Community
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‘Big Leboneski’ and Friends Are Back in Bellefonte With Tailgate-Themed Display to Raise Money for St. Jude Children’s Hospital
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A 12-foot-tall skeleton named Big Leboneski and his friends are back for another year on a Centre County family’s lawn to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Now in its fifth year, Mattie family’s Halloween display on Pine Circle in Bellefonte features a new theme with skeletons and witches having a Penn State…
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Apple Fest Tradition Continues at Eagle Iron Works & Curtin Village
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Eagle Iron Works & Curtin Village, located at 251 Curtin Road, Howard, will continue its Apple Fest tradition — a family-friendly fundraiser — on Saturday, Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Orpheus Singers to Perform ‘A Thousand Beautiful Things’
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Choral ensemble The Orpheus Singers will present “A Thousand Beautiful Things,” a concert at Trinity Lutheran Church in State College at 7 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 17. “The concert includes texts from the medieval era to the present day, and is inspired by everything and everyone we consider beautiful: family, friends, love, faith, humor, nature,…
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New Cultural Nonprofit in State College Launches With Performance by 14-Piece Puerto Rican Ensemble
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Satellite House, a new nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting culturally significant music and arts programming in State College, will officially launch with a performance by Puerto Rico’s El Laberinto del Coco on Monday, Oct. 12, at Manny’s Live Performance Space . Founded to build community support for international, underrepresented and experimental arts programming, Satellite House…
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Retired Bellefonte Teacher Receives 2026 Madison Award
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Edward “Fitz” Fitgerald III, who retired two years ago from his nearly 30-year career as a teacher at Bellefonte Area High School, received the award for his work creating opportunities for students to be poll workers during elections.
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Centre County Park and Forest Projects Receive More Than $1.5M in State Grants
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Projects to improve parks, develop forest trails and protect natural resources in Centre County received more than $1.56 million in state grants this week. State College Borough, Patton Township, College Township and ClearWater Conservancy were among the recipients of $81 million awarded statewide from the Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2). “Pennsylvania’s parks and trails give…
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CROP Walk Returns as Demand for Food Assistance Surges
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More than 40 years in, the annual State College CROP Hunger Walk will step off Oct 18 amid soaring demand for help at the State College Food Bank, one of the charity’s beneficiaries. Several downtown churches take turns hosting the event, which has raised more than $733,000 since 1984, according to the Church World Service…
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SCAR Derby to Host 16th Birthday Bash Doubleheader
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State College Area Roller Derby is set to host its birthday bash on Sunday at C3 Sports Complex, joining alums and current skaters for a pair of Halloween-themed games.
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Music on the Lawn Plays Its Last Outdoor Show Before Moving Inside for Winter
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Music on the Lawn, the free concert series that has brought neighbors out to a Boalsburg lawn every month since May, plays its last outdoor show of the year on Sunday, Oct. 11, before the series moves inside for the winter. A local band will make its public debut. Anything Goes, a Boalsburg-based group formed…
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Centre County United Way’s Taste of the Town to Feature More Than 30 Restaurants
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Tickets are now on sale for one of Centre County’s largest food-focused fundraisers, with more than 30 local restaurants expected to participate when Taste of the Town returns in December. The Centre County United Way’s signature annual fundraiser is scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. at The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference…