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In honor of the U.S. Air Force's 60th anniversary, the Air Force is hosting a free concert at Kresge Auditorium at 7 p.m. Sept. 15. The AF Band of Liberty is playing, with Maureen McGovern as a guest star.  Tickets to the concert may be picked up in advance between 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday at W59-114. For more information, contact Kristin D. Hort, assistant professor of aerospace studies, at kdhort@mit.edu.

Mark Harvey, lecturer in Music, will bring his Aardvark Jazz Orchestra to the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 to launch the band's 35th season and to open the 30th John Coltrane Memorial Concert celebration. For more information, visit aardvarkjazz.com.

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on September 12, 2007 (download PDF).

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