exhibit, created by Brown students and Haitian American sculptor and painter Edouard Duval-Carrié, touches on the events of the 19th-century Haitian Revolution, Haitian spirituality and concepts of race and representation in the Americas. Gallery, Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, 94 Waterman Street.  Learn more
   Wednesday 15 January 9:00am to Thursday 13 February 9:00pm   After Hours: Annual Staff Exhibition    “After Hours” is the eighth annual exhibition highlighting the creative talents of staff members working in departments and programs throughout Brown. Stop by and see what University personnel create in their spare time. Atrium Gallery, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, 154 Angell Street.  Learn more
   Thursday 5 December 9:00am to Friday 6 March 5:00pm   tiny: a gallery of miniature might and meaning    Students in the Brown archaeology course “tiny” — devoted to the archaeology of miniaturization — concluded their fall studies with the curation of a pocket-sized gallery exhibition. Included in the exhibit is a series of shadowboxes paired with short essays, a one-minute short, a video game and a series of holograms curated using material from an ancient Greek archaeological site. Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Rhode Island Hall, 60 George Street.  Learn more
   Friday 31 January 9:00am to Sunday 31 May 5:00pm   Histories of Consequence    In a manipulated series of monoprints, artist Sandra Mayo adopts conceptual strategies like mapping and coding to distill and then visually elaborate difficult events — dominantly human tragedies — that have profound and lasting impacts on individuals, families and societies over multiple generations. Stephen Robert ‘62 Hall, 280 Brook Street.  Learn more
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