ArtScene, with Erika Funke as the host/producer, is a daily short program which brings attention to the area's arts and cultural events. Join her weekdays at 11:00am for interviews, reviews and commentaries on films, books, jazz, and classical music. Let Erika's ArtScene help you plan your weekend!

ArtScene 2024

Brian Fanelli and Joe Kraus, co-editors of 
"Currents in the Electric City: A Scranton Anthology,"
released on July 16, 2024, by Belt Publishing.
There will be a book launch event on Saturday,
July 27th at 3:00 at the Albright Memorial
Library, 500 Vine Street in Scranton.
To register: www.albright.org/ 
https://beltpublishing.com/

Brian Fanelli; Joe Kraus; July 16 2024

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.

Brian Fanelli; Joe Kraus; July 16 2024

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