Weekend Calendar: Friday, March 19

Hello, beautiful weather and goodbye winter. Today is the final day of the gloomy season, so get out of the house you have been cooped up in and enjoy the weather!

For more great ideas, check out the StateCollege.com newsletter here. 

Family Fun

• Take the family to the Penn State Arboretum on Park Avenue. Flowers are in bloom and it is a great place to have the kids enjoy the great outdoors.
• Take a stroll down College Avenue and stop in at 2000 Degrees, paint some pottery and get your family’s creative juices flowing!

Performances

• The Penn State School of Music and the Institute for the Arts and Humanities will be performing Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro at the State Theatre. The Marriage of Figaro is considered to be one of the greatest operas of all time. Do not miss it! Tickets are $18 for the public and $6 for students. Show begins at 8 p.m.
• Eisenhower Auditorium is the venue for internationally renowned violinist Eileen Iver’s Beyond the Bog road, a multimedia concert of music, story, dance and film celebrating the journey of immigrants. Show starts at 7:30, and tickets are $35 for adults, $20 for students and $24 for 18 and younger.
• The Gaither Homecoming tour is coming to the BJC! Led by Bill Gaither and his vocal band, the 2010 Homecoming Tour promises to bring its usual celebration filled with the very best in contemporary gospel. Tickets are available at bjc.psu.edu

Sports

It is a slow day for Penn State sports in Happy Valley, but if you caught the fever of March Madness, match your bracket against Mike the Mailman’s while watching the basketball games on TV.

Late Night

• What good is warm weather if not for sitting outside? Check out Café 210, Mad Mex, or 797 for outdoor seating. Find more great deals at the StateCollege.com Bar Tour.
• College and togas go hand in hand. Head down to the Arena Sports Bar and Grill for Mia Mania Toga Party tonight.

Movies

Even though the weather is nice during the day it gets a little chilly at night. Check out the newest released movies! Of course, you can find all the movies playing this weekend at our Movies Page.

• The Bounty Hunter: A bounty hunter learns that his next target is his ex-wife, a reporter working on a murder cover-up. Soon after their reunion, the always-at-odds duo find themselves on a run-for-their-lives adventure.
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: A live-action adaptation of Jeff Kinney’s illustrated novel about a wise-cracking junior high school student.
• Repomen: Set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased.