Eons ago in the 1980s, Falstaff’s held a bright future. Originally conceived as a campus bar to bring the students of Skidmore together, during planning and construction, the New York State drinking age was raised from 19 to 21. Rather than just enforce the new law, the Administration abandoned the bar plan and decided Falstaff’s would better serve the community as the weird, generally unappealing place it is now.
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Contra dancing! This Thursday at Falstaffs
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012By Brandon Dyer ’15
Before you ask, the steps are not up up down down left right left right B A.
Falstaff’s is frequently known as a home for Skidmore bands and raves, but this Thursday the folks at Lively Lucy’s are mixing it up a bit with some contra dancing. Contra dancing is a partnered folk dance similar to square dancing, and… you know what? I’m just going to cut out the middleman and send you directly to the Wikipedia article I’m getting this from. There will be a live band and caller, so this shit’s pretty authentic. Newbies welcome and in fact encouraged to come.
Falstaff’s, this Thursday, 8 PM. Be there or be square.
(fbook)
LAST OPEN MIC OF THE YEAR: Tonight at Falstaff’s
Thursday, April 5th, 2012By Brandon Dyer ’15
Seriously, though. Play this song and you will get laid.
The end times are upon us. No, not those end times, the end-of-the-year times, which are considerably worse. I never realized how near we are to the end until I realized that this tonight’s Open Mic Night at Falstaff’s will be the very last of the year. Yup, the last. This is your last chance to dedicate “Wonderwall” to that girl in your French class (tacitly or untacitly, your choice) or make everyone in the house nostalgia hardcore with your touching rendition of “Hey There Delilah.” Oh, so you think Open Mic Night is all about music? Wrong. You can do whatever you want. Got some poetry you’ve been writing in lieu of taking notes in that boring as shit physics class? Come read it! Fiction? A nonfiction rant? Cap it at roughly 5 minutes and you’re all set. Stand-up comedy? Go for it, champ. Any form of entertainment that isn’t pornography is welcome (and let’s be honest, the line between acceptable and pornographic is a tad bit blurry).
Completely untalented or just unprepared? That’s hardly an excuse not to go. There’s going to be great entertainment from kids you never knew were actually good at something. It’s the last of the year; everyone will want to show Skidmore how talented they are before departing for the summer – or perhaps forever… I’ll be there reading something or some shit, so why not go?
Come on, kick back, and relax at Falstaff’s this tonight, 4/5, at 8PM. Did I mention it’s the last open mic of the year?
(fbook)
Rubblebucket Tonight
Friday, February 24th, 2012In case you live under a rock, are deaf and have no internet, Rubblebucket is playing Falstaff’s tonight. That place can hold what, 250 people? And because it’s such a big band, they’re going to shut the doors and if you aren’t there early enough you gonna get shut out!!
Skidmore’s Los Elk are opening.
If you can’t get in, come to Albany to see Company of Thieves.
Lively Lucy’s Presents Dan Papson and Beardo
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011Tomorrow night at Falstaff’s Dan Papson ’11 and Beardo will be playing some swell tunes. No, I don’t know who or what Beardo is. I’m assuming the Beardo playing at Falstaff’s tomorrow is not this one, but if it is please, please let me know.
Music starts around 9.
Check out more info on Dan Papson Here
Start Making Sense Slays
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Fabulous job, WSPN/SEC. Hands down, best Falstaff’s show of the year.
WSPN & SEC Present: Talking Heads Tribute Band @ Falstaff’s
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
On Friday, October 28, WSPN and SEC are hosting Start Making Sense—the premier Talking Heads tribute band in the greater tri-state area—in a Halloween show at Falstaff’s. This is a “Once in a Lifetime” opportunity, because these guys will be “Burning Down the House” all night!
But really, as the WSPN janitor office manager, I guarantee this will be fucking amazing. Tribute bands are a blast, and a surf rock band called The Great White Caps is opening. There will also be a costume contest with the chance to win WSPN prizes. Just dress up as your parents in the early 80s and pretend the Talking Heads are actually playing at Falstaff’s.
“God, Reagan is such a dick, you guys. Let’s check out Red Dawn and watch MTV all night.” See? So easy, and you’ll definitely win if you go all out. I expect to see you all there in your finest Salvation Army finds.
(fbook)
Police Respond to Gunshot Wound at Falstaff’s, Hilarity Ensues
Friday, October 21st, 2011In what might be the most bizarre story of the semester, the Skidmore News reports that a former Skidmore student—who was sitting in the parking lot of Falstaff’s—falsely called in a gunshot wound to the Saratoga Springs Police late last night. The call prompted a full-fledged law enforcement response.
According to Lt. Greg Veitch of the SSPD, the man “had smoked some type of substance and suffered from hallucinations that he had been shot in the leg.” Veitch goes on to say that the police believe that “he had been smoking bath salts.” Bath salts have recently been banned in New York.
So overlooking the misuse of government resources and all that, this is the funniest shit I’ve ever read in the Skidmore News. Seriously, did you ever think you’d see “Falstaff’s,” “bath salts,” and “gunshot wound” in the same sentence? I certainly didn’t.
Yes, my friends, this actually happened. Only at Skidmore.
More from the Skidmore News here.
Weekend Distractions LXIX
Thursday, September 29th, 2011THURSDAY
8:00pm – Friend Me: Speed Meeting! @ The Game Room in Case (fbook)
8:30pm – Lively Lucy’s Presents: Bailiwick w/ Nora & Jake @ Falstaff’s (fbook)
9:00pm – Trivia Night @ Dhall
9:00pm – There + Back @ Putnam Den (fbook)
FRIDAY
3:30pm – Ad-Libs auditions @ JKB (fbook)
4:00pm – Men’s Soccer vs. Hobart @ Wachenheim Field
7:00pm – Screening of “Tony”, by Invisible Children @ Gannett
7:30pm – $5 movie: Denis Villeneuve’s “Incendies” @ Saratoga Film Forum
10:00pm – CFSGR’s Self Defense Workshop @ The Spa (fbook)
SATURDAY
9:30am – 2011 Skidmore Undergrad Research Conference @ Gannett
2:00pm – Men’s Soccer vs. RIT @ Wachenheim Field
10:00pm – Late Night/Outing Club’s Manhunt @ The Spa
10:00pm – SPECTRUM: Masquerade! feat. DJ Ramses @ Falstaff’s (fbook)
11:30pm – Saturday Night Live @ NBC
SUNDAY
2:30pm – Skidmore Quidditch Team info meeting @ Bolton 103 (fbook)
6:00pm – Harvest Dinner feat. Artifacts, Mugsy Boges @ Falstaff’s (fbook) $5 donation
Missing something? Let us know in the comments.
Skidmore Student Garden Hosts Harvest Dinner
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Vegetables - not just for rabbits anymore!
Skidmore’s student garden is staffed by a few student foodies who spend most of the non-snowy months toiling over a tiny plot of land next to the admissions building. They grow quite a lot of good food, but obviously it is just for show and doesn’t really make a dent in Skidmore’s food needs. Let’s be real: it would take thousands and thousands of Skidmore student gardens to grow all the food we waste eat in Dhall each year. Call me crazy, but it seems like the student garden only really exists to show us how impossible our national food system is… oh I get it now.
The Garden kids are happy to share the vegetables of their labor with you at the 4th annual Harvest Dinner. It’s all local, vegetarian, tasty stuff, so bring a few dollars (suggested $5 donation) and feast. Come eat that good stuff and enjoy the music of two Skidmore bands so fresh they don’t even have Bandcamp pages yet.
Sunday 6:00pm-10:00pm @ Falstaff’s feat. The Artifacts and The Mugsy Boges
(fbook)
