Community
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Nittany Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ to Return to Eisenhower Auditorium for 30th Anniversary
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A State College holiday tradition will return to Eisenhower Auditorium in December as Nittany Ballet marks 30 years of “The Nutcracker.” The annual production, presented by dancers from the Performing Arts School of Central Pennsylvania, is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, at Eisenhower Auditorium at Penn State.…
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Community Health Clinic to Offer Free Flu Shots, Affordable Pet Vaccines
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Local residents can get free flu shots for themselves and low-cost vaccines and microchips for their pets at a community health clinic this weekend. State Rep. Paul Takac, D-College Township, is partnering with Centre County PAWS and several Penn State programs to host the People, PAWS and PSU health clinic from 11 a.m. to 2…
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Downtown State College Bakery Set to Close
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A downtown State College bakery is closing its shop after a little over a year in business. Caramel Afternoon Pastry and Catering’s last day of business at 214 E. Calder Way will be Sunday, Oct. 18, owner Seyhan Baskaya wrote in a social media post. Baskaya said she will be focusing on the catering aspect…
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Climb Nittany to Hold Grand Reopening Celebration
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A Boalsburg climbing gym will celebrate its grand reopening after dedicated community members came together to save it from permanent closure. The event at Climb Nittany, 328 Discovery Drive, will be held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18. It will feature Spoked Coffee from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Pancakes by Jake…
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State College Borough Council OKs Free Holiday Season Parking Downtown
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State College Borough Council on Monday approved a program that will once again offer free downtown parking options for the holiday season, starting before Thanksgiving and continuing until after New Year’s. From Nov. 23 to Dec. 20, the grace period for free parking in garages will increase from 30 minutes to two hours with no…
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State High Band Celebrates 100th Anniversary
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More than 230 State College Area High School marching band alumni returned to the field on Friday night to join 240 current band members for a celebration 100 years in the making. They teamed up for a special pre-game performance and halftime show commemorating the State High band’s 100th anniversary during the Little Lion football…
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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…