Brown University
- Local Atmosphere

5 Fun Facts about Brown:
• Providence hosts Waterfire on weekend nights in late spring, summer, and early fall. Ninety-seven bonfires line the river at Waterplace Park. Local residents enjoy the fires, music, and food vendors as they walk along the river. Artist Barnaby Evans, a Brown graduate, created Waterfire for the city’s newly renovated riverside area in 1994.
• A few times a semester RISD, hosts a student art sale on Benefit Street. There’s no better place to buy your holiday or birthday presents.
• Brown is about a 10-minute walk from the world-famous Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, where big and small shows, from punk to jazz, happen on an almost nightly basis.
• Once a month, Providence, hosts Gallery Night. Galleries around the city, including Brown’s Bell Gallery, open their doors and wine cellars to locals who want to take in a little culture. Brown and RISD student art is almost always part of the event.
• Recently, Providence has been the stage for numerous movies and TV shows. The obvious examples are the film Outside Providence and the show Providence on that was on NBC. Perhaps the most accurate portrayal of Providence is in Family Guy, which was written by a RISD graduate.

Local Slang:
Bubbler – a water fountain
Coffee Milk – like chocolate milk, but with coffee syrup
College Hill – the hill in Providence where Brown and RISD are located
Dropped Egg – a poached egg East Side – the gentrified side of Providence where Brown is located
Extra, Extra – extra cream, extra sugar at Dunkin’ Donuts
Light and Sweet – coffee with cream and sugar at Rhode Island staple Dunkin’ Donuts
Projo – the Providence Journal
Quahog – a big clam
Roe Dylin – how the locals say where they’re from
Stuffies – a stuffed quahog

Famous Rhode Islanders:
Harry Anderson, the Farrelly Brothers, Emeril Lagasse, H.P. Lovecraft, and Samuel Slater