Time for some THEATRE!

Hey everyone! Nell here! Looks like we have a super busy weekend coming up, and you really ought to take advantage of it before this month gets too crazy with final projects, papers, and exams!

So let's go through at least a small bit of your options!

First off: Juggleville 008: Gravity Protocol!
It's going to be an amaaazing show this year, with one of our own being one of the super involved participants, Jacob! Yaaay! There are two showing times available for the weekend (so don't miss out!):

• Friday, April 5th at 8 pm in Langford Auditorium
• Saturday, April 6th at 2 pm in Langford Auditorium

(It's italicized because it is a change of venue from last year!) So anyways, if you're in the mood for spies and sneakiness, plus amazingly talented individuals, go! It's only $7 too! 

And if you want to know what I will be doing this weekend, well... I am going to see the absolute most amazing movie ever in theaters for its 20 year anniversary. Jurassic Park in 3D!!!!!
In case you haven't noticed. I am. Incredibly. Excited. Like. You cannot imagine my excitement. I am a huge dinosaur lover (in case you didn't notice that from a few weekends ago). And well, this is such a classic. How could I possibly miss out?

LOOK AT THE BRACHIOSAURUS. EEEEE.

In case you don't know, it's opening on Friday, April 5th. If you want to go, you can go see it in 3D in either Green Hills or at Opry Mills (if you're in Nashville). OOOOOR. You can do what we're doing. We're going to see it in IMAX at Opry Mills! Such an awesome opportunity. Look!

All right. I'll quit fangirling now. Moving on to other opportunities. Lots of live performance shows will be going on this weekend! These include:

Vanderbilt Off-Broadway's wonderful Spring Awakening! The people involved are amazingly talented, so they won't let you down! Best of all, for students, it's free! And on campus! So now you have no reason to ignore it. If you are curious it will be taking place at these times:

• Thursday, April 4th at 8 pm in Sarratt Cinema
• Friday, April 5th at 8 pm in Sarratt Cinema
• Saturday, April 6th at 8 pm in Sarratt Cinema

So lots of options! Don't miss out!

Not only that, but Vanderbilt University's Theatre will be presenting W;t! Which is about a professor. Check out their Facebook for more info about the play! They have a lot of options for you, including next weekend if this weekend is a bit overwhelming! But here are this weekends times:

• Friday, April 5th at 8 pm in Neely Auditorium
• Saturday, April 6th at 8 pm in Neely Auditorium
• Sunday, April 7th at 2 pm in Neely Auditorium

Just in case you can't get enough theater, and you like to explore more than the Vandy Bubble, Belmont theatre will also be having a show this weekend! Belmont Senior Capstone in Rep - The Flies, directed by a senior at Belmont (pretty cool, eh?) So, times!

• Thursday, April 4th at 7:30 pm in Belmont's Blackbox Theatre 
• Friday, April 5th at 7:30 pm in Belmont's Black Box Theatre
• Saturday, April 6th at 7:30 pm in Belmont's Black Box Theatre
• Sunday, April 7th at 2 pm in Belmont's Black Box Threatre

You can join me at the 2 pm one on Sunday! I have a friend there, so I'm excited to go see them!

Now, as you see, a lot of these times are severely overlapping. Therefore, plan well, my friends, and you will have the most epic, theatrical weekend ever.

And it will be very well worth seeing all of the wonderful talent our generation has.

Good luck for the rest of the week, everyone!

Family Weekend's Here!

Hello there, lovely people of Vanderbilt and the world! You get another lovely upcoming weekend update from Nell, here! :)

I'm going to start the weekend a bit early, because I have something super important going on this Thursday evening. I am on the Holocaust Lecture Series Committee, and we have one of our events tomorrow night! Dr. Sheri Rosenberg will have a lecture at Flynn Auditorium at Vanderbilt Law School regarding the Responsibility to Protect project (R2P). She will discuss human rights and international laws around the world and this project's goals. She will be speaking from 7:00 to 9:30 pm, and we will have refreshments afterwards, such as cookies, brownies, seriously good stuff, yum!! I would love to see a lot of support from you lovely people tomorrow night.

Friday night, we will be showing a movie in our Mayfield, as always! I believe we determined that we'll be starting at 10 pm, and Linda has picked out Billy Elliot for this week! So if you have the chance, please stop by and join us!

Not only that, but please remember that Friday will be World Arthritis Day. Please remember that many people suffer from arthritis, and they deserve all the funding possible to live pain-free lives. One of my friends suffers with this, and she fights through pain every day, so please wear blue in honor of her and anyone else you may or may not know!

More importantly, however, this weekend will be full of family's visiting their students for Family Weekend! Vanderbilt will be sponsoring lots of fun events, such as Athenian Sing, a campus-wide talent show that will be at Langford Auditorium! It begins at 7:30 pm and ends at 8:45, and the tickets cost $8, but many campus organizations will be taking part. And of course, no Family Weekend is complete without a football game. This Saturday, Vanderbilt will be facing the Florida Gators at 5 pm! You'll definitely want to be there for the excitement in the atmosphere! I'll be there with the Spirit of Gold Marching Band, obviously. So get pumped! We'll be performing our annual patriotic show!

Finally, I will be singing Sunday morning at the 9:30 am Episcopal Service at Benton Chapel with the Vanderbilt University Concert Choir as well. So if you're up for some worship and beautiful songs in the morning, I hope to see you there too!

Honestly, there will be a ton going on this weekend, and you shouldn't miss out on it! Enjoy the rest of your week and weekend! :)