Kick off the Holiday Season with your first Friendsgiving Celebration of the Season - Turkey Dinner and all the Trimmings - Sunday, November 9, 2025, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PMRSVP by texting Sharon at 410-300-4790

Discover a welcoming and supportive space where nonbinary and LGBTQ+ students can share their experiences, express their identities, and find empowerment. Together, we’ll discuss topics like breaking down barriers, increasing awareness of discrimination, and embracing the strength of your unique voice. Let’s build a community of understanding, respect, and pride—because your story matters, and so do you.

Bring a game, bring a friend! Or play one of our many board games available. Beginners and experienced players welcome. There is always someone available to teach new players. Common games played include: Ticket to Ride, Red Dragon Inn, Code Names, Werewolves of Miller's Hollow, Bang!, Sushi Go, Trash Pandas, Mysterium, Fin Span, Dog Park

The Frostburg State University Jazz Combo, under the direction of Tom Harrison, will be performing well-known classics from some of the most influential jazz musicians such as John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Duke Ellington, Freddie Hubbard, and more. This FSU Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance concert is Tuesday, November 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center. The concert is free and open to the public; it will also be livestreamed, click the red "Join Stream" button to view the live performance.Members of the Jazz Combo are Doug Holtz (trombone), Daniel Coughenour (horn), Taylor Bryan (piano), Ray Gibson (guitar), and Joe Rubens III (drums). Mackenzie Taylor will be featured as vocalist. Harrison serves as director and bassist.The following instrumental selections will be performed.John Coltrane, commonly known as “Trane”, is arguably the most influential saxophonist is jazz history and the song “Blue Train”, a blues, is the title cut from his classic 1958 album on Blue Note records.“Have You Met Miss Jones?” was originally written by Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart in 1937 for a musical comedy and has since become a jazz standard performed by most jazz musicians.The well-known standard “In a Mellow Tone” was written and recorded by Duke Ellington in 1940 under the title “In a Mellotone” with lyrics written later by Milt Gabler.Vocalist Mackenzie Taylor will be featured on the following selections, either as an integral part of the instrumental harmony or in the traditional vocal role.Saxophonist Wayne Shorter wrote and recorded “Footprints” for his 1966 album “Adam’s Apple” and recorded the song with Miles Davis for the “Miles Smiles” album from the same year. It is a jazz waltz, although musicians have enjoyed the interplay of combining a dupletime over the waltz feel.The 1931 composition “All of Me” by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons, sung here by Mackenzie Taylor, was a popular chart-topping song then and is still performed today as a jazz standard.“Don’t Know Why” was the title cut for the debut album of singer/pianist Norah Jones by the same title and won three Grammy awards in 2003 for the song composed by Jesse Harris.The Bossa Nova “One Note Samba” was written by the prolific Brazilian composer Antônio Carlos Jobim. Portuguese lyrics were written by Newton Mendonça and later, the English lyrics were written by Jon Hendricks.The 1967 album “Backlash” by jazz trumpet player Freddie Hubbard included the song “Little Sunflower”. It is stylistically modal, and the combo arrangement incorporates quartal harmony moving through the sparse chord changes.The Burt Bacharach and Hal David composition “The Look of Love” was popularized by singer Dusty Springfield and later by artists such as Dionne Warwick and Diana Krall.“Happy People” is the title cut on the 2002 album by saxophonist Kenny Garrett and represents his funky jazz style while maintaining space for vocal and instrumental improvisation.

Join CCM and the Catholic Parish of Divine Mercy for weekly adoration and rosary Wednesdays 6-7 PM at Divine Mercy Parish at St. Michael Church, 44 E. Main Street, Frostburg. Take some quiet time with God and let your soul find rest.For more information or transportation contact Sharon at 410-300-4790

The Department of Music, Theatre, & Dance presents the FSU Guitar Ensemble and Studio Recital on Thursday, November 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU's Pealer Performing Arts Center. The recital is free and open to the public. If you cannot attend in-person, the recital will also be livestreamed; click the ‘JOIN STREAM' button on this page to view the live performance.