Penn State Mont Alto Associate Professor of English Kevin Alexander Boon continues to build on his success in film and writing. In January, his screenplay, “An Unmarked Grave,” won Best Screenplay in the Horror Genre during the 2016 Table Read My Screenplay Competition sponsored by the International Screenwriters’ Association (ISA).
The Penn State Mont Alto Student Chorale invites the public to attend three holiday choral events that feature the music of Mozart, Schubert, Isaac and Haydn as well as contemporary and traditional Austrian Christmas carols. The events are free of charge.
Members of the 2015-16 Penn State Mont Alto Student Chorale are (back row, l-r): Randall Ackerman, director of campus development; Taryn Sloat; Marissa Bubbenmoyer; Jamie Buxton, pianist; Ben Stouffer; Avery Pakstis; David Bowman, director; Austin Burns; Mariah Boccardi; (front row) Taylor Figgins; Alexis Medina; Kim Herrmann, assistant professor of physics; Lara Vera; Christine Bair; and Christine Nyangwenyo.
On Oct. 22, photographer Judith Carroll Moore shared her passion for travel and experiences of capturing images of people from countries around the world with about a dozen students and Freya Qually, senior instructor in art at Penn State Mont Alto, during a reception that officially opened her exhibit of black and white photography, entitled “Street People of the World.”
Photographer Judith Moore, left, speaks with Penn State Mont Alto students and Freya Qually, senior instuctor in art, during a reception to open her art exhibit, "Street People of the World."
The Mont Alto Film Project announced that the project’s second feature, the supernatural thriller “Ghosting,” has been selected to screen at the inaugural Harrisburg-Hershey Film Festival (HHFF), which runs Sept. 11-15 at the Midtown Cinema in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. "Ghosting" screens with a block of three short films at 5 p.m. Sept. 12. "Ghosting" is one of only six juried feature films chosen for the festival. Tickets to the event are available on the festival website (http://harriburghersheyfilmfestival.com).
English professor Kevin Boon is nurturing locally grown cinema through his Penn State Mont Alto Film Project. His latest film is a horror movie titled "Ghosting."
WPSU, Penn State's public broadcasting station, announced Monday (Sept. 28) that it has earned two 2009 Mid-Atlantic Emmy awards from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for shows "Making the Blue Band" and "Cook Like a Chef." These regional awards recognize local productions for excellence in television programming.
