Music Theater at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will open its presentation of the light-hearted musical The Merry Widow on Thursday, December 3, 2009. Performances will run December 3–5 at 8:00 p.m. and on Sunday, December 6, at 2:00 p.m. on the Waller Hall Mainstage, IUP Performing Arts Center.

Kipp Gallery, part of the IUP Art Department, will present a highly unique exhibit as visiting artist Justin Shull stops at IUP during his national tour with his award-winning traveling art piece, “The Porta-Hedge: Mobile Observation Lab.” The work will be on display in the Oak Grove on Wednesday, December 2, 2009, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on Thursday, December 3, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Shull will present a talk on December 2 at 5:00 p.m. in Delaney Hall, Room G43.

The Department of Music will present the IUP Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble as they share the stage this Sunday, November 15, 2009, at 3:00 p.m. They will perform their annual Fall concert in Fisher Auditorium of the IUP Performing Arts Center.

The HoodleBug Brass will present a Sound Choices series concert on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. The program will begin at 8:00 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall, located on the second floor of Sutton Hall. The program is being presented by the Department of Music and College of Fine Arts at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Kipp Gallery hosts Professor Kenneth Sherwood as he and his students from Enlish class 983 curate this fully digital exhibition. The exhxibit runs November 30 through December 4, 2009, with an opening reception on Monday, November 30, at 5:00 p.m.