Butler County Community College's Succop Theater will present folk music by the group Simple Gifts at 8 p.m. Nov. 1, as part of the 2008-09 Performing Arts Series.

Tickets are $18 in advance or $22 at the door; students pay $10. Call 724-284-8505 or toll-free 888-826-2829, Ext. 8429 for reservations. Tickets also are available online at bc3.edu/theater.

• "An Evening with Sam Shepard," including scenes from the playwright's "Killer's Head," "Action" and "Chicago" will open SRU's theater department 2008-09 show season. Curtain times are 8 p.m. tonight, Saturday, Monday and Wednesday with a 2 p.m. performance Sunday in Miller Auditorium.Tickets are $10; $5 for SRU students. Call 724-738-2645 for reservations.• Homecoming events at Slippery Rock University kick off Monday with a week of activities, including king and queen voting, a pep rally, a concert, a gala, an alumni radio show, a parade and football.The parade will be at 10 a.m. Oct. 18 on campus and along Main Street in Slippery Rock.

The Grove City College Orchestra will perform its free fall concert at 8 p.m. tonight in the Ketler Auditorium of the Pew Fine Arts Center on campus.The concert will include the "Festival Overture," by Dimitri Shostakowitch, "Three Dances" from "The Bartered Bride" by Bedrich Smetana, "Jupiter" from "The Planets" by Gustav Holst and a Robert Russell Bennett arrangement of music from "My Fair Lady."The chamber orchestra will present Richard Wagner's "Siegfried Idyll."