Harry Zimbler
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Artist Tries to ‘Paint for Everyone’
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Good art gets the viewer to stop and look at it. Great art invites the viewer to see a scene or an object or a person the way the artist sees it. Munson, Pa., artist Benjamin Saggese has some fine pieces showing at the Mount Nittany Medical Center for the next couple of…
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SCCT Recreates Radio Drama Version of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
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State College Community Theatre (SCCT) will take audiences on a sentimental stroll this weekend at Mt. Nittany Middle School when it presents the radio drama version of the holiday classic It’s a Wonderful Life. Those of us of a certain age might recall the days when radio stations would present different types of programs,…
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Retired Penn State Professor Puts Trash to Good Use
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Dean Fenton grins as he points to strips of cardboard peeking out from under his rows of squash plants. “Cardboard is good to use because it doesn’t disturb the soil and it keeps down the weeds,” says the retired Penn State professor. Fenton loves his vegetables, but he doesn’t much care for spending…
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State College Community Theatre Stages ‘August: Osage County’
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An alcoholic father who goes missing, a scheming, drug-addicted mother, a daughter with a secret love affair, family intrigue and plenty of bickering in-laws. Sounds like a Jerry Springer episode?
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State Theatre Offers Eclectic Mix of Film, Live Performances
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A special project of The State’s own FUSE Productions brings together local performers, including actors and vocalists, and Equity actors from New York. “The idea is to produce the shows here and go on tour,” Biever says.
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Hanchar returns home for ‘Happy Pink Girl’
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Centre County native, Sarah Hanchar has performed onstage in metropolitan areas including Chicago and Orlando. This month Hanchar will present a very special one-woman musical comedy show for the hometown crowd at the State Theatre. She calls her show “Happy Pink Girl.” It will take place at 8 p.m. on Sept. 19 and…
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‘Beyond Therapy’ Winds Down SCCT’s Summer Season
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As summer winds down, State College Community Theatre still has a hot little number up its sleeve. The Christopher Durang comedy “Beyond Therapy” will open Sept. 6 at Mount Nittany Middle School, and fans of absurdist theatre will really enjoy this off-the-wall drama. At times romantic and at times bizarre, this show seems custom-made…
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State College Community Theatre to Stage ‘The Music Man’
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Set in River City, Iowa in 1912, the show’s main character, Harold Hill, travels from town to town posing as a boy’s band director. His inability to read one note of music doesn’t really matter, because as soon as he collects the money he skips town.
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‘Freud’s Last Session’ is a Battle of Wits
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The Next Stage will present a unique work at the State Theatre this week. “Freud’s Last Session,” a two-man drama, invites the audience into psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud’s office to witness an imaginary conversation between Freud and writer C.S. Lewis, the Oxford don most known for The Chronicles of Narnia. The show will open at…
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State College Community Theatre to Perform ‘The Crucible’
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One of the strangest episodes in American history will come to life this weekend at the State Theatre when the State College Community Theatre presents Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible.” The play will run July 19, 20, 26, 27, Fridays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m. Under the direction of…