SPECIAL EVENTS
Wednesday, April 5
-- "The Rivals," comedy, Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, through April 22. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
Friday, April 14
-- "A Brand New Day," ice show, 7:30 p.m., Penn State Ice Rink, through April 15. For tickets, call (814) 865-4102.
MUSIC
Wednesday, April 5
-- Jazz at Lincoln Center's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, with Arturo O'Farrill, 7:30 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
-- Laura Silvia, viola, graduate recital, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Thursday, April 6
-- Bach's Lunch: Mallet Ensemble, 12:10 p.m., 128 Music II.
-- Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble Concert, Velvet Brown, director, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Saturday, April 8
-- Children's Opera, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Esber Recital Hall.
-- University Choir, 5 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
-- Cross Currents, a concert of computer music and interactive multi-media, 7 p.m., Stuckeman Family Building's Forum North.
-- Sandy Naugle, piano, graduate recital, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
-- The Banjo Summit, featuring Bela Fleck, Seamus Egan, Mike Seeger, Tony Trischka and Buddy Wachter, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
Sunday, April 9
-- Penn State's Concert Choir, Oriana Singers, Glee Club and Philharmonic Orchestra, Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 by Johannes Brahms, 2 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
Monday, April 10
-- Guest artist Luciano Carnerio, double bass (Brazil), 7:30 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.
-- Penn State Percussion Ensemble II and Penn State Mallet Ensemble combined concert, Scott Kemerer and Dan C. Armstrong, directors, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I.
Tuesday, April 11
-- Sinfonietta Concert, Rebecca O'Brien and Francisco Varela, conductors, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Wednesday, April 12
-- Penn State University Horn Ensemble annual spring concert, Lisa Bontrager, director, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I.
-- Andrew Ford, composer, 8:20 p.m., 128 Music II.
Thursday, April 13
-- Bach's Lunch: Horn Ensemble, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.
Saturday, April 15
-- Gladys Davis, voice, graduate recital, 4 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Monday, April 17
-- David Stambler, faculty saxophone recital, Kathy Cinatl, piano, 6:30 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.
-- Centre Dimensions, jazz, Dan Yoder, director, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Tuesday, April 18
-- Jazz Combos, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall. Tickets: $4 adults, $2 students.
-- RH Factor, the Roger Humphries Big Band from Pittsburgh, 8 p.m., Heritage Hall, HUB-Robeson Center.
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.
-- Inner/Outer Dimensions, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
FILMS
Wednesday, April 5
-- "Weathering, Mass Wasting and Erosion," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.
Thursday, April 6
-- Come As You Are film: "Crash," 7 p.m. April 6, 1 p.m. April 9, Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.
-- "Harrison Bergeron," 7 p.m., 113 Carnegie.
Friday, April 7
-- "From Here to Infinity: How Will the Universe Die?" 3:30 p.m., 211 Davey Laboratory.
Wednesday, April 12
-- "Natural Gas Hydrates: The Fuel of the Future?" 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.
Friday, April 14
-- "Femtosecond Spectroscopy: Beyond the Naked Eye," 3:30 p.m., 211 Davey Laboratory.
Wednesday, April 19
-- "The Southern Appalachians: A Changing World," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.
SEMINARS
Friday, April 7
-- Lindsay Baker and Kelly Dougherty on "Research in Progress Presentations," 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., 127 Noll Laboratory.
Tuesday, April 11
-- American Art Lecture: "A Change of Key: The Banjo During the Civil War and Reconstruction," by John Davis, 6 p.m., Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.
Friday, April 14
-- Gallery Talk "European Modernism," by Patrick McGrady, 12:10 p.m., Christoffers Lobby, Palmer Museum of Art.
Wednesday, April 19
-- Research Unplugged: Nancy Locke on "Art in Society: Impression and the Rise of Consumer Culture," noon to 1 p.m., Penn State Downtown Theatre Center.
-- Michael Lasser on "Ringing de Banjo: Popular Music and the Minstrel Show," 6 p.m., Lipcon Auditorium, 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
-- "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