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Brown players skate onto the ice to shake hands after the tough loss

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The South Asian Students Association presents its Annual Culture Show tonight. The evening’s program includes music, dance and comedy from the varied and rich cultures of South Asia, followed by an after party at Buxton International House at 10 p.m., free with a Brown ID card or ticket.

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National Slam Poetry Team Performance
8 p.m. MacMillan 117, $2

Five members of Brown’s spoken word poetry group Word! are competing in a national competition for college poets in Boston next month. Just for all of you who want to see it without paying train fare, the team — Phil Kaye, Jamila Woods, Laura Brown-Lavoie, Kai Huang and Tim Natividad — will present their lineup for nationals here at Brown. These poets each have a unique style and have worked really hard to reach this point. Come early enough to get a seat and prepared to snap your fingers!

IMPROVidence’s 30 Hours of Improv
6 p.m.-2 a.m. Wilson 102 (and continuing tomorrow), $1

If you miss this performance, IMPROVidence will continue the show tomorrow (well, tonight?) from 2 a.m.-7 p.m. in MacMillan 117, moving to Wilson 102 from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. So if you really wanted to, you could watch improvisational comedy for a day straight, until your brain becomes so tired and oxygen-deprived from laughing that everything and everyone sounds funny to you.

Brownbrokers Mini-musical Festival
7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Production Workshop Downspace, free

The first 85-minute showcase of your peers’ writing, staging and acting features the eclectic combination of “Paid Programming: An Infomercial Love Story,” “The Spider Musical” and “Fat Camp,” starting at 7 p.m. For the second set, “Charlie Bit My Finger: The Musical” sounds like a promising title, and will be followed by three other student-written musicals: “Unraveling,” “The Elevator Musical” and “In Theory.” These same shows will be presented in reverse order at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. again tomorrow night.

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Waterfire is celebrating the NCAA tournament in Providence tonight along with Dunkin’ Donuts. The special edition of Barnaby Evans’ ’75 combustible art installation starts at 7:30 p.m. downtown and runs until 11.

UPDATE: Evans appeared on the Rhode Show today to talk about tonight’s event:

WTF is happening on the Main Pembroke Green?

No, not crop circles.

According to the sign nearby, the labyrinth had something to do with the American Society of Dowsers and their benefit for Haiti and Water for Humanity happening tonight at the Faculty Club. Yes, dowsers, the dudes who find water and other stuff underground with the help of sticks.

Saturday, Water for Humanity holds a workshop on water filtration methods for developing nations.

UPDATE: Wofford fell just short against UWisc. Looks like there will be a lot of red at the Cornell game.

As Providence’s cozy reply to the Californian mega-chain Pinkberry, Thayer Street’s Juniper has served Brown students and Providence natives deliciously nutritious frozen yogurt (“frogurt”) for years.  And, (lucky us) it just got better.  After diligently perfecting their two basic flavors—blueberry and “original”—the owners of this Providence staple have inducted a new flavor into the froyo hall of fame: Mango.

Stop by and try some today.  You won’t regret it.

Don’t know how the pastries got added into the mix of traditions, but “San Giuseppe” — Mary’s husband — is big with the Italians, hence his feast’s importance in Providence. Unfortunately for us college students, the March 19 holiday isn’t used as an excuse for excessive drinking, but at least nobody’s going to pinch you for forgetting to wear red.

Rhode Island’s total number of jobless residents has declined for the first time in three years. Though the unemployment rate remains the same at 12.7 percent, the state has managed for two months in a row to create more jobs for the unemployed.

The first round of the NCAA basketball tournament has brought in the tourists, who seem to have liked the city for its architecture, “home-like feel,” and, yes, the fantastic weather we’ve been having this week.

Retro-style “Diamonds and Coal” from

A diamond to bean tacos from Gordito Burrito. Hurray for a full meal for just $1.75. But coal to the Ratty’s “French taco sandwich,” which just sounds dirty.

Can’t get enough D & C? Read slightly more current incarnations in today’s Herald, or submit your own at DiamondsandCoal.com!