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Josh Hantz

Friday, August 31

A Cappella Auditions
The All A Cappella Auditions Council (ACAC) is holding auditions today and through the weekend. ACAC round one auditions are held all day. For the Fall 2007 semester, The Aristocrats, After Dark, The Amateurs, The Greenleafs, More Fools Than Wise, Mosaic Whispers, The Pikers, Staam and The Stereotypes fall under the ACAC Jurisdiction.

Classic Korean Comics
Catch Korean Comics: A Society Through Small Frames, a Korean comic book exhibit, opening today at Washington University Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. The exhibit aims to highlight a similarity, the love of comic books, between North and South Korea despite several other main differences between the two countries. Sponsored by the Korea Society, it features 80 works by over 22 comic book creators. Admission is free, and the exhibit is open every day except Tuesday, running through mid-December.

Improv Comedy
The Campus Programming Council presents First Friday with Second City from 8-10 p.m. in the Field House at the Athletic Center. Admission is free with a University ID. Second City has hosted comic legends like Mike Meyers, Gilda Radner and Chris Farley.

Saturday, September 1

Service First
Community Service Opportunities (CSO) is hosting the University’s Ninth annual day of community service with St. Louis public schools. You can help paint murals, clean playgrounds and make a difference. Contact your Residential Advisor for more information, or visit www.communityservice.wustl.edu/sf. CSO will host a barbecue from 4-7 p.m. afterward, and is free for Service First participants.

A Tale of Two Cities
Come see Charles Dickens’ famous novel, A Tale of Two Cities, on stage at 2 p.m. at Grandel Theater. Taking place in Paris and London at the height of the French Revolution, the adapted play charts the growth and destruction of the two cities. Tickets cost $15-20 and the show runs through Sept. 6.

Sunday, September 2

Bike Show
Any motorcycle fan will want to come The Rebel Rat Pack’s 6th annual Labor Day Bike Show & Barbecue, where a raffle for a 2007 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy will be held. For $5 you can also enter your own bike in a contest to compete for a trophy. All proceeds go to the Amanda Cates Memorial Scholarship Fund in honor of the fallen police officer. The event lasts from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Sherri’s Ashby Inn at 3206 Ashby Road.

Throttle
Head out to the Landing from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. for Riverspin, an electronic-music event hosted by the Feisty Bulldog and Throttle at 720 North First Street. Admission is free, and the show will feature artists-of-the-night Mikey B, Robitaille and DJ Scotty Mac. Visit www.throttlestl.com for more information.

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