Pennsylvania Centre Stage is a program of the College of Arts and Architecture.

Dan Carter, artistic director of Centre Stage, will direct the production.

"Man of La Mancha" plays at 8 p.m. June 28, 29, July 2-6, and 9-13 in The Playhouse. Previews will be 8 p.m. June 26 and 27; Saturday matinees are 2 p.m. July 6 and 13.

Prices are $24 for non-students and $21 for students; previews are $21 and $18.

Pennsylvania Centre Stage, the summer professional theatre at Penn State, is a program of the College of Arts and Architecture.

Neal Kenyon, director of the New York City hit "Dames at Sea," directs the production.

"Forever Plaid" plays at 8 p.m. June 20-22 and 25-29 in the Pavilion Theatre. Saturday matinees will be performed at 2 p.m. June 22 and 29.

Prices are $22 for non-students and $19 for students; matinees are $18 and $15.

Artists will begin constructing their works July 8-19 with products donated by local companies. There will be a free public reception from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8.

Following the production of his first wood engraving in 1927, Mack's prints were exhibited in the most prominent juried print exhibitions of the 1930s and 1940s. In 1944, Mack was elected associate of the National Academy of Design, and he held elected memberships in a number of artists' clubs and societies. Today, Mack's prints can be found among the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Harvard University Art Museums and the Library of Congress.

Mack held a Ph.D. in horticulture from Johns Hopkins University, and taught at the Pennsylvania State College from 1923 until 1952, becoming head of the Department of Horticulture in 1937. He brought his extensive knowledge of plants and his keen observational skills to his wood engravings.

Most works in the exhibition are from the University Libraries Fine Print Collection, with several prints loaned by the Lafayette College Art Collection and the Pennsylvania State Department of Horticulture. A companion exhibition of additional works by Mack will be held by the Centre County Historical Society at the Centre Furnace Mansion through July 16.

Freedom Theatre's high-energy, humorous presentation is filled with music and illustrates the connections of history makers of the past, present and future. Historical characters, such as poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, ragtime pianist Scott Joplin, baseball great Jackie Robinson, comedienne Moms Mabley and singer Ella Fitzgerald are introduced and their histories covered in detail.

Freedom Theatre is Pennsylvania's oldest black theatrical institution. It provides a cultural outlet for theatergoers, opportunities for developing performers and a forum for emerging playwrights.

At 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. July 10 on the Old Main Lawn, Taylor will work with a limited number of children to make and decorate didjeridoos, which are Aboriginal musical instruments. His performances are at noon and 6 p.m. the same day at the Bell Atlantic Yellow Pages Allen Street Stage.

On July 11 in Carnegie Cinema, Taylor will show his slides of 40,000-year-old Aboriginal rock paintings from Australia's "Land of the Lightning Brothers."

--"The Magic Flute" by W.A. Mozart, Wednesday, July 17; faculty commentary by Susan Boardman, associate professor of music.

Crafts National 30, a juried exhibition held in conjunction with the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, showcases contemporary crafts by emerging and established artists. The entries represent a wide range of activity in ceramics, fibers, glass, metals, wood, paper and mixed media.

Michael W. Monroe, curator-in-charge of the Peter Joseph Gallery in Manhattan, is this year's juror. He selected 120 works by 89 artists for this exhibition.

This year's summer camp dates have been set for July 29 through Aug. 2; Aug. 5 through 9; and Aug. 12 through 16. Sessions run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day and are open to students ages 9 to 12 and 13 to 18.

Students receive performance training from professionals in acting, voice, movement, mime and masks as they rehearse and perform plays from various cultures. Camps culminate with an afternoon of performances.

Class size is small and strictly limited. For more information and registration, contact Joann Leonard, MetaStages director, at (814) 867-8390.

Centennial! includes fine art objects, historical documents, vintage photographs and a wide array of artifacts. Most of the objects have been borrowed from local collectors, though several pieces are coming from out of state. More than 50 lenders have contributed to the exhibition.

Art historian Joyce Henri Robinson is guest curator for the exhibition.

The exhibit, titled "Higher Than A Kite: Seeing the Andes," includes 17 color photographs from Schwartz's March 1996 trip to Peru and Bolivia. Subjects range from studies of women at a Bolivian street market to views of Machu Pichu.

Housed in the Woodland Library, the exhibit is on display Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Schwartz has participated in numerous group exhibits, three one-woman shows and has several published photographs to her credit. A collection of furniture art, made by Abington-Ogontz student Jeff Snyder, is also on display at the library.

The abstract paintings of the New York School were roundly criticized in the 1940s and 1950s. However, despite the negative critical response historians agree that the New York School painters and sculptors of the post-war period elevated American art to a new international prestige. The Palmer will exhibit works from the most important artists of this circle.