October 3-9: Apple Picking, VP Debate, and Winter Squash!!
Monday, October 3, 2016Event: Life at Pinterest (Presented by Mosaic and WiCS)Location: Lubrano (CIT 477)Time: 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.Pinterest is headed to Brown for an exciting two part event and is looking for folks who are excited to learn about the company to participate in a discussion on "Life at Pinterest" and a DiY "Make your own Terrium!" Come on out and see why Pinterest could be the perfect place to launch your career in CS!Please send any questions you have or topics that you would be interested in hearing about! To submit, click here. Tuesday, October 4, 2016Event: VP Debate Watch PartyLocation: Salomon BasementTime: 8:45 p.m.Did you enjoy watching the last debate with the Brown Dems? Come by the basement of Salomon this Tuesday at 8:45 to watch the VP candidates, Tim Kaine and Mike Pence, duke it out. Because this debate is of a ~classier nature, there will be ~FREE~ kebab and curry in lieu of standard pizza! Amazing! As always, the Dems will be happy to help with voter registration at the end of the screening.Missed Blog's live blog of the last debate? Click here to catch up! Event: Into Nowhere open casting callLocation: Granoff CenterTime: 6:00 p.m.Into Nowhere is a magical-realist dramatic feature about a group of college students who leave their university to build their own idea of utopia. The film is produced entirely by Brown University and RISD students.KEY DATESAuditions:October 4th, 6:00 - 10:00 PMOctober 5th, 4:00 - 8:00 PMSign up for a slot here.*If you cannot make one of these times, please email naiyah_ambros@brown.eduCallbacks: October 8th and 9th, Time TBDShooting:November & December 2016: weekend shootsJanuary 5, 2017 – January 24, 2017: full-time filming schedule, 5 shoots/weekFebruary – April 2017: weekend shoots(Note: Dates are *flexible* – not all actors will be called for all shoots. We are committed to accommodating your schedule. However, please be mindful of winter break shoot dates.) Sides here. Event: Custom Photo Dry Erase BoardsLocation: Leung GalleryTime: 4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.Be sure to stop by the Campus Center’s Welcome Back Event in Leung Gallery on Tuesday, October 4th! Come take photos with your friends and have those photos turned into a customized whiteboard made just for you! Also enjoy cupcakes, cookies, brownies, and other delicious desserts all for FREE! Sponsored by the Stephen Robert ‘62 Campus Center.Wednesday, October 5, 2016Event: IFF Presents: The Birth of a NationLocation: Granoff CenterTime: 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.Join IFF for a free advance screening of The Birth of a Nation, featuring the story and legacy of Reverend Nat Turner, his struggle for justice and freedom in antebellum America, and the insurrection he led in Southampton, Virginia in 1831. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Standby Line opens at 6:45 p.m. Film begins at 7:00 p.m. Panel begins at 9:00 p.m.An important note from the IFF Facebook page:CW: Sexual AssaultDear Brown Community,Last spring, Ivy Film Festival secured an advance screening of the Sundance award-winning film, The Birth of a Nation, sponsored by the film’s distributor, Fox Searchlight Pictures. The film is an account of the life of Nat Turner and the slave rebellion he led in Virginia in 1831. Ivy Film Festival was thrilled by the opportunity to host this screening on Brown’s campus, as the film illuminates an exceedingly significant, and largely erased, historical event that opens up conversations about the legacies of slavery, racial injustice, and anti-Black violence in America.Over the summer, the media brought to our attention that the film’s director, writer, and actor, Nate Parker, was accused – and later acquitted – of rape in 1999, when he was a student at Penn State University. His college roommate, Jean McGianni Celestin, who holds a co-story credit on the movie, was charged and convicted of sexual assault for the same incident, which was later overturned on appeal.Upon learning the news of Mr. Parker and Mr. Celestin’s past implications in this rape trial as well as the suicide of the complainant in 2012, we felt incredibly conflicted about whether or not to move forward with the planned screening of The Birth of a Nation. Within the film world, we are not alone in grappling with this controversy. In late August, the American Film Institute drew attention by deciding to pull their advanced screening. On the other hand, the film remained slated as a headliner for the Toronto International Film Festival, where it received a standing ovation on September 9th.The film and its surrounding controversy raise many complex questions that stem from the relationship between the art and the artist, and how race affects if we separate the two, as Parker has been disproportionately affected by his past when examined next to his white counterparts. Coming from a place of transparency, intentionality, and humility, Ivy Film Festival has decided to move forward with the screening of The Birth of a Nation. As an organization committed to storytelling, we want to make space for works of art that counteract legacies of erasure which leave out voices and actions of people of color critical to America’s founding.Following the screening, there will be a talk-back panel moderated by Françoise N. Hamlin, an Associate Professor in History and Africana Studies. The other panelists are Brian Meeks, Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, Emily A. Owens, Assistant Professor of History, and Andre Willis, Professor of Religious Studies. We see the involvement of faculty members as an important opportunity to help the audience engage in discussion about the film. For those interested in attending the panel, but not the screening, admittance to the panel will be on a first-come first-served basis.As we proceeded with planning the screening, we consulted with a wide variety of student and campus organizations. As a result of these discussions, there will also be resources available during the event for those who want to attend the film and/or engage in discussion afterward. These include adjacent rooms staffed by SHARE Advocates and a one-on-one discussion space with CAPS Staff, which attendees needing to step out for any reason can visit.For the sake of transparency, IFF did not pay to obtain this screening. Throughout this process, we want to make sure that everyone on campus is able to reach out to us directly. You can email us at director@ivyfilmfestival.c
Saturday, October 8, 2016Event: Sophomore Slump Series: Apple and Pumpkin PickingLocation: Jaswell's FarmTime: 12:45 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.Fall in love with Class Board 2019's first event in the Sophomore Slump Series! Cozy up with 80 of your closest friends, acquaintances and soon to be baes? Cuffing season is coming, after all. Mandatory buses leave at 1:00 and will return by 4:00 p.m. Space is limited! RSVP here.Event: RISD Craft 2016: A juried sale of alumni + student workLocation: RISDTime: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.The annual juried sale RISD Craft features handmade fine art and design work by more than 90 alumni and 30 current students.Viewers have the opportunity to engage with makers while finding unique gifts and one-of-a-kind items at this outdoor sale, which runs for one day only – during RISD Weekend, the annual alumni reunion and parents’ weekend. This year's participants can be viewed here.While checking out the exemplary craftsmanship on Providence’s historic Benefit Street, be sure to cast your vote for the People’s Choice award! RISD Craft is free and open to the public, and takes place rain or shine (under a street tent if the forecast warrants it). In addition to all the artist booths, on RISD Beach Laura Steinman '99 SC will be leading a fun art workshop for all ages, and Phil Oliviera '16 CE is eager to create a caricature for you!The always delicious Rocket Fine Street Food and Mijos Tacos will be there, along with ROSIE the RISD food truck, so you can take a lunch break without having to wander too far! Click here for more information concerning this awesome event. Sunday, October 9, 2016Event: Art at Watson Presents 25 Years at WatsonLocation: Watson InstituteTime: 8:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.To commemorate its first quarter century and celebrate its future, the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs is home to two exhibits this fall. The first, Milestones, traces the history of the Institute, from its very beginnings in the 1980s as a Cold War think tank imagined by then-Ambassador to the Soviet Union Thomas J. Watson Jr. '37, to the present day. The second, Humans of Watson, is a series of portraits that provide a glimpse of the individuals who constitute the community of the Watson Institute.