Are you destiny’s child destined for something sinful? Lauren Burke ’16 wants to help you out.
It’s reading week(end), Wes.
And what’s better thanreadingwatching Netflix?
Um, we are.Your favorite ladies are back in black
And ready to sass the fuq out of everyone in the chapel,
Don’t miss the swaggiest, sexiest serenade of the semester.
Date: Sunday May 12
Time: 5:00 pm
Place: Memorial Chapel
Cost: freeeeee
Lauren Javaly ’15 with information regarding Shakti and MIND’s yearly celebration of Holi:
We are selling t-shirts for Holi (which, by the way, is THIS Saturday
at 3!) during lunch and dinner this week so look for our table in
Usdan (we’ll be hard to miss)
Date: April 22-26
Time: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Place: Usdan
Cost: $5
Courtesy of Molly Rappaport ’15:
An exciting event hosted by the Wesleyan Center for Prison education:
Is it possible to become a better mother while serving time in a
maximum security prison?Mothers of Bedford, a feature length documentary, follows five women
incarcerated in the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility and looks at
their lives through the lens of motherhood. The film explores the
effects of a long-term prison sentence on the mother-child
relationship. Mothers of Bedford examines the struggles and joys these
five women face as prisoners and mothers. It shows the normal
frustrations of parenting as well as the surreal experiences of a
child’s first birthday party inside prison, the cell that child lives
in with her mother, and the biggest celebration of the year, Mother’s
Day in prison!
From Isaac Madwed ’14, a concert, tonight at Eclectic Haus:
Shabazz Palaces
Graphic novelist Julia Werts will be hosting a Q&A at the Shapiro Center tomorrow! More from Izzy Rode ’14:
A comic book writer and artist, Julia Wertz is perhaps best known for
her Fart Party comic strips. She has published two graphic novels: The
Infinite Wait and Other Stories and Drinking at the Movies. Wertz has
been nominated for the Kim Yale Award for Best New Talent at the Lulu
Awards and the Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication. Wertz will be
joining us at the Shapiro Center for an informal Q+A. Soda and pizza
will be served!Sponsored by the Shapiro Center for Creative Writing and Amy Bloom,
Kim-Frank Writer in Residence.
Date: April 25
Time: 5:00 PM
Place: Shapiro Center for Creative Writing, 167 High
Cost: 0000
Shivan S. Bhavnani ’13 with a semi-urgent invitation for tonight’s Consciousness Club meeting:
We will be dissecting our dreams and drinking tea. We will also be planning Consciousness Club’s annual trip which will be happening this weekend.
From Zia Grossman-Vendrillo ’15:
Last farmer’s market of the semester!
music+honey+sun=greatness
Come out!
Date: Tomorrow, April 24
Time: 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Place: Usdan Courtyard
Cost: Bring money!
Last here in 2011, award-winning filmmaker and writer Etgar Keret is back— this time to speak about his 2008 film, Jellyfish. Emily Brown ’12, coordinator for special events and intern for the Center for Film Studies, gives us the details:
This film, directed by the husband-and-wife team of Etgar Keret and
Shira Geffen, tells the story of three women in Israel whose lives
intersect in increasingly profound ways. The film, which won the
Camera d’Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, will be followed by a
Q&A with Keret.This event is co-sponsored by the Jewish and Israeli Studies
department and the Film Studies department.
Date: Tuesday, April 23rd
Time: 8:00-10:00 PM
Place: Center for Film Studies
Cost: Free
Civic Engagement Fellow Dana Pellegrino ’12 wants you to join The Patricelli Center and Joy Anderson ’89 at this upcoming social entrepreneurship bootcamp:
Join us for the next installment of the Patricelli Center’s Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, “Structure Lab.” Joy Anderson ’89, President of Criterion Institute and instructor of Wesleyan’s “Money and Social Change” course, is a prominent national leader at the intersection of business and social change. She will bring her patented program — Structure Lab — to campus in this hands-on, learning-intensive session for anyone with an idea for a new enterprise, who wants to build business skills, or is just curious about the ways organizations function. Coffee and dessert will be served, by the way. Register here.
Date: Thursday, April 18
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Place: Allbritton 004
Cost: Free
From the Career Center’s Jennifer Healy:
Interested in advertising and digital technology? Join Todd Keats ’11
as his discusses The Rubicon Project.The Rubicon Project is the leading technology company automating the
buying and selling of advertising globally. REVV, the industry’s
largest independent technology platform, is used by more than 500 of
the world’s premium publishers to transact with more than 100,000
advertisers across a massive marketplace that powers more than 180
billion ad trades per month.They work with comScore 500 publishers including Time Inc., Wall
Street Journal, The Tribune Company, Virgin Media, News International,
The Times of India, and Electronic Arts.The company is hiring in several areas. Be sure to attend the session
to learn more!
Date: Today, April 15
Time: 6 P.M.
Place: Olson Commons, Career Center