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10/30/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 10/30/2024 14:50
Penn State Altoona hosts fall 2024 Hard Freight Café open mic event
Professor Todd Davis reads from his work. The reading by Davis and Professor Erin Murphy kicked off the fall 2024 Hard Freight Café open mic event.
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October 30, 2024
ALTOONA, Pa. - On Tuesday, Oct. 29, students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts for the fall 2024 Hard Freight Café open mic event.
Attendees were invited to read or perform their own work or music or share a favorite piece of poetry or prose. The event began with a 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.
Hard Freight Café is sponsored by the English program and "Hard Freight."
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Todd Davis, professor of English and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, reads from his new book of poetry.
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Levi Custer performs an original song on piano.
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Nia Sierra reads a poem.
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Todd Davis discusses his poetry.
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Erin Murphy, professor of English, read from her new book of poetry, Fluent in Blue.
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The crowd enjoys a joke by Jeffery Stoyanoff, assistant professor of English and women's, gender, and sexuality studies at Penn State Altoona.
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Student Gwendalynn McGinley reads an original poem.
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Student Talon McKendree shares his original artwork.
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Student Bloom West reads a short story.
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Student Kathryn Maille reads one of her poems.
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Student Ishmael Bruney reads an original poem.
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Student Nathan Colyer reads an original poem.
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Student Liz Green performs a song by Mary J. Blige.
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English faculty emeritus Thomas Liszka recites one of his original poems.
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Student Alayna Mark reads her work.
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Student Ember Brown reads an original short story.
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The audience enjoys the open mic event.
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Student Jay Schmidt shares an original poem.
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Student Ollie Mearkle reads an original poem.
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Kylea Myers, theatre and gallery coordinator for the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts at Penn State Altoona, shares an original creative nonfiction essay.
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Student Genevieve Henderson shares her writing.
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Student Emma Moniz reads an original short story.
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