The town of Penfield will hold a Jazz and Food Rodeo at Penfield Amphitheater and Kiwanis Stage on Friday, May 31 from 4:30-7 p.m. This new event will kick off the town's summer amphitheater season.

The event will feature six area food trucks: Tuscan Wood Fired Pizza, Frozen Delights, Wraps on Wheels, Brick-N-Motor, the Dough Boys, and Chowder Up Seafood. The trucks will have windows up at 4:30 p.m. Food will be sold at the food trucks' prices.

The free jazz concert performed by Penfield High School jazz groups will start at 5 p.m.

Penfield Amphitheater and Kiwanis Stage is located in Veterans' Memorial Park at 3100 Atlantic Avenue, in Penfield. Attendees will need to bring their own lawn chair or blanket to sit on.

For more information, please call (585) 340-8655, option 6.

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Mengel Metzger Barr & Co. is hosting a free seminar that will cover various tax-related topics for nonprofit professionals.

Topics covered will include healthcare reform and what employers need to know about it, how to create an effective financial dashboard, acknowledgement and disclosure requirements for charitable contributions and tax updates for charitable organizations.

For more information, call Sara David at 585-423-1860 or e-mail her at sdavid@mmb-co.com by May 31.

The seminar will be held from 8:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. at Penfield County Club on June 4.

Eastman School of Music alumnus, teacher and historian, Vincent Lenti, will deliver the commencement address at the school’s 88th Commencement ceremony at 11:15 a.m. this Sunday, May 19, in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre.

Lenti’s comments as Commencement speaker will include reflections on his 50 years of service to Eastman.

A pianist, Lenti received his bachelor’s degree in 1960 and his master’s degree in 1962 at Eastman, where he was a student of the noted Italian pianist and pedagogue Orazio Frugnoni.

Lenti was one of the last faculty members appointed by legendary Eastman director Howard Hanson and has been honored for his service by both the university and Eastman.

The May 19 ceremony at which Lenti is the speaker is for students receiving their bachelor’s and master’s degrees.

The doctoral ceremony for students receiving a DMA or Ph.D. degree will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 17, in Kodak Hall.