Composer Paul Salerni, NEH Distinguished Chair in theHumanities & Chair & Professor of Music at Lehigh Universityin Bethlehem, PA, speaking about the concert on August 30, 2024, featuring The Trio Sallese at the Zoellner Arts Center at Lehigh at 7:30 pm. There will be music by Dr. Salerni, Verdi and others. www.zoellner.cas.lehigh.edu/In addition, …

Brainstorm time! Lisa and Eric discuss their different perspectives for deciding which art shows to attend. Things like location, art style, and artist all matter, but to what degree? And how does word of mouth factor in? - Follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠ for recent updates and for all things The Artscene, visit: ⁠TheArtscene.com⁠ Intro/Outro song: ⁠stop …

Tom Combs of NAC Entertainment speaking about the2024-2025 Broadway in Scranton season running fromNovember through May and featuring "Dear Evan Hansen" in April. The shows are presented at the Scranton CulturalCenter, 420 N. Washington Avenue.For more information: www.BroadwayInScranton.com/(570) 342-7784…

Cheryl Boga, Director of Performance Music at the University ofScranton, & Janelle Decker, Conductor & Co-Director,speaking about Janelle Decker in her new position and aboutthe opening concert of the 2024 Fall season.Duo Corgano--Trevor Nuckols, horn, & David Ball, organ--who will perform on Friday, September 6th at 7:30 pm in theHoulihan-McLean C…

Michael T. Geib, Professor of Double Bass at the University of Central Oklahoma, talking about his life in music and ties to Wayne County in NEPA.Featured are two CDs on the Onyx Lane label:"Not As They Seem," a jazz album of Geib's originals; and12 Waltzes for Solo Double Bass by Dragonetti.For more information: www.michaeltgeib.com/…

Carl Achhammer, Jr., Vice-President, & James Gavern, President,of the NEPA Bonsai Society, speaking about the art of bonsai & the annual Open House on Saturday, August 24, 2024 from10:00 am to 3:30 pm, at Keller's Garden Center, 7 Kern Streetin Exeter, PA 570-709-3848www.nepabonsai.com/ www.zenchaserbonsai.com/…

Dr. Bode Morin, Site Administrator of thePA Anthracite Heritage Museum, the ScrantonIron Furnaces & Eckley Miners Village, andAnthracite Photographer Scott Herring, speaking aboutHerring's 288,000 images of the anthraciteregion & its history and culture, and the currentexhibition marking the 50th anniversary of hisdocumentary project, "The Hardcoal…

Ed Randazzo, highly-respected singer-songwriter from NEPA,speaking about his life in music and his new album, "Wishing on a Train," set to be released onFriday, August 30, 2024.For more information: www.edrandazzomusic.com/By WVIA Public Media

WVIA's Haley O'Brien reports on theexhibition titled, "Arts to the Rescue,"opening Friday, August 16, 2024, witha reception from 5:00 to 8:00 pmat the AFA Gallery, 101 Penn Avenuein Scranton. The show, featuringworks of pets, centering on thosein need of adoption, will run throughSeptember 14th.www.artistsforart.org/…

Jill Carletti, Creative Director for Harmony in the Woods,speaking about the 2024 season and thespecial performance by The String Queens on Sunday,August 18 at 6:00 pm. The natural amphitheater is located at 19 Imagination Way in Hawley, PA.For more information:www.harmonyinthewoods.org/570-503-6685By WVIA Public Media

James Lansing, Everhart Museum Curator, speaking about theexhibition, "Peace, Love & Music," running from August 15 to December 27, 2024.The opening of the show coincides with the 55th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival in 1969, and there will be a reception on August 15 outside the museum in Nay Aug Park in Scranton from 5:30 to 8:00 pm--The Fl…

Tannis Kowalchuk, Founder & Artistic Director of the Farm Arts Collective, and Yurika Sase, Rice Farmer & Artist from Japan who volunteers each summer with the FAC, speaking about the Dream on the Farm series and this year's production, "Conference for Those Still Living," at Willow Wisp Organic Farm in Damascus, PA, from August 8th to 18th, 2024, …

Rev. Bill Carter, Jazz Pianist, Band Leader & Pastor of the FirstPresbyterian Church of Clarks Summit, speaking about hisrecent book, "Thriving on a Riff: Jazz & the Spiritual Life" issuedin 2024 by Broadleaf Books. For more information:www.presbybop.com/The interview first aired in April to coincide with the book'srelease.…

Kathryn Maguet, Executive Director of the Weis Center for thePerforming Arts at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA,speaking about the 2024-2025 season that gets underwayon September 13th with bluegrass performer Sierra Hull.For more information: www.bucknell.edu/weiscenterBy WVIA Public Media

Dr. William Kashatus speaking about his study titled,"Jackie & Campy: The Untold Story of Their RockyRelationship & the Breaking of Baseball's Color Line,"issued in 2015 by the University of Nebraska Press.WVIA-TV will broadcast a new documentary onthe Negro Leagues titled, "Never Drop the Ball," on Thursday,August 8, 2024, at 7 pm.For more informa…

Mary Ann Moran-Savakinus, Director of the Lackawanna Historical Society; Michael Gilmartin, President of the Board and Architect Martina Bacarella, speaking about "Sacred Sites & Sounds," taking place in Carbondale, PA.There will be a reception and choral performance on Thursday, August 22, 2024, and then a walking tour of 6 different churches on S…

Walter Mitchell Jr., Artistic Director, and David Parmelee,General Manager, speaking about the Weekend of One-Actsto be presented August 9, 10 & 11, 2024, at the Little Theatreof Wilkes-Barre, 537 North Main Street. Shows Friday & Saturday at 8:00 pm; Sunday at 3:00.www.ltwb.org/By WVIA Public Media

Violinist Barbara Sonies of the Philadelphia Trio,remembering acclaimed cellist Deborah Reederwho passed away in January of 2024.There will be a concert in her memory on Friday, August 2,at the Dewire Center, 891 Laporte Avenue in EaglesMere, PA, with a reception at 7:30 pm and theperformance at 8:00. Featured will be theEagles Mere Chamber Players…

Tenor T.J. Capobianco, a native of Scranton, speaking withHaley O'Brien of the WVIA News Department aboutthe Metropolitan Opera in NY where he is a Full PlanArtist. Capobianco returned this summer as a vocal coach at the Lyceum School for Visual & Performing Arts in Scranton,and he will perform at La Festa Italiana on CourthouseSquare on September …

Domenic Salerni, violinist, composer, arranger & member of the award-winning Attacca Quartet, speaking about recent initiatives including the album project, "A Change is Gonna Come" for the Palaver Strings and soloists Nicholas Phan and Farayi Malek, issued by Azica Records. For more information: www.palaverstrings.org/ www.domenicsalerni.com/…

William Jay & Robyn Madara Jay,speaking about the Listening Roomat the Exchange Gallery,24 E. Main Street in Bloomsburg,featuring blues, roots & Americanaperformances the last Wednesday of the monthbeginning at 7:00 pm.Donations accepted at the door.The 8th season begins on July 31, 2024with a concert featuring Ed Randazzo &Bret Alexander. (570) 31…

Marko Marcinko, Artistic Director of the Scranton Jazz Festival and Leader of the Festival Big Band, speaking about the 19th annualSJF to be held in downtown Scranton August 2, 3 & 4, 2024.Friday and Saturday will feature free jazz walks & on Saturdayevening, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will perform at the Scranton Cultural Center at 7:30 pm. Celebrated j…

Justin Costello, founder & artistic director of Intrepidus Theatre Lab, and Marcie Herman Riebe, actor/Phaedra, speaking about the production of Costello's original play, "Bulls: The Tragedy of Phaedra of Crete" to be presented July 26, 27 & 28, 2024, at Providence Playhouse, 1256 Providence Road in Scranton. Friday & Saturday at 8:00 pm; Sunday at…

Amy Carter Casimir, owner of Strictly Ballet & Artistic Director of "A Lewisburg Victorian Nutcracker, " speaking about "A Lewisburg Victorian Garden Party" on Saturday, July 27, 2024, at 7:30 pm on the great lawn outside the GreenSpace Center at 815 Market Street in Lewisburg, PA.The event is free & open to the public, but it is a fundraiser for t…

Mandy Pennington, Director of Digital Strategy at WilkesUniversity in Wilkes-Barre, speaking about her newone-person play, "Girl Walks Into a Theater," thatwill have its first performance as part of a programtitled, "Acting Alone: 2 Solo Plays on One Stage,"to be presented by Scranton Fringe July 25, 26 & 27,2024, at Lackawanna College, 501 Vine St…

Maureen McGuigan, Director of the LackawannaCounty Department of Arts & Culture, speaking about her writing life in a conversation in September 2023.Her one-person theatrical piece, "Remember You Must Die:A Comedy," will be part of a program titled, "Acting Alone:Two Solo Plays on One Stage" to be presented byScranton Fringe, July 25, 26 & 27, 2024…

Cellist Yosif Feigelson, co-founder & artistic director of Kindred Spirits Arts in Milford, PA, speaking about the Summer 2024 Concert Series continuing on July 20th with Freelance Nun and Weird Uncle at 5:30 pm at the Pool Pavilion at Grey Towers National Historic Site. The season will run through August and close on September 14th with the Tesla …

Cynthia Long, Executive Director of the Endless MountainMusic Festival, speaking with WVIA's Lisa Mazzarellaabout the 2024 Concert Season, running from July 19ththrough July 27th, with 17 performances in 17 daysat various venues throughout North Central PAand Southern NY. www.endlessmountain.net/By WVIA Public Media

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 MemorialLibrary, 500 Vine Street in Scranton.To register: www.albright.org/ https://beltpublishing.com/…

Scott Coulter, Artistic Director of the Pocono MountainsMusic Festival, speaking about the 15th Anniversary SummerSeason, getting under way on Friday, July 19, 2024, andrunning through July 27th. There will be sounds of Cabaret,Broadway, Jazz, Pop, Opera and a Roaring 2020sSpeakeasy Fundraiser. "The Room Where It Happens" isa special showcase featu…

Loren Schoenberg, jazz scholar, educator, writer, musician, band leader and producer and music director of the original film documentary, "Wham-Re-Bop-Boom-Bam: The Swing Jazz of Eddie Durham," a production of WVIA, speaking about Eddie Durham and his music in anticipation of a concert of Durham's music on July 21, 2024 at 5:30 pm,at Harmony in the…

Liz Tilley, artist, designer, writer, event professional and Corporate Sponsorship Representative at WVIA, speaking about her work and places her art can be seen this summer. At The Gamut Gallery in Stroudsburg through July 29 2024; as part of the 21st Annual Wayne County Arts Alliance Artists' Studio Tour taking place July 12, 13 and 14 from 10 am…

Dan Tompkins, Director of the North BranchArt Trail & Producer of Summer Sessions 3:The Coffeehouse Series, speaking aboutthe 2024 season that opens on July 10th.The July concerts will be held on Wednesdayevenings at 6:00 at the Old Carter Barnat Lake Carey, and the August shows will move to the Reimel Center in Montrose, PA.For more information: w…

Ronnie Harvey, General Theater Manager & Film Booker at the Dietrich Theater in Tunkhannock, speaking about Summer Fest 2024--a three-week film festival runningfrom July 12th to August 1st, screening 21 films in 21 days.Opening night, July 12th, features 2 films--"Thelma" and "Wicked Little Letters," with refreshments, and doors opening at 6:00p.m.…

Dr. Michael Geib, Professor at the University of Central Oklahomaand Founder/Producer of the Dyberry Creek Music Festival in Wayne County PA, and Dr. Danielle Herrington, Assistant Professor of Musicology at Central Oklahoma, speaking about the French Baroque Opera by Charpentier, "Les Plaisirs de Versailles,"that will be presented as part of the 2…

Christine Piazzi, Executive Director of the WildflowerMusic Festival in White Mills, PA, speaking with WVIA'sLisa Mazzarella about the 2024 season and her firstsummer at the helm.The series opens on July 6th and runs through August 17th.Concerts take place at the open-air amphitheatre at the Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary on Long Ridge Roadin…

Pricing artwork is probably one of the most difficult tasks for an artist. Is the time you spent painting, sculpting, or rehearsing actually worth anything? YES, say our hosts! And Lisa has some of exact figures to consider to figure it all out! Lisa shares her findings from both running The Artscene's first produced art show in Tokyo: Yuri Okada’s…

Dena Briggs, Coordinator of the Briggs Farm Blues Festival, speaking about the history of the event and what is on offer for the 27th Annual Briggs Fest taking place on July 11, 12 and 13, 2024, at Briggs Farm in Nescopeck, PA. Headliners include Joanne Shaw Taylor and Uncle Lucius. Camping is available. For the complete schedule and more details: …

Craig Czury, author of over 20 collections of poetry, and Dr. Phil Yevics of Peer 2 Peer and the Lackawanna County Reentry Task Force, speaking about Czury's Creative Letter-Writing Workshop, offered at St. Luke's Episcopal Church on WyomingAvenue in Scranton, on the second & fourth Thursday of the month, beginning at 5:30. For more information: ww…

Janet Gaglione, Executive Director of the Wayne County ArtsAlliance, speaking about the organization and its activitiesin anticipation of the 2024 Artists' Studio Tour to takeplace July 12, 13 & 14, from 10 am to 6 pmthroughout the county. The event is free and opento the public. The tour headquarters and WCCAGallery can be found at 959 Main Street…

James Olecki and Josh Balz, co-owners of theRitz Theater, 222 Wyoming Avenue in downtownScranton, speaking about the history of the buildingand the Grand Opening of the revitalized Ritzon Saturday, June 29, 2024, beginning at Noon,with tours of the historic theater, jazz withMarko Marcinko under the new marquee, andat 3:00, a formal ribbon-cutting …

Jordan Lewis, Managing Director of Quiet Light Films, photographer, filmmaker, trained operatic baritone, speaking about the movie, "Dancing With The Stones," that centers on Columcille Megalith Park near Bangor, PA, and its creator Bill Cohea, Jr.The film will be screened at Clymer Library, 115 Firehouse Lane in Pocono Pines on Thursday, June 27, …

Maureen McGuigan, Director of the Lackawanna County Arts & Culture Department, speaking about the upcoming Wake Up with the Arts breakfast workshop on June 27, 2024, with the theme, "The Creative Economy & Technology". Breakfast at 8:30 am; panel discussion at 9:00 am, at the Scranton Cultural Center, 420 N. Washington Avenue. Admission is free. RS…

Michael Bradshaw Flynn, Co-founder and Artistic Director ofthe Scranton Shakespeare Festival, speaking about the13th season in 2024 that opens on June 21st and runs through August 4th at The Shakes Space at the Marketplace at Steamtown in downtown Scranton.The season includes The Tempest, Gypsy, The Winter's Tale,Next to Normal, Titus Andronicus & …

Joy Hirokawa, Artistic / Executive Director ofthe Mosaic Youth Chorus, speaking about their summer2024 Immigrant Story/Regional Identity Tour that runs fromJune 17 through June 21.There will be public performances on Wednesday, June 19th,at 4:30 in Jim Thorpe at the Mauch Chunk Museum & CulturalCenter. Also, at Holy Trinity Memorial Lutheran Church…

Justin Davis, Music Director and Conductor of The Wyoming Valley Barbershop Harmony Chorus,speaking about the group and its annual Spring concert on Saturday, June 22, 2024, at 2:00,at The Kirby Center of Creative and Performing Arts on the campus of Wyoming Seminary in Kingston PA. The program is titled, "Harmony of the Seas," and will feature a r…

David Hicks, Director of the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, and Mandy Pennington, Director of Digital Marketing at Wilkes, who is completing her MFA, speaking aboutcreative writing at the university and LitFest 2024.LitFest is a weeklong series of readings, discussions, screenings and more, …

Bonnie Tallman, Events Producer & Co-founder, of the Billtown Blues Festival, speaking about the 34th annual event taking place on Friday and Saturday, June 21 & 22, 2024, at the Lycoming County Fairgrounds in Hughesville.The music starts Friday at 6:00 pm and Saturday at Noon.There is camping and bus service from the Genetti Hotel indowntown Willi…

Thom Shubilla, author of "Primetime 1966-1967" and articles andreviews, speaking about his recent study, "James Bond and theSixties Spy Craze" issued by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books.There will be book signings and events at the Mahoning Drive-Inand Barnes & Noble in Wilkes-Barre Twp during the summer of2024. For information: The Publisher: www.r…