A Latin dance to benefit hurricane relief efforts will be taking place at 9 p.m. Friday in the Cintas Center. Tickets are only $3 in advance at the Romero Center on the second floor of the Gallagher Student Center, or $5 at the door. Refreshments are included. To make sure you look as Latin as you feel, show up at 8 p.m. for Salsa lessons.

"Smokey Joe’s Café" tickets are now on sale. The box office is open for both in-person and phone sales. Tickets are $5 for students, staff, faculty, and seniors, and $15 for non-Xavier adults. Box office hours are 2:30-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information or tickets, call x3939.

The play will be performed Oct. 20-23 at 7:30 p.m. and a matinee on Oct. 22 at 2 p.m.

The International Film Series opens this fall with "Nirgendwo in Afrika" ("Nowhere in Africa"), German winner of the 2002 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. The film is being show at 7 p.m. this Wednesday in the Worldviews Lounge on the 10th floor of Schott Hall. For more information, please call x3136.

The Know Theatre Tribe presents the Know-To-Go Poetry performance of "A Dream Deferred: The Life and Works of Langston Hughes" at 6 p.m. Friday at the Weston Art Gallery Aronoff Center for the Arts, and at 2 p.m. this Saturday at the Main Public Library. For more information, call (513) 300-KNOW or visit www.knowtheatre.com.

The 4th Annual "Streetscapes: A Street Painting Festival" will be taking place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday in Clifton at Telford Street and Ludlow Avenue. Come enjoy 16th century-style street chalkings for free. For more information, call (513) 588-0560.