First Friday
October 7, 2022 @ 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. Click here to follow our Facebook event for more info!
We’re Going on a Bat Hunt!
The Bat Hunt kicks off on First Friday! To get started, stop in any of the Bat Hunt locations and pick up a Bat Hunt Passport. Find the bat in each participating location, and ask an employee for a sticker. Bring your completed Passport with all 15 stickers by November 1 to the Downtown Improvement District Office (127 S Fraser St), and you’ll be entered to win a $100 Downtown Gift Card! Five of the 15 Bat Hunt locations are participating in First Friday, so this is a great opportunity to get a head start!
Bat Hunt Locations:
- Growing Tree Toys
- The Nittany Quill (participating in First Friday!)
- Duck Donuts
- Connections
- Cuts by Christy Orso
- DID Office (participating in First Friday!)
- Signature Engraving
- Kitchen Kaboodle (participating in First Friday!)
- Evolve Studio
- S’Hair-Eng Styling Salon
- Ethereal
- Doggie’s Pub
- 3 Dots (participating in First Friday!)
- Appalachian Outdoors (participating in First Friday!)
- Schlow Centre Region Library
First Friday at the Downtown Improvement District
127 S Fraser St
5-8pm
The Downtown Improvement District and the Art Alliance of Central PA present the works of Randi Anderson at 127 S Fraser St during First Friday. Light refeshements provided! Keep an eye out for the hidden bat!
Open Game Night at Master Goblin Games
234 E College Ave, Suite D
5-10pm
Master Goblin Games will be hosting an Open Game Night from 5-10pm!
First Friday at The Makery
MLK Plaza
6pm
First Friday Swing Party at Tempest Studios
140 Kelly Alley
6-7:30pm
Drop into Tempest Studios during First Friday for free swing dance lessons and dance party!
First Friday at 3 Dots
137 E Beaver Ave
5-8pm
First Friday at The Nittany Quill
111 S Fraser St
5-8pm
The Nittany Quill will be offering light refreshments during First Friday! Snack while you shop! Keep an eye out for the hidden bat!
First Friday at Woskob Family Gallery
146 S Allen St
5-8pm
Stop by the Woskob Family Gallery during First Friday and see two exhibits: a window installation by Naomi Reis, Talisman for Unknown Territories, and a new mural in the downstairs gallery by Marian Bailey, patterns of a life.
From 6-7 pm, the Gallery will run a Zine-making workshop! Zines (pronounced “zeens”) are small, DIY publications (small booklets) which celebrate the underground, the niche, the alternative, and instructive. Using a wide variety of materials, we will be crafting zines and filling them with images, text, and content of your choice. Experience with book-making (or art in general) is not necessary — folks of all ages and experience levels are welcome to join in the fun!
First Friday at Kish Bank
114 S Allen St
5:30-7:30pm
Kish Bank will be featuring the work of the State College Photography Club in partnership with the Art Alliance of Central PA. Enjoy cheese, wine, and beer!
First Friday at A’s Pub
116 S Allen St
4-8pm
Enjoy a wine tasting from 4-6pm. Live entertainment with Brandon McCartney and half price drafts from 6-8pm. Free pizza while supplies last!
First Friday at Appalachian Outdoors
131 S Allen St
5-8pm
Stop by Appalachian Outdoors during First Friday for refreshments and the chance to enter a raffle! Keep an eye out for the hidden bat!
First Friday at The State Theatre
130 W College Ave
5-8pm
THE CENTRE FILM FESTIVAL PARTNERS WITH THE STATE THEATRE FOR THE FRIDAY SILENT FILM SERIES: Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
BE NATURAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALICE GUY BLACHE, narrated by Jodi Foster, won a Best Documentary award at the 2019 Centre Film Festival. Come join us for a free screening of a film that tells the untold story of Alice, a creative force, entrepreneur, leader, and mentor in a new field that she helped pioneer. She directed her first film in 1896. This film is a celebration of a woman who was there at the beginning of the moving pictures, at the intersection of innovation, technology, and storytelling that later became the entertainment industry as we know it today.
The film starts at 7pm and is FREE! Click here to register!
In the Attic – ENTRELAZAO PRESENTS: Serenata Llanera
Experience the soft and vibrant sounds of Jaime Castillo’s South American folk harp intertwined with Ady Martinez on Cuatro/Voice, and Urie Kline’s percussion instruments to produce traditional syncopated rhythms of Colombia and Venezuela. Fascinating fusion of Joropo and Latin crossover jazz.
The show starts at 7:30pm, and tickets are $35 – click here to get yours!
Also, come see the works of Susan Graham as part of the Art Alliance Outreach Program!
First Friday at the Blue Brick Theatre
209 W Calder Way
7pm
Happy Valley Improv presents a special discounted improv comedy performance, featuring groups It’s Complicated, Reality Bites, and a Company Montage! Join us at 7 p.m. on Friday, October 7 at the Blue Brick Theatre, located at 209 W Calder Way. To celebrate First Friday, guests will receive 20% off of tickets with the promo code “FIRSTFRIDAY” at checkout. Come out to the Blue Brick Theatre this First Friday for an evening of roaring laughs! Click here for tickets!
First Friday at Kitchen Kaboodle
104 W Beaver Ave
Open until 6pm
Hunt for the hidden bat in Kitchen Kaboodle while you shop on First Friday!
First Friday at Growing Tree Toys
202 S Allen St
5-8pm
Keep an eye out for the hidden bat in Growing Tree Toys while you shop on First Friday! They’ll be open late!
First Friday at The Squirrel and Acorn Bookshop
103 S Allen St
5-8pm
Check out our new downtown bookshop while you’re out for First Friday! They’ll be open late!
