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Canadian Club Pub Crawl - Friday February 1, 2008

The festivities shall commence at 9:30 pm on the grounds of Cafe 210 West (that's 210 W. College).   
We'll remain at 210 until around 10 pm to wait for everyone to arrive.  We will then migrate eastward, 

hitting several of Happy Valley's hottest spots before passing out in the wee hours of the morning.  

If you have any questions, please feel free to email or call Dorey at 814-222-DORY.  

Please bring valid ID!!!  We look forward to seeing you there.

Snow Tubing - February (Exact Date TBA)

We are planning on going snow-tubing at Tussey "Mountain" sometime in early-mid February, depending on the weather.

Coupons for 2-for-1 lift tickets are available in coupon books from downtown retailers.  AAA memberships also get 2-for-1 passes, and we will try to 

schedule the event on one of their cheap nights.  So no excuses.  Further details to follow.

We’d like to order club T-shirts (and possibly sweatshirts, toques, hockey jerseys, etc) in the near future.  Please let us know if you are interested. 

Coming soon….

More games-nights at the Rathskeller

More movie nights at the ISS Lounge (in the plans: Canadian Bacon.  Let us know if you have any other suggestions)

Halloween Party

Wednesday Allen St. Grill social

Trip to see an NHL game

Skiing/snow-tubing at Tussey "Mountain" or more exotic locales

Ice skating

Broomball game

Road hockey game

Penn State Icers game

Karaoke night

If you have any ideas or suggestions for Canadian Club events, please contact the executive.

Past Events

see photos from past events HERE

Happy Hour at Pickles - January 24, 2008

Sometimes in life, you've just got to take chances.  Dare to put  
your boring work down for a moment and join your Canadian (and other)  
pals for some good times and drinks at Pickles.  It's a bar on Allen  
St. between College and Beaver.  And, since this'll be happy hour, it  
won't even cost that much!!  We'll be there on thursday at 6.

Tailgate - Saturday November 3 vs Purdue

The Canadian Club will be hosting a tailgate before this Saturday’s football game against the evil Boilermakers of Purdue.

Details are as follows:

 What:   Football tailgate with lots of good food & drinks (including real Tim Hortons coffee and Timbits).

Where:  In the parking lot directly north of the Fenske Building (near the intersection of Curtin Rd & Shortlidge Rd) - look for theCanadian flag flying high in the sky.

When:   THIS Saturday (November 3^rd) starting at 9am (early start because the football game starts at 12pm).

Who:    Open to all members of the Canadian Club.

Why:    Come out meet some new people and have a good time.

We will also have some of the remaining poppies for those of you who have not gotten one yet.

Team Trivia and Hockey Game at Champs, Tuesday November 6

Come for the trivia.  Come for the hockey.  Come for a drink.

The Toronto Maple Leafs visit Ottawa to take on the Senators Tuesday at 7:30. 

Team trivia is at Champs Tuesday at 8pm. 

Coincidence?  I think not.

So we hope to see you there for this trivia-and-hockey extravaganza, starting around 7:30.

Happy Hora at Mad Mex

Thursday, September 6 starting at 5pm

On the patio is the weather is fine, inside if not.

Join us for 1/2 price drafts, cheap margaritas, cheap wings, and traditional Mexican-Canadian cuisine.  Happy hour at Mad Mex runs from 4:30-6:30 (1630-1830 pour les Quebecois).

Mad Mex is located in the Days in on Pugh St.  Please note that ID is required to enter.  US driver's license or a passport is recommended, as Mad Mex doesn't like Canadian driver's licenses.

What is...Team Trivia at the Rathskeller

Monday, September 24, meet at 6:30, trivia starts at 7pm.

Come and help your Canadian Club as we defend our winning streak.  We will be using our winnings ($25) from our last victory to buy appetizers for everyone who comes out to join in the domination. 

Specials include $2 Guinness pints.

So come out and support Alex Trebek's homeland.

Canadian Club coed intramural softball team

Calling all sluggers.  We will be putting together a coed intramural softball team for the second summer session.

There'll be semi-regular practices to help us get into game shape.  Friends of the Canadian Club are welcome to play too, so tell your friends.

If you're interested in playing, please let Dorey know either by email at dul121@psu.edu or phone 222-DORY (3679)

The next practice will be Thursday, June 14, at 6pm behind the Intramural (IM) building, northeast campus.

Happy Hour at Mad Mex

Monday, June 18, at 5pm.

CINCO DE MONDAY! 4pm - close  $5 all you can eat mini burritos! $5 Big Azz 22oz margaritas

and

HAPPY HORA!  4:30 to 6:30 - $6 Big Azz Margaritas, Half off 12 and 16 oz house margaritas, all drafts, and wings!

Mad Mex is located in the Days Inn on Pugh St.  Remember to bring your ID, as Mad Mex is a licensed establishment.  American driver's license or your passport are the best forms of ID, as Mad Mex may not accept foreign driver's licenses.

Canada Day Party!!!

Sunday, July 1st in the early afternoon (starting at 3ish)

On-street parking is available for those who will be drinking responsibly.

We'll have Canadian beer (perhaps a keg), burgers with Canadian bacon, Canadian music, Nanaimo  
bars, and Caesars.  Any food and drink contributions will be greatly appreciated.

Wear something Canadian (or at least red and white) and you could win DOOR PRIZES!!!

Snow-Tubing

For those of you who missed the chance to go tubing on Tussey this winter or want to go again before all the snow melts, here’s the opportunity.  

Where: Tussey Mountain

When: Wednesday, February 28 at 7:30pm

How much: $12 for two hours or $15 for more (also, it’s ladies night where ladies go for $7.50)

How to get there: http://www.tusseymountain.com/index.htm

 We can arrange some carpooling before so we don’t have everyone driving to Tussey separately. Hope to see you there

For interested Canadian musicophiles:

Great Big Sea
Thursday, April 19th, 8pm
The Rex Theatre, Pittsburgh PA
Tickets are $26
www.greatbigsea.com

The Tragically Hip
Sunday, April 22nd, 7pm
Chameleon Club, Lancaster PA
$18 advance, $20 at the door (all-ages show)
www.thehip.com
www.chameleonclub.net

Tickets for both shows available from www.ticketmaster.com

Get your tickets before they're sold-out.  There are Canadian Club members planning on going to one or both shows.  This is your chance to see great Canadian bands in intimate club settings (The Rex has a capacity of 420, the Chameleon Club is bigger, but still much smaller than anywhere you'd see the Hip in Canada).

Note: I went to the Tragically Hip show, and it was awesome.  The Chameleon Club holds a few hundred people.  A pretty big club, but a club nonetheless.  Maybe a little bigger than Toronto's Horseshoe or El Mocambo, or State College's former Crowbar, with a downstairs bar area, and an upstairs wrap-around balcony and outdoor tiki bar.  The crowd was an eclectic mix of older and younger, many Canadian ex-pat now living in and around Eastern Pa, and a surprising number of ex-Buffalonians. 

The opening band was the Constantines from Toronto (or at least the Toronto area) who I've been fortunate to see before, and an excellent band to see themselves, let alone open for the 'Hip.  The 'Hip themselves were, of course, excellent.  Gord Downie showed once again why he's one of rock's top frontmen, while they played a mix of 'Hip classics and newer material.  They wrapped it up by playing a cover of the Rolling Stones' "The Last Time."  And all this in a venue where you literally almost could have reached out and touched the 'Hipster of your choice.

The set-list from the show: http://www.thehip.com/touring-SetLists.html

- Jonathan

Bowling Night

Friday, Feb 09 at 9:00. We will reserve lanes based on the number of interested people. 
 

10 pin excitement is in store this Friday night as we take to the lanes of Northland Bowl.  This is an all ages event but 

beer is available at the bowling alley!!  Come enjoy some quality music and beverages (or not) with some good people 

on Friday night starting at 9.  Northland bowl is located at 1521 Martin St - sort of behind Best Buy on North Atherton.  

Please try to let Dorey know if you're planning to come  by replying to dul121@psu.edu so he has an idea of how many 

lanes we need.

Groundhog Day Movie Night

Wednesday, Jan 31 @ 6:30 in the ISS Lounge (4th floor Boucke Building).

Movie: Groundhog Day, Starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell.  http://imdb.com/title/tt0107048/

For those interested, we will then go to the Rathskeller for some post-movie refreshments at 8pm.

Canadian actor Meaghen Quinn is performing in this FREE play:

It's called  "Speaking in Tongues". It's non-traditional and funky. The story is similar to the movie "Crash" in that the audience has to figure out how all the characters are connected. Below is a more detailed description. It's FREE.

Speaking in Tongues -  FREE Showings this Week. No tickets necessary, just show up.
 
SPEAKING IN TONGUES
By Andrew Bovell
Presented by the 2nd Year MFA Graduate Actors

Performance Information:

December 6th at 5:05 PM
December 7th-9th at 7:00 PM

The Pavilion Theatre (Across from old creamery)

Admission:  FREE

"Bovell explores love, marriage, strangeness, intimacy, trust, betrayal, obsession, self-punishment and detachment with generous emotional intelligence." -Observer (London)

Andrew Bovell has crafted an intriguing, thrilling and engaging drama through the imaginative use of separate but interlinked stories.  In unusual circumstances that draw strangers together while exposing chasms between partners, SPEAKING IN TONGUES unfolds as a complex mystery of infidelity and deceit.

THE STORY:  In the first act of this unusual and engaging Australian "mystery" play, two couples in unstable marriages inadvertently exchange partners in a night of adulterous encounters.  The situations in the separate hotel rooms are so similar that at times both couples speak the same words.  The repercussions for both marriages are profound.  In the second act we are introduced to a psychologist and her husband.  The psychologist has disappeared on a deserted road after her car broke down.  Was she murdered and, if so, why?  As the play progresses and revelatory details accumulate, these two seemingly disparate stories become linked in a chain of coincidences that leads to a surprising conclusion.

Go Away Sara / Heather's Candidacy / Canucktoberfest

Friday Dec 8th, 8pm-??? at the All-American Rathskellar (underneath Spat's Cafe, on Pugh St. at College).

We will be having a party to:

1) Celebrate the Life and Times of our soon-to-be ex-Prime Minister Sara Hart who sadly will be leaving us in the new year for the less greener pastures of Columbus, OH.

2) Help celebrate Heather's candidacy exam.

3) Have a (belated) celebration of Canadian culture, specifically as it related to the consumption of hoppy beverages.

Canadian Movie Night (Canadian Bacon)  Postponed until Spring Semester

Tuesday November 21, 6pm, in the ISS Lounge (4^th floor Boucke Building)

Not headed anywhere for American Thanksgiving?  Come and enjoy another great movie about Canada.  Directed by Michael Moore and with an all-star cast including John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman, and Jim Belushi, Canadian Bacon is an hilarious take on American stereotypes about Canada.  http://imdb.com/title/tt0109370/

Pizza and soda will again be ordered for interested hosers.

Games Night at the Rathskellar

Wednesday November 8, 7pm

It’s the return of games night at the Rathskellar (in the basement of Spatz at the corner of College and Pugh)

Ueker at the last event was an unqualified success, so come out to enjoy cards, games, and BEvERages with fellow club members. 

Just a reminder that this is a 21+ event

International Week - The PSUCC presents... Poutine!

The Penn State Canadian Club will be presenting our national food at Findlay Dining Commons on November 15, from 4:30-7:30pm.

In a Canadian Club vote, Poutine (french fries with cheese curds and gravy for the non-aficionados) was chosen over such other Canadian delicacies as Montreal smoked meat sandwiches, butterscotch pie, tourtiere, and beavertails. 

The staff at Findlay Commons will be preparing the poutine, to be served at a Canadiana-decorated table by Canadian Club members where we will inform interested students about the wonders of Canada.  Stop by for some FREE poutine, and let the executive know if you'd like to help serve poutine and help at the table for this event.

Canadian Movie Night (Strange Brew)

When: Tuesday October 24^th at 6pm

Where: The ISS lounge (4^th floor Boucke Building)

Enjoy one of your favourite Canadian movies: Strange Brew is a classic Canadian movie about beer, donuts, and hockey as Bob and Doug McKenzie, Canada's favourite hosers, get a job at the Elsinore Brewery and have to stop an evil plot to take over the world, eh?    http://imdb.com/title/tt0086373/

We will order pizza if people wish to contribute. 

Games Night at the Rathskellar!

When: Tuesday October 17^th at 7pm

What: Games night at the Ratheskellar (at the corner of College and Pugh, below Spats)

Come on out and enjoy some BEvERages and games.

This is a 21+ event 

Tailgate

What: A tail-gate Canadian style

When: Saturday September 30^th

Time: TBA – this depends on what time the football game is being played

Where: Lot 13

How to find us: Look for the Canadian flag.

We will provide the burgers and hotdogs.  You should bring: a side dish, chair, and the beverage of your choice.

This is an ALL AGES event, however, underage drinking is not permitted at tailgates at Penn State.

Please RSVP for this event so that we have an idea of how many burgers and hotdogs we need to bring.

If you're looking for something to do after the tailgate, check out the post-tailgate party below...

Post-Tailgate Party

The president of the European club has invited all local members of the world's finest nation (yup that means us) to a
party on Saturday, September 30th at the University Club. 

This will of course be after our tailgate so it promises to be a day of non-stop celebration. 

The University Club is located at the corner of College and Atherton. 

This will be an excellent opportunity for us to socialize with our current and future European friends.  Hope to see you there.

Hockey Fans:

Well, it's that time of the year again.  The time when everyone's favourite team can win the Stanley Cup (even my much beloved and maligned Maple Leafs).  Very few players are severely concussed.  It's probably going to snow any day now.  Don Cherry has yet to insult every Swede ever born.  That's right, the start of the NHL hockey season is just around the corner.

It's also time to get the first annual Penn State Canadian Club fantasy hockey pool off and skating.  I've set up a FREE fantasy hockey pool through Yahoo.  You need a  (free) Yahoo account to play. The league is limited to 15 teams.  If there is sufficient interest (i.e. more than 15 teams), I'll create another league so that we can all play.  Let me know if you have any trouble or problems signing up. The fantasy draft will be run sometime between Friday September 29 and Monday, October 2nd.  So, if you're interested please ensure that you've signed up by the 29th, otherwise you may be out of luck.  Sooner is better, especially if we need to create another league.

This will be a great opportunity to go head-to-head with some of your fellow Hosers in our (unofficial) national sport, so sign up today! 

For details on how to sign up, please email me at jaf415@psu.edu

Jonathan Freedman

Commissioner, Penn State Canadian Club fantasy hockey pool
Manager, the Roc Pile

Team Trivia at the Rathskellar

When: Monday September 18 at 7pm

What: Team Trivia

Where: The Rathskellar, located at corner of College and Pugh (in the basement of Spatz)

Why: So that we can show our American friends that we dominate team trivia.  To celebrate Sara’s 25^th birthday.  $2 Guiness Pints.  Need we say more….  As well, for those of you who enjoy drinking mediocre Canadian beers outside of Canada, they serve Molson Canadian.

Reminder: This is a 21 plus event.  You must have valid ID to enter the Rathskellar.  Valid forms of ID include a Pennsylvania driver’s license or your passport.  The executive met at the Rathskellar yesterday and found that Ontario driver’s licenses were accepted, however, it took some time, so you should consider bringing one of the above.