Arts and Entertainment

Arts and Entertainment Calendar: January 25 to February 8, 2006

SPECIAL EVENTS

Friday, February 3
--"Dora's Pirate Adventure," 3 and 6 p.m., The Bryce Jordan Center. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555.

Saturday, February 4
-- 14th annual Connoisseur's Dinner and Auction, 6 p.m., Alumni Ballroom, The Nittany Lion Inn. For tickets, call (814) 863-8790.

Monday, February 6
-- C.A.L.L. class: "Wos up man?" 10:15 to 11:45 a.m., Palmer Museum of Art. To register, call (814) 238-2368.

Tuesday, February 7
-- "The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial," L.A. Theatre Works, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 7 and Feb. 8, Schwab Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

-- "Cinders," 8 p.m., Pavilion Theatre, through Feb. 18. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

MUSIC

Friday, January 27
-- Maria Schneider Orchestra, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

-- Bravo! concert, Pennsylvania Quintet, Eleanor Armstrong, Timothy Hurtz, Smith Toulson, Daryl Durran and Lisa Bontrager, plus Max Zorin, violin; Sue Haug, piano; Rob Nairn, double bass; and Dea Baba, piano; 8 p.m., Penn State Downtown Theatre Center. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

Saturday, January 28
-- Bravo! concert, Castalia Trio, Marylene Dosse, James Lyon and Kim Cook, featuring the Dvorak "Dumky" Trio, 8 p.m., Penn State Downtown Theatre Center. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

-- Opera Gala, Susan Boardman, director, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

Sunday, January 29
-- Penn State Horn Day, Karen Schneider, guest hornist/pedagogue, 1 p.m., Esber Recital Hall. To register, call (814) 865-3221.

Tuesday, February 7
-- French musician Francis Vidal, international guest artist, organ improvisation, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

FILMS

Wednesday, January 25
-- "Zambia: A Copper Miner's Family," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.

Thursday, January 26
-- Come as You Are film: "Control Room," 7 p.m., Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.

Sunday, January 29
-- Come as You Are film: " Control Room," 1 p.m., Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.

Wednesday, February 1
-- "Nigeria: Dammed Water," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.

Thursday, February 2
-- Come as You Are film: "Requiem for a Dream," 7 p.m. Feb. 2; 1 p.m. Feb. 5; Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.

-- "Mindwalk" (1990), based on the book "The Turning Point," by Fritjof Capra, 7 p.m., 113 Carnegie.

Wednesday, February 8
-- "Miracle on Black Mesa," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.

Thursday, February 9
Come As You Are film: "The Woodsman," 7 p.m. Feb. 9; 1 p.m. Feb. 12; Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.

SEMINARS

Friday, February 3
-- Perspective Unbound: Philip Jenkins on "Sacrifice of Jephthah's Daughter by Pietro della Vecchia," 12:10 p.m., Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.

EXHIBITS

HUB-Robeson Center
-- "From Siberia to the Susquehanna," Kurt Herrmann, HUB Gallery, through March 2.

-- Catherine O'Connell, abstract painting, Art Alley, through Feb. 22.

-- Art work of State College Area School District students, through March 3.

-- "Expressing Culture Through Music Mexican Talavera," Exhibit Cases, through Feb. 27.

North Halls
-- "Landscapes Real and Imagined," Greg Grieco, through March 6.

Palmer Museum of Art
-- "Wos up Man?" from the Joseph D. and Janet M. Shein Collection of Self-Taught Art, through Feb. 12.

-- "European Modernism," through May 21.

Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
-- "The Allure of India," Heide Castleman, through Feb. 26.

Pattee and Paterno Libraries
-- "John O'Hara: A Centennial Exhibit," 104 Paterno Library, through Jan. 31.

-- Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month," exhibit area, through March 10.

-- "Penn State Thon: A Look at Penn State's Inter Fraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon," 109 Pattee Library, Jan. 30 through March 10.

Ritenour
-- "Peace Posters," Sam Maitin, through March 20.

West Halls
-- Phillip Zimmerman, landscape painting, through March 5.

Zoller Gallery
-- Juried exhibition of artwork by Penn State undergraduates, through Feb. 9.

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

Last Updated March 19, 2009

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