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Kristine Allen/WPSU

Kristine Allen is Program Director of WPSU-FM. She also files feature stories for WPSU on the arts, culture, science, and more. When she's not at WPSU, Kris enjoys playing folk fiddle, acting, singing and portrait-sketching. She is also a self-confessed "science geek." Kris started working in public radio in college, at age 17, and says she "just couldn't stop."

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In Clearfield, Altoona and State College, arts organizations take different paths out of quarantine

As the pandemic begins to recede, cultural organizations are navigating ever-changing guidelines for performers and audiences.

By Kristine Allen/WPSU

Climate scientist Michael Mann interview: ‘We’re going to need every tool we have’

Of 2020, the Penn State professor says, “I think we’re going to look back at it as the year where we turn the corner on climate.”

By Kristine Allen/WPSU

Updated: 2020-12-30 10:24:05

Major winter storm for Pennsylvania Wednesday into Thursday

The snowstorm will affect almost all of the state, including all of central Pennsylvania, with snowfall predictions of up to 24 inches in many counties.

By Kristine Allen/WPSU

In Central & Northern Pa., 3 big arts festivals go virtual

"We will have a mixture of some live events, and some sort of private links to see entertainers that we would have normally had here at the festival."
By Kristine Allen/WPSU

Speaking grief: Jon and Natasha Smith remember Deseray Smith, December 2019

It will be their first Christmas without Jon’s daughter and Natasha’s sister. 29-year-old Deseray Smith passed away in April of this year, when she was hit by a car in Florida.

By Kristine Allen/WPSU