PASA’s Get Scared! Movie Night

Who:   All Rockefeller College students in the mood to get scared

What:  It’s a Halloween Movie Night!

Where: Milne 215

When:  Thursday, November 1 at 9:00 pm

Why:   Because it’s Halloween and you’re supposed to get scared on Halloween.

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PASAbilities 10/25

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

Get Scared!  Get really scared.  Or just come and eat free snacks at PASA’s Get Scared! Movie Night on Thursday, November 1st at 9pm.  Milne 200.  Stop by after class.  Everyone likes movies.  Everyone likes snacks.  A good number of people like Halloween.  So we’ll see you there!  Send in your scary movie nominations to pasa@albany.edu—we’ll announce the winner next week.   FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16th.  PASA’s 1st Annual Evening of Desserts & Drinks

A new Rockefeller tradition for students, staff, faculty & alumni. 

More information to follow.   Check out other goings-on at our College, our University and in our City.  And be sure to visit our City Guide at www.pasarockefeller.wordpress.com for more events and resources! 

 This Week at Rockefeller: Tuesday, Oct. 23:Rockefeller Tuesday Policy Lunch12:25-1:30pm, Levitt Room in Milne HallMarcy Boyle, Vice President, The LeFrak Organization (Real Estate).  Bring your lunch!  This Week at UAlbany:(For more information, visit  http://www.albany.edu/todayualbany/) Thursday, Oct 18:Indian Novelist Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharyahttp://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/index.html 4:15pm, Assembly Hall, Campus Center (uptown campus)UAlbany’s current Writer-in-Residence will discuss a new trilogy-in-progress set in the Muslim world.  Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee called his first novel, “The Gabriel Club” (1998), “an impressive debut, serious and passionate.” A Night of Poetry with Taalam Acey and Devin “The Poet” with Special Guest Comedian Nick Hollywoodhttp://www.albany.edu/involvement/danesafterdark7-9pmAll proceeds will be directed to Oxfam for America in support of Hurricane Katrina victims.  Brought to you by Spread the Word, Danes After Dark and Kappa Phi Lambda.  Thursday, Oct 25—Sunday, Oct 27:“Letters to a Student Revolutionary”http://www.albany.edu/pac8pm, Studio Theatre, Performing Arts Center (uptown)Mao vs. Manolo.  BMW vs. Buddha.  Little Red Book vs. Vogue.  Don’t call it a debate.  Call it, a cautious friendship.  Two young women—one from the USA and the other from China—duke out their loves, lives and emerging ideologies in this disarmingly funny coming-of-age epistolary smackdown.  An award-winning play based on actual events, directed by the playwright who lived it.  Director:  Elizabether Wong.  Presented by the Department of Theatre.  $8 students, seniors & staff/$12 general public. (Continues next weekend as well, see website for details.) Friday, Oct 26:Spanish Film:  Spirit of the Beehive (1973)http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst7:30pm“A work of sheer entrancing beauty” (Chicago Tribune), this acclaimed film follows the adventures of two small girls who embark on a quest to find and befriend Frankenstein’s monster in the Spanish countryside.  (97 min, color, 35mm). Monday, Oct 29:University Concert Band and Jazz Ensemblehttp://www.albany.edu/pac7:30pm, Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center (uptown)Presenting a shared program, these two instrumental ensembles made up of students and community members perform under the direction of faculty members Kevin Champagne and David Hosley.  Cost $6/$3 students.  Presented by the Department of Music. Tuesday, Oct 30:UAlbany Rock, Ice, Snow and Expedition (RISE) Organizational Meeting6pm, Lecture Center 07UAlbany’s RISE will be holding its first organizational meeting!  We will be reviewing the constitution, selecting and voting for officers, discussing the types of events we would like to hold, and talking about the group’s goals.  All members of the University community that are interested in the outdoors are encouraged to attend as we will be covering a wide range of activities from rock and ice climbing to hiking and extreme alpinism. Wednesday, Oct 31:UAlbany Farmer’s Market10am-2pm, Podium in front of the Campus Center (uptown)Featuring fresh, locally grown apples and vegetables along with cider, pies, baked goods, breads and more.  Cash, Munch Money and Podium accepted.  All proceeds will be donate to the Northeast Regional Food Bank.  Every $1 purchase you make provides 5 meals for the hungry.  Stop eating Ramen noodles, GET SOME FRESH PRODUCE!           Great Danes Sports:Free with UAlbany ID/$5 Adult/$1 Kids.  See www.ualbanysports.com for more information. Saturday, Oct 27UAlbany Field Hockey—Great Danes v. New Hampshire1pm, Alumni Turf Field Wednesday, Oct 31:UAlbany Mens Soccer—Great Danes v. Maine2pm, Varsity Field  This Week in 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) Tuesday, Oct 30:EQX Monster Mash!8pm, Revolution Hall, 425 River Street, Troy (www.revolutionhall.com)Starring “Monster in the Machine”, “Butterfly Pinned” and “The Vincent Black Shadow”.  Costume contest—win EQX tickets for a year!  $10 at box office or revolutionhall.com.  Listen to 102.7 or log on to www.weqx.com.  Through Wednesday, Oct 31:Haunted Tours of the NYS CapitolCall (518) 473-7582 to make reservations.  Think you’re a big deal in policy & politics?  See how tough you are on this spooky tour. Wednesday, Oct 31: (This is Halloween.  Get your COSTUME on. And your freak.  Get your FREAK on. Halloween Trivia     Legends Sports Lounge, 286 Lark Street, Albany www.legendsonlark.com Spooky drink and food specials.  Prizes for scariest answers and best costumes.  Come and enjoy the fun and have a legendary Halloween! PLUS a ton of other Halloween costume contests at your favorite establishments!  Check out our City Guide on www.pasarockefeller.wordpresss.com for bars & restaurants in the area!  Carve a pumpkin.   Eat some candy.  Etc.   Friday, Oct 26:Troy Night Out5pm, Throughout TroyTroy’s Downtown art galleries, retail shops, restaurants and nightclubs extend their business hours to celebrate Troy and all it has to offer.  Explore Troy with featured artists at more than 30 simultaneous art openings, live music, special events and the beautiful City itself.  Come see what the buzz is all about!  See www.troynightout.org for more information and an event map.  Rockefeller, take advantage of this hidden gem! Friday, Oct 26- Saturday, Oct 27:Comedy Box:  Greg FitzsimmonsProctors TheatreAs featured on Best Week Ever and Comedy Central.  For tickets call Proctors at (518) 346-6204 or online at www.proctors.org.  

 

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PASAbilities 10/18

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

Save the date for PASA’s Get Scared! Movie Night on Thursday, November 1st at 9pm.  You & us & free snacks & a scary movie.  Of your choice.  Send in your suggestions, favorites & demands to pasa@albany.edu.  On-campus location TBA.  Did we mention, free food? Save THIS Date, Too:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16th.  PASA’s 1st Annual Evening of Desserts & Drinks—a new Rockefeller tradition for students, staff, faculty & alumni.  Mark it on your calendar, folks. This is a semi-formal event that is not to be missed!  More information to follow. Remember, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16th.

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This Week at Rockefeller:

Tuesday, Oct. 23:
Rockefeller Tuesday Policy Lunch
12:25-1:30pm, Levitt Room in Milne Hall
David Kaczynski, Director, New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty).  Bring your lunch!

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This Week at UAlbany:
(For more information, visit  http://www.albany.edu/todayualbany/)

Thursday, Oct 18:
Prize-winning Poet Nathaniel Mackey, Reading—NYS Writers Institute
http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/index.html
8pm, Assembly Hall, Campus Center (uptown campus)
A major American poet, Mackey received the National Book Award for “Splay Anthem” (2006), an epic work that fuses West African and American mythology, music and poetic traditions.

Friday, Oct 19:
Silent Film:  Pandora’s Box (1928)—NYS Writers Institute
http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/index.html
7:30pm, Page Hall
“One of silent cinema’s crowning achievements” (BBC), this German film follows the life of a sexy vaudeville performer who destroys lives and brings ruin wherever she goes.  (110 minutes, 35mm, with live piano accompaniment)

Friday, Oct 19—Sunday, Oct 21:
“Letters to a Student Revolutionary”
http://www.albany.edu/pac
8pm (2pm Sunday matinee), Studio Theatre, Performing Arts Center (uptown)
       Mao vs. Manolo.  BMW vs. Buddha.  Little Red Book vs. Vogue.  Don’t call it a debate.  Call it, a cautious friendship.  Two young women—one from the USA and the other from China—duke out their loves, lives and emerging ideologies in this disarmingly funny coming-of-age epistolary smackdown.  An award-winning play based on actual events, directed by the playwright who lived it.  Director:  Elizabether Wong.  Presented by the Department of Theatre.  $8 students, seniors & staff/$12 general public. (Continues next weekend as well, see website for details.)

Sunday, Oct 21:
University Symphony Orchestra
http://www.albany.edu/pac
7pm, Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center (uptown)
Students, faculty and community members comprise this large ensemble which offers the first of three Sunday evening programs this season.  Cost $6/$3 students.  Presented by the Department of Music.

Monday, Oct 22:
Free Vegetarian Cooking Class—Student Yoga Society
7:30pm, every Monday at the University Chapel House
Come along and experience the interesting blend of traditional Indian spices and herbs, learn some easy to make everyday dishes – carefully designed to produce the perfect colors, flavors, textures and taste – just right for your taste buds, tummy and finally your heart – SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!  And guess what?  It’s healthy too! Based completely on yoga
diet.

Wednesday, Oct 24:
German Film:  “The Lives of Others”
http://www.albany.edu/llc/newsandevents.htm
7:30pm, HU354 (uptown)
“The Lives of Others/Das Leben der Andersen”:  Taking place in the early 1980s during the Stasi era, the minister of culture becomes interested in a popular actress, Christa-Maria Sieland, and instructs Wiesler to observe her and her dramatist companion Georg Dreyman.  Wiesler bugs their apartment and begins listening in on their lives.  Over time, however, their life fascinates him and he gets more and more involved.  2006, 137 minutes, R rated.  German soundtrack with English subtitles.

GREAT DANES SPORTS:
Free with UAlbany ID/$5 Adult/$1 Kids.  See www.ualbanysports.com for more information.

Sunday, Oct 21:
UAlbany Field Hockey—Great Danes v. Rutgers
Alumni Turf Field, 3pm

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This Week in 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, Oct 19:
Art Night Schenectady, 3rd Friday
5-9pm
www.artnightschenectady.com
“Art Night” aims to introduce a wider audience to the unique vitality of the Arts, restaurants, and businesses that Schenectady has to offer. “Art Night” promotes interest in the arts by making it accessible, thereby strengthening the arts and business communities in Schenectady.  See website for more information.

Saturday, Oct 20:
The Brew Ha-ha:  A Professional Stand-up Comedy Showcase
8:30pm, Tess’ Lark Tavern, 453 Madison Ave, Albany
Featuring Bernadette Pauley as seen on Comedy Central and VH1 & Jess Wood from Def Comedy Jam.  Hosted by Greg Aidala.  $12/$10 with college i.d.

Tuesday, Oct 23—Friday, Oct 26:
A Taste of Lark ‘n Art
A Lark Restaur-ART Week
Special $10 Menus & Artwork for the week.  Participating restaurants:  A Taste of Greece, Bombers, Bongiorno’s Café 217, Café Hollywood, Daily Grind, DeJohns, El Loco, Elda’s, Justin’s, Lark Tavern, Legends, Magnolia’s, Scratch Bakery, Tandoor Palace.  Go to www.larkstreet.org for more information.

Various ongoing dates through Oct 24:
Arsenic and Old Lace
NYS Theatre Institute
8pm Fri & Sat, 2pm Sun, 10am Mon-Thurs
Russell Sage College, Troy
A classic romp of murder, mayhem and mystery.  Book by Joseph Kesselring. Adults $20/Seniors & Students $16 /Children $10

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Thursdays when classes are in session.  Our goal is to build community by
supporting events on campus and throughout the Capital District.

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Thatcher Park CANCELLED

Our outing to Thatcher Park on Saturday, October 13 IS CANCELLED due to less-than-high interest.  We get it, homework and such.  No problemo. 

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PASAbilities 10/11

PASAbilities

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

This SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 PASA is going to THATCHER PARK! Come alone or with friends or family. Go for a gentle hike, play frisbee or relax with a book. Enjoy the Park’s Fall Festival with pumpkins, crafts and fall comfort food. There’s something for everyone, so by our logic that means everyone should come!  We will carpool/caravan from Rockefeller College around 12 noon.  We’ll each bring some snacks, but please plan on bringing anything you would like to munch on or some cash for the Fall Festival. PLEASE EMAIL pasa@albany.edu BY THIS FRIDAY by 12 NOON IF YOU ARE INTERESTED (and whether you need a ride).

In case of rain or other undesirable weather, we will cancel the event by Saturday at 10am on our website. Please check this before coming.

 

Check out other goings-on at our College, our University and in our City. And be sure to visit our City Guide at www.pasarockefeller.wordpress.com for more events and resources!

PASA is now a Registered Graduate Student Organization (RGSO)

Although PASA has been around for years, we are now officially recognized by the University’s Graduate Student Organization! Basically this means that we have better access to University funding, have more street cred and are completely awesome. We will send PASA delegates to regular RSGO meetings on the uptown campus so that we can keep you all informed on graduate student benefits, events and plans. PASA will continue to bring you events and information as we have done for years.

Raquetball?

No takers, eh? Don’t be shy, if you are interested in starting a racquetball club/team just let us know.

This Week at Rockefeller:

Tuesday, Oct. 16:

Rockefeller Tuesday Policy Lunch

12:25-1:30pm, Levitt Room in Milne Hall

Gerald Hyman, Director, Hills Governance Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (former Director of Democratic Governance, United States Agency for International Development). Bring your lunch!

This Week at UAlbany:

(For more information, visit http://www.albany.edu/todayualbany/)

Thursday, Oct 11:

Memoirist Kang Zhengguo—Reading, NYS Writers Institute http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/index.html

4:15pm, Assembly Hall, Campus Center (uptown campus)

The author will discuss his highly-praised memoir, Confessions (2007), about his often comic, occasionally tragic misadventures as a political contrarian during Communist China’s Cultural Revolution.

China Scholar Jonathan Spence—Reading, NYS Writers Institute

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

8pm, Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center (uptown campus)

One of the world’s leading authorities on Chinese civilization will discuss his new book “Return to Dragon Mountain” (2007), about the life and love affairs of Zhang Dai, a scholar and epicure of the Ming Dynasty.

Friday, Oct 12:

Mexican-American Documentary: PAULINA (1998)

7:30pm, Page Hall

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

A favorite at Sundance, this moving and innovative documentary follows the experiences of a middle-aged woman who returns to her Mexican village to confront the family who traded her away as a child slave and mistress in exchange for land rights. Free.

Saturday, Oct 13:

Homecoming Comedy Night

9pm, Campus Center Ballroom

http://www.albany.edu/involvement
Laugh until it hurts with the cast of VH1’s Best Week Ever. Seating is limited so arrive early to get a good spot! (This event is open to all students and visiting families. Please be aware that some performances may include adult content/language.) Sponsored by the Office of Student Involvement & Leadership and the Student Association. Free.

Sunday, Oct. 14:

Bob Gluck, Michael Bisio and Dean Sharp Trio

3pm, Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center

http://www.albany.edu/pac

Bringing a uniquely explosive, creative edge to jazz performance, this trio on piano, electronics, bass and drums interweaves conventional and unconventional tunes and modes of improvisation into a dynamic and beautiful musical stew. $4 with student id/$8 general public.

Tuesday, Oct. 16:

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4:15pm, Informal Seminar, Assembly Hall, Campus Center

8pm, Reading, Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center

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

A rising star of Nigerian literature, Adichie is the author of a new novel of the Biafran Civil War, “Half of a Yellow Sun” (2006), which Joyce Carol Oates called a worthy successor to “Things Fall Apart” and “A Bend in the River”.

Great Danes Sports:

Free with UAlbany ID/$5 Adult/$1 Kids. See www.ualbanysports.com for more information.

Thursday, Oct 11:

UAlbany Womens Soccer—Great Danes v. Binghamton

Varsity Field, 3pm

Friday, Oct 12:

UAlbany Volleyball—Great Danes v. New Hampshire

PE Gym, 7pm

UAlbany Volleyball

PE Gym, 7pm

Saturday, Oct 13 :

UAlbany Men’s Soccer—Great Danes v. New Hampshire

Varsity Field,1pm

UAlbany HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME—Great Danes v. Sacred Heart

University Field, 4pm

Sunday, Oct1 7:

UAlbany Mens Soccer—Great Danes v. Boston U.

University Field, 4pm

This Week in 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)

Thursday, Oct 11:

Tango Buenos Aires

The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany

7:30pm, $24 Adults

The troupe, which showcases 12 dancers, six traditional tango musicians and authentic Argentine costuming, traces the 100-year history of tango from its roots in the brothels of Buenos Aires to its contemporary place as an international dance sensation. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 473-1845.

Friday, Oct 12, Saturday, Oct 13 & Sunday, Oct 14:

STOMP

12^th at 8pm, 13^th at 5pm, 14^th at 9pm

Palace Theater, 19 Clinton Ave, Albany

STOMP is explosive, provocative, sophisticated, sexy, utterly unique and appeals to audiences of all ages. Created by Luke Cresswella and Steven McNicholas, the international percussion sensation uses everything but conventional percussion instruments – matchboxes, wooden poles, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps – to fill the stage with magnificent rhythms. As USA Today says, “STOMP finds beautiful noises in the strangest places.” STOMP, see what all the noise is about. Tickets between $27.50-$47.50.

Friday, Oct 12-Sun, Oct 13:

Adirondack Art & Craft Festival

Washington County Fairgrounds, Greenwich NY (Route 29, 13 miles East of Saratoga Springs)

http://www.craftproducers.com

160 juried artists and artisans, contemporary crafts and fine art, specialty food section, live music, farm museum harvest activites, rain or shine in heated buildings. Adults $8, free parking.

Saturday, Oct 13:

River Rats Hockey Opening Night

7pm, Times Union Center, Albany

Watch your local hockey team play Norfolk. First 5,000 fans received a free magnetic schedule. Opening night autograph session and a kick-off party beginning at 5:30pm. See http://www.albanyriverrats.com.

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.

10/11/07

PASA—Public Affairs Student Association

www.pasarockefeller.wordpress.com

pasa@albany.edu

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PASAbilities 10/4

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

PASA is hosting a HAPPY HOUR TONIGHT, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 at 9PM—meet us at LEGENDS SPORTS LOUNGE at 286 Lark Street.  As we mentioned before, there are an ample number of flat screen TVs including on the walls of the all-important restrooms.   They have cheap drinks & serve tasty pub food until 11pm.  Experience Albany’s popular Lark Street neighborhood at one of the street’s newest establishments.  See you there, Rockefeller. Reminder:  Parking is limited and so is the earth’s capacity to withstand all of our CO2 emissions, so CARPOOL!

SAVE THE DATE:  On SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 PASA is going to THATCHER PARK and you are all cordially invited.  Thatcher Park is a state park with volleyball courts, ball fields, ample room for picnicking and Frisbee, beautiful views of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys, the Adirondacks and the Green Mountains and gentle hiking and mountain biking trails.  October 13 also happens to be the park’s Fall Festival with all sorts of classic Autumn foods, crafts and whathaveyou.  And if that isn’t enough, it is also the site of one of the richest fossil-bearing formations in the world.  So given that piece of information, we’ll plan on seeing everyone one of you next Saturday.  Friends, family & significant others are also invited, as always.  We’ll carpool and leave from Rockefeller College around 12 noon.  More details to follow in our next newsletter.  PLEASE EMAIL pasa@albany.edu BY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED (and whether you need a ride).

Check out other goings-on at our College, our University and in our City.
And be sure to visit our City Guide at www.pasarockefeller.wordpress.com
for more events and resources!

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MEET US ON FACEBOOK
With all of the emphasis that Rockefeller puts on networking, PASA has a
great way for you to build your own network without reinventing the wheel.
 Are you on Facebook?  Join the PASA Facebook group to find and stay
connected to your classmates, learn about PASA events and post your ideas.
 For those of you who don’t have cars, the discussion board is also a
great way to connect with those who do.  The PASAbilities (ha, get it?)
are limitless and only a few mouse clicks away.

RACQUETBALL ANYONE?
Is there anyone out there interested in a Rockefeller racquetball club?
The word on the street is that the University intramural club is… too
intense.  Please respond by email you are interested.  If there are enough
eager racquetballers, we can begin the process of setting up an informal
club, team, etc.

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THIS WEEK AT UALBANY:
(For more information, visit  http://www.albany.edu/todayualbany/)

Thursday, Oct 4:
KEEPING MUM 2007—Fall Classic Film Series, NYS Writers Institute
http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/index.html
7:30pm, Page Hall (downtown campus)
A well-crafted black comedy in the Ealing tradition, KEEPING MUM features
an English vicar too preoccupied to notice his daughter’s unhealthy
relationships with boys, his son’s problem with bullies, and his wife’s
affair with an oversexed American golf tutor. An elderly housekeeper
(Maggie Smith) moves in and takes it upon herself to put the family’s life
in order. Part Mary Poppins, part Supernanny, she also happens to be
criminally insane.  Directed by Niall Johnson.  Starring Rowan Atkinson,
Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Patrick Swayze.  Go crazy for Swayze.

Friday, Oct 5:
Pulitzer-winning Novelist Richard Russo
Informal Seminar at 4:15pm in Assembly Hall, Campus Center (uptown campus)
Reading at 8pm at Page Hall (downtown campus)
The most important living writer about small-town American life will
discuss his new novel, “Bridge of Sighs” (2007), about an upstate New York
mini-market mogul’s search for an old friend who has become a famous
painter in Europe.  See www.albany.edu/writers-inst for more information.
Free.

GREAT DANES SPORTS:
Free with UAlbany ID/$5 Adult/$1 Kids.  See www.ualbanysports.com for more
information.

Thursday, Oct 4:
UAlbany Womens Soccer—Great Danes v. Boston U.
Varsity Field, 3pm

Friday, Oct 5:
UAlbany Volleyball—Great Danes v. New Hampshire
PE Gym, 7pm

UAlbany Volleyball
PE Gym, 7pm

Saturday, Oct 6:
UAlbany Field Hockey—Great Danes v. Vermont
Alumni Turf Field,1pm

UAlbany Football—Great Danes v. Stony Brook
University Field, 4pm

Sunday, Oct 7:
UAlbany Volleyball—Great Danes v. Maine
PE Gym, 2pm

UAlbany Field Hockey—Great Danes v. Fairfield
Alumni Turf Field, 3pm

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THIS WEEK IN 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)

Fall is officially here and that means one thing:  Apple-picking season is
here!  Grab a friend and then grab an apple or two at these local
orchards.  For more information see http://www.nyapplecountry.com/.

Golden Harvest Farms, Inc.
3074 US Rte 9
Valatie NY, 12184
Phone (518) 758-7683
Web Site: goldenharvestfarms.com

Goold Orchards Inc
1297 Brookview Station Rd
Castleton NY, 12033-3116
Phone (518) 732-7317
Web Site: www.goold.com

Altamont Orchards, Inc.
6654 Dunnsville Road
Altamont NY, 12009
Phone (518) 861-6515
Web Site: www.altamontorchards.com

Friday, Oct 5:
1st Fridays:  Celebrating the Arts
Downtown Albany, 5-9pm
1st Friday aims to introduce a wider audience to the unique vitality of
the artists and venues of Albany. The city comes alive for this monthly
event that features numerous gallery openings, one-night shows, local
shops, restaurants, and live entertainment. Best of all, 1st Friday is an
entirely free event.  Visit http://1stfridayalbany.org/ for an event map
and more information!

Saturday, Oct 6:
Bob Dylan and his band with Elvis Costello plus Amos Lee
Times Union Center, Albany—7pm
There are still tickets available to see the legendary
singer/songwriter/poet perform live at the Times Union Center!  Buy them
at http://www.timesunioncenter-albany.com/.

Singer/Songwriter Ashley Pond’s CD Release Party– DALA
Valentine’s, 17 New Scotland Ave, Albany- Doors open at 8pm
Voted Best New Solo Artist in this year’s Metroland “Best of 2007” edition.  A talented young singer/songwriter whose “soulful voice sweeps from sassy purr to assured wail, and her guitar work is intricate and interesting.”  Metroland calls her “a welcome addition to the area’s already bustling sing-songwriter scene.”  With special guests: Space Lounge, and Sgt. Dunbar and the Hobo Banned.  $5.

Wednesday, Oct 10
Havana Night—Free Latin Dance Lessons
Noche Lounge (895 Broadway, Albany) www.nochealbany.com
7:30-8:30pm
A weekly tribute to the music, the food, the style, the women, the DANCING
that is Havana, Cuba.  Come witness the energy and elegance of Albany’s
finest Latin dancers.  Each week, Noche offers free Latin dance lessons by
Felix Ortiz of AlbanySalsa.com.

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Not interested in these events?  Let us know what you’d like to hear more
about:  sports, theater, live music—we are YOUR student association so
tell us what YOU want to do!

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.

10/4/07

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With all of the emphasis that Rockefeller puts on networking, PASA has a great way for you to work on your own network without reinventing the wheel.  Are you on Facebook?  Join the PASA Facebook group to find and stay connected to your classmates, learn about PASA events and post your ideas.  For those of you who don’t have cars, the discussion board is also a great way to connect with those who do.  The PASAbilities are limitless and only a few mouse clicks away.

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Capital District Volunteer Opportunities

Check out our list of volunteer opportunities.  Get involved today!

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