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Area Life

Food collection box located at Sam’s Club

A box to collect food items for veterans is located in Sam’s Club, Altoona. In addition to food items, gift cards, paper products, paper plates, plastic ware, toilet paper, hygiene items, drinks, snacks, crackers, pet items, pressure cookies, pots and pans are also being accepted. For more ...

Bedford County Players find new home

Editor's Note: The following story has been edited and updated after it was published online and in the Mirror print edition on Monday, July 18. By Cati Keith ckeith@altoonamirror.com CENTERVILLE — The Bedford County Players are gearing up for a new season in a new home at the former ...

Word of the Nerd: Card game led to world of memories

A fair concession to pretty much all of my readers this week, you’ve likely never heard of manga artist Kazuki Takahashi. Takahashi was the creator of the “Yu-Gi-Oh!” franchise, which began as a manga in the late 1990s and quickly grew into a worldwide phenomenon with a popular anime ...

ACT announces productions for 74th season, tickets on sale

Altoona Community Theatre has announced productions for its 74th season at the Mishler Theatre and season subscriptions are on sale. Four tickets for $68 (plus $4 per subscription fee) is a 17% savings over individual ticket prices and box office fees. Or, for flexibility, a Flex Passbook ...

CLP announces Music Fest

LORETTO — An all-day music festival will run from 2 to 10 p.m. July 16 at Cresson Lake Playhouse behind the barn theater at 279 Shapiro Road. The PennCrest Music Fest, in its second year, features: — 2 p.m. — acoustic duo Walt & Jackie, voted “Simply the Best” Entertainers in ...

‘A joy to experience:’ SAMA hosts new, colorful art exhibit

Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Altoona’s exhibit “Intersections: Color, Shape and Geometric Abstraction, Patrick Schmidt 2004-2022” is a colorful feast for the senses. The Pittsburgh artist has transformed the museum’s Shirley and Fred A. Pechter Gallery and the Paul E. ...