9pm
BLACK FOREST Karaoke—9pm
COWFISH “Hump Night” w/Connor
J, Club Bangers—9pm; n/c
DEXTER LAKE CLUB Songwriter’s
Night—7pm; Open mic, n/c
DOWNTOWN LOUNGE Bikes, BBQ
& Blues Jam—8pm; n/c
GOODFELLAS Karaoke—7pm
GRANARY Jazz jam w/Gerry
Rempel & Bruce Cole—8pm; n/c
THE GREEN ROOM Karaoke—
9pm; n/c
HAPPY HOURS Guitaraoke w/
Neriah Hart—8pm; Karaoke, n/c
JOHN HENRY’S Bounce w/DJ
Sassy Mouff—9pm; Dance, n/c
LUCKEY’S Only Sean Doherty,
Paul Quillen—10pm; Folk, $3
CORVALLIS, ETC
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All You Can Eat Pizza Tuesday
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Dee—10pm; 80s & 90s dance
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Wotta—10pm; Hip hop
SA Brown Shoe & Guest—10pm
TU Jay Tablet & Co.—10pm; Dark
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FIRST UNITED METHODIST
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Langlais—12:15pm, don.
LASELLS STEWART CENTER
SU Corvallis-OSU Symphony: Vive
la France!—3pm; $18-$32
MEMORIAL UNION LOUNGE
FR Sunghee Kim—Noon; Piano,
n/c
… Frank
IF IT
AIN’T GOT THAT SWING
Sinatra, Dean Martin and the rest of the rat pack continue to seize some
intimate nugget of nostalgia in the American imagination, abetted by the steely
slick appeal of AMC’s hit show Mad Men and the persistence of skinny ties and
cocktail culture for the haute bourgeoisie. Yet years before Don Draper ever donned
a diachronic dinner jacket, Benny Goodman was striking up the big band and giving
G.I.s, cigarette girls and hepcats a reason to sing their blues away.
The tunes and croons of the Swing Era will be faithfully recreated Nov. 16 when
Artbeat’s “In the Mood,” the premiere revue of America’s Big Band era, hits the
stage of Hult Center’s Silva Concert Hall. As the show’s producer, Bud Forrest, said
of the music of bandleaders Glenn Miller, Cab Calloway and others, “Everybody was
listening to Big Band. It was the last time everybody was listening to the same kind
of music. It’s a time that hasn’t been replicated since.”
“In the Mood” is now in its 19th year of touring the world, Forrest notes of a live show
that strives to bring an unreconstructed view of the Swing Era to audiences around the
nation. “The music is the story,” he explains, adding that swing and big band were
intimately connected to the war overseas. Forrest says that one of the era’s leading
figures, Glenn Miller, served in the military and that during World War II performers like
Bob Hope and Miller brought comfort to soldiers with USO performances.
“The sound of that music, I don’t want to say it made it better,” Forrest says,
“but it may have given a little more impetus for going through the horrors of the
war.” He adds that the show continues to strike a chord with folks around the world
who respond to swing’s uplifting messages and undeniable beats. “All over the
country there’s a whole audience of people who love this music,” he adds.
“It seems to work really well,” Forrest says of “In the Mood,” which features a
13-piece band and six singers and dancers. “People keep telling me that one of the
things they like is how it’s been put together. It illustrates what it must have felt
like to hear a big band.”
“In the Mood” plays 7 pm Friday, Nov. 16, at Hult Center; $27-$47. — Rick Levin
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