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First Thursday State College will continue its celebration of the arts on May 1st with exhibits, performances, and activities at locations throughout downtown State College and the Penn State campus. Participants will be identified by posters on the sidewalk outside the event venue. Unless otherwise noted, admission to all First Thursday events is free and open to the public.

Funding for First Thursday has been generously provided by the Knight Foundation Fund of the Centre County Community Foundation.

Parking is free every evening at the street meters after 6:00 p.m., every Thursday after 6:00 p.m. at the parking lots located on Fraser Street and Beaver Avenue and Allen Street (across from Municipal Building), and the McAllister parking deck. Parking is NOT FREE in the Fraser, Beaver and Pugh Street Garages.

The Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA) provides FREE BLUE and WHITE LOOP service all evening until 2:30 a.m. every Thursday during Full Service, with service operating every 6-11 minutes. The LOOPs provide circulator service through the University Park Campus and Downtown State College, providing free transportation to all First Thursday activities. See the CATA website, www.catabus.com, for details.

May Events

The Artisan Connection
5-8 p.m.: *Engler Glass - Works by Dylan and Amy Engler whose focus is creating functional and decorative glass for use in the home, using bright colors and imaginative designs. Engler Glass has been a juried artist in the Central PA Festival of the Arts for the past two years and has created a loyal and local following. Visit the store for a look at these western Pennsylvania glass artists - 135 East Beaver Avenue.

The Creative Oasis:

5:30-7 p.m.: Demonstrations of wheel-thrown and hand-built pottery-133 East Beaver Avenue.

Growing Tree Toys:

5:30Ð7:30 p.m.: Make Your Own Mothers Day Cards.   Children ages 4 and up can use our cool, colorful pop-out designs to make customized cards for the important people in their life for Mothers Day! Meet us at Growing Tree Toys 202 South Allen Street.

Happy Valley Optical:

5-7   p.m.: Exhibition of Art work by Betty Hart Ð 208 South Allen Street.

Penn State University Libraries:
4:30 p.m.: "Hemingway Writing Home: Letters to His Family 1917-1957 ," Gallery talk by Sandra S. Spanier, Penn State professor of English and general editor of the Hemingway Letters Project, and Verna Kale, Ph.D. candidate in English-104 Paterno Library.
                                                                                                       
Exhibits:
8 a.m.-9 p.m.
"The National Pan-Hellenic Council: The Divine Nine," an exhibit, on display to April 30, 2008-Pattee Library main exhibit hall.

"Anyone Would Have Done That: The Rescue of the 13 Jews from Ergoldsbach," on display to August 22-the Diversity Studies Room, 109 Pattee Library.

8 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
"Hemingway Writing Home: Letters to His Family 1917-1957," on display through May 30 -104 Paterno Library.

Penn State School of Music:

12:10 p.m.: Bach's Lunch - Horn Studio - Chamber Music-Eisenhower Chapel, University Park.

* 8:00 p.m.: Symphonic Band - Eisenhower Auditorium, University Park, tickets $8/$4, available at the Eisenhower Ticket Center [814-863-0255 or 1-800-ARTS-TIX] or online at http://www.cpa.psu.edu .

Schlow Centre Region Library

7-p.m.: Arietta - a 20-voice women's chorale and the official outreach ensemble of the State College Choral Society will perform selection from European music.

* Unless marked by an asterisk, all events are free.

Kitchen Kaboodle

5-8 p.m.: "The Art of the Apron" - Join us for a fashion show of lovely designed aprons in contemporary to retro styles - 104 West Beaver Avenue.

For more information on First Thursday State College, contact Katie O’Toole at 238-1126.
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