Linn-Benton Community College

"The Tripp LIVE!” is coming to the Linn-Benton Community College Russell Tripp Performance Center 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 2. "The Tripp LIVE!" has everything you want out of a late-night talk show, including jokes, pet tricks and interviews with local celebrities. Special guests include State Senator Sara Gelser, Albany Mayor Sharon Konopa, LBCC Vice President Ann Buchele, Linn County Circuit Judge Fay Stetz-Waters, the Pix Theater’s Rod and Denise Bigner and more! Admission is free. For more information, contact the Tripp theater box office: 541-917-4531, theater@linnbenton.edu. Find the event on Facebook here. See you at the show! Direct questions about or requests for special needs or accommodations to the LBCC Disability Coordinator, RCH-105, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany, Oregon 97321, Phone 541-917-4789 or via Oregon Telecommunications Relay TTD at 1-800-735-2900 or 1-800-735-1232. Make sign language interpreting or real-time transcribing requests 2-4 ...

The original play “Tango Mike (Thanks Much),” based on real life stories of local veterans, will be performed at Linn-Benton Community College Nov. 20, 21, and 22. Written and directed by LBCC theater instructor Dan Stone, the play brings to life the poignant story of veterans and their families suffering from the effects of PTSD, based on the lives and stories of veterans from Linn and Benton counties. Performances are Nov. 20, 21, and 22 at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee Saturday, Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. Set in Albany, Oregon on Memorial Day, the script was created through interviews and story circles with local veterans who served in the Afghanistan, Iraq and Vietnam wars. The main character, Mike "Buddy" McIntyre, and his family are celebrating the holiday with family and friends, when unexpectedly Buddy's father, Cooper, shows up. Buddy and his father have been estranged from each other for the past fifteen years. Both men are grappling with their own battles with PTS...