Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra open rehearsal
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra open rehearsal
Date:
2:00 pm Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Location:
Recital Hall
This open rehearsal has been canceled.
Travel Ban Forum with Artists and Immigration Experts
Travel Ban Forum
with Artists and Immigration Experts
Date:
5:45 pm Monday, February 17, 2020
Location:
Lewis Katz Building Auditorium
Have you ever imagined how music and art could help in delivering a social message? The Kronos Quartet created “Music for Change: The Banned Countries” in protest against the presidential actions banning people from largely Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.
Rehearsal Observation and Sketching
Rehearsal Observation and Sketching
Date:
4:30 pm Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Location:
Eisenhower Auditorium
During a one-hour rehearsal, as the artists of Circa prepare for their performance, the public is welcome to quietly observe and draw the human form in motion. To reserve a seat for the rehearsal, email Medora Ebersole at mde13@psu.edu. Attendees should enter the auditorium through the front lobby doors.
Stepping Workshop with C. Brian Williams
Stepping Workshop with C. Brian Williams
Date:
7:00 pm Thursday, January 30, 2020
Location:
State College Municipal Building Community Room
243 S. Allen St., State College
A partnership with the Borough of State College
The founder and executive director of Step Afrika! will explore the meaning behind stepping and the development of the art form. Members of Step Afrika! will also lead a beginner demonstration and workshop.
Evening Exchange with Penn State Dance Groups
Evening Exchange with Penn State Dance Groups
Date:
7:00 pm Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Location:
100 Thomas Building
Corner of Shortlidge and Pollock roads, University Park
This showcase will feature members of Step Afrika! plus a variety of Penn State dance clubs and organizations, including Nritya, Caliente Dance Company, Dark Storm, AKAs, Zetas, and Alphas. MCs will include Hope Faulk, Amy Dupain Vashaw, Haniel Tracey, and Jamihl Braimah.
Master Class featuring Johnny Gandelsman
Master Class featuring Johnny Gandelsman
Date:
11:00 am Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Location:
Recital Hall
The public is invited to observe as Silkroad Ensemble violinist Johnny Gandelsman leads a ninety-minute master class for Penn State School of Music students. Gandelsman, a Grammy Award winner, was born in Russia and moved to the United States in 1995. He is also a founding member of the string quartet Brooklyn Rider.
Busybugs Storytime: Langston Hughes
Busybugs Storytime: Langston Hughes
Date:
10:30 am Thursday, October 24, 2019
Location:
Annie Halenbake Ross Library
Children’s Room
232 W. Main St., Lock Haven
A co-presentation with the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State
This 45-minute session, ideal for preschoolers, includes a storytime and a words-that-make-us-move activity featuring books by Langston Hughes. He is one of the most cherished chroniclers of the black experience in America and a founding father of the Harlem Renaissance.
A Talk by Virginia Johnson
Beauty, Identity, and Ballet in the Twenty-first Century
A Talk by Virginia Johnson
Dance Theatre of Harlem artistic director
Date:
12:00 pm Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Location:
Paterno Library’s Foster Auditorium
Refreshments will be served before the talk, beginning at 11:30 a.m., in 103 Paterno Library (Mann Assembly Room)
This event is sponsored by the African American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies departments in Penn State’s College of the Liberal Arts.
America is at a crossroads. We are a plural nation holding on to distinctions of difference. Can the art form of ballet enable us to build a common future? Beauty is at the center of ballet as an art form, but is beauty a reflection of culture, or is there an elemental truth that transcends culture? This 45-minute talk includes a history of Dance Theatre of Harlem and is accompanied by PowerPoint slides.
Magic Tree House Party
Magic Tree House Party
Date:
2:30 pm Saturday, October 19, 2019
Location:
Schlow Centre Region Library
Downsbrough Community Room
211 S. Allen Street, State College
A partnership with Schlow Library
Enter the world of Jack and Annie from Stage Fright on a Summer Night as they explore London in the 1600s, rescue a bear, and join the cast of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Make lion masks, scrolls, and more at this 90-minute event! Recommended for ages 5–12.
Attendees will have a chance to win a family four-pack of tickets to see Magic Tree House: Showtime with Shakespeare at 4 p.m. Sunday, November 3, in Eisenhower Auditorium.
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