February 6-12: Trump's Immigration Ban, ADOCH Applications and the Countdown to V-Day

Tuesday, February 7Event: Valentine's Day ShantygramsLocation: Blue RoomTime: 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday and WednesdayFinding it hard to get up the courage to tell that special someone how you feel? Send a group of singing pirates to do it for you. Nothing says romance like the high Cs! ARRR!!  Event: WIB 2017 Spring KickoffLocation: Wilson 102Time: 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.Kickoff meeting for the general body, open to all previous and potential members of Brown University Women in Business. Featuring a panel of upperclassmen talking about the internship recruitment process.Wednesday, February 8Event: Trump's Ban: A Teach InLocation: 85 Waterman, Room 130Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.Join Brown Middle East Studies and the Watson Institute for a teach-in on President Trump's Executive Order. Feeling lazy? Watch the live webcast here.  Event: Apply to be an ADOCH Community AmbassadorLocation: Wilson 105Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.Help cute little prefrosh make the most important decision of their lives by applying to be a Community Ambassador for A Day on College Hill this semester! Come to an information session for the free candy but also the free chance to gush about how much you love Brown.Event: BPAC First General Body MeetingLocation: Wilson 301Time: 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.The first general body meeting of the newly-formed Brown Progressive Action Committee. Come if you want to get involved in affecting real change through political activism in the Brown and local Providence community.Thursday, February 9Event: No Refugee, Visa and Immigration Ban: Brown Sit-InLocation: Quiet GreenTime: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.Protest Trump's Executive Order ban at a sit-in on the quiet green. Brown students will sit in solidarity with refugees, immigrants, undocumented people, Muslims and all others affected by the order.  Event: State of the Uterus Address: The Future of Roe v. WadeLocation: Wilson 102Time: 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.A public talk hosted by Brown NARAL to discuss the current state of reproductive rights in Rhode Island and America, commemorating the 44th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Speakers include Dr. Sarah Fox, OB-GYN and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Gender Studies at Brown University, and Planned Parenthood Director of Government Relations Craig O'Connor.Event: BUFF Presents The HandmaidenLocation: Smitty B, 106Time: 9:00 p.m.A screening of the South Korean thriller The Handmaiden, directed by Park Chan Wook, the legendary director of Oldboy. BUFF is also showing South Korean horror film The Host on Friday in Smitty B 106 at midnight.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKpZLtt4CtgFriday, February 10Event: Strawberry Generation - EP Release Show with AlidadeLocation: Stephen Robert Center/ Faunce HouseTime: 8:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.Benevolent Records (Brown University's only student-run record label) presents a FREE release show for the new self-titled Strawberry Generation album. Featuring Alidade!Saturday, February 11Event: Impulse presents: Bae WatchLocation: The ColosseumTime: 10:30 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.Celebrate V-day by finding yourself a bae at Colosseum. Ticket sales Monday to Friday 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Blue Room.  Sunday, February 12Event: Writing is LiveLocation: Leeds TheatreTime: 11:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.An annual festival presenting new writing for performance by writers in Brown University’s MFA Playwriting program. This year’s festival showcases four pieces of new writing in development; two as workshop performances and two as rehearsed readings. Check out the full schedule here.  Image via.