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Classical Coffeehouse featuring Imani Winds and Catalyst Quartet

Classical Coffeehouse
featuring Imani Winds
and Catalyst Quartet

Date: 
8:00 pm Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Location: 

Hintz Family Alumni Center’s Robb Hall

The coffeehouse includes a mini-performance, discussions among artists and audience members, and social time with the musicians and others in attendance.

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Enjoy complimentary snacks and beverages. Seating is limited. Standing room is available when seating is full. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Imani Winds Catalyst Quartet

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts

Imani Winds
and Catalyst Quartet
(im)migration: music of change

Date: 
7:30 pm Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Event Description: 

Imani Winds and Catalyst Quartet will join talents for a concert featuring the world premiere of Sergeant McCauley, a work by Catalyst violinist and composer Jessie Montgomery.

Sugar Skull

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts

Mexico Beyond Mariachi
presents Sugar Skull!
A Día de Los Muertos Musical Adventure

Date: 
4:00 pm Sunday, September 29, 2019
Event Description: 

Twelve-year-old Vita Flores thinks her family has gone loco planning a celebration for deceased loved ones. Why throw a party for the dead?

Hong Kong Ballet

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts
Canceled

Hong Kong Ballet
ALICE (in wonderland)
by Septime Webre, artistic director

Date: 
7:30 pm Friday, April 24, 2020
Event Description: 

Hong Kong Ballet’s April 2020 U.S. tour has been canceled. 

Harlem 100

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts

Harlem 100: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary
of the Harlem Renaissance
featuring Mwenso and The Shakes
with special guests Brianna Thomas, Michela Marino Lerman, and Vuyo Sotashe

Date: 
7:30 pm Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Event Description: 

One hundred years after one of the most culturally significant periods in human history, Harlem, New York, is in the midst of a resurging creative movement sparked by the centenarian embers left by the wildfire that was the Harlem Renaissance.

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts

Direct from Kiev
The National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Volodymyr Sirenko, artistic director and chief conductor
Volodymyr Vynnytsky, pianist

Date: 
7:30 pm Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Event Description: 

The National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine is one of the finest ensembles of its kind in eastern Europe. The orchestra, founded in 1918, has performed world premieres by Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and other prestigious composers.

Apollos Fire 2020

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts

Apollo’s Fire
The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Rediscovered
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

Date: 
7:30 pm Thursday, February 27, 2020
Event Description: 

In its sixth appearance at Schwab Auditorium, Apollo’s Fire will perform Antonio Vivaldi’s beloved concertos as the revolutionary acts of musical storytelling they were meant to be. Four Seasons Rediscovered will bring Vivaldi’s pictorial descriptions to life.

A Very GOODall Storytime! 2

A Very GOODall Storytime!

Date: 
11:00 am Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Location: 

Annie Halenbake Ross Library
232 W. Main St., Lock Haven

Before she became a renowned humanitarian, conservationist, and animal activist, Dr. Jane Goodall was a little girl with a special toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. Join us for a story hour presented by the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State with support provided by Steven L. Herb and Sara Willoughby-Herb. After learning about the young Goodall and how she followed her dreams, families will have the opportunity to create art books inspired by observations of their favorite animals.

Children must be accompanied by an adult. Reservations are not required for this event.

A Very GOODall Storytime!

A Very GOODall Storytime!

Date: 
1:00 pm Saturday, January 26, 2019
Location: 

Tyrone-Snyder Public Library
1000 Pennsylvania Ave., Tyrone

This event was originally scheduled for Saturday, January 12, 2019.

Before she became a renowned humanitarian, conservationist, and animal activist, Dr. Jane Goodall was a little girl with a special toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. Join us for a story hour presented by the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State with support provided by Steven L. Herb and Sara Willoughby-Herb. After learning about the young Goodall and how she followed her dreams, families will have the opportunity to create art books inspired by observations of their favorite animals.

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