Spring Break
Campus Briefs: Tickets available for Doudna rededication
Issue date: 10/20/08 Section: News
Free tickets for the Second City performance and the Mavis Staples concert are available through the Doudna Box Office at 581-3110 or by e-mailing doudnatix@eiu.edu. Second City, which jumpstarted the careers of comedians John Belushi, Bill Murray, Mike Meyers, Stephen Colbert and John Candy, will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday in The Theatre of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Staples, the gospel singer who was a part of the Staple Singers in the 1960s, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Dvorak Concert Hall of Doudna.
The performances are a part of the formal rededication ceremony that includes a lecture from Doudna architect Antoine Predock and a dedication of a major sculpture by Ruth Duckworth. All events for the ceremony take place this weekend. Both performances are free, but require tickets because of limited seating.
Eastern bands to perform Tuesday
Eastern's Jazz Lab Band and Collegiate Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Dvorak Concert Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The first half of the concert will feature the Jazz Lab Band, a 19-piece ensemble directed by Paul Johnston that will feature a variety of big band music. The second half of the concert will feature the Collegiate Band, an ensemble comprised of about 90 students, faculty, staff and community members. Joshua Kumpula and Milton Allen conduct the ensemble. The event is free. For more information, call 581-6656.
Fundraiser hosted for children coats
The psychology department is hosting a fundraiser this week for local underprivileged children. The department is collecting money to purchase coats, which will be donated to the Salvation Army in Mattoon.
The department will collect donations by the food court in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. This is the second week of the department's fundraiser. Last week, the department collected donations by its office in the Physical Science Building.
- Compiled by News Editor Stephen Di Benedetto
The performances are a part of the formal rededication ceremony that includes a lecture from Doudna architect Antoine Predock and a dedication of a major sculpture by Ruth Duckworth. All events for the ceremony take place this weekend. Both performances are free, but require tickets because of limited seating.
Eastern bands to perform Tuesday
Eastern's Jazz Lab Band and Collegiate Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Dvorak Concert Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The first half of the concert will feature the Jazz Lab Band, a 19-piece ensemble directed by Paul Johnston that will feature a variety of big band music. The second half of the concert will feature the Collegiate Band, an ensemble comprised of about 90 students, faculty, staff and community members. Joshua Kumpula and Milton Allen conduct the ensemble. The event is free. For more information, call 581-6656.
Fundraiser hosted for children coats
The psychology department is hosting a fundraiser this week for local underprivileged children. The department is collecting money to purchase coats, which will be donated to the Salvation Army in Mattoon.
The department will collect donations by the food court in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. This is the second week of the department's fundraiser. Last week, the department collected donations by its office in the Physical Science Building.
- Compiled by News Editor Stephen Di Benedetto
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