published on 11/17/06

Weekly Calendar 11/16-11/22

FRIDAY, 11/17
Noon. World Peace Flag Ceremony. Every time you wave a flag a celebrity adopts a foreign baby. Field, Peace Garden

1 p.m. Good Neighbors Committee. Good neighbors don’t get any action. Thanks guys. Faculty Parlor

1 p.m. Asprey Lecture. Viera K. Proulx, Northeastern University. “How to Design Class Hierarchies.” Think she’s related to Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain? Is that what she’s talking about? Like put ’em on a mountain? Okay. Old Laundry Building, 105

3 p.m. Tea. I’ve been having mixed feeling about textile restoration lately. Rose Parlor

6 p.m. Peanut Butter Jam. “Your love is like/peanut butter sticking/to me/in all the wrong places.” Villard Room

6:30 p.m. Film Screening. 10 Things I Hate About You. The guy who played Bogie Lowenstien is coming. I swear. I am not making this shit up. Seriously. Students’ Building, Second Floor

8 p.m. No Offense Comedy Show. Guys, Canada isn’t funny. You’re gonna have to think of some new material. Sanders Hall, 212

8 p.m. Peace, Love & Goodwill. “Rock Your Face Off.” Sponsored by the Vassar Christian Fellowship. A song and dance routine of John Travolta’s life and career. CC, 223

SATURDAY, 11/18
3 p.m. Film Screening. In America. An Irish immigrant family who moves to Hell’s Kitchen in New York, and come to find that their neighbor is dying of AIDS. Starring James Joyce, U2 and the cast of “Rent.” Rocky 300
6 p.m. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. A non-conventional Thanksgiving dinner to support Community Works. An update on last year’s ’80s Thanksgiving. Ray Parker will dress up as Snoopy. Villard Room

8 p.m. Music Faculty Concert. Mary Nessinger, mezzo soprano, assisted by Jeanne Golan. “Innocence Lost.” Don’t worry about it, Mary. You can get another one at the card office for $25. Skinner, Martel Recital Hall

9 p.m. Harvest Ball. “I told you there was an organ shortage. Now pull down your pants.” Students’ Building, Second Floor

9 p.m. VISA International Dance Night. It’s like JYA The Mug. CC, 223

SUNDAY, 11/19
5 p.m. Measure 4 Measure Rehearsal. As with a poisonous tarantula that doesn’t kill, you’ll just puke for a week. CC, 237

8 p.m. Vassar Men’s Lacrosse Film. In this installment of the mini-series, members of the team try to use their lacrosse sticks to catch bunnies. Rocky 300

MONDAY, 11/20
3 p.m. Tea. On the one hand, you restore the art to how it was originally viewed, as a narrative. Rose Parlor

5 p.m. Hunger Fast. Got Food? Annual Thanksgiving Fast Against Hunger. Apparently Thanksgiving is the new Yom Kippur. That’s the name of my new blog. Rose Parlor

7 p.m. Lecture. Marya Hornbacher, author of Wasted, will discuss the cultural experience of eating disorders. See above. But this time it’s not my blog, but a tell-all memoir. Sanders Hall, 212

TUESDAY, 11/21
3 p.m. Tea. On the other hand, they’re historical artifacts that shouldn’t be tampered with. Rose Parlor

7 p.m. Lecture and Film Screening. Robert Stone, award-winning documentary filmmaker, screening Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst. Followed by a performance by Guerrillaz, my all-girl animated monkey terrorist band. Rocky 200

WEDNESDAY, 11/22
3 p.m. Tea. In any case, have you seen that huge wedgie on the guy in that hunting tapestry in the Met? KILLER. I’m glad that’s restored. Rose Parlor

THURSDAY, 11/23, Thanksgiving!
10 a.m. The Big Game. East vs. West, in a final homecoming showdown of who’s worse at football. Show your school spirit! Field

4 p.m. Dinner. Tofurkey and vegan stuffing make their way down your esophagus. Better loosen the belt before it’s time for pie. Grandma’s House

7 p.m. Post-Dinner Nap. Tofurkey apparently now comes with tryptophan injected in it. Make sure cousin Peter doesn’t fall asleep too close to you. Couch

9 p.m. Post-Nap Romp. Call your ex from high school and see if the sparks still fly. Back seat of car

11:30 p.m. Post-Romp Regret. Remember why you broke up with said ex. Flood of woe overwhelms. Front seat of car

11:50 p.m. Drowning of Sorrows/Woe. Sneak downstairs and drink Uncle Frank’s secret stash of whiskey. Sock drawer

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