What’s New, CCSU?

Sarah Willson, Editor-in-Chief

  • The Mosaic Committee and the New Britain YMCA are hosting a “Stand Against Racism” luncheon and workshop for student leaders featuring speaker Father Paul Abernathy from Focus Pittsburg on Wednesday, May 1 at 12 p.m. in Memorial Hall’s Connecticut Room.
  • CCSU’s “Bands Concert” will take place on May 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Welte Auditorium.
  • The Theater Department’s “Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” play is taking place from May 1 to May 5 beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre of Maloney Hall.
  • The Center for Africana Studies is hosting an “Essence Festival,” an annual music festival, on Thursday, May 2 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the Vance Lawn.
  • A movie night and discussion on racism and activism will take place on May 2 at 6 p.m. in the Student Center. The movie presented will be “I Am Not Your Negro.”
  • This week’s “Devils Den @ 10 p.m.” will feature “Sip and Paint” with the Black Student Union on May 2.
  • Central’s Organization for Latin American Dance Awareness is hosting a night of music, food, dancing and performances to celebrate the Latin American Culture. The six-hour-long event is taking place on Saturday, May 4 in Alumni Hall and the Student Center’s Bellin Room, beginning at 6 p.m.
  • A “Public Planetarium Show” will take place on May 4 from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Nicolaus Copernicus Hall building.
  • The Phi Delta Theta Fraternity is continuing its annual ALS walk on-campus for Sunday, May 5 starting at 11 a.m. The walk will begin from the “Upper Quad” of campus and continue down to Davidson Hall.