Phillips Memorial Library Adds a Bestsellers Collection to Their Shelves by Sara Conway ’21 A&E Co-Editor Known for its vast resources for researching and its lack of space during finals, Phillips Memorial Library has added something new to its shelves. Providence College students can now borrow books for pleasure-reading from Phillips Memorial Library’s Bestsellers Collection. […]
Love (and Laughs) in the Air by Brigid Walshe ’19 A&E Staff On a cold, wintry Tuesday night at 11 p.m., many students ventured down to the Smith Center for the Arts for a good late night laugh, and that is exactly what they got with Six Gents’ Valentine’s Day show. For those who may not […]
Alumni & Family Weekend by Catherine Goldberg ’20 A&E Staff This year’s Alumni & Family Weekend, which took place on Feb. 22-24, had many special events planned to celebrate the Friar Family and demonstrate Providence College pride. On Saturday, from 2:30-5 p.m., the Alumni & Family Weekend Committee put together FRIARCON, an event jam-packed with […]
by Anne DeLello ’20 A&E Staff On Feb. 20, Providence College hosted Joel Francois, a New York-based spoken word artist, for his Free the Poet! performance and dialogue. A group of students joined Francois as he shared his spoken word poetry, as well as during the Q&A session after the performance. Francois is an artist […]
by Peter Keough ’20 A&E Staff During a weekend reserved for togetherness and celebration of bonds between Providence College students, families, and alumni, the last thing one would expect to bring people together is any kind of duel. However, on the night of Friday, February 22, a certain type of duel unified the College in […]
Providence College Theatre, Dance, and Film Features Student-Led Production by Peter Keough ’20 A&E Staff During any given school year, Providence College’s Department of Theatre, Dance, and Film will put on a sizable collection of shows. In 2018-2019 thus far, there have already been two completed large-scale theater productions, as well as multiple dance concerts. […]
Voices of the Liturgy by Catherine Goldberg ’20 A&E Staff This past Friday, February 1, the Humanities Forum hosted Dr. Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Royce Family professor of teaching excellence and the Willard Prescott and Annie McClelland Smith professor of history and religion of Brown University. Dr. Harvey presented a lecture entitled “Voices of the Liturgy: […]
Collegiate Soccer Player to Hit Pop Artist The emerging, young singer-songwriter Chelsea Cutler took the Peterson Recreation Center stage on Friday, January 18, performing her new hit songs to eager Providence College students. The event was sponsored by the Board of Programmers (BOP), who had been preparing for the concert since the end of the […]
PC-Galleries Celebrates Ancient Art Through a Contemporary Lens by: William Burleigh ’19 A&E Staff Providence College-Galleries’ current fall exhibition, which opened on Sept. 12, has been available to the public for several weeks now. Titled “Classic Beauty: 21st-Century Artists on Ancient [Greek] Form,” the group exhibition examines the ongoing influences that ancient, antique, and classical […]
by: Sara Conway ’21 A&E Staff Dr. Bing Huang, a professor of art & art history, recently sat down with The Cowl to discuss her new course, coming up this spring, entitled ‘Asian Art through VR Games.’ Sara Conway (SC): What inspired you to teach a class based on Virtual Reality? Professor Bing Huang (BH): […]