Arts & Entertainment

STATE COLLEGE — From mysterious fortune tellers and tattooed ladies, to sad clowns and sideshow freaks, Lady Grey’s Lovelies are taking audiences to the circus at the upcoming cabaret. On April 27, join Lady Grey and friends in The Attic of The State Theatre for The Greyest Show on Earth. Show times are 8 p.m.…

STATE COLLEGE — South Hills School of Business & Technology recently announced the lineup for the 30th annual Summer Music Picnic series. This summer-long series of concerts is sponsored by The Mazza Foundation for Education, and will feature artists such as Nittany Knights, Callanish, Sweet Adelines, and more.  The community is invited to join…

STATE COLLEGE — Penn State hosted the 15th Annual Traditional American Indian Powwow on April 6-7. The Powwow was held at the Mount Nittany Middle School, 656 Brandywine Drive, State College. The first Penn State Powwow was held in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the American Indian Leadership Program, on March 31, 2001.…

STATE COLLEGE — After a day of rumors that it would happen, the Jonas Brothers played a surprise show at Champs Downtown on Allen Street on April 5. The band’s visit to State College came after Joe Jonas spent the past few weeks leading the charge for Champs in the #BarstoolBestBar Twitter tournament. His…

BOALSBURG — Nittany Theatre at the Barn is celebrating two significant anniversaries in 2019, as it marks both the fifth season of summer stock theatre produced by Nittany Theatre and the 60th year of theatre in the historic 1890s Boalsburg barn. As they approach opening night, producing artistic director Dave Saxe reflected on the…

BOALSBURG — By spring of this year, the Boal Mansion and Museum will have an exciting new feature to share with scholars, historians and anyone else interested in artifacts of antiquity. More than 100,000 pages of ancient documents will appear in digital form, thanks to the efforts of two pairs of dedicated technicians and a…

Alexander Kobrin, winner of the 2005 Van Cliburn Piano Competition, performs at the recent gala opening concert of the Boal Mansion Museum concert series. The pianists for the next two concerts in the series will be Francisco Montero on March 10 at 3 p.m. and Amy E. Gustafson on April 14.  

STATE COLLEGE — Texas native and current State College resident Kristi Jean grew up riding shotgun in her father’s pickup truck driving the small-town roads of Howe, Texas, with the AM radio tuned to traditional country music.  Jean tried to reject her country roots and paid her way through college belting rock-n’-roll tunes in bars,…

SPRING MILLS — Many folks remember the quirky mid-1960’s Television sitcom “The Addams Family,” whose finger-snapping theme song proclaimed “They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky. They’re all together ooky – The Addams family.” John Astin and Carolyn Jones portrayed Gomez and Morticia Addams, the patriarch and matriarch of a ghoulish American family…

Brooke Fisher, Adam Young, Hannah Braucht and Matt Porter enjoyed their special Night to Shine at the 5th annual special needs prom, held Feb. 8 at Calvary Harvest Fields.