Spring Fest, A Review

After a rigorous hour of yoga at the DAC, where I saw our first and best ever follower, Diego, I was very excited to grab a delicious veggie burger and maybe some chips at Spring Fest. Barbecues are one of my favorite things. Much to my chagrin, when I left the DAC there were no people happily grilling over on Buckley. In fact it was thinking about raining and although it smelled lovely there weren’t many people out. I called Anthony VG to see if he had any more details but he had none. There were a bunch of people standing under a tent in the Rush Garden eating what looked to me like burgers but I didn’t want to be in such an enclosed area alone with all of those crazy christians. Not to mention that I wasn’t hungry.

Spring Fest

Review: poor.

Jazz at the Club

Tickets are $6 and can be purchased at the door, so not really free food, but very cheap show and I hear they’re pretty decent.

The Department of Performing Arts in Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design will host Drexel’s vocal jazz ensemble, Naturally Sharp, to present Jazz at the Club on Friday, May 15, 2009, at sunset (8:20 p.m.) at the University Club, sixth floor of MacAlister Hall (33rd and Chestnut Streets).Guests will enjoy pastries, tea and coffee while listening to a variety of musical selections from the big band era to contemporary jazz. The ensemble, accompanied by a three piece band, will perform “anything that swings” music, such as that by Duke Ellington, Cole Porter and others.Naturally Sharp is a select group of 14 Drexel students directed by Steven Powell, DMus. University Chorus members audition in the fall for a spot in this talented ensemble. Naturally Sharp performs off-campus for a variety of community organizations.Tickets are $6 and may be purchased at the door. The event is open to the public.For more information about other Department of Performing Arts events during the 2008-09 performing arts season, contact 215-895-ARTS.

“A City by the Sea of Galilee, 1000 BCE: Excavations at Kinneret”

There will be refreshments, and they may or may not be kosher.

“A City by the Sea of Galilee, 1000 BCE: Excavations at Kinneret” The Judaic Studies Program will present “A City by the Sea of Galilee, 1000 BCE: Excavations at Kinneret” a lecture by Martti Nissinen, PhD, professor of Old Testament Studies at the University of Helsinki and member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, today, May 14, 2009, at 7 p.m. in room 302, W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets).Even though mentioned only once in the Hebrew Bible, Kinneret was by far the most significant city in Galilee in the early Iron Age (ca. 1000 BCE), representing the ancient Canaanite city culture in the time of King David. But who were the inhabitants of the city and why do the stories about David not mention it at all? The German-Swiss-Finnish excavations have, since the 1980s, sought an answer to these questions.The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Support for this event comes from the Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation, The Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation, and the Friends of Judaic Studies.For more information, contact Kathy.carll@drexel.edu or 215-895-6388.

Johnson & Johnson Ice Cream Social

New Category: I = ICE CREAM!!

You may need to actually be interested in speaking to people from Johnson & Johnson because if they see you there eating ice cream they will assume you want to know more/suck up and get a job with their company. Unfortunately, the event location is unlisted, so you’ll just have to wander around until you see professional-looking people eating ice cream and schmoozing.

Johnson & Johnson Ice Cream Social Students are invited to join representatives from Johnson & Johnson, the world’s most comprehensive and broadly based manufacturer of health care products, for an ice cream social today, May 14, 2009, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.To learn more about opportunities with the company, visit http://careers.jnj.com/. Click “Undergrad” in the QuickConnect menu. Then select ” Drexel University” to view available internship, co-op, leadership development program and career opportunities.This is an opportunity to network with company representatives, learn more about Johnson & Johnson and enjoy an ice cream sundae.For more information about the event, contact scdc@drexel.edu or 215-895-2185.Approved under the authority of Mark Greenberg, Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs