Arts & Entertainment

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State alumnus Paul Bell and his wife, Maryann, have made a financial contribution to the College of Arts and Architecture to support the Arts Entrepreneurship Program’s Arts Business Idea Competition. Bell is a 1983 graduate with bachelor’s degrees in arts and business. Now in its fourth year, the competition is the College…

When the weather outside is frightful — especially during these first few months of the year — it can be delightful to enjoy a good book inside where it’s warm and cozy. If you’re a teen or adult, you can now be rewarded for your reading efforts this time of year thanks to Schlow Centre…

UNIVERSITY PARK — On January 5, the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State opened its first exhibition of the 2019 season, Subjective Spaces: Drawings and Collages by Robert Reed, according to a university press release. The intimate retrospective features 16 selections from Reed’s drawings and collages that are rich in the geometric nonobjectivity,…

BELLEFONTE — The Bellefonte Area High School Theatre Department will present its winter production “Twelve Angry Jurors” on Jan. 31, and Feb. 1 and 2 at 7 p.m. The shows will be staged in the Bellefonte Area High School Theatre, 830 E. Bishop Street, Bellefonte. On a hot summer day after a long trial,…

SPRING MILLS — The Penns Valley Historical Museum held a history dinner meeting on Jan. 9, at the New Hope Lutheran Church on Route 45, west of Spring Mills.  The group of about 35 people enjoyed a dinner prepared and served by members of the New Hope Lutheran Church. Guest speaker for the evening…

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State University Libraries’ annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Week at Penn State highlights students’ creative expression through the fine arts as well as ongoing screenings of films from the Libraries’ collection depicting Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and work. In 2019, the libraries continue the annual tradition…

STATE COLLEGE — Wisecrackers Comedy Club has begun a new season in State College at a new location. The Basement Nightspot, 112 W. College Ave., will now host the stand-up comedy shows, which began on Jan. 11. Shows are lined up every weekend through the end of March and the club has worked to…

BELLEFONTE — Last year, children’s author Stephen Kozan visited Marion-Walker Elementary School, and it is safe to say he left quite an impression on student Annie Cernuska, now a 12-year-old middle schooler who just published her first book. While visiting the school last year, Kozan spoke about being an author and how he started…

The 10th annual Holiday Craft Fair was held on December 8 at the Old Gregg School Community Center in Spring Mills as a fundraiser supporting the center’s year-round activities. Vendors filled the gymnasium and first floor hallway in the building. The gymnasium was a hub of activity, as all types of craft and food…

On Thursday, Nov. 30, a local mother-daughter author and illustrator, Heather Herzog and Cat Eskey, witnessed their preschool counting book, “Bunny Bath,” rise to the top of Amazon’s Best Seller charts. On that day, it rose to the top of Amazon’s “Best Sellers in Children’s eBooks” chart, fluctuating from No. 26 to No. 11, out…