Arts & Entertainment
Penn State Intercom......May 10, 2001

Ovarian cancer in spotlightwit1

Pennsylvania Centre Stage is collaborating with the American Cancer Society and National Ovarian Cancer Coalition to raise awareness of ovarian cancer at the upcoming production of "Wit," the tale of one woman's struggle with the disease.

Audiences will find information on ovarian cancer in displays outside the theater and in the program for the play, to be performed May 11-19 at the Playhouse on the University Park campus. Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

A 1999 Pulitzer Prize winner, "Wit" follows renowned English professor and poetry scholarVivian Bearing's journey after learning she has terminal ovarian cancer. Jane Ridley, associate professor in the School of Theatre, will play the role of Bearing.

For tickets, call (814) 863-0255 or (800) ARTS-TIX. For information, go online to http://www.pacentrestage.psu.edu.

Summer art program

The Center for Arts and Crafts at University Park is taking registrations for its summer art programs.

Adult noncredit art classes begin the week of May 14. These include wheel-thrown pottery, drawing, stained glass, yoga, illustration and cartooning, and more.

Summer Art Camps for Kids (age 5-teen) begin on June 18 and are broken up into four, two-week sessions throughout the summer ending on Aug. 17.

Brochures are available at the HUB-Robeson Center information desk, 207 HUB-Robeson. For information, call (814) 863-0611. To register, call Continuing Education at (814) 863-0685.

New art exhibits

The following exhibits are on display at the HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus.

* "Sightseeing: A Space Panorama," photographs from NASA space missions, will be on display through Aug. 21 in Art Alley. Included in the exhibit are images taken during the Gemini program when astronaut Ed White walked in space for the first time and during the Apollo program when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first walked on the moon. The Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics also will display several exhibition pieces and images that represent a snapshot of its space-related research.

* "Three Award Winning Medallists," an exhibit by three women, will be on display through Sept. 16 in the wooden cases next to the HUB Gallery. Jeanne Stevens-Sollman, a 1972 University graduate with a master of fine arts, will exhibit medals with Leaonda Finke and Karen Worth. All three have received The J. Sanford Saltus Award for Signal Achievement in the Art of the Medal.

Headliners named for 2001-2002

Gregory Hines, Judy Collins, Tom Chapin and a number of jazz greats headline the Center for the Performing Arts' 2001-2002 season on the University Park campus.

Highlights of the season include fiddler Mark O'Conner, ballet and modern dance performances, the Broadway musical "Rent," children's programs and classical music.

For information or a season brochure, call (814) 863-0255 or 800-ARTS-TIX. Check the Web at http://www.cpa.psu.edu/hot.html for schedule and dates.

Country's George Jones to
make an appearance May 31

Country singer George Jones, with special guest Mustang Sally, will perform at The Bryce Jordan Center at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 31. Tickets are $29.50 for reserved intimate, theatre-style seating.

In his songs, Jones interprets the country archetypes -- broken love, human failings and sweet dreams gone sour. Despite the highs and lows of his career, he still is in perfect voice, bending notes and translating phrases in his inimitable way. He has recorded more than 100 albums since the mid-1950s.

Tickets are available at The Bryce Jordan Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, selected Uni-Mart ticket outlets, Commonwealth campus ticket outlets, by phone at (800) 863-3336 or (814) 865-5555, or online at http://www.bjc.psu.edu/