Top 5 Fun Things To Do: March 14 – March 20

THU 15

Public Hearing: No Utility Rate Hikes: Open forum for the public to let National Grid and the Public Utilities Commission get public feedback on the new rate hikes. 6pm, Public Utilities Commission – Hearing Room A, 89 Jefferson Blvd, Warwick. georgewileycenter.org

SAT 17

Arcade Asylum Author Series: Hosting the latest talent in horror, macabre and weird fiction. 6pm, Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council, The Arcade, 65 Weybosset St, Unit 105, PVD.

SUN 18

Steamship Supper: This turn-of-the-century dinner is inspired by the menu of the RMS Lusitania. You know, the one you remember from history class that got torpedoed by the Germans in 1917. 6pm, Blithewold Mansions, 101 Ferry Rd, Bristol. blithewold.org

Polar Plunge: If you’re an aspiring polar bear, but you missed the big dip on New Year’s, here’s your chance to dive into the ocean on Block Island. Time TBA, Fred Benson Town Beach, 7 Corn Neck Rd, New Shoreham. blockislandinfo.com

MON 19

Nevertheless She Persisted: A discussion forum of women fighting discrimination of all forms. Speakers include Toby Ayers, executive director of Rhode Island for Community & Justice; Lucy Rios, director of prevention and communication for the RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Cheryl Burrell, associate director of the Office of Diversity, Equity & Opportunity at the RI Department of Administration and Dr. Paola Prado, associate professor of communication at Roger Williams University. Plus, cookies and punch and Senator Jack Reed! Providence Public Library, 150 Empire St, PVD. provlib.org