What to do this week: Celebrate the Open Curriculum, eat pizza, watch Mande, and more!
Monday, May 6th
Event: “Joy + Justice Art Exhibit” Location: Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in AmericaTime: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.“The 22 artists assembled here display a broad range of subjects, styles, and traditions, but they share a common thread: connecting joy to justice.” 
Event: Brown Baseball vs. HarvardLocation: Murray FieldTime: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.Come support the Brown baseball team in their last home game of the season! Tuesday, May 7thEvent: “Let’s Celebrate! 50 Years of Brown’s Open Curriculum” Location: College GreenTime: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.“Brown students, faculty and staff are invited to a picnic celebrating 50 years of Brown’s Open Curriculum. Featuring food, fun, photos and more!” Event: What’s on Tap? And The Bear Necessities present: Bears on Tap!Location: Salomon HallTime: 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.“Has the sad lull of reading period got you down? Has the cold, cloudy Providence “spring” left you pining for some musical joy? Well, cry no more, and look no further. Brown University’s Bear Necessities and What’s on Tap are here to satiate your collective musical thirsts — with some Bears on Tap! This joint concert extravaganza will be loaded with all-suspendered, all-tapping musical madness sure to outperform even the Spring Weekend thunderstorm. Songs will be sung, dances will be danced, and you might even catch some completely unqualified a cappella boys throwing on some tap shoes. It’ll be wacky. It’ll be wild. And it’ll be a damn good time.” Wednesday, May 8th
Event: Pizza at the Sci LiLocation: Sci LiTime: 9 p.m.“Take a study break for pizza and more at the Friedman Study Center at the Sciences Library tonight, Thursday, May 8th. This semester’s pizza nights are co-sponsored by the Brown University Library and Campus life.” 
Event: RISD FAV Senior ShowLocation: RISD Auditorium (17 Canal Walk)Time: 7 p.m. on May 8th - 11 p.m. on May 11th"The Rhode Island School of Design will present its 2019 Film / Animation / Video Festival from May 8-11. This year’s festival premieres the work of 41 RISD seniors, whose films often go on to garner awards and critical recognition in venues worldwide.The film screenings will occur at the Main RISD Auditorium at 7 Canal Walk, Providence River Greenway, Wednesday May 8 through Saturday May 11 at 7:00 pm. There will also be installations by the Open Media Seniors on display in Market Square. Admission is free." Thursday, May 9thEvent: Hillel Food DriveLocation: Brown RISD HillelTime: 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.“Use up your extra swipes and/or extra food, and come by Hillel before the end of the year to participate in our food drive! All food will be donated to the RI Community Food Bank to help the neediest Rhode Islanders. All donations should be non-perishable, i.e. boxed or canned. Neediest items include PB&J, canned and dried beans, pasta, and granola bars.” Friday, May 10thEvent: Urban Studies Walking Tour #6 Brown’s Secret TreasuresLocation: Meet at Maxcy HallTime: 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m."This walking tour will take place on the Brown Campus with Deitrich Neumann as your guide to Brown’s secret treasures - amazingly beautiful interior spaces that are widely unknown to the general public, even to most members of the Brown community." Saturday, May 11th
Event: Memory Dishes: Women and African Diasporic Cooking, Community DinnerLocation: 94 Waterman StreetTime: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m."Join the CSSJ and poet, storyteller, and performer Maurisa Li-A-Ping for a community dinner in celebration of the opening of our 2019 Commencement exhibition, Memory Dishes: Women and African Diasporic Cooking. This exhibition highlights the ways 6 families of African descent have maintained and re-imagined their culinary traditions in Providence, Rhode Island. We hope you will join us for an evening of discussion and reflection to celebrate the recipes and food traditions that have carried us throughout generations. Guests are encouraged to bring a recipe or memory related to food to share with the group." Sunday, May 12thEvent: Providence Flea Opening DayLocation: 345 South Water StreetTime: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m."The Flea's Opening Day is Sunday, May 12th across from 345 South Water Street, Providence, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (and every Sunday through September except September 15 due to a conflicting road race), featuring local vintage vendors, indie makers, community nonprofits, food trucks and live musicians! Always free admission with free off-street parking. to the Providence River Greenway for our outdoor season starting." 
Event: Mande Final Performance 2019!Location: Main GreenTime: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.“Join us for the final performance of TAPS1390: Contemporary Mande Performance! Cheer on the Mande class as they perform Madan, Sunu, and Wasalunka. Come free your pelvis and free your mind!” Images via, via, via, via, via, via.