April 9-15: IFF, Ice Cream, and Comedy!
Monday, April 9thEvent: Ivy Film Festival, Day 1Location: Salomon DECITime: 6-8pmWelcome to the 17th installment of Ivy Film Festival - the largest student-run film festival in the world! Get ready for a week of keynote speakers, panels, workshops, and advance screenings featuring prominent industry players and remarkable student talent.This year's festival will take place from April 9th to the 15th on the campus of Brown University. All events are free & open to public. Please see the event page for more information about the festival events, and check out our website to learn more about IFF!Highlights include keynote speaker Shia LaBeouf on Monday evening, a screening and speech with Daveed Diggs on Saturday, and a screening of “Eighth Grade” on Sunday! Don't miss it!Event: Central American SeriesLocation: Metcalf Friedman AuditoriumTime: 6:30-8:00pm on April 9, see event for other times/locationsThe Central American United Student Association (CAUSA) presents the first ever Central American Series! Interested in intersectional immigration reform/advocacy? Interested in hearing from community organizers? Want to learn how coalition building works through social media? Come thru to this series! We have some dope panelists coming and you don't want to miss out!Tuesday, April 10thEvent: Free Cone Day 2018Location: Ben and Jerry's, 224 Thayer StreetTime: 12-8pmFree Cone Day is coming on April 10th!Since 1979, it’s our way to celebrate and say thanks to our awesome fans for another year of support, and we've kept it up every year since, spreading the peace, love & FREE ice cream around the world!You'd better start thinking about the tough decisions you'll need to make: Which Flavour? Cup or cone? Who's coming with you?Event: Race, Poverty, and Social Equity: Forging a New WayLocation: McKinney Conference Room, Watson InstituteTime: 7-8:30pmJoin AEI at Brown for a conversation with Professor Glenn Loury and Professor Robert Cherry of Brooklyn College. The talk will focus on the shortcomings of the current welfare system and provide insight into public policy solutions to issues of inequality and race. The event will be moderated by Professor D'Amico, the Associate Director of the Political Theory Project. There will be Nice Slice and Insomnia cookies!Event: Sioux Surveillance: The Drone Warriors and the #NoDAPL MovementLocation: IBES Room 130, 85 Waterman StreetTime: 5-6:30pmIn this panel hosted by Brown’s Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, speakers will explore how the Drone Warriors' appropriation of military-turned-commercial technology provided a vital tool for Indigenous peoples’ protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Panelists include Myron Dewey, founder of Digital Smoke Signals; Lisa Parks, a global media scholar who teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Jennifer Weston, an associate lecturer of women’s and gender studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Reception to follow. It is part of a campus-wide exploration of issues related to climate change called WeatherProof.Wednesday, April 11thEvent: Meet Killer and a Sweet Thang: a dinner with Eileen KellyLocation: 257 Thayer StreetTime: 6:30-7:30pmCome meet an inspiring young woman Eileen Kelly, also known as Killer and A Sweet Thang, and enjoy flatbread pizza! Eileen, a social activist and modern media influencer, will share the story behind her famous blog (https://killerandasweetthang.com/), answer any questions, and make an exciting reveal of her cutting-edge magazine.Eileen actively seeks opportunities to influence how the modern community perceives and shapes gender and sexuality. Eileen's blog is a stimulating educational resource that includes perceptive articles on sex, love, health, identity, and social media. Her original publication "Pull Out" brings together art, photography, and prose that explore the impacts of social media on modern intimacy. Eileen also recently collaborated with Planned Parenthood and Mount Sinai to bolster positive reform in areas that affect each one of us.Event: It's Not Too Late: How to Find an InternshipLocation: CareerLab, 167 Angell StreetTime: 8-9pmDo you know you want an internship or other summer opportunity but you're not sure exactly how land one? Led by a team of Peer Career Advisors, this workshop will highlight ways to search for opportunities, leverage networking, and locate funding. Come learn the most effective concrete steps you can take today, next week, and next month to avoid scrambling and find the right opportunity for you!Thursday, April 12thEvent: Tallulah’s Tacos & Movie NightLocation: Rochambeau House, 84 Prospect StTime: 7-8:30pmPlease join the HISP DUG for a viewing of "Mar Adentro" and some tacos from Tallulah's Taqueria! Come enjoy a chance to chat and relax with fellow students and professors from the HISP Department. This event will be held in the Music Room at Rochambeau on April 12th from 7-8:30pm. We look forward to seeing you there!Friday, April 13thEvent: Skorts Sketch Comedy Presents: Not PornLocation: List 120Time: 8pm on April 13th, see event for other timesSkorts Sketch Comedy, Brown’s only musical sketch comedy group for womxn and people of other marginalized genders, wants to put a wholesome smile on your face. There will be video games, love stories, and (probably) not porn.Free admission. First come, first serve seating.Saturday, April 14thEvent: Mezcla Presents: Glow UpLocation: Salomon HallTime: 7-9pmIt's finally time... Mezcla Latin Dance Troupe presents: Glow UpTickets: Free Free FREE (that's right, you heard it here first, FREE)Tip: Arrive early because this event will be ~poppin~ and you're definitely going to want to be up close and personal ;)Mezcla is ready- are you?Event: SALSA FIRE 2018 6th Year AnniversaryLocation: Sayles HallTime: 10pm-2amJoin the Brown University Salsa Club & RI Latin Dance for SALSA FIRE 2018! Salsa Fire is our biggest salsa social held right here on the Brown University campus! This year we are celebrating our 6th anniversary, so come join us for a fun night featuring social dancing in Sayles Hall, live music by Jesus Andujar Grupo Sazon and DJ Rob Suave from Boston, and special showcase performances by: Alma Salsera - Brown's very own salsa team, and more!See event page for details and tickets!Sunday, April 15thEvent: "Eighth Grade" - IFF's Final ScreeningLocation: Granoff Martinos AuditoriumTime: 7-8:30pmBo Burnham’s directorial debut premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival to audience and critical acclaim, featuring breakout star Elsie Fisher. The story follows thirteen-year-old Kayla as she endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school--the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year before she begins high school. Eighth Grade will be the final screening of IFF 2018.