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Fran de Leon will perform the free, one-person play "Faces
of America: A 'Generation X' Look
at Multiculturalism" at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, in Schwab Auditorium
on the
University Park campus. For information, call (814) 865-3776.
Photo: Melinda F. Kelley
An exhibition of photographic works of Germany by Gary Catchen
will be on display in the
Hetzel Union Building Browsing Gallery on the University Park campus from
March 3 through April 5.
The University Resident Theatre Company continues its 1997-98 season with Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters," directed by Cary Libkin, associate professor in the School of Theatre Arts. The play opens Feb. 20 at the Pavilion Theatre on the University Park campus.
A 20th-century theatrical masterpiece, "Three Sisters" finds its title characters longing for the allure of Moscow, but incapable of leaving the provincial town that suffocates their spirits.
"Three Sisters" runs through Feb. 28. Performances begin at 8 p.m. with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28. For ticket information, call the Arts Ticket Center at (814) 863-0255.
The Hetzel Union Center for the Arts and Crafts on the University Park campus is now taking registration for its second session of classes, which include tile making, wheel-thrown pottery, bookmaking, art appreciation, handbuilding, Indian dance, painting, weaving, slide photography and papermaking. Classes begin the week of March 16. Stop by 312 in the Hetzel Union Building or call (814) 863-0611 to register or for more information.
Mitchell P. Gabel of "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band will perform his trumpet graduate recital at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, in the School of Music Recital Hall on the University Park campus. Anthony Leach, assistant professor of music, will accompany Gabel on organ and piano. Leach directs the Essence of Joy gospel choir, which also will accompany Gabel during the free concert.
The Fourth Annual Celebration of African American Spirituals will occur at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, in the School of Music Recital Hall on the University Park campus.
The theme for the celebration is "Traditions and Trends." Saturday's concert will include students and faculty of the School of Music presenting solos and ensemble selections. The gospel choir Essence of Joy will perform in Sunday's program. Anthony Leach, assistant professor of music and music education, will direct.
Tickets are $2 for students; $4 for non-students, and are available at the door.
On "The Inscrutable Trickster," the Feb. 22 episode of Odyssey Through Literature, host Leonard Rubinstein and theatre arts Professor Richard Nichols discuss the challenges of translating and adapting a Japanese folk play for the American stage. "Hikoichi's Tale," by Kinoshita Junji, is the story of a scoundrel who steals a magic coat from an ogre's child and must then talk his way out of a series of tight spots. The play will be performed in the Pavilion Theatre on the University Park campus on April 22.
Howard University's Raymond Jackson, one of the nation's most acclaimed music educators and performers, will appear at noon Monday, Feb. 23, in the Gallery Lounge at Penn State Harrisburg. The presentation is free to the public.
A performer with symphony orchestras and as a solo artist throughout the United States and Europe, Jackson has been a prize winner in numerous competitions.
The Penn State Philharmonic, under the direction of Pu-Qi Jiang, associate professor of music, will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.
The concert will feature the winners of the annual Penn State Philharmonic Concerto Competition: Gregg Goldner, marimba; Dana Louder, soprano; Brent Turney, trumpet; and Sally Wilson, mezzo-soprano.
Tickets are $4.50 for adults and $2.50 for students and are available at the door.
The Hi-Lo's, under the direction of Bruce Trinkley, associate professor of music, will perform at the Bach's Lunch concert at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel on the University Park campus. The free, 20-minute concert is part of a series sponsored by the College of Arts and Architecture School of Music and the University Lutheran Parish.
The Hi-Lo's is a group of 14 singers from the Penn State Glee Club.
Audience members may take their bag lunches to the Roy and Agnes Wilkinson Lounge in the Eisenhower Chapel after the concert. Coffee and tea will be provided.
"Faces of America: A 'Generation X' Look at Multiculturalism," will appear in Schwab Auditorium on the University Park campus on Saturday, Feb. 28.
The 3 p.m. show, starring Fran de Leon, addresses the questions of multiculturalism in today's society through the eyes of Generation X. The play presents eight characters all based on true stories researched through workshops and interviews with high school- and college-age populations. The eight characters depicted each represent a different cultural aspect of American society.
De Leon has worked with several noted theatre companies and as a solo performer has toured extensively throughout the United States with "Playfair," a specially designed interactive student program.
The play is directed by Colin Cox, artistic director and founder of Will & Co., a Los Angeles-based theatre company dedicated to arts in education and multicultural work in classic and contemporary pieces.
The show is free to the public. For more information, call the Paul Robeson Cultural Center at (814) 865-3776.
An exhibition of photographic works by Gary Catchen will be on display in the Hetzel Union Building Browsing Gallery on the University Park campus from March 3 through April 5.
This exhibit presents photographs of secular and ecclesiastical buildings taken in German cities. The collection illustrates the broad variety of architecture that characterizes today's modern German cities.
Catchen, professor of nuclear engineering at Penn State, spent spring 1997 on sabbatical leave in Germany, and these photographs represent one part of his objective to learn more about Germany's culture, language and history.
An afternoon of "Bharatanatyam: South Indian Classical Dance" will be presented at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 1, at the Kern Graduate Center Auditorium on the University Park campus. Admission to this class, taught by a Penn State student, is free.
For more information, contact the Hetzel Union Center for the Arts and Crafts at (814) 863-0611.
The Hetzel Union Center for the Arts and Crafts is holding an open house at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, in room 312 in the Hetzel Union Building on the University Park campus.
Employees of the center will give demonstrations on wheel-thrown pottery and handbuilding. There also will be exhibits of work created at the center and instructors will be on hand to answer questions.