Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State has named State College resident Elizabeth Hanley, a retired Penn State faculty member, recipient of its 2012 Distinguished Service Award. (more)
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The HUB-Robeson Galleries will display Will Yurman's photographs in the HUB-Robeson Center's Art Alley now through Aug. 1. (more)
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The HUB-Robeson Galleries will display an exciting new collection of railroad art assembled from all over the United States in the HUB Gallery, at the HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus, from May 31 through July 29. The exhibit will feature 30 American railroad artists from all parts of the country. They include J. Craig Thorpe from Washington state, who does work for Amtrak, as well as GE's locomotive division and the Union Tank Car Company, Angela Trotta Thomas of New Jersey, who is known to many for her Lionel catalog covers, and Frank Crowe in Georgia, whose works hang in the state capitol. An artist's reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on June 8. (more)
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Three artists will be featured this summer as part of the HUB-Robeson Galleries' art on the move program, at locations across Penn State's University Park campus. (more)
Friday, May 18, 2012
The Center for the Performing Arts Classical Music Project -- soon to begin its second season -- demonstrates the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and other classical composers is alive and well in the 21st century. The three-year Classical Music Project, supported by a $470,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation plus an additional $317,000 from various Penn State partners, provides unprecedented opportunities to connect students, faculty and the community with classical music artists and programs. (more)
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State's 2012-2013 season of music, theater and dance presentations from around the world features the Centre County debut of the musical comedy The Addams Family, the touring Broadway shows Hair and Tap Dogs, Toronto's Opera Atelier in The Magic Flute, the return of Bela Fleck and Tony Trischka with an elite line-up of banjo buddies and the second season of a three-year journey through the string quartets of Ludwig van Beethoven. (more)
Friday, May 11, 2012
Free public gardening workshops will be a featured attraction when the Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Centre County hold their annual Garden Fair and Plant Sale, May 19. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Ag Progress Days grounds at Rock Springs, nine miles southwest of State College on state Route 45. (more)
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
A dramatic reading of his one-woman play, "Blavatsky," marks the centenary of Penn State professor and author Warren Sylvester Smith (1912-1984). "Blavatsky" will be performed at the State Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16. Admission is free, but donations are encouraged. (more)
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Penn State Centre Stage, in its 27th year of professional theatre, will feature two of its best-selling shows this summer to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center. (more)
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Country music star Carrie Underwood will perform Nov. 13 at the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus, as part of her North American "blown away tour." Tickets for the performance will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 18. (more)