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OK, so you don't have 12 hours to spend at a concert on Saturday.
Although the three bands playing Thursday's Roustabout! have something -- or someone -- in common, they each have their own sound that will make for a very different show.
In the warm spring days leading up to singer Colbie Caillat's Penn State show, the one word the artist uses to sum up her music seems fitting.
The Fall of Troy is, for all intents and purposes, a progressive metal band.
A group of 15 students huddled in a circle last week, dancing, swaying their arms and belting out songs by pop artists such as Flo Rida, Goo Goo Dolls and OneRepublic. They occasionally burst out laughing, cracked jokes mid-song and munched on snacks.
Andy Pool, the bassist for band Sign the Surrender, has worked hard for six years to become the bass player he is today.
As Penn State seniors are getting ready for mid-May graduation and entering the work force, a group of white-faced, red-nosed alumni will also be applying skills learned from their secondary education.
Someone walking down the streets of New York City in 1987 might have thought nothing of the three street performers who were painted blue.
Dance groups both seasoned and new will perform this weekend, proving that age really ain't nothing but a number.
With a fluffy-sounding name like The Pillowman, students might think this week's No Refund Theatre production is one for the younger set.
Where: Poodle skirts and hula hoops may not be as popular as they used to be, but the "nifty '50s" are still swingin' at The Rag and Bone, 240 E. Calder Way. The shop is home to real vintage clothing, accessories and home decorations. Each piece is handpicked, restored and available at an affordable price. For a one-time event, some pieces are even available for rent.
Be the hit of your spring formal by snatching up one of these popular trends for this season's dresses.
This is the final installment in a four-part series tracking the creative process as Penn State's film/video students shoot, cut and complete their senior films.
Harold and Kumar, the characters portrayed by actors John Cho and Kal Penn, have ridden cheetahs, hang-glided and escaped a freaky foursome, all in the name of little White Castle burgers. But Friday, they will face their biggest adventure yet in Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.
Students who saw the extraneous windows hanging from the steel structure that was welded to the patio of the Forum Building this week were not hallucinating.
Two weeks ago, this girl from the Pittsburgh suburbs took the four-hour bus ride to Philadelphia for a bold first-time visit.
Pennsylvania, you deserve a break.
