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Our Town: Grange Fair TV Program Community Meeting This Saturday!

Posted by Whitney on 08/17 at 11:44 AM

We are hoping to recruit volunteer storytellers to capture video and still photos of their experience at the Grange Fair. The community meeting is this Saturday, August 21 at 1 p.m. in the WPSU studio in Innovation Park, State College. For directions to the studio, visit http://wpsu.org/about/driving_directions. The meeting is open to the public.

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Bradford Interview Day Success!

Posted by Whitney on 08/03 at 10:16 AM

This past Friday evening, the WPSU production team headed to Bradford to prep for Saturday’s full day of interviews with each contributing storyteller. Kevin Conaway, Whitney Chirdon, Dick Knupp and Jen Bortz made the trek to the Allegheny National Forest. Our first stop—-a great meal at the Option House, followed by an overnight stay at the Pitt Bradford campus.

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WPSU Excited to Receive So Many Great Stories Through Website

Posted by Whitney on 07/09 at 03:48 PM

After posting a comment on the Facebook event page for the “Our Town: Grange Fair” television program, we’ve seen MANY responses from folks who want to share their stories in the video! The stories that make the best television pieces are those that are unique and that focus on a specific topic or aspect of the Fair. I look forward to hearing many more stories!

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Our Town Series Returns to Bradford

Posted by Whitney on 07/09 at 01:37 PM

The “Our Town” series began in 1996 with Bradford, Pennsylvania. After 55 productions in the WPSU series, we are returning to the area for a 2010 glimpse of this picturesque town, surrounded by the beauty of the Allegheny National Forest. Community members from the Bradford area are invited to attend a volunteer planning meeting to learn about the Our Town project. The meeting will be held Thursday, July 22 at 7 p.m. Details on location will be announced soon. Anyone interested in the production is invited to attend.

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“Our Town: Mount Union” Production Date Success

Posted by Whitney on 07/09 at 10:40 AM

WPSU production team Whitney Chirdon, Kevin Conaway, Cole Cullen and Chris Younken spent a day capturing stories from the Mount Union community.

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Help Us Tell the Grange Fair Story!

Posted by Whitney on 06/17 at 03:08 PM

WPSU & the Committee for the Centre County Grange Encampment and Fair are producing a special episode of the popular Our Town series, Our Town: The Grange Fair. Production for this program will take place throughout the fair, August 26 – September 2, 2010, and we want you to be a part of the show!

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Our Town: Mount Union Coming Soon to WPSU

Posted by Whitney on 06/03 at 10:31 AM

Community members from the Mount Union area are invited to attend a volunteer planning meeting to learn about the Our Town project. The meeting will be held at the Assembly of God Church on Thursday, June 17 at 7 p.m. The church is located at 611 North Jefferson Street in Mount Union. Anyone interested in the production is invited to attend.

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Our Town: Reynoldsville Coming Soon to WPSU

Posted by Whitney on 05/25 at 02:36 PM

The 54th production in the “Our Town” takes us to Reynoldsville, PA in Jefferson County. The program premieres Thursday, June 10 at 8 p.m. on WPSU-TV. Out-of-towners can also watch the program at wpsu.org/live during the broadcast.

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Our Town: Reynoldsville Volunteer Preview

Posted by Whitney on 05/13 at 08:24 AM

Volunteer videographer/storytellers are invited to attend the upcoming preview of the program.

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Volunteers Needed for Our Town Reynoldsville Production

Posted by Whitney on 03/25 at 12:01 AM

Community members from the Reynoldsville area are invited to attend a volunteer planning meeting to learn about the Our Town project. The meeting will be held at the Reynoldsville Bellamauro Social Hall at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 7. Anyone interested in the production is invited to attend. The hall is located at 1017 Route 950, Reynoldsville / Falls Creek Road.

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Photos from Johnstown

Posted by Bianca Barr on 03/05 at 02:01 AM

We’ve received several beautiful photographs of Johnstown and we wanted to share them with you!

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Our Town: Johnstown is underway!

Posted by Bianca Barr on 02/18 at 02:34 PM

Three WPSU staffers traveled to Johnstown Wednesday for the kickoff meeting of Our Town: Johnstown!

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Our Town: Curwensville to Premiere Thursday, December 10 on WPSU

Posted by Whitney on 12/08 at 04:04 PM

The live broadcast begins at 8:00 PM on Thursday, December 10 and will feature several of the volunteer videographers at the phones taking phone calls from viewers. Contributors to the station will have the opportunity to get their own copy of the DVD when they call in during the program.

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