First of all, I would like to congratulate myself, as this is my introductory post with the Get a Nightlife blog. That being said, I would like to welcome all of those people so eager to find out what to do in State College that they would take the advice of a student who is pretty boring in his own right. But, I digress...

In case you haven't heard, this weekend is the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. Sounds pretty boring right? Well it is. That is if you're sober. But fear not readers! I have the perfect solution. Drink, sample art, drink, drink, sample more art, and then drink some more. Follow this schedule and I promise you'll have a mediocre Arts Fest at worst.

If you're not a fan of the sauce, Arts Fest does offer a sort of family reunion type feel, as everyone from students spending summer at home to the vast array of alumni travel to Happy Valley this weekend. Think of it as a football game without as much of the bruiting masculinity. There are several different music groups in attendance, including Lao Tizer Band, and everyone's favorite, Velveeta(I never miss those guys, er, girls.) There's a bunch of art, but I don't care about that, and neither do you. It's ok, I'm not here to judge. Well, maybe a little. The highlight of Arts Fest comes in the form of all of the food stands that are around, tempting the senses with sights and smells of funnel cakes, hot dogs, and ice cream. Mmmmmmmmmmm, ice cream.

In a nutshell, Arts Fest is another excuse for the students and alumni at Penn State to gather and get ripped while critiquing an old woman's art collection that she worked for the better part of the century to put together. It's just another excuse, but a damn fine one.

Eller out.