Upcoming Events

Thursday 19 October 5:00pm

Brothers at Arms

Larrie Ferreiro, author of “Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It,” explains how the success of the War of American Independence depended on substantial military assistance provided by France and Spain. Instead of viewing the American Revolution in isolation, Ferreiro argues that the real story is that the American nation was born as the centerpiece of an international coalition fighting against a common enemy. MacMillan Reading Room, John Carter Brown Library, Main Green. https://www.brown.edu/academics/libraries/john-carter-brown/event/2017/1...

Thursday 19 October 5:30pm

Global and Grass-root

Throughout the Maya region, millions of ethno-linguistic Mayan descendants confront poverty and ethnic discrimination on a daily basis. Surrounded by architecture built by their ancestors, these descendants don't usually have access to the vast archaeological knowledge about their cultural heritage. Patricia McAnany is a director of an organization that's recognized this problem. In an event sponsored by the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, McAnany will deliver a lecture titled "Global and Grass-root: How InHerit Cultivates Community-Collaborative Maya Archaeology." McAnany will discuss how cultural heritage programs at InHerit have promoted discussions about the past, supports collaborative research and built relationships with Mayan communities. Chair of anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, McAnany is the recipient of research awards from the National Science Foundation and the Archaeological Institute of America. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Room 015, 85 Waterman St.

Friday 20 October 8:00pm

Concert performances: Brown University Orchestra

Brandon Keith Brown, the newly appointed director for the orchestral program, will lead the Brown University Orchestra for a pair a concert performances. Described by the Department of Music as a conductor that embodies the "American spirit with German musical tradition," Brown will lead the orchestra for the first time this academic year. Composed mostly of students who auditioned for positions, the Brown University Orchestra is made up of 110 members that include violists, cellists, bass players and many other musicians. Free and open to the public, both events begin at 8 p.m. in Sayles Hall, Auditorium, the College Green.

Saturday 21 October 8:00pm

Set GO in Motion: An Evening of Spontaneous Choreographies

A performance by students in the TAPS Advanced Modern Dance course and Set Go ensemble members Shura Baryshnikov, Sarah Konner, Aaron Brandes and Bradley Teal Ellis asks what type of communication humanizes us in a time when we are increasingly detached and technologically dependent. The performance will feature Contact Improvisation, in which each dancer is relying on his/her/their own body, and exploring movement in relation to a partner and to the earth’s physical laws. Presented by the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies. Free and open to the public. Ashamu Dance Studio, Lyman Hall, 83 Waterman Street

Wednesday 25 October 7:00pm

Reading: poet Paol Keineg

Breton poet and playwright Paol Keineg writes in French, Breton, and English. The author of more than twenty books including his recent poetry collection Triste Tristan, Keineg will read from his work as part of the Contemporary Writers Series. Cosponsored by the Program in Literary Arts and the Department of French Studies, the reading will take place in the McCormack Family Theater at 70 Brown Street.

Thursday 26 October 5:30pm

Reading: Leopoldine Core

Fiction writer and poet Leopoldine Core, author of the award-winning short story collection “When Watched,” and of a book of poetry, “Veronica Bench,” will read from her work in the Writers On Writing Reading Series. Presented by the Department of Literary Arts. Free and open to the public. McCormack Family Theater, 70 Brown Street

Monday 30 October 7:00pm

Reading: Renee Gladman

Fiction writer and poet Renee Gladman will read from her work in Brown University’s Contemporary Writers Reading Series. The author of eleven published works, including a cycle of novels about the city-state Ravicka and its inhabitants, the Ravickians, Gladman is also an artist with a recently-released monograph of drawings and a collection of linked essay-fictions on the intersections of writing, drawing, and community. Her reading, which is sponsored by the Department of Literary Arts at Brown, is free and open to the public. McCormack Family Theater, 70 Brown Street

Saturday 4 November 7:30pm

Flying Words

Deaf American Sign Language poet Peter Cook will present “Flying Words,” a reading of his work in sign, with spoken word translation by his collaborator, Kenny Lerner. During the 1980s, Cook and Lerner established the only deaf poetry series in the U.S. at that time. In “Flying Words,” Cook presents three-dimensional imagery while Lerner’s translation allows the hearing audience to literally see the ASL image and become lost in the movement. Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Martinos Auditorium 154 Angell St., Providence.

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