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On stageThe sounds of zils, tambourines and iron fans will fill the air when the Penn State International Dance Ensemble presents its 19th annual Spring Concert at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12, in the White Building Dance Theatre on the University Park campus. The dance, music and song of world cultures will be featured. A reception and dance will follow the evening performance, which is open to the public. Tickets are $7 for general admission, $5 for students and senior citizens, and are available from ensemble members, by calling (814) 863-3467 and at the door before each performance. The ensemble is directed by Elizabeth Hanley, assistant professor of kinesiology in the College of Health and Human Development. |
On displayThe Pattee Library Rare Books Room's current exhibit, |
Jack Heifner's Vanities is a sharp, poignant comedy that chronicles the friendships of Joanne, Kathy and Mary, three young Texas women who come of age in the turbulent '60s.
Directed by Nona Gerard, Vanities will be presented in the theatre of the Community Arts Center at Penn State Altoona today through April 12 and April 15 to 19. All shows are at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 general admission, $3 with a Penn State ID, and are available at the Penn State Altoona Bookstore and at the door. Call (814) 949-5120 for ticket information.
The Penn State Mallet Ensemble, under the direction of Dan C. Armstrong, professor of music, will perform its annual spring concert at 8 tonight in the School of Music Recital Hall on the University Park campus.
"There was manure on the floor and hair from the horse's tail stuck on the rough walls. Because stalls have no ceilings, you could hear babies crying, family arguments and the sick coughing throughout the night."
These words from "The Rice of Strangers," which will be performed at the Studio Theatre of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, are taken from the real-life testimony of Japanese Americans interned in concentration camps on American soil during World War II. "The Rice of Strangers" will be performed April 10, 11, 12 and 13 at 8 p.m.
Although the performances are free, reservations should be made by calling the Penn State-Behrend Studio Theatre at (814) 898-6016.
The Penn State Children's Opera will present two free operas, A Muskrat Lullaby and The Frog Who Became A Prince, by Edward Barnes, at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 12, and Sunday, April 13, at the School of Music Recital Hall on the University Park campus. Performances are free to the public.
Tom West will perform a free clarinet recital at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 13, in the School of Music Recital Hall on the University Park campus. A reception will follow the recital.
West will be accompanied by Diane Gould-Toulson on the piano. West is a student of Smith Toulson, professor of music.
Religion and its infinite interpretations are the topic of discussion
on the April 13 episode of Odyssey Through Literature. Leonard Rubinstein
and Robert Neville, dean of of the School of Theology at Boston University,
face such ambiguous questions as, "Is God a person or an entity?"
and "Is religion nothing more than a commonly held collection of intellectual
metaphors?"
Odyssey Through Literature is produced as a continuing education service
of the Department of Comparative Literature. It airs Sundays at 6:30 on
WPSU 91.5 FM from University Park and 106.7 FM in Altoona, and on WPSB,
90.1 in northern Pennsylvania.
Shannon M. Love will perform her senior organ recital at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 13, in the School of Music Recital Hall on the University Park campus.
Love, a music education major, is a private student of June Miller, associate professor of music. The concert is free to the public.
The Big Push, a small "big band," will give a free performance at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, in the Perkins Student Center Theatre at Penn State Berks campus.
The Big Push presents its unique interpretation of where the big band movement is going, incorporating the modern rhythmic influences of hip hop dance music.
The Penn State Mallet Ensemble will perform at the Bach's Lunch concert at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, April 17, in the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel on the University Park campus. The 20-minute free concert is part of the Bach's Lunch series sponsored by the College of Arts and Architecture and the University Lutheran Parish.
Audience members may take bag lunches to eat after the concert in the Roy and Agnes Wilkinson Lounge. Coffee and tea will be provided.
The Penn State Dance Program will present its annual spring concert, "Choreographer's Showcase," at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 17, and Friday, April 18, and at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 19, in the White Hall Dance Theatre in the White Building on the University Park campus. The performance will feature Orchesis Dance Company and will range in styles from jazz to modern, from lyrical to dramatic. The concert also will feature choreography by Patricia Heigel-Tanner, assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and dance program coordinator; and Vicki McQuaide, instructor in the Department of Kinesiology; as well as student-choreographed works.
Admission is $5 for students and $6 for the general public.
The Penn State Opera Theatre will present "Opera at the Pavilion" at 8 p.m. Friday, April 18, and Saturday, April 19, in the Pavilion Theatre on the University Park campus. The one-act operas to be performed are Franz Josef Haydn's La Canterina and the world premiere of eve's odds, composed by Bruce Trinkley, associate professor of music, with libretto by J. Jason Charnesky.
The production is directed by Susan Boardman, associate professor of music. Patrick Lawrence will accompany La Canterina, while eve's odds features a chamber orchestra composed of 20 students from the School of Music conducted by Gregory Woodbridge.
Tickets are $4.50 and are available through the Arts Ticket Center at Eisenhower Auditorium; by phone at (814) 863-0255; or at the Pavilion Theatre the evenings of the performance.
Singer and songwriter Karen Goldberg will give a free performance at Penn State DuBois at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in Hiller Auditorium.
Goldberg also will be a part of the Earth Day celebrations being held in the Schoch Plaza on campus from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 23.
For more information, call Missy Duttry, student life coordinator, at (814) 375-4766.
The Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art will hold their annual black-tie fund-raiser, a Venetian masked ball, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at The Penn State Scanticon.
Proceeds benefit the Palmer Museum of Art. Reservations are due by April 18. For more information or to make reservations, call (814) 865-7672.
The Pattee Library Rare Books Room's current exhibit, "German Children's Literature in English Translation," runs through July 18.
A large part of the University Libraries' Allison-Shelley Collection is a great number of German children's stories and fairy tales that have been translated into English. The Allison-Shelley Collection also houses noteworthy original illustrations for some of the fairy tales.
An exhibit titled "Race Records" that highlights contributions of African American musicians is now on display in the African American Studies Room of Pattee Library on the University Park campus and will run through July. This showcase explores the history of sound recordings made by African American artists in the early days of the recording industry, the industry's exploitation of those artists and the lasting legacy of the music itself, early blues and jazz.
