February 26- March 4: IFF Oscars Gala, Massages, Womxn in Comedy

Monday, February 26Event: Massage Mondays!Location: FaunceTime: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.Welcome one and all (literally everyone)!! Student volunteers are trained to give relaxing upper back, shoulder, and neck massages (FOR FREEEE!!!). There will be chocolate, wellness goodies, relaxing music, and a chill atmosphere every Monday.Tuesday, February 27Event: Lobby Day against Housing DiscriminationLocation: JWWTime: 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.BPAC is teaming up with Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE) to lobby and attend the hearing at the Statehouse for the Source of Income Discrimination Bill.If this is your first time lobbying, that is okay!! BPAC will help you with what you need to know. After lobbying, the bill will be heard if you are interested in testifying or hearing others testify!Wednesday, February 28Event: Sabbatical Faculty Spotlight LunchLocation: JWW 201Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.Join the History DUG and Professors Conant and Jacobs for a casual talk over pizza and soda!Jonathan P. Conant's research focuses on the inter-regional integration of the Mediterranean and the transition from antiquity to the middle ages. His book Staying Roman: Conquest and Identity in Africa and the Mediterranean, 439-700 (Cambridge University Press, 2012) represents the first historical examination of the fate of Roman identity in the region of modern Tunisia and Algeria after the collapse there of Roman power in the fifth century down to the Islamic invasions of the late seventh and early eighth centuries. He has also written shorter pieces on saints' cults, rural literacy, documentary practice, and on the North African Jewish community. His current project, tentatively entitled The Carolingians and the Ends of Empire, ca. 795-840, seeks to reassess the Carolingians' understanding of the aims and responsibilities of empire in light of their wide-reaching external relations and of the long-term survival of Roman ideas in the medieval West.Professor Jacobs studies South Africa, colonial Africa, the environment, animals, and knowledge about the environment and animals. Her work seeks out workings of power in obscure corners, in a quiet South African dorp, in scientific collaborations, in everyday lives of Africans living under European rule, and in interspecies relationships. In one sense, she is a traditional social historian. The workings of class, race, and gender have been central to all of her research. In considering those categories, she has tried to find fresh insights by looking at the environment, power/knowledge relationships, and micro political negotiations. With her current project, a transnational history of African Grey Parrots, she adds species to groups that know each other, negotiate with each other, and exercise power over each other.Event: Ivy Film Festival 2018 Oscars GalaLocation: Machines with MagnetsTime: 9:30 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.Drinks, dates, and dancing.Formal attire. 18+, 21 to drink.Tickets are located here. See you on the carpet!Event: Get Your Life Together (with CareerLAB)Location: Brown CareerLABTime: 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.Are you still looking for an internship? Or maybe you need some advice on that cover letter? Well then come out to the Career Lab with BSU next Wednesday (2/28) to get your life together! This is the last event on our Black History Month Calendar, and it is a full-on Career Development Night! Come and hear about/explore some internships options, Brown's internship search sites and tips, and have a peer advisor look over your resume or proofread your cover letter! There will also have FREE FOOD (calzones ♥). This event is brought to you by BSU in collaboration with Brown's Career Lab.Thursday, March 1Event: Public Hearing, Providence Area: No Utility Rate Hikes!Location: Hope High SchoolTime: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.National Grid is proposing significant rate hikes for both gas and electric utility service, once again, and the public has a chance to share our concerns across the state.While National Grid, a British-based multinational corporation, makes billions in dollars of yearly profit, tens of thousands of Rhode Islanders are put through the trauma of utility shut-offs every year due to unaffordable bills. Many more struggle to afford the basic needs of heat and electricity.Join the George Wiley Center and others to share your voice, to let decision makers know we need them to protect our community's health over corporate wealth. Let's demand affordable and sustainable utilities and end the shut-off crisis in Rhode Island.Friday, March 2Event: Brown University Orchestra with Tracy SilvermanLocation: Sayles HallTime: 8:00 p.m.Daniel Harp conducts the Brown University Orchestra. Electric violinist Tracy Silverman performs as soloist.The program will feature works from:Leonard Bernstein - Overture to CandideTracy Silverman - Long Song to the Sun, featuring interactive video projections by Brown University professor Todd WinklerJean Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op 43More information about guest artist Tracy Silverman here.Saturday, March 3Event: An Evening of Womxn in Comedy: Feat Belladonna & Elissa BassistLocation: The UndergroundTime: 9:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.Come to an Evening of Womxn in Comedy, a night of funny womxn reading and performing their hilarious work!Hosted by special guest Elissa Bassist, originator and editor of the Funny Women column on The Rumpus and the editors of The Belladonna Comedy. With special performances by other womxn in the Brown community! Don't miss out!Sunday, March 4Event: Cookies and Questions Drop-In Advising HoursLocation: Office of International ProgramsTime: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Have questions about studying abroad? Stop by the OIP's weekend advising hours, grab a cookie, and talk to peer advisors and OIP staff about study abroad opportunities at Brown!