Right now it’s that awkward point in the fall semester. Halloween and fall break are in the recent past, Thanksgiving is in the near-tangible future, and final exams are in the WAY too-tangible future. Students are praying for classes to speed into Thanksgiving and drastically slow down before exams.

While stuck in this temporal segue, it’s time for students to simplify their extracurricular options and spend the week at the Brooks Center.

First off, CU Bands are staging their Pass-In-Review Extravaganza at the Brooks Center tonight. For anyone not familiar with this yearly event, the PIRE is a concert culminating the work of all CU Bands thus far in the semester. It pretty much is the event to attend for any Clemson fan. The extravaganza kicks off with the CU Symphonic Band, followed by the big band sounds of the CU Jazz Ensemble and finishes with the Tiger Band. The show starts at 8 p.m., tickets are $5 and all ticket sales benefit the Tiger Band scholarship fund.

Next, the hit musical-comedy “Nunsense” is coming to the Brooks Center on Monday. Starring two-time Emmy Award winner Sally Struthers, the musical centers on a convent in Hoboken where the cook accidently poisons and kills 52 sisters, forcing the remaining nuns to put on a variety show to pay for 52 burials. The show is boasting its 25th anniversary and has been popular enough to merit five sequels. The show starts at 8 p.m. and all seats are $35. For more info, call 864.656.7787.

Finally, finishing off a week well spent in the Brooks Center the Clemson Players are staging a run of Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” from Tuesday through Nov. 22. For anyone not familiar with “The Glass Menagerie,” it is considered one of the greatest modern American plays and delves deep into the melodrama of American family life. The show is being held in the Bellamy Theatre which means tickets and seating are limited, so purchase your ticket as soon as possible. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday with a 3 p.m. showing on Saturday and Sunday. Late comers will not be admitted, so buy early and show up on time.