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Three dresses and a men's suit displayed on mannequins as part of an exhibition.

Arts and Architecture’s Golumbic Scholarship exhibition opens March 18

March 17, 2025

Man in a black shirt and pants speaks in front of a group of students gathered around him in a circle

STAGES festival connects School of Theatre students to industry professionals

March 17, 2025

Native American woman dancing in colorful attire

Pre-Powwow Celebration scheduled March 27 inside Bellisario Media Center

March 17, 2025

School of Music

Penn State Symphonic Band selected to perform at 2025 PMEA Conference

March 14, 2025

Dance instructor and children dancing on a stage at festival

WPSU, SCASD to co-host fourth annual Multicultural Children’s Festival, March 22

March 14, 2025

a collage of German composers known for writing Lieder

Penn State Altoona to hold Liederabend March 27

March 13, 2025

Image of the poet Adrienne Su

Poet Adrienne Su to offer reading at Penn State on March 20

March 12, 2025

A woman dancing with her hands in the air at the front of a crowd.

Community invited to all-abilities dance workshop at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

March 12, 2025

A three dimensional artwork shaped like a blue cat with yellow eyes and covered in vines

New textile-based sculpture exhibition, 'nosegay,' to begin at HUB Galleries

March 12, 2025

Photo of children’s author Kate Messner

Things to Do at Penn State Harrisburg: March 17-23

March 12, 2025

A diverse cast of actors dressed in dark, gothic, and monstrous costumes pose for a family portrait.

Broadway tour of ‘The Addams Family’ comes to Penn State for two shows April 1–2

March 11, 2025

A Black man with dreadlocks wears sunglasses.

Grammy Award-winning artist Leon Thomas to perform March 25 at Eisenhower

March 11, 2025

Jay Paterno, Smeal faculty member Brett Christenson to talk NIL and NCAA on WPSU

March 11, 2025

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation

Harrisburg's Kulkarni Cultural Series to screen film on civil rights activist

March 11, 2025

Theatre masks of comedy and tragedy on a yellow background

Penn State Altoona to present Shakespeare spoof March 20 and 21

March 11, 2025

Three teen-age boys dance in unison in a semi-circle.

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ comes to Eisenhower Auditorium on March 27

March 06, 2025

Italian guitarist Alberto La Rocca to present concert, masterclass, March 18-19

March 06, 2025

Penn State Early Music Ensemble

Early Music Ensemble to present concert on March 31

March 06, 2025

Harriman Recollected: New Views of an 1899 Expedition to Alaska, graphic

Libraries launches digital project highlighting 1899 Alaska expedition materials

March 06, 2025

An illustration of a boy looking at a rabbit.

Mokita Dialogue will discuss ‘Health and Healing Through the Arts’ on March 19

March 06, 2025

2025 President's Concert and Reception set for April 3 in Philadelphia

March 05, 2025

Cafe Laura Entrance

Things to Do at Penn State: March 6-20

March 05, 2025

Penn State Recital Hall

School of Music to host 2025 Penn State New-Music Festival and Symposium

March 05, 2025

A group of acrobats circle to catch another in midair.

Acrobatic cirque company Circa’s ‘Duck Pond’ comes to Penn State on March 22

March 04, 2025

Audience members listen in at the Hard Freight Cafe event

Altoona's Hard Freight Café open mic event set for March 25

March 04, 2025

The Center for Arts and Crafts at Penn State

Center for Arts and Crafts offers spring classes and workshops beginning Mar. 17

March 04, 2025

Portrait of Wendy Horwitz

Conversation in the Humanities at Penn State Abington to feature local memoirist

March 03, 2025

Black and white drawing with three-dimensional geometrical, diamond shapes.

Woskob Gallery reception: ‘Incident and Accident: Daily Drawings’ on March 7

February 28, 2025

Students listening to man teach about building wooden boats

Demonstration by famed wooden boatbuilder a career builder for Abington students

February 28, 2025

Two students dance at a Holi celebration

Things to Do at Penn State Harrisburg: March 3-9

February 28, 2025

A young Black woman looks at a portrait on the wall.

Student Kennedy Ferguson explores Black girlhood, community through portraits

February 27, 2025

Architecture professor recognized with national brick education award

February 27, 2025

Penn State Altoona professors' latest podcast explores body horror

February 26, 2025

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 27-March 6

February 26, 2025

Penn State Concert and Symphonic bands to present concert on March 6

February 25, 2025

Artwork of a woman with green and ivy

Palmer Museum highlights treasure trove of Art Nouveau works in major exhibition

February 25, 2025

Centre Dimensions Mosaic 2024

Penn State School of Music presents Mardi Gras Concert on March 5

February 25, 2025

Steel Dragon will perform in Hiller Student Union, on the campus of Penn State DuBois, on Feb. 27.

Penn State DuBois to welcome Steel Dragon's martial arts and dance on Feb. 27

February 24, 2025

A man climbs a rock wall

Penn State Sustainability to screen two short films on access to the outdoors

February 24, 2025

Harrisburg to host artist residency with poet and educator Brandon Leake

February 21, 2025

Drawing of a theatre set

School of Theatre professor helps bring the magic to Disney Treasure cruise ship

February 21, 2025

Black and white photo of essayist Kelly McMasters sitting in a chair

Kelly McMasters visiting Penn State as 2025 Fisher Family Writer-in-Residence

February 21, 2025

A Black woman holds a saxophone like an offering.

Grammy Award-nominated jazz artist to make Penn State debut Feb. 26

February 21, 2025

Church of the Holy Trinity Ritenhouse Square

Penn State School of Music presents 2025 President's Concert in Philadelphia

February 20, 2025

A black and white portrati of Iman Fayyad.

Stuckeman School to host Harvard architecture professor for talk Feb. 26

February 20, 2025

Penn State Cheerleaders performing on stage during THON

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 20-27

February 19, 2025

Golgotha In Slate

Robert McCormick’s 'Reclamation: From Coal Dust to Hope' show at the Art Space

February 19, 2025

Altoona English professor featured in podcast, reading series, journals

February 17, 2025

Bison_Bead_Project

HUB Galleries, Indigenous Peoples’ Student Association host the Bison Bead Project

February 14, 2025

Mystery date with a book graphic, book open with hears and question mark above the book with the text "Mystery Date With a Book" below it.

Libraries offers book lovers 'Mystery Date with a Book' throughout February

February 14, 2025

Philharmonic Orchestra

Philharmonic to perform works by Wagner, Stravinsky, Paganini and Debussy

February 13, 2025

An image shows hands painting a panel of a sneaker.

Public invited to 'Stompers' painting workshop March 3 in Eisenhower Auditorium

February 13, 2025

People gather at a burial site.

Professor’s documentary explores environmental effects on Inuit community

February 13, 2025

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Centre Stage presents 'How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying'

February 13, 2025

cover art from Gay Sunshine periodical, face encircled with sunshine rays

Queer history on view in new Libraries' Special Collections exhibition

February 12, 2025

A photo taken behind a student sitting at a table painting.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre gallery displaying students’ art

February 12, 2025

Penn State Student Farm

Ross Student Farm to host screening of ‘Farming While Black’ documentary

February 12, 2025

Dancer wearing traditional West African clothing performs with two drummers

Balafon West African Dance Ensemble to perform at Shenango campus

February 12, 2025

Penn State Altoona professors' latest podcast explores liminality in horror

February 12, 2025

A woman working on a costume

School of Theatre graduate student values ‘knowing a little bit about everything’

February 11, 2025

A person rowing a boat on a river among houses on stilts.

Stuckeman School exhibition to showcase urban floodplain communities in Peru

February 11, 2025

Recital Hall interior with empty audience seats and a piano on stage in the center

School of Music presents final installment of 'Mavericks' Recital Series

February 11, 2025

Patrick Williams Philadelphia Orchestra

Principal Flutist of Philadelphia Orchestra residency at School of Music

February 11, 2025

Image created from print of Giana de Dier

Libraries to host pop-up exhibit related to Panama Canal history in February

February 10, 2025

A Black woman wears braids and sunglasses while she holds a saxophone.

Jazz saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin to perform Feb. 26 in Eisenhower Auditorium

February 10, 2025

Gong Lung (Steel Dragon) Kung Fu and Lion and Dragon Dance players in costume

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 13-20

February 10, 2025

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Three dresses and a men's suit displayed on mannequins as part of an exhibition.

Arts and Architecture’s Golumbic Scholarship exhibition opens March 18

March 17, 2025

Man in a black shirt and pants speaks in front of a group of students gathered around him in a circle

STAGES festival connects School of Theatre students to industry professionals

March 17, 2025

Native American woman dancing in colorful attire

Pre-Powwow Celebration scheduled March 27 inside Bellisario Media Center

March 17, 2025

School of Music

Penn State Symphonic Band selected to perform at 2025 PMEA Conference

March 14, 2025

Dance instructor and children dancing on a stage at festival

WPSU, SCASD to co-host fourth annual Multicultural Children’s Festival, March 22

March 14, 2025

a collage of German composers known for writing Lieder

Penn State Altoona to hold Liederabend March 27

March 13, 2025

Image of the poet Adrienne Su

Poet Adrienne Su to offer reading at Penn State on March 20

March 12, 2025

A woman dancing with her hands in the air at the front of a crowd.

Community invited to all-abilities dance workshop at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

March 12, 2025

A three dimensional artwork shaped like a blue cat with yellow eyes and covered in vines

New textile-based sculpture exhibition, 'nosegay,' to begin at HUB Galleries

March 12, 2025

Photo of children’s author Kate Messner

Things to Do at Penn State Harrisburg: March 17-23

March 12, 2025

A diverse cast of actors dressed in dark, gothic, and monstrous costumes pose for a family portrait.

Broadway tour of ‘The Addams Family’ comes to Penn State for two shows April 1–2

March 11, 2025

A Black man with dreadlocks wears sunglasses.

Grammy Award-winning artist Leon Thomas to perform March 25 at Eisenhower

March 11, 2025

Jay Paterno, Smeal faculty member Brett Christenson to talk NIL and NCAA on WPSU

March 11, 2025

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation

Harrisburg's Kulkarni Cultural Series to screen film on civil rights activist

March 11, 2025

Theatre masks of comedy and tragedy on a yellow background

Penn State Altoona to present Shakespeare spoof March 20 and 21

March 11, 2025

Three teen-age boys dance in unison in a semi-circle.

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ comes to Eisenhower Auditorium on March 27

March 06, 2025

Italian guitarist Alberto La Rocca to present concert, masterclass, March 18-19

March 06, 2025

Penn State Early Music Ensemble

Early Music Ensemble to present concert on March 31

March 06, 2025

Harriman Recollected: New Views of an 1899 Expedition to Alaska, graphic

Libraries launches digital project highlighting 1899 Alaska expedition materials

March 06, 2025

An illustration of a boy looking at a rabbit.

Mokita Dialogue will discuss ‘Health and Healing Through the Arts’ on March 19

March 06, 2025

2025 President's Concert and Reception set for April 3 in Philadelphia

March 05, 2025

Cafe Laura Entrance

Things to Do at Penn State: March 6-20

March 05, 2025

Penn State Recital Hall

School of Music to host 2025 Penn State New-Music Festival and Symposium

March 05, 2025

A group of acrobats circle to catch another in midair.

Acrobatic cirque company Circa’s ‘Duck Pond’ comes to Penn State on March 22

March 04, 2025

Audience members listen in at the Hard Freight Cafe event

Altoona's Hard Freight Café open mic event set for March 25

March 04, 2025

The Center for Arts and Crafts at Penn State

Center for Arts and Crafts offers spring classes and workshops beginning Mar. 17

March 04, 2025

Portrait of Wendy Horwitz

Conversation in the Humanities at Penn State Abington to feature local memoirist

March 03, 2025

Black and white drawing with three-dimensional geometrical, diamond shapes.

Woskob Gallery reception: ‘Incident and Accident: Daily Drawings’ on March 7

February 28, 2025

Students listening to man teach about building wooden boats

Demonstration by famed wooden boatbuilder a career builder for Abington students

February 28, 2025

Two students dance at a Holi celebration

Things to Do at Penn State Harrisburg: March 3-9

February 28, 2025

A young Black woman looks at a portrait on the wall.

Student Kennedy Ferguson explores Black girlhood, community through portraits

February 27, 2025

Architecture professor recognized with national brick education award

February 27, 2025

Penn State Altoona professors' latest podcast explores body horror

February 26, 2025

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 27-March 6

February 26, 2025

Penn State Concert and Symphonic bands to present concert on March 6

February 25, 2025

Artwork of a woman with green and ivy

Palmer Museum highlights treasure trove of Art Nouveau works in major exhibition

February 25, 2025

Centre Dimensions Mosaic 2024

Penn State School of Music presents Mardi Gras Concert on March 5

February 25, 2025

Steel Dragon will perform in Hiller Student Union, on the campus of Penn State DuBois, on Feb. 27.

Penn State DuBois to welcome Steel Dragon's martial arts and dance on Feb. 27

February 24, 2025

A man climbs a rock wall

Penn State Sustainability to screen two short films on access to the outdoors

February 24, 2025

Harrisburg to host artist residency with poet and educator Brandon Leake

February 21, 2025

Drawing of a theatre set

School of Theatre professor helps bring the magic to Disney Treasure cruise ship

February 21, 2025

Black and white photo of essayist Kelly McMasters sitting in a chair

Kelly McMasters visiting Penn State as 2025 Fisher Family Writer-in-Residence

February 21, 2025

A Black woman holds a saxophone like an offering.

Grammy Award-nominated jazz artist to make Penn State debut Feb. 26

February 21, 2025

Church of the Holy Trinity Ritenhouse Square

Penn State School of Music presents 2025 President's Concert in Philadelphia

February 20, 2025

A black and white portrati of Iman Fayyad.

Stuckeman School to host Harvard architecture professor for talk Feb. 26

February 20, 2025

Penn State Cheerleaders performing on stage during THON

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 20-27

February 19, 2025

Golgotha In Slate

Robert McCormick’s 'Reclamation: From Coal Dust to Hope' show at the Art Space

February 19, 2025

Altoona English professor featured in podcast, reading series, journals

February 17, 2025

Bison_Bead_Project

HUB Galleries, Indigenous Peoples’ Student Association host the Bison Bead Project

February 14, 2025

Mystery date with a book graphic, book open with hears and question mark above the book with the text "Mystery Date With a Book" below it.

Libraries offers book lovers 'Mystery Date with a Book' throughout February

February 14, 2025

Philharmonic Orchestra

Philharmonic to perform works by Wagner, Stravinsky, Paganini and Debussy

February 13, 2025

An image shows hands painting a panel of a sneaker.

Public invited to 'Stompers' painting workshop March 3 in Eisenhower Auditorium

February 13, 2025

People gather at a burial site.

Professor’s documentary explores environmental effects on Inuit community

February 13, 2025

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Centre Stage presents 'How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying'

February 13, 2025

cover art from Gay Sunshine periodical, face encircled with sunshine rays

Queer history on view in new Libraries' Special Collections exhibition

February 12, 2025

A photo taken behind a student sitting at a table painting.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre gallery displaying students’ art

February 12, 2025

Penn State Student Farm

Ross Student Farm to host screening of ‘Farming While Black’ documentary

February 12, 2025

Dancer wearing traditional West African clothing performs with two drummers

Balafon West African Dance Ensemble to perform at Shenango campus

February 12, 2025

Penn State Altoona professors' latest podcast explores liminality in horror

February 12, 2025

A woman working on a costume

School of Theatre graduate student values ‘knowing a little bit about everything’

February 11, 2025

A person rowing a boat on a river among houses on stilts.

Stuckeman School exhibition to showcase urban floodplain communities in Peru

February 11, 2025

Recital Hall interior with empty audience seats and a piano on stage in the center

School of Music presents final installment of 'Mavericks' Recital Series

February 11, 2025

Patrick Williams Philadelphia Orchestra

Principal Flutist of Philadelphia Orchestra residency at School of Music

February 11, 2025

Image created from print of Giana de Dier

Libraries to host pop-up exhibit related to Panama Canal history in February

February 10, 2025

A Black woman wears braids and sunglasses while she holds a saxophone.

Jazz saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin to perform Feb. 26 in Eisenhower Auditorium

February 10, 2025

Gong Lung (Steel Dragon) Kung Fu and Lion and Dragon Dance players in costume

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 13-20

February 10, 2025

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