Arts and Entertainment

Arts and Entertainment Calendar: December 1 to December 15

SPECIAL EVENTS
Wednesday, December 1
-- Jesse Bercowetz and Matt Bua, open reception on "invisible" interactive mountain peak, 5 to 7 p.m., Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.

Thursday, December 2
-- Penn State Downtown Theatre Center Open House, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 4
-- "A Christmas Carol," by Tony Lentz, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.

Sunday, December 5
-- Ornament and gift sale, 1 to 4 p.m., Palmer Museum of Art.

-- Winterfest, holiday concert, 2 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. Tickets available at the door.

Wednesday, December 8
-- "Measure for Measure," 7 p.m., Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, through Dec. 10. For tickets, call (814) 863-1453.

-- Dance showing, 7 p.m., Playhouse Theatre.

MUSIC
Wednesday, December 1
-- "A Scottish Christmas," Bonnie Rideout, featured fiddler, 7:30 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

Friday, December 3
-- "Gypsy and Crazy Moon," noon to 1 p.m., first floor, HUB-Robeson Center.

Friday, December 10
-- "Victorian Brass," noon to 1 p.m., first floor, HUB-Robeson Center.

-- French horn studio, 5:30 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

Sunday, December 12
-- Kenny Rogers and friends, 7:30 p.m., The Bryce Jordan Center. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555.

FILMS
Wednesday, December 1
-- "The Middle East: Identity — Lebanon," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.

Thursday, December 2
-- "Central Station," 7 p.m. Dec. 2, 1 p.m. Dec. 5, Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.

Wednesday, December 8
-- "Aspects of Central Place," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.

SEMINARS
Wednesday, December 1
-- Jesse Bercowetz and Matt Bua on "invisible" interactive mountain peak, 2:30 p.m., Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.

EXHIBITS
Eisenhower Chapel
-- Minseon Gu, paintings, through Dec. 12.

HUB-Robeson Center
-- "Body Bags," Eric Symons, large soft sculpture, Art Foyer, through Dec. 12.

-- "Distant Spaces: Recent Works by Jean Sanders," through Dec. 5.

-- Anne Grout, ceramic artist, Exhibit Cases, through Jan. 16.

North Halls exhibit area
-- Lindsay Keiter, sexual assault-related photographs, through Dec. 8.

Palmer Museum of Art
-- "Recent Acquisitions," Works on Paper Gallery, through Jan. 23.

-- "Accommodations of Desire: Surrealist Works on Paper Collected by Julien Levy," Special Exhibitions Gallery II, through Dec. 5.

-- "The Seligmann Portfolio," by Kurt Seligmann, through Jan. 30.

Pattee and Paterno Libraries
-- "Ramon del Valle-Inclan: His Life and Work," 104 Paterno Library, through Dec. 31.

-- "Double Vision: Stereo Cards and Their Descendants, The First Visual Mass Media," 201A Pattee, through February.

-- "Shapeshifter: Performance Art Costumes, Paintings 1996-2004," by Pembroke Childs, Music and Media Center, through Dec. 31.

-- "Honoring Recently Promoted and Tenured Penn State Faculty," 109 Pattee, through Jan. 7.

Ritenour Gallery
-- "Focus on Living," photo exhibit by Roslyn Banish, through Dec. 13.

West Halls exhibit area
-- Lindsay Keiter, sexual assault-related photographs, through Dec. 13.

Zoller Gallery
-- "Invisible" interactive mountain peak by Jesse Bercowetz and Matt Bua, through Dec. 1.

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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