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TONIGHT! The Film Committee presents Greg Sestero 7:30pm in the UC Auditorium The hilarious and inspiring story of how a mysterious misfit got past every roadblock in the Hollywood system to achieve success on his own terms: a $6 million cinematic catastrophe called The Room. Nineteen-year-old Greg Sestero met Tommy Wiseau at an acting school in San Francisco. Wiseau’s scenes were rivetingly wrong, yet Sestero, hypnotized by such uninhibited acting, thought, “I have to do a scene with this guy.” That impulse changed both of their lives. Wiseau seemed never to have read the rule book on interpersonal relationships (or the instructions on a bottle of black hair dye), yet he generously offered to put the aspiring actor up in his LA apartment. Sestero’s nascent acting career first sizzled, then fizzled, resulting in Wiseau’s last-second offer to Sestero of costarring with him in The Room, a movie Wiseau wrote and planned to finance, produce, and direct—in the parking lot of a Hollywood equipment-rental shop. Wiseau spent $6 million of his own money on his film, but despite the efforts of the disbelieving (and frequently fired) crew and embarrassed (and frequently fired) actors, the movie made no sense. Nevertheless Wiseau rented a Hollywood billboard featuring his alarming headshot and staged a red carpet premiere. The Room made $1800 at the box office and closed after two weeks. One reviewer said that watching The Room was like “getting stabbed in the head.” ____________________________________________________________________ Vacationland College Tour presented by Sperry Top Sider TOMORROW! 2pm-9pm on the Humanities Lawn TIMETABLE 2pm: Croquet, DJ, Photo Booth, Cornhole, Ping Pong, Prizes and More! 5:30pm: Live music featuring Misterwives, the Colourist, The Mowgli's & Sam Hunt INSTAGRAM FOR FREE SHOES Instagram or Tweet a picture using #SperryU to be entered to win a weekly drawing for a pair of Sperry Top-Sider shoes. BATTLE OF THE COLLEGES Vote for your school in our Battle of the Colleges contest here: http://sperry.co/BattleOfTheColleges. We'll give 30 pairs of shoes to the winning school! ___________________________________________________________________ TOMORROW- April 5th the Cultural Attractions Committee presents: Motionhouse – Passionate Performance, Startling Spectacle, Dynamic Dance Doors open at 7:00pm; $5 non-student tickets Non-student tickets can be purchased by visiting knoxvilletickets.com, the Central Ticket Office on campus, or the Thompson Boling Arena Ticket Office. Motionhouse was founded 25 years ago in 1988 by Kevin Finnan and Louise Richards. Our company has since become one of the leading dance theatre companies in the UK making our work locally, touring our work globally. They create startling, passionate dance theatre. Their productions are designed to challenge as well as delight audiences and they fuse images with action and dynamism. The performances are rooted in dance but draw on theatre, circus, acrobatics and film to create work that makes you think and feel. They tour their productions to theatres and festivals throughout the world. They have developed a reputation over the years for ambitious experimentation and their productions, in which setting, action and context collide, have become world-renowned. A wide ranging education and participatory program runs parallel to their touring performance work. For more information about Motionhouse Dance please visit motionhouse.co.uk All events are open to the public and free unless otherwise stated. Student ID is required for all students. For more information about these events or to arrange disability accommodations, contact Student Activities @ [log in to unmask] or 865.974.5455. ____________________________________________________________________ April 8th the Issues Committee presents Lisa Curtis at 7pm in the UC Auditorium Lisa Curtis analyzes America’s economic, security and political relationships with India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other nations of South Asia as a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Lawmakers and journalists alike turn to Curtis for her clear-eyed research and perspective on U.S. interests in some of the most desperate, dangerous and fast-developing parts of the world. Working out of Heritage’s Asian Studies Center, she became a reliable source for many Americans while analyzing breaking news in Pakistan and Afghanistan as a guest expert on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, CNBC, PBS and BBC, among other outlets. All events are open to the public and free unless otherwise stated. Student ID is required for all students. For more information about these events or to arrange disability accommodations, contact Student Activities @ [log in to unmask] or 865.974.5455.