Hungover? No ideas for parental entertainment? Tufts groups here to help!
Need a way to entertain your family during Parents Weekend? Enjoy performances? There are several events to check out!
Friday afternoon at 4:30 p.m., the dance faculty has organized a performance which features students as they create 99 dance moves to music. After that, stop by the Remis Sculpture Court for the Parents Reception, some refreshments and entertainment by the Beezlebubs. For another great opportunity, investigate the Cohen Auditorium for the Drama and Dance Department and Student Organization's collaboration of theater performances at 7 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.
This Parents Weekend, the showcase will include a musical number from Torn Ticket II's "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," a performance by the 3Ps Board and Stacy Davidowitz of "Run Freedom Run" from the musical "Urinetown," a performance by Traveling Treasure Trunk, a skit by Major: Undecided, and a dance performance by Sarabande. If theater isn't your scene, check out the sQ and Essence concerts in Goddard Chapel.
Saturday afternoon, join President Larry Bacow and his wife Adele during the President's Reception at 3:30 p.m. and enjoy some entertainment by the Wind Ensemble. Saturday night, the Music Department has organized a concert at 8 p.m. in Cohen Auditorium featuring several performance groups. Though the concert is free, the seats fill up quickly, so it is recommended to arrive early; don't miss any of the spectacular performances by groups such as the Tufts Big Band, Kiniwe, the Tufts West African Musical Ensemble, the Gospel Choir, the Flute Ensemble, Chorale, the Chamber Singers and the Tufts Symphony Orchestra.
Comic Marc Maron Shakes Up Davis Square
Picture the writers' room of your favorite political comedy show. Now imagine the one writer who's most likely to get himself kicked off: He's scruffy, wears a corduroy jacket, and can't sit still.
His name is Marc Maron, and in a sometimes sweet and sometimes sour tone he takes on politics, gets into a fight with culture that the neighbors can hear and keeps asking, "Do you understand me?" He'll be performing his stand-up this weekend - Friday and Saturday (October 20 and 21) - at 10 p.m. at Jimmy Tingle's Off-Broadway theater in Davis Square.
Maron, an actor, comic and writer lives and thrives in the alternative scenes in New York and L.A. You might recognize him from "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "Late Show with David Letterman," or "Almost Famous" (2000), but only in live performances will you hear him dish about his meeting with Lorne Michaels or the time he got kicked off Air America Radio. For more on Maron, visit his Web site.
Tickets are $25, but half that for students. To purchase tickets, visit the theater's Web site.
- compiled by Sarah Cowan, Leticia Frazao and Tom McMillan
