[Excalibur] [Valley Fandom] FW: Need something to do this weekend?

[John C. Watson]

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> From: Amherst College Sci-Fi/Fantasy Club <sffc at AMHERST.EDU>
> Reply-To: Amherst College Sci-Fi/Fantasy Club <sffc at AMHERST.EDU>
> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 15:04:53 -0400
> To: SCIFI-L at LISTSERV.AMHERST.EDU
> Subject: Need something to do this weekend?
> 
> And you thought you'd be sitting in your room wishing there were geeky events
> to attend over break?  Here's the calendar for the upcoming week:
> 
> 
> Thursday October 9
> 
> HAMS will be having its first meeting at 8pm in the East Lecture Hall of FPH
> at Hampshire. They will be screening Trigun episodes 1-4 and the Cowboy Bebop
> movie (Knockin' on Heaven's Door).
> 
> Magic Booster Draft at Phoenix Games every Thursday from 6:30 to 11:30.
> Regular price is $7.
> 
> The UMass video game club (a subset of the UMGHL) will be running a Super
> Smash Bros. Melee Tournament in the UMass campus center, room 905, starting
> around 8pm. There's a membership fee of $5 to join the club (which supplies
> prizes for the tournaments), and there will be other TVs dedicated to
> non-tournament games.
> 
> The Amherst College Philosophy Society will be screening Minority Report at
> 7:30pm in Merrill 4. Professor T.P. Smith will lead an informal discussion
> afterwards, and snacks will be provided.
> 
> Friday October 10
> 
> SSFFS weekly meeting, 4:30 in Seelye 208 at Smith.
> 
> Screening of The Fifth Element in Seelye 106 at Smith, beginning at 7:30pm.
> 
> Bellatrix weekly anime screening, 9-midnight at Mt. Holyoke.
> 
> Warhammer at Griffon Games every Friday from 5-9. Open play. Bring your armies
> and crush your opponents.
> 
> Saturday October 11
> 
> SSFFS costuming supply run at Hampshire Mall, getting to the mall at around
> 1:30. 
> 
> Screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show every Saturday at midnight, at the
> Tower Theaters in South Hadley. Details here
> <http://www.towertheaters.com/rockyhorror.htm> .
> 
> Griffon Games Magic Type 1.5 Tournament every Saturday from 1-5. $5 entry fee,
> with prizes available. The first Saturday of each month is a sealed deck
> tournament. 
> 
> Boffing session courtesy of the Serendipitous Order of Destruction
> <http://note.amherst.edu/planworld/?id=sod@planworld.net>  of Amherst every
> Saturday at 3pm. Meet in Jenkins 102/103 to get weapons, then move to the
> field below the Campus Center.
> 
> Sunday October 12
> 
> The Space-Crime Continuum hosts professional game designer Mike Mearls, who
> will be giving a seminar on the hidden details in D&D, called "Under the
> Hood". There is an admission fee of $10, or two free passes may be obtained by
> buying one of Mearls's books at Space-Crime.
> 
> Regular boffing practice at UMass, beginning at noon at the UMGHL office and
> quickly migrating to the pond outside the UMass Student Union.
> 
> Griffon Games Bloodbowl League every Sunday from 12:30-4:30. Many teams to
> compete against, newcomers welcome. $1 entry fee to cover team updates.
> 
> Sunday Board Games at Space-Crime Continuum every Sunday from 1-5. Play any of
> their dozens of board games, from the newest releases to old favorites. Free
> and open to all interested parties.
> 
> Monday October 13
> 
> The first UMJAMS Shoujo night of the semester will take place from 5-12 in the
> UMass Campus Center room 904-909. They will be screening the first 14 episodes
> of Rose of Versailles.
> 
> Trial run of a BESM LARP at Smith, tentatively scheduled from 1-6. Interested
> parties should drop Cassie Stearns a line at ladycasa at yahoo.com and tell her
> what anime archetype they want to play.
> 
> Tuesday October 14
> 
> UMJAMS meeting at 6:30 in Hasbrouck Lab 134, if this is a regular meeting.
> I'll find out more on that soon.
> 
> Wednesday October 15
> 
> Unofficial SCA <http://www.sca.org>  fencing practice in Scot Gym at Smith
> every Wednesday from 7 to 9.

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Ciao,
     John

John C. Watson
World Otakunization Project, Amherst Division

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