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First Friday

September 3, 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, 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.

Eric Ian Farmer and Ady Martinez Featuring Bob Hart
MLK Plaza Stage
5:30 – 8:00pm

Songs in English and songs in Spanish – bridged by the universal language of music!
Eric Ian Farmer has returned to his birthplace of State College sharing his songs about relationships, social awareness, and finding one’s path in life while keeping alive classics by artists like Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, and Bob Marley. Eric learned how to become one with a song from Bonnie Carter and David Williams, singers in the church of his childhood just across the North Carolina state line in Danville, Virginia.
Ady Martinez (born Adianez Milaris Martinez) is a Venezuelan singer/songwriter, educator, and cuatro player, known through her distinctive style of Latin-inspired music. She was born and raised in La Guaira, a city located near Caracas on the Caribbean coast of northern Venezuela. She is of Afro-Venezuelan, Spanish, and Indigenous Venezuelan ancestry. Besides her grandparents, Ady often cites the popular Venezuelan musicians Gaspar Navarro and Cruz Felipe Iriarte as major influences in her early musical life.

First Friday at the Downtown State College Improvement District

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The Downtown State College Improvement District will be hosting an open house event to showcase our new visiting artist, Stacie Bird, during this First Friday from 5-8:00pm. Please wear a mask when visiting.

First Friday at the Blue Brick Theatre

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Happy Valley Improv will be hosting an improv show, which will feature 3 acts at the Blue Brick Theatre from 7-8:30pm during September First Friday. Tickets are available to purchase via their website https://bluebricktickets.square.site/. Please bring proof of vaccination for entry to this event.

First Friday at Duck Donuts

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It’s Kids Night Duck Donuts with games and prizes from 3-8pm!

First Friday at 3 Dots Downtown

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Visit 3 Dots Downtown for a pop-up Out of the Closet event- Centre LGBTQ+ is doing a new-to-you clothing drive! $5 to fill a bag with clothes! This event will help individuals to get gender affirming clothing here in State College without spending lots of money! Masks are required. Vaccination required for those eligible.

First Friday at the Woskob Family Gallery

Visit the Woskob Family Gallery this Friday for First Friday, for the closing reception for The Eternity of the Moment by Yeonhye Park, and the opening reception for Catie Dillon’s mural titled Remain in Light.
Music by Justin Dorsey.
 
Image: The Brightest Star; painting by Catie Dillon

First Friday at F45

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Bring a friend to F45 Training State College for FREE on First Friday! Have your friend purchase a drop-in class when they go to book a time today, use promo code: FRIEND and the class will be completely free. Doesn’t matter if they’ve done F45 before or not, but it is ONLY for today, Friday 9/3.

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