SOMA is very proud to announce that Atlas Sound, the side project of Bradford Cox from Deerhunter, will be playing at Alumni Hall in the HUB on January 21! That is next Saturday at 7/8pm and this show is probably the only way to start your semester off well. This will be a very unique experience for Penn State students; it’s only so often one of the biggest people in experimental music comes to your school. Openers for Atlas Sound are “Costello and the Coal Miners” of Pittsburgh and Tutlie from Philadelphia. We’ll see you there!

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Hey everyone!

Arts Crawl will be on March 30, 2012 from 5pm to 11pm with its headquarters in the Visual Arts building. It’s nice to be official about it, huh? Anyway, this year’s Arts Crawl will be more fun than you can imagine… try to think about how awesome it will be. I’ll wait. Yeah, better than that. Anyway, if you are an artist or in a club that does any sort of art get in touch with me (Kyle) or someone from your department for information about how to be a part of making Arts Crawl incredible. If you aren’t, still come out to admire the talent and creativity of Penn State students and be in a mosh pit for the headliner, no matter what genre they are. Or just stand in the back with your arms folded smoking an e-cig. We don’t judge too much. If you are in a band or know someone in a band who would like to play see the previous post.

If you’d like to make your attendance facebook-official, you can join the page or whatever you meddling kids do these days.

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SOMA is looking for bands to perform at this year’s Arts Crawl! It is on March 30 and slots go from 5-10pm. If you or anyone you know is in a band please apply as soon as you can. This is a great chance to meet other artists from the state and check out some of the art that students produce at Penn State. You can find instructions for applying on the facebook page. We hope to hear from you soon!

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SOMA will be organizing a battle of the bands on Saturday, December 3rd. This event is sponsored by Jansport and the winner will go on to compete against bands from other universities for a chance to win some promotional support from Jansport! This includes a spot on a mix tape that will be distributed at large festivals that they support, giving you the opportunity to reach thousands of new ears. If you are interested in entering your band for a spot, submit an application as explained on the facebook event page. Even if you aren’t in a band, come out for a great time and hear some new music, then vote for your favorite!

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We will be having our annual photo scavenger hunt this Sunday! Everyone will split into small groups and go around taking pictures of random things thought of by Julia and her helpers. If you have participated in the past, you know that there are always some absurd moments to be captured on camera and plenty of strangers to harass. As usual, we will meet at Baby’s afterwards to eat and compare how much of the list we accomplished! Feel free to bring anyone interested. Meet by the fish tanks in the HUB at 1pm this Sunday, October 2nd.

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