Vaida Palmore of Altoona is competing for the title of America’s Favorite Student and has made it to the quarterfinals. Vaida is a fourth-grade student Penn Lincoln Elementary School and is the daughter of Charissa Buck of Altoona. Winner will appear in Reader’s Digest, tour The ...
Cresson Public Library has announced its upcoming programs. The library will be closed on Saturday, May 23, and Monday, May 25, for Memorial Day. Pop-Up Craft Days: On Tuesdays, May 5 and May 19, children can stop by the library to make spring DIY crafts. All materials and instructions are provided. Story Time and Activity Hour: Story Time will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 9. Pawsome Reading Program: The therapy dogs will return from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 20. Even if your child cannot read yet, your child can look through a picture book and use his/her ...
Saturday, May 2 Felix & The Hurricanes will perform from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at The Heidelberg CC, 812 Frankstown Road, Altoona. $5 cover charge. Food from Rob’s Catering/Grill will be available. Two celebrated singer-songwriters will reunite on one stage at 7 p.m. ...
Hardcover Fiction 1. “Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke (Knopf) 2. “Purple State” by Dana Perino (Harper) 3. “The Correspondent” by Virginia Evans (Crown) 4. “Hope Rises” by David Baldacci (Grand Central) 5. “A Woman’s Place” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 6. “Starside (deluxe ed.)” by Alex Aster (Avon) 7. “Paradox” by Preston/Preston (Forge) 8. “The Mother-Daughter Book Club” by Patterson/Patterson (Little, Brown) 9. “The Night We Met (deluxe ed.)” by Abby Jimenez (Forever) 10. “Rites of the Starling” by Devney Perry (Red ...
The movies always feel bigger in the summer. The budgets. The ambition. The names. The stakes. This summer, Hollywood has many of the regulars on the lineup: “Spider-Man,” “Minions,” “Star Wars” and “Toy Story.” But the most eagerly anticipated is not a superhero, toy, or ...
The Nittany Valley Writers’ Network will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, in the Schlow Library Community Room, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Doors open at 6 p.m. Editor Kimberly McElhatten will present “Behind the Submission Button,” an inside look at the submission process ...
