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AstroFest Offers Stargazing and Astronomy Activities During Arts Festival
in Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Community, Education, Latest Penn State News, Local News—
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The Penn State Eberly College of Science’s popular AstroFest returns for four nights of free astronomy activities and stargazing this week during the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. The college’s Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics will welcome visitors to Davey Laboratory on Pollock Road from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. each night from Wednesday, July…
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State Theatre Show Among 6 Happy Valley Improv Performances During Arts Festival
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Happy Valley Improv will perform at The State Theatre for the first time in more than six years and first time ever on the main stage as one of its six shows this week during the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. The longform improv company will take the stage in the theater’s Friedman Auditorium…
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Frank: Something Fishy
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I do not fish. I wish I could say this was a principled stance – that I oppose the catching or killing of other sentient beings for my entertainment or nourishment. The truth is, I’m the squeamish type. I don’t like handling earthworms. I especially don’t like impaling earthworms on fishhooks. Nor do I like…
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People’s Choice Festival Is Back Home in Boalsburg
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After years away from its historic home, the People’s Choice Festival is returning to Boalsburg this week, bringing with it the artists, food, music and family-friendly traditions that have made it a Centre County favorite for decades.
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What to Know About Parking and Transit During Arts Fest
in Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Community, Latest Penn State News, Local News, State College—
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The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts returns Wednesday, July 8, through Sunday, July 12, marking the busiest days of the summer in downtown State College and Penn State’s University Park campus. The 60th year of the festival kicked off with Children and Youth Day from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Festivities continue…
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Art in the Orchard Returns to Way Fruit Farm for Three-Day Festival
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While the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts fills downtown State College this week, Way Fruit Farm is once again offering its own countryside celebration with the return of Art in the Orchard. The sixth annual event will take place Thursday through Saturday, July 9-11, at the 150-year-old, family-owned farm located at 2355 Halfmoon Valley…
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Will It Rain During Arts Fest? Here’s the Forecast for Festival Week in Centre County
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Scattered showers and thunderstorms are in the forecast for part of festival week in Centre County before drier, cooler weather arrives for the one of the busiest weekends of the summer in downtown State College and the surrounding areas. AccuWeather senior meteorologist Isaac Longley said Thursday and Friday — when the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the…
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Mount Nittany Medical Center Employees Set to Strike
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Updated 7:11 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, 2026. Mount Nittany Medical Center employees appear ready to strike for the fist time in more than 20 years after negotiations with management failed to produce a new contract. The hospital’s 950 workers represented by SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania will vote Wednesday to decide the date and duration of a…
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Keeping the Magic Alive for 60 Years: The Enduring Appeal of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
in Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Community, Local News, State College, Town&Gown Magazine—
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No matter what challenges or evolution has come its way, though, The Arts Festival has always retained the magic that has defined it from the very first day in 1967.
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Hook: A Welcoming Education at Penn State’s Breazeale Nuclear Reactor
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When I arrived at Penn State in the fall of 1977 as a 17-year-old – what is now referred to as a “first-year student” – I moved into Beam Hall in the North Halls dorm area. North Halls was, and is, the smallest dorm area on campus, and at the time it was the primary…