Arts and Entertainment

Arts and Entertainment Calendar: March 30 to April 13, 2005

SPECIAL EVENTS

Wednesday, March 30
-- "Arcadia," play by Tom Stoppard, Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, through April 9. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

Friday, April 1
-- The 21st annual Central Pennsylvania Home Show, The Bryce Jordan Center, through April 3.

Saturday, April 2
-- Annual Space Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Information Sciences and Technology Building.

Friday, April 8
-- "Giselle," St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

Sunday, April 10
-- Coaches vs. Cancer 5K Run/Walk, 10 a.m., Intramural Building. To register, go to http://www.clubs.psu.edu/usg/cvc

-- The Banff Mountain Film Festival, 7 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (800) ARTS-TIX.

MUSIC

Thursday, March 31
-- Bach's Lunch, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.

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

Friday, April 1
-- Mozart's "Magic Flute," directed by Susan Boardman, 7:30 p.m., Esber Recital Hall, through April 2. Tickets required.

Sunday, April 3
-- Baroque Ensemble, directed by Robert Nairn, 7 p.m., Esber Recital Hall. Tickets required.

-- Lonestar, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

Tuesday, April 5
-- "New Orleans Meets Harlem," The Marcus Roberts Trio, 7:30 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

-- Musica Nova, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

Wednesday, April 6
-- Horn Recital, featuring Lisa Bontrager and John Gerber, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.

Thursday, April 7
-- Bach's Lunch Horn Ensemble, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.

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

-- Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble, directed by Velvet Brown, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

Friday, April 8
-- Penn State Jazz Festival, 8 p.m. April 8, all day April 9, Esber Recital Hall.

Sunday, April 10
-- University Choir and Women's Chorale, 2 p.m., Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. Tickets required.

-- Concert Choir, 4 p.m., Esber Recital Hall. Tickets required.

-- Kristin Wunderlich, faculty soprano recital, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

-- MercyMe with Jeremy Camp, The Afters, and Monk and Neagle, 7 p.m., The Bryce Jordan Center. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555.

Monday, April 11
-- Mallet Ensemble, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

Tuesday, April 12
-- "The Full Monty," 7:30 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium, through April 13. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

-- Musica Nova, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.

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

FILMS

Wednesday, March 30
-- "Cloves: Nature's Little Nails," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.

Thursday, March 31
-- "Top Hat," 7 p.m. March 31; 1 p.m., April 3; Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.

Wednesday, April 6
-- "A Matter of Respect," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.

Thursday, April 7
-- "Cabaret," 7 p.m. April 7, 1 p.m. April 10, Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.

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

SEMINARS

Tuesday, April 5
-- Margaretta Lovell on "Fitz Hugh Lane: Time, Memory, Canvas, and Lumber in 19th-Century New England," 6 p.m., Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.

Sunday, April 10
-- Richard Porter on "Henry Varnum Poor and the Land Grant: Frescoes," 6 p.m., Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.

Tuesday, April 12
-- Shirin Neshat, Iranian-American visual artist, a discussion of recent work, 2:30 p.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.

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

-- "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
-- Dan Arnold, painting, and Deborah Schwartzkopf, ceramics, April 5 to 10.

-- 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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