Tim’s Picks: 5 of the best ideas
Tim’s Picks: 5 of the best ideas
Yo-Yo Ma to Green Room Rockers to death metal to ... Five prime things going on for your Greater Lafayette week.
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And now, with five suggestions for your Greater Lafayette week, it’s …
By Tim Brouk / For Based in Lafayette
Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey orchestras, 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette — It’s a battle of the big bands and the competitors are two of the best to ever do it. The Glenn Miller Orchestra (“In the Mood,” “Moonlight Serenade,” “Stardust”) and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (“I’m Getting Sentimental Over You,” “There Are Such Things,” “Boogie Woogie”) have been at it for a combined 175 years. While their original bandleaders have long been sent to the great bandstand in the sky, dedicated musicians — and generations of fans — have kept the orchestras alive. Both will send the Long Center for the Performing Arts audience into a tuneful journey to yesteryear. $43. Tickets.
Green Room Rockers, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, 102 S. 10th St., Lafayette — Usually more at home in a beer-soaked punk rock club, the rude boys within Green Room Rockers will enliven the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette with its signature combination of soul, reggae and ska music. While the band’s touring days are over, Green Room are still among the best to do it in Indiana, and the band will show that skanking and art appreciation are a magical combination.
Umbilical Chain, Global Plague, Chromarama and Scarsin, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, North End Pub, 2100 Elmwood Ave., Lafayette — Death metal reigns supreme this weekend when Doom Room assembles a murderer’s row of regional riffage. Straight out of their Indianapolis womb, Umbilical Chain will make its Lafayette debut supported by Doom Room alumni Global Plague (Indy), Chromarama (Indy) and Scarsin (Chicagoland). With 75% of these brutal bands being from Circle City, expect some circle pits at the Pub. $10.
Art on the Wabash, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, Tapawingo Park — West Lafayette’s largest art fair will shine the spotlight on 44 regional artists of just about every media imaginable. The 17th edition of this event will also welcome live music from Dawn Hively (10 a.m.), Rick DeSutter (noon) and Lauren Grace (2 p.m.). For those hungry for more than paintings, pottery and photography, they can appreciate the delicious works from People’s Brewing Company, L Kora, Yurburgers, Fuel Coffee Shop, Rollin’ in Dough Pizza and Beverly Ann’s of Lafayette. Be sure to be there at 3 p.m. to see if your favorite artist will win best of show.
A Conversation with Yo-Yo Ma, 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, Elliott Hall of Music, Purdue University — A decade after his masterful performance at Purdue University, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, a household name in classical music, will return to West Lafayette, this time as a guest for Purdue’s Presidential Lecture Series. Moderated by “PBS News Hour” correspondent Jeffrey Brown, this matinee event will delve into Ma’s renowned career and life away from the stage. Ma is the winner of an astounding 19 Grammy Awards, appeared on 120 albums and was appointed a United Nations Messenger of Peace. With musical interludes between the questions, Ma, 68, will let his words and music speak on how culture can help us all seek truth, build trust and act in service of one another. His words and music are certainly needed today.
Tim Brouk is a longtime arts and entertainment reporter. He writes here (almost) weekly, tracking things to do for Based in Lafayette.
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