Altoona Penn State Altoona hosts spring 2025 Hard Freight Café open mic event Audience members enjoy Penn State Altoona's spring 2025 Hard Freight Café, held Tuesday, March 25, in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Expand More than sixty students, faculty, and staff attended the spring 2025 open mic event sponsored by “Hard Freight,” Penn State Altoona's student literary arts magazine, on Tuesday, March 25. The event took place in Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.
Students read original poetry, fiction, and nonfiction; shared visual artworks; and performed music. Students in all majors are welcome to register for ENGL 209, a 1-credit experiential course in which students produce an issue of the magazine.
Hard Freight Cafe is sponsored by the English program and “Hard Freight.”
Hard Freight Editor-in-Chief Kate Yoder welcomes the crowd. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Audience members enjoy the spring 2025 Hard Freight Café event. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Ember Rose reads a poem at the spring 2025 Hard Freight Café. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Zaria Williams reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Emera Gregor reads an original short story. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Levi Custer performs a song. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Reilly Keen reads an original poem based on "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
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Students and faculty admire Professor Jeffery Stoyanoff's new tattoos. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Rae Gallagher reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
The audience listens to a musical performance. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Students JJ Colombo and Alex Marcalaya perform a jazz piece. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Patrick Galante reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Talon McKendree shares an original painting. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
English professor emeritus Thomas Liszka performs the poem Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
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Student MiKayla Kelly reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Bailee Seymour reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Darson Antoine reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Piper Maxwell reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Alayna Mark reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Professor Patricia Jabbeh Wesley reads a poem from her latest book. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Emma Moniz reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Hard Freight Editor-in-Chief Kate Yoder welcomes the crowd. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Audience members enjoy the spring 2025 Hard Freight Café event. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Ember Rose reads a poem at the spring 2025 Hard Freight Café. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Zaria Williams reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Emera Gregor reads an original short story. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Levi Custer performs a song. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Reilly Keen reads an original poem based on "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
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Students and faculty admire Professor Jeffery Stoyanoff's new tattoos. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Rae Gallagher reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
The audience listens to a musical performance. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Students JJ Colombo and Alex Marcalaya perform a jazz piece. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Patrick Galante reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Talon McKendree shares an original painting. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
English professor emeritus Thomas Liszka performs the poem Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
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Student MiKayla Kelly reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Bailee Seymour reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Darson Antoine reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Piper Maxwell reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Alayna Mark reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Professor Patricia Jabbeh Wesley reads a poem from her latest book. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Student Emma Moniz reads an original poem. Credit: Erin Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Last Updated April 1, 2025