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Movin' On, the 12-hour outdoor music festival scheduled to take place on April 26 on the HUB lawn, predominantly features national acts of varying genres. On the side-stage, however, five local bands will share the spotlight.
Unlike the Penn State football team, which battles other major state universities on the field, this weekend will see a union of schools on more friendly terrain: the stage.
Pennsylvania songwriters Mark DeRose and Mike Mizwinski aren't childhood friends, but they've known each other long enough to want to play together.
Pfunkt, the one-man show from Pittsburgh, is worth waiting for.
Scarlett Johansson, Common and Kate Walsh, who are all featured in Will.I.Am.'s popular YouTube video supporting Barack Obama, are just a few celebrities who have gotten involved in the upcoming presidential election.
The Oriana Singers may perform in matching formal attire, but their upcoming spring concert won't be quite as uniform.
For many musicians, equipment is one of the most important parts of crafting a musical identity.
When Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers take the stage at 8 p.m. today at Chronic Town, 224 W. College Ave., don't expect the band's sound to resemble its albums.
Father Time, James Bond and a pantless stoner will take the stage tonight in 111 Forum during this year's No Refund Theatre (NRT) and Phroth collaborative effort, Phroth Phest.
Next week, the timeless rags-to-riches tale of a charismatic young woman from Argentina will live on at University Park with help from two Penn State alumnae.
More than 100 dancers will take the stage at the State Theatre this weekend, performing not just for the audience, but especially for women with breast cancer.
Students in the sciences be warned: No matter how virtuous your intentions -- avoid experimenting on yourself.
Keeping in touch with the joys of childhood can be difficult. With all the stresses of classes and jobs, it's easy for students to lose touch with their imaginative past.
Most people are familiar with the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet. The star-crossed lovers are hard to escape in a literature curriculum, although it's a safe bet that most students would get lost in the archaic language without the help of www.sparknotes.com's No Fear Shakespeare.
Coco Chanel once said: "I don't do fashion; I AM fashion." Every week, our style reporters will find a person who exemplifies that tenet.
The worst kind of day is a bad hair day. For those of us plagued with unruly curls, it may seem at times there is no way to tame the mane. However, no need to fret.
Film students leaping into the competitive struggle to succeed in the national market for feature-length films have to deal with a lot of risks. But few of them have to deal with looking for weapons of mass destruction.
Working as a delivery driver in State College is tough business: dealing with drunks on Calder Way, having to park on Beaver Avenue any time after 11 p.m., walking over landfills of trash in the Meridian III (sometimes II, but never I) and, my personal favorite, delivering in the snow and getting tipped 19 cents.
The "Battle of the Bands" idea is probably as old as the universe's second band.
