It's still not quite spring weather, but it certainly is nice out and it is finally Spring. Get out there, State College!
Family Fun
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Bring your family to Shaver’s Creek for its annual Maple Harvest Festival and Pancake Buffet from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The festival celebrates the first harvest of the New Year! And who doesn’t love pancakes?
Spend a day out with your kids at Moshannon Community Center for Country Crafts & Such! Country and primitive crafts include handmade jewelry, doll making, woodcrafts, greeting cards, and much more. Come from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free.
Performing Arts
Come to the Eisenhower Auditorium at 2 p.m. for the musical, A Year with Frog and Toad. Based on a series of popular children’s books by Arnold Lobel, the show follows two friends, a cheerful Frog and a grumpy Toad. Admission is $18 for adults, $13 for children, and $8 for students.
The Penn State Ballroom Dance Club presents its 7th Annual Keystone Classic Ballroom Dance Competition. Come to the White Building at 10 a.m. to see the Penn State team compete. There will be a professional showcase with Mayo Alanen, from Dancing with the Stars, at 6:30 p.m.
The State Theatre presents Out of Hand Variety Show with PJ Maierhofer (three-baton twirler), David Clavens (freestyle footbagger), Nathan Kepner (magician), and other variety artists. Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission is $10 per person, or $5 for students.
Battle Royale! The Spring Music Festival Movin’ On will hold its annual Battle of the Bands at 9 p.m. in HUB- Alumni Hall!
Sports
Come watch the best of Pennsylvania’s high school basketball. PIAA Championships return to Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for students, and $4 for children.
PSU Softball takes on Minnesota today at 2 p.m. on Nittany Lion Field.
Movies
Want to laugh until your stomach hurts? Check out Hot Tub Time Machine starring John Cusack. Four hopeless friends get a chance to change their pasts. After a night of heavy drinking, they stumble upon a time traveling hot tub and revisit 1986 to rewrite their personal histories.
Round up the kids, and make it a movie day! It’s opening weekend for How to Train Your Dragon 3D, an animated Dreamworks story. Set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, this action comedy tells the story of a young boy who finds himself the owner of a dragon. Though his people and the dragons are enemies, an unlikely friendship soon develops.
Rather rent a movie? The Blind Side is a true story about Michael Oher, a homeless boy who went on to play in the National Football League with the help of a caring woman and her family. Starring Sandra Bullock, who won an Oscar for her performance.
Check out more movie reviews, trailers and showtimes on our Movies page!
Rachel Polansky
Rachel is a StateCollege.com contributor and a student majoring in journalism at Penn State. She can be reached at rsp5070@psu.edu.
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