PASAbilities 4/10

PASAbilities™

A weekly publication by the Public Affairs Student Association of Rockefeller College

**TODAY**

ROCKFELLER COLLEGE ALUMNI PANEL

THURSDAY, APRIL 10

4-6 pm in the Levitt Room

Stop by after work!  Or before class!

Come talk with recent Rockefeller graduates and get insiders’ tips and advice for starting your career in public service.  Hear recent alumni share their experiences and learn more about career opportunities for Rockefeller graduates in the public, private and nonprofit sectors.  See what is out there and network with local alumni.  And of course, a reception will immediately follow the panel discussion.

Brought to you by Career and Alumni Programs and yours truly, PASA.

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This Week at UAlbany:

<Thursday, Apr 10>

Streetwise Novelist and Screenwriter Richard Price

8pm, Recital Hall, PAC

http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst

Author of hard-boiled, often violent books set in New York City, and of numerous screenplays for major Hollywood films (as well as four episodes of HBO’s “The Wire”), Price will discuss his new novel about crime and gentrification on the Lower East Side.

<Friday, Apr 11>

Film: Martin Scorcese’s “The Age of Innocence”

7pm, Page Hall

http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst

A sumptuous adaptation of Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer-winning novel of sex and social scandal among New York’s upper classes in the 1870s. Wharton scholar Nancy Lewis will offer commentary. Directed by Martin Scorcese. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder. (U.S., 1993, 139 min., color, 35mm).  A scholar of Edith Wharton’s work will discuss the Hollywood adaptation of the classic novel, immediately following a screening of the 1993 film. Nancy Lewis’s husband, the late Wharton biographer RWB Lewis, served as a consultant on Scorcese’s movie.

<Monday, Apr 14>

Women’s Personal Safety and Self Defense

6-10pm, Empire Commons Community Building (uptown)

The Rape Aggression Defense is a Self-Defense program for women. The R.A.D. System is a comprehensive course that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands on defense training. The course culminates with a dynamic simulation. Dynamic Simulation gives the participants the opportunity to use what they have learned in realistic training scenarios against “aggressors” wearing special safety equipment.

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This Week + the next in and around Albany

(Check out Metroland:  The Alternative Newsweekly of New York’s Capital Region for more local events.  Pick one up at various locations around the city or visit www.metroland.net)

<Friday, Apr 11>

Zydeco Dance Party

8pm, Mass MoCA (North Adams, MA)

C.J. Chenier brings his raucous band the Red Hot Louisiana Band in for a foot stomping dance party of epic proporations.  Billboard calls him “the heir to the zydeco throne.”  Everyone else thinks he’s really great too.  Presented as part of Williamstown Jazz Festival.  $14 advance/$18 day of show/members 10% discount.  See www.massmoca.org for more info.

<Through Friday, Apr 11>

A Taste of Lark:  A Lark Street Restaurant Week

Lark Street, Albany

Lark Street’s finest restaurants and eateries present special menus for the week.   Participating venues with $10 special menus include A Taste of Greece, Bombers,  Bongiorno’s, Café 217, Café Hollywood, Daily Grind, Elda’s on Lark, Legends, Little  Anthony’s, Magnolia’s on the Park, Scratch Bakery & Café, and Tandoor Palace.   Venues with $20 special menus include DeJohn’s, El Loco, Justins and Wine Bar &  Bistro.  Plus win hundreds of dollars in dining certificates.  See www.larkstreet.org for more information.  Mmm tasty.

<Through Saturday, Apr 12>

Little Shop of Horrors

Park Playhouse, Washington Park, Albany

Park Playhouse, Mayor Jerry Jennings and Time Warner Cable presents Little Shop of  Horrors for $15 adults/$14 seniors/$12 students.  Matinee & evening performances  are held inside the Lakehouse in Albany’s Washington Park.  Visit www.parkplayhouse.com for more information.

<Sunday, Apr 13>

Albany Conquest vs. Peoria

4pm, Times Union Center, Albany

The Albany Conquest Arena Football team is back!  Yesss.  Upstate NY Xtreme Pre-Game Block Party at 2pm.  Motorcycle stunt riders, BMX & skateboarding teams, customs cars and trucks—every you could ever want!  Post-game party at Broadway Joe’s of Albany.  Call 487-2244 or visit www.albanyconquest.com for tickets.

<Through Wednesday, Apr 16>

African Film Festival

Sanctuary for Independent Media’s temporary location, AME Zion Church 103^rd St. + 5^th Ave, North Troy

Friday, 8pm:  Mamadou Diabate with his ensemble.  Grammy-award nominated kora master, $10.

Tuesday, 7pm:  “Juju Factory” by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, Democratic Republic of Congo (2007) and “Menged:  An Ethiopian Road Movie” by Daniel Taye Workou, Ethiopia (2006).

Wednesday, 7pm:  “Les Saignantes” by Jean-Pierre Bekolo, Cameroon (2005) and “Mama Put” by Seke Somolu, Nigeria (2006).

Admission to all screenings by donation ($10 suggested, $5 students/low-income).  Events at The Sanctuary for Independent Media have been moved to alternate locations while the NYCLU investigates circumstances surrounding the closure of our space by the City of Troy.  See www.mediasanctuary.org for more info.

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PASAbilities is the Rockefeller College student newsletter.  We publish on Thursdays when classes are in session.  Our goal is to build community by supporting events on campus and throughout the Capital District.