Showing: Culture

Wesleying Unofficial Orientation Series: Wes Lingo

Hello, 2014! Welcome (almost) to Wesleyan.  As part of of a recent Wesleying tradition of sorts, we are reposting (slightly updated) guides to student life at Wesleyan, which our blog’s esteemed founders, Holly and Xue, put together way back in 2006 to help incoming freshmen (now the just-graduated Class of ‘10—weird, right?) get acclimated to Wes. First up is a guide to Wes Lingo, so you’ll know just what the hell people are talking about when they mention spotting townies in the Butthole on Ze Who Must Not Be Named Day—or something like that. So, without further ado:

The Unofficial, Updated, and Un-Comprehensive Guide to Wes Lingo (original 2006 post here):

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Zach G’s “The Microphone Menace EP”

Talented Wes MC and overall great guy Zach Goldberg ‘13 (you might recognize him from live hip hop/funk group Bones Complex) has a new EP release: The Microphone Menace. You can download the tracks for free here, or check out a track streaming here:

Actors Needed for Freshman Orientation

Actors are needed for the Unspeakable Acts and new alcohol performances during freshman orientation.  Early arrival housing and meals can be arranged and it’s A LOT of fun!  Please respond to aknauerhase(at)wesleyan(dot)edu for more details.

Wes Burlesque 2010: The Proletariat Will Rise

For those of you who missed– and those who would like to see it again– check out this T. Swift/Gaga/JFK mash-up from the recent Burlesque show : Dylan Marron ‘10’s WesBurlesque dance with Nik Owens ‘12 and Tyler Wuthmann ‘11. Filmed by Zach Valenti ‘12.

Update: PEREZ HILTON (of celeb blogger fame) tweeted yesterday about the video, thinks it’s “super cute!”

Wesleyan Spirits’ Spring Jam: Tonight at 9!

The Spirit ‘81 writes:

The Spirits’ Spring Jam! Come see it. Big things. New musics. A life-changing experience. A waste of your time. All wrapped into one hour of songs you love and other songs too. A revelation; a revaluation! A cappella–without boundaries!

Plus, it’s your last chance to see senior Phi Beta Kappa members Daniel Charness ‘10, Justin Bours ‘10, and Hansel Tan ‘10 do the only thing they are good at!

Date: May 7th
Time: 9pm
Place: Memorial Chapel
Price: Fo FREE

Like a Million Elephants and Silverback Orangutans: Scenes From Spring Fling ‘10

“We the type of people make the club get crunk.”

Wes’s own Linus brought the jangly indie-pop, Dirty Projectors quite possibly (okay, definitely) stole the show with their uniquely fractured world-tinged psychedelia, Black Lips fucked things up and got noisy, and Big Boi killed it with an Outkast hits medley (from “Player’s Ball” to “The Way You Move”) and beyond. Fantastic day, yo. More pics in the gallery below.

Foxey for Fling

From Frank Fineis ‘13:

Come get your sweet-ass t-shirts tomorrow for Spring Fling! We’re going to be selling them around 2:30, and the shirts, designed by winner Jason Bitterman ‘10, are ri-goddamn-diculously rad. They’re $10 and will go fast!

  • What: Spring Fling T-shirts
  • When: Thursday, May 6, 2:30
  • Where: Foss
  • Cost: $10

(Click the image at right for the full size design.)

Wesleyan’s First Annual Powder Puff Football Tournament

Jordana Hoyt ‘11 writes:

Join us Saturday, May 8th at 1:30pm on Anderson Field to play 7 on 7 touch football. Compete to win some great prizes from local businesses and support an even better cause!

All proceeds will go the Johanna Justin-Jinich Memorial Clinic of Kibera

-$5 entry fee per player
-Teams of 7-11 players
-Anderson Track is located behind Freeman Athletic Center

**MUSIC BY WESPEP!***PRIZES!***LOCAL FOOD!***
If you’re not playing, come watch and show your support!!!

LADIES, SIGN YOUR TEAM UP AT USDAN DURING LUNCH/DINNER THIS WEEK!!!!

Sponsored by S.A.A.C.

Last day of classes/ Cinco de Mayo CELEBRATION

This notice from Brian Papish ‘10:

May 5th is the last day of classes. It is also bar night. It is a regional holiday in Mexico commemorating the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. It is also Sarice’s birthday.

To celebrate all these impressive milestones, Orquesta Fiebre and La Boca have teamed up to bring you an evening of margaritas and salsa–and yes, we know salsa isn’t Mexican, but it IS hot. Come for dinner and hear the Latin jazz rhythm section from 6-8, or the main event with the full 31-piece orchestra from 9-12:30. It will be hot hot hot!

Date: May 5th
Time: 9 PM
Place: La Boca
Also: It’s 21+, sorry!

Second Stage Presents: Sweeney Todd-The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd!

Book by Hugh Wheeler; Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

The rare instance of a musical thriller, this suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece of murderous “barber-ism” and culinary crime tells the infamous tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. His thirst for blood soon expands to include his unfortunate customers, and the resourceful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs soon has the people of London lining up in droves with her mysterious new meat pie recipe!

Sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising, “Sweeney Todd” nevertheless has a great sense of fun, mixing intense drama with howlingly funny moments of dark humor: audiences find themselves laughing hysterically one moment and gasping in surprise the next.

Presented with special permission by Music Theatre International, Inc.

Dates: Thursday May 6th, Friday May 7th, Saturday May 8th
Times: 6:30PM every night with a 1:30PM matinee on Saturday
Place: The Patricelli ‘92 Theater
Cost: Free (Pick up tickets at the USDAN Box Office the day of the performance; limit of 2 per person)

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The CFA presents: Bennie Maupin Trio

Multi-reed player and composer Bennie Maupin is a profound jazz artist who is at the pinnacle of his artistic powers. Although he might be best known for his atmospheric bass clarinet playing on Miles Davis’s classic Bitches Brew album and as a founding member of Herbie Hancock’s seminal band The Headhunters, he has never stopped testing the waters, pushing the envelope and expanding the language. Maupin has also recorded and played with a wide variety of musical icons including Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Roy Haynes and Jack DeJohnette. Performing with Bennie will be Buster Williams on bass and Michael Stephans on drums. The Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra will open the concert with a short set. Co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Strategic Partnerships. This performance is part of the Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra Weekend.

To purchase tickets or for more information, call x3355 or visit www.wesleyan.edu/boxoffice.

Date: May 1st
Time: 8pm
Place: Crowell Concert Hall
Cost: $18 for general admission, $16 for seniors and non-Wesleyan students; $6 for Wesleyan students

Second Stage Show Apps

NOTICE!

Second Stage Sponsorship Applications for the Fall 2010 season are due by 4:00PM on Friday May 7, 2010. Please drop them off at the Second Stage Box in the Theatre Department Office or email it to your friendly, neighborhood Second Stage staff member.

If you have any questions about the Application, please contact a member of Second Stage. Email addresses can be found on 2ndstage.org/staff

Thank you!

Love,
Second Stage

“I Open My Books”: An Open House Celebrating Robin Price, Printer and Publisher

In conjunction with the 25th anniversary of Robin Price’s  press, there will be an open house in Special Collections & Archives, Monday, May 3, 4-6 p.m.  Price is an internationally known book artist and fine press printer, who is based in Middletown.  Her work is the subject of the current exhibition at the Davison Art Center, Counting on Chance: 25 Years of Artist’s Books by Robin Price, Printer.  Works by her mentors and students are on display in the Olin Library exhibition area.  This open house offers an opportunity for hands-on reading and viewing of Price’s work, as well as a chance to chat with the artist.  Please share this with your friends.

For further information, please contact Special Collections & Archives at x3864 or at sca(at)wesleyan(dot)edu

Date:    May 3
Time:    4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Place:    Special Collections and Archives

Pangea Night Market

Aditi Shivaramakrishnan ‘12 writes:

PANGEA Night Market – your favorite springtime end-of-semester staple – is back!

Come enjoy this authentic open-air market featuring delicious snacks from around the world and live entertainment, proudly brought to you by Wesleyan student groups.

Bring cash! All profits will go to SEALNet’s summer projects in Southeast Asia.

Facebook event here.

Date:    April 30
Time:    6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Place:    Usdan Courtyard (Beckham Hall if it rains)

Professor Claire Potter “Re-Thinking Feminism’s Sex Wars: Theorizing Male Violence in the Age of Reagan”

Radical feminist struggles over sexuality generated what have come to be seen as the “feminist sex wars”? of the 1970s and 1980s.  Professor Claire Potter examines the theoretical, ethical and historical dimensions of these wars, asking in particular how the sex wars and the political history of the Reagan era might be made relevant to, and illuminate, each other. Professor Potter argues that critical questions about the nature of violence in the late Cold War United States, the legacy of the Vietnam War, the emergence or capture of radical anti- war activists like Jane Alpert, and the disappearance of boundaries between the military and society — are also critical concerns for a history of radical feminism. Her lecture focuses on activists whose paths to feminism came through the peace and civil rights movements, and not through women’s liberation.

Claire Potter is Professor of History and the American Studies Program at Wesleyan University.  She is author of War on Crime: Bandits, G-Men and the Politics of Mass Culture, and is completing a history of the sex wars entitled Sexual Revolutions; Feminism, the Reagan Revolution and the Politics of Pornography, 1968-1990.  Her article on “Queer Hoover” was awarded the Audre Lord Prize for best article in 2007-2008.  Professor Potter received her BA in English From Yale and an MA and PhD in History from New York University.

Date:    May 3
Time:    8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Place:    The Russell House