Food Security
Mel Curtis, the director of the YMCA’s anti-hunger programs, had his first food distribution experience as a teenage member of the Hope Fire Company of Philipsburg. Half a century later,...
Fostering Creativity
Jill Campbell, who created ARTsmART at State High, is retiring after 38 years with the State College Area School District.Inside State High’s black box theater, Jill Campbell acts as a critic for her advanced performing arts enrichment class. Campbell customarily starts classes with an icebreaker, or “whip around” as...
The Ethics of Art
Shara McCallum Poet 2021-22 Penn State Laureate BA, University of Miami; MFA, University of Maryland; Ph.D., Binghamton University In speaking of art, we often focus on considerations of aesthetics, on...
Au Naturel
Every so often a controversy hits the wine world, and it occupies the attention of industry devotees for a hot minute. A decade or so ago, the burning issue was...