Community
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LION Bash Returns With Block Party and Resource Fair
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The annual Living in One Neighborhood (LION) Bash returns to State College on Thursday, showcasing over 170 local businesses and organizations. A partnership between the borough and Penn State, LION Bash is a combination of a resource fair and block party featuring student organizations, neighborhood associations, clubs, businesses and local food vendors from 5 p.m.…
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Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band Brings Jazz to Eisenhower Auditorium
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Big band jazz will kickoff the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State’s 2025-26 season this month. The Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band will make its Penn State debut at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 10 at Eisenhower Auditorium, with a show that revives the traditional jazz ensemble format through “high-octane” performance. Tickets are $52…
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Grammy-Nominated Kassa Overall to Perform at Manny’s
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Grammy-nominated drummer, producer and composer Kassa Overall will bring his genre-bending CREAM Tour to Manny’s Live Performance Space in State College this week for an intimate and energetic night of musical innovation fusing hip-hop and jazz. Doors open at 7 p.m. on Thursday for the all-ages show at the 101 Hiester Street venue. Tickets are…
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Local Historia: Education in the 1800s
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Early Centre County schoolhouses featured “tyrannical, illiterate” teachers, historian John Blair Linn wrote.
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Faith After the Flood: Local Churches Join Relief Effort
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Nearly a year after Hurricane Helene left mountain towns across North Carolina and Tennessee devastated, the signs of recovery are everywhere thanks in part to the determination of local residents and the helping hands of volunteers, including a team from Centre County.
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Fun Is Growing This Fall at Happy Valley Agventures
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This story originally appeared in Town&Gown magazine’s Fall/Winter Preview. It’s hard to beat fall in Happy Valley, with football weekends back on the calendar, fall foliage at its peak and fun for the whole family to enjoy. One of the best parts of autumn in Happy Valley has been growing around us all summer long.…
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League of Women Voters of Centre County to Host Forum on ‘Why Pa. Courts Matter’
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The League of Women Voters of Centre County and Foxdale Village will host an evening with retired Centre County Court of Common Pleas Judge Thomas Kistler for a discussion about “Why Pennsylvania Courts Matter” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 2, at the Foxdale Village Auditorium, 500 E. Marylyn Ave, State College. The event is…
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Bringing the Farm Downtown: Rooted Farmstead Sets Up Shop in Calder Way Pop-Up
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Rooted Farmstead, a Bellefonte area flower farm known for its pick-your-own fields, workshops and community events, has brought its interactive floral experience to downtown State College. The farm is operating a shop through the end of September in the Calder Way Pop-Up space at 236 E. Calder Way, offering fresh-cut flowers, a bouquet bar, plants…
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‘Good Food’ With Goot Essa
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What began as an effort to keep Amish families on the farm has grown into a business that ships cheeses, jams and more, all made in Happy Valley with local milk and produce.
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With a New Name and New Owners, State College Cheesesteak Shop to Hold Grand Opening
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A downtown State College cheesesteak shop is reopening under new owners and a new name. Penn Steaks, 119 S. Pugh St., will hold a grand opening from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday. The restaurant was previously known as Campus Steaks since it opened in 2023 under different owners. The grand opening will include complimentary…