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First Friday

August 6, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Experience the cool vibe of downtown State College during our monthly First Friday events. A casual atmosphere features art, people-watching, mingling with friends, shopping, and dining at the diverse and delectable State College restaurants. First Friday goers will experience after-hours access to galleries and shops, free bites and beverages, live music from Kristi Jean, retail and restaurant specials, and more. And there’s free parking in the Pugh, Fraser and Beaver garages with validations from participating merchants. For more information, please follow our Facebook event here.

 

 

Join Kristi Jean at the MLK Plaza from 5:30pm for live music for August First Friday (8/6/21)!

First Friday - Make Your Own Wooden Modge-Podge Earrings (or Keyring!) - 08/06, 6-8pm

The Makery and instructor Bec Shepski will be hosting a make your own wooden modge-podge earrings (or keyring) class during August First Friday, from 6-8PM. Registration is $10, and you can sign up today!
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Happy Valley Improv will be hosting their monthly improv show, which will feature 3 acts at the Blue Brick Theatre from 7-8:30pm during August First Friday. Tickets are available to purchase via their website https://bluebricktickets.square.site/
$12.50 General Admission, $10 Student Tickets
3 Dots Downtown shall have music from The Elbows and a Black August Trivia event. Black August is a tradition that originated in California’s prisons in the 1970’s after the deaths of brothers Jonathan and George Jackson, as well as other incarcerated Black men who sought freedom. Black 2 Reality will host our first annual “Black August Trivia” Friday, August 6, 2021. Join “Black Tea” and Gratified Grad, LLC for an evening of entertainment, education, and Black empowerment. Winners will receive prizes and everyone will go home having learned something new. Hope to see you at 6pm at 3 Dots Downtown! Please register for trivia at Black 2 Reality | Linktree. Stay Woke!
Locations & Hours

From 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Kish Bank will be featuring art from their partner The Art Alliance. Additionally, there will be an occasional featured business, musician, and wine, beer and cheeses for all to enjoy.

 

The Woskob Family Gallery is a contemporary art space and will be displaying the work of Yeonhye Park during First Friday. We hope that you enjoy the vibrant window installation created, titled ‘The Eternity of Moment’.

 

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