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ArtScene 2024

Author Margaux Murray, EAL Teacher in the Selinsgrove Area School District, speaking about her recent novel, "A Meric's Tale", the first in her Young Adult Fantasy series. 
"A Meric's Tale" is published under the name "Margs Murray" and it is available in paperback and as a audiobook through
many online booksellers.

Margaux Murray; March 22 2021

Filmmaker David Romberg, assistant professor of film studies at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, speaking about his new documentary film, "The Man of the Monkey", set on an island off the coast of Brazil. The movie will be available for free viewing beginning Thursday, April 15 running through April 29, 2021, as part of the Miami Jewish Film Festival.
watch.eventive.org/mjff/play/600ba…9e57c1de05871ac
www.davidromberg.com/
www.manofthemonkey.com/

David Romberg; April 13 2021

Brandon Hanks, Founder & Artistic Director of Rebel Stages in Stroudsburg, and David Parmelee, General Manager of the Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre, speaking about the Rebel Stages production of the award-winning musical revue "Ain't Misbehavin" at the School of Visual & Performing Arts in Stroudsburg on June 19, 2021 at 8 pm & June 20 at 3 pm.  Then at the Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre on June 26 at 8 pm and June 27 at 3 pm.
www.rebelstages.com/       www.ltwb.org/

Brandon Hanks; David Parmelee; June 17 2021

Adriana Beers, owner and artistic director of In2YouArts in Stroudsburg, speaking with reporter Isabela Weiss of WVIA News at the opening of the Gallery at 530 Main about the arts, business and education in the region after the closing of the Pocono Arts Council.  Beers' arts school shares space at 530 Main with the Gallery. The inaugural exhibition is titled, "Artists of the Poconos," and it will run through February 15, 2025.  Gallery hours: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 4. www.shermantheater.com/

Adriana Beers; December 17 2024

Alan Stout, Executive Director of Visit Luzerne County,
music journalist, radio host & event producer, speaking
about the northeastern PA music scene over the years
and about all the region has to offer.
His long-running radio show, "Music on the Menu," can
be heard Sunday nights at 9:00 on 105 The River.
Facebook.com/musiconthemenu  and
www.visitluzernecounty.com/

Alan Stout; December 19 2024

Chason Goldschmitz, who will become Executive Director
of the NEPA Philharmonic on January 1, 2025, speaking
about his life in music, his work with soprano Renee Fleming
and his vision for the orchestra, as he prepares to take the
helm.  For more information on the NEPA Philharmonic
and the 2024-2025 season as it continues: www.nepaphil.org/

Chason Goldschmitz; December 20 2024

Sasha Margolis, violinist, author, composer, arranger, speaking about his novel, "The Tsimbalist." Margolis is a violinist with the NEPA Philharmonic and the orchestra of Glimmerglass Opera. He is co-founder of the eclectic ensemble Big Galut(e).
The novel is set in 1871 in eastern Europe and is a detective
story with Avrom, the tsimbalist, as protagonist.
For more information: Facebook.com/thetsimbalist

Sasha Margolis; December 27 2024

Violinist Sophie Till of the Marywood University Music Faculty, and clarinettist Pascal Archer, principal with the NEPA Philharmonic, speaking about the Quartet for the End of Time by Olivier Messiaen which they performed with cellist Christiane Appenheimer-Vaida and pianist Ron Stabinsky, in the Marian Chapel at the Swartz Center on the Marywood campus in Scranton on Saturday, September 28, 2024.  The event was a collaboration between Marywood Music Faculty and the NEPA Philharmonic.  For information: marywood.edu/mtd or  nepaphil.org/ The interview was first broadcast 9/20/24.

Sophie Till; Pascal Archer; December 30 2024

Artist Herb Simon, retired member of the Wilkes University art faculty, speaking about the current show titled, "A Retrospective of Works on Paper" at the Mainstreet Galleries, 370 Pierce Street, Kingston, PA, running through November 7, 2018.
www.mainstreetg.com

Herb Simon; October 31 2018

Artist Bob McCormick speaking about his new paintings inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson. The exhibition is titled, "Emily's Light" at the Artspace Gallery, 221 Center Street, Bloomsburg, PA, running January 17 through February 22, 2019.  
Laurie McCants of BTE will offer a talk-back & reception at the gallery following performances of her original play inspired by Emily Dickinson, "Industrious Angels" 1/31, 2/1, 2/3 at the Alvina Krause Theatre across the street from Artspace.  Bob McCormick will be on hand for those sesssions.  www.artspacebloomsburg.com

Robert McCormick; January 18 2019

Award-winning Poet J.C. Todd from Philadelphia speaking about German artist Kathe Kollwitz and reading from her collection of poems inspired by "Peasant War", a series of Kollwitz etchings at the Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA, through March 1, 2019.  Todd will present a reading in the gallery January 23 at 4:30 p.m. Admission is free.
J.C. Todd is visiting Wilkes as a guest of the English Department.
www.wilkes.edu/sordoniartgallery
For information about J.C. Todd's new chapbook, "The Damages of Morning" issued by Moonstone Press, www.moonstoneartscenter.org

J.C. Todd; January 23 2019

Jennifer Ochmann, Coordinator of the 15th Annual Civil War Ball on Saturday, April 13, 2019, from 6:00 p.m. to Midnight, at the Century Club, 612 Jefferson Avenue in Scranton.  There is an optional buffet supper at 10:00 pm.  The event is hosted by the Lackawanna Historical Society.
Other events include:  A Titanic Dinner on Friday, April 12 from 6:30 to Midnight, at the Mary Stegmaier Mansion, 156 S. Franklin Street in Wilkes-Barre;  A Ragtime Brunch at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel, Sunday, April 14 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., and more.
For information: www.scrantoncivilwarday.com  570-344-3841

Jennifer Ochmann;  April 10 2019

Director Dan Pittman and Actors Molly Butler & Lily Smith speaking about the musical "Bonnie & Clyde" to be presented by Act Out Theatre Group at 150 East Grove Street in Dunmore, PA, May 17-26, 2019, with shows Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
www.actouttheatre.com

Dan Pittman; Molly Butler; Lily Smith; May 15 2019

Photographer Jamie Smith, Executive Director of the Social Fabric Collective, Lataisha Jenkins of the Wilkes-Barre Area STEM Academy/Meyers, and Rebekah Lane, Home-School Student from Forty Fort, speaking about the 2019 Spring Cancer Conversation Challenge" that is the theme of the semiannual photography workshop for high school students through the Social Fabric Collective in NEPA.
The SFC will have a tent at the Fine Arts Fiesta May 16-19, and a reception for their Spring 2019 Photography Exhibit on Tuesday, May 21 from 6:00 to 7:30 pm.  The event is free and open to the public
at T.W. Shoemaker Art, 312 Wyoming Avenue in Wyoming, PA.
www.socialfabriccollective.org

Jamie Smith; Lataisha Jenkins; Rebekah Lane; May 16 2019

Jamie Smith, Founder of the Social Fabric Collective; Nikki Moser, Asst Prof at Marywood; Jessica Suda Baab, Artistic Dir of KISS Theater; Lisa Reynolds, Asst Prof at Wilkes, speaking about the SFC-produced project, "Changing the Narrative" featuring an photography exhibit and lecture by award-winning artist/educator Richard Ross of California on October 2, 2019 at 5:00 pm at the Luzerne County Courthouse, 200 North River St in Wilkes-Barre.  There is no admission fee.  The show will run through October 17.  Ross will also coordinate the SFC Juvenile Justice & Art Education Community Forum on October 3 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the THINK Center, 7 South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre.  Admission is free but online registration is required.  www.socialfabriccollective.org

Alan Stout; December 19 2024

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