March 14-20: Book Launches, Cupcakes, and A Cappella!
Monday, March 14Event: Book Launch: From #Blacklivesmatter to Black LiberationLocation: Brown University BookstoreTime: 4:00 PMCome hear Princeton professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor discuss her new book this Monday! Q&A will follow. 
Event: PRETTY HÜRT$ – THE #1(st) ILLUSTRATION SENIOR SHOWLocation: RISD IllustrationTime: 6:00 PMThis senior showcase will feature the talented:LAYLA EHSAN // HEINI KORHONEN // ALA LEE // DEREK MIRANDA // OGE MORA // TOMI OKUNO // HANS VON SCHRÖDER // MARTHA WIRKIJOWSKI // CARLOS WOMACK // GRACE ZHANGThere will be refreshments provided!Tuesday, March 15Event: Internships: It's Not Too Late! and ResultsLocation: Wilson 101Time: 8:00 PMHaven't found an internship and want to have a better grasp on navigating your search in March and April? Join the Brown Dems who will be getting some help from friends at CareerLab for answers and comfort.Event: Canvas and Cupcakes with First-Year Students at Hillel (FYSH)Location: HillelTime: 7:30 PMAre you a first year student? Do you like cupcakes, painting, and Jewish camaraderie? Then come to Hillel, kick back, and make a painting pretty enough to send home to bubbie! This event is open to all students, regardless of age or religious affiliation! To RSVP, click here.Wednesday, March 16Event: Ivy Film Festival Presents: Audition for IFF's Live Screenplay ReadingsLocation: Sayles 002Time: 6:00 PM- 8:00 PM (also on March 17)Ivy Film Festival needs student actors to help showcase the winners of the festival's yearlong screenplay competition. The Live Reading event will take place at IFF's Screenplay Brunch on the morning of Saturday, April 9th. The Live Readings will consist of excerpts from a selection of the winning screenplays, including pilots, features, and shorts.Sides will be provided and no acting experience is necessary.Thursday, March 17Event: Get Lucky 2016!Location: Metcalf Friedman AuditoriumTime: 8:00 PMThis Thursday, you will have the rare-as-a-pot of gold opportunity to see all three of Brown's female a cappella groups(The Ursa Minors, The Chattertocks of Brown University, and The Brown'sTones of Brown University) come together and make some sweet, sweet sounds.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EzlCSlDWSQFriday, March 18Event: Musical Forum Mini-Musical FestivalLocation: Faunce UndergroundTime: 9:30 PMAs a group dedicated to musical theater on Brown’s campus, Musical Forum created the Mini Musical Festival to facilitate the production of student written musicals! The festival will include three entirely student written, composed, and directed pieces of musical theatre, all between 10-30 minutes. On Friday, the festival will begin at 9:30 PM and will run on Saturday at 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM and on Sunday at 5:00 PM. Tickets will be given out half an hour before each show at the door.THE MUSICALS:
- The Trombone Lesson by Erin Reifler '17 Directed by Luke Denton '18: "A music student finally stands up to their teacher who is stuck in their ways and the teacher takes their turn to learn."
- Under This Tree by J.D. Laurence-Chasen '17 Directed by Tristen Moseley '18: "Jean's long awaited 18th birthday takes a turn for the strange when her father gives her an ax and instructs her to chop down a (talking) tree."
- Tattooed by Morayo Akande '16 Directed by Brigitte Dale '18: "In a search to separate herself from her lively thoughts, a young artist dives deeper into her work until she reaches a breaking point."
SHOW TIMES:Friday, March 18th 9:30pmSaturday, March 19th 5pm and 8pmSunday, March 20th at 5pmSaturday, March 19Event: Brain Fair 2016Location: Sayles HallTime: 10:00 AM- 2:00 PMThis Saturday is Brown University's first Brain Fair! This event is for all ages to engage the Providence community with neuroscience and brain-related research at Brown, and understand research's implications on everyday life. Come hold a real preserved brain or peer at neurons through a microscope. Check out “brains in a dish” or try your hand at an EEG recording. Experience virtual reality or make original digital art using your own brain waves! Younger kids can enjoy crafts, games, tasty treats, and face painting.To learn more, click here and here.Event: Reactivating Spaces : Connecting Communities through Public Art | A Talk with Yarrow Thorne of The Avenue ConceptLocation: Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center, RISDTime: 5:00 PM- 8:30 PMThis March, Better World by Design is excited to put on Re(Interact), a spring mini-series dedicated to reimagining interactions across disciplines and spaces, both personal and global. Students are invited to join discussions alongside panelists, collaborate with designers in a workshop, and hear from individuals who are engaging these ideas through their work.This event is broken into two portions: lecture from 5:00-6:00 and networking from 6:30-8:30. And all Re(Interact) events are free and open to the public; no registration required. To learn more, click here, here, here, and here.Sunday, March 20Event: Skillshop: a skills-sharing leadership workshopLocation: Wilson 3rd FloorTime: 1:00 PM- 4:00 PMSkillshop is a space for students to share community organizing leadership skills with other students. (also - free pizza will be provided!) Breakout sessions include:J Street U Brown (sponsor): the 101s of one on onesBrown Democrats (sponsor): the basics of canvassingBrown Political Forum (BPF): constructive discussions, not crazy debatesEffective Altruists at Brown: strategic outreach through affiliationNo Labels: problem solvingAmerican Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): team building and (internal) organizingWith a keynote by Zack Mezera, Executive Director of Providence Student Union.Note: No experience in organizing is necessary! And no organization to organize around is necessary either!Event: Blades of Glory: Learn-to-Skate with Brown Club FigureskatingLocation: Meehan AuditoriumTime: 6:30 PMThis Sunday, the Brown Figure Skating Club is hosting a Learn to Skate party with fun music, fun people, and many opportunities to face-plant in front of all your peers. Skates and lessons will be provided with your purchase of a $7 ticket prior to the event. If you have your own pair of skates, tickets for entry are $2.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFE-6XlAAmE