Penn State Altoona
10/15/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 10/16/2024 10:37
Penn State Altoona to host open mic event Oct. 29
Hard Freight Café, an open mic event, will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28, in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts at Penn State Altoona.
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October 15, 2024
ALTOONA, Pa. - Hard Freight Café, an open mic event, will be held at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. Attendees are invited to read or perform their own work or music or share a favorite piece of poetry or prose.
Participants will be invited to sign up at the beginning of the program. The event will include a kick-off reading by English professors Todd Davis and Erin Murphy. Hard Freight Cafe is sponsored by the English program and "Hard Freight," Penn State Altoona's online student literary magazine.
The event leads up to the deadline for submissions to the fall 2024 issue of "Hard Freight" at midnight on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Up to three entries per student in the categories of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, drama, visual art, and multimedia work (such as original music, short videos, etc.) may be submitted online.
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