Arts & music at Brown this week
Every upcoming concerts, art and performances at Brown University, from the university's own calendars and updated every day.
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Thursday, November 5, 2026
- Exhibition on View | Building Books with Dayanita Singh12:00 AM – 11:59 PMGranoff Center for the Creative ArtsFree
- Art at Watson Presents — Diagnósticos: technology, information and self12:00 AM – 11:59 PMThe Watson School - 280 Brook StreetFree
- Art at Watson Presents — Human Mythology12:00 AM – 11:59 PMThe Watson School, 111 Thayer Street
- A Pictorial Dragon: The Art of Fernando Birri Exhibit9:00 AM – 5:00 PMJohn Hay LibraryFree
- DEEPS Science Communications Reading Group12:00 PMLincoln Field Building
- The Novel in the Age of AI (Day 1)3:00 PM – 5:30 PMNightingale-Brown HouseFree
- Anne Waldman with Andrew Whiteman & Ariel Engle: Writers on Writing5:30 PM70 Brown St., ProvidenceFree
- There Was a Drawing7:00 PM – 9:00 PMSarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender, 26 Benevolent St, Providence, RI 02912Free
- An Evening at the Computer History Museum: Data Are Made Not Found, with danah boyd ’009:00 PM – 11:15 PM
Friday, November 6, 2026
- Art at Watson Presents — Diagnósticos: technology, information and self12:00 AM – 11:59 PMThe Watson School - 280 Brook StreetFree
- Art at Watson Presents — Human Mythology12:00 AM – 11:59 PMThe Watson School, 111 Thayer Street
- A Pictorial Dragon: The Art of Fernando Birri Exhibit9:00 AM – 5:00 PMJohn Hay LibraryFree
- The Novel in the Age of AI (Day 2)9:30 AM – 5:30 PMNightingale-Brown HouseFree
- Crisis and Creativity: Practices of Freedom in Constraint in Contemporary Iranian Cinema12:00 PM – 1:00 PMWebinarFree
- LIGAMENT // Concert7:30 PMGrant Recital HallFree
- CALL FOR ART: International Education Week Gallery Walk11:30 PM
Saturday, November 7, 2026
- Art at Watson Presents — Human Mythology12:00 AM – 11:59 PMThe Watson School, 111 Thayer Street
- Art at Watson Presents — Diagnósticos: technology, information and self12:00 AM – 11:59 PMThe Watson School - 280 Brook StreetFree
- Beyond Words: The Herald’s 2026 Journalism Conference11:00 AM – 4:00 PM85 Waterman Street
- Auditions: TAPS Dance Sr. Slot12:00 PMAshamu Dance Studio
- Walt Disney Museum Tour in the Presidio with Call ‘Em Like Museum Podcaster Eric Johnson ’112:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Sunday, November 8, 2026
- Art at Watson Presents — Diagnósticos: technology, information and self12:00 AM – 11:59 PMThe Watson School - 280 Brook StreetFree
- Art at Watson Presents — Human Mythology12:00 AM – 11:59 PMThe Watson School, 111 Thayer Street
- November Arts & Crafts Fun with Brown Alumni in San Mateo5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Jim Shepard – a literary reading6:00 PMRiffRaff BooksFree
Monday, November 9, 2026
- Art at Watson Presents — Diagnósticos: technology, information and self12:00 AM – 11:59 PMThe Watson School - 280 Brook StreetFree
- Art at Watson Presents — Human Mythology12:00 AM – 11:59 PMThe Watson School, 111 Thayer Street
- A Pictorial Dragon: The Art of Fernando Birri Exhibit9:00 AM – 5:00 PMJohn Hay LibraryFree
- Gender, Representations, and Digital Media: Reclaiming Empowerment by Marginalized Communities10:45 AMFree
- Ed Osborn // Music Now Talk12:00 PMSteinert CenterFree
- Film-Thinking • Claire Denis, “High Life”6:00 PM – 9:00 PMList Art Building
- IMPROV-i-GAY-tion & Musical Queer-ter7:00 PM – 9:00 PMStonewall HouseFree
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
- Art at Watson Presents — Diagnósticos: technology, information and self12:00 AM – 11:59 PMThe Watson School - 280 Brook StreetFree
- Art at Watson Presents — Human Mythology12:00 AM – 11:59 PMThe Watson School, 111 Thayer Street
- A Pictorial Dragon: The Art of Fernando Birri Exhibit9:00 AM – 5:00 PMJohn Hay LibraryFree
- Media, Truth, and Power9:30 AMFree
- HIAA Undergraduate Internship Workshop12:00 PM – 1:00 PMList Art BuildingFree
- From Sources to Synthesis: Building Your Own Argument in a Literature Review12:00 PM
- Seminar • Alessandro Moghrabi on Rumor and Common Sense in Leonardo Sciascia’s Novel “To Each His Own”1:00 PM – 3:30 PMAndrews House
- Screening of Becoming American at the JCB1:00 PM94 George StreetFree
- The Pulled Punch and the Sheathed Blade: Her Story (2024) as a Feminist Stand-up Film4:00 PM – 5:30 PMList Art BuildingFree
- The First-Person Novel: Between Formal Realism and Moral Realism • Esther Yu (Stanford University)5:00 PM70 Brown Street
- Master of Arts in Teaching | How to Create a Strong Application6:30 PM – 7:30 PMFree
- “Sleep Dealer” (2008): Rigorously Curated Sad Robot (Sentience Was a Mistake) Film Festival7:00 PMThe Lindemann Performing Arts CenterFree
- Dancing With Pride7:00 PM – 9:00 PMStonewall HouseFree
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
- Art at Watson Presents — Diagnósticos: technology, information and self12:00 AM – 11:59 PMThe Watson School - 280 Brook StreetFree
- Art at Watson Presents — Human Mythology12:00 AM – 11:59 PMThe Watson School, 111 Thayer Street
- A Pictorial Dragon: The Art of Fernando Birri Exhibit9:00 AM – 5:00 PMJohn Hay LibraryFree
- SEAS@Brown: Along the River Road–A documentary screening with Lindsay French and Peter O’Neill6:00 PMJoukowsky Forum, Watson School of International and Public Affairs 111 Thayer St.
Thursday, November 12, 2026
- Art at Watson Presents — Diagnósticos: technology, information and self12:00 AM – 11:59 PMThe Watson School - 280 Brook StreetFree
- Art at Watson Presents — Human Mythology12:00 AM – 11:59 PMThe Watson School, 111 Thayer Street
- A Pictorial Dragon: The Art of Fernando Birri Exhibit9:00 AM – 5:00 PMJohn Hay LibraryFree
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