Kick off the first weekend after starting classes with some quality movie time, Syracuse sports fandom or involvement in the arts. Avoid staying house-bound this winter by filling your weekends with the events Syracuse University and the local area have to offer.

Orange After Dark: Screening of “The Breakfast Club”

 

Whether you identify as a brain, beauty, jock, criminal or basket case, “The Breakfast Club” is an ‘80s teen film that anyone who has made it through high school can relate to. The John Hughes cult-classic will be screened at Gifford Auditorium in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall on Friday. Doors open at 11:30, and the movie starts at midnight.

Men’s basketball

 

After the Orange’s victory against Duke, you won’t want to miss what they’ll do next. Saturday at noon, they’re playing University of Virginia at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. Though the game is 490 miles away, don’t miss out on a chance to throw a screening party in your dorm lounge or apartment if you have a TV.

The Redhouse Arts Center’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Into the Woods”

 

The Redhouse Arts Center is a nonprofit arts organization focused on interdisciplinary works in the theatre, music and visual arts. Jan. 23 there will be two different performances, one classic and the other a modern story — “Into the Woods” at 2 p.m. and “Midsummer Night’s Dream” at 8 p.m. Redhouse is located in Armory Square at 01 South West St. Tickets for each show can be purchased by nonmembers for $30 on Redhouse’s website.

First Year Players “Heathers: The Musical” Auditions

Finally claim the spotlight this weekend by showing off your theater skills. FYP will be running auditions for “Heathers: The Musical” Jan. 21, 23 and 24. Freshmen and transfer non-drama majors are eligible to be cast in the annual show. The musical is based off the novel “Heathers,” which is a about a girl attempting to overthrow the queen bee of her high school. To audition, show up prepared with a monologue to perform and 16-32 bars of a song to sing. There will also be a dance audition, so on their Facebook event FYP recommends bringing a change of clothes.

Winter at the Zoo Photo Contest

 

Calling all animal-lovers and photo whizzes alike. Photographers can enter the Rosamond Gifford Zoo photo contest by taking photos at the zoo up during the contest period, which continues until Jan. 31. Entries are due at 4 p.m. on February 1, by submitting a form on the zoo’s website and sending two images to photocontest@rosamondgiffordzoo.org. For more information on entering the competition, visit http://www.rosamondgiffordzoo.org/photo-contest.

Published on January 21, 2016 at 3:07 pm

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