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Mary Lee Kerr says she was hooked on sculpture the first time she tried it. “I partly just love the feel of clay in my hands and the flow of the creative process,” she says, “but I also love the challenge of trying to express big ideas and untangle personal and ethical problems through…

For years, Jason McIntyre has been making a big impact on the State College music scene – on and off the stage. McIntyre picked up his first guitar at 13 to join his friends who were playing music together. “We were listening to a lot of Beach Boys, trying to learn those songs,”…

If someone can evoke the sound and spirit of one of the most beloved jazz vocalists of all time – without being a singer – it’s Regina Carter. In the realm of jazz violinists, Carter reigns at the pinnacle of the pyramid. The MacArthur Foundation “genius” Fellowship recipient will make her sixth appearance on…

It means something to veterans. How could it not? The flag, the national anthem – these are the things that represent what they sacrificed for. These are the things that represent the country that they love and the values that they signed up to protect. Some of them saw their friends and brothers…

For a quarter-century, Centre County residents have helped to support the nonprofit fair trade organization Ten Thousand Villages. Now the effort has a permanent home – a store at 1341 S. Atherton Street in State College. The shop had a soft opening in mid-September and holds its grand opening October 19-26. The store will open with…

In its first Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State appearance since 1993, New York City’s Ballet Hispánico will celebrate the work of women in a program featuring three dances by Latina choreographers. The October 17 performance at Eisenhower Auditorium is scheduled to include Linea Recta by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Con Brazos Abiertos…

Richard Biever has dedicated himself to the craft of theater. Biever’s latest endeavor, FUSE Productions, is a product of his decades of knowledge and experience as an actor, director, composer, lyricist, and music director. Biever has been well-schooled in theater, attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City and receiving…

The Remington Ryde Bluegrass Festival brings thousands to Centre Hall, thanks to supporters such as RB Powell

Although Veronica Swift earned a bachelor’s degree in jazz vocal performance in 2016, the diploma seems like more of a footnote than a milestone on her impressive resume. Before graduating from the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, the Charlottesville, Virginia, native had already taken second place (2015) in the influential Thelonious Monk…

When Denise Weaver of Pleasant Gap started running more than a decade ago, she did it to lose weight and get in shape. A co-worker who is an avid runner had suggested she give running a try herself. She hated it. “I ran a short distance around my development and I thought I was…