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BookFest PA is online this year and will run over three days July 8-10. The final event is an evening with best-selling authors Lisa Scottoline and her daughter, Francesca Serritella. Francesca's debut novel, Ghosts of Harvard, was published this spring.

In this episode, we chat with Francesca about her book, her relationship with her mom, and more!

Francesca Serritella: https://www.francescaserritella.com/

BookFest PA: https://bookfestpa.schlowlibrary.org/

This year, the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts has moved its annual juried exhibition show Images that is usually held in the Schlow Gallery to online because of COVID-19. We chat with this year's juror Emily Burns about the exhibition, being an artist during the coronavirus, and more!

Images 2020: https://arts-festival.com/images-juried-exhibition

Emily Burns: http://emilyburns.com

We chat with Leslie Laing and Jason Browne — two community people who have led and inspired talks about race and racism. 

Leslie is student advocacy specialist and director of Adult Learner Programs at Penn State. Jason is a radio host on B 94.5 and past president of Rotary Club.

On June 25, Schlow will welcome, via Zoom, members of Tir Na Nog Irish Dance. They'll be performing and giving instruction on some basic Irish dance steps.

Director Sue Garner, who started dancing when she was 6 years old, joins us, along with two members of the Resuta family that performs with Tir Na Nog. Maria, who is 17, and Christopher, who is 15, compete at championship levels, and Christopher is a three-time North American National Qualifier. The three talk about how they started performing Irish dance and what performing and teaching has been like in this COVID-19 world.

Tir Na Nog Irish Dance: http://tirnanogofpa.com

Adam Swartz has been touring across the United States with his puppets since 1999. He has become a popular performer at Schlow over the years, and he'll be doing two programs in June with the library via Zoom.

Adam talks about doing puppet performances online during the time of the coronavirus and how he got his start with puppets.

Adam Swartz Puppets: https://www.adamswartzpuppets.com/

Adam Swartz Puppet Show June 17: https://www.schlowlibrary.org/events/virtual-adam-swartz-puppet-show

Adam Swartz Puppetry Workshop June 18: https://www.schlowlibrary.org/events/virtual-adam-swartz-puppetry-workshop

Seniors across the country weren't able to finish their high school careers the way they wanted due to the coronavirus. In that way, they became a special class to remember.

This week, we bring back three State High seniors who joined us last fall for a look at teen life in Happy Valley. Mac Campbell, Madeline Lawrence, and Sydnee Rockey talk about their last months of high school at home and what they've learned and missed along the way.

State College Area School District: https://www.scasd.org/

Registration for Summer Reading has opened and everyone can start logging in their information starting June 1. While Summer Reading will be different this year because of the coronavirus, participants can still go on Quests and have a chance to win prizes. In addition, we have some great programming happening virtually this summer.

To get you ready for it all we chat with Paula Bannon, Schlow's Head of Children's Services; Katie Brennan, Children's Services Librarian; and Karen Lambert, Adult Services Librarian about Summer Reading!

Summer Reading: https://reading.schlowlibrary.org/

With Memorial Day weekend here, Tyler Gum, director of the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburg, joins us to talk about the museum and all of the history it has.

Schlow and the military museum have a partnership where, when the library and museum are open, patrons can check out a family pass to the military museum.

Also, we announce that our remote book returns are now open!

PA Military Museum: https://www.pamilmuseum.org/

Nurses Appreciation Week just came to an end on May 12. We dedicate this week's episode to the amazing nurses in our region. Three nurses from Mount Nittany Medical Center — Adam Burget, Kim Kennedy, and Taylor Kopp — join us to talk about what work and life at home have been like for them since COVID-19.

Mount Nittany Medical Center: https://www.mountnittany.org/

May is National Bike Month, and the Centre Region, led by Centre Bike, will be participating again! Trish Meek, senior transportation planner with the Centre Regional Planning Agency in State College, leads the online event "Biking in the Centre Region 101" May 13 through Schlow. Learn more about the Centre Region’s bike paths/routes, PA and local laws, how to pick a bike, and other biking-around-town tips. Get answers to your bike-related questions from regional planning staff and CentreBike members.

In this week's episode, Trish talks about the online event, bike tips during COVID-19, and about some of the fun family activities CentreBike has planned for National Bike Month.

Registration is required. Register at https://www.schlowlibrary.org/events/virtual-biking-centre-region-101?_ga=2.88333531.1319605943.1588686196-510261925.1540396447

CentreBike: https://centrebike.org/