SPECIAL EVENTS
Wednesday, April 19
"The Rivals," comedy, Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, through April 22. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
Friday, April 21
-- Blue-White weekend, through April 22.
Saturday, April 22
-- Space Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., HUB-Robeson Center.
-- Penn State Model Railroad Club, Spring Open House, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., April 22; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., April 23; 10 Pinchot Hall.
Sunday, April 30
"Taking Chances: A Cabaret Journey," by Spence Ford, 3 p.m., Penn State Downtown Theatre Center.
MUSIC
Wednesday, April 19
-- The Art of Music performance: Banjovial, Mike Evock, banjo; Jim Kerhin, banjo; Mike Loewen, tuba; and Roger Munnell, trombone/washboard; 12:10 p.m., Pincus Gallery, Palmer Museum of Art.
Thursday, April 20
-- Bach's Lunch: Hi-Lo's from the Penn State Glee Club, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.
-- Beaux Arts Trio, pianist, violinist and cellist, 7:30 p.m., Schwab Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
Friday, April 21
-- Raymond Sage, voice, faculty recital, 5 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
-- Bass Bash, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.
-- Percussion Ensemble I, Dan Armstrong, director, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Saturday, April 22
-- Penn State Glee Club, Christopher Kiver, director, 8 p.m., Schwab Auditorium. Tickets: $7 adult/$3 student.
-- Vanessa Bond, voice, graduate recital, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Sunday, April 23
-- Women's Chorale, Jayne Glocke, director, 2 p.m., Esber Recital Hall. Tickets: $4 adult/$2 student.
-- Saxophone Studio Recital, 2 p.m., 128 Music II.
-- Essence of Joy, Anthony Leach, director, 5 p.m., Esber Recital Hall, Music I. Tickets: $4 adult/$2 student.
-- Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestra, Gerardo Edelstein, conductor, 7 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
-- Live, rock quartet, 7 p.m., The Bryce Jordan Center. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555.
-- Kendra Sampson, voice, graduate recital, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Monday, April 24
-- Musica Nova, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Tuesday, April 25
-- Tuba Studio Recital, 5 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
-- The Penn State Campus Band, Matthew Stombaugh and Jonathan Watts, conductors, 7 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. Tickets required.
-- Chamber Singers, Christopher Kiver, director, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall. Tickets: $4/adult and $2/students, at the door.
-- The Penn State Concert Band, O. Richard Bundy, director, Gregory Drane and Joseph Scheivert, assistant conductors, 8:30 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. Tickets: $5/general admission and $3.50/students, at the door.
Wednesday, April 26
-- The Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Dennis Glocke, director, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. Tickets: $5/general admission and $3.50/students, at the door.
-- Brenda Buckley, voice, graduate recital, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Thursday, April 27
-- Bach's Lunch: Saxophone Ensemble, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.
-- Musica Nova, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
-- Drew Menzies, double bass, graduate recital, 8 p.m., Music II.
-- The Symphonic Band concert, Dennis Glocke, director, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. Tickets: $5/general admission and $3.50/students, at the door.
Friday, April 28
-- Trumpet Studio Recital, 4 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
-- Saxophone Studio Recital, 5 p.m., 128 Music Building II.
-- Horn Studio Recital, 6 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
-- Trombone Studio Recital, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Sunday, April 30
-- Black Eyed Peas, 7 p.m., Bryce Jordan Center. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555.
Monday, May 1
-- Rob Nairn, double bass, faculty recital, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.
FILMS
Wednesday, April 19
-- "The Southern Appalachians: A Changing World," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.
-- "Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man," 5 p.m., 62 Willard.
-- "Buffalo Creek Revisited," 6:30 p.m., 62 Willard.
-- "The Appalachians," 7:30 p.m., 62 Willard.
Wednesday, April 26
-- "Fire at Dotiki," "Contributions of the American Miner," and "It All Starts Here: Preserving Geoscience Collection," 12:15 p.m., 104 Deike.
Thursday, April 27
-- "Andromeda Strain," 7 p.m., 113 Carnegie.
Friday, April 28
-- "The Passionate Statistician: Florence Nightingale," and "Everything Under the Sun: Astronomy, Mathematics and Islam," 3:30 p.m., 211 Davey Laboratory.
SEMINARS
Wednesday, April 19
-- Michael Lasser on "Ringing de Banjo: Popular Music and the Minstrel Show," 6 p.m., Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.
Friday, April 21
-- Leo Mazow, Gallery Talk: "Picturing the Banjo," 12:10 p.m., Christoffers Lobby, Palmer Museum of Art.
EXHIBITS
HUB-Robeson Center
-- 21st Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, School of Visual Arts, HUB gallery, through April 23.
-- Center for Arts and Crafts artists and instructors, art alley, through April 30.
-- "Shower of Stoles," Robeson Gallery, through April 30.
North Halls
-- Photographs by Beth Irvin, through May 1.
Palmer Museum of Art
-- "European Modernism," through May 21.
-- "New Perspectives: An Academic Selection of Prints and Drawings," through May 28.
-- "Picturing the Banjo," through June 25.
Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
-- Focus on the Living, through May 7.
Pattee/Paterno Library
-- "Celebrating Omega Psi Phi Fraternity," Diversity Room, through May 15.
Ritenour
-- Photographs by Hillary Stauffer, through April 30.
West Halls
-- "Dreamscapes," Aaron Owens, through May 3.
For a full listing of University Park activities, including sporting events, go to the Web at http://events.psu.edu/ and for a detailed listing of upcoming Conference and Institutes' conferences, visit the Web at http://www.outreach.psu.edu/conferences.html