[Summit] Fw: Featured Events at Brown through March 15

[David Kolsky]

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   Monday 2 March 5:30pm   Uneasy Sanctuaries: Rethinking Race-Thinking    In this talk, Vanderbilt University philosopher Paul C. Taylor explores the itinerary of evasion that can result from philosophical attempts to take race seriously. Taylor aims to highlight some underappreciated challenges to the work of philosophical race theory and to cultivate a responsible orientation to the work in light of its challenges. Room 305, Pembroke Hall, 172 Meeting Street.  Learn more
   Tuesday 3 March 8:00pm   Telescope Observing Night    View the moon, planets and stars through the telescope at Brown’s historic Ladd Observatory. Experience astronomy as it was practiced in the 1890s, and peruse the observatory’s exhibits and displays about the history of science and technology. Ladd Observatory, 210 Doyle Street.  Learn more
   Wednesday 4 March 12:30pm   Performance: Chopin Piano Recital with Benjamin Nacar    Pianist, composer and Brown alumnus Benjamin Nacar will perform a mid-day concert exclusively featuring works by Frédéric Chopin. The program will include the famous “Heroic” Polonaise in A flat, “Winter Wind” Etude in A minor and seven other moving works. Room 305, Pembroke Hall, 172 Meeting Street.  Learn more
   Wednesday 4 March 5:00pm   Politics, Populism and Polarization: Perspectives on the Global Economy    Theresa May, the former prime minister of the United Kingdom and current member of parliament, will deliver the 100th Stephen A. Ogden ’60 Lecture on International Affairs. In her talk, May will share insights into her time as a world leader. RSVP required. Exact location provided at a later date via email.  Learn more
   Thursday 5 March 4:00pm   What Infants Know: Harnessing Basic Science to Support Children’s Learning    Young children are the fastest, most flexible learners on earth. In this talk, Harvard Professor of Psychology Elizabeth Spelke explores how basic science holds the key to enhancing the performance of young children, especially those in poverty. A panel of professors and child care researchers and experts will discuss. RSVP required. Lower Auditorium, Salomon Center for Teaching, 79 Waterman Street.  Learn more
   Saturday 7 March 10:00am   Conference: WE @ Brown    At this year’s WE at Brown daylong conference, speakers and attendees will uplift each other and learn to conquer challenges faced by women in entrepreneurship and embrace leadership. Participants will have opportunities to learn and grow through various speakers, workshops, networking opportunities and more. Anyone can attend the conference, but the pitch competition is open only to students. Sayles Hall, 81 Waterman Street.  Learn more
   Saturday 7 March 7:00pm   Performance: Stephen Marotto in Recital    Stephen Marotto has a wide range of musical interest that includes contemporary chamber music, improvisatory music and electroacoustic music. Marotto will perform works for cell and live electronics. Among the compositions featured on this unique and enthralling program is “/hɪə(r)/,” a work written by music and multimedia composition Ph.D. candidate Inga Chinilina. Grant Recital Hall, 105 Benevolent Street.  Learn more
   Monday 9 March 7:00pm   Author & Brown alumna Tara Schuster Book Panel    Class of 2008 alumna Tara Schuster is an executive at Comedy Central, has worked on “The Daily Show” and helped launch the critically acclaimed sketch comedy show “Key & Peele.” She is soon set to release her first book, “Buy Yourself the F***ing Lilies,” which she calls a “brutally honest and hilarious” book about learning to love and care for yourself. At this talk, Schuster and her editor, Annie, will discuss the inspirations behind the upcoming book, the editing process, and the wild yet rewarding world of publishing. Room 102, Friedman Hall, 90 George Street.  Learn more
   Tuesday 10 March 6:00pm   Democracy in Peril: The Inaugural John F. Kennedy Jr. Film Forum    The John F. Kennedy Jr. Film Forum, a year-long initiative, will begin with a screening of three contemporary documentaries: “The Edge of Democracy,” “The Kingmaker” and “The Great Hack,” and will culminate in a discussion among the three filmmakers, moderated by Class of 1991 alumna Rory Kennedy. Martinos Auditorium, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, 154 Angell Street.  Learn more
   Wednesday 11 March 7:00pm to Saturday 14 March 7:30pm   Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour    The Cineteca of Bologna is one of the world’s most renowned film restoration centers. Each summer, it hosts Il Cinema Ritrovato, an acclaimed film festival featuring restored masterpieces and early silent cinema. The Italian Studies Department at Brown will share a selection of these rare and wonderful films over four days. Martinos Auditorium, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, 154 Angell Street.  Learn more
   Sunday 15 March 10:00am   Brown Brain Fair    At this event, more than 20 labs, organizations and institutes at Brown give the public a glimpse of their research using games and fun demonstrations. Kids and adults alike have the opportunity to find out how we learn and remember, hold real preserved brains, peer at neurons through a microscope, experience virtual reality and make original digital art using their own brain waves. Hazeltine Commons, Engineering Research Center, 37 Manning 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
   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
   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
   Thursday 6 February 9:00am to Thursday 16 April 5:00pm   Defiant Spirits: Fernando Brito’s Sinaloa    This exhibition presents the award-winning photographer Fernando Brito's moving images of life in Sinaloa, Mexico, a province that has been torn apart by the struggle between one of the most powerful drug cartels in the world and the Mexican government. From 2004 to 2014, Brito was a photo editor and reporter for the newspapers La I and El Debate, specializing in crime-related news. Gallery, John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage, 357 Benefit Street.  Learn more
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