The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State has announced its 2019–2020 season, which includes a seven-performance Centre County premiere of the multiple award-winning Broadway musical “The Book of Mormon.”
State College youth in the Roots of Life performing arts ensemble joined with members of the Foxdale Village chorus for a unique intergenerational performance on Saturday, May 11. Titled “Imagine: Songs of Hope and Peace,” the performance featured individuals from under 10 to over 90.
Students from Penn State Berks and Albright College have partnered with some of the dancers who performed in “This Is Reading,” a performance art installation unveiled in 2017, to publish a book titled “We Are Reading: Dancing in the City.”
The Arts and Design Research Incubator (ADRI) is hosting a one-day symposium on Friday, April 26 to showcase advances and inspire cross-pollination between art and health.
The Undergraduate Exhibition, comedian Michael Che, a School of Music event dedicated to female composers and the annual Blue-White game and festivities are among the cultural highlights this weekend and next week.
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.
No matter the size or shape of your body, you can do anything you want to — that was the message members of Pretty Big Movement dance company shared with the Penn State Altoona community on March 21.
This week's cultural highlights include the return of the Maple Harvest Festival, "Saturday Night Live" comedian Michael Che at Penn State Behrend, the Alumni Association's City Lights in Philadelphia event and a commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Three Mile Island at Penn State Harrisburg.
Afro-Brazilian Samba and Capoeira are coming to Penn State in a series of Capoeira and Samba workshops with special guests Mestre Efraim Silva and Thelma Ladeira, of the Connecticut Capoeira and Dance Company, starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 16, in the HUB-Flex Theatre. The workshops are free and open to the public.
Cultural highlights at Penn State over the next two weeks include the final performance of the Centre Stage production "Hands on a Hardbody," the Harlem Globetrotters visiting the Bryce Jordan Center and a lecture focused on the impact of misinformation on democratic societies.
Penn State Centre Stage's "Hands on a Hardbody," the award-winning Broadway production "Beautiful — The Carole King Musical" and rapper Travis Scott are among the cultural highlights at Penn State this weekend and next week.
The 15th annual Penn State Powwow, a two-day event recognized as one of the finest of its kind, will take place April 6-7, at Mt. Nittany Middle School in State College. An orientation for volunteers will be held March 16.
"Hamilton" actor Bryan Terrell Clark shared stories of his successes and struggles during his Distinguished Speaker Series presentation at Penn State Altoona.
Urban Bush Women, a dance-theater company that gives expression to the vitality and boldness of African-American women, will perform “Hair & Other Stories” at 7:30 p.m. March 14 in Eisenhower Auditorium. The multidisciplinary work addresses race, gender identity and economic inequality in the lives of women of color.
Watch a teaser of Urban Bush Women performing “Hair & Other Stories.”
