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By Kevin Lee Associate Editor

2007 Gulf Coast Jazz Camp

When: Sun, June 3 – Fri, June 8

Where: University of South Alabama

This workshop is a must for anyone interested in delving into America’s first original fine art form. The camp is tailored for a variety of skill levels and ages and is part of the Jim Widner Jazz Clinic Series.

It covers beginner to advanced instruction in improvisation and ensemble playing, combo playing, master and jazz theory classes, jam sessions and concerts and specialized classes.

The faculty includes a list of heavy hitters from colleges around the region and culminates with a free concert from the instructors on Fri., June 8 at 7 pm in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center on the South Alabama campus.

For further info, call 251-460-7116 or 251-460-6136.

A Streetcar Named Desire

When: May 25, 26, 27 & June 1, 2, 3 / Fri & Sat- 8pm, Sun- 2pm

Where: Joe Jefferson Playhouse, 11 S. Carlen St.

Adults: $20/ senior citizens & active military: $15/ students: $10

Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play became a film that cemented Marlon Brando’s stature in the American pantheon of cultural icons.

A Streetcar Named Desire tells the story of Blanche Dubois, a pretentious, fading relic of the Old South who comes to New Orleans to stay with her sister Stella and Stella’s husband Stanley Kowalski. Blanche is desperate for respite but instead meets her nemesis in Stanley who, descended from recent Polish immigrants, is a primal man with no understanding or interest in fantasy or the snobbery of the Southern class system.

For more info go to www.jjp.net or call 471-1534.

Kevin Lee is Lagniappe associate editor. Contact him at klee@lagniappemobile.com.

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