Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts

The 2016 version of the Arts Fest App allows artists to share info and updates and festival-goers to learn more about the artists and their creations.

The 50th Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts gets started Wednesday with the annual Children and Youth Day.

Even within those days in July, the impact of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts is felt beyond downtown State College and the Penn State campus.

The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts has come to mean many things to the many people who have experienced it. It means music, food, and getting together with old friends. It means lounging on the lawn of Old Main and listening to a favorite local performer. It means checking out the creativ

The first Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts was big news. Governor Raymond Shafer flew in by helicopter to open the festival, landing on Old Main lawn. Banners flew, artists in action showed their skills, and crowds enjoyed theater performances, films, and local bands. And yet, the festival

The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts will celebrate its 50th year July 13-17 in Downtown State College and on the Penn State campus. On Thursday, the festival unveiled its annual, collectible poster.

The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts is now under new management as it gets ready to celebrate its 50th year. New officers and members of the board of directors were elected at the annual meeting on Oct. 20. The new officers are: Steve Watson, board president; Amy Caputo, vice-president; Bob Hicks, treasurer;…