e-Veritas Archive | July 30th, 2010

Attend an exclusive Hurricane football practice on August 7

Aug
7
7:30 am

University of Miami employees and Hurricane football season ticket holders are invited to attend an exclusive practice on Saturday, August 7. Come out to Cobb Stadium on the Coral Gables campus and watch the UM football players and coaching staff prepare for the upcoming 2010 season, which kicks off on Thursday, September 2 against Florida A&M at Sun Life Stadium.

• The exclusive practice will be held on Saturday, August 7 at Cobb Stadium. Gates will open at 7:30 a.m.
• Team merchandise will be available for sale
• Tour the UM Sports Hall of Fame

Important Information Regarding this Event
• You must bring your UM ID (’Cane Card) for access to practice. Your UM ID will allow you and a guest access to this exclusive event.
• Season tickets will be available for purchase at your 20 percent employee discount. To purchase tickets in advance of this event, please call 1-800-GO-CANES.

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Special one-night engagement: Everything is Terrible! on tour

Aug
7
8:00 pm

The crew from the hit website Everything Is Terrible bring their unique video treats to the Cosford Cinema for one night in their only South Florida appearance on Saturday, August 7 at 8 p.m. Groan-inducing videos from the ’80s via forgotten VHS tapes of all kinds are delivered as viral video to hilarious results. Think infomercials, tutorials, and straight-to-video cheese. Advance tickets are available for $6 to $8 at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/119412. At the box office, general admission is $8. Cash only. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

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Cosford screening: ‘The Waiting City’

Aug
6
7:00 pm
Aug
7
2:45 pm
Aug
8
1:30 pm

An outwardly happy Australian couple, Ben and Fiona, journey to Calcutta, India to collect their adopted baby but, on arrival,  find arrangements stalled. They have no option but to wait in this chaotic foreign place. The intoxicating mystic powers of India pull them in separate and unexpected directions, exposing the vulnerability of their marriage. Forced to confront their differences and their own deep secrets, the couple ultimately rediscover themselves and a belief in life’s possibilities, their marriage, and the invigorating power and joy of the human spirit. The film screens on Friday, August 6 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, August 7 at 2:45 p.m.; and Sunday, August 8 at 1:30 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. Admission is $6 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non-UM students, and staff. General admission is $8; cash only. Free for UM students. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

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Cosford screening: ‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’

Aug
6
9:15 pm
Aug
7
12:15 pm
Aug
8
3:45 pm

In the second installment of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling Millennium Trilogy (the first was The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), journalist Mikael Blomkvist is back, investigating three horrifying murders. But when evidence leads to punk hacker genius Lisbeth Salander, Lisbeth must return to her own dark past if she and Blomkvist are to solve the mystery and stay alive. In Swedish, Italian, and French with English subtitles. The film screens on Friday, August 6 at 9:15 p.m.; Saturday, August 7 at 12:15 p.m. and 5 p.m.; and Sunday, August 8 at 3:45 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Admission is $6 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non-UM students, and staff. General admission is $8, cash only. Free for UM students. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

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