March 6-March 12: Ice Cream, Watson and GALA

Monday, March 6 Event: Best Buddies Benefit NightLocation: Ben and Jerry'sTime: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.Benefit night at Ben and Jerry's! Cheat on your Spring Break Diet BUT do it in the name of charity. 25% of all profits will go directly to Best Buddies, a global volunteer movement dedicated to creating opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.Tuesday, March 7Event: Title IX Speak OutLocation: Main GreenTime: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.Stand Up for Grad Student Employees Brown speaks out about the importance of rebuilding Brown's Title IX office. Sign up here to share readings, poems or your own words about the importance of Title IX. You can also join SUGSE when they deliver their Title IX petition to the administration at 12:50.Event: The Future of the Republican PartyLocation: Watson, Joukowsky ForumTime: 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.As a part of the Watson Distinguished Speaker Series, David Corn '81, political journalist, author, and Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones will lead a conversation on the future of the Republican party with political consultant John Weaver and political commentator and columnist Mercedes Schlapp. Can't brave the cold? Watch the webcast here or on Facebook!Wednesday, March 8 Event: A Conversation with Todd SternLocation: WatsonTime: 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.As a part of the Watson Distinguished Speaker Series, Edward Steinfeld, director of the Watson Institute, will lead a conversation with Todd Stern, the former United States Special Envoy for Climate Change (2009 to 2016). Stern led the U.S. negotiating team for the Paris Agreement, was a leading voice of the Obama administration’s climate change strategy and served in the Clinton administration as White House Staff Secretary. It will be raining but you can watch the webcast here!Event: Enduring Hope: Music Performance + Discussion by Radmilla CodyLocation: MetcalfTime: 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.Join the Multiracial, Native American, and Black Heritage Series for a night with Radmilla Cody, a Grammy-nominated Navajo/ African identifying musician.Thursday, March 9Event: In The HeightsLocation: Stuart TheatreTime: Thursday-Saturday 8:00 p.m., Sunday 2:00 p.m. Book your tickets at the Box Office in Leeds Theatre Lobby Tuesday-Friday from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. or online here. Tickets are $7 for students but FREE for First Years and Transfer Students on Thursdays!Event: 90s PartyLocation: 181 Governor StreetTime: 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.Start the weekend early with this blast from the past! Reserve tickets here (drinks and tickets will range from 1-5 tickets). There will be brownies, whoopie pies and fluffy pens!Friday, March 10Event: Poler Bears for the Polar BearsLocation: Alumnae HallTime: 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.The Poler Bears are dancing again, but this time for Climate Justice. Featuring guest performances by Fusion Dance Company, Brown Aerial Arts and many more! Event: Bears, Tocks and Vox Arch SingLocation: Wayland ArchTime: 8:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Come see the Bear Necessities and Chattertocks welcome Connecticut College's newest co-ed a cappella group Vox Cameli!Event: EPH Open Mic Night!Location: 111 Brown StreetTime: 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.Environmental Program House will be hosting anyone wanting to sing a song, read a poem, or perform something entertaining for their Open Mic night! Email Alex Walsh (alexandra_walsh@brown.edu) to sign up.Event: PW Presents: The T PartyLocation: PW Downspace, 7 Young Orchard AveTime: Friday-Monday 8:00 p.m., Saturday 2:00 p.m.Come join The T Party, an immersive 90s prom that fades into a weird, episodic exploration of transness, gender non-conformity, and sexuality. Featuring a variety of performance styles including drag, sketch comedy, slam poetry, musical theater. Half of tickets will be released online on Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. and the other half will be available one hour before the show at the box office. All tickets are FREE!Saturday, March 11Event: Brown AfriSA Cultural Show 2017: The MotherlandLocation: Alumnae HallTime: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.The African Student's Association's annual Cultural Show, celebrating the African Woman. African cuisine will be served from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.Event: GALALocation: Rhodes on the PawtuxetTime: 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.Hopefully you already purchased your ticket to Gala 2017: Galaxy, Class Board's annual spring gala in Pawtucket! Image via