The Pennsylvania Center for the Book has announced 13 books chosen to form the 2019 "A Baker’s Dozen: The Best Children’s Books for Family Literacy." The annual booklist, celebrating its 16th edition this year, is compiled by a panel of children’s literature experts who choose from among the many children’s books published in the previous calendar year.
Tickets are still on sale for the 2019 Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art annual Gala and auction. The fundraising event on May 18 will be held at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. This year’s theme is borrowed from the major spring exhibition organized by the Palmer, "From the Rooftops: John Sloan and the Art of a New Urban Space," a vibrant exploration of the urban rooftop by notable American artists, on view at the museum through May 12.
Jaclyn Backhaus' "Men on Boats" will be presented April 16–20 at the Penn State Downtown Theatre. The show is a rollicking adventure tale brought thrillingly to life by a cast of diverse performers, who use carefully exaggerated theatrics to tell the story of an actual 1869 expedition led by John Wesley Powell to chart the Colorado River.
Emily Burns, assistant teaching professor of graphic design within the Stuckeman School, is curating a new exhibition by artist Kaveri Raina that opens April 12 at the Assembly Room in New York’s Lower East Side.
Upcoming arts workshops have been announced for summer session at Penn State Lehigh Valley.
The Department of Art History’s Visual Resources Centre will host "Imaging Art History," an interactive installation focusing on the changing progression of visual resources that art historians have used in their teaching and research over the years, from April 9 to 19. Visitors will be invited to interact with the various examples as well as to tap into their creativity by transforming discarded slides into works of art.
Susan Russell, Penn State School of Theatre associate professor and playwright, discusses "Leavings," or "The Borderland." A reading of the new opera will be performed at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, in the new School of Music Recital Hall at University Park.
Ted Christopher, Penn State School of Music associate professor and director of Penn State Opera Theatre, discusses "Leavings," or "The Borderland." A reading of the new opera will be performed at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The Student Programming Association will present Michael Che at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, in Eisenhower Auditorium.
Seniors in the Penn State graphic design program within the Stuckeman School will present the culmination of their work from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, on the third floor of the Stuckeman Family Building at University Park.
Penn State Harrisburg’s choir, chamber singers, and band will present their annual spring concert at 7 p.m. April 11 and 12, in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre in the Student Enrichment Center on campus.
The studios and classroom spaces within the Stuckeman Family Building will be emptying in a few short weeks as students graduate or retreat for the summer months. But come July 14, the building will again be abuzz as the Stuckeman School kicks off the annual Architecture/Landscape Architecture Summer Camp.
Deb Olin Unferth will read selections from her short story collection, “Wait Till You See Me Dance: Stories,” on Thursday, April 18, when the 2018-19 edition of the Creative Writers Reading Series returns to Penn State Behrend. Her 6 p.m. reading and the reception preceding it are free and open to the public. Both events will be held in the Larry and Kathryn Smith Chapel.
The Society for Indian Music and Arts, and Nritya, Penn State student organizations, will present the fifth annual Happy Valley Indian Performing Arts Festival, Friday, April 5, and Sunday, April 7, at University Park.
Penn State Hillel will screen assistant professor Boaz Dvir’s critically acclaimed post-Holocaust documentary, “A Wing and A Prayer,” at 7 p.m. April 10 in 262 Willard Building at University Park.
