Arts and Entertainment

Arts and Entertainment Calendar: October 26 to November 9, 2005

SPECIAL EVENTS

Wednesday, October 26
-- "Benefactors," comic drama, 8 p.m., Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, through Oct. 29.

-- "Translations," drama, 8 p.m., Pavilion Theatre, through Oct. 29. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

Thursday, November 3
-- "Snakebit," comic drama, 8 p.m., Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, through Nov. 19. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

Tuesday, November 8
-- "The Afghan Women," drama, 8 p.m., Playhouse Theatre, through Nov. 19. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

MUSIC

Wednesday, October 26
-- French pianist Philippe Entremont leads the Munich Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call )814) 863-0255.

Thursday, October 27
-- 3 Doors Down, 7:30 p.m., The Bryce Jordan Center. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555.

Friday, October 28
-- Kanye West, 9 p.m., The Bryce Jordan Center. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555.

Saturday, October 29
-- Penn State Glee Club Homecoming Fall Concert, 8 p.m. Schwab Auditorium. Tickets required.

Sunday, October 30
-- Essence of Joy Fall Concert, 2 p.m., Esber Recital Hall. Tickets required.

Monday, October 31
-- Percussion Ensemble I concert, celebrating Halloween and featuring faculty tuba soloist Velvet Brown, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

Tuesday, November 1
-- Viola Studio Recital, Timothy Deighton, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

Wednesday, November 2
--Brewster Scholarship Competition, 7 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

Thursday, November 3
-- David Finckel, cellist, Wu Han, pianist, 7:30 p.m., Schwab Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

-- Brass Chamber Music Concert, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

Friday, November 4
-- Bandorama 2005, featuring Penn State Blue Band and Symphonic Band, 7 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium.

Saturday, November 5
-- Musica Nova, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

Sunday, November 6
-- Organ dedication, Ann Marie Rigler, recitalist, 2 p.m., Pasquerilla Spiritual Center.

-- Concert Choir, 2 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

Monday, November 7
-- Alison Shaw, guest artist, marimba, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

-- Robert Nairn, faculty recital, double bass, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.

Tuesday, November 8
-- Symphonic Wind Ensemble Concert, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

Wednesday, November 9
-- Chamber Orchestra Concert, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

FILMS

Wednesday, October 26
-- "Powershift," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.

Wednesday, November 2
-- "Geology: Why Bother?" 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.

Thursday, November 3
"The Day After Tomorrow," 7 p.m., 113 Carnegie.

Wednesday, November 9
-- "Aurora Explained," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.

SEMINARS

Saturday, November 5
-- Penn State Glee Club, Christopher Kiver, director, "Music and Identity: For the Glory of Old State, Raise the Song," 10 a.m., The Nittany Lion Inn.

EXHIBITS

Hintz Family Alumni Center
-- "Celebrating the Sesquicentennial, The Year in Review," Robb Hall, through Dec. 31.

HUB-Robeson Center
-- Painting and sculpture by Joanne Landis and Jim Bright, Robeson Gallery, through Dec. 4.

-- "Gathering Patterns: Art as a Way of Knowing," Maryellen Murphy, HUB Gallery, through Dec. 11.

-- "150 Year Scrapbook PSU," near HUB Auditorium, through Dec. 11.

-- Paula Rudnick, wearable art, near HUB Auditorium, through Dec. 11.

-- "Cycle," and "Revealing Pockets," Laura Keegan, Art Alley, through Dec. 4.

-- Benjamin Fehl, abstract paintings, Art Alley, through Dec. 4.

North Halls
-- Catherine O'Connell, abstract paintings, through Dec. 7.

Palmer Museum of Art
-- "Fantastic Tales: The Photography of Nan Goldin," through Dec. 4.

Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
-- Greg Grieco, landscape images, through Dec. 11.

Pattee and Paterno Libraries
-- "Diversity and Our University, We Are All Penn State," 109 Pattee Library, through Oct. 31.

-- "Cases of Character: Selections of Photographic Case Art," 201A Pattee Library, through Dec. 30.

-- "Robert Joyce Collection: Portraits in Activism," through Oct. 31.

Penn State Downtown Theatre Center
-- "Architectural View of the World," through Nov. 4.

Ritenour
-- "Journey to Iraq," Robin Hoecker, through Dec. 11.

Stuckeman Family Building
-- "Hand-Blown Glass," by Joseph V. Ryan, Robert A. Schaut and Elam A. Leed, Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library, through Dec. 16.

West Halls
-- "Journey to Iraq," Robin Hoecker, through Dec. 13.

Zoller Gallery
-- Penn State School of Visual Arts students, Oct. 30 through Nov. 14.

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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