Get Out of Your Room…
It’ll be a tragedy if you miss it!If you love a good epic love story, then come see “The Bacchae: A Greek Tragedy” by Euripides on Sept. 27 in the University Theatre on the Boca Campus. Be moved by the story-telling music starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for students and $35 for adults. For more info and tickets, call (561) 239-3679 or e-mail [email protected].
Your queen can’t kill my horse!Want to find out why the queen can’t kill the horse? Want to put your master skills to the test? The Boca Raton Chess Club is sure to offer the ultimate workout for your brain. Unleash your brain’s lethal weaponry on the intellectual battlefield of the chessboard every Friday at 6:45 p.m. in the Student Union. For more info, call (561) 883-2917.
Get Off Campus…
Winter’s just around the cornerSo you like to ski, but you haven’t found that certain someone who shares your love of the sport? Come to the Boca Ski Club meeting at 7 p.m. every third Thursday of the month at Duffy’s Grill in Boca. Exchange info about great ski spots or re-tell some interesting ski-related experiences – or injuries. There may not be snow, but at least there’s food and a friendly ambiance. For info, call (561) 477-2548.
Shall we dance?Latin Night with Angel Curras (DJ/singer), on Thursday nights at the Pavilion Grille in Boca Raton, threatens to set fire to the dance floor. With admission listed at the undisputable price of free, who can resist? You just might find passion among sensuous and caliente beats. For info, call (561) 912-0000.
…And breathe inStretch out any kinks while doing some Yoga on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at the Kabbalah Centre in Boca. For $10, meditate any worries away while you visualize completing any goals you may have set for yourself… and then exhale. Don’t forget to bring your own mat. For more info, call (561) 488-8826.
Hoot!Show the FAU mascot some real love by visiting the very owls that inspired his existence. Meet the nocturnal birds on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m.in the Busch Wildlife Sanctuary in Jupiter and find out what makes them tick. Go Owls! For box office info, call (561) 575-3399.
Get A Gig…
The food artisteLike eating sandwiches? How about getting paid to make them? Subway is on the lookout for sandwich artists, able to lift at least 50 pounds and willing to help clean up, too. Try it! It not only tastes good, it’s good for you! Go to any Subway near you to apply.
Ghosts and ghouls welcomeIf you’re a professional actor looking for a paying gig that’ll scare the crap out of people, then come to the Shriek Week Audition on Sept. 25 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Sugar Sand Park in Boca Raton. Step into your scariest persona – you might get lucky and be cast for the Crooked Creek Haunted Ghost Town Tours and Haunted Trail. For more info, call (561) 397-3900.
Get Free Money…
Smile! It pays!The Allied Dental Health Scholarship offers an undergrad who’s about to complete his or her last year the chance to earn a $1,000 scholarship based on a 3.0 GPA, financial need, recommendation and the completion of an application. The deadline is Oct. 16. For more information, contact Scholarship Coordinator Rose Famularco at (312) 440-2763 or email [email protected]. You can visit the ADA website at www.adafoundation.org.
Any and all majors!How does getting $2,500 to fund whatever you’re majoring in sound? Courtesy of the generous Lowell H. and Dorothy Loving Undergraduate Scholarship, one lucky applicant who submits his or her application by Dec. 1 will receive funding for the career of their choice. For more info, call (240) 632-9716 ext. 113 or e-mail [email protected] or visit www.acsm.net.
That’s a wrap!If you’re majoring in radio, television or film, apply for the College Television Award. Submit your work made for college credit on DVD, VHS, or beta by Jan. 15 and you could earn anywhere between $500 and $2,500. For more info, call (818) 754-2800 or visit www.emmysfoundation.org.
Random Listing of the Week…
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