Graduate Student Gala
Saturday, December 5th, 7 pm at Atherton Hotel. A night of dinner and dance with GSA.
Tickets: $10 for Graduate Students and $20 for Guests
(Proceeds go to Centre County Women's Resource Center )
A limited number of tickets will be available to spouses/partners, family, and friends, of graduate students.
Only 1 guest ticket allowed per graduate student.
Purchase tickets at GSA office (313 Hub) M-F 10am - 2pm.
GSA Film Series - Mother of Mine
November 19, Thursday 8pm and 9:40pm at 112 Kern Building.
Synopsis
During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. "Mother of Mine," the latest from the award-winning Klaus Haro ("Elina"), tackles that painful patch of history in a tale of 9-year-old Eero, a child who increasingly feels abandoned by his biological Finnish mother and yet not attached to his Swedish surrogate mom. When he is returned to Finland, his confusion intensifies.
GSA Film Series - For My Father
November 12, Thursday 8pm and 9:40pm at 112 Kern Building.
Synopsis
Terek, a Palestinian forced on a suicide mission in Tel Aviv to redeem his father's honor, is given a second chance when the fuse on his explosive vest fails to detonate. Forced to spend the weekend in Tel Aviv awaiting its repair, Terek must live amongst the people he was planning to kill. To his surprise he connects with several Israelis on the outskirts of society, including the beautiful Keren, who has cut off contact with her Orthodox family and upbringing. With nothing to lose, Terek and Keren open up to one another, and an unlikely love blooms between two isolated and damaged individuals, raised to be enemies.
Kronos Quartet concert
November 10, Tuesday
7:30pm at Eisenhower auditorium. Rows A-B-C, Orchestra section for graduate students.
Purchased tickets can be collected at Eisenhower auditorium. PSU ID required.
Halloween Party
October 31, Saturday 9:30pm at VFW (139 N. Barnard St). Age ID required.
Organized by graduate students and members of Euroclub for more info email euroclub.psu@gmail.com
GSA Film Series - Who's Camus Anyway
October 22, Thursday 8pm at 112 Kern Building.
Synopsis
The story is set on the campus of a university in Tokyo. Students from the literature department's "film workshop" are about to start shooting their movie The Bored Murderer, part of their course curriculum. Everyone is in a rush to prepare for the shoot, but the lead actor drops out suddenly, and the team is forced to search for a replacement at the last minute. Matsukawa, the director, and Hisada, the first assistant, and other members of the team have their own personal problems with life and love, and the story unfolds "just like in the movies". Matsukawa's shallow attitude to his girlfriend, Yukari, and the behavior of the mysterious Ikeda, who is to play the lead role of the schoolboy murderer, add to the confusion of the whole situation. As for the one-time director, now lecturer, professor Nakajo, he is also harboring desires for the female student Rei, whilst hiding behind his calm, supportive exterior. Rei, in turn, has a completely different agenda. Everything comes to a head in an unexpected and tumultuous climax.
GSA Film Series - Manito
October 15, Thursday 8pm at 112 Kern Building.
Synopsis
Directed by first time filmmaker Eric Eason, is a riveting
story of two brothers set against the volatile backdrop of a changing inner city. Shot in cinema verit?style, Manito reflects a community when it transformed from drugs and violence to one of the most vibrant Spanish-speaking communities in the U.S. Although the dealers were disappearing their violent legacy remained casting a shadow over the neighborhood and its residents.
Junior Moreno (Franky G.), an ex-convict struggling to get his life back, is a product of that legacy. His brother Manny, (Leo Minaya) the salutatorian of his high school class, embodies hope in the neighborhood. On the night of his graduation party, Manny faces an ill-fated decision that could change his life forever, while Junior tries to prevent his little brother from becoming another casualty. With gritty, luminescent cinematography and unflinching portrayals of characters that embody the heart and soul of the neighborhood, writer/director Eric Eason brings us an electrifying feature debut in the finest tradition of independent filmmaking.
GSA Film Series - Madeinusa
October 1, Thursday 8pm at 112 Kern Building.
Synopsis
Madeinusa is a girl aged 14 with a sweet Indian face who lives in an isolated village in the Cordillera Blanca Mountain range of Peru. This strange place is characterized by its religious fervor. From Good Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon (the time of day when Christ died on the cross) to Easter Sunday, the whole village can do whatever it feels like. During the two holy days sin does not exist: God is dead and can't see what is happening. Everything is accepted and allowed, without remorse. Year after year, Madeinusa and her sister Chale, and her father Don Cayo, the Mayor and local big shot, maintain this tradition without questioning it. However, everything changes with the arrival in the village of Salvador, a young geologist from Lima, who will unknowingly change the destiny of the girl.
GSA Film Series - Dreams of Dust
September 24, Thursday 8pm at 112 Kern Building.
Synopsis
Mocktar, a Nigerien peasant, comes looking for work in Essakane, a dusty gold mine in Northeast Burkina Faso, Africa, where he hopes to forget the past that haunts him. In Essakane, he quickly finds out, the gold rush ended twenty years before, and the inhabitants of this wasteland and strange timelessness manage to exist simply from force of habit. The beautiful Coumba, however, is still courageously struggling to raise her daughter after the death of her family. Mocktar will soon be fighting not only to survive, but also to provide a better future for this mother and her child.
International Coffee Hour
September 24, 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 410 Boucke Building (Global Programs Lounge).
Cirque du Soleil- Alegria
September 30, Wednesday at BJC.
Pick up reserved tickets at the GSA office, Monday - Friday between 10am and 2pm.
Alegría is a Cirque du Soleil classic and an internationally acclaimed production that has entertained more than 10 million people worldwide since its world premiere in Montreal in April 1994. In May 2009, Alegría embarked on a new journey, performing in arenas throughout Canada and the United States, giving more people than ever the opportunity to enjoy a Cirque du Soleil show in their own town. For more information, click here.
GSA Film Series - Dreams of Dust
October 1, Thursday 8pm at 112 Kern Building.
Synopsis
Madeinusa is a girl aged 14 with a sweet Indian face who lives in an isolated village in the Cordillera Blanca Mountain range of Peru. This strange place is characterized by its religious fervor. From Good Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon (the time of day when Christ died on the cross) to Easter Sunday, the whole village can do whatever it feels like. During the two holy days sin does not exist: God is dead and can't see what is happening. Everything is accepted and allowed, without remorse. Year after year, Madeinusa and her sister Chale, and her father Don Cayo, the Mayor and local big shot, maintain this tradition without questioning it. However, everything changes with the arrival in the village of Salvador, a young geologist from Lima, who will unknowingly change the destiny of the girl.
