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Penn State College of Arts and Architecture
Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State

Past Events

A Black male dancer strikes a pose wearing boots and spandex shorts. His arms point to the title of the film Check Your Body at the Door.

Film Screening of Check Your Body at the Door


7:00 pm Monday, February 5, 2024


132 Flex Theater, HUB-Robeson Center

FREE, registration required
Three dancers strike a pose while wearing dance club attire.

Welcome Event Dance Party


6:00 pm Sunday, February 4, 2024


Room 201, State College Municipal Building

FREE, registration required
Limited to the first 100 registrants
Choir singers perform wearing traditional gospel choir robes.

A Choral Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
featuring Howard Gospel Choir of Howard University
Essence of Joy and Essence 2, Ltd.
and State College Area High School Master Singers

and including the Penn State dance ensembles
Afrique Fusion Dance Team
Black Elites Dance Company
Dark Storm Team
and Island Fever


4:00 pm Saturday, January 20, 2024


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $20
University Park Student $5
18 and Younger $10
A Black man wears eyeglasses and a stylish suit as he plays a trumpet.

School of Music Feature
Mosaic


4:00 pm Sunday, December 3, 2023


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $33
Student $10
Stomp is rendered in a text illustration showing the percussive dancers within the shapes of the letters.

STOMP
Created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas


7:30 pm Wednesday, November 15, 2023


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $69, $54
University Park Student $35, $30
18 and Younger $52, $37
Two men smash together trash can lids to make percussive music.

Body Percussion Dance Workshop


4:00 pm Sunday, November 12, 2023


Room 302, HUB-Robeson Center

FREE, registration required
A man with curly hair holds index cards in both hands as he looks straight at the camera.

A Thousand Ways: An Assembly
by 600 Highwaymen
Written and created by Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone, with Andrew Kircher


1:30 pm Friday, November 10, 2023


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $20
University Park Student $5
18 and Younger $20
A man with curly hair holds index cards in both hands as he looks straight at the camera.

A Thousand Ways: An Assembly
by 600 Highwaymen
Written and created by Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone, with Andrew Kircher


12:00 pm Friday, November 10, 2023


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $20
University Park Student $5
18 and Younger $20
A man wearing a knit cap, face mask and striped 80-style sweater extends his left arm out while he looks down at index cards in his right hand.

A Thousand Ways: An Assembly
by 600 Highwaymen
Written and created by Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone, with Andrew Kircher


7:30 pm Thursday, November 9, 2023


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $20
University Park Student $5
18 and Younger $20
A man wearing a knit cap, face mask and striped 80-style sweater extends his left arm out while he looks down at index cards in his right hand.

A Thousand Ways: An Assembly
by 600 Highwaymen
Written and created by Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone, with Andrew Kircher


4:30 pm Thursday, November 9, 2023


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $20
University Park Student $5
18 and Younger $20

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