State College, PA Events: Community Calendar

Happy Makeuary! Each January and February we celebrate the maker movement through weekly creative challenges in our MaD Lab. Families are invited to participate together in our makeuary activities for free with membership or paid admission. Please note that given the nature of the activities, we ask that parents assist their children, even if just by making suggestions and helping to gather materials. We want every child to have a safe and fun STEM experience during Makeuary!

Week 1 (January 2-6) – Tightrope Challenge
Defy gravity! Design something that can balance on a tightrope all on its own.

Week 2 (January 9-13) – Recycled Robots
Back by popular demand! Use your imagination to create a robot out of recycled materials.

Week 3 (January 16-20) – Geometric Mazes
Create a geometric maze using rubber bands and challenge a friend or family member to try it out!

Week 4 (January 23-27) – Stitching and Textiles
Use a needle and yarn or a weaving loom to create something new.

Week 5 (January 30 – February 3) – Community Cardboard Challenge
Together we will build a large cardboard structure in the MaD Lab, stop in and add your creativity!

Week 6 (February 6 – 10) – Spinning Illusions
Experiment with optical illusions and create your own thaumatrope and spinning top!

Week 7 (February 13 – 17) – Strong Foam Structures
Create a strong structure using colorful foam and pipe cleaners. How much weight will yours hold?

Week 8 (February 20 -24) – Spirographs
Make your own spirograph gear then use it to create geometric designs.

Week 9 (February 27 – March 3) – Bobsled Races
Create a bobsled and experiment with different materials, then test your design on our track and race your friends!

Dates:	01/02/2019 - 03/03/2019
Start Time:	10:00 am
Location:	Discovery Space
Address:	1224 N Atherton St, State College, PA, 16803 (map)
Website:	http://https://discoveryspace.org/programs-events/current-programs/
Photos:	1

This class features yoga-inspired movement, songs, and baby play especially for newborn to pre-crawling babies as well as calming, nurturing ways to enhance bonding and support baby’s development, digestion and sleep. Most of the yoga we do in Baby Yoga is for baby, but parents will get to do a little bit of moving and stretching as well as breathing and relaxation techniques. Most appropriate from 6-weeks postpartum until baby is mobile. No previous yoga experience necessary.

The foundation of vinyasa is linking breath to movement. In this invigorating class, you will create heat and energy in the body as you flow through a sequence of postures linked by breath. In addition to physical postures that build balance, strength, and flexibility, this class integrates pranayama breathwork and meditation to instill a sense of calm and relaxation. An extended savasana at the end of practice provides an opportunity to soak in these mind-body benefits. Whether you are newer to yoga or an advanced practitioner, different pose variations are given so you may practice at your own comfort level.

Stay up to date on our most recent class schedule, via our website: http://www.wellnessinmotionstudio.com/classes-and-events/class-calendar/

Slow flow yoga offers an opportunity for renewal through slower transitions between postures, longer holds and mindful movement with breath awareness. This class welcomes practitioners of all ability levels (ages 12 – adult) who are interested in slowing the mind-body down and supporting the restoration of balance.

Wake up your body and mind as you journey through this vinyasa style practice by bringing awareness to your breath, heat to your core, and movement to your body. By linking breath to physical postures in this class, you will create balance, strength and stability that can be carried with you off the mat.

We study the Words of the Lord.
We praise the Lord.
We pray the Lord for all people on the earth.
We preach the Words of the Lord.

Everyone has a story. What's yours? Following light refreshments and networking period, attendees will divide into several circles for shared story-telling around a common theme. Attendees are asked to come prepared to share a story about an experience that led them to a cause or social change organization.

Learn more about how Story Circles work: https://workingnarratives.org/article/story-circles/. Story Circles are filled with potent memories, emotions, and connections. Out of this central space and in combining all stories, a rich, textured story emerges that belongs to everyone.
Reservations are required and due February 10th to [email protected]

Start Time:	2:00 pm
Location:	Schlow Library Downsbrough Room
Address:	211 south Allen Street, State College, PA, 16801 (map)
Photos:	2

The THRIVE Praise Concert at 3:00 pm, February 17, in the Mt. Nittany UMC Family Life Center, 1500 East Branch Road in State College is open to all. It is a great time of contemporary music ministry, fellowship and singing.

The Harvest Fields Community Trail System is a project desiring to add several miles of beginner level mountain biking trail on the Harvest Fields Property of Calvary Church in Boalsburg. The current plan also includes a connector trail between Torrey Lane and the Harvest Fields property. This community input/information meeting will be led by Jeremy Wimpey of Applied Trails Research, the company that has been contracted to create the trail plan.

Start Time:	4:00 pm
Location:	Calvary Church
Address:	150 Harvest Fields Drive, Boalsburg, PA, 16827 (map)
Website:	http://nittanymba.org/
Photos:	1

A 12-step recovery program for compulsive gamblers. Meets on Sunday evenings from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. The only requirement for Gamblers Anonymous (GA) membership is a desire to stop gambling. New members are welcome and encouraged to attend!

For more information, and a listing of other GA meetings in the area, visit the GA website at www.gamblersanonymous.org

Dates:	01/27/2019 - 12/29/2019
Start Time:	7:30 pm
Location:	St. John Lutheran Church
Address:	216 N. McAllister St., Bellefonte, PA, 16823 (map)
Website:	http://www.gamblersanonymous.org
Photos:	1

State College flutist Cathy Herrera will perform selections from the flute repertoire as well as original compositions and two premieres on this program. She will be assisted by pianist Kathy Cinatl, trombonist Mark Lusk, Carol Lindsay on Native American drums, and dancer-choreographer Ann Van Kuren. Cathy performs with the Nittany Valley, Altoona and Penn's Woods Symphony Orchestras and teaches at Juniata College. Suggested donation $15, students $2.

Start Time:	3:00 pm
Location:	Unitarian Universalist Fellowhsip of Centre County
Address:	780 Waupelani Drive Extension, State College, PA, 16801 (map)
Website:	http://www.uufcc.com
Photos:	1

The THRIVE Praise Concert at 3:00 pm, February 17, in the Mt. Nittany UMC Family Life Center, 1500 East Branch Road in State College is open to all. It is a great time of contemporary music ministry, fellowship and singing.

The past two years garnered overwhelmingly positive feedback as the Nittany Knights Mens A Cappella Barbershop Chorus will again be performing our annual show at the STATE THEATRE.

Enjoy four part A Cappella harmonies in the Barbershop style and our world class guest quartet, 2018 Mid-Atlantic District Quartet Champions and International Semi-Finalists, GIMME FOUR will be featured.

The show will also feature the Mount Nittany Middle School children's chorus and other quartets.

Tickets will soon be available for $16 & $19, Reserved Seating at:
www.thestatetheatre.org.

ALL MEN: Ask any Nittany Knight about having fun every Monday night at 7:00 at South Hills School downstairs in the Community Room.

Dates:	02/16/2019 - 05/04/2019
Start Time:	7:30 pm
Location:	State Theatre
Address:	130 West College Avenue, STATE COLLEGE, PA, 16801 (map)
Website:	http://nittanyknights.org
Photos:	1

Windows Gallery - Contemporary Art by Aboriginal Artists of the Pacific Northwest
February 8 - March 31, 2019 (dates are different from other galleries)
Opening Reception - Second Sunday, February 10th 12-4:30
Opening Reception sponsored by Bellefonte Waterfront Association, LLC
Mark Morath and Tom Songer

The Contemporary Art in this show is local, diverse, and expresses a vital cultural heritage that has been thousands of years in the making. The Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County has curated a collection of art works created by members of cultural groups, which we are collectively referring to as Aboriginal People of the Northwest (sometimes referred to as First Nations People).

This exhibit sponsored in part by the Centre Foundation Giving Circle (logo attached)

Community Gallery - Cynthia Nixon
February 1 - February 24, 2019

An abiding interest has been the mysterious and symbolic associations in realist painting through centuries of art from the Northern Renaissance through the American realist tradition. My current series explores allegorical themes while the subjects are personal: people I have known and members of my family, with settings in rural Pennsylvania and on the coast of Maine, places where I have lived and worked most of my life.

Photography Gallery - Lisa Marie Cirincione
February 1 - February 24, 2019

I enjoy documenting my travels, showing the culture, landscape, architecture & people of other places and sharing these images with family and friends. I enjoy learning new photography techniques, new technology, and also the old school ways of film and darkroom. I believe the "best camera is the one you have with you & always look for the light!

Pottery Gallery - Jan Dillon and Mark Messenger
February 1 - February 24, 2019
(I will send images once I receive them)

Print Gallery - Nancy Brassington and Alex Ramos
February 1 - February 24, 2019

Sieg Gallery - Liza Johnson
February 1 - February 24, 2019

I firmly believe that a good foundation in the basic drawing and painting techniques that are needed to create realistic subject matter, especially portraiture, can only strengthen the abstract work of an artist.

Cool Beans - Marianne Fyda and Linda Hale
February 1 - February 24, 2019

Marianne Fyda - Visual arts are a part of me, through them I have learned to see.

Linda Hale - While a photograph is a representation of the subject caught in a fraction of a second, a fine art image captures something that can be felt by viewers over time.

Twiga Museum Store - New merchandise arriving monthly. Open regular museum hours, Friday, Saturday & Sunday 12:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Special Events:
First Sunday Art Opening Reception Sunday, February 3, 2019 12-4:30 p.m.
Second Sunday Art Opening Reception Sunday, February 10, 2019 12-4:30 p.m.
Special Valentine's Day Sale February 8, 9 & 10, 2019 -10% discount on all Twiga Gift Shop items
24/7 Display Window Opening Ceremony and Ribbon Cutting Sunday, February 24, 2019 2:00 p.m.

Dates:	02/01/2019 - 02/24/2019
Start Time:	12:00 pm
Location:	Bellefonte Art Museum For Centre County
Address:	133 N. Allegheny Street, Bellefonte, PA, 16823 (map)
Website:	http://www.bellefontemuseum.org
Photos:	3

Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a Christian non-profit organization committed to feeding God’s starving children hungry in body and spirit.
The process is simple:
People just like you donate funds for the meal ingredients.
Volunteers hand-pack the meals.
Meals are donated to FMSC food partners around the world.
Kids are fed and lives are saved!

Our goal is 100,000 meals packed, and 500 volunteers needed!

Dates:	12/08/2018 - 02/23/2019
Start Time:	8:00 am
Location:	State College Alliance Church
Address:	1221 W. Whitehall Road, State College, PA, 16801 (map)
Website:	http://give.fmsc.org/centre
Photos:	1

Wake up your body and mind as you journey through this vinyasa style practice by bringing awareness to your breath, heat to your core, and movement to your body. By linking breath to physical postures in this class, you will create balance, strength and stability that can be carried with you off the mat.

The foundation of vinyasa is linking breath to movement. In this invigorating class, you will create heat and energy in the body as you flow through a sequence of postures linked by breath. In addition to physical postures that build balance, strength, and flexibility, this class integrates pranayama breathwork and meditation to instill a sense of calm and relaxation. An extended savasana at the end of practice provides an opportunity to soak in these mind-body benefits. Whether you are newer to yoga or an advanced practitioner, different pose variations are given so you may practice at your own comfort level.

Stay up to date on our most recent class schedule, via our website: http://www.wellnessinmotionstudio.com/classes-and-events/class-calendar/

This class features yoga-inspired movement, songs, and baby play especially for newborn to pre-crawling babies as well as calming, nurturing ways to enhance bonding and support baby’s development, digestion and sleep. Most of the yoga we do in Baby Yoga is for baby, but parents will get to do a little bit of moving and stretching as well as breathing and relaxation techniques. Most appropriate from 6-weeks postpartum until baby is mobile. No previous yoga experience necessary.

Slow flow yoga offers an opportunity for renewal through slower transitions between postures, longer holds and mindful movement with breath awareness. This class welcomes practitioners of all ability levels (ages 12 – adult) who are interested in slowing the mind-body down and supporting the restoration of balance.

The Harvest Fields Community Trail System is a project desiring to add several miles of beginner level mountain biking trail on the Harvest Fields Property of Calvary Church in Boalsburg. The current plan also includes a connector trail between Torrey Lane and the Harvest Fields property. This community input/information meeting will be led by Jeremy Wimpey of Applied Trails Research, the company that has been contracted to create the trail plan.

Start Time:	4:00 pm
Location:	Calvary Church
Address:	150 Harvest Fields Drive, Boalsburg, PA, 16827 (map)
Website:	http://nittanymba.org/
Photos:	1

Everyone has a story. What's yours? Following light refreshments and networking period, attendees will divide into several circles for shared story-telling around a common theme. Attendees are asked to come prepared to share a story about an experience that led them to a cause or social change organization.

Learn more about how Story Circles work: https://workingnarratives.org/article/story-circles/. Story Circles are filled with potent memories, emotions, and connections. Out of this central space and in combining all stories, a rich, textured story emerges that belongs to everyone.
Reservations are required and due February 10th to [email protected]

Start Time:	2:00 pm
Location:	Schlow Library Downsbrough Room
Address:	211 south Allen Street, State College, PA, 16801 (map)
Photos:	2

The past two years garnered overwhelmingly positive feedback as the Nittany Knights Mens A Cappella Barbershop Chorus will again be performing our annual show at the STATE THEATRE.

Enjoy four part A Cappella harmonies in the Barbershop style and our world class guest quartet, 2018 Mid-Atlantic District Quartet Champions and International Semi-Finalists, GIMME FOUR will be featured.

The show will also feature the Mount Nittany Middle School children's chorus and other quartets.

Tickets will soon be available for $16 & $19, Reserved Seating at:
www.thestatetheatre.org.

ALL MEN: Ask any Nittany Knight about having fun every Monday night at 7:00 at South Hills School downstairs in the Community Room.

Dates:	02/16/2019 - 05/04/2019
Start Time:	7:30 pm
Location:	State Theatre
Address:	130 West College Avenue, STATE COLLEGE, PA, 16801 (map)
Website:	http://nittanyknights.org
Photos:	1