Artist of the Month

Bellefonte is undergoing a revolution – or at least that’s what many of its small-business owners believe. More specifically, Bellefonte seems to be enjoying the opening of many community-focused small businesses. One of these small businesses is Belle Mercantile, a collective marketplace described on its website as a “craft fair meets farmers market.”   The store…

A few weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, we began to realize that it would last much longer than we initially thought. As cases began to soar and our realities changed, it became clear that this would be a time that we would never forget. Patricia House, executive director of the Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre…

For the first time since it closed last March because of the pandemic, Penn State’s Palmer Museum of Art is welcoming visitors inside its doors again. Patrons will notice new coronavirus procedures set in place to protect the community, according to Museum Director Erin Coe. Visitors must reserve a ticket online so that the museum…

Like many retirees, Chet and Carol DeFurio enjoy traveling and seeing the country. Little could they have imagined that on a cross-country train trip, a visit to the H. Driehaus Gallery of Stained Glass at Chicago’s Navy Pier would lead them to begin new careers and a family business. “It blew me away,” says Chet.…