FOOD & DRINK
Burning Ma’aM Festival Expands to 2 Days of Music and Camping
Burning Ma'aM is getting bigger for its fourth year. The DIY campout music festival hosted by State College-based cowpunk rockers Ma'aM will be held Friday, May 24, and Saturday, May 25, at Winkelblech Fields, 1104 Pine Creek Road in Woodward. It will mark the first time the festival has featured two full days and nights of music and camping. With mostly word-of-mouth and grassroots promotion, hundreds have attended each of the past years' single-day festivals, according to Ma'aM guitarist-vocalist Tiger Cabus. "We’re hoping to reach new audiences and keep growing," Cabus said. Burning Ma'am will feature 18 acts from throughout the Mid-Atlantic across the...
Downtown restaurant BRGR closes after failing to pay rent
Downtown State College burger restaurant BRGR has closed one month after a real estate company filed a complaint against them for not paying rent. Calder Joint Venture declared SRG State College, LLC, the owners of BRGR, in default for failing to honor rent payments on April 5, according to court documents.
State College caricaturist Chip Mock draws town for nearly 45 years
Chip Mock just needs two minutes and a magic marker to make you “look more like you than you look like you.”. Mock, a State College caricaturist, has been drawing caricatures for almost 45 years. From drawing his seventh grade teacher to drawing countless Penn State students, Mock has captured thousands of smiling faces.
5th Annual BBQ Bonanza features live music, food & craft vendors, car show, and more
HUNTINGDON, Pa. (WTAJ) — Studio 814’s Rebecca Petner chats with Alan Boyer, the Huntingdon BBQ Bonanza coordinator, Karlie Shook, and her brother-in-law Conner Shook about the BBQ Bonanza and Car Show in honor of Cody Shook who died from a motorcycle accident. The 5th Annual BBQ Bonanza is...
AAUW Used Book Sale
The AAUW State College Used Book Sale, one of the largest used book sales in the country, is a popular community event held annually in the spring since 1962. During the sale, thousands of visitors converge on Penn State’s Snider Agricultural Arena to browse and purchase up to quarter of a million books and other materials.
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