Whether you missed the movie in theaters, or simply want to watch it for the tenth time, here’s your chance. On Monday, April 29, the Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice will be holding a free screening of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained at 5:30 p.m. I repeat, the screening is free, so head on over to Salomon 001 to catch it. A follow-up panel discussion will be held the following day, Tuesday, April 30, in Petteruti Lounge on the second floor of Faunce. The discussion begins at 6 p.m. Mark your calendars for this event, it should be good. I mean, who doesn’t love excessive violence and satirical comedies?

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Well this is a thing. I have so many questions. How big are the cars supposed to be? Are we talking about using an Antonio’s tortellini pie, a Meeting Street cookie, or an Oreo for a wheel? Are teams allowed to pre-buy the food they believe will create the ultimate combination of gustatory excellence and acceleration, or is each team working with the same materials? What price (sic.) will the winning team receive? Do you get to eat the losers’ cars at the end of the race? I’m so excited.

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If you didn’t read Morning Mail this morning, you actually had a good excuse this time, thanks to the BSA. But this is something you won’t want to miss: tomorrow from 12-4 p.m., there will be an airbrush artist in front of the Faunce steps airbrushing custom tanks—for free! And you know we love free.

Thought you could come up with a better design than all the other Spring Weekend tanks? Now is your chance. Design your own tank and watch it come to life with a colorful spray of toxic chemicals. Head over to Faunce on Tuesday to throw it back to the coolest bar mitzvah party favor, with a fratty twist.

But we hope you have somewhere to wear it, because “Spring Weekend tank” doesn’t sound as exciting when you don’t have tickets to Spring Weekend.

Ever wanted to attend a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, but never had any Jewish friends to do so? Now’s your chance to attend one and party it up like it’s Purim all over again. Despite the fact that Bruno’s clearly older than thirteen, Hillel has decided to throw him the best middle school party you’ve ever been to.

Although I have never heard of these games (Coke and Pepsi, wha? [Ed.-This is Coke and Pepsi. It's the best.]), it’s sure to be a fun time. Bonus: they’re having free giveaways throughout the night! Extra bonus: the event is free! So ditch those grimy college parties and revert back to your maybe-not-so glorious days with Hillel from 8:30-10:30 p.m. Mazel Tov, friends!

In today’s edition of Morning Mail, we received a very exciting “SAVE THE DATE” to attend a screening of DreamWorks’ Lincoln and a Q&A with Professor Michael Vorenberg—whose book Final Freedom is believed to be a “principal source” for the film—in celebration of Lincoln’s birthday and the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Taking place on March 1st at 5:30 p.m., this event will be the most epic party of the semester: a movie, cake, and a chance to engage with a rockstar historian about said movie’s content and factuality? Psh, we’ll see you there. Tickets are required (get one here).

Oh, and just in case you weren’t convinced, there’s also this:

I can only imagine the riot that ensued at Jo’s. Brown Morning Mail, that beloved signal that you only have an hour left to grab a Spicy With (or Spicies With?) and chief indicator that you’re no longer turning in early for the night, got a serious facelift last night. The email is now super pretty and easy to read. You know, you can actually tell where one announcement ends and another begins, all that good stuff. Anyway, it makes our job a lot easier in putting out Free Food Digest every day.

According to one of the Morning Mail announcements—the powers that be clearly wanted the whole student body to read it—the changes came from a group of UCS members who realized the process could be streamlined. You see that? We read Morning Mail. No word yet as to how the changes will affect readership, but having an aesthetically pleasing end to your night can only be a good thing. Now go read Morning Mail and check out the changes for yourself.

Now that finals are approaching, you’ve probably spent a lot more time on the internet. If you’re at all like us, you have probably spent a significant portion of this time watching videos of cats. Cats flushing toilets, “speaking” out of story books, actually speaking, running on treadmills, or even playing ping pong –we’ve seen it all.

But why are we so taken with watching our furry friends do human-like things in three-minute videos? Brown’s Mellon Sawyer Seminar, entitled “Animal Magnetism: The Emotional Ecology of Animals and Humans,” will use some animal videos to take a closer look at why we are drawn to these clips and why humans anthropomorphize their pets. The commentators will include faculty from Archaeology, Anthropology, Classics, CLPS, History, Egyptology, and several other departments who will provide various viewpoints about human relationships with pets and human-animal interactions. [Read more →]

If you did last night, then this post is useless. If not, you are in for a serious treat. The venerable, ORIGINAL Thayer Street food truck is coming to the Blue Room. That’s right, the Blue Room will be serving Mama Kim’s starting tomorrow, THURSDAY, at 4:00 p.m., according to Morning Mail. The move to the Blue Room is, according to Hyun Kim ’01, all part of a plan to “bring Korean cuisine one step closer to the Brown community.”

The Hazeltine abides.

Now, the intensity with which one believes in the absolute truth of Morning Mail may vary from student to student, but I suggest you all heed this warning: If you really love Korean barbecue and can’t wait for the truck to get here, RUN — don’t walk, this is supposedly a “trial run” with a “limited amount of food available” — to the Blue Room Thursday afternoon. Adding Mama Kim’s to the 4:00 p.m. Blue Room rush is sure to cause a near riot in Faunce, so if you don’t like crowds or really good-smelling food, you might want to find another place to hang out tomorrow afternoon.

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“Have you ever wanted to take a class from skilled culinary professionals?” asks today’s Morning Mail. “Do you want to improve your basic cooking skills?”

Dining Services has the answer! According to the information page:

We at Brown Dining Services’ Sustainability Initiative are pleased to offer Brown students on meal plan the opportunity to participate in cooking classes this semester! The classes will highlight the behind-the-scenes of Dining Services: students will cook delicious meals in the Ratty Bakeshop from locally-sourced food with the help of Brown Dining chefs Aaron Fitzsenry, the Culinary Manager for retail outlets, and Dave Chabot, the Executive Chef at the Faculty Club.

If you’re interested, you have until Feb. 23 to sign up, though there are only 20 spaces available, so participants will be chosen by lottery. For more info, check out the sign-up page!

But… let’s hope their classes don’t involve hot ham on a bulky roll or Saturday Night Jambalaya (it’s never served on Saturdays).

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Ittleson Quad – that obnoxious stretch of land that has been the longstanding cause of your detour to the OMAC (among other things) – is opening today! Brown requests that students “refrain from using the grass area of the quad while the protective roping is in place,” but I think some celebratory snow angels might be in order…