Community open house on Friday

Please tell friends and neighbors that Ms. D'Avilar will be discussing the school's curriculum, instruction and enrichment activities tomorrow.

When: 9:15 a.m. - 11:15
Where: The Auditorium

Please Attend P.S. 9 Co-location Hearing this Friday, May 13

The Dept. of Education, the Panel on Educational Policy (PEP) and SUNY Charter Schools Institute are seeking public comments on the DOE's proposed co-location of Brooklyn East Collegiate Charter School in the building where P.S. 9 resides.

We strongly encourage P.S. 9 families and community members to speak at the public hearing, and to send written and oral comments to the DOE and PEP.

- Please Attend: DOE Public Hearing, this Friday, May 13, 6:00 pm (sign up to speak at 5:30 pm) in the P.S. 9 Auditorium at 80 Underhill Avenue (between St. Marks and Bergen).

- Email comments to: D13Proposals@schools.nyc.gov, panel@schools.nyc.gov (sample letter below)

- Submit oral comments at: 212-374-0208 (sample script below)

- Attend the PEP hearing & vote at 6:00 pm on Wed, May 18 at Long Island City High School, 14-30 Broadway, Queens, NY, 11106. Sign-up to speak at 5:30 pm. UFT will provide buses from P.S. 9 to the hearing - to reserve a place on the bus, contact Laura Jaffe at lljaffe@hotmail.com or 917/673-2157.

- Sign the online petition to support P.S. 9’s grade expansion

Thank you!

The P.S. 9 Parent Advisory Council


*** SAMPLE EMAIL TEXT ***

Email To: D13Proposals@schools.nyc.gov, panel@schools.nyc.gov

Subject: P.S. 9 comments re: proposed Brooklyn East Collegiate co-location

Dear Mr. Taylor and the PEP:

I am writing to express my opposition to the co-location of Brooklyn East Collegiate Charter school in building K009, where P.S. 9 Teunis G. Bergen Elementary School currently resides.

Despite the New York State Education Commissioner’s March 31 annulment of the PEP vote on this co-location, the DOE has submitted amended documents to proceed with the co-location. As with the original documents deemed illegal by the Commissioner, the DOE’s amended documents were prepared without consultation with P.S. 9 and still contain critical inaccuracies and errors. If approved again, the co-location would severely harm the learning environment of elementary school students at P.S. 9 and would stunt the progress of a thriving community school.

In addition, P.S. 9 has submitted an application to the DOE to expand to a pre-K through Grade 8 school, which is currently under review by the DOE.

As an inclusive elementary school and an anchor of the vibrant, diverse community of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, and surrounding neighborhoods, P.S. 9 has the vision and capability to grow into a successful middle school that would give P.S. 9 graduates a strong neighborhood middle school option while serving the needs of the District 13 community.

I support P.S. 9’s efforts to expand into a Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 8 school, and I oppose the co-location of Brooklyn East Collegiate in building K009.

I urge the DOE and the PEP to halt the co-location process, and let P.S. 9 grow!

Sincerely,

[your name here]

***SAMPLE PHONE SCRIPT*** Submit your oral comments to: 212-374-0208

Hello, I’m calling to express my opposition to the co-location of Brooklyn East Collegiate in building K009, where the P.S. 9 elementary school resides. If approved, the co-location would severely harm the learning environment of elementary school students at P.S. 9 and would stunt the progress of a thriving community school. In addition, P.S. 9 has submitted an application to the DOE to expand to a pre-K through Grade 8 school, which is currently under review by the DOE. I support P.S. 9’s efforts to expand into a Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 8 school, and I urge the DOE and the PEP to halt the co-location process, and let P.S. 9 grow! Thank you.

***

Wednesday's Town Hall discussion

Prospect Heights Patch published a report on the District 13 Community Education Council Town Hall Meeting at M.S. 113 on April 12. At least a dozen P.S. 9 parents attended and asked questions of Deputy Chancellor Marc Sternberg.

Colin Weathersby wrote the story, which noted that Mr. Sternberg didn't directly answer many questions. Mr. Weathersby also took the photo at left showing (from left) parents Christina LaBrie, Faye Rimalovski, Catherine Jhung , Ivana Espinet, Maria McGrath, Maggie Adonis and Penelope Mahot. One standout comment included in the Patch story:

Several parent speakers noted that the Brooklyn East Collegiate Charter School does not currently provide full services for special needs students. Deputy Chancellor Sternberg quickly responded that charter schools are mandated to provide equivalent resources under state law, citing that anything less “is a serious violation and needs to be brought to the attention of the DOE.”

We'll include other accounts of the evening as we get them.

April P.T.O. meeting roundup, part 2

From yesterday morning's P.T.O. meeting:

•Nominations and elections: The P.T.O. is planning for next year. The executive board encourages you to help find new officers and volunteers who can contribute their skills, vision and energy to the organization as it tries to increase its fundraising and support the school more fully. The Nominating Committee will send out flyers describing positions for the P.T.O. Executive Board, the P.T.O. Board of Directors, the School Leadership Team (SLT) and the Title 1 committee. The flyer will include a nomination form, which parents can drop off at the school. Elections are scheduled for Wednesday, June 1st at 6 p.m., the same night as the Parent Recognition event.

•The next PTO movie night will be April 29, 6 p.m. The P.T.O. will sell refreshments. Showing: the reverse superhero tale Megamind. For a description on the Kids-in-Mind review site, click here. RottenTomatoes (a site rounding up movie critics' observations) praises its "top-shelf voice cast and strong visuals" which "help make Megamind a pleasant, if unspectacular, diversion."
-Kirby Pulver

Summary of April P.T.O. meeting, part 1

At the P.T.O.'s monthly meeting yesterday morning, attendees heard this news about P.S. 9:

1. School surveys are due this Friday, 4/15 at midnight. Completion of them represents 20% of the A-F grade that the school receives in DOE's school progress report. Please take 5 minutes to fill out one on paper or online. Laptops are set up in the school lobby for you to fill out a survey. If you lost your form and don't know your access code you can call 1-800-690-8603.

2. Playground update: the project is now projected to be finished in November. The delay is due to the necessary construction that needs to occur underneath the school to prevent future flooding. The Department of Education says that work will start immediately. Once finished, completing the playground will take 6 to 8 weeks, according to what Out2Play has said in the past.

3. Summer school update: DOE has told P.S. 9 administration that the school cannot hold summer school, including any camps, in the building due to construction and light fixture replacement. P.S. 9 normally hosts around 10 programs in the summer. Ms. D'Avilar and the administration are investigating alternative locations and will give more details soon.

Media Roundup: P.S. 9 Co-location Fight Grabs Headlines

Since P.S. 9 parent advocates won their petition against the DOE last week, P.S. 9's co-location fight has been in the news. Here are links to most of the stories:

Inside Schools: DOE re-doing “co-location” proposals after Steiner’s ruling (4/12)

New York Times: A City School’s Uphill Fight Over Sharing Space With a Charter (4/11)

Brooklyn Paper: City moves ahead with co-location in P.S. 9 — despite state order (4/11)

Brooklyn Paper: State ed boss overrules city on MS 571 closure (4/4)

NYC School Help (blog): P.S. 9 fights city hall and wins (4/4)

Prospect Heights Patch: Parents Win Appeal to Halt Plans for Charter School at P.S. 9 (4/1)

NY1: http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/education/ (4/1)

WNYC: State Blocks Charter School From Moving Into PS 9 in Brooklyn (4/1)

Gotham Schools: At Brooklyn’s PS 9, state overturns a space-sharing plan, again (4/1)

New York Daily News: New York State overturns deal for charter school to get rooms at Brooklyn's PS 9 (4/1)

Brooklyn Daily Eagle: State Halts Plans To Co-Locate Charter School (4/1)

The Local (NYTimes blog): Victory for P.S. 9’s Parents, Meeting for P369K’s (4/1)

Council Member Letitia James' press release: ATTENTION: No Co-Location BK East Collegiate Charter School In PH Building (4/1)

Support PreK-8 grade expansion: sample letters and update

P.S. 9 Principal D'Avilar, in conjunction with the School Leadership Team (SLT), is filing a two-page Letter of Intent to expand P.S. 9 to a pre-K to Grade 8 school, following the Department of Education’s Grade Reconfiguration Process for the 2012-2013 school year.

Please support P.S. 9’s efforts to expand to a middle school by sending letters to the following DOE officials: Dennis Walcott, Chancellor, and Marc Sternberg, Deputy Chancellor, Division of Portfolio Planning. Please also sign this petition.

Scroll down for a sample letter you can use.

Both letters can be mailed to: New York City Department Of Education, 52 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007.

SAMPLE LETTER TO MAIL:

[ADDRESSEE NAME, ADDRESS]

[DATE]

Dear Chancellor Walcott,

In keeping with your commitment to working with parents and communities on strengthening public education for our children, I hope you will support P.S. 9 Teunis G. Bergen Elementary School’s grade expansion proposal.

As a thriving and inclusive elementary school, P.S. 9 is an anchor of the vibrant, diverse community of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, and surrounding neighborhoods. P.S.9 offers a barrier-free, fully accessible learning environment, school-wide enrichment programming, and has a collaborative model that promotes strong partnerships between parents, the administration and the wider community.

P.S. 9 has the vision and capability to grow into a successful middle school that would give P.S. 9 graduates a strong neighborhood middle school option while serving the needs of the District 13 community.

I support the school’s efforts to expand into a pre-Kindergarten through Grade 8 school, and hope that the Letter of Intent submitted to the DOE by the P.S. 9 administration will be approved.

Thanks and best regards,

[Name, Address]

Co-location update

On Friday April 8, the DOE published its revised documents for the co-location of BECCS at 80 Underhill Avenue. These revised documents (public notice, educational impact statement [EIS] and building utilization plan [BUP]) are intended to bring the DOE into compliance with the law, as stated in the March 31 decision of NYS Commissioner of Education, David Steiner. This basically restarts the process for the co-location proposal. (The M.S. 571 phase out is not affected by these developments.)

Read the DOE's updated documents here:

http://schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/leadership/PEP/publicnotice/2010-2011/May182011Proposals.htm

The DOE will hold another public hearing at P.S. 9 on the revised co-location proposal; date is not set. We need the P.S. 9 and Prospect Heights community to come out in force and to make comments for the public record. The Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) will vote on the proposal on Wednesday, May 18^th (6:00PM, Long Island City High School, 14-30 Broadway, Queens, NY 11106).

Those interested in joining the discussion or helping out with lobbying or legal activities can email the P.S. 9 Parent Advisory Council (PAC) at ps9pac@gmail.com

Three days until the Craft Fair....

...and just two days until set-up begins! Please come and bring your neighbors. You will find a marvelous array of artists and vendors, a raffle with 50 prizes, an activity area for children (schedule: here), and delicious food—both savory and sweet. Vendors include local restaurants and the makers of jewelry, wraps, pickles, critter art, housewares, dolls, greeting cards (from Fisk & Fern, at right), and many other items. The fair runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. this Saturday. However, we still need more volunteers to contribute to the fun:

Friday, April 8th
3:30 - 6:00pm: Set up. Help arrange the room and place the tables and chairs. WE NEED 4 VOLUNTEERS.

Saturday, April 9th
9am - 10:30am: Continue pre-event set-up. WE NEED 4 VOLUNTEERS.

10:00am - 1:00pm: Street teams: To draw traffic to the Fair, hand postcards to people at the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket, along Vanderbilt Ave., and at the Botanic Gardens. WE NEED 10 VOLUNTEERS.

11:00am - 6:00pm: Assist at the Raffle Table. WE NEED ONE MORE PERSON PER HOUR.

1:30pm - 3:30pm or 3:30pm - 5:30pm: Assist in Childcare and Kid Activity area.
WE NEED AT LEAST 2 MORE PEOPLE PER SLOT.

6:00pm - 6:30pm: Breakdown of event. WE NEED 6 VOLUNTEERS.

Last year hundreds of people came. This is a fun, social event that showcases P.S. 9 as a neighborhood school. If you haven't had a chance to volunteer for earlier P.T.O. events, the fair offers a good chance to meet fellow parents and neighbors. To volunteer, please email the organizers or call Faye at 1-917-208-1247.

For more information: http://www.prospectheightscraftfair.com/index.html

REMINDERS: Pre-K, survey deadlines

Pre-K applications are due on April 8, this Friday. To read the Pre-K directory and other information, click here. Apply online at:

http://nyc.gov/schools/prek

Also, school surveys are due next Friday. Please complete one to help the school and make yourself heard. To take the survey online, click at:

http://nycschoolsurvey.org

Commissioner's decision: what does it mean?

Dear Parents:

Today, the New York State Commissioner of Education (at right) upheld our appeal of the DOE’s decision to co-locate Brooklyn East Collegiate Charter School (BECCS) in the PS9 building. While the decision's immediate effect is clear, many questions remain about what happens from here and how the DOE will proceed. Some of these questions will not be answered for some time, but we will learn much more in the near future.

What does the decision say?
The Commissioner upheld our appeal and annulled the February 3 vote of the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) approving the co-location plan. While the Commissioner rejected some of our arguments, including those based on the deficiencies in the Educational Impact Statement (EIS) and in the proposal and voting process, he agreed that the DOE’s Building Utilization Plan (BUP) did not propose an equitable use of shared space such as the library and gym. The Commissioner also noted that the BUP did not assess other issues such as the effect on PS9’s after school program and the impact of the school yard closure. Although the DOE argued that the BUP could be refined, the Commissioner found that the law requires more than just a proposal for the use of shared space and that the defective BUP was a “substantive failure to analyze the impact…on the affected students.”

What does the decision mean for the DOE?
The co-location approval has been annulled, so the DOE is prohibited from proceeding with the co-location plans until it complies with New York State education law. In effect, the decision puts the DOE back where it was before the vote took place. In order to proceed with the co-location, the DOE would have to issue a revised BUP and hold a new vote of the proposal. It is difficult to know whether the DOE would be able to issue a BUP that includes a fair and comparable allocation of space, as required by the Commissioner’s decision.

Can the co-location still happen?
Yes. If the DOE issues a new BUP and the PEP approves the proposal again, the co-location could proceed. PS9 parents would again have the opportunity to appeal the decision to the NYS Commissioner of Education and would be able to take legal action if the appeal were dismissed. If those challenges did not succeed, the co-location could go forward for the 2011-2012 school year.

What happens next?
First, we celebrate! But not for long; much more work must be done. We need to complete the K-8 expansion proposal, as planned. Our other next steps depend somewhat on how the DOE decides to proceed. We will alert P.S. 9 parents to any future developments.
-Christina LaBrie and the P.S. 9 Parents Advocacy Council

State Commissioner grants P.S. 9 parent appeal!

P.S. 9's squeeze has been stopped! Today, State Commissioner of Education David Steiner blocked the 2011-2012 move of Brooklyn East Collegiate Charter School into P.S. 9's building. In a 16-page decision, Commissioner Steiner (at right) concluded that the DOE failed to justify that three schools could fairly share common facilities at 80 Underhill Ave. He annulled the February 3 majority vote of the Panel on Educational Policy (an 8-4 decision) approving the co-location. He directed DOE to stop all planning for the co-location and properly detail how the schools could fairly share the building in a brand-new Building Use Plan.
You can read the Commissioner's decision at this link (To download, go to "File" menu, click "Download original.")

A short take: P.S. 9 won its appeal on the numbers. Starting on page 13, the commissioner cited P.S. 9's curtailed access to the library and the gymnasium, and agreed with parent advocates that DOE had not adequately addressed the apparent, embarrassing imbalance in how the schools would share the building. P.S. 9 students now have room to breathe.

Does this mean that the co-location definitely will not happen? No such luck. DOE may try to sue in the courts to overturn this decision. Or DOE may try to meet the Commissioner's conditions (his determination of what the state's Education Law requires) and re-introduce the co-location plan for P.S. 9's building. It appears that the PEP will have to vote again for Brooklyn East Collegiate Charter School to move into the building.

Final call for Pennies for Patients

Please send back your child's collection box to help the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Pennies for Patients drive. Return boxes to classroom teachers or drop off at room 112 (Ms. Derrell-Jacobs' office). Thanks for helping P.S. 9 help its neighbors!

Make yourself heard at DOE. Fill out a survey!

The DOE annually surveys the parents and teachers of every school. Parents' responses count in DOE's grading of the school, and cumulatively offer important public feedback. A strong response from P.S. 9 parents will benefit the school in many ways, with the DOE and beyond. Take this opportunity to speak up: go to http://nycschoolsurvey.org. "Your School. Your Voice."

Currently, only 19% of P.S. 9 parents have responded so far. Please encourage all the parents in your child's class to respond, whether online or on paper.

You will need a survey access code to take the School Survey online. Your 8 digit survey access code is located on the bottom right-hand corner of the paper survey sent to you in a green envelope in the mail, or sent home with your child. If you cannot find your paper survey, please call the Survey Hotline at 1-800-690-8603: in less than 2 minutes you will get your family's code.

PTO movie night: "Despicable Me"

Movie will screen at 6 p.m., until 8. In the auditorium. Ticket: $5. Hot dogs and popcorn are available for sale. All proceeds benefit the P.T.O.

About the movie: Despicable Me is a 2010 American computer-animated comedy film. The story is of a villain named Gru who plans to use three orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, only to find that their innocent love is profoundly changing him. It has generally favorable reviews (click to read), according to the Metacritic aggregation site. Click to see Kids-in-mind's review, which details the movie's few depictions of violence and other naughty behavior.

PTO Meeting info

Last night, the PTO held a meeting from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.—time enough for lots of details about fundraisers, academics and other matters to be discussed. Here's a quick run-through of topics discussed, with posts about them to follow in coming days:

•Playground construction update
•4 upcoming fundraisers: movie night on March 18, Barnes & Noble fundraiser April 3, Prospect Heights Crafts Fair on April 9, Brooklynwide PTA 5K Run in Prospect Park on April 30th
•Student life: gallery of projects from enrichment galleries open Monday March 14
•March 18th Open House needs volunteers
•Administrative news: $20,000 grant for expanding language studies; upcoming academic testing and Saturday classes; violin, art, and other community partnerships; early indications are P.S. 9 will lose few or no teachers to budget cuts; search to fill 2 new staff positions
•PTO organizational business: financial update, nominating committee forming, audit committee required
•P.S. 9 video to be recorded soon
•BCAP Summer Camp: spots and financial aid available

MID-WINTER RECESS Student Packages GRADES K, 1 & 2

Dear Parents,

We hope you and your child enjoy this Mid-Winter Recess vacation. We encourage you to rest, explore the world around you, and provide our children with lots of opportunities to question and seek the great volumes of knowledge around them. As always, we are encouraging you to continue fostering an environment at home that promotes reading and learning. Research continues to show that the more our children read and have good experiences with books, the smarter and more articulate they will become. Our children are accustomed to reading independently at school on a daily basis. They are also accustomed to engaging in rich book discussions. We know that you will continue these practices during the break and that you will encourage them to read, read, read and read everyday.

Students in Grades K are requested to read or be read to for 30 minutes EVERY DAY. We encourage you to provide an environment for them to engage in a book discussion with one of their adults at home. Our children should also be encouraged to take picture walks in their books, and also share their thoughts with someone else.

Students in Grades 1 and 2 are requested to read or be read to for 60 minutes EVERYDAY (this reading MUST be broken up into two or three sessions). They must then complete their Reading Logs, and engage in a book discussion with an adult at home. We also encourage picture Walks, and an opportunity for our students to make inferences and predictions about what they see throughout the book.

I encourage you all to take our children to the various museums and public libraries throughout the city.

Your Partner In Education,

Sandra D’Avilar

Principal

MID-WINTER RECESS Student Packages GRADES 3, 4, & 5

Dear Parents of Grades 3, 4 and 5,

We hope you and your child enjoy this Mid-Winter Recess. We encourage you to rest, explore the world around you, and provide our children with lots of opportunities to question and seek the great volumes of knowledge around them. As always, we are encouraging you to continue fostering an environment at home that promotes reading and inquiry. Research continues to show that the more our children read and have good experiences with books, the smarter and more articulate they will become. Our children are accustomed to reading independently at school on a daily basis. They are also accustomed to engaging in rich book discussions. We know that you will continue these practices during the break and that you will encourage them to read, read, read and read everyday. Below we have outlined the work that MUST continue during this break, we ask that you monitor our children as much as possible, and that you remind them that the BEST ingredient for success in school is to PRACTICE and STUDY, so they can be READY for any challenge.

ELA: INDEPENDENT READING:

Students must READ EVERY DAY for 60 minutes, and then complete their Reading Log (ALL Reading Logs MUST be checked and signed by a parent.) Those students who struggle as readers are encouraged to break the 60 minutes up into 2-3 sessions per day (20 mins per session,) and work on reading for longer sessions each day. By the end of the break, we expect them to increase their Reading Muscles, and be able to reach their goal of 1 hour.

ELA: Reading Comprehension/Test Companion Book: Our students MUST complete Practice Test 1 and 2 on Monday; Practice Test 3 and 4 on Tuesday; Practice Test 5 and 6 on Wednesday; Practice Test 7 and 8 on Thursday, and The FULL –LENGTH PRACTICE TEST (located at the BACK of the Kaplan Test Companion book) on Friday. Each Practice Test has its own answer grid, and ALL answers for the multiple choice questions MUST be completed on the answer grid (for each individual Practice Test.) ALL Open Answer Questions must be answered in the book as outlined.

Grade 3 Students MUST also complete Writing Mechanics/Grammar on pages: 123, 124, 125, 126, 129, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 141, 142, 143, and 144.

Grade 4 Students MUST also complete Response to Literature Practice on pages: 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 129, 132, 133, 134, and 135 on pages:

Grade 5 Students MUST also complete Part 2-Writing on pages: 133, 134, 135, 136, 140, 141, 142, 143, 147, 148, 149, 150, and 151.

ELA: Writer’s Notebooks:

Our students are expected to make an entry in their Writer’s Notebook daily. These entries should be up to a page. Students may write entries pertaining to their current unit of study. They may rewrite a topic they have started previously, they may also write on various topics that interest them. Students are to follow the guidelines for writing in their Writer’s Notebook (don’t forget to date each day.)

Parents, we ask that you please monitor our children, have them read the directions carefully each day, and complete their assignments in ELA.

MATH: Test Companion Book: Our students MUST complete Practice Test 1 and 2 on Monday; Practice Test 3 and 4 on Tuesday; Practice Test 5 and 6 on Wednesday; Practice Test 7 and 8 on Thursday, and The FULL-LENGTH PRACTICE TEST (located at the BACK of the Kaplan Test Companion book) on Friday. All answers must be written in pencil, in the answer grids, and ALL open ended questions must be written in the space provided in the book. Parents, we ask that you reinforce our request and have our children show ALL of their work next to each question.

MATH Reflection: Students are expected to complete a Math Reflection in their Math Reflection notebook each day. Students are to make a reference to a problem they solved, or had difficulty with. They may create a math problem, solve and explain how it was solved. We are encouraging our children to write their thoughts about problem solving and explain how they went about solving a problem; therefore we ask that you reinforce this practice at home as much as possible.

Parents, we ask that you please monitor our children, have them read the directions carefully each day, and complete their assignments in Math.

Your Partner In Education, Sandra D’Avilar

KB-8 Donor's Choose Proposal

Jen Paynter, teacher in class KB-8 thought you'd be interested in the classroom project "Playing to Learn and Learning to Play! "

She says, "Five year-olds learn best through play and hands-on experiences. These literacy, math, and science materials will be placed in centers for my students to explore."

Contributions are tax-deductible and donors hear back from the classroom they choose to support. Hoping you'll join us to help bring a classroom project to life, The Donors Choose Team

PS 9 Benefit House Concert: TICKETS ON SALE NOW

• Next up in the popular PS9 Benefit House Concert Series: the Jen Chapin Trio and Candice Anitra.

• Saturday, March 5th, 2011

• Each event will be held at Jen Chapin and Stephan Crump's Prospect Heights apartment.
  

• Child-care drop-off begins at 6:30 pm (reserve with number and ages of kids at jen at jenchapin.com) at a neighboring apartment in their building and includes pizza, games and a movie. Child-care is included in the price of the ticket.

• Adults will have dinner and wine before the Jen Chapin Trio starts the music around 7:45 pm. After a short break for dessert, the featured ensemble will perform. The evening will wrap up by 9:30 pm.

• Tickets are on sale now for this concert, and the rest of the series at brown paper tickets.