Community Events

International Poetry Night
Webster's Bookstore Cafe 133 E. Beaver Avenue, State College, PA, United StatesGlobal Connections invites you to join us for our annual International Poetry Night at Webster’s Bookstore Café. You are welcome to share a favorite poem and read it aloud in your own language along with [...]

First Friday
Downtown State College State College, PA, United StatesExperience the cool vibe of downtown State College during our monthly First Friday events. A casual atmosphere features art, people-watching, mingling with friends, shopping, and dining at the diverse and delectable State College restaurants. First [...]

Improv Comedy Show
Blue Brick Theatre 209 W Calder Way, State CollegeCome on out an enjoy an evening of entertainment! Our 9pm show each Friday features 2 long-form improv sets with an intermission in between. On special occasions, we'll present a singular 45 minute set with [...]

Saturday Baby Lapsit
Schlow Centre Region Library 211 S. Allen Street, State College, PA, United StatesSweet stories, songs, and lapsit rhymes - a playtime just for baby and grown-up. Recommended for babies up to 14 months old. Registration not required.

Saturday Storytime
Schlow Centre Region Library 211 S. Allen Street, State College, PA, United StatesJoin us for storytime with a Children's Staff Member! Enjoy books, songs, fingerplays, and more. Recommended for ages 2-6 Registration not required.

The Great American Eclipse
Schlow Centre Region Library 211 S. Allen Street, State College, PA, United StatesOn April 8, 2024, a spectacular total solar eclipse will sweep across North America. It will be the only total solar eclipse in the 21st century where the totality will be visible in Mexico, USA, [...]

Nittany Valley Writers Network Meeting
Schlow Centre Region Library 211 S. Allen Street, State College, PA, United StatesThe Nittany Valley Writers Network will meet on Tuesday, April 9 at 6:30 p.m., in the Schlow Library Community Room, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Guest speaker, Eva J. Pell, will discuss “My Unlikely [...]

Discovery Day
Schlow Centre Region Library 211 S. Allen Street, State College, PA, United StatesStop by the Children's Department for a fun craft or activity. Today we'll be making: A Bernoulli-Magnus Flyer! Registration not required First come, first served Supplies are limited

Nerd Nite State College!
Webster's Bookstore Cafe 133 E. Beaver Avenue, State College, PA, United StatesOur second installment of Nerd Nite returns to Webster's Bookstore Cafe where we consider that Heavy Metal Music is the sound of global risk, the intersection of video games and reality, and other nerdy subjects [...]

PSCS presents Bernarda Alba
Penn State Downtown Theatre Center 146 S. Allen St, State College, PA, United StatesLaChiusa brings a musical voice to Federico García Lorca’s final 1936 masterpiece, The House of Bernarda Alba, through pulsing castanets, trilling Spanish guitars and resounding rhythmic stomps.