What to do this week: resistance, performance, and parties!
Monday, October 25
Talk: Día de Muertos: A History of Resistance
Location: Online (Register at link above)
Time: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Join Sarah Chavez as she unpacks the history behind today’s Día de Muertos traditions. Learn how Día de Muertos connects to a rich legacy of resistance that defines identity, cultivates community, and helps to decolonize the borders between the living and the dead.
Tuesday, October 26
Talk: Race & Inequality in America
Location: Online (Register at link above)
Time: 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The "Race &" in America series draws on the expertise of Brown scholars to investigate the origins, history and enduring effects of racism. This discussion panel will feature Prudence Carter, Sarah and Joseph. Jr. Dowling Professor of Sociology, Jose Itzigsohn, Professor of Sociology, and Jennifer Nazareno, Barrett Hazeltine Assistant Professor of the Practice of Entrepreneurship. Keep an eye out for the next installment in this series, “Race & Poetry in America”, later this semester.
Wednesday, October 27
Event: “Aggie” film screening and panel
Location: Granoff Center (Registration encouraged at link above)
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Come watch "Aggie", a feature-length documentary that explores art, race, and justice through the story of art collector and philanthropist Agnes “Aggie” Gund’s life. Emmy-nominated director Catherine Gund ’88 focuses on her mother’s journey to explore the power of art to transform consciousness and inspire social change.
Talk: Reimagining Capitalism
Location: New Watson, Room 101 (Register at link above)
Time: 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Author of “Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire”, Harvard Professor Rebecca Henderson, will discuss what’s wrong with modern capitalism and lay out a roadmap for how business can help to catalyze the systemic change we need by building a capitalism that works for everyone.
Thursday, October 28
Event: AAHS Presents: Spooky Stages!
Location: Petteruti Lounge (Register at link above)
Time: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Join the Asian American Heritage Series for a night of student performances of storytelling, music, and poetry! Register using the form above, and maybe even sign up to perform!
Event: IMPULSE X BSU Presents: Twerk or Treat!
Location: The Met in Pawtucket
Time: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Cost: $12 presale, $15 at door
Who's ready to Twerk or Treat? This year, IMPULSE Dance Co and Black Student Union are partnering to throw the best Halloween party of the year! Head to The MET in your spookiest/sexiest Halloween costume! IMPULSE and BSU will be selling tickets in the Blue Room 11AM-3:30PM and at the Ratty 4:30PM-closing. You can also DM IMPULSE and BSU on Instagram, FB, or contact a member!
Event: Matlock Twins X King Scuba Concert
Location: 240 Bowen St
Time: 9 p.m.
Kick off Halloweekend with two bands pretending to be two other bands! Matlock Twins as Velvet Underground and King Scuba as Cage the Elephant.
Friday, October 29
Event: LGBTQ Center Spooky Social
Location: Campus Center, LGBTQ Center (Room 323)
Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Happy Halloween to the LGBTQ community! Please join the LGBTQ Center (323 Faunce) on Friday, October 29 from 1-3 PM for some spooky music, treats, and arts and crafts! Raffle tickets will be given to anyone who shows up in costume. Winners will get a mysterious prize. No tricks, just treats!
Saturday, October 30
Event: CCB, CCP, and UGT Presents: Halloween Extravaganza
Location: Campus Center
Time: 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. (Open mic starting at 7 p.m.)
Head to the Campus Center on October 30th from 3-10 pm for a mystifying menagerie of Halloween events! Carve pumpkins with the Class Coordinating Board, receive your fortune from tarot card readers, make your own Halloween-themed stuffed animal, experience performances with Underground Thursdays (starting at 7 p.m. in The Underground), and wind down for a spooky movie night with free refreshments! Enjoy all of these events with your scariest costumes for a night of eerie events and sinister scares! Sign up for the open mic here.
Sunday, October 31
Event: SoBear's Halloween Party!
Location: The Underground (Campus Center)
Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Join SoBear Activities Club from 6-8 pm in the Underground (Campus Center) for their annual Halloween Party! Activities include a photo booth, raffles, karaoke, decorating pumpkins, and chocolate.
Event: Hocus Pocus Movie Night
Location: New Watson (Room 101)
Time: 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Join the Dept. of Public Safety to watch the Halloween cult classic, Hocus Pocus! (Clearly they took some inspiration from the recent filming of Hocus Pocus II at the RI Historical Society). If you want to learn what all the hype is about, come by! Treats will be on hand.
Event: Midnight Halloween Organ Recital
Location: Sayles Hall
Time: Doors open at 11:30 p.m. (Seating is limited! Even pre-covid this event was difficult to get seats to due to high demand. Arrive early!)
Mark Steinbach, Brown University Organist and Senior Lecturer in Music, will perform the annual Midnight Halloween Organ recital, October 31 at 11:59 pm Sayles Hall on the 1903 Hutchings-Votey pipe organ. Doors will open at 11:30 pm. In lieu of traditional seating, please bring pillows/blankets and come in costume! Note that seating space in the auditorium is limited, so please arrive on time to the event to ensure seating.
