Zach Strassburger '06 sends in a video that includes footage from the Friday's rally/celebration at the Capitol for marriage equality in Connecticut. You can listen to some of the speakers from the event and just watch the ecstatic excitement in the atmosphere:
contra dance this friday!Date: Friday, October 10
8 - 11pm in the '92 theater
free and fun!
The faculty and students of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program invite you to attend our annual Fall symposium for students, staff, faculty and the wider community on Friday, October 10, 2008, 2-5 pm, in the Center for African American Studies. The title of this year's program is:
Islam and Gender: Social Changes and Diversity in Muslim Communities
This year's symposium on "Islam and Gender" brings together scholars working on gender issues in Muslim communities spanning Southeast Asia, North Africa, Britain, the Middle East, and North America. The Panel will be followed by a reception. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Jennifer Tucker (jtucker@wes) or Noreen Baris (nbaris@wes) or call x3296.
What: FGSS Symposium
When: TODAY, 10/10 from 2-5 pm
Where: Center for African American Studies
Friday night Wes alum rock show. This is the place to be if you want a Friday night rock show:
Date: Friday, October 10BEAR HANDS
About to tour the UK, voted top 100 bands of 2008 by AP mag.
BOY CRISIS
"(one of twenty five) bands making america cool again" -NME.
About to tour Iceland.
BOTTLE UP AND GO
Old stand bys, you guys know what's up.
Emily Evnen '10 writes to us about a week full of Queer events!
Trans/Gender LunchEmily is the Queer Intern, and her office hours are Mondays, 1:30 - 3:00 PM in the Queer Resource Center, and Tuesdays, 12:15 - 2:00 PM in the SALD office of Usdan. Anyone is welcome to stop by!
Please come join trans/gender group for a conversation on what being out means, which may be different according to each person, or the situations they are in. Can we come out in some ways and not others? Can we come out and come back in? What does being out mean in various situations?
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 7
Time: 12:00 PM
Place: QRC (190 High)
The Laramie Project
In memorial of the 10th anniversary of the murder of Matthew Shepard.
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 8
Time: 12:00 PM
Place: Usdan Café
Queer Café
It’s back. You don’t want to miss this. Pi’s gonna be all sorts of gay.
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 8
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 PM
Place: Pi Café
Spectrum dinner
Come celebrate coming out week with SPECTRUM. We will be having an informal discussion about the difficulty of coming out as a student of color/ international student. We will be addressing issues such as the whiteness of queer media and how that impedes coming out in our communities. There will be food!
Date: Friday, Oct. 10
Time: 6:00 PM
Place: QRC
National Coming Out Day: Open House event
There will be markers. And Dean Garrett. What more do you need?
Date: Saturday, Oct. 11
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: Open House
Coming Out dinner
Join us for the annual Coming Out Day dinner! Share a story, have some hors d'oeuvre, and celebrate Coming Out Day with the Wesleyan community.
Date: Monday, Oct. 13
Time: 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Place: Zelnick Pavilion
Want to get outside of the Wesleyan bubble a little bit? There are a couple of events you may want to check out:
Canvass for a local former-Wes-student Democrat!
Got Wesleyan pride? Have a couple of hours to spend making a difference locally before the election?Join Wesdems in canvassing around Middletown for Matt Lesser, a former Wes student who is running for democratic state representative!Matt is passionate about funding education, reforming Connecticut's highest-in-the-nation property tax system, expanding support for renewable energy, and protecting our open spaces and needs your help!Email Sophie Ackoff at sackoff@wes or Miriam Berger at maberger@wes if you are interested!
Theatre 4 is a new professional theater company based in New Haven, and this weekend, they're going to be putting up a new show right here in Middletown, over at Oddfellows Playhouse.Donate blood to the American Red Cross!
The play, "Anton in Show Business," is described as an "intelligent comedy for grownups, satirizing the trials and tribulations of producing a play. While taking a comical look at self-involved actors, egotistical directors, complacent audiences, over zealous critics, and fickle corporate sponsors, the play’s heart lies in the growing importance of the arts for their ability – if only for a moment in time – to create community and magic."
When: October 10-11 at 8 pm
Where: Oddfellows Playhouse (128 Wash St)
$$$: I think free? But Theatre 4 is a nonprofit and there is a $20 suggested donation
Reservations: Call 203.623.7560
The Wesleyan Blood Drive (this monday/tuesday at Beckham Hall) still needs people! See our prior post for more info. Sign up to give blood at www.giveblood.org - just put in 06459 as our zip code and look at what time slots are still open.
