ArtScene 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

Susan Morelock, Assistant Professor of Photography & New Media at Moravian College in Bethlehem, speaking about the exhibition, "Light From the End of the Earth", which she curated.  The show features work of 7 artists from across the US, and it will run at the Payne Gallery, 346 Main Street in Bethlehem through January 11, 2020.
Open by appointment--morelocks@moravian.edu
www.moravian.edu     www.susanmorelock.com

Susan Morelock; December 19 2019

Mark Stavish of northeastern PA, authority on Western spiritual traditions, speaking about the Winter Solstice and winter holiday traditions.  He is author of 26 books including "The Path of Alchemy,"  "Kabbalah for Health & Wellness" and "Egregores".
For more information:  facebook.com/mark.stavish.5

Mark Stavish; December 26 2019

Mary Therese Biebel & David Martin, members of the Dance Committee of the Wyoming Valley Contra Dance, speaking about the tradition of New England Contra Dancing and the first dance of 2020 on Saturday, January 4, at the Church of Christ Uniting, 776 Market Street in Kingston, PA, just across the River from Wilkes-Barre.  Dancing starts at 7:00 p.m. with a beginner's run-through at 6:45 pm.
There is a requested admission fee at the door.
For more information on Facebook or www.folkloresociety.org/

Mary Therese Biebel; David Martin; December 27 2019

Rachael Goetzke Hughes, Writer and Teacher from Schuylkill County, speaking about her writing life and her recent memoir, "Us Girls: My Life Without a Uterus", released by Big Table Publishing.
For information: https://rachaeljhughes.wixsite.com/shewritesforyou or
www.bigtablepublishing.com.

Rachael Goetzke Hughes; December 30 2019

Violinist John Michael Vaida & Violist Amy Iwazumi, Co-founders of the Northeastern PA Chamber Music Society, speaking about "A Bohemian Winter", the group's Second Annual Benefit Concert at the Hayfield House on the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus in Lehman, on Friday, January 10, 2020, at 7:00 pm.  Featured will be Dvorak, Haydn, Schoenfield & Pineno.  There will be a reception to follow.
Seating is limited and available only online at www.nepacms.org/

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

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