The University of Dayton Charity Concert Committee has announced that the $7,000 proceeds of the April 2010 charity concert, which was on the spring Ben Folds and a Piano tour, have been donated to the American Cancer Society.  According to the story in the Flyer News, U-D’s student paper, proceeds from the annual charity concert goes to support a charity jointly selected by the CCC and the student groups they work with, and the students themselves vote on the musical group they’d like to see.  Dayton, a Marian institution and the largest private university in Ohio, encourages service to others and leadership among its students.
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PEN/Faulkner Reading Series performance
Ben and Nick Hornby will team up for an evening as part of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation’s Reading Series.  Hornby will read from JULIET, NAKED accompanied by “musical short stories†from Lonely Avenue. It’s open to the public.  Information and tickets on the Tour Dates page.
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National Geographic Channel: Music on Photography
Ben’s photographic works will be featured on the National Geographic Channel’s National Geographic Live in a series titled Music on Photography. (We wrote about his photos of the Nashville flood being featured online at National Geographic back in May.) The series includes conversation with and the photography of musicians Neko Case, Andy Summers and Ben Folds, and music photographer Danny Clinch. Mark Seliger, renowned photographer for Esquire and Vanity Fair, will moderate the series, which debuts November 10. Folds’ appearance is Friday, December 3.  The series is open to the public and tickets can be purchased through nglive.org.
Lonely Avenue Tour
The tour in support of Lonely Avenue has been announced. Kicking off in Chicago on November 5, it visits mostly Eastern US cities, wrapping up (for now) in Atlanta.  Visit the tour dates page for all the details.
The Sing-Off, Season 2
The second season of last fall’s NBC-TV runaway hit The Sing-Off goes back into production with episodes slated to be recorded August 16 and 23 and September 2 and 8 at NBC’s Culver City, California studios. Last year’s host, Nick Lachey, and panel of judges, Ben Folds, Shawn Stockman and Nicole Scherzinger, are scheduled to return. Free audience tickets are available and being issued on line while they last.
