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Music at Noon: The Logan Wintergarden Series at Penn State Erie, Behrend College, will kick off its 1997-98 season Friday, Sept. 19. The series, which includes performances by six different chamber music ensembles throughout the academic year, invites audiences to bring a brown-bag lunch to the Reed Union Building Commons and enjoy informal presentations. The groups not only perform, but also explain their music to build understanding, enjoyment and intimacy with the audience.
* This year's series opens Friday, Sept. 19, with Four Nations Ensemble, a group known for its juxtaposition of music from a variety of cultures.
* The series continues with a performance by the Eakin Piano Trio on Thursday, Oct. 16. The trio features violin, cello and piano.
* On Wednesday, Nov. 19, the Amernet String Quartet will perform. The group is made up of four young musicians from Japan, the United States, Korea and Mexico.
* The String Trio of New York performs Wednesday, Feb. 11. The trio features acoustic improvisations and compositions for violin, guitar and bass.
* The series continues on Friday, March 20, with Crosstown Trio. The group combines electric guitar, classical guitar and flute to create innovative arrangements of classical and jazz standards.
* The season will conclude on Monday, March 30, with a performance by the Cleveland Duo with Umble. The duo regularly performs a repertoire that includes violin-piano, duo violin and violin-viola, but for this performance will combine with James Umble, a classical saxophonist.
For more information, call (814) 898-6000.
The Penn State DuBois 1997-98 Cultural and Performing Arts Series includes a variety of entertainment. Remaining performances are:
* Pittsburgh-based modern rock duo Honeybrowne Hangover gives an outdoor concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at Hiller Lawn.
* October brings the unorthodox jazz sounds of the Dixie Power Trio to Hiller Auditorium.
* In November, William McCarthy, professor of English at DuBois, will share the American fairy and folk tales he has collected from all along the eastern seaboard. Also in November, music lovers will delight to the classical sounds of Brandywine Baroque.
* The Singing Lions will kick off the December holiday season with an evening of contemporary and holiday music and dance.
* January 1998 finds award-winning juggler Mark Nizer center stage in Hiller Auditorium for a program of comedy, satire, wit and juggling.
* In April, the five-man new-traditional band Jaffna rounds out the season with their original interpretation of traditional music from many cultures.
All Cultural and Performing Arts Series programs are free to the public. A brochure featuring all of this year's programs is available by calling the campus at (814) 375-4760 weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
M. Daniel Yoder, professor of saxophone and jazz studies, will present a jazz saxophone recital at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, in the School of Music Recital Hall on the University Park campus.
Also performing on this program will be John Daniel, associate professor of trumpet; Jeff Lawlis on piano; James Robinson, director of orchestral activities with the State College School District, on bass; and Michael Plunkett on drum set.
The recital is free to the public.
Essence of Joy will perform for the Bach's Lunch concert at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, in the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel on the University Park campus.
The free 20-minute concert is part of the Bach's Lunch series sponsored by the College of Arts and Architecture School of Music and the University Lutheran Parish.
Essence of Joy is a group of around 40 singers directed by Anthony Leach of the School of Music faculty.
The group will present its fall concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, in the School of Music Recital Hall.
After the Bach's Lunch concert, audience members may to take their bag lunches to the Roy and Agnes Wilkinson Lounge in the Eisenhower Chapel. Coffee and tea will be provided.
The Nittany Valley Symphony will present six concerts on the University Park campus during its 1997-98 season, "Transformations."
* The season opens at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, in Eisenhower Auditorium with "Shining Transformations," featuring guest soloist Panayis Lyras, winner of the silver medal in the 1981 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
* "Dancing! From Ballet to Broadway," a Symphonic Pops dinner concert, is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 9, at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. The evening begins at 5 p.m. with hors'd'ouvres; dinner follows at 6 p.m. and the concert at 7 p.m.
* Steven Smith, professor of music, is the featured pianist for "Beethoven 3: Romantic Revolution," at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, at Eisenhower Auditorium.
* "Fantastic Visions," a musical hybrid concerto featuring Diane Gold Toulson on flute, will be presented at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, 1998, at Eisehnower Auditorium.
* "Magic and Mischief at the Symphony" will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, 1998, at Eisenhower Auditorium. The concert features the 1997-98 Keller Young Soloist Competition winner, along with the magic of Richard Benninghoff.
* The series ends with "Mahler 3: Evolution of the Spirit," at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, 1998, at Eisenhower Auditorium, featuring mezzo-soprano Jan Wilson, the State College Choral Society Women's Chorus and the Knights and Squires Boychoir.
For information on tickets to events at Eisenhower Auditorium, call the Eisenhower Ticket Center at (814) 863-0255. For more information on the dinner concert or to subscribe to the season, call the Nittany Valley Symphony at (814) 231-8224.
The College of Arts and Architecture's Zoller Gallery will present two exhibitions: "Drawing into Sculpture" and "Allen C. Topolski: Recent Works," both on display through Tuesday, Sept. 30.
"Drawing into Sculpture" is an exhibition of small works by 11 nationally and internationally known artists including Joseph Beuys, Mel Edwards, Pamela Brown and Sallie McCorkle. Although all of the artists express separate artistic aims, drawing -- or references to drawing techniques -- binds the works together.
"Allen C. Topolski: Recent Works," is an exhibition of Topolski's recent sculpture.
The Second Annual Community Arts and Crafts Fall Festival at Penn State Harrisburg will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4. The event will feature non-stop free entertainment, free parking, an estimated 150 craft vendors and artists, activities and events for children and plenty of food.
Proceeds from the event to benefit the community go to the Olmsted Recreation Board which sponsors activities for children and youth in Middletown, Royalton and Lower Swatara Township. The recreation board is again sponsoring a daylong youth soccer tournament on the college fields as a highlight to the festival.
In addition, there will be a 10:30 a.m. groundbreaking for the $1 million expansion of the college's Science and Technology Building.
Throughout the festival, School of Science, Engineering and Technology faculty members and students will be on hand in the Science Tech Building to provide information on engineering programs and careers.
For information on the Fall Festival, call the Penn State Harrisburg Office of Special Events at (717) 948-6272.
"The Nittany Lion: An Illustrated Tale --The Exhibit" is on display in the University Archives/Penn State Room of Pattee Library on the University Park campus through Oct. 19. The exhibit contains photos, artifacts, personal papers and relics related to the publication of The Nittany Lion: An Illustrated Tale, by Penn State librarians Jackie R. Esposito and Steven L. Herb.
The exhibit details the major book themes: Joe Mason and the creation of the mascot, Henry Shoemaker and the Princess Nit-a-nee legends, the original Nittany Lion, the carving of the Nittany Lion Shrine and the Men-in-the-Suit.
The Kern Exhibition Area on the University Park campus will feature photographs of Spanish playwrights by Candyce Leonard through Oct. 20.
Leonard's photos are an anthology of informal portraits of Spanish writers. She has a Ph.D. in Hispanic drama from Indiana University and is a professor in the Program in Humanities at Wake Forest University.
The Formal Gallery in the Hetzel Union Building at University Park features the exhibit "Beijing and Beyond: Women Artists Respond To The World Conference On Women," through Oct. 25.
Inspired by the Non-Governmental Organizations Forum '95 and Fourth World International Conference on Women in China in the fall of 1995, the 60-piece exhibit features original works by female artists from around the world. The exhibition will include two- and three-dimensional works by women artists, whose works speak about their experiences at the conference and the messages those experiences brought home to each artist.
All seven members of the 1996 Olympic Gold Medal winning women's gymnastic team will be together for the John Hancock Tour of World Gymnastics Champions at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, at The Bryce Jordan Center.
Tickets are $33.50, $26.50 and $18.50 for reserved seating. Children age 14 and under and senior citizens over age 60 receive a $4 discount. Group seating is available. Call (814) 863-1812 for more information.
Two concerts will feature some big names at The Jordan Center in October.
First, Counting Crows with special guest Dog's Eye View will appear at 8 p.m. Oct. 25. Tickets are $24.50 and $22.50, and will be on sale at 8 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19.
On Oct. 29, the Beach Boys and Chicago team up for a 7:30 p.m. concert. Tickets are $37.75, $28.75 and $25.25 and will be available starting at 8 a.m. Sept. 20.
