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A concert with seven a cappella groups, performances by rock, blues, and jazz bands, an open guitar jam, standup comedy, a Twister tournament, a semiformal, varsity volleyball, and Seabiscuit screenings are on the schedule of campus events this weekend.
The Easton Blues Festival will feature “Big Bill” Morganfield, son of Muddy Waters, 8 p.m. today at the Williams Center for the Arts. He will perform with his band after an opening set by singer Nora Jean Bruso and the Bruso Blues Band. Tickets are free for students and $20 for others; call the box office at 610-330-5009. Proceeds will benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Easton
The volleyball team will play its last home match of the season 7 p.m. today as it takes on archrival Lehigh at Kirby Sports Center. The team will honor its two seniors prior to the contest.
A Twister tournament will be held 8 p.m. today in Keefe Commons. Participation is free.
Delta Upsilon fraternity will host a concert by Alphatide, a rock band from the Atlantic City area with sounds similar to Oasis and Dave Matthews Band, 9 p.m. today in the chapter house’s lobby. The Eastcoast Romper said of the band’s five-song EP, Everything Under the Sun, “Musically speaking, tracks such as “Our Vacant Dance” and “Half Past Ever After” are prime examples of their endowment towards developing music that is angelic in scope, delicate in delivery and in its sum total, passionate within overture. If you are looking for something with profundity and don’t care for the depressive angle that usually accompanies music of this variety, then the Alphatide EP will certainly fulfill that need.”
Hillel Society will host the 2nd Annual Lehigh Valley Hillel Dance, a.k.a. the Matzoh Ball Semiformal, 7 p.m. Saturday in the Marlo Room of Farinon College Center. Organizers are asking that those attending bring a piece of winter clothing (e.g. gloves, scarf, sweater), which will result in a raffle ticket for a chance to win prizes. All clothing will be donated to the Safe Harbor homeless shelter in Easton.
Brazilian post-bop trumpeter Claudio Roditi and his quartet will play a set at the 18th Annual Easton Jazz Festival 8 p.m. Saturday at the Williams Center. The headline act will be the Marc Copland Trio with guest trumpeter Randy Brecker. Tickets are free for students and $25 for others; proceeds will benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Easton
Comedian Ben Bailey will perform his standup act 10 p.m. Saturday at the Farinon Center Snack Bar. The free event is sponsored by Lafayette Activities Forum. Bailey’s performances have included gigs at every major comedy venue in Manhattan, at the Aspen Comedy Arts Festival, and in Scotland and Holland. He has appeared on the HBO, Comedy Central, FOX, and NBC TV networks, as well as in the films Bad Meat and So Real?. “Through sarcasm and wit, Bailey expresses his thoughts about his own life, life in general, and the state of the world,” states LAF. “He has a charming wit and an intelligent style, leaving his audience both laughing and thinking.”
The Arts Society is sponsoring a Late-Night Guitar Jam 10:30 p.m. Saturday at Gilbert’s: “Bring your acoustic guitar and your friends for an informal evening of friendly music-making.”
The group also is hosting An Afternoon of A Cappella, featuring seven vocal groups, 3 p.m. Sunday at the Williams Center for the Arts. Ticket prices are: Lafayette students, $2; staff/faculty, $3; public, $6; student/youth, $3. Proceeds benefit Friends of Lafayette Music.
Participating Lafayette groups and their format are Cadence, female; The Chorduroys, male; Soulfege, mixed; and Quintessence, jazz. Also performing will be Penn State’s Pennharmonics, Swarthmore’s Mixed Company, and Muhlenberg’s Dynamics. CDs will be sold at the concert and ticket stubs will be entered into a raffle for a CD pack. The singers will be available at a post-concert reception.
Lafayette Activities Forum will screen the movie Seabiscuit 7 and 10 p.m. today and tomorrow, and 10 p.m. Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday in the Limburg Theater of Farinon College Center. Tickets cost $2.
Released by Universal Pictures in July, the film lasts two hours, 20 minutes and is rated PG-13 for sexual situations and violent sports-related images. The movie tells the true story of a former bicycle repairman, Charles Howard (Jeff Bridges), who made his fortune introducing the automobile to the American West, and who owned a small, knobbly-kneed horse called Seabiscuit. Howard teamed up with a half-blind, ex-boxing prize fighter, Red Pollard (Tobey Maguire), who became the horse’s jockey, and a former “mustang breaker” Wild West performer called “The Lone Plainsman,” Tom Smith (Chris Cooper), who became the horse’s trainer. As the United States struggled through the Great Depression, people around the country followed the Seabiscuit story with rapt interest, leading to his winning Horse of the Year honors in 1938.