Join WPSU – October 1-11, 2025 – as we travel to London, Cornwall, and more on our first group travel. We'll see the landscapes and homes featured in some our your favorite Masterpiece programs, including Poldark and Downton Abbey. Continue »
Wednesday, October 1 – Saturday, October 11
WPSU is offering a film screening of the documentary, “Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life,” along with classroom resources to support your students in discussing difficult topics and creating solutions for peace. Continue »
WPSU is continuing the WPSU Reads initiative with "The Bear" by Andrew Krivák. The goal of this initiative is to engage the community in deeper appreciation and understanding of human's relation within the natural world. WPSU is partnering with community organizations and leaders by providing free copies of the book, hosting writing workshops, engaging in discussions, and amplifying existing opportunities occurring throughout the region.Continue »
Join us in celebrating the top three poems selected from each grade band for the 2025 Poetry Writing Contest! Continue »
Thank you to every student who submitted their poem for the 2024 Poetry Writing Contest. Join us in celebrating the top three poems selected from each grade band, and hear the winners read their poems. Continue »
Join us in celebrating the top three poems selected from each grade band for the 2023 Poetry Writing Contest! Thank you to every student who submitted their poem for the 2023 Poetry Writing Contest. Continue »
WPSU hosted its annual Eventapalooza family event on Saturday, October 15, 2022. More than 600 people came to the event to spend family time at the activity tables. Continue »
This event has already taken place. Click through for photo archive. Continue »
An estimated 800 people attended the first annual WPSU Multicultural Children's festival at WPSU Studios in Innovation Park, on Saturday April 22. Continue »
On Thursday, February 17, 2022, WPSU hosted an online discussion about Black maternal health and medical equity and the documentary Voices: A Childbirth Crisis. Continue »
WPSU Penn State welcomed more than 1,200 Sesame Street fans of all ages to the Outreach Building to celebrate Sesame Street 50 Years and Counting with walk-around Cookie Monster. Thank you to @Aetna Better Health. Continue »
We could not have asked for a better day for our annual WPSU Kids’ Day at DelGrosso’s Park on Saturday, June 22, 2019! The weather was absolutely PERFECT, which was reflected in the 475 visitors who came out to participate in all of our activities. Continue »
On Saturday, June 1, 2019, Jet Propulsion from Ready Jet Go! visited the Schlow Library for a day of fun family activities! Thank you to our Jet Propulsion character meet and greet business supporter The Rotary Club of State College. Continue »
Thanks for joining us for the Finding Your Roots screening event. We hope you enjoyed the night! Click continue to view photos from the event. Continue »
This year we had Diane Kochilas as our host chef for the 27th Annual Connoisseur’s Dinner at the Nittany Lion Inn! Thanks again to everyone who attended and for your support for public media. Continue »
Thank you to everyone who attended the Cooking Demo hosted by Chef Diane Kochilas! We hope you enjoyed the experience and had a good time! Continue »
Thanks for joining us for the Let's Go Luna! Screening Event! We hope you enjoyed learning about all the different cultures around the world! Continue »
Did you solve the mystery? Did you find Cat? Thanks for joining us at Eventapalooza! We hope you had a lot of fun with the whole family! Click continue to view photos from the event. Continue »
Hope you had great fun meeting the Cat in the Hat at Altoona Curve on August 4, 2018! Find photos from the event on flickr! To be notified of all WPSU events, character appearances, and news subscribe to WPSU Connect. Continue »
Bubbles visited Schlow Centre Region Library to meet with the community on Friday, July 27. Thanks to everyone who came to visit! Continue »
WPSU and Bubbles visited East Penns Valley Library on Thursday, July 26. Thanks for having us! And thanks to everyone who came down to meet with Bubbles. Continue »
Thanks for visiting Katerina Kittycat at the WPSU tent! We hope you enjoyed all the activities and imagination stations! Continue »
WPSU and Nature Cat visited Huntingdon County Library Saturday, June 30. Thanks for having us! And thanks to everyone who came down to meet with Nature Cat. Continue »
Thanks to everyone who visited Nature Cat during the PBS KIDS Summer of Adventure screening at the State Theatre! Join WPSU for more screenings end of July. Continue »
WPSU Penn State and Daniel Tiger had a great day visiting with guests at DelGrossos’s Park on Saturday, July 23. View photos from the event. Continue »
On Sunday, April 22, Daniel Tiger visited Altoona Curve to meet with the neighborhood! Visit our Flickr gallery to view photos from the event. Continue »
On Wednesday, April 4 2018, OLLI from Penn State visited WPSU for a tour. Thanks OLLI, for making the time to engage with us! Continue »
On Wednesday, March 28 2018, WPSU and Penn State Science came together to exhibit the lemon battery experiment as seen on science-u.org! Thanks to everyone who came to visit. Continue »
On Saturday, March 24 2018, WPSU partnered with the American Philatelic Society in Bellefonte to celebrate Mister Rogers’ 50th Anniversary with a stamp release dedication with Mr. McFeely! We had visitors come from out of state to celebrate with us. Continue »
This year we had Nick Stellino as our host chef for our Carnevale de Venezia themed dinner! Thanks again to everyone who attended and for your support for public media. Continue »
Thank you to everyone who attended the Cooking Demo hosted by Chef Nick Stellino! We hope you enjoyed the experience and had a good time! Continue »
We hope everyone enjoyed the Cooking Class with Chef Grace Pilato this year! Thank you for your kind support. Continue »
Super Why! and WPSU visited Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday, January 27, during the Penn State’s Men’s Basketball game. We had a lot of fun! Continue »
Super Why! and WPSU visited Altoona Area Public Library on Friday, January 26! Thank you to everyone who came down to visit! Continue »
WPSU hosted a screening of "Pennsylvania Folklore: Woven Together" at The State Theatre on Tuesday, December 19. Slovenian bobbin lacemaker, Alexandria Marguccio showcased some of her beautiful work and talked to the public about her passion for the art. Continue »
On October 4, 2017, WPSU brought The Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall–an 80% replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C.–to Centre County, Pennsylvania. Continue »
More than 900 people visited WPSU studios for our annual open house event on October 22, 2017. Click here to view photos from the event. Continue »
Watch the Closing Ceremony of the Vietnam War Traveling Tribute Wall in Innovation Park, Penn State. Continue »
Watch the Opening Ceremony of the Vietnam War Traveling Tribute Wall in Innovation Park, Penn State. Continue »
WPSU and Daniel Tiger visited Rockhill Trolley Museum again this year! Daniel had lots of fun with everyone who visited! Visit our Flickr page to view photos from the event. Continue »
WPSU and Ready Jet Go had some out-of-this-world fun on Saturday, June 16, 2017 for WPSU Kids’ Day at DelGrosso’s Park. Visit our Flickr page to view photos from the event. Continue »
