A selection of virtual and in-person cultural events happening at the University this weekend and next week
A performance by renowned pianist Robin Spielberg, a virtual presentation from actor Sean Astin and a conversation with groundbreaking sports writer Claire Smith are among the cultural highlights taking place at Penn State this weekend and next week.Image: Robin Spielberg
Things to Do at Penn State: March 11-18
March 10, 2021
What s happening at Penn State? Here s a look at some of the cultural events both in-person and virtual taking place at the University this weekend and next week:
Performances
Palmer Museum of Art acquires rare and important work by Grafton Tyler Brown
Grafton Tyler Brown, Hot Springs at Yellowstone, 1889, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 inches. Purchased with funds from the Terra Art Enrichment Fund, Palmer Museum of Art, 2020.
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Palmer Museum of Art acquires rare and important work by Grafton Tyler Brown
March 09, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced the purchase of the 1889 painting Hot Springs at Yellowstone by the artist Grafton Tyler Brown (1841–1918). Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to free Black parents, Brown went on to become known for his landscape paintings of Western subjects.
A selection of virtual and in-person cultural events happening at the University this weekend and next week
A performance from the Calidore String Quartet, a Women s History Month presentation from attorney and social justice advocate Jasmine Rand and a reading from Walt Whitman Award-winning poet Emily Skaja are among the cultural highlights taking place at Penn State this weekend and next week.Image: Marco Borggreve
Things to Do at Penn State: March 4-11
March 03, 2021
What s happening at Penn State? Here s a look at some of the cultural events both in-person and virtual taking place at the University this weekend and next week:
Henry D. Sahakian, a prominent local businessman, philanthropist and one of the most influential figures in the State College area’s development over the past 60 years, died on Feb. 23 in State College at the age of 84.
Sahakian’s many residential and commercial building projects have played a major role in shaping downtown State College and the rest of Centre Region as Penn State and the surrounding community rapidly grew in the second half of the 20th century and into the 21st.
Though he made his home in Centre County beginning with his time as a Penn State student in the 1950s, he also made a mark well beyond central Pennsylvania as well, founding the Uni-Mart convenience store chain and developing hotels, medical buildings and shopping centers elsewhere.