Elgin Community College notes

Elgin Community College's The Club on CenterStage series welcomes Old School Freight Train at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the intimate cabaret setting of SecondSpace Theatre.

The band will bring an original blend of jazz, Latin, Celtic, bluegrass and pop music. Their acoustic music encompasses a broad spectrum of contemporary styles and shows off their instrumental virtuosity, soulful vocals and captivating melodies.

The band features the smooth vocals of guitarist and songwriter Jesse Harper, the mandolin stylings of Pete Frostic, Ben Krakauer's five-string banjo finesse, the fiddling of Nate Leath and backbone upright bass of Darrell Muller.

The performance begins at 8 p.m. in the SecondSpace Theatre at ECC's Visual and Performing Arts Center, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. Concert tickets are $17. For an additional $17, patrons can purchase the dinner and concert package, which includes a delicious three-course meal, prepared by students of the award-winning Culinary Arts and Hospitality Institute of Elgin at ECC.

Tickets are now available online at www.elgin.edu/arts or at the ECC box office located in the Arts Center. Box office hours are noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. To purchase tickets by phone, call (847) 622-0300. Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express are accepted. For information about the ECC Arts Center's season, visit www.elgin.edu/arts.