April 18-24: Denim, Carousel, and BWxD!!
Tuesday, April 19Event: Brown Dems x NAACP: 20th Century Voter Suppression and the Democratic Party IILocation: Wilson 101Time: 8:00 p.m.Join the Brown Democrats and Brown NAACP to continue to explore the legacy of voter suppression in the 20th century with a focus on the Democratic Party's involvement.Wednesday, April 20Event: 4/20 Pot (of herbs) GiveawayLocation: Wriston QuadTime: 5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.The Sustainable Food Initiative will be handing out pots of herbs (not of the cannabis sort) to celebrate Earth Week (and something else?).Event: Denim WorkshopLocation: Granoff CenterTime: 5:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.DIY your denim with F@B in Granoff Studio 1. Just bring your old jeans and Fashion at Brown will provide the supplies and staff to repurpose your denim! Make denim chokers, tie dye, do cut offs, and more. Space is limited to 8 people per 30 minute slot, so sign up here.Event: IFF and Paramount Pictures present: Everybody Wants Some!!Location: Avon CinemaTime: 6:00 p.m.Ivy Film Festival and Paramount Pictures are proud to present a free screening of Everybody Wants Some!! directed by Richard Linklater (director of Boyhood, Dazed and Confused, School of Rock, and more!)"You may have heard—since it’s been posited as such pretty much everywhere—that Richard Linklater's newest masterful cinematic joyride, Everybody Wants Some!!, is a 'spiritual sequel' to a certain beloved, '70s-set high-school stoner comedy in the Linklater canon." -GQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6raUs0CiCQEvent: Chametz Fest!Location: HillelTime: 6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.Passover is coming!!! Come to Hillel on Wednesday night to celebrate by eating as much Chametz (wheat and bread products prohibited throughout Passover) as you can before the Holiday begins! Cake, cookies, waffles, FOOD GAMES and much more!!Thursday, April 21Event: Brown EP presents: Joe Lonsdale, founder of Palantir, Addepar, 8VCLocation: Macmillan 117Time: 2:30 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.Brown EP is happy to welcome Joe Lonsdale, American serial entrepreneur and investor. He will share his incredible entrepreneurship experience as a founder of Palantir Technologies, Addepar, and 8VC. Learn about how entrepreneurship can lead to inspiring and successful solutions. You can submit questions to Joe here. You cna also check out his blog here.Event: F@B Runway ShowLocation: Granoff CenterTime: 8:00 p.m.F@B's Sixth Annual Runway Show is here and even bigger than before. Come see 9 designer collections totaling 67 looks come down the runway in Granoff Studio 1. Tickets available on Brown Marketplace.PRESALE: $7 sitting, $4 standing/bird's eye view.AT THE DOOR: $10 sitting, $5 standing/bird's eye view.Friday, April 22Event: Passover Seders at Brown RISD HillelLocation: HillelTime: 6:00 p.m.PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED! SIGN UP FOR SEDERS AND MEALS BY THURSDAY, APRIL 14TH AT 5PM here or here. Celebrate Passover with multiple seder options to ensure you have the most meaningful holiday possible!Event: The Secret Life of Eating at BrownLocation: Salomon 203 (April 22) & Faunce Underground (April 23, 24)Time: 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.Have you ever felt isolated by your relationship with food? Do you find unhealthy eating habits ignored or even normalized on campus? Would you like to learn more about how identity and community relate to individuals' relationships with food?Come see “The Secret Life of Eating at Brown,” a performance piece originally created by Phoebe Nir ‘14. It features YOUR classmates' narratives ranging from personal battles with eating disorders, to latent anxiety around food and body image, to general indifference towards food.Event: Attitude Dance Co. Presents the 12th Annual Spring ShowLocation: Alumnae HallTime: 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.Come watch Attitude Dance Company shake what their mamas gave them at the 12th annual showcase!Tickets are $5 in advance, $7 at the door.https://vimeo.com/162691146 Event: Mezcla Latinx Fusion Dance Troupe's 21st Annual Show: BARELY LEGALLocation: Salomon 101Time: 8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.From Mexican cumbia to Caribbean dancehall, from Puerto Rican bomba y plena to salsa, bachata, and reggaeton, Mezcla's upcoming show is sure to be a performance you do not want to miss!Oh, and best of all, Mezcla shows are FREE, FREE, FREE!Event: Musical Forum Presents: CarouselLocation: PWTime: 8:00 p.m.Come see Musical Forum’s production of Carousel by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein! An epic story of love and loss, Carousel follows the complicated and turbulent relationship between Billy, the charismatic but troubled carousel barker and his suffering yet devoted wife Julie.In a new interpretation of this classic play, director Nick Healy ’17 and music director Anna Stacy ’17 will strip the play and its music down to their bare essentials, so that the play’s overwhelming humanity ring through. This will be Carousel like you’ve never seen it before—modern, vulnerable, and terrifically relevant. Event: Theme Launch with BWxD!Location: FeteTime: 9:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.Better World by Design invites you to join in launching the 2016 conference theme with an annual spring celebration!This April 22nd, expect dancing, drinks, and an interactive installation brought to life by event guests. Fabulous DJ’s will be providing all the tunes while you provide the energy and get pumped for what BWxD has in store for 2016.$3 pre-sale // $5 at the doorCash bar 21+Saturday, April 23Event: Kappa Delta Presents: DUNK N DODGELocation: Pembroke FieldTime: 1:00 p.m.Come out for Brown's biggest PAINT PARTY + DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT MASHUP, complete with music, paint-fueled activities, raffles, and free giveaways!All proceeds from the event will go to Prevent Child Abuse America. Keep up the fun after Spring Weekend while supporting a good cause!To register a team, click here. Click here to donate.Sunday, April 24Event: The ParlorLocation: Sydney E. Frank Digital Studio (Rock Library First Floor)Time: 12:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m.BrownEP is proud to present “The Parlor,” a weekly gathering of entrepreneurs and intellectuals dedicated to developing ideas and workshopping startups of any level. Join in scheduled talks with student entrepreneurs and executives followed by conversations with Brown and RISD students dedicated to thinking big and critically about the world.The Parlor is a space devoted to promoting academic crossover to allow students from different backgrounds and disciplines to learn from one another and build together.For the first Parlor, Max Easton and Nico Enriquez, the founders of Farmer Willie’s, the first American alcoholic ginger beer, will be present. Entering into a Brown tradition of alcoholic beverage startups like Grey Goose and Jagërmeister, Max and Nico founded Farmer Willie’s in 2013 and you can now find them in bars all over the northeast. RSVP here. To learn more about Brown University Entrepreneurship Program, click here.Event: Strides in Solidarity 5KLocation: Main GreenTime: 12:00 p.m.Strides in Solidarity is a 5K walk/run across Brown's campus to support the lifesaving work Partners in Health undertakes, bringing hospitals and quality healthcare to the poorest of the poor. We walk/run to honor community health workers who travel to patients' homes to provide medication and to ensure that the patients have the food and housing needs necessary for recovery.Your registration fee of $10 will go straight to Partners in Health and aid efforts to purchase medical equipment, build hospitals, and support local healthcare workers in the most disadvantaged communities across the globe. To register, click here.Images via