The Arts
A Reunion with Yourself
Reunion is about remembering who you are under whatever layers of artifice or exhaustion the years may have brought.
Prints for a Purpose
Raising funds for Ukraine
A Star Is Born
Brown’s newest newspaper focuses on Black joy and accomplishments
Fresh Ink for June–August 2022
Books by Xochitl Gonzalez ’99, Maia Weinstock ’99, Siena Cherson Siegel ’90, and Mark Siegel ’89.
Trauma and Taste Buds
An acclaimed memoir recalls how Korean food kept Grace Cho ’93 connected to her mother
Goodbye, Art History
The Afterparty star Zoë Chao ’08 discovered her passion for acting in a class at Brown
Classics: Dead or Alive?
A new course examines ancient Greece and Rome with a 21st-century lens.
Stalking Mies van der Rohe
Five minutes with Professor Dietrich Neumann
Fresh Ink for April–May 2022
Books by Alan Maimon ’95, Jessamine Chan ’00, and Andrew Blauner ’86
Out of Darkness
Two new works from Dan O’Brien ’99 MFA on surviving trauma
Livening Up the Concert Experience
Cemeteries and crypts become the settings for classical music
Fast Food Capitalism
The Pulitzer-winning Franchise by Marcia Chatelain ’03 AM, ’08 PhD, narrates the complicated history between McDonald’s and its Black outlet owners
“That Changed Everything”
Professor Jim Barnhill founded the Theatre Arts department and helped launch Trinity Rep, Rites and Reason, and several acting careers
Storytelling through Song
In music theory class, students learn classical rules—and how to break them.
Stepping Into Liquid
Photographer Sachi Cunningham ’94.5 grabs a 25-pound camera and hangs out in the water beneath cresting 60-foot waves, getting pounded, churned—and getting the shot.
Fresh Ink for Jan–Mar 2022
Books by Claire Luchette ’13, Gary Ginsberg ’84, and Maria Ospina ’99
“The Problem”
A new book contemplates life decisions in the face of climate change.
Curating the Ephemeral
How do you exhibit work by artists whose main point is rejecting museums and galleries?
Art Immersion in St. Pete
Olivia Mansion ’16 AM opens Meow Wolf-style experience
Asymmetrical Beauty
Sarah Ruhl ’97, ’01 MFA, on her decade-long struggle with facial palsy
Together Apart
A Brown alum Zoom musical captures pandemic connections