In brief - August 8, 2009

Artist reception Sunday in Bedford

BEDFORD, Pa. — A reception for an exhibit of portraits by William Snyder III, with an opportunity to meet the artist, will be held Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Bedford County Arts Center on Pitt Street.

The show runs through Aug. 28. The portraits were created with funding from a Pennsylvania Council Creative Fellowship Award.

Snyder grew up in Bedford immersed visual, musical and theatrical arts and earned a master of fine arts degree in printmaking from Penn State University. Last year he helped found the Nittany Valley Shakespeare Festival.

FSU information meeting on MBA

FROSTBURG — Frostburg State University will present two informational meetings for its Master of Business Administration program, the first at 6 p.m. Tuesday in 141 Pullen Hall and the second at the University System of Maryland-Hagerstown at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Designed for business and nonbusiness majors and full- or part-time students, courses are offered in the evenings and online. For more information, contact the Office of Graduate Services at (301) 687-7053.

Lawn concert in Romney on Sunday

ROMNEY, W.Va. — String Fever will close out the Hampshire County Arts Council’s Free Summer Concerts on the Lawn on Sunday at 5 p.m. at The Potomac Center, 1 Blue St.

The acoustic family trio consists of Keith Pitzer on guitar, Joan Pitzer on bass or penny whistle and Jake Pitzer on mandolin.

The concert will move indoors if it rains. For more information, log on to www.HampshireArts.org.