The annual Blue-White football scrimmage will be held this Saturday, April 23, at Penn State's Beaver Stadium on the University Park campus. While that is the big highlight of the weekend, it is by no means the only activity taking place. Following is a brief listing of other events taking place at University Park this weekend:
-- Pennsylvania Centre Stage will present "Fences," April 19 through May 7, at the Citizens Bank Theatre, in the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center. "Fences" is part of the Pulitzer Prize-winner and Pittsburgh native August Wilson Festival to be held April 27 through 30 at University Park. For details, check http://live.psu.edu/story/11560
-- Penn State Philharmonic and Choirs will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, April 22, in Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
-- Blue Collar comedian Ron White will bring his deadpan humor to The Bryce Jordan Center at 8 p.m. Friday, April 22. This concert is for mature audiences. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555 or (800) 863-3336, or visit http://www.bjc.psu.edu/Tickets online. For details, check http://live.psu.edu/story/10321
-- A live Webcast on Penn State Live of the April 23 Blue-White Game will allow Penn State football fans around the world to get their first look at the 2005 edition of the Nittany Lions. In addition to the Webcast at http://live.psu.edu/ on Penn State Live, the intra-squad game will broadcast live on Central Pennsylvania's PBS affiliate, WPSX-TV, as well as WLYH-TV and CN8, with delay airings on Fox Sports Pittsburgh, Fox Sports Atlantic and College Sports Television. The Penn State Sports Network will carry the radio broadcast. For details, check http://live.psu.edu/story/11546
-- One of the outstanding teams in Penn State's glorious football history will be honored at the Blue-White Game on Saturday, April 23. In their second season of Big Ten competition, the 1994 Nittany Lions became the first team in Big Ten history to post a 12-0 record. Penn State won the Big Ten championship and defeated Oregon in the 1995 Rose Bowl, but finished No. 2 in the final polls to Nebraska. The Nittany Lions were ranked No. 1 in the final New York Times and Jeff Sagarin (USA Today) computer rankings. More than 30 members of the '94 team have thus far indicated they will return for the 10-year reunion on Blue-White Weekend. For details, check http://live.psu.edu/story/11092
-- The Penn State Glee Club's 22nd Annual Blue and White Concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23, in Eisenhower Auditorium. The concert is dedicated to and will be a celebration of the 35-year tenure of retiring director Bruce Trinkley. For details, check http://live.psu.edu/story/11418
-- The rock band Rusted Root will headline Movin' On 2005 as part of the event from noon to midnight Saturday, April 23, on the HUB lawn, University Park. The event is free to the public. For details, check http://live.psu.edu/story/11604
-- Rolling Stone Magazine's newest "hot comic," Dane Cook, will perform at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 24, at The Bryce Jordan Center, University Park. Joining Cook will be special guests Gary Gulman, Robert Kelly and Jay Davis. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555 or (800) 863-3336, or visit http://www.bjc.psu.edu/Tickets online. For details, check http://live.psu.edu/story/10926
-- There is a full slate of athletic events scheduled for the weekend, including women's tennis vs. Michigan State, women's lacrosse vs. Ohio State, the men's and women's outdoor track Nittany Lion Relays and the men's volleyball EIVA quarterfinals. For details, check http://www.gopsusports.com/schedules/athleticschedule.cfm
Due to the many activities occurring this weekend, there will be some changes to parking in the vicinity of Beaver Stadium and the Bryce Jordan Center. Effective Thursday, April 21, the majority of the southern section of the Stadium West commuter parking lot that is bordered by Curtin Road and adjacent Beaver Stadium, will be reserved from 6 p.m. Thursday evening through Sunday at noon. The area will also be posted with signs. Vehicles parked in that area at 4 p.m. will be allowed to exit, but no cars will be allowed to enter. All vehicles must be removed from that area no later than 6 p.m. This area is reserved for the Blue-White Carnival, the set-up for which will begin at 6 p.m. on Thursday. Â
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If the commuter lots fill on Friday due to this reserved area, commuter lot permit holders may park in the gravel Commuter Overflow lot located east of Porter Road.Â
The Campus Bus Service (Loop and Link) will continue to operate on the normal service schedule through Friday night. There will be no Campus Bus Service to the commuter lots during Saturday's Blue-White festivities. The Campus Bus Service will resume normal operations upon conclusion of the Blue-White festivities.Â
Coming in from out of town for the weekend? Reserve a room at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel at a special Blue/White Weekend rate. For details or reservations, call (800) 233-7505.