Ring in the new year with art, music, film
There are plenty of arts and entertainment offerings to check out now that the new year is here. Some of the highlights include:
ART
■ The HUB-Robeson Galleries present State College Area School District student artwork in Robeson Gallery through Thursday, Jan. 21. The gallery is open from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and from noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
■ Also at the HUB-Robeson Galleries is “Coded Language,” beginning Friday, Jan. 22, in the HUB Gallery. This exhibit will feature sculptural installations by Penn State School of Visual Arts Graduate Student Nicole Lau, and will tackle themes of microaggression, ethnogenesis and identity politics.
A public reception for this exhibit will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, and will include food, drinks and conversation.
DANCE
■ Start off the new year with free West Coast Sing dance lessons hosted by Fraleigh Dance every Thursday through mid-April. An advanced beginner lesson will be held at 7 p.m. and a beginner lesson at 8 p.m., with social dancing until 10 p.m.
West Coast Swing is a dance style that is rich with creative possibilities and is ever evolving. The dance style encompasses many genres of music, ranging from slow blues to modern rock and from hip hop to Brazilian zouk.
MUSIC
■ Penn State faculty violinist James Lyon, cellist Elizabeth Lyon Hall and fortepianist Matthew Hall will present a program of music by Mozart and his contemporaries at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County.
The program will celebrate Mozart’s January birthday and is a part of their fellowship’s music series.
■ For King & Country and Matthew West headline the Winter Jam 2016 Tour Spectacular, coming to the Bryce Jordan Center Friday, Jan. 8.
Tickets, which are $10, will be available only at the doors on the day of the event on a first-come, first-served basis. The show starts at 6:45 p.m., but doors open an hour before.
■ On Friday, Jan. 22, Guster will perform at 8 p.m. at The State Theatre. This concert offers a high-energy rock ‘n’ roll feel, and the performers expect the audience on the floor of the orchestra to be standing.
Advance-purchase general admission tickets for standing floor or seated balcony are $33, or $28 for students. A dollar from each ticket sale will be donated to Reverb Charity.
FILM
■ The State Theatre will premiere “Run Free: The True Story of Caballo Blanco,” a feature-length documentary about ultra-running legend Micah True, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28.
True, better known as Caballo Blanco or “The White Horse,” was the focal character of Christopher McDougall’s 2009 best-selling book “Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen” about the Tarahumara Indians of northern Mexico.
Tickets are $11 for advance general admission and $15 for day-of-show general admission, plus ticketing fees.
