Artist of the Month

Of the movies produced around the world, only a small percentage ever make it to a streaming platform or the movie theater. The others, produced without the backing of a […]

Nine years ago, John Wert retired from West Penn Power after forty-two years as a lineman and then supervisor. Retirement gave him a little more time to do what he […]

The Music Academy in State College is celebrating sixty years of music instruction for students of all ages and abilities. In 1963, piano teachers Cynthia “Cinny” Schein and Betty Trachtenberg […]

By Mariah Lucas For more than a decade, Matt and Tyler Greer’s music has echoed from the bars of downtown State College, where they perform as the Corner Brothers. Toting […]

What do you get when you mix influences of college art classes, a long-ago job on a local farm, and a love for the Peruvian art of mate burilado? For […]

Author Julia Whicker of State College never dreamed she would start a handcrafted paper flowers business. Although her parents and sister are artists, she viewed her youthful artistic efforts as […]

Once upon a February evening, seven storytellers took the stage in front of an audience of about seventy people and shared heartfelt stories about how they learned “Love Lives On” […]

Photographer Kevin D. Reilly pulled into the Fraser Street garage on an overcast and at times rainy fall afternoon. He looked up at the sky and questioned if it would […]

If you think you know face painting, think again. Local artist Emily Cooper’s new and growing business, Let’s Face It with Emily, is about far more than just a simple […]

Artist Jim Jackson takes his creative inspiration from nature and other cultures, especially the indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest. A native of Wellsboro, Jackson taught elementary art at Blackhawk […]