The Boalsburg Renaissance Faire includes a wide range of arts and crafts vendors and demonstrations; sword-fighting, dueling, archery, and axe-throwing demonstrations; a bounce house and petting zoos, including unicorns; carriage rides; live music and dance performances; crafts, games, and wandering minstrels; and special museum tours of the Boal Mansion Armory and the Columbus Chapel. An array of food trucks and food vendors round out this day-long celebration of the museum’s European heritage.
State College, Pa. – For runners who think fifty miles is too far to run in a day, there’s now a happy medium distance in Central PA. The Tussey Mountainback 50 Mile Relay and Ultramarathon is adding a 50-kilometer option to its October relay and ultramarathon event this year.
The Columbus Chapel and Boal Mansion Museum in Boalsburg will soon be opening its second floor museum exhibit and Transportation & Early American Life exhibit, just about doubling the extent of its unique collections available to the public.