SPECIAL EVENTS
Wednesday, July 27
-- Silver Spur Line Dancers, noon, Woskob Family Gallery, Penn State Downtown Theatre Center.
-- "What's the Story?: Framed!" with Mary Wolf, 12:30 to 2 p.m.,Palmer Museum of Art. To register, call (814) 863-9188.
Friday, July 29
-- "Rachelle Puryear," gallery talk by Courtney Jordan, noon, Palmer Museum of Art.
Wednesday, August 3
-- Workshop for Children, "What's the Story?: Storybooks," with Mary Wolf, 12:30 to 2 p.m., Aug. 3 and 10, Palmer Museum of Art. To register, call (814) 863-9188.
Friday, August 5
-- "View the New: Contemporary Art in the Permanent Collection," gallery talk by Jana Emmer, noon, Palmer Museum of Art.
Friday, August 12
-- "Rachelle Puryear," gallery talk by Courtney Jordan, noon, Palmer Museum of Art.
Friday, August 19
-- "Peruvian Ceramics," gallery talk by Dana Carlisle Kletchka, noon, Palmer Museum of Art.
Friday, August 26
-- "Dialogue and Diversity: Recent Work by Faculty in the School of Visual Arts at Penn State," gallery talk by Leo Mazow, noon, Palmer Museum of Art.
MUSIC
Friday, July 29
-- Jazz Showcase, noon, Woskob Family Gallery, Penn State Downtown Theatre Center.
Tuesday, August 2
-- Ben Folds, with special guests Rufus Wainwright and Ben Lee, 8 p.m., The Bryce Jordan Center. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555.
EXHIBITS
Hintz Family Alumni Center
-- "Fred Waring Cartoons: An Exhibition," Robb Hall, through Aug. 21.
HUB-Robeson Center
-- Natalie Travelli, large-scale photography, through July 31.
Palmer Museum of Art
-- "7:Rachelle Puryear," abstract prints based on the words of African-American poets, through Sept. 11.
-- "Dialogue and Diversity: Recent Work by Faculty," through Sept 18.
-- "Counterpoints," prints from School of Visual Arts faculty, through Aug. 21.
Pattee and Paterno Libraries
-- "Poetry in Public Places," through Aug. 21.
-- "Wish You Were Here...," an exhibit of historical postcards, 109 Pattee, through Aug. 21.
-- "'Herstory,' to be Black and Female: Visions and Re-Visions of 20th Century African-American Women's Literature," by Chaunda McDavis, 109 Pattee, through Aug. 21.
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