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EVENT
YMCA Andre’s All-Stars

AndreDrummondPistons_Knicks020413It only took one well-timed and compliment laden email from Noam “LSDefense” Sandweiss-Back ’15 to convince me to post this awesome opportunity:

NBA SUPERSTAR and dreamboat Andre Drummond [Ed note: who is the same age as most Wes 2015ers!!!] recently endowed an after school program at the Middletown YMCA. From Monday to Thursday the program will offer middle-school students academic tutoring and play/recreation time. We’re looking for tutors, athletes, and anyone skilled in running around for a couple hours to help get the program off the ground. Hit up nsandweissba[at]wesleyan[dot]edu if you’re interested, and come by the Office of Community Service in Allbritton floor 3 on Thursday, 6 PM to learn more!

Date: Thursday February 5th
Time: 6 PM
Place: OCS (Allb. 3rd floor)

EVENT
CASTING CALL: Audition for Ryan Gardner’s Senior Thesis Film

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Are you male and between the ages of 18 and 24? Do you want to be a star of the silver screen WesCeleb? Then come audition for Ryan Gardner’s senior thesis film, a battle-of-the-sexes comedy about dating in the modern age.

Who: Men ages 18-24

When: Thursday Oct. 2, 5-9pm

Where: Center for Film Studies room 124

Send all further inquiries to rgardner@wesleyan.edu. See you there!

FEATURED
Photos: Sinkane and Dreamhost Shake up Eclectic

Photos by Rachel Pincus '13.

Saturday night was a great night, at least for Eclectic, where nothing wrong happened and no idiots decided to pull a fire alarm. First the room was showered by the 80s rock/synth-pop of Dreamhost (Dylan Bostick ’13), who coupled his great music with a great show, adding fans, a strobe, and dancers. Sinkane, led by multi-instrumentalist Ahmed Gallab, who has played in Of Montreal, Caribou, and Yeasayer, took the stage and successfully made me and many others dance furiously to their dub-esque dance music.

Sinkane’s set was full of dance music reminiscent of Fela Kuti, sustaining heavy grooves and thick textures of guitars, synths, and talk boxes piled on top of each other.

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