Arts and Entertainment

Arts and Entertainment Calendar: February 23 to March 9

SPECIAL EVENTS
Wednesday, February 23
-- "Sweet Charity," Playhouse Theatre, through Feb. 26. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

MUSIC
Thursday, February 24
-- Bach's Lunch HiLos, Penn State Glee Club, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.

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

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

Friday, February 25
-- African-American Spirituals Weekend, Esber Recital Hall, through Feb. 27.

Saturday, February 26
-- The Gershwins' "Porgy and Bess," 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

Sunday, February 27
-- Inner Dimensions and Outer Dimensions, 7:30 p.m., Esber Recital Hall. Tickets required.

Tuesday, March 1
-- Symphonic Band and Concert Band, Dennis Glocke and Richard Bundy, conductors, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

Thursday, March 3
-- Bach's Lunch, Baroque Ensemble, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.

-- Jazz @ the HUB, featuring Inner Dimension, first floor lounge, HUB-Robeson Center.

FILMS

Wednesday, February 23
-- "Americano as Apple Pie: The Blending of Culture," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.

Thursday, February 24
-- "Footlight Parade," 7 p.m. Feb. 24, 1 p.m. Feb. 27, Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.

EXHIBITS

HUB-Robeson Center
-- "Calculations for the Perfect Woman," by Donnamaria Bruton, through March 16.

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
-- "Changing the Joke/Slipping the Yoke: Humor in African-American Fiction," by Pia Deas, 109 Pattee Library, through March 11.

-- "Endangered Peoples: Struggling to Survive in a Global World," 109 Pattee Library, through March 11.

-- "Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month," featuring posters designed by Penn State students, Pattee Library exhibit area, through March 11.

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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