PASAbilities – week of 10/27

PASAbilities – Week of October 27 – November 2
A weekly publication by the Public Affairs Student Association of Rockefeller College. 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

The deadline for the Apparel Order is approaching!

Saturday Hiking – If people are interested in hiking on Saturdays, a mix of moderate (6-8 miles) to more difficult (9-12+) hikes please email Susan. Car pooling and chipping in for gas would be figured out. Looking to hit spots in the Adirondacks and Catskills and elsewhere. Usually hike/snow shoe through winter. Email Susan to discuss at susanappe@gmail.com

11/4 Election Night Event – Hosted in Milne Hall. Watch the presidential races, complete with refreshments, multiple screens, and comentary from a panel of Rockefeller College Polticial Science Faculty and guests.

—This week in and around Albany—

<Tuesday 10/28>

Tuesday Policy Lunch Series – State Budget Trends and Challenges
Location: Levitt Room, Milne Hall
Time: 12:25pm – 1:30pm
Summary: This week’s talk features Robert Prunty from Standard and Poor’s.

<Wednesday 10/29>

Action and Service Fair
Location: Campus Center Ballroom
Time: 10:00am – 2:00pm
Summary: There are a variety of government-sponsored and faith-based sponsored organizations attending this event.  Most of these opportunities are full-time and include a salary or stipend, room & board, loan deferment, and health insurance.  Some include Americorps grants for graduate school and tuition remission. 

The Long Shadow of Iran Over Arab-Israeli Peacemaking: The Challenge for the Next Administration
Location: Performing Arts Center Recital Hall
Time: 7:00pm
Summary: Hear Ambassador Dore Gold speak.

<Thursday 10/30>

The Election 2008 Symposium
Location: Albany Law School – Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom
Time: 9:30am – 6:15pm
Summary: The symposium features a debate between Tracey Brooks as a representative of the Barack Obama campaign and John Faso as a representative of the John McCain Campaign. Alan Chartok, president and CEO of WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, moderates the debate, and there will also be three additional moderated panel discussions. http://www.albanylaw.edu/election08

Downtown Albany Farmers Market
Location: SUNY Plaza – State Street and Broadway
Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm
Summary: Buy fresh locally grown produce and vegetables.

Historian David Hackett Fischer – Seminar
Location: Standish Room, Science Library
Time: 4:15pm
Summary: David Hackett Fischer, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, is celebrated for a large body of work that seeks to correct errors in traditional understandings of early American history. He is the author most recently of “Champlain’s Dream” (2008), the authoritative biography of French adventurer and visionary, Samuel de Champlain. The book’s publication coincides with the 400th anniversary of the founding of New France in 1608. Cosponsored by the UAlbany History Department in conjunction with the annual Fossieck Lecture.

Historian David Hackett Fischer – Reading
Location: TBA – see http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst for information
Time: 8:00pm
Summary: David Hackett Fischer, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, is celebrated for a large body of work that seeks to correct errors in traditional understandings of early American history. He is the author most recently of “Champlain’s Dream” (2008), the authoritative biography of French adventurer and visionary, Samuel de Champlain. The book’s publication coincides with the 400th anniversary of the founding of New France in 1608. Cosponsored by the UAlbany History Department in conjunction with the annual Fossieck Lecture.

FEAR: The Ultimate Game Show
Location: Campus Center Ballroom
Time: 9:00pm
Summary: Win $200 cash and prizes at this interactive Game Show combining Jeopardy and Fear Factor! Get ready for Halloween by testing your knowledge (and reflexes!)

<Friday 10/31>

Three Reports on K-12 Education in New York State
Location: State Museum Theater, Albany
Time: 8:30am – 12:00pm
Summary: The Education Finance Research Consortium (EFRC) presents reports on the real property tax in New York, the financial management of charter schools in New York, and the variation in teacher contract provisions across New York State.  www.albany.edu/edfin

Capital Haunting Tours
Location: Empire State Plaza
Time: 2:00pm, 3:45pm
Summary: Tours that explore the legends, folklore and “ghost stories” connected to the historic building in downtown Albany; reservations required. Tours begin at the Plaza Information Office, North Concourse of the Empire State Plaza. Registration required at (518) 474-5987, free.

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Location: Page Hall
Time: 7:30pm
Summary: (Germany, 1931, 117 minutes, b/w, DVD)  Directed by Fritz Lang, Starring Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, In German with English subtitles.  A psychotic killer of children is hunted by the Berlin criminal underworld in cooperation with the German police in this universally-acclaimed work of psychological suspense. Critic Leonard Maltin called it, “Riveting and frighteningly contemporary; cinematically dazzling, especially for an early talkie.

<Saturday 11/1>

College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Community Day
Location: College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Time: 11:00am – 3:00pm
Summary: The event will feature presentations, booths and interactive demonstrations that showcase the exciting breakthroughs being enabled by nanotechnology; guided tours of the cutting-edge cleanroom facilities at CNSE’s Albany NanoTech; and, a chance for adults, children and families to participate in hands-on experiments and activities that promote greater understanding of nanotechnology.

Presidential Political Rally
Location: Capitol Building Steps
Time: 12:00pm
Summary: There will be a rally for Presidential candidate Barack Obama on the East Capitol Steps, and a rally for Presidential candidate John McCain on the South Capitol Steps.

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PASAbilities – Week of 10/20

PASAbilities – Week of October 20 – October 26
A weekly publication by the Public Affairs Student Association of Rockefeller College.

—NOTES— 

A few notes for the Apparel Order:

1. To ease confusion, we are removing the separate sales tax on the order form and including it into the price of the item.  Total cost will be only the price listed for the item(s) purchased, do not add in the tax as listed on the sheet.
2. If you have ANY questions, contact pasa@albany.edu.  Please do NOT contact Kara Pangburn with any questions.  Thank you.
3. If you would like to mail in your order form and payment, please send it to:
Caitlin Hicken
458 Washington Ave.
Albany, NY 12203

—UPCOMING EVENTS—

Saturday Hiking – If people are interested in hiking on Saturdays, a mix of moderate (6-8 miles) to more difficult (9-12+) hikes please email Susan. Car pooling and chipping in for gas would be figured out. Looking to hit spots in the Adirondacks and Catskills and elsewhere. Usually hike/snow shoe through winter. Email Susan to discuss at susanappe@gmail.com

 

11/4 Election Night Event – Hosted in Milne Hall. Watch the presidential races, complete with refreshments, multiple screens, and comentary from a panel of Rockefeller College Polticial Science Faculty and guests.

 

—THIS WEEK IN AND AROUND ALBANY—

<Tuesday 10/21> 

Rockefeller Runners
Location: Intersection of Madison Ave and Lark Street Albany, NY
Time: 6:30am – 7:30am
Summary: Join Rockefeller Runners running club for a morning run around Albany.

Tuesday Policy Lunch Series
Location: Levitt Room, Milne Hall
Time: 12:25pm – 1:30pm
Summary: This week’s Tuesday Policy Lunch will feature Christine Miles, Director, Albany Institute of History & Art.

<Wednesday 10/22>

Electronics Recycling
Location: State Quad Student Parking Lot
Time: 11:00am – 3:00pm
Summary: Come support Campus Sustainability Day by bringing your unwanted electronics to the State Quad student lot to be recycled.

Filmmaker Paul Stekler – Seminar
Location: Room 340, Science Library
Time: 4:15pm
Summary: Paul Stekler, award-winning producer and director of American political documentaries, is co-director most recently of the PBS “Frontline” special, “The Choice 2008” (October 14, 2008), a film that explores the backgrounds and divergent political paths of Barack Obama and John McCain, in order to shed light on their electoral battle. Cosponsored by UAlbany’s Documentary Studies Program.

German Film: Rosenstrasse
Location: Humanities 354
Time: 7:30pm – 10:00pm
Summary: In the cold Berlin winter of 1943, hundreds of women in Rosenstrasse protest and defy the Nazis who had arrested their Jewish spouses and kept them imprisoned in a factory on a street named Rosenstrasse. They continued their protest until they were reunited with their spouses. A true story where the power of the human will stands unconquerable – for hope, dignity and love. (2003, 136 min, English subtitles)

Filmmaker Paul Stekler – Film Screening and Discussion
Location: Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center
Time: 8:00pm
Summary: Paul Stekler, award-winning producer and director of American political documentaries, is co-director most recently of the PBS “Frontline” special, “The Choice 2008” (October 14, 2008), a film that explores the backgrounds and divergent political paths of Barack Obama and John McCain, in order to shed light on their electoral battle. Cosponsored by UAlbany’s Documentary Studies Program.

<Thursday 10/23>

Rockefeller Runners
Location: Intersection of Madison Ave and Lark Street Albany, NY
Time: 6:30am – 7:30am
Summary: Join Rockefeller Runners running club for a morning run around Albany.

Downtown Albany Farmers Market
Location: SUNY Plaza – State Street and Broadway
Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm
Summary: Buy fresh locally grown produce and vegetables.

Grant Proposal-Writing Session for Graduate Students
Location: Assembly Hall, Campus Center
Time: 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Summary: Participants will engage in discussions based on real grant applications and the common problems and pitfalls that occur in writing/reviewing grant applications, understanding granting organizations, proposing budgets, and other key elements of the grant process. Participants will leave this workshop with a clear idea of where to go to look for grants as well as what goes into planning and writing a successful grant.

 

NYLARNet Colloquium Series: Latinos in the Capital Region: Labor Situation, Migration Trends and Socioeconomic States
Location: Humanities 354
Time: 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Summary: Three different perspectives on the current situation of Latinos in the Capital Region: their motivations to migrate, as well as insights on their working and living experiences as they explore the opportunities the region has to offer.
1. LATINOS, IMMIGRATION, AND THE U.S.LABOR MOVEMENT (Guillermo Perez, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement)
2. THE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS OF LATINOS IN NEW YORK STATE (Chris Bose, Sociology Department)
3. NEW YORK STATE INTERNAL MIGRATION: THE LATINO EXPERIENCE (Katherine Platt & Lina Rincón. Latin American, Caribbean and US Latino Studies
Department and Sociology Department).
Moderator: Dr. José E. Cruz, Political Science Department

Arabic Film Festival – The Divorce Lawyer
Location: Humanities 354
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Summary: The Divorce Lawyer (112 mins) A comedic look at a divorce lawyer’s attempt to master a new divorce law decree setting into motion a series of events that get him into trouble.

<Friday 10/24>

Security Disarmed: Critical Perspectives on Gender, Race, and Militarization
Location: University Art Museum, Uptown Campus
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Summary: The Women’s Studies Department presents the launch of the book, Security Disarmed: Critical Perspectives on Gender, Race, and Militarization,edited by Barbara Sutton, Sandra Morgen, and Julie Novkov (Rutgers University Press, 2008).  A panel discussion with four of the book contributors and a discussant will be followed by a book signing reception. You are cordially invited to join this space of critical examination of pressing global problems as well as to celebrate the achievements of UAlbany faculty. 

Who Killed the Electric Car?
Location: Terrace Lounge, Campus Center
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Summary: Come join a viewing and discussion on the documentary sponsored by the Office of Environmental Sustainability.

A Day in the Country
Location: Page Hall
Time: 7:30pm
Summary: A young middle class woman, engaged to be married, goes for an excusion with her mother in the countryside outside Paris where both are wooed by a charming pair of local laborers. Based on a short story by Guy de Maupassant, this short film is widely regarded as a cinematic gem, despite the fact that Renoir never officially finished it. Two of America’s wittiest film writers, David Thomson and Stephen Bach, will offer commentary and a broader discussion of cinema immediately after the screening.  (French with English subtitles)

<Saturday 10/25>

Rummage Sale
Location: Westminster Presbyterian Church – 262 State Street
Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm
Summary: Rummage Sale

Capital Haunting Tours
Location: Empire State Plaza
Time: 2:00pm, 3:45pm
Summary: Tours that explore the legends, folklore and “ghost stories” connected to the historic building in downtown Albany; reservations required. Tours begin at the Plaza Information Office, North Concourse of the Empire State Plaza. Registration required at (518) 474-5987, free.

<Sunday 10/26>

Festival of Nations
Location: Empire State Plaza – Convention Center
Time: Noon – 5:00pm
Summary: Activities include a parade of nations, ethnic foods, arts and crafts, the crowning of Miss Festival of Nations and continuous entertainment.  Admission $5.

Capital Haunting Tours
Location: Empire State Plaza
Time: 2:00pm, 3:45pm
Summary: Tours that explore the legends, folklore and “ghost stories” connected to the historic building in downtown Albany; reservations required. Tours begin at the Plaza Information Office, North Concourse of the Empire State Plaza. Registration required at (518) 474-5987, free.

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Rockefeller College Apparel Is Here

Students, Faculty, and Staff,

PASA is happy offer our Fall apparel order for Rockefeller College.  Below is a link to the order form.  We are offering a Hooded Sweatshirt and Travel Mug, each of which feature The Rockefeller College logo.  Two items to note:
– The sweatshirt will feature a black Minerva graphic on the back
– The travel mug will have purple and gold lettering, and will be available only in the black color.

You can drop off your order in Kara Pangburn’s office in Milne Hall.  Bring either a check or exact change.  Any questions, feel free to contact pasa@albany.edu. 

Rockefeller College Apparel Order Form

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Pasabilities – Week of 10/13

PASAbilities – Week of October 13 – October 19
A weekly publication by the Public Affairs Student Association of Rockefeller College. 

Don’t forget this upcoming Saturday 10/18 is PASA’s first annual Fall Favorites.  See below on the Saturday 10/18 listing for more information.  We’d love to see you there. 

—This week in and around Albany—

<Tuesday 10/14> 

Rockefeller Runners
Location: Intersection of Madison Ave and Lark Street Albany, NY
Time: 6:30am – 7:30am
Summary: Join Rockefeller Runners running club for a morning run around Albany.

Tuesday Policy Lunch Series – Current Public Security Climate in NYS
Location: Levitt Room, Milne Hall
Time: 12:25pm – 1:30pm
Summary: This week’s Tuesday Policy Lunch will feature State Senator Vincent Leibell.

Salsa Dance Lesson
Location: Business Administration 224 (Uptown Campus)
Time: 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Summary: Learn Salsa Dance with Albany Salsa Dance MCAA programming Your GSO Funds at Work.  Free.

<Wednesday 10/15>

Poet Major Jackson – Seminar
Location: Standish Room, Science Library
Time: 4:15pm
Summary: The product of a tough Philadelphia neighborhood, Jackson transforms the everyday artifacts and pastimes of urban life— empty lots, low-rider jeans, iPods, squeegee blades, and basketball games— into rich and expressive symbols. A winner of the Whiting Writers’ Award, and the Witter Bynner Prize of the Library of Congress, he is the author of “Leaving Saturn” (2002) and “Hoops” (2006).

Russian Film Festival
Location: Humanities 039 (Uptown Campus)
Time: 7:30pm – 10:00pm
Summary: War and Peace, Part II, Battle of Borodino (1967, not entire film, which is 403 min), directed by Sergei Bondarchuk (1920-94) this film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1968

LLC International Film Festival
Location: Humanities 354 (Uptown Campus)
Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Summary: Flores de otro mundo (Flowers from Another World)  A party brings a bus full of single women to Santa Eulalia, a town in northern Spain that is lacking in single women ready to marry its abundance of middle-aged bachelors. The story revolves around three women; one from the Dominican Republic, one from Cuba, and one from Bilboa. (directed by Iciar Bollain, Spain, in Spanish, 1999, 108 min)

Poet Major Jackson – Reading
Location: Standish Room, Science Library
Time: 8:00pm
Summary: The product of a tough Philadelphia neighborhood, Jackson transforms the everyday artifacts and pastimes of urban life— empty lots, low-rider jeans, iPods, squeegee blades, and basketball games— into rich and expressive symbols. A winner of the Whiting Writers’ Award, and the Witter Bynner Prize of the Library of Congress, he is the author of “Leaving Saturn” (2002) and “Hoops” (2006).

<Thursday 10/16>

Rockefeller Runners
Location: Intersection of Madison Ave and Lark Street Albany, NY
Time: 6:30am – 7:30am
Summary: Join Rockefeller Runners running club for a morning run around Albany.

War Journalist Dexter Filkins – Seminar
Location: Assembly Hall, Campus Center
Time: 4:15pm
Summary: Dexter Filkins, prize-winning war correspondent for the New York Times, is a major contributor to America’s understanding of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Widely regarded as the leading war journalist of his generation, Filkins is the author of the new book, “The Forever War” (2008)

War Journalist Dexter Filkins – Reading
Location: Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center
Time: 8:00pm
Summary: Dexter Filkins, prize-winning war correspondent for the New York Times, is a major contributor to America’s understanding of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Widely regarded as the leading war journalist of his generation, Filkins is the author of the new book, “The Forever War” (2008).

<Friday 10/17>

Last Year at Marienbad
Location: Page Hall
Time: 7:30pm
Summary: In this celebrated work of surrealism, a man pursues a woman through a palatial hotel— “a universe of marble and stucco, columns, moldings, gilded ceilings, statues, motionless servants”— insisting despite her denials that they had been lovers the previous year. The Village Voice said, “Hopelessly retro, eternally avant-garde, and one of the most influential movies ever made… Marienbad is both utterly lucid and provocatively opaque….” (French with English subtitles)

First Run Movie – The Dark Knights
Location: Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall
Time: 9:00pm
Summary: Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as it drives each of them to their limits.

<Saturday 10/18>

Fall Favorites
Location: Locations in and around the Capital Region
Time: Varying – Late Morning – Afternoon
Summary: Join your fellow classmates on a day outing at one of five favorite locations for the day.  Later on, meet back up with everyone and share your pictures and stories.  If you’d like to do any of the following, just email the contact listed:
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*Apple picking and wine tasting at Goold’s Orchard – Ian Anderson (iananderson1983@gmail.com)
*Pumpkin picking and decorating (location TBA) – Esmeralda Hoscoy (esmeraldahoscoy@gmail.com)
*Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, NY – Sarah Imboden (s.d.imboden@gmail.com)
*New York State Museum in downtown Albany – Kyle Ketcham (kk6241@albany.edu)
*Hiking in Thacher Park – Eric Di Bari (ed4208@albany.edu) 
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Also, see our full color flyer – https://pasarockefeller.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/fall-favorites.pdf

Tennis Club
Location: Washington Park Tennis Courts – Madison Ave.
Time: 11:00am
Summary: The Tennis Club will be meeting, bring a racket and can of balls.

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Fall Favorites

To all faculty and students,

PASA is hosting a local adventure event on Saturday, October 18. We invite students and faculty to sign up BY OCTOBER 15 to participate in one of the following trips

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*Apple picking and wine tasting at Goold’s Orchard – Ian Anderson (iananderson1983@gmail.com)
*Pumpkin picking and decorating (location TBA) – Esmeralda Hoscoy (esmeraldahoscoy@gmail.com) 
*Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, NY – Sarah Imboden (s.d.imboden@gmail.com) 
*New York State Museum in downtown Albany – Kyle Ketcham (kk6241@albany.edu) 
*Hiking in Thacher Park – Eric Di Bari (ed4208@albany.edu) 
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Please sign up with the listed trip leader or by replying to this email. There is no cost to attend these field trips: the only purpose is to get out and have some fun together and see some local sights. Departure times and length of adventure will vary and will be communicated to those who sign up by the trip leader. A donation to the driver of your carpool car to cover gas is appreciated. See the attached flyer for our formal invitation.

Fall Favorites Flyer

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PASAbilities – Week of 10/6

PASAbilities – Week of October 6 – October 12

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

In light of the upcoming Columbus Day, there seem to be limited events for this weekend. Keep in mind you can always visit:
– The USS Slater – http://www.ussslater.org/
– The NY State Museum – http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/
– Albany Institute of History & Art – http://www.albanyinstitute.org/

Also, check for an email this week about Fall Favorites, scheduled for next weekend Saturday October 18.

—This week in and around Albany—

<Tuesday 10/7>

Rockefeller Runners

Location: Intersection of Madison Ave and Lark Street Albany, NY
Time: 6:30am – 7:30am
Summary: Join Rockefeller Runners running club for a morning run around Albany.  The club is made of fellow classmates and is training to complete a half marathon at the Mohawk-Hudson River Marathon race on October 12th.

Tuesday Policy Lunch Series
Location: Levitt Room, Milne Hall
Time: 12:25pm – 1:30pm
Summary: This week’s Tuesday Policy Lunch will feature a speaker discussing corruption in government.

Poet F. D. Reeve – Seminar
Location: Science Library 340 (Uptown Campus)
Time: 4:15pm
Summary: F. D. Reeve will discuss his new poetry volume, “The Blue Cat Walks the Earth” (2008). The book is a sequel to the widely-admired collections, “The Blue Cat” (1972) and “The Return of the Blue Cat” (2005). A novelist, poet, critic, and noted translator of Russian literature, the 80-year-old Reeve is a two-time winner of the PEN Syndicated Fiction Award.

Salsa Dance Lesson
Location: Business Administration 224 (Uptown Campus)
Time: 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Summary: Learn Salsa Dance with Albany Salsa Dance MCAA programming Your GSO Funds at Work.  Free.

District Attorney Candidates Debate
Location: Albany Law School – Dean Alexander Moot Court Room
Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Summary: Come hear what the Candidates David Soares and Roger Cusick, both who are Albany Law alumni, have to say about the Albany County District attorney race and why they’re the best man for the job.

F.D. Reeve and the Three Blue Cats – Reading and Musical Performance
Location: Page Hall
Time: 8:00pm
Summary: “The Three Blue Cats” jazz band will present a musical setting for a reading by award-winning poet F. D. Reeve from his new poetry volume, “The Blue Cat Walks the Earth” (2008). Outside the literary community, Reeve is better known as the father of the late Superman actor and disability activist, Christopher Reeve.

<Thursday 10/9>

Rockefeller Runners
Location: Intersection of Madison Ave and Lark Street Albany, NY
Time: 6:30am – 7:30am
Summary: Join Rockefeller Runners running club for a morning run around Albany.  The club is made of fellow classmates and is training to complete a half marathon at the Mohawk-Hudson River Marathon race on October 12th.

<Saturday 10/11>

Tennis Club
Location: Washington Park Tennis Courts – Madison Ave.
Time: 11:00am
Summary: The Tennis Club will have their first meeting, bring a racket and can of balls.

Columbus Day Parade and Italian Festival
Location: Washington Park
Time: 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Summary: The parade steps off at 1 p.m from Western Avenue and Ontario Street, proceeds down Western Avenue and into Washington Park.  After the parade, an authentic Italian Festival is underway by the Washington Park Lake House.

Capoeira Festival-Exposition
Location: Third Floor – Physical Education Building (Uptown Campus)
Time: 3:00pm
Summary: Grupo Capoeira Brasil of Albany will host a Capoeira Competition showcasing the skills of accomplished Capoeira martial artists from across the Northeast at SUNY Albany as part of a weekend long Regional Festival of Grupo Capoeira Brasil. The public is invited to come watch, enjoy, and experience Capoeira

 

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