SPECIAL EVENTS
Wednesday, November 30
-- "The Wild Party," 8 p.m., Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and 3, Pavilion Theatre.
Saturday, December 3
-- The Penn State Model Railroad Club, open house, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Dec. 3; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dec. 4; 10 Pinchot.
MUSIC
Monday, November 28
-- Percussion Ensemble I, Percussion Ensemble II and Mallet Ensemble concert, Dan Armstrong, director, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
-- Drew Menzies, graduate double bass recital 8 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.
Tuesday, November 29
-- "The Nutcracker," 7:30 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
-- Sinfonietta Orchestra, Katie O'Brien and Francisco Varela, graduate conductors, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Thursday, December 1
-- Bach's Lunch, Brass Quintets, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.
-- Philharmonic Orchestra Concert, Gerardo Edelstein, director, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium.
Saturday, December 3
-- Singing Lions Fall Concert, 1 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Sunday, December 4
-- Winterfest: A Choral Celebration, 2 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
-- Trombone Studio Recital, Dan Armstrong, director 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Monday, December 5
-- Gladys Knight, with special guest Andy Kim, 8 p.m., The Bryce Jordan Center. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555.
-- Inner/Outer Dimensions, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Tuesday, December 6
-- Jazz Combos, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Wednesday, December 7
-- Campus Band and Concert Band, 7 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium.
-- Horn Studio Recital, Lisa Bontrager, director, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Thursday, December 8
-- Bach's Lunch, Trombone Choir, Mark L. Lusk, director, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.
-- Double Bass Studio Recital, Robert Nairn, director, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
-- Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, Dennis Glocke, director, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium.
Friday, December 9
-- Trumpet Studio Recital, Langston Fitzgerald, director, 5 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
-- Saxophone Studio Recital, David Stambler, director, 5:30 p.m., 128 Music II.
-- Tuba/Euphonium Studio Recital, Velvet Brown, director, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Saturday, December 10
-- Brad Paisley, with Sara Evans and Sugarland, 8 p.m., The Bryce Jordan Center. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555.
FILMS
Wednesday, November 30
-- "Ice-Age Crossing," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.
Thursday, December 1
-- "Blade Runner: The Director's Cut," 7 p.m., 113 Carnegie.
Monday, December 5
-- "Dirty Filthy Love," 7 p.m., 113 Carnegie.
Wednesday, December 7
-- "Hawaii: The 50th State," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.
SEMINARS
Monday, November 28
-- Henry Schek on "Nanometer-scale Microtubule Dynamics Studied with Optical Tweezers and Microfabricated Barriers," noon, S-5 Osmond Laboratory.
-- Musahid Ahmed on "Single Photon Ionization with VUV," 12:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
-- Nobel Prize Literature 2005 Panel on the 2005 Nobel Prize, with Harold Pinter and Dorn Hetzel, 12:40 p.m., 102 Kern.
-- Dorothy Straub on a subject to be announced, 2:30 p.m., 122 Music II.
-- Janis Louie on "The Versatility of Nickel Cycloaddition Catalysts," 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
-- Angela Davis, activist and scholar, 8 p.m., Schwab Auditorium.
Tuesday, November 29
-- Dorothy Straub on a subject to be announced, 9:45 to 11 a.m., 1 to 2:15 p.m., 110 Music I.
-- Massimo Bertino on "Photolithography of Quantum Dots and Conducting Polymer Fibers," 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory.
-- Laurie Heinicke on "Promiscuity and Gene Duplication in the Evolution of New Enzyme Activity," 4 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
Wednesday, November 30
-- Robert Joyce, gallery talk on "Portraits in Activism," 11:30 a.m., 104 Paterno Library.
-- Sarah Burnett-Wolle on "Integrating Close Family Members into Nursing Home Recreation Services: A Pilot Study," noon to 1 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory.
-- Kelly Adams on a subject to be announced, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
-- Azriel Genack on "Chiral Photonic Structures," 3:35 p.m., 114 Earth-Engineering Sciences.
-- David Ellis on his art work "Motion Paintings," 5:30 p.m., Palmer Lipcon Auditorium.
Thursday, December 1
-- Gregory Stephanopoulos on "Nanoscale Process Systems Engineering," 11:30 a.m., 111 Wartik Laboratory.
-- Ronald Walsworth on "Multidisciplinary Applications of State-Selected Atoms," 4 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory.
Friday, December 2
-- Timothy I. Musch on "Capillary Hemodynamics and Oxygen Pressures in the Aging Microcirculation," 11 a.m. to noon, 127 Noll Laboratory.
-- Ambika Chandra on "Potential 10-to15-Fold Increase in Seed Yield Due to Fungal Infection in Buffalograss," 12:20 to 1:10 p.m., 101 ASI.
-- Wilbur Zelinsky on "Religious Expression in North American Cemeteries across Region and Period: A Startling Revelation," 4 to 5 p.m., 112 Walker.
Monday, December 5
-- Chad Lavin on "Managing Katrina, or, A Crisis of Agency in the Agency of Crisis," 12:40 p.m., 102 Kern.
-- David Lee on "Piezoelectric Polymers," 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
Wednesday, December 7
-- Moonhee Kim on "Three-Dimensional Transmission Electron Microscopy (3D-TEM) for the Characterization of Nano-Structured Materials," 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
-- William A. Groves on "Sensor Applications in Industrial Health and Safety," 3:35 p.m., 114 Earth-Engineering Sciences.
Thursday, December 8
-- Nicholas Winograd on "Bioimaging with Mass Spectrometry," 12:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
Friday, December 9
-- Leann Birch on "Meet Your Neighbor: Center for Childhood Obesity Research," 11 a.m. to noon, 127 Noll Laboratory.
-- James Thomas Harris III on "Rethinking the Social Compact," 11:30 to 1 p.m., The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. For tickets, call (814) 865-7590.
-- Avery August on "Write it Down! Getting Away from Paper Napkins in Research Documentation," noon, 102 Kern.
-- Lynn Staeheli and Vicky Lawson on a subject to be announced, 4 to 5 p.m., 112 Walker.
EXHIBITS
Hintz Family Alumni Center
-- "Celebrating the Sesquicentennial, The Year in Review," Robb Hall, through Dec. 31.
HUB-Robeson Center
-- Painting and sculpture by Joanne Landis and Jim Bright, Robeson Gallery, through Dec. 4.
-- "Gathering Patterns: Art as a Way of Knowing," Maryellen Murphy, HUB Gallery, through Dec. 11.
-- "150 Year Scrapbook PSU," near HUB Auditorium, through Dec. 11.
-- Paula Rudnick, wearable art, near HUB Auditorium, through Dec. 11.
-- "Cycle," and "Revealing Pockets," Laura Keegan, Art Alley, through Dec. 4.
-- Benjamin Fehl, abstract paintings, Art Alley, through Dec. 4.
North Halls
-- Catherine O'Connell, abstract paintings, through Dec. 7.
Palmer Museum of Art
-- "Fantastic Tales: The Photography of Nan Goldin," through Dec. 4.
Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
-- Greg Grieco, landscape images, through Dec. 11.
Pattee and Paterno Libraries
-- "Cases of Character: Selections of Photographic Case Art," 201A Pattee Library, through Dec. 30.
-- "Honoring Recently Promoted and Tenured Penn State Faculty," 109 Pattee Library, through Jan. 3.
-- "John O'Hara: A Centennial Exhibit," 104 Paterno Library, through Jan. 31.
-- "For the University Libraries: The READ Poster Project," main exhibit area, Pattee Library, through Jan. 3.
Ritenour
-- "Journey to Iraq," Robin Hoecker, through Dec. 11.
Stuckeman Family Building
-- "Hand-Blown Glass," by Joseph V. Ryan, Robert A. Schaut and Elam A. Leed, Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library, through Dec. 16.
West Halls
-- "Journey to Iraq," Robin Hoecker, through Dec. 13.
Zoller Gallery
-- "Motion Paintings," David Ellis, through Dec. 8.
For a full listing of University Park activities, including sporting events, go to the Web at http://events.psu.edu/ and for a detailed listing of upcoming Conference and Institutes' conferences, visit the Web at http://www.outreach.psu.edu/conferences.html