MetaStages Theatre Centre, an outreach program, offers classes after school and on Saturdays for children from kindergarten through 12th grade. Weekly sessions begin on Saturday, Jan. 24, and continue through April. The classes are held in the Paul Robeson Cultural Center on the University Park campus. Children receive performance training from professionals in acting, voice, movement, mime and masks as they rehearse and perform plays from various countries and cultures. Classes culminate with an afternoon of final performances.
Class size is limited.
The Community Arts Center in Williamsport, part of Penn College, will host The Peking Acrobats, long touted as one of the foremost acrobatic troupes in the world, Thursday, Feb. 12. Minn. Since that time, the group has pleased audiences throughout the country. The concert in the Gallery Lounge is free to the public. The Palmer Museum's 25th Anniversary celebration continues with new exhibitions running through the semester. Part of the eight-month celebration of the museum's long presence on the University Park campus, the exhibitions feature many works given to the museum over the years.