Posts by Talia Kagan

In the immortal words of Corinne Bailey Rae (?), the more things seem to change, the more they stay the same…

Image courtesy of the University Archives

Eat free or dine trying.
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Taubman Luncheon Speaker Series
12 pm
Taubman Center

Postdoctoral fellow Vladislav Kravtsov will present on ”International policy transfer and HIV/AIDS crisis in Russia and South Africa, 2000-2010.” The light lunch provided will hopefully balance out the heavy topic.

Eco Practicum
12 pm
Urban Environmental Lab, room 106

This information session for the summer environmental learning program Eco Practicum features, appropriately enough, carrots.

Heart of Harkness – Fondue
8 pm
Harkness House

Tech House has been on fire when it comes to free food events lately. First s’mores, now fondue? Mhmm. [Read more →]

Five reasons Tuesdays are excellent, in order of increasing obscurity.

1.  Two-for-1 Tuesdays. We’ll also take this opportunity to point out that *liking* Geoff’s Facebook page gets you a 2-for-1 coupon you can use any day of the week. Tunaberry erry day!

2. Quesadillas at Jo’s.  Though Monday burritos might leave us conflicted…

3. $7 Movies at Providence Place Mall. This is a real deal when it comes to 3D movies, which also cost only $7 on Tuesdays (as opposed to a gazillion dollars normally). We had a great time at Beauty and the Beast, just saying.

4. Dollar Burger Night at Bar Louie, downtown. Crazy cheap.

5. Star Gazing. Ladd Observatory is open to the public on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 pm, if the weather permits. But in cloudy Providence, it somehow never does, which can make this Tuesday event very obscured indeed.

Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil (“the seer of seers, the prognosticator of all prognosticators”) saw his shadow this morning, which supposedly means six more weeks of winter for the rest of us. Boo! How depressing. But you can cheer yourself up with this charming and highly informational OK Go music video, featured on Sesame Street. Red and yellow make orange! Red and yellow make orange!

The question isn’t whether you watched TV over winter break. It’s how MUCH.

Were all those late-night Downton Abbey sessions an escapist waste of time? Does watching three consecutive seasons of White Collar (#underrated) in as many days make you an insane insomniac? Are you high on Videoweed?

No, no, no. You were just culturally informing yourself! Quite understandable. Admirable, even. But now that you’re pop culturally informed, the real time-wasting can begin. With some of the many TV mash-ups the Internet has to offer…

Beyoncé lyrics + Downton Abbey = Downton Abbeyoncé

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We’ve been saving this one.

While supposedly 25 percent of Brown is Jewish, I’m going to go out on a limb and guestimate (all Occupy jokes aside) that 99 percent of Brown loves latkes. So get ‘em hot, get ‘em fresh at tonight’s Hillel Hanukkah Bash from 7 – 10 pm. Latkes, dance performances and a cappella! But mostly latkes.

Gets the job done.

Is that polka hair metal? No words.

Shrimp on a treadmill set to “The Final Countdown.” Have you ever been more inspired?