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Melting Pot of Music: How the Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra Uses Music to Connect Us
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Founded in 1990, central Pennsylvania’s first all-professional chamber orchestra has stood the test of time thanks to the community.
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Wynton Marsalis’ Final Tour With Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to Stop at Penn State
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Legendary musician Wynton Marsalis will bring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to Penn State next week for a performance as part of his final season leading the renowned ensemble. The orchestra will perform “Marsalis’ Swinging Cities” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, in Eisenhower Auditorium as part of a national tour celebrating the global…
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Patton Township Adopts New Short-Term Rental Regulations
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Patton Township’s Board of Supervisors on Wednesday approved new regulations for short-term rental properties, most significantly addressing non-owner-occupied houses used for services like Airbnb and Vrbo. The changes came after a year-long review following the township’s adoption of a permit requirement for any rental of one day or more. The township previously required permits from…
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Shanghai Ballet to Perform ‘Giselle’ at Penn State’s Eisenhower Auditorium
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Shanghai Ballet will return to North America for the first time in more than five years with a performance of the classic story ballet “Giselle” at Penn State. The company, led by Artistic Director Xin Lili, will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at Eisenhower Auditorium. The performance is part of the…
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Shiloh Road to See Millions in Traffic Improvements as Development Grows
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With a hotel already under construction, hundreds of new residential units planned and other development in the works, the Shiloh Road corridor is preparing for major changes. And with that growth comes more traffic. As construction projects continue across Centre County, state and local officials gathered Friday for a press conference to highlight more than…
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Halloween Weekend in Happy Valley: Things to Do
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Halloween lands on a Saturday this year, and Happy Valley is celebrating all weekend with trunk-or-treats, a haunted corn maze, a big-name concert at the Bryce Jordan Center and late-night horror classics at The State Theatre. State College area held trick-or-treat on Thursday, but Bellefonte and other surrounding communities are trick-or-treating Saturday. Here’s what’s happening,…
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Central PA Food Bank Hunger Mapping Report Examines Food Insecurity in Centre County
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Food insecurity has risen among Centre County residents over the last five years, according to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank’s new community hunger mapping report.
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Local Historia: A Lincoln Like No Other
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How Bellefonte-born sculptor George Grey Barnard’s unconventional vision of Abraham Lincoln sparked an international debate
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Woman Accused of Using Racial Slur, Threatening State College Apartment Manager With Knife
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State College police on Wednesday arrested a Penn State student accused of threatening a downtown apartment building property manager with a butcher knife and calling him a racial slur. Alexa Acevedo, 21, is charged with felony counts of ethnic intimidation and aggravated assault, as well as a misdemeanor count of simple assault. The manager of…
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Section of Atherton Street in State College to Be Closed on Monday
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Part of a busy downtown State College road will be closed to traffic for about six hours on Monday, Nov. 2. South Atherton Street between West College and West Beaver avenues will be closed from approximately 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a crane to lift elevator equipment onto the Graduate by Hilton hotel, according…