Join us for another comedy night at the Thirsty! This time: more standup! Performances by local student comedians and YOU (contact teec-officers@mit.edu).
Free food and drink for all guests; some free pint glasses / bottle openers / t-shirts will also be given away!
Presented by the Graduate Association of Mechanical Engineers (GAME) and the Thirsty Ear Executive Committee (TEEC).
Sponsored by the GSC Funding Board.
21+ govt ID required for entry. Please have ready to show at door!

Join us for a night of music, technology, and free food on Tuesday evening
Request and rate songs using your smartphone
Mix with grad students from MIT and Harvard
Presented by CrowdRock, a startup building a mobile electronic jukebox
21+ govt ID required for entry. Please have ready to show at door!

Join us this coming Sunday to enjoy great food and fruits with your friends! We will have yogurt, chocolate croissants, pancakes, sausages, eggs, home fries and all kinds of fruits! You will also have the chance to check out the different products of the MIT Grad Rat Ring. Same as usual, we will provide food in two batches, one batch at 12:00pm and another at 12:20pm. It's important to bring your own plates and utensils. You can help us cut down on the waste and have extra food with your own plates.

- Join us for another comedy night at the Thirsty! This month: Standup! Performances by the MIT Standup Comedy Club and YOU (contact succ@mit.edu)
- Free food and drink for all guests; free pint glasses / bottle openers / t-shirts will also be given away!
- Presented by the Thirsty Ear Executive Committee (TEEC) and Graduate Association of Mechanical Engineers (GAME).
- Sponsored by the Peter de Florez '38 Humor Fund and the GSC Funding Board.
- 21+ govt ID required for entry. Please have ready to show at door!

Come to the Ashdown Turkish Cultural Dinner! Enjoy delicious Turkish food including chicken kebap, turkish rice, hommus etc. and a mix of Turkish desserts, while listening to Turkish music and watching short videos on Turkish culture. Entrance Fee (including a full dinner with dessert): $3 The event is open to MIT, so bring your friends along! Please bring your own plates and utensils to help reduce waste.

Join us for a night of classical music performed by current and former Ashdown residents and enjoy a delicious buffet of desserts! Please bring your own plates and utensils to help reduce waste.

Join us for a night of comedy and free food/drink at the Thirsty Ear Pub at 8pm on Tuesday, April 10!
This month: Improv! Performances by troupes NU & Improv'd from Northeastern University and Boston University's Liquid Fun.
Free food, drinks, and bottle opener / pint glass / t-shirt for all guests!
Presented by the Thirsty Ear Executive Committee (TEEC). Sponsored by the Peter de Florez '38 Humor Fund and the GSC Funding Board.
21+ govt ID required for entry. Please have ID ready to show at door!

Join us for dinner and discussion on Sunday, April 8, at 7pm in the Ashdown Hulsizer Room. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and a team of peer counselors and Violence Prevention and Response advocates will be coming to talk about sexual assault portrayal in the media, and how this shapes popular beliefs about this issue. We will show a brief collection of clips from popular culture, discuss their implications, and decipher how they represent societal knowledge or beliefs regarding sexual assault. We will also discuss how to be an active bystander, and how to help a friend, or stranger, in a dangerous situation. Dinner is provided.
** This event is organized by AHEC and MIT Medical VPR (Violence Prevention and Response) Program.

Come join us for a Chinese and Iranian theme brunch at Ashdown House this Sunday! Except normal brunch foods like pancakes, sausages, and fruits, we will present a special brunch menu that consists of some typical brunch foods from China and Iran: Dim-sum, fried dumplings, rice porridge with traditional Chinese toppings, sweet sago cream with coconut, Chinese and Iranian pancakes (Kookoo), Iranian dessert Halva and saffron Ice-cream!
Same as usual, we will provide food in two batches, one batch at 12:00pm and another at 12:20pm. It's also important to bring your own plates and utensils.

Ashdown's Cultural Committee presents a series of workshops on Ballroom Dance!!!

Feel like you have two left feet? Watch Dancing with the Stars and can't stop moving to the music? Want to add some groove to your moves? Come to the ballroom dance workshops on Monday (3/26), Tuesday (3/27), Wednesday (3/28)!

Each workshop will be an hour long and consist of a lesson for the first 45 min and general dancing for the last 15 min.

Instructors from MIT's very own Ballroom Dance Team!

Schedule:
Monday - Rumba
Tuesday - Swing
Wednesday - ChaCha

No partner or experience required!

Come and join us in the special coffee hour on March 22th. We will have a voting session for the photo contest. Ashdown Cultural Committee is organizing a Photo Contest themed in Street Photography. The prizes for the photo contest are pretty appealing! We will have one first prize, which is a $50 Amazon Gift card, two second prizes, which is a $20 Amazon Gift card, and three third prizes, which is a $10 Amazon Gift card. Moreover, anyone who sends their photos could get a photocopy as an extra gift, and the copy could be picked up in the voting session. So come and vote for your favorite photo, cheer for the winners and enjoy the delicious food at the same time!!! Ashdown Cultural Committee Please bring your own plates and utensils to help reduce waste.

Free Dessert night with over 10000* types of pies to choose from
Pi Recitation Contest with prizes of $50/30/20 in gift certificates

Start studying the digits of Pi (in decimal) NOW! If you don't feel like memorizing, come at least for the FREE dessert!

Please bring plates/utensils to reduce waste.

This event is brought to you by Ashdown House cultural committee, sponsored by the GSC and open to all graduate students.

* specified in binary

WHAT: Ashdown Brunch
WHERE: Ashdown House Hulsizer Room
WHEN: Sunday, March 11th noon – 1:30pm

Join us this coming Sunday to enjoy great food and fruits with your friends! We will have yogurt, oatmeal, chocolate croissants, pancakes, sausages, eggs, home fries and all kinds of fruits! You will also have the chance to check out the different products of the MIT Grad Rat Ring.

We will provide food in two batches, one batch at 12:00pm and another at 12:20pm, so it’s not necessary to come too early and wait in lines. It's also important to bring your own plates and utensils. You can help us cut down on the waste and have more food with your own plates.

As always we appreciate and need volunteers. If you would like to help us with the brunch preparation, please contact us at ashdown-brunch@mit.edu.

Come join us Sunday February 19th for a night of casino games and fun! This event will be held from 8-10 PM in the Hulsizer Room. If you would like to volunteer to deal, please sign up here: https://signup.mit.edu/ashdowncasinonight. All you need to do is show up at 7:30 to learn how! -> Learn and play lots of fun casino games: Blackjack, Texas Hold'em Poker, Craps, and Roulette! -> NO real money involved - admission is FREE, you'll receive poker chips to play with when you arrive -> NO casino experience necessary - we'll have rules and people willing to teach at each game! -> Trade in your hard-earned chips for raffle tickets, and win one of 30 exciting prizes! Some notes: 1. Open to Ashdown residents only (bring your keys) 2. Must be present at prize raffle to win We hope to see you there!