Dozens of students, faculty, and staff attended the fall 2023 Hard Freight Cafe open mic on Tuesday, October 24, in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. The event is sponsored by the English program and Hard Freight, Penn State Altoona's student literary arts magazine.
Steve Sherrill, professor of English and Integrative Arts, kicked off the open mic with a reading from his new book, Motorcycles, Minotaurs, and Banjos.
Books by Steve Sherrill, professor of English and Integrative Arts.
Student Rebecca Reeder introduces Professor Steve Sherrill.
Professor Steve Sherrill speaks to the crowd.
Student Madison Eisaman reads a poem.
Student Anthony Hammill reads a poem.
Student Bloom Wertz reads a character sketch she wrote in the campus Creative Writing Club.
Xavier Kaiserian reads a poem.
Mario Castillo reads a poem about his father.
The Hard Freight Café open mic audience.
The Hard Freight Café open mic audience.
Tom Liszka, emeritus professor of English, reads work by Geoffrey Chaucer in Middle English.
Student Talon McKendree shares his original artwork.
Maddy Colello performs an original song.
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, professor of English, reads from her latest book of poetry.
Kylea Myers, Theatre and Gallery Coordinator for the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts, reads her original prose.
Student Emma Moniz reads her work.
Student Ella Kenny, a member of the Hard Freight staff, serves as a timekeeper for the event.
Aidan Pellegrino, English major and Editor-in-Chief of Hard Freight, shares an original poem.
Student Gwendalynn McGinley reads one of her poems.
Josue Barahona-Rosales performs a song by the Lumineers.