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…

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…

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…

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…

Artist Brian Keeler, co-founder and artistic director of the Susquehanna Summer Solstice Fest, at French Azilum in Bradford County, PA, June 17 through June 23, 2024.30 plein air painters will be on hand &, headlining the music weekend, will be singer-songwriter Kate Taylor.For information: www.susquehannasolstice.com/…

Dr. Timothy Schwarz, Founder & Artistic Director of the Techne Music Festival, and Dr. Lawrence Stomberg, Techne Faculty Member, speaking about the 2024 weeklong program for talentedyoung musicians at Moravian University in Bethlehem, PA.The festival runs from June 9th through the 13th with afinal concert on Thursday, June 13th at 7:00 pm in Peter …

Jove Graham, President of the RiverStage Board, andRobert Jones, Director, speaking about the RiverStageCommunity Theatre production of the musical, "Oliver!"running for two weekends--June 14 through June23, 2024, at the Greenspace Center, 815 Market StreetLewisburg, PA. Shows Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 pmand Sundays at 2:30.For more information: …

Dr. Carl Frankel, Board President, and Mark Peterson,Executive Director of the Hazleton Art League, speakingabout the 13th Annual Youth Art Expo on Friday and Saturday, June 7 and 8, 2024, at the Hayden FamilyCenter for the Arts, 31 West Broad Street in downtownHazleton. There will be a gallery exhibit, a talent showan array of artfully-crafted bak…

Jill Carletti, Creative Director of Harmony in the Woods,speaking about the venue and the 2024 concert season that opens July 5th & 6th and continues throughSeptember 7th, at 19 Imagination Way inHawley, PA. For more information:www.harmonyinthewoods.org/ 570-503-6685By WVIA Public Media

Jason Smeltzer, musician and director of The Olde Stories,and John Bromberg, puppeteer and director of Pictures Movedby Strings, speaking about their collaboration on "Harold's Chair"by Bromberg along with excerpts of the novel "Invisible Cities"by Italo Calvino, on Sunday, June 9, 2024, at 7 pm, at theOlde Brick Theater, 126 W. Market Street in Sc…

[英 / English] Both Lisa and Eric have been busy curating art shows! Lisa curated the first official The Artscene event in Tokyo for Japanese artist Yuri Okada titled Illusions of Lake Surface. The show was held in Ginza at SpaceTGC and was even mentioned in Tokyo Art Beat! At the time of recording, Eric is in the process of curating a group exhibit…

Joell Yarmel, Executive Director of the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts on PublicSquare in downtown Wilkes-Barre, speaking about the 2024-2025 season just announced--with the opening act on September 12th featuring Pete Davidson as well as ballet,music, holiday favorites and more. For information: www.kirbycenter.org/ 570-826-1100…

Scott Thomas, Chief Executive Officer/Director of the ScrantonPublic Library, speaking about the services of the AlbrightMemorial Library and the 13th annual block party, "Swingin' on Vine" to be held on Friday, June 7, 2024,from 5:00 to 8:00 pm, in the 500 block of Vine Street inScranton. There will be music by Picture Perfect, refreshments, picni…

Barbara J. Taylor, author from Scranton, speaking with WVIA's News Director Julie Sidoni, about her new novel titled, "Rain Will Break No Bones," a Kaylie Jones Bookissued by Akashic Books. There will be a book event on Saturday, June 1, 2024, at noon at Barnes & Noble, 421 Arena Hub Plaza in Wilkes-Barre. For more information and other events: www…

Brian Long and Sarah Schwab speaking about their work asindependent filmmakers and their love of interacting withaudiences in connection with their recent feature,"A Stage of Twilight," starringKaren Allen and William Sadler. For more information:www.astageoftwilightthefilm.com/By WVIA Public Media

Dr. Christopher Jackson, Artistic Director & Conductor of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, speaking about the 116th Bethlehem Bach Festival, taking place May 10 & 11 and 17 & 18, 2024, with 2 full performances of the Bach B Minor Mass, among many other offerings. For more information: www.bach.org/By WVIA Public Media

Casey Thomas, Scranton native and professional actor & director, speaking about directing the satirical comedy, "A Man, A Woman, A Head of Lettuce: The Works of Ted LoRusso," in a production by Actors Circle at Providence Playhouse, 1256Providence Road in Scranton, May 30 through June 9, 2024--time for the Thursday preview is 7 pm and Fridays and S…

*Japanese Only The Artsceneがお送りするアーティストインタビューシリーズ。 今回のゲストは画家の岡田友里（Yuri Okada）さん。 世界中を旅する中で、会社員から画家に転身した彼女。 「抽象画に可能性を感じる」と語る意図に迫ります。 【プロフィール】 岡田友里 | Yuri Okada 岡田友里は大阪府生まれで、現在は那須を拠点に活動している画家です。ものごとをありのまま見る体験の創出につながりうるという観点から、抽象画を中心に制作しています。 作品の特徴は、景色のようにも、何かの現象のようにも、また全く別の何かのようにも見えること。見る人の心模様によって印象が変わり、まるで自分の心を映し出す鏡のような絵を描いています。 岡田のミッションは、一人ひとりが自分であ…

Dr. Catherine Richmond-Cullen, AIE of NEPA & President of neuroLEARN, LLC, Joanne Arduino, Artistic Director of Ballet Theatre of Scranton, & Frank Blasi, Executive Director of Broadway Theatre League of NEPA, speaking aboutThe Lyceum School for Visual and Performing Arts. Summer 2024 runs from July 8 through July 19, Mondays through Fridays, 9 am …

岡田友里 個展「湖面の幻影」音声ガイド。 展覧会をより楽しんでいただくため、作品の特徴や味わい方を音声でお届けします。 個展全体のテーマ、出展作品の中から3作品「湖面の幻影」「残照の刻（ざんしょうのとき）」「風になびく居待月（いまちづき）」を解説します。 展示会場、ご自宅、移動中——ぜひお好きなタイミングでお聞きください。 【展覧会情報】 岡田友里 個展 「湖面の幻影」 会期：2024年5月30日(木)〜6月2日(日) 13:00-20:30 場所：SPACE TGC 東京都中央区銀座7-7-4 B1F 詳細はこちら — 解説：キタムラマサヒロ プロデュース・編集：藤野理沙（Lisa Fujino of The Artscene）…

Elizabeth Dowd, Member of the BTE Resident Acting Company,and Rand Whipple, an Associate Ensemble Member, speaking about the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble production of "Annapurna" by Sharr White, running May 23 through June 9, 2024, at the Alvina Krause Theatre on Center Street in downtownBloomsburg. Shows are Thursdays through Saturdays at7:30 pm a…

Mark Laubach, organist and choirmaster at St. Stephen's Church,and Charles Francis, organ student in the studio of Nathan Laubeat the Eastman School of Music, speaking in anticipation of arecital by Francis on Friday, May 24, 2024, at 7 pm at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 35 South Franklin Street in downtown Wilkes-Barre. The program will include…

Steven Kurutz, features reporter for the NY Times, speaking about his new book, "American Flannel: How a Band of Entrepreneurs Are Bringing Back the Art and Business of Making Clothes Back Home," issued by Riverhead Books. There will be an author's event at The Otto Bookstore in Williamsport, PA, on Saturday, May 25, 2024, from 10 am to noon. Admis…

Brenda Grunza, Co-President, and Ann Manganiello,Music Director & Conductor, of the Catholic Choral Society of Scranton, speaking about the group's75th Anniversary Spring Concert program to bepresented Friday, May 17, 2024 at Mary, Mother of GodParish: Holy Rosary Church, 316 William Street inScranton; Also Sunday, May 19th at the Church of St. Ign…

Bob Eckstein, award-winning writer, illustratorcartoonist, educator, speaking about hisnewest book, "Footnotes From the MostFascinating Museums: Stories and MemorableMoments from People Who Love Museums,"issued by Princeton Architectural Press.www.bobeckstein.com/ www.papress.com/By WVIA Public Media

Rick Markham, Actor/Set Designer, & Linda SensenbachMiller, Director, from the Legion Theatre Group of White Haven,PA, speaking about their production of "Now and Then" bySean Grennan, Saturday, May 18, 2024, at 8 pm, & Sunday,May 19 at 2 pm, at The Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre,537 North Main Street. For information:www.legiontheatregroup.org/The…

Gina Malsky & Carl Achhammer, Jr, Members of the Board of the Fine Arts Fiesta in Wilkes-Barre, speaking about Fiesta 2024 running from May 16 to May 19 on Public Square, featuringlive music & dance as well as visual arts, children's activities, food and much more. The headliner on Saturday evening at 7:30 is Michael Glabicki of the Rusted Root Upr…

Gerardo Edelstein, Music Director and Conductor of the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra, speaking with WVIA's Fiona Powell about the season finale: "Romantic Escapes: Dvorak & Rachmaninoff," to be presented on Tuesday, May 14,2024, at 7:30 pm, at the Community Arts Center in downtown Williamsport. Cellist Andrew Rammon will join the orchestra as sol…

Chris Jarrett, esteemed pianist, organist, composer, educator, who was born in Allentown, PA, speaking about his life and music in anticipation of a solo performance at the Deer Head Inn, 5 Main Street in Delaware Water Gap, on Sunday, May 12, 2024, at 5:00 pm. The program is titled, "Tales of our Times."www.deerheadinn.com/ www.chrisjarrett.de/…

Jan Lokuta, arts advocate from northeastern PA, speaking abouthis annual tour of regional churches, this year to be held inMcAdoo, PA, on Sunday, May 19, 2024. The group will gatherat the Hazleton Art League on West Broad Street and leavefor McAdoo at 9:00 am. 5 churches are on the itinerary,and there is no admission charge. Registration is request…