THE LAST
THURSDAY 4.17
Noon- 2 PM / “The Making of Voluntary Political Agencies and the Production of Public Facts” seminar with Yaron Ezrahi, Crystal Room, Alumnae Hall
4 PM / Dramatic Reading with Visual Aids by writer and former New Yorker cartoonist Zach Kanin; Brown Bookstore
4 PM / “Deciphering the climate of early Mars based upon geomorphic evidence” w. Alan Howard, University of Virginia; MacMillan 115
4 PM / David Amram Residency Lecture in Shep Shaprio’s From Bach to Charlie Parker; Purity of Intent and An Exquisite Choice of Notes; Orwig 112
5 PM / “imposition”: a networked performance by John Cayley, Visiting Professor of Literary Arts; Rockefeller Library, Second Floor Computer Cluster
6 PM / The Science of Sexy: experts discuss social, medical, cultural perceptions of what is sexy; free and catered by Kabob and Curry; Salomon 001
6 PM / Movie Maker Mentoring Session by The Creative Coalition; MacMillan 117
7 PM / PROJECTIONS: Furniture show in Carr Haus
7-9 PM / THE GALLERY OPENING IN MY CAR; White Volvo parked on Congdon St.
7:30 PM / Selfless Insight: A Lecture by Dr. James. Austin; Wilson 102
7:30 PM / Is God Green? Faith Communities and the Environmental Movement; Arnold Lounge
7:30 PM / “Taiwan Politics: Past & Future” discussion by Eugene Chen; BioMed Center 202
8 PM / “A Journey of Tranceformation” Rock-performance-art-circus; Watson Institute (Starr Plaza)
8 PM / Screening of “Fix” followed by Q&A with Director Tao Ruspoli and 10:30 PM Pre-Release Screening of “Reprise” (Sundance, 2007); MacMillan 117
8 PM / Wasteland, They And The Children, Capsule (from Miami), Furnace, Yavinfive; Firehouse 13, $8
FRIDAY 4.18
9 AM / Exhibition: The Demon of Melancholy: Genealogies, Modernities; Lownes room, John Hay Library
9 AM-5 PM / We Shall Not Be Moved: International Graphics on Gentrification, Homelessness, and Resistance; Providence City Hall, 25 Dorrance St.
9 AM-5 PM / Poster Exhibition: Art and Activism: Graphics from Providence on Gentrification and Displacement; 340 Lockwood St., Providence, RI
10 AM / Brown Comedy Show Ticket Sales; Post Office
5:30 PM / “Real and Imagined: The Middle East’s Disappearing Hellenes” a talk by
Iason Athanasiadis; Maddock Alumni Center, Brian Room
7 PM / Opening Night Selection of Student Films; Solomon 101
7 PM / Final Conflict, So Unloved, Spring Break! North Korea; AS220, $7
7 PM / “Brute Passion Beyond the Hudson” staged reading of play by Eva Hamden; upstairs PW tonight at Saturday
8 PM / “Ravioli”, one-act opera written and directed by Josh Feintuch; Grant Recital Hall
9 PM / Pre-Release Screening of “Adventures of Power” and Director Q&A: Solomon 101
10 PM / Grillin’ & Chillin’ outdoor concert and bbq on Wriston Quad
10 PM / Ivy Film Festival Selection of Student Shorts; Salomon 101
10 PM / THE LAW, Strange Tribe; The Wheelhouse
294 Great Island Rd Wakefield, $5
SATURDAY 4.19
10 AM-4 PM / RISD Student Art and Design Sale; Benefit Street
3 PM / IFF: A Masterclass With Martin Scorsese (Film); Solomon 101
9 PM / Comedy Burlesque; AS220
9 PM / Monster Zero Presents BOOM! a benefit for Providence Roller Derby (Party); Firehouse 13
SUNDAY 4.20
11 AM-3 PM / Celebrate Earth Day at the Roger Williams Park Zoo
Anytime / Prem Rawat, known also by the honorary title of Maharaji, speaks with simplicity about our innate need for happiness; 315 Main St., Wakefield
7-9 PM / Free Henna at India Restaurant; 1060 Hope Street
8 PM-midnight / Taqueria Extravaganza: Channel Zero, Tastic, End Zone, Jamez Day Experience, and Geoff Mullen. Also, 420 special offer with cosmic children, leftover tastic, pickles, butcherings, dylan and the doobies, jeff mo, and other rare atrocities. taqueria music and visuals on this high holiday; $4.20
MONDAY 4.21
10 AM-3 PM / Free, rapid, confidential HIV testing; Petteruti Lounge (2nd floor Faunce)
5 PM / Tom Brokaw signs copies of his new book “Boom!: Voices of the Sixties”: Sayles Hall, followed by
6 PM / “The Call of Citizenship” where Tom Brokaw lectures on the legacy of World War II veterans; Salomon Center for Teaching, room 101
6 PM / Community Forum on Housing and Gentrification in Providence; 340 Lockwood St., Providence, RI
8 PM / Novels, I am the sea, Shryne, Exiles; AS220, $6
TUESDAY 4.22
11 AM / Earth Day Fair; Lincoln Field
12 PM / When the State and Your Kidneys Fail: Dialysis Patients, Political Etiologies, and the Egyptian Body Politic w. Professor Sherine Hamdy; Crystal Room, Alumnae Hall
4 PM / Dan Barry: Writing About People and Place; Department of English, 70 Brown Street, Barker Presentation Room 315, Providence, RI.
4:30 PM / What Art Can Tell Us About the Brain w. Margaret Livingstone; List 120
5:30 PM / Amanda Michalopoulou will read from her collection of short stories “I’d like”; Maddock Alumni Center, Brian Room
5:30 PM / Ernesto Pujol, New York-based conceptual artist lectures; RISD College Building Room 412
6 PM / Thomas L. Friedman lecture “Green is the New Red, White and Blue”; Salomon 101
7 PM / An Evening of Javanese Music; Grant Recital Hall
7 PM / Science as Koan: Stem Cells, Complexity, and the Science of Being; MacMillan Hall 117
7 PM / A Reading by Joanna Howard and Rick Benjamin: McCormack Family Theater
7 PM / IMAGING THE BODY, Bohyun Yoon investigates the images of the human body in terms of identity, sexuality, gender and culture; RISD Design Center 212
WEDNESDAY 4.23
4 PM / Ian Klaus -- No Friends but the Mountains (and Small Oil): The Political Economy of Iraqi Kurdistan; McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute
5:30 PM / “Confessions of a Sex Educator” Featuring sex educator Megan Andelloux from Miko Exotic Wear; John Nicholas Brown Center, 357 Benefit Street
7 PM / A Reading by Diane Williams; McCormack Family Theater
8 PM / The Low Anthem, Surprise Me Mr. Davis; Firehouse 13
9 PM / Take Back the Day, Take Back the Night Speakout (stories about sexual violence); MacMillan 115
THURSDAY 4.24
2-8 PM / “The Demon of Melancholy: Genealogies, Modernities” how melancholy has shaped a genealogy of artistic and critical thought.; Alumnae Hall, Crystal Room
4 PM / “Rethinking the American Songbook: Black/White/Blue? Cool/Hot/Square?”; Grant Recital Hall
4 PM / Kyungsik Kang Lecture on High Energy Physics; Room 190 - Barus & Holley
5:30 PM / BERNARD I FAIN LECTURE in Economics”Will the Current Financial Turmoil Lead to Recession?” w. Charles W. Calomiris is the Henry Kaufman, Professor of Financial Institutions at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business; Wilson Hall 102
6 PM / JEWELRY & METALSMITHING SENIOR DEGREE SHOW; Woods-Gerry Gallery
7:30 PM / Ed Hayslip, local jazz record collector discusses Oren Jacoby’s film “Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing”; Grant Recital Hall
7:30 PM / Gunther and the Sunshine Girls; Brown Alumni Hall, $10
