Activism
Still Here explores stories of migration, displacement, and survival by eight artists that represent a spectrum of the African Diaspora. The works in this exhibition use moving images to highlight the rituals and traditions that persevere and evolve, despite the oppressive historical ripple effects of colonialism and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Through practices and tools of survival such as migrating, defending, dancing, gathering, praying, and claiming agency over one’s body, the works in this exhibition demonstrate that black and brown bodies are not here for consumption of the white gaze, nor are they passive beings upon whom actions are done or inflicted. Artists include Larry Achiampong, Adama Delphine Fawundu, Third Horizon (Jason Fitzroy Jeffers), Carlos Javier Ortiz, Cinthia Marcelle, Melo-X, Helina Metaferia, and Joiri Minaya. Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah, Dexter Wimberly and Kiara Ventura, Still Here was originally organized at the Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco.
Video Still Credits: Larry Achiampong, Joiri Minaya, and Cinthia Marcelle
| Dates: |
01/21/2020 - 03/22/2020 |
| Start Time: |
10:00 am |
| Location: |
HUB Gallery |
| Address: |
241 Hub-Robeson Center, University Park, PA, 16802 (map) |
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Children & Families
The Children's Eating Behavior Lab at Penn State University Park is looking for 7-8 year old children for a fun nutrition study! Contact Kara, our Project Coordinator, at [email protected] or 814-865-5169 for more information. You can also view a full description of the study and complete a screening questionnaire here: https://pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_41N3IXRBmXjegRf
Join us weekly for this mixed age class in which older students are often invited to participate in leading while also being given modifications to support their own practice. All classes will engage in an initial "mindful moment" to settle into class as well as breath work, poses, games and a period of relaxation. The use of stories, songs and crafts will also be a periodic part of our yoga experience together!
| Dates: |
01/02/2020 - 12/31/2020 |
| Start Time: |
5:30 pm |
| Location: |
Wellness in Motion Studio |
| Address: |
2541 E College Ave, Suite B, State College, PA, 16801 (map) |
| Website: |
http://www.wellnessinmotionstudio.com |
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Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure
The Mystery of the Dinosaurs of the Deep
The creators of Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live want to take your family on an all-new adventure—this time to the bottom of the ocean. Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure is an immersive experience that invites you to jump in and explore unknown ocean depths where prehistoric marine reptiles lived eons ago—and maybe live still today!
Erth shows are at the forefront of family entertainment, using actors, technology, puppets, science, and imagination to create an amazing visual experience that connects young audiences to the real science of paleontology.
Classes, Films, Lectures
Start your morning off with this invigorating and awakening flow. This class will utilize a beginning mediation that will focus on the breath and awakening your inner senses. We will then flow through our yoga postures focusing on balance, strength and breath. All levels welcome.
| Dates: |
01/02/2020 - 12/31/2020 |
| Start Time: |
9:00 am |
| Location: |
Wellness in Motion Studio |
| Address: |
2541 E College Ave, Suite B, State College, PA, 16801 (map) |
| Website: |
http://wellnessinmotionstudio.com |
This is a beginner level class emphasizing the coordination of breath with movement, as well as restorative postures designed to soothe and comfort.
Stephanie Koller guides you through finding a healthy balance between stability and flexibility. By moving through a variety of yoga postures and breathing exercises, we encourage a clearer energy flow throughout the entire body. Meditation and guided imagery will be incorporated to support deep relaxation. Whether a novice or a seasoned yogi, you will leave this class feeling recharged and relaxed. Based on each participant's unique needs, positional variations will be provided with a focus on safe alignment.
This class meets every Tuesday & Thursday at noon. $10 per class. Fill up 7 Chakras on our Chakra cards for a free class!
Registration required: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=631473&stype=-7&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000012
| Dates: |
02/13/2020 - 05/28/2020 |
| Start Time: |
12:00 pm |
| Location: |
Serenity Wellness Centre |
| Address: |
2011 Cato Ave., Suite 201, State College, PA, 16801 (map) |
| Website: |
http://www.serenitywellnesscentre.com |
| Photos: |
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Fundamental yoga postures, breathing techniques and sequences are taught in this class. All levels of students are welcome, even those who have never done yoga before. A variety of options and modifications are demonstrated so that students can practice to their own level of ability. The atmosphere of the class is kept really laid-back so that no students feel intimidated. If you think you aren’t able to do yoga, come and try this class. We bet you can!
Stay up to date on our most recent class schedule, via our website: http://www.wellnessinmotionstudio.com/classes-and-events/class-calendar/
| Dates: |
01/01/2020 - 12/31/2020 |
| Start Time: |
4:00 pm |
| Location: |
Wellness in Motion Studio |
| Address: |
2541 E College Ave, Suite B, State College, PA, 16801 (map) |
| Website: |
http://www.wellnessinmotionstudio.com |
| Photos: |
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A Central PA SCORE Seminar with Christie Clancy - Social media has upended traditional marketing and advertising theory for many businesses. If you do not catch the wave, you could be left far behind in the race to profitability. It is becoming more complicated and more lucrative every day. Keeping on top of current trends can be a dizzying experience. This seminar is designed to clear away the fog and help you concentrate on those strategies that will give you the best return for your investment of time and/or money. Presented by SCORE Mentor, Christie Clancy.
Register online. ($5 donation suggested a the door. All proceeds go to Schlow)
Class size limit: 25
Where: Downsbrough Community Room
Join us weekly for this mixed age class in which older students are often invited to participate in leading while also being given modifications to support their own practice. All classes will engage in an initial "mindful moment" to settle into class as well as breath work, poses, games and a period of relaxation. The use of stories, songs and crafts will also be a periodic part of our yoga experience together!
| Dates: |
01/02/2020 - 12/31/2020 |
| Start Time: |
5:30 pm |
| Location: |
Wellness in Motion Studio |
| Address: |
2541 E College Ave, Suite B, State College, PA, 16801 (map) |
| Website: |
http://www.wellnessinmotionstudio.com |
| Photos: |
1
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Acupuncture & Reiki Integration with Matt Beigle and Nicole White
Drop-in for an evening of energy balancing bliss. Learn and experience the relaxing, cleansing, and balancing effects of Acupuncture and Reiki. Matt and Nicole will give you a bit of info on how these amazing treatments work on your energy body followed by an hour of group treatment. As you absorb the balance of the Acupuncture, Nicole will give one on one Reiki to each participant to further guide your body into a state of relaxation and healing. You're going to love it!
Cost: $30
Registration reguired: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=631473&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000001&date=02/20/20
Matt Beigle is a licensed Acupuncturist, an herbalist and certified yoga teacher. He received his master’s degree in acupuncture from Maryland University of Integrative Health where he studied Five Element Acupuncture.
Nicole White is the owner of Serenity, an Energy Therapist and Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider.
Learn more about Matt and Nicole on our website.
A fun, fast paced power vinyasa designed to energize and inspire. Students will flow through practice to uplifting music while challenging their limits of dynamic, static and cardiovascular strength. Featuring a different intention and focus every 4-6 weeks this class will increase the mind/body connection leaving students feeling empowered. If it doesn’t challenge you it won’t change you.
Stay up to date on our most recent class schedule on our website: http://www.wellnessinmotionstudio.com/classes-and-events/class-calendar/
This class is a fusion of vinyasa flows and longer holds of yin yoga. The vinyasa portion will connect breath with movement through asanas, while the yin portion of class will give you a deep stretch to target deep connective tissue. A great combination to fuel your body, mind, and soul. This class is suitable for all levels of experience, with modifications provided.
| Dates: |
01/16/2020 - 12/31/2020 |
| Start Time: |
7:45 pm |
| Location: |
Wellness in Motion Studio |
| Address: |
2541 E College Ave, Suite B, State College, PA, 16801 (map) |
| Website: |
http://wellnessinmotionstudio.com |
Comedy
Book, music, and lyrics by Kirsten Childs • Directed by John Simpkins
Kirsten Childs, 2019 commissioned writer for the New Musicals Initiative, penned the lastest project "The Lucky Boy" based on an adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale “The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs.” Driven by a need to be eternally revered, King Ambrose tortures and kills citizens who don’t proclaim him adorable. When it’s predicted that an illegal alien baby will grow up to surpass him in adorability, Ambrose finds the child and throws him into a nuclear waste bin. Rogue scientists, defunded by royal order, rescue the baby and name him Lucky. Because of particles of adorabilium in the nuclear waste, he’s now not only immune to radiation poisoning, but he’s ten times more adorable than the King. Eighteen years pass and Lucky has fallen in love with Ambrose’s daughter Vocal Fry. Ambrose consents to the nauseatingly-in-love pair’s marriage—if Lucky can bring Ambrose three golden hairs from the devil’s head!
| Dates: |
02/18/2020 - 02/22/2020 |
| Start Time: |
7:30 pm |
| Location: |
Penn State Downtown Theatre |
| Address: |
146 S Allen St, State College, PA, 16801 (map) |
| Website: |
http://www.theatre.psu.edu |
| Photos: |
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Exhibits
“Indigenous Roots/Routes: Contested Histories, Contemporary Experiences” reflects on the past five centuries of colonization and cultural exchange among Indigenous Peoples, Europeans, Africans and Americans. The exhibition explores the processes of social, religious and political adaptation, what it means to be rooted in or unrooted from one’s land, and how searching out unfamiliar routes forces others to travel new ones. It draws upon art, textural works and rare books from three major collections at Penn State: the Eberly Family Special Collections Library, the Matson Museum of Anthropology and the Palmer Museum of Art. Together the materials encourage us to question how history is written and how it informs contemporary works by Indigenous artists and activists. Located in the Special Collections Exhibition Gallery, 104 Paterno Library on Penn State's University Park campus, the exhibition is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, except for special holiday hours. The gallery is closed on Saturdays. Monthly hours of operation can be found at: https://libraries.psu.edu/monthly-hours?library=187
For more information, including information about accommodations and physical access, please contact Clara Drummond, curator and exhibitions coordinator, at 814-865-1793 or [email protected]
| Dates: |
09/17/2019 - 03/15/2020 |
| Start Time: |
9:00 am |
| Location: |
Special Collections Exhibition Gallery, Penn State University Libraries |
| Address: |
104 Paterno Library, University Park, PA, 16802 (map) |
| Website: |
http://libraries.psu.edu/specialcollections |
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Still Here explores stories of migration, displacement, and survival by eight artists that represent a spectrum of the African Diaspora. The works in this exhibition use moving images to highlight the rituals and traditions that persevere and evolve, despite the oppressive historical ripple effects of colonialism and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Through practices and tools of survival such as migrating, defending, dancing, gathering, praying, and claiming agency over one’s body, the works in this exhibition demonstrate that black and brown bodies are not here for consumption of the white gaze, nor are they passive beings upon whom actions are done or inflicted. Artists include Larry Achiampong, Adama Delphine Fawundu, Third Horizon (Jason Fitzroy Jeffers), Carlos Javier Ortiz, Cinthia Marcelle, Melo-X, Helina Metaferia, and Joiri Minaya. Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah, Dexter Wimberly and Kiara Ventura, Still Here was originally organized at the Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco.
Video Still Credits: Larry Achiampong, Joiri Minaya, and Cinthia Marcelle
| Dates: |
01/21/2020 - 03/22/2020 |
| Start Time: |
10:00 am |
| Location: |
HUB Gallery |
| Address: |
241 Hub-Robeson Center, University Park, PA, 16802 (map) |
| Photos: |
3
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Health
Start your morning off with this invigorating and awakening flow. This class will utilize a beginning mediation that will focus on the breath and awakening your inner senses. We will then flow through our yoga postures focusing on balance, strength and breath. All levels welcome.
| Dates: |
01/02/2020 - 12/31/2020 |
| Start Time: |
9:00 am |
| Location: |
Wellness in Motion Studio |
| Address: |
2541 E College Ave, Suite B, State College, PA, 16801 (map) |
| Website: |
http://wellnessinmotionstudio.com |
This is a beginner level class emphasizing the coordination of breath with movement, as well as restorative postures designed to soothe and comfort.
Stephanie Koller guides you through finding a healthy balance between stability and flexibility. By moving through a variety of yoga postures and breathing exercises, we encourage a clearer energy flow throughout the entire body. Meditation and guided imagery will be incorporated to support deep relaxation. Whether a novice or a seasoned yogi, you will leave this class feeling recharged and relaxed. Based on each participant's unique needs, positional variations will be provided with a focus on safe alignment.
This class meets every Tuesday & Thursday at noon. $10 per class. Fill up 7 Chakras on our Chakra cards for a free class!
Registration required: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=631473&stype=-7&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000012
| Dates: |
02/13/2020 - 05/28/2020 |
| Start Time: |
12:00 pm |
| Location: |
Serenity Wellness Centre |
| Address: |
2011 Cato Ave., Suite 201, State College, PA, 16801 (map) |
| Website: |
http://www.serenitywellnesscentre.com |
| Photos: |
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Chair yoga allows students with limited mobility or balance to receive the same great benefits as any other yoga class. Postures are done either seated in the chair, or standing while holding onto the chair for support.
| Dates: |
01/02/2020 - 12/31/2020 |
| Start Time: |
12:30 pm |
| Location: |
Wellness in Motion Studio |
| Address: |
2541 E College Ave, Suite B, State College, PA, 16801 (map) |
| Website: |
http://wellnessinmotionstudio.com |
| Photos: |
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In this all levels class we will start off with gentle poses and work up towards more active poses. We will explore our alignment in the postures and work towards holding poses for more cycles of breath. Mantras and yoga philosophy will be introduced in this class as well. All levels of students are welcome to attend. Individual attention will be given and poses modified to meet your practice where you are at so whether you are new to yoga or have been practicing for awhile this class invites you to join us.
| Dates: |
01/08/2020 - 12/31/2020 |
| Start Time: |
4:00 pm |
| Location: |
Wellness in Motion Studio |
| Address: |
2541 E College Ave, Suite B, State College, PA, 16801 (map) |
| Website: |
http://www.wellnessinmotionstudio.com |
| Photos: |
1
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Fundamental yoga postures, breathing techniques and sequences are taught in this class. All levels of students are welcome, even those who have never done yoga before. A variety of options and modifications are demonstrated so that students can practice to their own level of ability. The atmosphere of the class is kept really laid-back so that no students feel intimidated. If you think you aren’t able to do yoga, come and try this class. We bet you can!
Stay up to date on our most recent class schedule, via our website: http://www.wellnessinmotionstudio.com/classes-and-events/class-calendar/
| Dates: |
01/01/2020 - 12/31/2020 |
| Start Time: |
4:00 pm |
| Location: |
Wellness in Motion Studio |
| Address: |
2541 E College Ave, Suite B, State College, PA, 16801 (map) |
| Website: |
http://www.wellnessinmotionstudio.com |
| Photos: |
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BCSGCR will hold their December meeting at Stonebridge Senior Apartments on Bristol Ave. Please email for details: [email protected]
Acupuncture & Reiki Integration with Matt Beigle and Nicole White
Drop-in for an evening of energy balancing bliss. Learn and experience the relaxing, cleansing, and balancing effects of Acupuncture and Reiki. Matt and Nicole will give you a bit of info on how these amazing treatments work on your energy body followed by an hour of group treatment. As you absorb the balance of the Acupuncture, Nicole will give one on one Reiki to each participant to further guide your body into a state of relaxation and healing. You're going to love it!
Cost: $30
Registration reguired: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=631473&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000001&date=02/20/20
Matt Beigle is a licensed Acupuncturist, an herbalist and certified yoga teacher. He received his master’s degree in acupuncture from Maryland University of Integrative Health where he studied Five Element Acupuncture.
Nicole White is the owner of Serenity, an Energy Therapist and Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider.
Learn more about Matt and Nicole on our website.
A fun, fast paced power vinyasa designed to energize and inspire. Students will flow through practice to uplifting music while challenging their limits of dynamic, static and cardiovascular strength. Featuring a different intention and focus every 4-6 weeks this class will increase the mind/body connection leaving students feeling empowered. If it doesn’t challenge you it won’t change you.
Stay up to date on our most recent class schedule on our website: http://www.wellnessinmotionstudio.com/classes-and-events/class-calendar/
This class is a fusion of vinyasa flows and longer holds of yin yoga. The vinyasa portion will connect breath with movement through asanas, while the yin portion of class will give you a deep stretch to target deep connective tissue. A great combination to fuel your body, mind, and soul. This class is suitable for all levels of experience, with modifications provided.
| Dates: |
01/16/2020 - 12/31/2020 |
| Start Time: |
7:45 pm |
| Location: |
Wellness in Motion Studio |
| Address: |
2541 E College Ave, Suite B, State College, PA, 16801 (map) |
| Website: |
http://wellnessinmotionstudio.com |
