Arts and Entertainment

Arts and Entertainment Calendar: April 13 to April 27, 2005

SPECIAL EVENTS

Wednesday, April 13
-- Old Main Open House, noon to 5 p.m. For more information, call (814) 863-3752.

Thursday, April 14
-- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, The Bryce Jordan Center, through April 17. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555.

Friday, April 15
-- "Pure Imagination," ice show, 7:30 p.m., Penn State Ice Pavilion, through April 16.

Tuesday, April 19
-- "Fences," Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, through May 7. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

Friday, April 22
-- Ron White, comedian, 8 p.m., The Bryce Jordan Center. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555.

Sunday, April 24
-- Dane Cook, comedian, 8 p.m., The Bryce Jordan Center. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555.

Wednesday, April 27
-- August Wilson Play Festival, through May 1. For tickets, call (814) 865-6482.

MUSIC

Wednesday, April 13
-- Horn Ensemble, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

Thursday, April 14
-- Bach's Lunch Saxophone Ensemble, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.

-- Jazz @ the HUB with Inner Dimensions, 6:45 p.m., first floor, HUB-Robeson Center.

-- Pacifica Quartet, 7:30 p.m., Schwab Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

Friday, April 15
-- School of Music 25th Anniversary Celebration, all day, Music I and Music II.

-- Percussion Ensemble I, Dan C. Armstrong, director, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall. Tickets required.

Saturday, April 16
-- Choral Chamber Ensembles, 2:30 p.m., Esber Recital Hall. Tickets required.

-- School of Music 25th Anniversary Celebration, all day, Music I and Music II.

Sunday, April 17
-- School of Music 25th Anniversary Celebration, all day, Music I and Music II.

-- Oriana Singers/Essence of Joy, 2 p.m., Esber Recital Hall. Tickets required.

-- Brass Quintets of Velvet Brown, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

Monday, April 18
-- Centre Dimensions, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall. Tickets required.

Tuesday, April 19
-- Jazz Combos, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

Wednesday, April 20
-- Inner and Outer Dimensions, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall. Tickets required.

Thursday, April 21
-- Jazz @ the HUB, with Inner Dimensions, 6:45 p.m., first floor, HUB-Robeson Center.

Friday, April 22
-- Penn State Philharmonic and Choirs, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

Saturday, April 23
-- Glee Club Blue and White Concert, Bruce Trinkley, director, 7:30 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

Monday, April 25
-- Tuba Euphonium Studio Recital, Velvet Brown, director, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

Tuesday, April 26
-- Campus Band, Johnathan Watts and Joe Palmeter, directors, 7 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, (814) 863-0255.

-- Sting, with special guest Phantom Planet, 7:30 p.m., The Bryce Jordan Center. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555.

-- Chamber Singers, Jayne Glock, director, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall. Tickets required.

-- Sinfonietta Chamber Ensemble, Leonardo Lebas, director, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.

-- Concert Band, O. Richard Bundy, director, 8:30 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

Wednesday, April 27
-- String Chamber Music, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.

-- Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Dennis Glocke, director, Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

FILMS

Wednesday, April 13
-- "The 275 Million Year Story of Capitol Reef," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.

Thursday, April 14
-- "Chicago," 7 p.m. April 14, 1 p.m. April 17, Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.

Wednesday, April 20
-- "Ads! Ads! Ads! Journeys through the Expanding Geography of American Advertising," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.

Wednesday, April 27
-- "Human Geography: People, Places, and Changes, 10-The World of the Dragon," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.

SEMINARS

Tuesday, April 19
-- Wenda Gu, public lecture, 11:30 a.m., Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.

EXHIBITS

Agricultural Administration Building
-- Forestry and art education display, graphic art poster exhibition on forestry topics, through May.

HUB-Robeson Center
-- Large-scale work of Hung Liu, through April 28.

Palmer Museum of Art
-- "An Intimate Eye: Selections from the Collection of James and Barbara Palmer," through May 15.

-- "Henry Varnum Poor: Studies for the Land Grant Frescoes," through June 5.

-- "American Prints from the 1920s and 1930s," through May 22.

Pattee and Paterno Libraries

-- "A Tradition of Educational Excellence: 150 Years of Penn State Teaching, Research and Service," 104 Paterno Library, through June 6.

-- "Sesquicentennial: 150 Years of Pennsylvania State University Historic Images from the Penn State University Archives," main exhibit area, through May 25.

-- "Focus on Jazz," by Pete Kiefer, 109 Pattee Library, through May 25.

-- "Prints by Brian Conley," Pattee Library lobby, through May 23.

Zoller Gallery
-- Anna Divinsky, printmaking/installation, April 12 to 16.

-- Joe Yeon Woo, multimedia, and Veronica Grigorashvily, April 19 to 23.

-- Patricia Howard, photography, April 25 to 30.

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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