What to do this week: Blood drives, pajama parties, sidewalk sales, and more!

Monday, September 16Event: Mid-Autumn Festival CelebrationLocation: Faunce StepsTime: 6:30pm – 8:30pmCome one, come all to partake in and learn about the stories behind this traditional Chinese holiday while munching over some delicious mooncakes! We'll have all your favorite flavors for free! We'll be near the Faunce steps facing the Main Green! Come join us in viewing the beautiful full moon! Event: Bridging the Gap: Connecting College Hill with the Providence Public School DistrictTime: 5:30pm – 7:30pmLocation: 164 Angell Street, Room 202Following a report conducted by a team from Johns Hopkins, Rhode Island’s Education Commissioner announced last month a state takeover of the Providence Public School District (PPSD). The original report, released in June, painted a picture of grim academic conditions and shocking building maintenance across the school district. Join the Department of Education and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform to learn more. Hear from a local journalist and current PPSD teachers, students, and administrators. And find out how to get involved to advance educational equity in the lives of students and families of Providence. You can make a difference and now is the time! Tuesday, September 17Event: End of shopping periodTime: 5pmLast day to add a course without a fee (5:00 p.m. deadline). Banner Web will be taken down for approximately one hour. Once relaunched, all course adds require Instructor override and will be charged a late fee of $15 per course. Wednesday, September 18Event: Save a Life!: Two Day Blood DriveLocation: Hillel Social HallTime: 9/18 & 9/19, 11am – 7pmThe Rhode Island Blood Center is holding a two-day blood drive starting September 18. Donations will take place from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. in the Social Hall at Brown/RISD Hillel located at 80 Brown St. Walk-ins are most certainly welcome! Access the link if you’d like to schedule an appointment. Don’t forget to bring a form of identification with you when you donate. Sponsor Code is: 0005 Event: Brown University Women’s Soccer vs Fairfield UniversityLocation: Stevenson-Pincince FieldTime: 4pm – 6pm Event: Brown University Men’s Soccer vs Boston UniversityLocation: Stevenson-Pincince FieldTime: 7pm – 9pm Thursday, September 19Event: F@B Welcome Back: Pajama PartyLocation: Studio LoungeTime: 9pm – 1amWelcome back, Brown! Celebrate the beginning of a new year on College Hill wearing your best sleepwear to warm up for the ultimate back-to-college challenge: waking up for a 9 AM class on Friday! Slip on your favorite slip dress, throw on your favorite sweats (t-shirts optional 😉)—we’ll see you on the dance floor! Event: Performance by Comedian Hari KondaboluLocation: Watson Institute for International and Public AffairsTime: 8pmHari Kondabolu is a comedian, writer & podcaster based in Brooklyn, NY. He has been described by The NY Times as “one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today.” In 2018, his Netflix special “Warn Your Relatives” was released and he was named one of Variety’s Top 10 Comics To Watch.Brown ID required for entry. Doors open at 7. Friday, September 20Event: “R-E-S-P-E-C-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y: Black Women’s Studies since ‘Righteous Discontent’” ConferenceLocation: Pembroke Hall Room 305Time: 8:45am – 5:15pmRighteous Discontent: The Women’s Movement in the Black Baptist Church, 1880–1920 by Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham impacted a wide range of disciplines and areas, among them, gender and sexuality studies, histories of labor and resistance, and black feminist theory. This two-day symposium will gather together scholars working in African American women’s history and black feminist theory to celebrate and reflect upon the impact of “the politics of respectability” on the shape and substance of scholarship in these fields.All presentations are free and open to the public. No registration required. Please feel free to attend as your schedule allows. Saturday, September 21Event: Makers + Merchants Sidewalk SaleLocation: Wickenden StreetTime: 11am – 6pmJoin the Wickenden Area Merchants Association for their Fall Makers + Merchants sale. The street will be closed for the day and will be filled with over 50 artists and crafters selling their work, cocktails and beer, a DJ, and local food trucks too! Event: Newport Trip with GBCLocation: Page-Robinson HallTime: 9am – 4pmRegistration Opens: Friday, September 13th at 9:00 a.m.Registration closes once the trip is full (40 students and dependent family members i.e. spouses, partners, children).Transportation will be provided, and walking around/sightseeing in Newport is free. However, if you do want to eat lunch and/or shop, you will want to bring some spending money. Please email gbc@brown.edu with any questions/concerns. Event: Brown University Field Hockey vs AlbanyLocation: Goldberger Family FieldTime: 1pm – 4pm Sunday, September 22Event: Brown University Field Hockey vs HofstraLocation: Goldberger Family FieldTime: 1pm – 4pm Images via, via, via, via, and via