Art of the Wind Band: EIU Wind Symphony

EIU’s Wind Symphony and Premiere Honors Wind Symphony will perform at 1 p.m. on Sunday. in the Dvorak Concert Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

Members of the premiere symphony are Illinois high school students who were chosen to perform through auditions.

Also featured are Timothy Reynish of the United Kingdom and Russel Mikkelson, conductor of the Ohio State University wind symphony.

The concert serves as the culmination of the Art of the Wind Band weekend on Eastern’s campus and will feature classic and contemporary works.

Relay for Life: Rock for Relay

Countdown to the Relay for Life with a fundraiser hosted by Colleges Against Cancer.

The benefit features performances by Charleston area musical acts Little Boy Jr. and part of the band Howard.

EIU comedy acts Hello Dali, an improv group, and Lunchbox Voodoo, a sketch comedy group, will also perform.

Admission for the event is $5 and proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.

T-shirts and refreshments will be available for purchase.

The event begins at 7 p.m. tonight at 7th Street Underground and ends at 11 p.m.

38th Annual Miss Black EIU Pageant

“Women of Distinction: Empowered, Intelligent, Unique” is the theme to this year’s pageant, to be held at 7 p.m. Saturday night in the Grand Ballroom.

The pageant is the crowning event for the 2009 celebration of Black History Month on campus.

Tickets are available in the ticket office in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Advance tickets are $12, but they can also be purchased for $15 at the door.

Expect an evening of surprises as this year’s Miss Black EIU is crowned and celebrate the weeks’ events with a party in the Union, included in the price of admission.

James Bond Weekend

Catch up with what’s going on with everyone’s favorite spy, Agent 007, this weekend.

University Board will be showing “Casino Royale” and its sequel, “Quantum of Solace,” this weekend.

The films follow Daniel Craig’s Bond as he takes on terrorists at a high stakes poker game and then he must stop a multi-national corporation’s attempt to take over valuable natural resources.

The films will both be shown at 7 p.m. tonight in McAffee Gymnasium.

The films will be shown again tomorrow in Buzzard Auditorium, with “Quantum” at 5 and 10 p.m. and “Royale” playing at 7 p.m..