The 2023 African American Music Festival will take place Feb. 1-4 on the Penn State University Park campus, featuring students and faculty of the School of Music, special guests John W. Jones and the Unified Jazz Ensemble, Maria Thompson Corley (piano) and Lara Downes (piano). The festival is hosted by Anthony Leach and Essence of Joy.
Elizabeth Nyamayaro, award-winning humanitarian and United Nations Special Advisor for the World Food Programme, will give a free lecture, "Be True to Yourself: Your Story Matters," at 7 p.m. on Jan. 23 at the State Theatre in downtown State College. Her lecture is part of the Mark Luchinsky Memorial Lecture series.
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