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Centred Outdoors First Night Hike
Bundle up to join Centred Outdoors for an urban excursion this New Year’s Eve. The First Night Guided Walk will begin at ClearWater Conservancy’s ice sculpture in Sidney Friedman Park at noon. We will walk for approximately 45 minutes through the numerous ice sculptures around town and end at the Centred Outdoors Resolution Tree at...
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State College Area High School Thespians
Join the State College Area High School Thespians for a royal New Year’s Eve Ball featuring some princesses and princes and a few surprise guests. Each will have a musical story to share and will interact with all of the guests at the ball. The program is especially suitable for children. A First Night Button is required...
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Arietta Women’s Ensemble CANCELLED
Arietta Women’s Ensemble, 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. Since its inception, Arietta has performed with the State College Choral Society, and at national conferences at Penn State in addition to performing for church, community and...
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Middle-earth Studios presents The Legend of the Unicorn
Since ancient times storytelling has enchanted people of all ages. Middle-earth Studios’ kind of story-telling is an interactive celebration that brings out the kid in everyone. Anyone can be a part of our story and they costume up to 100 people from the crowd. For days afterwards you’ll still hear people talking about the show...
Find out more »Happy Valley Improv
Happy Valley Improv is State College's premier longform improv company, bringing the art of improvisation to Centre County through performances, classes, workshops, and community outreach. Started by four improvisers in the basement of a church in early 2017, the group now consists of seventeen company members performing a variety of improv styles and forms at...
Find out more »Altoona Brass Collective
The Altoona Brass Collective was formed in 2017 by musicians in the central Pennsylvania area sharing a love of brass instruments, quality music, and live performance. All of ABC’s repertoire has been written specifically for the ensemble. The members of the band have strong local ties, having attended the music schools of Clarion University, Duquesne...
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Rick Hirsch 5
This dynamic quintet performs classic tunes by Horace Silver, Yusef Lateef, Eddie Harris, Bobby Timmons, Brian Blade, Arthur Goldstein in a tribute to soul jazz pioneers. Lancaster-based saxophonist Ryan Kauffman is a member of the Harrisburg Jazz Collective and the NakedEye Ensemble. Kevin Lowe is the drummer in the Zeropoint Big Band, Erin Condo &...
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