In honor of Carberry Day—on Friday, December 13 at 3 p.m. in the Laura and David Finn Reading Room of the Rockefeller Library—the Library will present a cooking demonstration and Josiah Carberry himself will sign cookbooks. There have been rumors that Carberry will be preparing every recipe from The Carberry Cookbook. One rumor in particular said, “Carberry … Carberry Day
The Mapping Arts Project is publicly launching Mapping Arts Project-Providence on Thursday, December 12 in the Digital Scholarship Lab. This project—a collaborative effort by Brown University graduate students and faculty—digitally mapped the lives, influence, and work of black artists in Providence from the 1860s through the 1960s. This undertaking is part of the larger Mapping … Mapping Arts Project Event in the Digital Scholarship Lab
The Library is honored to present Ayad Akhtar (Brown alum ’93) as the speaker for the 10th Annual Don Wilmeth Endowed Lectureship in American Theatre. The lecture will be on Monday, December 9 at 7 p.m. in the Martinos Auditorium of the Granoff Center. Ayad Akhtar is an author, playwright, and screenwriter. His book American Dervish was voted one … An Evening with 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winning Dramatist, Ayad Akhtar ’93
The Art of Illusion Exhibit opens this week in the Rockefeller Library. This exhibit will be on display from December 5, 2013 to March 26, 2014. The Art of Illusion highlights selections from the H. Adrian Smith Collection of Conjuring and Magicana. H. Adrian Smith (Brown class of 1930) assembled during his lifetime one of the finest private … The Art of Illusion Exhibit: Selections from the H. Adrian Smith Collection of Conjuring and Magicana
Next week the exhibit of the Dresden and Nymphenburg Porcelains from the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection opens in the Rockefeller Library. This exhibit will be on display from December 9, 2013 to Arpil 25, 2014. While John Nicholas Brown was working with the allied forces in Germany in 1945 reporting on stolen art works, … Exhibit of Dresden and Nymphenburg Porcelains from the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection
In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the U.S. Government Printing Office has made the official, digital version of the Warren Commission Report available on the agency’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) web site. The commission was created by President Lyndon Johnson and chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren … Warren Commission Report available online
On Thursday, November 21 in the Digital Scholarship Lab, Jim Head will talk about exploring the remote and extremely cold Antarctic Dry Valleys and what challenges this presents for scientists and students. Jim Head has spent five field seasons in the Antarctic. His talk will touch on the reasons for persevering through months of camping … Jim Head Presents “Exploring the Antarctic Dry Valleys”
Donald J. Waters—Program Officer for Scholarly Communications and Information Technology at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—will be giving a talk on Digital Humanities in the Digital Scholarship Lab (Rockefeller Library) on November 15 at 4 p.m. Waters is interested in the convergence of digital technologies with humanistic inquiry and how this introduces fresh collaborations, new … Don Waters Presents “Digital Humanities and Scholarly Communications”
At the moment Professor Josiah Carberry has taken advantage of the non-existent, mid-semester, harvest break to go fishing for squirrels or some other kind of non-aquatic forrest animal, but in less than a month (on December 13 at 3 p.m.) he will return to campus and host a cooking demonstration and cookbook signing in the … Upcoming Josiah Carberry Cooking Demonstration and Cookbook Signing
John Caserta is a designer, artist, and educator. He has created and produced information-design projects and data-driven applications for The New York Times, Reuters, The Normandy Visitor’s Center in France, NBC, the NCAA and more. On November 14 at 5:30 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab, Caserta will give a talk titled “Data-driven Design Systems for … John Caserta presents “Data-driven Design Systems for the Web”
