Prominent Jazz Drummer, “Les Miserables” Highlight Performing Arts Institute Performances at Wyoming Seminary this summer

During the June 13 meeting of the WVIA Board of Directors, a three-year plan was approved, where Tom Curra was elected WVIA's fourth President and Chief Executive Officer and assumes

The Lackawanna Historical Society's bi-annual Historic House Tour in the Hill will be held Sunday, June 23 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. A Preview Party will be held on Friday, June 21 at the Rossetti family home.

The Pines Dinner Theater, 448 North 17th Street, Allentown, is hosting performances of “Footloose” June 14 – August 18, 2013.The show Schedule is as follows:

The Music Box Players will present the Tony-award winning musical “The 25th Annual Putman County Spelling Bee” June 20 to 23 at the Music Box Dinner Playhouse, 196 Hughes Street, Swoyersville.

The life-giving love of God is the focus of a new book by Baptist Bible College Professor Sherrie Holloway.

This horse shown, “Hope,” was made at the Abington Art Studio in collaboration with new Clarks Summit neighbor, Marley's Mission. It was completed in January 2013 in about 12 hours using more than 2,000 recycled plastic caps that were collected by...

“Rock Around the Town” is the theme of the June “Downtown-Go-Around,” and those who attend June 14 can expect to find specimens of fun with events planned for everyone in the family.

What a week it has been for live theatre. Last week, audience members were just delighted by the Dietrich Radio Players spring performance. They truly brought “My Friend Irma – Seeing Ghosts” and “Dick Tracy – The Case of the Big Top...

At the upcoming Clarks Summit Second Friday Art Walk, in addition to finding exhibits by regional fine artists at participating venues, representatives from the Jessup winery, Capra Collina, will be pouring samples of their artisan wines outside of The Sunrise...

Monday, June 10, marked the opening day of registration for the 2013 Summer Reading Clubs at the Abington Community Library. Children aren't the only ones to have fun with books, however. The library is also sponsoring “Groundbreaking Reads” for adult...

The Scranton Brass Orchestra will perform with guest tuba soloist Sam Pilafian Sunday, June 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Houlihan-McLean Center at The University of Scranton. Admission is free, and the performance is open to the public. Doors open at 6:45 p.m., and seating is...

Christina Hitchcock's passion for cooking and baking has landed her national recognition as a field editor for Taste of Home magazine, one of the largest food magazines in the world. Hitchcock, a Madison Township resident, is a food blogger who shares recipes,...

Barry Kornhauser, a nationally and internationally recognized playwright, will present a free ARTS Engage! workshop for artists, educators, social workers, child care providers, mentors, agencies that assist at risk youth and groups underserved by the arts June 17, from...

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The Jonny Hirsch Band will perform at the Pocono Raceway Festival June 8 at 1 p.m.as part of their 2013 summer tour.

In honor of Tunkhannock's Sesquicentennial celebration, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Dietrich Theater will host the live theater production of the Civil War drama “The Bridegroom of Blowing Rock.” The play, written by Catherine...

The Dietrich Theater in Tunkhannock will sponsor a bus trip June 5 to New York City to attend the performance of Douglas Carter Beane's new musical tale of “Cinderella” on Broadway. Part-time Tunkhannock resident Douglas Carter Beane wrote an original...

DALTON- Oil painter, MaryLou Chibirka, featured in 13 solo exhibitions and 14 group exhibitions will add another to her resume.

Looking for some new tastes of summer? Check out some of these books from the Abington Community Library with “cool” yet easy recipes for kids.Easy story books for ages 3 – 5:

It's going to be an exciting summer at the Dalton Community Library. Many programs are being offered for all ages. Registration for our summer reading club, “Dig Into Reading” begins Monday, June 10. Come in anytime that week to sign up for summer...

We were delighted with the turnout of performers at our recent Open Mic Night at the Dietrich Theater. Community members regaled us with poetry, music, stand-up comedy and more. And then Nygel Metcalfe took the stage for an amazing spoken word performance.

Plan some interesting itineraries this summer. Begin by browsing “Small Town Pennsylvania,” by Dennis Wolfe, a recent acquisition at the Abington Community Library. In a forward to this collection of photographs, the author suggests that “you take your...

For those looking for a mid-week release from the stress of everyday life, the Lakeside Wednesday Concerts, a 10-week concert series, will offer free live music, each Wednesday, beginning June 26 from 6 p.m. to dusk at Hillside Park on Winola...

Allentown—Crates containing more than 140 works on paper by French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec arrived at the Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley in preparation for the summer 2013 exhibit Toulouse-Lautrec and His World. This traveling exhibition is on...

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Maestro Lawrence Loh, shown, and the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic will conclude the 2012-2013 POPS season June 8 at 8 p.m. at the Scranton Cultural Center.

Local high school students will have the opportunity to experience pouring hot molten iron into molds, just as the workers did generations ago at the historic Scranton Iron Furnaces.

Application forms for children who plan to enter the fourth annual “Forever Young Fishing Derby” June 8 are available only at the Abington Community Library. According to organizer Mrs. Linda Young, all applications must include a parent's signature and...

Ryan Brown was 12 when he received his first guitar as a gift. From that moment, music permeated its way into Brown's life. Singing and songwriting became second nature and Brown always had a hunch he would pursue writing music as a profession.

I make the annual trek to our local libraries' annual book sales, not only because I'll get great bargains, but also because I know that one reader's castaway may turn out to be another's treasure. Such was the case when I found a slim little book...

A Steppin' Time Dance Co. will host its spring performance entitled “Just Dance” at Abington Heights High school June 1. The dance company has been in business at the Newton Recreational Center for the past 13 years.

The students of Joan's Dance Studios, Clarks Summit will present “The Next Step” June 7 at Clarks Summit Elementary School, West Grove Street, at 7:30 p.m.

According to John Madden, Director of NPR Star Wars audio dramas, “Anyone who's ever listened to radio drama will testify to the fact that a play you hear will (remain) in your mind – 12 years later you'll remember it vividly. And the reason...

Photography, graphic design, history and terminology come together in the artwork of Al Pierce, 66, of Waverly, in his upcoming show “Glory Road: An Exhibit of Railroad Themed Posters and Photo-Illustrations” at Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) in...

Leadership Lackawanna's Core Class of 2013 will host a history-making cocktail party June 6, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Radisson Lackawanna Hotel, 700 Lackawanna Ave, Scranton.

The Abington Community Library invites children of all ages—and adults, too—to participate in a special program, “On the Go with Abi and Jo” this summer from June 1 to Aug. 31.Participants will take...