Miscellanea: Concerts, talks, and a parade

Saxophonist Joseph Murphy and guitarist Matthew Slotkin will give a concert Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Bloomsburg University’s Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Admission is free.

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Bloomsburg University’s Women’s Choral Ensemble, Husky Singers and Concert Choir will present a concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, in Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Admission is free.

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Jerry Wemple and other Pennsylvania poets will give readings in the Pennsylvania Capitol Building (East Wing Rotunda) on Thursday, Oct. 11, at noon. Wemple, is a BU professor of English, while Melanie Simms and David Bauman are BU students. First Lady Susan Corbett is scheduled to introduce the readers. Other poets reading will include Marjorie Maddox, director of the Creative Writing program at Lock Haven University, and Nathaniel Gadsden, the former poet laureate of Harrisburg. Wemple and Maddox co-edited a poetry anthology entitled “Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania.” Wemple and Maddox will also read at 7 p.m. that evening at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg. The reading will be recorded for podcast by WITF-FM, the local PBS affiliate.

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The French film Entre Nous will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, in Bloomsburg University’s McCormick Hall, room 2303, as part of the Gender Studies Minor Foreign Film Series. The film, open to the public free of charge, tells the story of two women in unsatisfactory marriages who struggle for identity in post-World War II France. The series is sponsored by the Gender Studies Minor, Department of English and College of Liberal Arts.

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Have a favorite record? Wish it had a cooler cover? Now's your chance, but not for long. The deadline to submit works for the The Cover of a Cover show (at the Moose Exchange and sponsored by Endless Records) is Thursday, Oct. 12. For more information contact Nick or Emily at Endless Records in the Moose Exchange, 570-951-1821.

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The Center for Visual and Performing Arts fundraising dinner on October 21, has had the ticket deadline extended to Oct. 12. The event will feature a delectable menu as well as an art exhibit, plus literary, musical, theatrical and dance performances featuring some of BU's most talented students. Proceeds will go to the CVPA to continue and expand our University/town events as well as provide community performance venues. For tickets, call 389-4410

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Saturday, Oct. 13, is homcoming for Bloomsburg, the high school and the university, will celebrate Homecoming with a parade on Saturday. The parade begins at 11 am at the Geisinger Bloomsburg parking lot on Lightstreet Road and continues to College Hill, Main and Market streets, ending in Town Park. Chang Shub Roh, BU sociology professor emeritus, as grand marshal of the homecoming parade.

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On a more serious note:

• Liz Seccuro, victim’s rights activist and author, will present My Story: The Journey from Sexual Assault Victim to Survivor to Activist, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, in the Bloomsburg University’s Kehr Union, Ballroom. Seccuro founded STARS (Sisters Together Assisting Rape Survivors) to fund programs to help rape victims and their families. Her visit, presented in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, is sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center and open to the public free of charge.
• Steve Berg, vice president for programs and policy, National Alliance to End Homelessness, will speak on National Best Practices for Building a Homeless System from the Ground Up, at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, in Bloomsburg University’s Kehr Union. His talk will be followed by a panel discussion. The program is open to anyone interested in issues associated with homelessness.