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The Lafayette Arts Society will hold its first meeting of the semester 7:30 p.m. today at the Williams Center for the Arts.
The winner(s) of the Campus Art Identification Contest will be announced at the meeting and upcoming activities will be covered, including a trip to Broadway Saturday, Sept. 20, for the production of Movin’ Out. Other September events are acoustic guitar jams 10 p.m. this Saturday and Saturday, Sept. 27 at Gilbert’s or the Farinon Center; post-performance receptions for Williams Center events featuring Pacifica Quartet and Ursula Oppens, Headlong Dance Theater, Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer, and College Theater (The American Dream); and a Block pARTy Saturday, Sept. 27, to precede the football team’s home opener.
Activities later this semester include many other post-performance receptions and acoustic guitar jams, a progressive dinner (Oct. 18), Karaoke Night (Oct. 24), trips to Aura Ceramics downtown (Oct. 17) and Allentown Art Museum (Nov. 2), and Café Night (Nov. 7). In addition, plans will be made for an Arts Professionals Discussion Series, a launch/publication party for the Marquis literary magazine, a trip to Deer Head Inn for live jazz, an arts films series, and a trip Godfrey Daniels.
The Lafayette Arts Society is a group of musicians, actors, visual artists, designers, dancers, directors, writers, and avid performance-goers. The group meets several times a semester, in addition to getting together for programs and activities. It works with the constituent organizations of the Williams Center for the Arts (Performance Series, College Theater, Art Gallery, and music and art departments) to advance the presence of the fine and performing arts on campus. The Arts Society sponsors, presents, and manages regular, ongoing arts-related programs and activities, as well as special events open to all students. All members are expected to participate in Arts Society activities, including fundraising, and to frequently attend performances and events presented by the constituent organizations of the Williams Center for the Arts.
Member benefits include two free College Theater tickets and discounts for society-sponsored trips and events, selected dance classes offered by Recreation Services, and art department trips to Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Dues are $5.
Lafayette Arts Society won Aaron O. Hoff Awards last school year for Outstanding Cultural Group and Program of the Year: Block pARTy. For more information, contact Allison Blatt, Williams Center operational director, at blatta@lafayette.edu.