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Susan Leviton

Penn State Harrisburg to welcome Yiddish folk artist Susan Leviton

2/8/19

The Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg will present an afternoon of music and storytelling by Yiddish folk artist Susan Leviton at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge (Room W107). Leviton will perform historical and contemporary Yiddish songs interwoven with folk tales.

Bonnie Levinthal

Abington artist explores another world in the Arctic

2/8/19

Bonnie Levinthal, associate professor of art at Penn State Abington, spent 18 days working with other artists and scientists near the Arctic Circle last fall. Levinthal’s Arctic-inspired exhibit, "Another World; by a route obscure … ", is on view through Feb. 24 at Napoleon gallery in Philadelphia.

Laura Metcalf

I Am Woman: Laura Metcalf, Angela Pickett and Sarah Whitney

2/8/19

The women of contemporary classical ensemble Sybarite5 — cellist Laura Metcalf, violinist Sarah Whitney and violist Angela Picket — are taking charge and making their own waves as they juggle musicianship and its many dynamic experiences.

A woman wearing a strapless gown poses for the camera.

I Am Woman: Isabel Leonard

2/7/19

In a Center for the Performing Arts interview, opera star Isabel Leonard takes time to provide insight into pants roles, role models and her most intensely private role—motherhood. Leonard will perform with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor John Mauceri, in “100 Years of Leonard Bernstein” Feb. 27 at Eisenhower Auditorium.

Briana Ryan

Penn State Centre Stage Off-Centre presents award-winning musical 'Violet'

2/6/19

Penn State Centre Stage Off-Centre will present "Violet," with music by Jeanine Tesori, libretto by Brian Crawley, and directed by Wes Drummond, Feb. 12–16 at the Penn State Downtown Theatre. "Violet" is an exploration of what beauty is. An exploration of our flaws and what things we let separate us from the world.

John Sloan, "Red Kimono on the Roof"

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 7-14

2/6/19

Singer/songerwriter Tinashe, America's first African-American astronaut speaking at Penn State Harrisburg and the 27th annual Connoisseur's Dinner and Auction are among the cultural highlights happening at Penn State this weekend and next week.

Penn State Shenango students Shaughnesy Clark (pictured), Sabrina Breese, and Jasmine Day, recently completed the Disney College Program in Orlando, Florida.

For three Shenango students, dreams do come true

2/5/19

Anyone who has ever been to Disney World knows what a magical place it can be, and for three Penn State Shenango students who were accepted into the Disney College Program their experience was truly a dream come true.

Arts Business Ideas Competition

2019 Art Business Ideas Competition now accepting entries

2/5/19

In its fourth year, the Arts Business Ideas Competition is the College of Arts and Architecture’s annual showcase of arts entrepreneurship that asks students to present an arts-based business plan that could earn entrants up to $5,000 to develop the concept.

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