Penn State Behrend's literary journal, "Lake Effect," is published every spring. The 2019 edition includes poetry, fiction and literary nonfiction selected and edited by Behrend students and faculty members.
Dinner and dancing will highlight a Gala in the Gardens event from 5:30 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the opening of The Arboretum at Penn State’s H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens.
Getting a school ID, staying overnight in a residence hall, and scheduling classes have all been integral parts of New Student Orientation at Penn State since 2013, the first year an overnight orientation program was held. But students in Penn State’s incoming class of 2023 are the first to experience a new addition to NSO: a live musical.
The Palmer Museum of Art is winding down two summer photography exhibitions that highlighted the rich, visual beauty of post-revolution Mexico.
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, has unveiled a historical installation to accompany the Eberly Building’s iconic mural, "The Spirit of Service" by Frank L. Melega.
Mark Ballora, a devoted and dynamic professor of music technology in the Penn State School of Music, affiliate faculty in the School of Theatre, and newly appointed director of the Arts & Design Research Incubator, unexpectedly died Thursday, July 18, 2019. He was 57 years old.
Penn State York's Pullo Family Performing Arts Center announces its 2019-20 season with a variety of unique performances. Tickets to all shows are on sale now.
The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State held its first puppet creation workshop in the HUB-Robeson Center on June 27, where students were given the opportunity to help design giant, illuminated puppets made out of reused materials like bamboo, pool noodles and linen. These puppets will be showcased in the IllumiNATION parade, set for March 28, 2020.
When Yi Yang, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Penn State Abington, was a doctoral student, he frequented art museums but grew frustrated with the inability of patrons to closely examine paintings and the artists’ techniques. After some thought, he realized that a laser imaging system like the one in his lab could be used to capture the 3D surface profiles of artwork.
The band Twenty One Pilots will make a stop at Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center for a 7 p.m. show Oct. 18 as part of a new U.S. leg of the group’s global “Bandito” tour.
Penn State Centre Stage will present "Albatross," by Matthew Spangler and Benjamin Evett, directed and sound designed by Rick Lombardo, from July 10-13 and July 17-20 in the Penn State Downtown Theatre. Inspired by "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," the one-man play stars Benjamin Evett as the Mariner.
Where were you during the Apollo moon landing 50 years ago? For 60 former Penn State choir members, the answer is easy — they were performing an open-air concert in the Stadium of Apollo in Delphi, Greece. Today, international tours remain a highlight for Penn State musicians, providing unique performance opportunities and bonding experiences.
Andrea Davis Pinkney, 2019 winner of the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, will receive the national children’s poetry honor at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 13, in the Downsbrough Community Room at Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen Street, State College, Pennsylvania. Following the presentation, Pinkney will speak about her writing and read from her book “Martin Rising: Requiem for a King.” The presentation takes place during the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, and BookFest, in State College.
“DisemPOWERed: Puerto Rico's Perfect Storm,” a film that examines the reasons why Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, will premiere at Penn State. The screening will occur at 6:30 p.m. July 23 in Foster Auditorium in Pattee Library on Penn State's University Park campus. A panel discussion will follow the screening.
