Swing Dancing

Swing dancing on Saturday:

Like the soulful sounds of Billie Holiday? How about the toe-tappin' tunes of Michael Bublé? The bangin' beats of Kanye? Or the melodious musical stylings of Michael Jackson? Then my friend, swing dancing is for you.

Come join us, this Saturday, 10/11, at 3pm in the Fayerweather Theatre Room to swing it like you're at a playground and drop it like it's hot.

Beginners welcome.

No partner required.

Laughs guaranteed.

Contact Jan Marie at jolownia@wes for more info.

Date: Saturday, October 11
Time: 3 pm
Place: Fayerweather Theater Room

Blitz-Plays: 24 Hour Play Festival

'92 Theater on Saturday:

Come see "Blitz-Plays: The 24 Hour Play Festival." Sponsored by Second Stage. 5 short plays and 1 short musical written and rehearsed in 24 Hours will be put on for your viewing pleasure. This is a one night only event! 8 PM in the '92 Theater on Saturday October 11th. Tickets are complimentary and are available in the USDAN Box Office the day of the performance.

You don't want to miss it!

Date: Saturday, October 11
Time: 8 pm
Place: '92 Theater

Treasures & Sweets lunch sale

Treasures & Sweets is hosting another food sale this weekend. Eat lunch there, or get it to go! $2 buys you a meal complete with drink and dessert.

Date: Saturday, Oct. 11
Time: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Place: First Baptist Church (93 Main Street)

Queer events [u]

Emily Evnen '10 writes to us about a week full of Queer events!

Trans/Gender Lunch

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

Emily 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!

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Get outside of the bubble

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!

See a local play at Oddfellows Playhouse!

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.

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

Donate blood to the American Red Cross!

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.