The IUP Bands will kick off the Sound Choices series, presented by The Lively Arts at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and produced by the Department of Music, with the Annual Homecoming Concert. The performance will be presented on Sunday, October 11, 2009, at 3:00 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium, IUP Performing Arts Center.

The Lively Arts at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will present the Jones-Maruri Duo as part of the Performance Plus series in Gorell Recital Hall, John Sutton Hall, on Thursday, October 8, 2009, at 8:00 p.m.

The Lively Arts at IUP will present the 2009–2010 Helwig Distinguished Artist, Marvin Hamlisch, in Fisher Auditorium, IUP Performing Arts Center, October 5, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. Hamlisch is one of only eight living artists in the world to win entertainment’s “grand slam”—an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony award.

IUP’s Theater-by-the-Grove, produced by the Department of Theater and Dance, opens this year’s season with a production of the comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest, on October 1–3 and 7–10, 2009, at 8:00 p.m., with a matinee on October 4, 2009, at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets go on sale Monday, September 14, 2009, for IUP Plays Pittsburgh, scheduled for November 2, 2009, at Heinz Hall and for Helwig Distinguished Artist Marvin Hamlisch, slated for October 5, 2009, in Fisher Auditorium, IUP Performing Arts Center.

The College of Fine Arts and IUP Center for Film Studies are collaborating with Pittsburgh Filmmakers to begin the IUP Cinema Series: Short Shots and Fresh Frames during the 2009–2010 academic year. The series brings four documentary films with local connections to campus.