November 5 - 11: Hoedowns, Throwdowns and Preregistration!
Monday, November 5Event: Merrily We Roll Along 
Location: 7 Young OrchardTime: 8-10 pm, additional performances can be found by following link above.From the Event: Merrily We Roll Along traces the friendship of Mary, Frank, and Charley through the trials and triumphs life throws at them. The show begins after the peak of their fame — their success as writers and composers established but their once powerful friendship falling apart around them. The show then moves backwards in time, following their friendship through the relationships, milestones, and decisions that shape the course of their lives. By the end of the play, we see them in college anxious to begin their adult lives and bonding over their dreams for the future. On the precipice of envisioning and enacting their adulthood, the trio feels excitement and anxiety as they contemplate the future. Event: Phone Banking for DemocratsLocation: Brown Center for Students of Color Formal LoungeTime: 5:30-7 pmAll you need is a laptop to join Brown students in phone banking for democratic congressional candidates in tight races the night before the election. If you can't be there in person or at that time, you can phone bank on your own at swingleft.org/phonebank. Event: Hey Alexa: How Do I Date?Location: The UndergroundTime: 6-8 pmFrom the Event: Join us at the Underground this week as we explore dating culture at Brown and RISD. How do we date in a culture where dating is practically nonexistent? How do we date with an end in mind while also encountering the person we're dating as they are, with no ulterior motives? How does gender play into dating? How about #metoo? How do we break up well? How does technology both help and complicate things? How do we go beyond "consent" as a framework to talk about relationships? What does justice have to do with dating?Our very special guest this week is Dr. Kerry Cronin. Dr. Cronin is a professor of philosophy at Boston College, and was recently featured in the film "The Dating Project." She has become known as the "dating doctor" after giving students in her class an unconventional assignment: asking someone out on a date! Dinner will be served. Tuesday, November 6
Event: Bolsonaro, Brazil's Next President: A Teach-InLocation: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St.Time: 7-9 pmFrom the Event: Please join the Brazil Initiative for a teach-in in the wake of Brazil's heavily contested presidential election and the struggles that lie ahead. Speakers include James N Green, Professor of History and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Brown University, Ramon Stern, Administrative Manager, Brazil Initiative, Brown University, Túlio Ferreira, Professor of International Relations, Universidade Federal de Paraíba, and Ana Carolina Santos do Nascimento, Master's Student in Sociology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Event: Semester II PregistrationLocation: A computer!Time: Begins Tuesday at 8 am, lasts until November 13It's that time of year again! Don't forget to rise and shine bright and early according to your semester level and get registered. Also, if you haven't declared get your pin! Event: Election DayLocation: Nationwide, if you're voting in RI find your polling location here, and if you live on/close to campus you can vote at Solomon.Time: All day TuesdayFrom the Swearer Center: Your vote is your voice! The midterm elections are approaching and now is the time to send in your absentee ballot. If you need stamps, envelopes or a notary for your ballot, fill out this Google Form (bit.ly/2QLEUnS) or email the Swearer Center at stephen_pokorny@brown.edu Use the interactive map at deadlines.strikingly.com to find absentee ballot deadlines in your state. If you are voting in Rhode Island, note that Election Day is Tuesday November 6th and Salomon is the polling place for those who live on campus.
Wednesday, November 7Event: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren 
Location: Salomon Center, 101Time: 5-6 pmFrom the Event: Senator Elizabeth Warren will speak on Wednesday, November 7, 2018, at 5 p.m. for The Governor Frank Licht ’38 Lecture. Elizabeth Warren is the senior senator from Massachusetts and a fighter for working people, serving since 2013. Elizabeth grew up in a family hanging on by their fingernails to their place in the middle class. Elizabeth was a law professor for more than 30 years, including nearly 20 years at Harvard Law School. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are required and available on October 31. Brown or government-issued photo ID is required. Backpacks, large bags, and laptops are not allowed. Event: The Price of Everything: A Screening and Conversation Location: Granoff Center, Martinos AuditoriumTime: 7 pmFrom the Event: Documentary filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn explores the contemporary art world market in his new movie, The Price of Everything, featuring interviews with artists, gallerists, auction house specialists, curators and others. A discussion with Kahn follows the screening. This presentation will be the third event in the 2018-19 Warren and Allison Kanders Lecture Series Thursday, November 8Event: James Forman, Jr. - Locking Up Our Own 
Location: Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Room 130Time: 5-6:30 pmFrom the Event: James Forman, Jr. is a leading critic of mass incarceration and its disproportionate impact on people of color. In Locking Up Our Own, he seeks to understand the war on crime that began in the 1970s and why it was supported by many African American leaders in the nation’s urban centers. A former public defender in Washington, D.C., Forman tells riveting stories of politicians, community activists, police officers, defendants, and crime victims trapped in terrible dilemmas. Locking Up Our Own enriches our understanding of why our society became so punitive and offers important lessons to anyone concerned about the future of race and the criminal justice system in this country. Event: Next To NormalLocation: Stuart Theater, 75 Waterman St.Time: 8 pm, additional shows running all weekend.From the Event: In this contemporary musical and winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, a suburban household copes with crisis and the unpredictability of a mother’s worsening bipolar disorder. Get tickets here.Friday, November 9Event: IMPULSE's Annual Werk PartyLocation: Tantric NightclubTime: 10 pm-2 amFrom the Event: If you're on a mission to have a good time, you better WERK for it. Friday, November 9th is the night to make it happen. Join IMPULSE Dance Company downtown at Tantric Nightclub (1070 N Main St) for our annual fall event. Presale tickets are $10, $15 at the door. Presale tickets are going to be sold M-F beginning Nov 2 12-3 pm in the Blue room. Event: Free Rock Climbing for College StudentsLocation: Rockspot ProvidenceTime: 10 am-12am Friday, Saturday, SundayFree rock climbing for college students with an active I.D. Additional membership deals will also be available these days. Registration is not necessary, just mention the special at the front desk. Saturday, November 10,Event: WaterFire 
Location: WaterFire ProvidenceTime: 5:30-11 pmA full lighting just in time for the holiday season. Sunday, November 11Event: Harvest HoedownLocation: Main GreenTime: 3-7 pmFrom the Event: Harvest Hoedown is a FREE fall festival on the Main Green, featuring bouncy houses, caricature artists, fake pumpkin painting, and yard games. Fill your stomachs with hot chocolate, hot apple cider, pizza, cookies, cupcakes, brownies! Come early: the first 100 people to arrive get to make caramel apples.
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