"Side Show" is a moving story about hope, aspiration and acceptance. Inspired by the real lives of performers Daisy and Violet Hilton, it is the powerful tale of Siamese twins and their pursuit of stardom and romance. This musical takes place Sept. 21 through 29 in the Pavilion Theatre on the University Park campus. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

"Tree Study," part of the exhibit "American Pastorale: Drawings by John F. Kensett American Works on Paper Gallery," will be on display in the Palmer Museum of Art on the University Park campus. The exhibit, which includes the artist's better-known American landscape sketches, complemented by a selection of Kensett's costumed figure studies rendered in pencil and watercolor, will be on display from Sept. 18 through Dec. 21.

Jury Recognition Recital

Undergraduates who performed outstanding spring semester juries will be featured in the Jury Recognition Recital at
8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, in the Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I, on the University Park campus.

Students featured include Winn D. Roberton, horn; Aaron McKinney, trombone; Timothy Crawford, piano; Brian Fronzaglia, timpani; Diane Persin, violin; Jennifer McDonough, voice; Madeline Bala, saxophone; and Elizabeth Golden, flute.

The recital is free to the public.

Folk song recital

Soprano Susan Boardman, associate professor of music and director of the Penn State Opera Theatre, and pianist Steven Smith, professor of music, will present a concert of Béla Bartók's settings of Hungarian and Slovak folk songs for voice and piano at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, in the Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I, on the University Park campus.

Bartók was one of last century's first ethnomusicologists, and, with Zoltán Kodály, collected, recorded, transcribed and studied peasant music from Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey and North Africa. He used the tunes he collected in numerous instrumental compositions and in four sets of songs.

The concert is free to the public.

Baroque Ensemble

The Penn State Baroque Ensemble will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, in the Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I, on the University Park campus.

The ensemble will be joined by a chamber group made up of visiting faculty from Oberlin Conservatory and Peabody Conservatory along with Robert Nairn, assistant professor of music.

Tickets are $10 for the general public, $5 for faculty and free for students. For ticket information and reservations call (814) 865-8339 or e-mail rcn3@psu.edu. Proceeds from the concert will help pay for the visiting faculty and will be used toward the future purchase of Baroque instruments for the ensemble.

Kern exhibit

"The Black and White Behind the Blue and White: The Struggle for Racial Equality at Penn State," black and white photography by Robin Hoecker, will be on display from Sept. 10 through Dec. 5 in the Kern Commons Building Exhibition Area on the University Park campus. For more information, call the Kern Information Desk at
(814) 865-3027.

Folk concert, jam session

Folk duo Simple Gifts will present a concert followed by a jam session for local artists on Tuesday, Sept. 18, at Penn State DuBois.

The performance begins at 7 p.m. in the Hiller Building Auditorium. Following the show, local musicians of all instruments and abilities are invited to sit in with the duo.

The event is free to the public. For information, call Rebecca Pennington at (814) 375-4766 or (800) 346-ROAR.

Two exhibits in the Art Alley

"Images on Paper," watercolor collages by Richard Hamwi, and "Seeing the World Through Women's Eyes," black and white photography by Kathleen Karp, will both be exhibited in the Art Alley adjacent to the HUB Gallery at the
HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus.

The exhibit "Images on Paper" contains abstract images and explores variations on themes derived from nature and experience. It runs through Oct. 25.

"Seeing the World Through Women's Eyes," highlights the United Nation's Fourth World Conference on Women (1995) in China and continues through Oct. 15.

For information on either exhibit, call (814) 865-2000 or visit http://www.sa.psu.edu/galleries.

Jordan's Wizards to square off
against the Philadelphia 76ers

The NBA's Eastern Conference Champion Philadelphia 76ers will play Michael Jordan's Washington Wizards in an NBA preseason game at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, at The Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.

Tickets cost $30, $19.50, $15 and $10 for reserved seating.

The Philadelphia 76ers include the last season's Most Valuable Player, Allen Iverson; Defensive Player of the Year, Dikembe Mutombo; the Sixth Man of the Year, Aaron McKie; and last season's Coach of the Year, Larry Brown.

Jordan's Wizards will be coached by former Sixer Doug Collins. The team features this year's top draft pick, Kwame Brown and newly acquired players Brendan Haywood and Christian Leattner.

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.

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