Host(s): Robert Lobe (School of Visual Arts)

Attire: club-casual (but neat)

Strenuousness: light walking; subway stairs

Food: supper at jazz club

Cost: club food is creole with a lot of seafood on the menu, some chicken and beef, and a few vegetarian choices; entrées run about $15, with appetizers from $4.50-7.50; subway down and back ($4)

Duration: leave hotel at 7:15; approximate return to hotel 10:30 p.m.

Proposed itinerary: subway to Chelsea; jazz club, with quintet of traditional swing musicians that plays dixieland, Chicago and basic swing styles; return to hotel by subway