Miscellanea: Dance, talks, more dance, and a reception

Big Band Concert and Dance: Do you like to dance? Would you like to learn to cha cha, mambo, swing, or tango? If yes, then come to the Big Band Dance Tuesday, March 25, 7 pm in the Caldwell Consistory, Market Street, Bloomsburg. The dance is sponsored by the Center For Visual And Performing Arts. The evening will feature a live big band plus demonstrations of the different dance steps-provided by BU dance professor, Julie Petry. Admission is free.

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Bloomsburg University’s LGBTQA Commission is hosting the sixth annual reception, Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler (Let the Good Times Roll) from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 28, at The Barn at Boone’s Dam, 737 Fort McClure Blvd., Bloomsburg. The event, which supports LGBTQA educational outreach, will feature a silent auction, awards, light refreshments and musical entertainment by Chamuris and Brown. Tickets are $25 per person. For information, contact the LGBTQA Resource Center, lgbt@bloomu.edu or 570-389-2819.

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Talking about Video Games: David S. Heineman, assistant professor of communications studies at BU, will talk about the cultural significance of video games at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, in Warren Student Services Center, room 004. His lecture, Thinking about Video Games: Notes from a Researcher, is sponsored by the Institute for Culture and Society and the College of Liberal Arts and is free and open to the public.

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Russian Ballet to perform Swan Lake: BU is bringing the Tchaikovsky ballet, Swan Lake, to the stage as a part of BU’s 175th anniversary celebration Saturday, March 29, at 8 pm in Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Tickets are $35 for adults and $17 for children and BU students. For more information, visit www.bloomu.edu/cas or call the box office at 570-389-4409.

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Library Book Sale: The Friends of the Bloomsburg University Library Association (FOBULA) will hold their 14th annual book sale from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 29; 1 to 3 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, March 30; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, March 31, in the Andruss Library, Schweiker Room. The library’s largest fundraiser, the book sale has raised more than $27,000 to fund special projects, including digitization and preservation of local and university historic materials, and textbook scholarships. For information, contact Robert Dunkelberger, university archivist, 570-389-4210.

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Empty Bowls Banquet: Empty Bowls, an international hunger awareness and fundraising event, returns to Bloomsburg University to benefit the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 30, in the Kehr Union Ballroom. A minimum donation of $10 for adults and $5 for students is requested for unlimited soups. Children under 5-years-old eat free. For more information on this year’s event, contact Jean Downing, SOLVE director, 570-389-4798.