What's happening at Penn State? Here's a look at some of the cultural events taking place at the University this weekend and next week:
Performances
Rhythm Future Quartet — 12:00 p.m., April 12, Bruno’s Café, Reed Union Building, Penn State Behrend. This jazz quartet carries on the "hot club" and gypsy jazz traditions pioneered by Django Reindhart. Free.
"King of the Valley" — 6:00 p.m., April 14, Pegula Ice Arena, University Park campus. At this year's spring ice show, skaters from the Penn State figure skating team, Nittany Valley Figure Skating Club, and the Pegula Learn to Skate program will present a special Nittany Lion version of Disney’s “The Lion King.”
"Jersey Boys" — 7:30 p.m., April 17 & 18, Eisenhower Auditorium, University Park campus. Directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff, this touring Broadway production is a , a behind-the-scenes story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.
Shakespeare in the Arboretum — 6:00 & 7:15, April 19, Overlook Pavilion, Arboretum, University Park campus. Actors from the School of Theatre will perform excerpts from "Romeo and Juliet" and "The Merchant of Venice." Free.
Events
Arab Tent 2018 — 5:00 p.m., April 12, HUB-Robeson Center lawn, University Park campus. Arab Tent 2018, organized by the Saudi Arabian Student Association, highlights the culture, artistic expression, language, natural resources, religion and tourism found in Arab countries. Free.
E-Fest East engineering fest — April 13-15, University Park campus. An annual event held by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, this event will provide a venue for engineering students to showcase their innovation, invention, and creativity. Free.
Youth as Researchers Exposition — 6:30 p.m., April 13, Ruth Pike Auditorium, Biobehavioral Health Building, University Park campus. Undergraduate students, State College Area High School students, and youth from the Philadelphia Chapter of HOPE Worldwide/Saturday Academy will come together for this expo. Free.
Penn State Powwow — April 14-15, Mount Nittany Middle School, University Park campus. Native American dancers and drum groups from reservations and communities across North America will travel hundreds, some thousands, of miles for one of the country's best traditional American Indian powwows.
Benefit Fashion Show — 7:00 p.m., April 17, Heritage Hall, HUB-Robeson Center, University Park campus. Sisters on the Runway at Penn State, a student-run organization committed to the prevention and awareness of domestic violence, will hold a fashion show to benefit the Centre County Women’s Resource Center.
Watershed public forum — 6:30 p.m., April 18, Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science, Bellefonte. Spring Creek Watershed forum. The Spring Creek Watershed Commission will host a forum moderated by a Penn State Law professor to discuss understanding and stewarding water quantity and quality in the Spring Creek Watershed. Free, though RSVP requested.
Lectures
Mathematics and Athletics with John Urschel — 7 p.m., April 12, State Theatre, State College. John Urschel, a former Penn State football captain and NFL player with the Baltimore Ravens who is now a doctoral candidate in applied mathematics at MIT, will deliver the keynote presentation of the 2018 Penn State Sports Analytics Conference. Free.
"Generative Encounters: South Asian Artists in the U.K." — 6 p.m., April 12, 112 Borland Building, University Park campus. Iftikhar Dadi, professor of art history at Cornell University, will give the 2018 Dickson Memorial lecture. Free.
“Taking Action in a Time of Change" — 7:00 p.m., April 13, 2018, 005 Luerssen Building, Penn State Berks. A five-time delegate to the United Nations, Dominic Frongillo will share his perspective on how young people around the world are leading successful impact enterprises, grassroots movements, and innovations for sustainability and political change.
Exhibits
"Signed, Steeled, and Delivered" — April 16-24, University Park campus. ART 330 Metal Fabrication and Mixed Media students will present an outdoor exhibition featuring works of art installed at various locations around the campus.
"Pop at the Palmer" — Jan. 9-May 13, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park campus. Prints from the museum's permanent collection by Pop Art notables such as Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg. Free.
"Dox Thrash, Black Life and the Carborundum Mezzotint" — Jan. 16-May 20, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park campus. The exhibit features Philadelphia-based artist Dox Thrash, who pioneered a new approach to printmaking known as the carborundum process in the late 1930s. Free.
"What Big Eyes You Have! Looking at the Wolf in Fairy Tales" — Jan. 16-May 13, Eberly Family Special Collections Library exhibition room, 104 Paterno Library, University Park campus. The exhibit takes a close look at historical depictions of the wolf in well-known and lesser-known fairy tales. Free.
"Home: Contemporary Indigenous Artists Responding" — Feb. 26-Aug. 21, Walter and Dori Goldstein Music and Media Center, Pattee Library, University Park campus. A dozen indigenous artists feature their works in printmaking. Free.
"Plastic Entanglements" — Feb. 13-June 17, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park campus. Sixty works explore the complex story of plastic. Free.
"Depth of Field" — March 8-Aug. 14, Diversity Studies Room, Pattee Library, University Park campus. The exhibit offers an unfiltered look at war photography and assesses its impact on audiences. Free.
"Keith Lemley: A Theory of Everything" — Oct. 26, 2017-Sept. 30, 2018, Woskob Family Gallery, 146 S. Allen St., State College. Penn State alumnus and artist Keith Lemley will craft a new work that combines maple and neon and unify them through geometry and form. Free.