StateCollege.com Staff
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Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band Brings Jazz to Eisenhower Auditorium
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Big band jazz will kickoff the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State’s 2025-26 season this month. The Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band will make its Penn State debut at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 10 at Eisenhower Auditorium, with a show that revives the traditional jazz ensemble format through “high-octane” performance. Tickets are $52…
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Grammy-Nominated Kassa Overall to Perform at Manny’s
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Grammy-nominated drummer, producer and composer Kassa Overall will bring his genre-bending CREAM Tour to Manny’s Live Performance Space in State College this week for an intimate and energetic night of musical innovation fusing hip-hop and jazz. Doors open at 7 p.m. on Thursday for the all-ages show at the 101 Hiester Street venue. Tickets are…
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Scenes From Penn State’s Season-Opening Win at Beaver Stadium
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Penn State football, ranked No. 2 in the nation in the AP Preseason Top 25, opened the 2025 campaign with a 46-11 blowout of Nevada on Saturday at Beaver Stadium. Here’s a look at the sights from in and around the stadium on a sunny and comfortable late August afternoon. And yes, she landed her…
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PennDOT Offering Specialized Real-Time Traffic Updates for Penn State Football Games
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PennDOT is offering tools for travelers to plan their trips and check traffic conditions as they head to Penn State football home games this fall. Starting with this weekend’s opener against Nevada at Beaver Stadium, enhanced, real-time travel information is available on a specialized web page at https://www.511pa.com/map/page/PSF from Thursday through Monday for each Nittany…
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Penn State Opens Greenberg Indoor Sports Complex After $31.9M Renovation
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Penn State Athletics officially opened the Greenberg Indoor Sports Complex to its more than 800 student athletes on Monday after completing a $31.9 million renovation. The project, which was approved the the university’s Board of Trustees in 2023, created 38,000 square feet of renovated and new space for a Performance Dining Center and a Wellness…
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State College-Based DojoNetworks Earns Spot on Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
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With three-year revenue growth of over 176%, this marks DojoNetworks’ first time on the list.
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Physical Therapy Institute Opens Bellefonte Clinic
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LMH Physical Therapy Institute recently opened its third clinic in Centre County and 19th in Pennsylvania. The outpatient clinic at 174 Buckaroo Lane, Bellefonte, in the Weis Markets Plaza, offers one-on-one care for individuals recovering from surgery, injury, chronic pain or neurological conditions. Clinic leader Jesse Friend and Grace Good, both doctors of physical therapy,…
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Open House Offers Older Adults a Chance to Explore OLLI at Penn State
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An upcoming free event will allow community members age 50 and older to explore what the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Penn State has to offer. OLLI University Park will host an open house on from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 19, at the Outreach Innovation Building, 100 Innovation Drive, State College. Light…
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Spikes ‘Paint the Park Pink’ to Raise Thousands of Dollars for Mount Nittany Health Breast Cancer Fund
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Mount Nittany Health partnered with the State College Spikes to raise awareness about breast cancer, honor survivors of the disease and raise money to support patients during the annual Paint the Park Pink game on July 26 at Medlar Field. The event featured an auction of the special pink flower jerseys worn by the Spikes…
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New Guidebook Helps Riders Explore Gravel Cycling in Centre County
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A new guidebook launching on Thursday highlights Centre County’s wealth of gravel cycling trails and sustainable outdoor recreation in the region. The Happy Valley Gravel Adventure Field Guide is the first Pennsylvania edition in a national series of pocket-size gravel cycling travel guidebooks with curated routes, including QR codes that link to digital GPS live…