Penn State Altoona's University Jazz Band will perform at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. The performance is free and open to the public.
Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber, professor of music at Penn State Altoona, and alumna Brandis Ajay will perform with the Altoona Symphony Orchestra at “Italian Night at the Symphony” on Saturday, April 13.
Designed for all levels and abilities for those over 18, this class will provide instruction on classic jazz warm-up techniques, stylized movements, and dynamic choreography exercises.
Penn State Altoona has announced that E. M. Liddick’s memoir, “All the Memories that Remain: War, Alzheimer’s, and the Search for a Way Home,” is the Common Read selection for the 2024-25 academic year.
Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Dance Ensemble will take the stage for the spring performance, “Skyline,” on Thursday and Friday, April 11 and 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Center for Performing Arts. Pieces by dance faculty KT Huckabee and Jessica Jaye Mackinson will be performed.
A Pennsylvania native, Wemple writes frequently about the people and places of the Susquehanna Valley. His work includes three poetry collections: “You Can See It from Here,” selected for the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award, “The Civil War in Baltimore,” and “Artemas and Ark: the Ridge and Valley poems.” He is also the author of two poetry chapbooks.
Designed for all levels and abilities for participants over the age of 18, this class will provide instruction on barre exercises, alignment, flexibility, strength and coordination, as well as the fundamentals of turns, leaps, and dynamic traveling movements.
On Tuesday, March 12, 60 students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts for the spring 2024 Hard Freight Café open mic event.
“Something About the Sky” by 2023-24 Penn State Laureate Lori Hepner will be exhibited in the McLanahan and Sheetz Galleries of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts March 28 through April 27. The exhibit features a new series of cloud drawings and skyscape light paintings featuring movement created through Hepner’s performances in the studio using wearable LEDs.
