Arts
and Entertainment
The Quiros play a dangerous game of leapfrog 30 feet above the ground on the highwire during the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. They and the rest of the Ringling Brothers performers will be at the Jordan Center today at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, June 18, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, June 19 at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, June 20 at 1 p.m. Tickets are $25, $18.25, $15.25 and $10.25 for reserved seating, with children age 2 and under admitted free. Group rates are available. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555 or (800) 863-3336.
Renee Lawless Orsini
as Patsy Cline sings "Your Cheatin' Heart" in Always Patsy Cline. The
show plays through June 20 at The Playhouse Theatre on the University Park campus.
For more information on show times and tickets, call the Arts Ticket Center
at Eisenhower Auditorium at (814) 863-0255 or (800) ARTS-TIX.
Photo:
Greg Grieco
This summer will be hotter than ever as Music at Penn's Woods blazes into State College to perform a sizzling series of orchestral and chamber music. Directed by Pu-Qi Jiang, a Penn State School of Music faculty member, the Penn's Woods Festival Orchestra will perform on the following dates at 7:30 p.m. in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus:
* June 19: "Night at the Symphony;"Pu-Qi Jiang, associate professor of music, will conduct.
* June 26: The orchestra will debut a Portuguese work, Staccato Brilliante; Miguel Graça Moura, artistic director of the Metropolitan Orchestra of Lisbon, Portugal, will conduct.
* July 3: Violin virtuoso Charles Castleman, winner of numerous international violin competitions and frequent soloist with major symphonies across the US and Europe, performs. Castleman is violin professor at the Eastman School of Music.
* July 10: The orchestra joins with the Avatar Brass for a program of popular dance music from around the world.
Each concert will be preceded by a discussion beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the concerts are $10 or $4.50 for students with a valid Penn State ID, and may be purchased at the Eisenhower Box Office or by calling (814) 863-0255. Tickets also may be purchased at the door. All seats are general admission.
Chamber music performances, which are free and open to the public, are scheduled for Sunday, June 20, at 3 p.m.; Friday, June 25, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, June 27, at 3 p.m.; Friday, July 2, at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, July 8, at 7:30 p.m.; and Friday, July 9, at 7:30 p.m.
For more information on the performances, visit the Web at http://www.music.psu.edu/mpw/html or call (814) 863-1118.
Pennsylvania Centre Stage on the University Park campus, the professional arm of the School of Theatre Arts, offers the following productions for theatre fans:
* "Always Patsy Cline," through June 20 at The Playhouse, is a good-time musical that chronicles the relationship between country music legend Patsy Cline and a Texas housewife, Louise Seger.
* "Collected Stories," June 25-July 3 at the Pavilion Theatre. Emmy Award-winning actress Lois Nettleton will play Ruth Steiner. Nettleton has appeared on such television series as "You Can't Take It With You," "All That Glitters" and "In the Heat of the Night." Her film credits include appearances in "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" and "The November Conspiracy."
* "Dracula," July 16-25, on the stage of The Playhouse. Eroticism, mystery and mayhem prevail in this play -- an adaptation of the legendary count's midnight excursions
For more information on show times and tickets, call the Arts Ticket Center at Eisenhower Auditorium at (814) 863-0255 or (800) ARTS-TIX. Subscriptions also can be purchased at The Bryce Jordan Center.
Selections from the Heinz K. and Bridget A. Henisch Collection of the History of Photography are on display in the Rare Books Room, Pattee Library, University Park through June 30. The Henisch Collection, which is international in character, includes every type of photograph ever made. The exhibit highlights the social and cultural history of photography from daguerreotypes to the dawn of the Kodak era in the late 1880s.
Heinz K. and Bridget A. Henisch have published three books on the history of photography with the Penn State Press. The Rare Books Room, W342 Pattee Library, is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
"Country Impressions of Bavaria: Photographs by Heide Castleman" will be on display in Kern Building on the University Park campus June 24 through July 28. Castleman was born and reared in the Black Forest region of Baden-Württemberg, in southwestern Germany. She studied art at Penn State, and has lived in State College for 18 years.
For more information, check the Web at http://www.psu.edu/HUB/Galleries or contact the HUB and Kern Art Galleries, 202 HUB, University Park, Pa. 16802; call (814) 865-2563 or fax (814) 865-0812.
Whitney Houston's July 18 concert at The Bryce Jordan Center will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are now on sale at $50 and $37.50 for reserved seating. There is a special student "Take A Back Seat" discount for Penn State students (two per I.D.) at $15 for general admission seating. Student sections will be determined the day of the event.
As the multi-platinum artist begins her tour, she plans to sing songs from both her recently released album, "My Love is Your Love," and past hits as well.
Nashville superstar Tim McGraw will be joining forces with country's leading trio act, The Dixie Chicks, and special guest Deryl Dodd at The Bryce Jordan Center on Thursday, Aug. 5, at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $35 and $25 for reserved seating.
McGraw has sold more than 13 million albums and scored numerous No. 1 hits. In May, he released his newest album "A Place in the Sun," which debuted at No. 1 on both the country and pop charts. He also was recently voted American Country Music's 1999 Top Male Vocalist of the Year.
Tickets can be purchased at the Bryce Jordan Ticket Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, selected Uni-Mart ticket outlets, Commonwealth campus and college ticket outlets, or by calling (814) 865-5555 or (800) 863-3336.