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==Arts and culture== ===Events=== [[Image:THON 2007 BJC.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|THON 2007 was held for the first time in the [[Bryce Jordan Center]] on the [[University Park, Pennsylvania|University Park]] campus of [[Penn State University|Penn State]].]] The [[Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arts-festival.com/|title=Home β Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts|website=Arts-festival.com}}</ref> usually referred to as "Arts Fest", is held downtown every July. The five-day festival features artists from around the country and draws more than 125,000 visitors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arts-festival.com/|title=Home β Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts|website=Arts-festival.com}}</ref> Streets are closed off and lined with booths where people can buy paintings, pottery, jewelry, and other hand-made goods. There borough hosts musical performances, plays, and food vendors selling everything from [[funnel cake]]s to Indian cuisine. The [[Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon]], commonly referred to as THON, is a 46-hour dance marathon that takes place every February on the [[University Park, Pennsylvania|University Park]] campus with the goal of raising money for the Four Diamonds Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fighting Pediatric Cancer|url=http://www.pennstatehershey.org/web/fourdiamonds/home|publisher=Penn State Hershey|access-date=August 3, 2012}}</ref> A number of events throughout the year pave the way to February's THON weekend. Blue-White Football Weekend occurs in April and includes a carnival, fireworks, food vendors, a student entertainment stage, live music, a parade, and more.<ref>{{cite web|title=Penn State Blue-White Game Weekend 2013|url=http://www.statecollege.com/penn-state-page/bluewhitegame.php|publisher=LazerPro Digital Media Group|access-date=August 3, 2012}}</ref> On game day, autograph sessions with the football student-athletes is held in [[Beaver Stadium]] prior to kickoff of the Blue-White football intra-squad scrimmage game. Other annual events in the area include "First Night State College", a New Year's Eve celebration with carved ice sculptures and musical performances that takes place in downtown State College, and "Central PA 4th Fest", a day-long event that includes [[Fourth of July]] fireworks, crafts, food vendors, and entertainers. On Saturday, February 4, 2017, State College set a [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] holder with Light Up State College organizing 5,226 lighted ice luminaries that were displayed across South Allen Street in Downtown State College. This is the most ice luminaries in any one location to date. The previous record was held by Vuollerim, Sweden, with 2,652 ice luminaries. ===Library=== State College is served by the [[Schlow Centre Region Library]].
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