Spring Break
Jorgensen Hosts A-List Acts
Ashley McGown
Issue date: 8/30/07 Section: Focus
Each year, Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts provides students with an abundant schedule of events to attend throughout the year. This upcoming semester seems to be particularly enthralling. With a line-up of first-rate acts spanning several genres of entertainment, there is bound to be at least one act for everyone. Here is a quick peek at some of the top acts that will be visiting Storrs this fall.
Act: Regina Spektor
Date: Sept. 26
Time: 8 p.m.
Cost: $15 for students; $20 for non-students
Born in Russia, Spektor and her family moved to the Bronx when she was still a young girl. Her debut album, "Soviet Kitsch," is an eclectic mix of piano-driven songs, ranging from the heartfelt ballad, "Carbon Monoxide," to "Poor Little Rich Boy," which is played primarily with a drumstick on a wooden chair. The NYC-based band Only Son will open for Spektor.
Act: Phil Vassar
Date: Sept. 28 & 29
Time: 8 p.m.
Cost: $16-20 for students; $34-45 for non-students
Named Country Songwriter of the Year twice by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Vassar is one of the only country music stars whose music is centered around a piano. Besides becoming a star in his own right, Vassar has also penned songs for Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson and other notable country singers.
Act: Kathy Griffin
Date: Oct. 6
Time: 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
Cost: $16-20 for students; $32-42 for non-students
Griffin, who's notorious for her shameless celebrity bashing, is sure to stir up controversy at UConn on Family Weekend. Although she is best known for her unforgiving stand-up routines, Griffin is also familiar with the small screen. She played Brooke Shields' co-worker on the hit show "Suddenly Susan," and she is currently the star of her own reality show, "My Life on the D-List."
Act: Global Drum Project
Date: Oct. 12
Time: 8 p.m.
Act: Regina Spektor
Date: Sept. 26
Time: 8 p.m.
Cost: $15 for students; $20 for non-students
Born in Russia, Spektor and her family moved to the Bronx when she was still a young girl. Her debut album, "Soviet Kitsch," is an eclectic mix of piano-driven songs, ranging from the heartfelt ballad, "Carbon Monoxide," to "Poor Little Rich Boy," which is played primarily with a drumstick on a wooden chair. The NYC-based band Only Son will open for Spektor.
Act: Phil Vassar
Date: Sept. 28 & 29
Time: 8 p.m.
Cost: $16-20 for students; $34-45 for non-students
Named Country Songwriter of the Year twice by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Vassar is one of the only country music stars whose music is centered around a piano. Besides becoming a star in his own right, Vassar has also penned songs for Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson and other notable country singers.
Act: Kathy Griffin
Date: Oct. 6
Time: 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
Cost: $16-20 for students; $32-42 for non-students
Griffin, who's notorious for her shameless celebrity bashing, is sure to stir up controversy at UConn on Family Weekend. Although she is best known for her unforgiving stand-up routines, Griffin is also familiar with the small screen. She played Brooke Shields' co-worker on the hit show "Suddenly Susan," and she is currently the star of her own reality show, "My Life on the D-List."
Act: Global Drum Project
Date: Oct. 12
Time: 8 p.m.
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