WPSU’s Community Calendar provides free online listings of cultural and other community events in central and northern Pennsylvania. We choose some of these event announcements to read on-air from among those submitted at least 2 weeks in advance of the event. We cannot guarantee that any particular event will be announced.
Preference will be given to cultural and educational events and other events that provide a community service. Announcements are written by WPSU at our discretion with a one-sentence description that can be read in less than 15 seconds. We always tell listeners they can find more information on our calendar.
All calendar items are submitted by community members, not by WPSU. Submissions must be approved by WPSU before appearing on the calendar (this takes about 2-3 business days). We cannot research the details of every event listing, so we rely on you to submit accurate information and to let us know if your event is postponed or cancelled. Please contact the station if you notice any errors in event listings.
Every event in NPR’s calendar system (which we use) must have a unique title, so be aware that we may add a date to the title of your event if the title has been used before.
NOTE: The submit button at the end of NPR’s submission form often does not work on Google Chrome. We suggest using a different browser.
REPEATING EVENTS:
If your event is at different times on different days (such as a theatre production), please use “REPEATS WEEKLY” to select the days & times, even if your event is only on one week (it will not repeat outside the start & end dates you specify). Don’t use separate entries for a continuing event. They will be completely separate events in the system, and people who find one performance of a play, etc., will not see that there are other performances.
VENUES & ORGANIZATIONS: Each Venue and each Presenting Organization is assigned only one permanent record, with the correct website, email, etc. If you type in new details for a venue or organization that is already in the dropdown menu, that will create a duplicate record, which will be deleted to avoid creating a cumbersome dropdown menu for submitters. Our permanent record for that venue or organization will appear on your event listing in place of the duplicate you created. Personal email websites etc., must be put in the appropriate fields for the event only. If you are a venue owner/manager, or the leader of a presenting organization, and see incorrect information in your listing, please contact WPSU.
Thank you for using WPSU’s calendar! If you have questions, please email Kris Allen at kta1@psu.edu with “calendar” in the subject line
