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CONTENTS Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts Preview An early look at the 50th anniversary edition of the Arts Festival, including some of the top acts that will be performing.

Arts Festival Preview 8 2016 Award Winners 12 Raleigh Ringers to perform special piece in long-awaited return 16 Performance Highlights 18 Images 2017 24 BookFestPA 24 The Sue Crowe Memorial 42nd Annual Arts Festival Races 26 Alumni Weekend 27

Sports & Recreation

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Other Attractions

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You have the defending Big Ten football champion Nittany Lions playing their annual Blue-White Game, PIAA and Big Ten championships coming to Penn State, and the defending New York-Penn League champion State College Spikes beginning in June.

Explore the outdoors, take in a museum, or enjoy a craft beverage from a local winery, brewery, or distillery.

Dining 42

Time to eat! Check out some of the great dining experiences that can be found in Centre County.

Festivals & Special Events 28

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Music & Theater 32 Š 2017 by Barash Media. All rights reserved. No Beaver Stadium hosting its first concerts. Music part of this publication may be reproduced in any at Penn’s Woods celebrating its 10th anniversary. form except with written authorization from the Nittany Theatre at the Barn ringing in a new publishers.

From Earth Day to fireworks to music festivals to delicious wings, Happy Valley has a diverse selection of events happenings this spring and summer!

season. And so much more.

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Town&Gown’s 2017 Spring/Summer

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estival Arts Festival July 13 -16 • Children & Youth Day July 12

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Arts Fe Arts Festival Preview

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51st Annual Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition Downtown State College and Penn State Campus Thursday, July 13-Saturday, July 15 • 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Sunday, July 16 • 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Consistently ranked as one of the top outdoor fine art and fine craft shows in the nation, the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition brings artists and craftspeople from across the nation to State College. More than 300 exhibitors will offer a wide variety of objects for sale, including baskets, ceramics, jewelry, fiber, painting, photography, and wearable art. There will be something to suit everyone’s taste and pocketbook.

As part of the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition’s jury process, almost 1,000 artists from the United States and several foreign countries submitted digital images of their work to be juried. In February, a panel reviewed the images, and the artists receiving the highest scores were accepted into the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition.

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To encourage and support the visual arts on a regional basis, the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition sets aside booth spaces for artists whose primary residence is in the following Central Pennsylvania counties: Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin, and Union. Through the Central Pennsylvania Division of the Sidewalk Sale, many artists have been introduced to exhibiting at juried outdoor shows. All exhibitors in the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition are subject to the same rules, pay the same fees, and are eligible for the same awards.

Our jurors visit each exhibitor during the festival as part of the jury process and subsequently award more than $17,000 in prize money. These award winners will be announced at the awards ceremony at the Allen Street Stage, 9 a.m. Saturday, July 15. This year’s jurors are: Patricia Bellan-Gillen lives in rural western Pennsylvania. She recently retired from her post as the Dorothy L. Stubnitz Professor of Art at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where she taught a variety of classes focusing on drawing, painting, and printmaking. Her paintings, prints, and drawings have been the focus of more than 35 solo exhibitions.

Jim Bové is a practicing artist and educator living just outside of Pittsburgh. He is an associate professor at California University of Pennsylvania and a board member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths. He has organized and curated several international exhibitions and lectures between the United States and Japan, including the cross-cultural exchange, Metalsmiths Linking. His work can be found in collections in the United States, Japan, the Dominican Republic, and Malaysia.

Ceramic artist Naomi Cleary earned her undergraduate degree from Philadelphia’s The University of the Arts and completed graduate studies at Ohio State University. After graduate school, she returned to Philadelphia to continue her studio practice. She has taught ceramics to children and adults in classroom and workshop settings. She is currently director of marketing and retail at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia. Her studio is in the home she shares with partner and fellow potter Daniel Ricardo Teran in the Brewerytown section of Philadelphia.

estival Jay Gould is an artist and a member of the faculty at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Originally from Minneapolis, he studied at the University of Wisconsin and the Savannah College of Art & Design. His work, which integrates scientific topics into installation and constructed photographic projects, has won numerous national awards, such as the Berenice Abbott Prize for an emerging photographer and first place at the Newspace Center for Photography’s International Juried Exhibition.

Sue Reno is a fiber artist who lives and works in Lancaster County. Her rich and intricate art quilts reflect her local environment and incorporate imagery drawn from her studies of botany, wildlife, historic architecture, and the Susquehanna River. She employs surface design techniques, including cyanotype, monoprinting, digital image transfer, and needle felting as the basis for works that also incorporate hand-painted fabrics, hand and machine stitching, and beadwork.

Children and Youth Sidewalk Sale Wednesday, July 12 • 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sharon Frazier, chair For an application, please visit our Web site, arts-festival.com/children-and-youth or telephone the festival office at (814) 237-3682.

Sponsored by Penn State Federal Credit Union.

Young people are bursting with artistic energy. The Children and Youth Sidewalk Sale of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts is a fun way for boys and girls to express themselves visually. Young people can develop their artistic potential through personal expression in individually crafted, original objects.

Artists aged 8 through 18 who live in, or have relatives in, the following counties — Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin and Union — are eligible to participate.

Children and Youth Sidewalk Sale rules prohibit the sale of work made from kits, the sale of services such as face painting or hair braiding, and the use of trademarked characters, such as the Nittany Lion, in artist’s

work, and the sale of food. A complete listing of the rules can be found in the application.

All work must be original. The application deadline is June 23.

51st Banner Exhibition and Competition Lisa Zander-Campbell, chair For an application, please visit our Web site, arts-festival.com/banners or telephone the Arts Festival offices at (814) 237-3682.

Exhibition sponsored by the FirstEnergy Foundation.

Competition sponsored by First National Bank Each year, the Arts Festival hangs an enormous variety of brightly colored banners over the festival route. Each of these banners was once an entry in our Banner Competition, one of the signature events of the Festival.

Entries are judged based on originality, craftsmanship, and overall design. Cash prizes are award in three categories: professional, general, and youth.

Festival banners are a uniform size, 72 inches tall and 30 inches wide, and hang from a 36-inch dowel at the top and are weighted at the bottom so that they don’t blow too freely in the wind. All T&G 2017 Spring/Summer Preview - 9

Arts Fe banners are made from sturdy, weather-resistant materials such as heavy nylon or canvas.

Banners may be made by individuals, schools, churches, and community groups. In addition to hanging at the festival, banners are displayed in public buildings in the Centre Region during the remainder of the year.

The deadline to submit a banner this year is June 23.

Downtown State College Italian Street Painting Festival Hiester Street between College & Beaver avenues July 13 to 15. Painting is on a weatherpermitting basis Holly Foy, coordinator Italian Street Painting has been a tradition in Europe since the sixteenth century and a tradition in State College since 1999.

In Renaissance Europe, underemployed artists would draw on the streets as a form of advertising their skill. In America today, artists make street masterpieces for the joy

of creating and for the entertainment of appreciative crowds.

Downtown State College is pleased to be the presenting sponsor of the festival’s Italian Street Painting Festival again in 2017.

The Downtown State College Italian Street Painting Festival will once again feature street painters of national and regional significance, in addition to a Young Artists Alley.

At least 30 smaller works measuring 6 feet by 4 feet will be drawn by a variety of local visual artists, State College Area High School art students, and Penn State art majors. To apply to be one of our street painters, email Holly Foy at hollyfoy@gmail.com or call (814) 237-3682.

Finally, our Young Artists Alley provides artists of any age and ability with the opportunity to add to the festival! For a $5 fee, you get a beautiful box of pastels, a 14-inch-by-14-inch square to draw on and the opportunity to create a masterpiece! T&G The Young Artists Alley is sponsored by Sheetz.

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Celebrate the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts!

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Arts Fe 2016 Awards Winners

AretĂŠ Best of Show David Montgomery Pittsburgh, PA Mixed Media 3D

Fine Arts Award Matthew Smith, Asheville, NC Jewelry

Awards of Excellence The John C. Mason Award for Excellence in Jewelry Design Olga Mihaylova, Pittsbugh, PA

The Lautsch Family Award of Excellence Teresa Haag, Phoenixville, PA, Painting Hannah Clark, Pittsburgh, PA Painting

Shute & Coombs Financial Advisors Award of Excellence Sangjoon Park, Cresskill, NJ, Ceramic 12 - T&G 2017 Spring/Summer Preview

estival Awards of Distinction

Phill Singer, New Britain, PA Painting

Janet Chico, Los Angeles, CA, Fiber

Samuel Yao, Ann Arbor, MI Basketry Glenn Woods and Keith Herbrand, Palm Harbor, FL Ceramic

Awards of Merit

John McCarthy Award of Merit in Wearable Fiber in Memory of Sharon McCarthy Jennifer Couch Akron, OH Fiber

Barash Media Award of Merit Patricia Wilder, Victor, NY Photography T&G 2017 Spring/Summer Preview - 13

Arts Fe Awards of Merit

The Shuey Family Award of Merit in memory of Naomi Shuey Marie Helene Grabman, Fort Mill, SC Paper

Bob & Ginny Mountz Award of Merit Niko Culevski and P.J. Niche, Mukilteo, WA, Fiber

McLanahan’s Market Award of Merit Mick Whitcomb, Springfield, MO Mixed Media 3D Duff Family Award of Merit Jenna Vanden Brink, Pittsburgh, PA Ceramic

White Roan & Associates Award of Merit Nicolette Absil, Philadelphia, PA Jewelry 14 - T&G 2017 Spring/Summer Preview

estival Anne Layng Award of Merit Wes Glebe and Christine Bailey, State College, PA Jewelry

Rapid Transit Sports Award of Merit Thomas Dumke, Stone Bank, WI Wood

Connections Clothing Award of Merit William Alburger, Barto, PA Wood

RE/MAX Hicks/Hurvitz Award of Merit Jessica Ladd, Asheville, NC Mixed Media 2D The Frost & Conn Booth of Distinction Mea Rhee, Silver Spring, MD Ceramic

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Arts Fe The Bells Are Back in Town Raleigh Ringers to perform special piece in long-awaited return to Arts Festival

By Jennifer Babulsky

When you think of packed music halls and audience members leaving a venue asking for more, you may not necessarily think those would be because of handbell music. But five years after the Raleigh Ringers last performed at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, people have been waiting for the group’s return to Happy Valley.

“I never knew handbells were so popular, but bell ringers have been coming out of the woodwork,” says Rick Bryant, executive director of Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. “What [Raleigh Ringers] do is pretty amazing. They can make a bell speak.”

The Raleigh Ringers, based in North Carolina, is an internationally acclaimed concert handbell choir that has been dazzling audiences since 1990. The choir performs unique interpretations of sacred, secular, and popular music. The choir returns to the Arts Festival Saturday, July 15, for a performance at 8 p.m. at Penn State’s Schwab Auditorium. Among the music to be performed, which includes a Bon Jovi favorite, will be a piece joint-commissioned between The Raleigh Ringers and the Festival of the Arts. People can learn more about handbells during a clinic the Raleigh Ringers will lead at Grace Lutheran Church at 11 a.m. July 15.

“Blue Phoenix/Resilience” was composed

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The Raleigh Ringers make their third appearance at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts in July.

32 years as professor of music and director of choral studies at Bucknell University.

“The piece Dr. Payn composed was created for the State College community, depicting both the struggles and recovery of residents of Happy Valley as they came upon tough times in recent years,” says David Harris, director of the Raleigh Ringers and a Penn State alum.

Bryant says the evening performance, commissioned piece, and handbell clinic are made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency that funds, promotes, and strengthens the creative capacity of communities by providing all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation. The NEA was founded in 1965 to nurture and celebrate creativity in the arts in the United States and to see that all Americans have access to excellent arts experiences.

Bryant adds having a co-commissioned piece as part of the handbell choir’s concert brings another dimension to an already exciting event and allows a piece of the concert — and Arts Festival — to continue long past when the festival ends.

estival “We never had a world premiere before,” Bryant says. “It’s nice to think about another handbell choir being able to perform this piece.”

Harris, a 1982 Penn State graduate, studied music while earning a degree in computer science and received private instruction from Payn. After growing up in the Northeast, Harris and his family moved to Raleigh, where he has served as director of the Raleigh Ringers since January 1990.

The Raleigh Ringers have performed at the Arts Festival twice, and Harris says he always enjoys a return trip to the area he called Home for many years.

“One of the main goals of the Raleigh Ringers is to increase the acceptance of the art of handbell ringing in the United States,” he says. “Handbells are still somewhat of a ‘niche’ art form and primarily are used in worship services in churches in this country.

Although we do often play sacred music, we look to expand the reach of our instrument by playing a variety of music, which also includes classical, jazz, original, and even rock and roll.

WHAT: The Raleigh Ringers WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday, July 15 WHERE: Schwab Auditorium CPFA Performing Arts button required.

The performance of the Raleigh Ringers is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Raleigh Ringers director David Harris graduated from Penn State in 1982 and enjoys returning to Happy Valley.

An appearance at a nationally recognized arts festival like this goes a long way toward reaching the goals of our organization.”

The Raleigh Ringers boast the most extensive collection of handbells and bell-like instruments owned by a single performing group in the world. The current total is 29½ octaves composed of 361 individual pieces of equipment.

“One of the most unique things about our instrument is that each ringer is only responsible for certain notes, thus requiring incredible teamwork to create musical passages,” Harris says. “In order to play a melody, create a crescendo, make a musical phrase, it takes several people working together with incredible focus.” T&G Jennifer Babulsky is a freelance writer based in State College and programming coordinator at the Center for Women Students at Penn State.

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Arts Fe Will this be your year for a move to Foxdale Village?

Performance Highlights WEDNESDAY, JULY 12

Come and explore all that our unique Pat Farrell Community Sing-Along and vibrant community has to offer.

Sponsored by Foxdale Village Retirement Community An Accredited, Quaker-Directed Continuing Care Retirement Community 7:30 p.m. • State College Presbyterian Church • 16801 500 E. Marylyn Ave., State College, PA 814-238-3322 • 800-253-4951 community sing www.foxdalevillage.org For many years State College residents came together for a weekly “community sing” each week during the summer. This fun tradition disappeared in the 1970s, but it now has a new life, named in memory of Pat Farrell, a former Arts Festival board president.

Young and old, those who can sing, and especially those who can’t carry a tune in a bucket, are invited to join Russell Bloom, Erik Clayton, and Leah Mueller as the community comes together to sing traditional songs, folk melodies, and perhaps a Broadway number or two.

THURSDAY, JULY 13

JT & the Denicats

3 p.m. • Shell • blues The Denicats are five of Central Pennsylvania’s most accomplished musicians, coming together to play great Blues music. “The song is what's important, and all these guys know that,” says JT. “They’re all great players and they all support each other, knowing when to shine and when to lay back. That always makes for an exceptional performance.”

Joe Baione Trio

6:30 p.m. • Friedman Park • jazz The youngest of three musical sons from musical parents, Joe Baione is a professional jazz vibraphonist, educator, and producer. By day, he is an energetic and highly creative band teacher, and by night he continues that high energy, passion, and creativity in his jazz performances. He and his band have performed at the prestigious Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival in Montego Bay, the Temecula Valley Jazz Festival, and the Cape May Jazz Festival.

Philadelphia Phil and Friends

7:30 p.m. • Shell • Americana/Blues/Rockabilly Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and poet, Philadelphia Phil combines lively ragtime and fingerstyle blues interpretations of traditional Americana with original blues poems, songs, and stories for a uniquely stirring acoustic performance.

Festival audiences will enjoy his fresh take on traditional guitar music, philosophically whimsical lyrics, and powerful voice.

Harpeth Rising 8 p.m. • State Theatre • folk/chambergrass The three classically trained players of Harpeth Rising play original music, fusing folk, newgrass, rock, and classical into something truly their own. They marry the tonal depth of the cello (or is it a bass?), layer in the shimmering sounds of a violin and the strikingly natural addition of banjo to create a sound at once familiar and impossible to categorize.

The Monk’s Brew

5:30 p.m. • Shell • jazz The Monk’s Brew has been creating what JazzErie has described as a “unique brand of contemporary jazz” since October 2011, when the group met at Mercyhurst University. The Monk’s Brew is Dillon Shidemantle (trumpet, flugelhorn, and vocals), Bobby Lucas (piano and keyboards), Alex McLaughlin (bass), and Michael Hibbler II (drums). Inspired by the jazz tradition, the band has endeavored to create the next generation of jazz music that is strong and smooth.

Harpeth Rising

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estival Brother Sun

9 p.m. • Friedman Park • contemporary folk Greg Greenway, Joe Jencks, and Pat Wictor are Brother Sun. They celebrate the amazing power of three-part male harmonies, singing contemporary folk with touches of gospel, blues, jazz, and pop, and playing to standing ovations at festivals and theaters nationwide.

Sam Haiman

9 p.m. • Allen Street • rock Writing music best described as “Hope for the Hopeless,” Sam Haiman has crafted a sound that is equally rooted in rock as it is in 1990s alternative and modern country. Flavorful guitar hooks and catchy melodies sit atop a groove steeped in the music of the late sixties and seventies with a foot in contemporary rock.

FRIDAY, JULY 14

Arietta Women’s Ensemble

11:30 p.m. • Allen Street • vocal Arietta Women’s Ensemble, under the direction of Janice Mianulli, was founded in 2001 by a group of musicians who did not want to give up singing during the State

College Choral Society summer hiatus. Arietta is best known for its rich “womanly” sound, extraordinary musicianship, and its ability and willingness to take on challenging repertoire of all styles, ages, cultures, and languages.

Ramalama

3:30 p.m. • Allen Street • doo wop Ramalama is the Centre Region’s newest doo-wop group and features, Tom Wilson, Jeff Brown, John Zimmerman, Luke Lorenz, Eric McGinnis, and Lisa Lenze.

Bovine Social Club

5 p.m. • Shell • rock/pop • alt country Bred on the northern banks of the Delaware River, Bovine Social Club has a grassy, twangy, swinging breed of Americana Alt-Country sound sure to get your dancing cow on. One wicked lineup of seasoned jam musicians backing the lyrics of vocalist Samuel Saint Thomas, Bovine Social Club is one of the fastest growing new Americana bands in New York. Its sound is happily fertilized by country, bluegrass, folk, rock, old time, Celtic, Juju, and gospel vocabularies. Bovine Social Club gives thinking people happy feet!

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Arts Fe My Hero Zero

Essence of Joy Alumni Singers

7 p.m. • Presbyterian Church • gospel Sponsored by Barbara Palmer The Essence of Joy Alumni Singers, under the direction of Dr. Anthony T. Leach, perform sacred and secular music from the African and African-American choral traditions. The choir, founded in 2005, is composed of alumni of the Essence of Joy Choir and is an official Alumni Interest Group of the Penn State Alumni Association. ​

7:30 p.m. • Shell • pop Sponsored by The Retreat My Hero Zero has honed its captivating blend of showmanship, talent, and pop-savvy to become State College’s most popular band, seen by well over a thousand Penn Staters on a weekly basis. My Hero Zero reinvents songs with unique arrangements and mashups and brings new life to current dance hits and old favorites alike.

7 p.m. • Friedman Park • folk The string and vocal trio Low Lily (formerly Annalivia) explores the roots and branches of American folk music with traditional influences and modern inspiration that weaves together a unique brand of acoustic music. Liz Simmons (vocals and guitar), Flynn Cohen (vocals, guitar, and mandolin), and Lissa Schneckenburger (vocals and fiddle) are masterful players with deep relationships to traditional music styles ranging from bluegrass to Irish, Scottish, New England, and old-time Appalachian sounds.

8:30 p.m. • State Theatre • singer/songwriter As we’ve come to appreciate mid-century houses with their boomerang Formica and Sputnik-inspired light fixtures, we’ve look anew to the recording artists of the era, as well.

They exude coolness and ease in both their recordings and on stage. David Myles channels that mid-century cool into a show that’s contemporary but knows where it came from.

Like his trademark suit, David Myles’s music is timeless. Balancing a dry wit with his ability to nimbly move back and forth from classic country, doo-wop, modern pop music, and jazz (even secular nondenominational gospel), it’s as if a hip bartender has effortlessly created a tasty new cocktail just for you. His music has often been labeled folk jazz, although he prefers simply to call it “roots” music. From soulful, contemporary pop crooners to delicate, jazzy folk ditties, and down-home, back porch roots tunes to infectious hip-hop earworms, Myles has an exceptional ability to entertain.

Low Lily

Low Lily

David Myles

The Rad Trads

Big Coronas

7:30 p.m. • Shell • jazz/funk Big Coronas Band was begun in 2012 in State College by a group of multitalented instrumentalists who love heavy jazz music, in this case a hybrid of funky music and jazz characterized by a strong back beat and heavy groove.

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9:30 p.m. • Shell • indie rock When indie rock band The Rad Trads formed in the spring of 2012, they were meeting each other in New York City’s East Village for the first time … transplants from Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, and Washington, DC, looking to play with the best musicians they could find. Their horns, guitars, drums, and love for the classics such as The Band, Allen Toussaint, and Dr. John brought them together.

estival The Probables

9:30 p.m. • Friedman Park • folk-grass The Probables are a feel-good, folk-grass band from the rolling hills of western New York. Their dedication and passion for the music can be heard from deep within their original songs that are only one part of their repertoire. With traditional bluegrass and rock-n-roll roots, the group’s goal is to fuse folk, bluegrass, and roots-rock music to deliver a unique soul reaching sound to their listeners.

Rustical Quality String Band

1:30 p.m. • Allen Street • Appalachian string band The Rustical Quality String Band has been performing together for 38 years — and its members still like each other. Or at least talk to each other! (OK, sometimes they just text.)

This festival favorite has played for festivals, happenings, and celebrations of all kinds. The band’s most recent recording was Rescued from Oblivion.

Bookends

SATURDAY, JULY 15

Deirdre Flint

11:30 a.m. • Allen Street • comedic folk Sponsored by the Wallis Lloyd Family in memory of Wally and Brian Deirdre Flint, a perennial favorite with festivalgoers, hasn’t been on the Allen Street stage.

With songs about cheerleaders, the metric system, and past life regression, her music and humor land her at the intersection where folk music and stand-up comedy collide.

4 p.m. • State Theatre • acoustic folk The trio Bookends was a large part of the 1980s music scene in State College. The trio of Chris Mincer, Bet Williams, and Susie Kocher crafted a sweet acoustic folk sound that was just the right counterpoint to the big hair, glitz, and glamour of the Dallas and Dynasty years. Their warm stage presence and mixed repertoire of original tunes and covers made them one of the most memorable bands of that era. The festival is delighted to bring them back together for their first festival appearance since 2012.

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Arts Fe Pure Cane Sugar

4:30 p.m. • Shell • Americana Pure Cane Sugar’s sultry voices, soulful harmonies, and powerful lyrics, evoke exquisite vocals. When songstresses Kate Twoey and Natalie Race combine as Pure Cane Sugar the result is “an assemblage of masterful melodies and haunting harmonies that inspire sweet dreams.”

The Raleigh Ringers 8 p.m. • Schwab Auditorium • handbell choir Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts The Raleigh Ringers is an internationally acclaimed, advanced community handbell choir based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Since its founding in 1990, the Raleigh Ringers has been dazzling concert audiences with unique interpretations of sacred, secular, and popular music, including famous rock ‘n’ roll tunes arranged just for handbells. See article p. 16.

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8 p.m. • Friedman Park • 80s covers Velveeta, the musical phenomenon, has been a staple of the Central Pennsylvania nightclub scene since a legendary performance in State College in the summer of 1995. With a repertoire made of “80’s cheese,” otherwise known as cover tunes that you just can’t get out of your head, Velveeta the musical phenomenon is a quintessentially Penn State musical experience. It will make you nostalgic for the early days of MTV.

Hughes, Kidder, and Rounds 8:30 p.m. • State Theatre • folk/Americana Since playing their last show with the band Cartoon in July 2012, Randy Hughes, Glenn Kidder, and Jon Rounds have kept at it in the spirit of the band, working on new original songs via email and playing music whenever they’re in the same room.

For the past three years, they have met at the huge Americana festival in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and in between listening to some of the finest acoustic music on the planet, jammed back at the campsite.

As three of the most popular performers in the history of the festival, they return this year to showcase some new tunes as well as some Cartoon standards.

Billy Price Band

9:30 p.m. • Shell • funk Billy Price has been entertaining audiences since the early 1970s and was officially recognized as a Pittsburgh rock ’n roll legend at an award ceremony in 2016, though audiences had recognized him as a legend long ago.

Billy Price formed the Keystone Rhythm Band in 1977. With the Keystone Rhythm Band, the Billy Price Band, and solo projects, Price has recorded and released a total of 14 albums, CDs, and DVDs. A live album by the Billy Price Band, Alive and Strange, will be released in April.

Jackie Brown & the Gill Street Band

10 p.m. • Friedman Park • funk The Gill Street Band is a nine-piece classic funk/ soul/r&b band with perhaps the hardest working four-piece horn section east of the Mississippi, or, at least in the Borough of State College. One writer, equating Brown’s powerful vocals and stage presence to Chaka Khan, the Queen of FunkSoul, stated “Ms. Brown’s energy on stage with The Gill Street Band’s horns undoubtedly turns the focal point of any room into an all-night hipshaking tempest. Don’t miss this band!”

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Rampart Street Ramblers

12:30 p.m. • Allen Street • brass The Rampart Street Ramblers takes their name from that legendary street in old New Orleans upon which jazz music originated, once flourished, and still carries on its grand glory today. The group carries on the tradition of the original New Orleans style of Dixieland jazz music. Founded by the well-known jazz clarinet and saxophone stylist Dave Wilson, the Rampart Street Ramblers have played at festivals and events, including Bethlehem’s Musikfest.

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estival Bellefonte Community Band

2 p.m. • Friedman Park • symphonic band The Bellefonte Community Band is very excited to return to the Arts Festival this year.

The 50-member ensemble has entertained the Centre Region with classical pieces, marches, and arrangements of modern songs since 1983.

Musicians range from high school students to retirees and hail from Philipsburg, Pine Grove Mills, and everywhere in between.

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Arts Fe Images 2017

Betsy Rodgers Allen Gallery and Downsbrough Room, Schlow Centre Region Library July 1-30 To enter, visit arts-festival.com/images-juried-exhibition by the May 5 deadline Images 2017 is an exhibition of drawings, paintings, mixed media, photography, handpulled prints, watercolors, fiber, paper, and digital art. This juried exhibition is open to artists whose primary residence is in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Digital images of original work produced within the last three years may be submitted. Artists of all ages are welcome, and we especially encourage enrolled students from ages 16 through 26 to apply.

The exhibition will hang in Schlow Centre Region Library in July. The library is located on South Allen Street in downtown State College, the “main street” of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts each July. A minimum of $1,500 in prizes will be awarded in 2017.

Show hours are the same as the library’s hours. There may be times when the work displayed in the Downsbrough Room is not

accessible due to other library programming.

The works in Images 2017 will be selected by juror Kathryn E. Blake. She is the director of the Juniata College Museum of Art in Huntingdon. In addition to managing the museum’s permanent collection, she recruits contemporary artists for exhibitions and prepares educational materials and catalogs for museum shows. T&G

BookFest 2017: Comics to Cozies Since its founding in 2009, BookFest has grown into an important community event that celebrates something many of us take for granted — books!

In 2015, event organizers began a grand experiment to harness the power and excitement of a particular fan base and celebrate the often-overlooked comic book. For the last two years the event has been a wonderful, miniature comic book convention.

While the love for comics remains strong and organizers feel a uniting theme is as important as ever, State College now has Nittany Con coming in September. For this reason, BookFest is again experimenting with a new and different theme — genre fiction!

BookFest will celebrate those diehard fiction fans of mystery, romance, science fiction, fantasy, comics, graphic novels, children's fiction, and more on Saturday, July 15.

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Meet authors and artists who work for large publishing houses, as well as independents who design their own path.

The BookFest event will include a pop-culture costume contest and will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the BookFest tent in Schlow Centre Region Library’s parking lot.

Many thanks to this year’s sponsors Comic Swap, Nittany Con, and the Pennsylvania Center for the Book! T&G

Arts Fe The 42nd Annual Sue Crowe Memorial Arts Festival Races

Presented by Penn State Health The Arts Festival Races are the oldest races in Central Pennsylvania. First run in 1975 as a 10-mile race, the Arts Festival race was shortened to a 10K race in 1986. In 2005, race organizers added a 5K and created a new course that combines the best of Penn State’s east and west Campuses. The 10-mile race was reinstituted in 2013, giving participants the chance to experience “Arts Festival weather” for a full 10 miles.

In 2006, after the death of local running legend Sue Crowe, the Arts Festival races were renamed in her memory. In addition to being a runner of note, Crowe gave back to the running community through her work coaching young competitors. She and her family were fixtures at the Arts Festival races, and she was a repeat race winner at both 10K and 10-mile distances.

Have a great Arts Festival!

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10 Mile, 10K, and 5K Race information: The 2017 races will be held on Sunday morning, July 16: 10-miler at 8:15 a.m., 10K at 8:30 a.m., and 5K at 8:45 a.m. Race headquarters will be at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, home of the State College Spikes, with start and finish lines nearby. Registration fee: $25 by mail, online through IMAthlete.com, or in person on July 16. Nittany Valley Running Club members receive a $2 discount.

Kids Fun Run: Date: Sunday, July 16 at approximately 11 a.m. There will be a quarter-mile race for kids 5-6 and 7-8 and a half-mile race for kids 9-10 and 11-12.

Race proceeds benefit youth running activities in Centre County and the continuing operations of the Nittany Valley Running Club.

Visit nvrun.com for more information.

Questions may be directed to David Eggler at dhe1@psu.edu. T&G

estival Arts Festival Alumni Weekend

Experience the Arts Festival with other Penn Staters. Take a trip back to your college days with the Penn State Alumni Association’s Arts Festival Alumni Weekend!

Relive your dorm experience with fellow alums as you stay on campus in West Halls. You’ll be just steps away from the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition and terrific entertainment at the Festival Shell and the Allen Street Stage. Alumni Weekend special events include career seminars, ice skating at Pegula Ice Arena, swimming at Penn State’s Olympic–size outdoor pool next to McCoy Natatorium, and the ever-popular Saturday afternoon ice cream social featuring Berkey Creamery favorites and live entertainment.

Other amenities included in alumni weekend are free parking at the Nittany Parking Deck, free daily breakfast if staying in the dorms, Arts Festival button that provides access to indoor performances, giveaways, and a “Behind the Scenes” tour hosted by the Arts Festival’s executive director and staff.

It’s a great way for Penn Staters to come back to Happy Valley and connect with the festival, the university, and old (and new!) friends. T&G

For more information please contact: Alumni Events Hintz Family Alumni Center University Park, PA 16802 alumni-reunions@psu.edu 800-548-LION (5466), option 4

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FESTIVALS & SPECIAL EVENTS April 9 Earth Day Birthday Celebration Millbrook Marsh Nature Center crpr.org This event is great fun for the whole family!

Spend the afternoon outdoors visiting displays from local environmental organizations, participating in activities and games, and enjoying local entertainment.

April 28-29 Old House Fair Pennsylvania Match Factory centrehistory.org This new event is two days of workshops, tours, and time with kindred “old house” spirits.

April 30 Spring Scavenger Hunt Millbrook Marsh Nature Center crpr.org Come enjoy the day as you work together to explore the marsh and look for signs of spring. This event is free.

However, donations are greatly appreciated.

May 5-6 Birding Cup Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center shaverscreek.org The Birding Cup, Shaver’s Creek’s annual fund-raising tournament, is a contest among teams of birders to identify the most bird species in a 24-hour period in the Central Pennsylvania region.

Winning teams are awarded their prizes immediately following the contest.

May 6 Native Plant Festival PA Military Museum panativeplantsociety.org Come celebrate the arrival of spring, the return of wild flowers, and the beginning of another gardening season at the Central Pennsylvania Native Plant Festival. Talk to plant experts and take an educational walk. In addition to expert speakers, there will be native plants and local foods for sale.

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May 7 Linden Loop Oak Hall Rock Hill School at Linden Hall A wonderfully scenic 5-mile loop on Brush Valley, Rock Hill, and Linden Hall roads. The event supports continued enhancement projects at the historic Rock Hill School at Linden Hall.

In addition to the option of running, biking, or walking this 5-mile loop, the event also includes a 28-mile supported cycling option.

May 13 Lemont Plant Sale Lemont Village Green lemontvillage.org The annual sale, which benefits Lemont Village Association, features annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, herbs, vegetables, and more from Patchwork Farms and local gardens.

May 13 Plant Celebration & Garden Sale Centre Furnace Mansion centrehistory.org Do your spring garden shopping here while supporting a local nonprofit organization that helps people understand, experience, appreciate, and preserve Centre County’s cultural and natural heritage.

May 13 Big Spring Festival Talleyrand Park visitbellefonte.com Celebrate Bellefonte’s bountiful supply of water with an afternoon filled with entertainment, water sports, crafts, fish stocking of Spring Creek, and more. Food vendors will be on hand and nonprofit group activities and fundraisers will be part of the day.

May 13-16 AAUW Used Book Sale Snider Agricultural Arena aauwstatecollege.org The State College AAUW Used Book Sale is one of the largest on the East Coast, attracting dealers and private patrons from as far away as Maine, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, New York, and Ohio. Last year, more than 8,000 people took advantage of the bargains offered during the four-day sale.

May 25-29 Memorial Day in Boalsburg boalsburg.com Come to the birthplace of Memorial Day in Boalsburg.

The Memorial Day festival features food, music, and craft vendors. Also two

Civil War battle re-enactments take place at the historical Boal Mansion and Estate.

June 1-3 PA Summer Special Olympics Summer Games Penn State campus specialolympicspa.org Thousands of Special Olympians come to Penn State in what is truly one of the most inspiring events each year.

June 2-3 Happy Valley Music Fest Downtown State College happyvalleymusicfest.com Formerly Summer’s Best Music Fest, this two-day event will feature the Spin Doctors performing on June 2.

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June 2-4 Nittany Antique Machinery Show Penn’s Cave & Wildlife Park nittanyantique.org The 43rd annual spring show will feature more than 700 vendors with found treasures, old and new, to offer. Free admission.

June 3 Bellefonte Children’s Fair Talleyrand Park visitbellefonte.com The annual fair features games, activities, entertainment, raffles, and displays.

TBD Lemont Village Strawberry Festival Lemont Village Green lemontvillage.org The festival features fresh strawberries, homemade cakes by Lemont residents, ice cream from Meyer Dairy, and lemonade, along with musical entertainment, pony rides, children’s activities, and more.

June 12-18 Happy Valley Culinary Week visitpennstate.org Happy Valley Culinary Week is a seven-day celebration of the art of cooking, local foods, and the chefs who prepare them. Events and demonstrations will be scheduled during the week, and Culinary Week menus will be featured at participating restaurants.

June 16-17 Bellefonte Cruise & Sock Hop Downtown Bellefonte bellefontecruise.org Includes an open cruise, sock hop, all-vehicle show, parade of high-performance and classic cars, show cars, motorcycle poker run, and much more.

June 17 CelticFest Tussey Mountain tusseymountain.com The annual event returns to Tussey Mountain and features live music, great beer, Irish-whiskey tastings, vendors, Highland games, and more.

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July 4 Central PA 4th Fest Penn State 4thfest.org Aside from being one of the best firework shows in the country, this celebration includes a parade, 4K race, musical entertainment, and much more.

July 5-9 Remington Ryde Bluegrass Festival Grange Fairgrounds remingtonryde.com Enjoy a variety of bluegrass performers, including Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, during the festival’s fifth year at its Centre Hall home.

July 6 WingFest Begins Tussey Mountain tusseymountain.com Local restaurants compete each week to find out who makes the best wings in Happy Valley!

Also different musical acts perform during each week of the competition.

July 11-16 Philipsburg Heritage Days philipsburgheritagedays.com The town holds its 20th annual celebration by “Looking Forward, but Remembering Our Past.”

July 12-16 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts Downtown State College and Penn State campus arts-festival.com The major event in the summer celebrates its 50th anniversary as it continues to attract more than 125,000 people to the region to celebrate the arts. The annual festival features the nationally ranked Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition, featuring more than 300 of the nation’s best artists and craftsmen, in addition to performing arts presented at several outdoor and indoor stages.

July 13-16 People’s Choice Festival PA Military Museum peopleschoicefestival.com This homegrown festival celebrates the work of Pennsylvania artists. It is one of the largest and most familyfriendly arts festivals in Central Pennsylvania — attracting more than 110,000 visitors over a four-day period. This year, the festival will feature nearly 200 artists, about two dozen food vendors, and 40 acts on the two stages.

July 21-23 Karoondinha Music & Arts Festival Penn’s Cave & Wildlife Park tusseymountain.com This new festival features performances from John Legend, The Roots, and more

— all at the unique setting of Penn’s Cave & Wildlife Park.

July 22 Wings in the Park Snetsinger Butterfly Garden snetsingerbutterflygarden.org Join master gardeners and partner organizations for a day of family-fun activities, exhibits, and presentations, as butterflies, bees, and all of our pollinator pals are celebrated.

July 30 Last Cruise Car & Motorcycle Show Downtown State College ccysb.com This annual event in downtown State College supports the Centre County Youth Service Bureau. If you love cars, you don’t want to miss this! T&G

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MUSIC & THEATER Acoustic Brew Concert Series

April 11

The Hillbilly Gypsies (WPSU Studios) Hailing from West Virginia, the Hillbilly Gypsies have been making and performing their own brand of oldtime bluegrass and original mountain music for more than a decade.

The Illusionists This group of world-class performers take their cue from the showmanship of the great illusionists of the past — such as Harry Houdini — and pair it with a new and updated contemporary aesthetic, whose set and costume design lend the genre a theatricality and artistry that has rarely been seen before.

Beaver Stadium

April 18-19

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April 15

happyvalleyjam.com

July 8

Happy Valley Jam Beaver Stadium hosts a concert for the first time in its history. The show features country stars Blake Shelton, Big & Rich, Chris Young, and more!

Bryce Jordan Center bjc.psu.edu

April 8

Jim Gaffigan The Grammy-nominated comedian recently completed the second season of The Jim Gaffigan Show. He brings his “Noble Ape Tour” to the BJC.

Sesame Street Live: Make a New Friend Elmo, Grover, Abby Cadabby, and their Sesame Street friends welcome Chamki, Grover’s friend from India, to Sesame Street.

Together, they explore the universal fun of friendship and celebrate cultural similarities, from singing and dancing to sharing cookies!

April 25

The Price is Right Live The hit interactive stage show that gives eligible individuals the chance to “Come on down” to win. Prizes may include appliances, vacations, and possibly a new car!

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Center for the Performing Arts cpa.psu.edu

April 4

DakhaBrakha (Schwab Auditorium) A quartet from Kiev, Ukraine, DakhaBrakha creates a world of unexpected music at the intersection of folklore and theater.

April 6

Rent (Eisenhower Auditorium) A re-imagining of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème, Rent follows an unforgettable year in the lives of seven artists struggling to follow their dreams without selling out.

April 12

Jessica Lang Dance (Eisenhower Auditorium) Jessica Lang transforms ballet language into artfully crafted, emotionally engaging contemporary works. Lang is the artistic director of Jessica Lang Dance, a New York Citybased company formed in 2011 after the choreographer and former member of Twyla Tharp’s company THARP! received a 2010 Joyce Theater Artist Residency.

April 18

Annie (Eisenhower Auditorium) The world’s best-loved musical returns. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin and choreographed

by Liza Gennaro, this production of Annie is a new incarnation of the iconic original.

Centre County Library Historical Museum’s Sunday Afternoons at the Library bellefontearts.org

June 22-25

lemontvillage.org June 2 — Tussey Mountain Moonshiners June 9 — Blind Horse Wagon June 16 — Michelle Katz June 23 — Steve Van Hook June 30 — Acoustic Artifacts July 7 — Group Therapy July 14 — The Dystractions July 21 — Ride the Song July 28 — OverheaD

Fuse Productions

April 9 — Amanda Silliker and Svetlana Rodionova

May 14 — Curtin Street Chamber Players

Friday Concerts at the Village Green in Lemont

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May 10

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!” (State Theatre) Gerald and Piggie take to the stage in a rollicking adventure perfect for young audiences.

Camelot (Schwab Auditorium) In Medieval England, young King Arthur hopes to create an idyllic kingdom guided by honor and righteousness, embodied by his Knights of the Round Table.

Music at Penn’s Woods mpw.psu.edu June 7

Music in the Gardens: Healing the Soul (Penn State Arboretum) Annual event with music performed in the gardens of the Penn State Arboretum.

June 14 (Esber Recital Hall) Program TBA

June 17 (Esber Recital Hall) Program includes Bach’s Magnificant in D major, BWV 243; Gluck’s “Overture” from Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30; Schumann’s “Overture, Scherzo, and Finale.”

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June 21 (Esber Recital Hall)

Penn State Centre Stage

June 24 (Esber Recital Hall)

April 4-15

Program TBA

Mendelssohn’s “The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26;” Ravel’s Ma Mere l’Oye; Saint Saens’s Le Carnaval des animaux; Mozart’s Concerto No. 10 in E-flat Major for Two Pianos, K. 365.

Nittany Theatre at the Barn nittanytheatre.org

theatre.psu.edu

The Light in the Piazza (Penn State Downtown Theatre Center) Filled with sunshine, light as a summer breeze, this exhilarating musical follows the Italian travels of Margaret Johnson and her stunningly beautiful daughter, Clara.

Penn State School of Music

April 30

“Voices of the Silenced” (Esber Recital Hall) Features a performance of Elizer Elper’s “By the Rivers of Babylon.”

South Hills Music Picnic Series southhills.edu Schedule to be announced.

State College Choral Society

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April 9 — Essence of Joy (Pasquerilla Spiritual Center) April 9 — University Choir (Esber Recital Hall) April 17 — Centre Dimensions Jazz Ensemble (Esber Recital Hall) April 18 — Inner Dimensions and Outer Dimensions Jazz Ensembles (Esber Recital Hall) April 22 — Glee Club Blue & White Concert (Eisenhower Auditorium) April 23 — Oriana Singers (Esber Recital Hall) April 23 — Concert Choir (Esber Recital Hall) April 24 — Philharmonic Orchestra (Eisenhower Auditorium) April 26 — Concert Band (Eisenhower Auditorium) April 26 — Symphonic Band (Eisenhower Auditorium) April 27 — Symphonic Wind Ensemble Concert (Eisenhower Auditorium)

April 29

Nittany Valley Symphony

Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra

April 2

April 23

April 1

April 25-May 13

Church Basement Ladies The story about the ladies that work in the church basement cooking meals for church functions. The musical is inspired by the humorous book, Growing Up Lutheran,

by Janet Letnes Martin and Suzann Nelson.

May 23-June 10

Greater Tuna Greater Tuna is the first in a series of four comedic plays each set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the “thirdsmallest” town in the state.

June 20-July 8

Treasure Island The classic tale by Robert Louis Stevenson comes to life on stage.

July 18-August 5

Man of La Mancha Dream “The Impossible Dream” with the Tony Awardwinning musical inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote. nvs.org

“Slavic Celebration” (Mount Nittany Middle School)

“Slavic Celebration” (Mount Nittany Middle School) The symphony wraps up its 50th anniversary season with music from Russia and Bohemia.

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“A Spring Serenade” (The Tavern Restaurant) The orchestra’s string ensemble performs music of Mozart, Grieg, and Holst.

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“Spring Concert” (Grace Lutheran Church) Features pieces by Mozart, Forrest, and Jommelli.

State College Community Theatre scctonline.org

April 29-30, May 13-14

Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding (Toftrees Resort) Audience members are the guests at the nuptial celebration of Tony Nunzio and Valentina Vitale in all its tacky and hilarious glory.

Following the church service is a reception where the audience joins the wedding party and their bickering families for a pasta dinner, champagne toasts, wedding cake, and dancing to a fivepiece band.

The State Theatre thestatetheatre.org

August Winters with Lenina Crowne Combining the styles of todays indie radio with early 2000s punk comes August Winters.

A singer-songwriter from State College supported by his backing band of close friends.

April 6

Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience Who’s Bad’s live performance is an unrivaled celebration of pop music’s one true King.

April 8

Return of the Native Sons & Daughters Back by popular demand, Native Sons & Daughters returns this spring. It’s a showcase of some of the most popular Centre Region musicians.

April 13

Get The Led Out Get The Led Out has captured the essence of the recorded music of Led Zeppelin and brought it to the concert stage.

April 14-15

Banff Mountain Film Festival From adrenaline-fueled action sports to an exploration of wild landscapes and remote mountain cultures, films in this year’s tour are sure to captivate the explorer within you.

April 19

Sarah Jarosz A gifted multiinstrumentalist, a singularly expressive vocalist, and a songwriter of rare insight, Sarah Jarosz has been described by the New York Times as “one of acoustic music’s most promising young talents: a singer-songwriter and mandolin and banjo prodigy with the taste and poise to strike that rare balance of commercial and critical success.”

May 5

Nittany Knights The Nittany Knights chorus is an a capella ensemble of 30 men led by director Graham Sanders, performing contemporary arrangements of popular tunes as well as traditional barbershop favorites.

June 14-August 6

Read It, Watch It Series The popular movie series returns to the State Theatre each Wednesday this summer.

June 14

Los Lobos The popular Los Angeles band returns to the State.

June 24

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic Funk icons George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic visit the State.

July 25

Capitol Steps If you can’t get enough of people making fun of our politicians, check out the Capitol Steps.

Summer Sounds from the Gazebo in Talleyrand Park bellefontearts.org Schedule to be announced. T&G

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SPORTS & RECREATION Dates to Remember April 15 First Day of Trout Season May 26-29 Happy Volley Club Championships May 25-29 Trans-Sylvania Epic Mountain Bike Race June 10 PIAA Boys’ Volleyball Championships (Rec Hall) June 15-16 PIAA Baseball Championships (Medlar Field at Lubrano Park) June 15-16 PIAA Softball Championships (Beard Field at Nittany Lion Softball Park)

Penn State Athletics Some notable home dates for Penn State teams. For complete schedules and ticket information, visit gopsusports.com

April 20 Women’s lacrosse vs. Maryland

Local Golf Courses

April 22 Football Blue-White Game

(Some of the local golf courses to check out)

May 12-14 Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Championships

State College Spikes

Centre Hills Country Club (State College • centrehillscc.com) Private; 27 holes

Home schedule for June and July:

Mountain View County Club (Boalsburg • mtviewcountryclub.com) Public; 18 holes

Medlar Field at Lubrano Park statecollegespikes.com

June 19 — Williamsport June 21-23 — Batavia June 28-30 — Auburn July 1-3 — Batavia July 5 — Williamsport July 7-9 — Auburn July 19 — Williamsport July 23-25 — Mahoning Valley July 30-August 1 — Auburn

Penn State Blue & White Courses (State College • pennstategolfcourses.com) Public; 36 holes

Other Venues

Skytop Mountain Golf Club (Port Matilda • skytopgolf.com) Public; 18 holes

Tussey Mountain tusseymountain.com Features nine-hole golf course, miniature golf course, go-kart track, driving range, and batting cages.

Also has its WingFest on Thursdays starting in July.

Philipsburg Elks Lodge & Country Club (Philipsburg • philipsburgelkscc.com) Private; 9 holes

Toftrees Golf Resort (State College • toftreesgolf.com) Public; 18 holes T&G

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Taste of the Month Each month, Town&Gown highlights a local place to eat and offers a glimpse into the great dining experiences in our community.

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OTHER ATTRACTIONS Caves/Caverns

Indian Cavers Spruce Creek indiancaverns.com Lincoln Caverns and Whisper Rocks Huntingdon lincolncaverns.com Penn’s Cave & Wildlife Park Centre Hall pennscave.com Woodward Cave Route 45, between State College and Lewisburg woodwardcave.com

Farmers’ Markets

Bellefonte Saturdays at Gamble Mill parking lot Boalsburg Tuesdays at the Pennsylvania Military Museum parking lot Downtown State College Tuesdays and Fridays on Locust Lane Lemont Wednesdays on the Lemont Green

Museums

Millheim Saturdays at the Millheim American Legion

Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County bellefontemuseum.org April — Word and Image: the Poetry of Robert Lima

North Atherton Saturdays at Home Depot parking lot

Historical

American Philatelic Center stamps.org Home to the American Philatelic Society and American Philatelic Research Library. Located in Bellefonte in a restored nineteenth-century match factory complex.

Centre Furnace Mansion centrecountyhistory.org Home to the Centre County Historical Society, the mansion, the ironmaster’s residence for Centre Furnace, has been restored and is furnished to reflect the period of residency of ironmaster Moses Thompson and his family, 1842-1891.

Hosts the exhibition Unraveling the Threads of History: Needlework Samplers from the 19th Century through September 24.

May — Annual Senior High School Art Show June-July — Good Libations: Breweries, Cideries, Distilleries, and Wineries Discovery Space of Central PA mydiscoveryspace.org Children’s museum in downtown State College featuring interactive and educational exhibits.

Palmer Museum of Art palmermuseum.psu.edu Ongoing-April 30 — Pictorialist Portraits Ongoing-April 30 — Morris Blackburn: Prints and Paintings in Process Ongoing-April 30 — A Kaleidoscope of Color: Studio Glass at the Palmer The Palmer Museum will be closed May 1 to September 4 for maintenance work.

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Nature/Outdoor Fun

The Arboretum at Penn State arboretum.psu.edu Open dawn until dusk.

Features more than 17,000 plants representing more than 700 species. Also features the Childhood Gate’s Children’s Garden.

Millbrook Marsh Nature Center crpr.org Features 50 acres of wetland area and 12 acres of farmstead area. Visitors can hike, walk on the boardwalk, bird watch, picnic, and more.

Mount Nittany mtnittany.org Has nearly nine miles of volunteer-maintained trails and many scenic views.

Breweries, Distilleries, & Wineries

Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center shaverscreek.org The Shaver’s Creek main building and public restrooms are closed while the facility undergoes an expansion.

Trails are open.

Barrel 21 State College ottospubandbrewery.com Barrel 21 is a tapas dining experience brought to you

by Otto’s Pub & Brewery.

Featuring small-plate fusion cuisine with local flavors influenced by various cultures.

Stone Valley Recreation Area psu.edu/stone_valley Located in Huntingdon County, the Penn State owned and operated area has 29 miles of trails for hiking and Lake Perez, a 72-acre freshwater lake that can be used for boating and fishing.

Big Spring Spirits Bellefonte bigspringspirits.com Offers more than 10 spirits, including Big Spring Vodka, Rum, Silver Lion White Corn Whiskey, Spiced Rum, Coconut Rum, 7 Governors’ Gin, Silver Fox White Rye Whiskey, and Silver Hare Wheat Whiskey.

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Elk Creek Café + Aleworks Millheim elkcreekcafe.net As the name implies, Elk Creek has an ale-centric beer list, but the variety offered is substantial, from light to dark and from malt-forward to heavily hopped.

Good Intent Cider Bellefonte goodintentcider.com Opened in October 2014, Good Intent Cider offers seven hard ciders, including Adam’s Apple, The More the Berrier, Rose Farm Orchard, and Hodgepodge.

Happy Valley Brewery State College happyvalleybeer.com Serves up a core range of well-crafted beers plus a number of inventive seasonals on tap at any given time.

Those seasonals go quickly and embrace unusual styles and unique ingredients.

Happy Valley Vineyard & Winery State College thehappyvalleywinery.com Has more than 25 wines, including Fox Point, Blue Luna, and Ruby Throat Rosé.

Keewaydin Cider Mill State College ottospubandbrewery.com Brought to you by Otto’s Pub & Brewery, Keewaydin Cider Mill offers three hard ciders — a semisweet, semidry, and cherry hard cider.

Mount Nittany Vineyard & Winery Centre Hall mtnittanywinery.com Offers free tastings of its more than 25 awardwinning wines, which range from dry to sweet.

Some wines to try include Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Nittany Mountain White, Nittany Mountain Blush, and Tailgate Red.

Otto’s Pub & Brewery State College ottospubandbrewery.com The granddaddy of Centre County breweries pours quite a number of ales and lagers, and will not disappoint regardless of your expectations. Otto’s also offers a variety of styles in cases and six packs at many retail outlets.

Robin Hood Brewing at Home D Pizzeria Bellefonte and State College robinhoodbrewingco.com Robin Hood brews up bright, tasty ales and lagers specifically to pair with its Italian-centric menu.

Seven Mountains Wine Cellars Spring Mills sevenmountainswinecellars .com Offers more than 30 wines, including Ten Point, Vidal Blanc, Traminette, and Cranberry. Has Campfire Friday Nights starting in June, featuring acoustic music.

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DINING Whether you’re a townie, a Penn State fan, or just passing through, there are a number of worthy places to stop in for a bite to eat in State College. From burgers and pizza to tapas and fine dining, there is something for everyone. The diverse college community also allows for a taste of different ethnic foods from Indian, Thai, Austrian, and Greek cuisine. Embracing the microbrewery and distillery industry, you can find locally brewed beers and spirits to accompany your lunch or dinner. Whether you are ordering food for a tailgate or need formal catering services, check out these local eateries.

Baby’s Burgers & Shakes 131 South Garner Street State College (814) 234-4776 babysburgers.com

Cozy Thai Bistro 232 South Allen Street State College (814) 237-0139 cozythaibistro.com

bar bleu 114 South Garner Street State College (814) 237-0374 bar-bleu.com

Dam Donuts 216 West High Street Bellefonte (814) 548-7825 Damdonuts.com

Barranquero Café 324 East Calder Way State College (814) 954-7548 Barranquerocafe.com

The Deli Restaurant 113 Hiester Street State College (814) 237-5710 TheDeliRestaurant.com

Barrel 21 Distillery & Dining 2255 North Atherton Street State College (814) 308-9522 Barrel21distillery.com

The Dining Room at The Nittany Lion Inn 200 West Park Avenue State College (814) 865-8590 nittanylioninn.psu.edu

Carnegie Inn & Spa 100 Cricklewood Drive State College (814) 234-2424 carnegieinnandspa.com

Duffy’s Boalsburg Tavern On the Diamond Boalsburg (814) 466-6241 duffystavernpa.com

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Faccia Luna Pizzeria 1229 South Atherton Street (814) 237-9000 Faccialuna.com Fiddlehead 134 West College Avenue State College (814) 237-0595 Fiddleheadstatecollege.com Galanga 454 East College Avenue State College (814) 237-1718 cozythaibistro.com The Garden Restaurant at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel 215 Innovation Blvd.

Innovation Park (814) 863-5090 thepennstaterhotel.psu.edu Gigi’s West College Avenue, corner of Cato Avenue State College (814) 861-3463 Gigidining.com

The Greek 102 East Clinton Avenue State College (814) 308-8822 thegreekrestaurant.net

India Pavilion 222 East College Avenue State College (814) 237-3400 indiapavilion.net

Liberty Craft House 346 East College Avenue State College (814) 954-4923 LibertyCraftHouse.com

Herwig’s Austrian Bistro 132 West College Avenue State College (814) 272-0738 herwigsaustrianbistro.com

Inferno Brick Oven & Bar 340 East College Avenue State College (814) 237-5718 InfernoBrickOvenBar.com

Mario’s Italian Restaurant 1272 North Atherton Street State College (814) 234-4273 MariosItalianStateCollege.com

Hi-Way Pizza 1688 North Atherton Street State College (814) 237-0375 HiWayPizza.com

Irving’s 110 East College Avenue State College (814) 231-0604 Irvingsstatecollege.com

Meyer Dairy 2390 South Atherton Street State College (814) 1849

The Hopshop Beer Market 117 Hiester Street State College (814) 308-9808 HopshopBeerMarket.com

Legends Pub at The Penn Stater Conference Center House 215 Innovation Blvd.

Innovation Park (814) 863-5080 thepennstaterhotel.psu.edu

Hoss’s Steak & Sea House 1454 North Atherton Street State College (814) 234-4009 www.hoss.com

Otto’s Pub & Brewery 2235 North Atherton Street State College (814) 867-6886 Ottospubanbrewery.com The Saloon 101 Hiester Street State College (814) 234-1344 HomeOfTheMonkeyBoy.com

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The Tavern Restaurant 220 East College Avenue State College (814) 238-6116 thetavern.com Whiskers at The Nittany Lion Inn 200 West Park Avenue State College (814) 865-8580 nittanylioninn.psu.edu Z Bar at The Deli 113 Hiester Street State College 814-237-5710 TheDeliRestaurant.com Zola Kitchen & Wine Bar 324 West College Avenue State College (814) 237-8474 zolakitchen.com T&G

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