ArtScene with Erika Funke WVIA Public Media

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, 2024, at 6:00 pm, with a talk with the filmmakers before the showing. The event is free, and reservations are recommended--570-646-0826, www.clymerlibrary.org/
www.quietlightfilms.com/ www.columcille.org/

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.  RSVP to 570-496-1724; arts-culture@lackawannacounty.org/
The annual Scrantastic Spectacular will take place on Courthouse Square on Wednesday, July 3rd, from 4:00 pm to 10 pm, with children's activities, regional bands and at 8:00 pm, the NEPA Philharmonic Brass & Percussion members will perform, leading up to the traditional fireworks display.www.scrantasticspectacular.com/

Michael Bradshaw Flynn, Co-founder and Artistic Director of
the Scranton Shakespeare Festival, speaking about the
13th 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 & Into the Woods.
Admission is free. www.scrantonshakes.com/
570-230-7277

Joy Hirokawa, Artistic / Executive Director of
the Mosaic Youth Chorus, speaking about their summer
2024 Immigrant Story/Regional Identity Tour that runs from
June 17 through June 21.
There will be public performances on Wednesday, June 19th,
at 4:30 in Jim Thorpe at the Mauch Chunk Museum & Cultural
Center. Also, at Holy Trinity Memorial Lutheran Church, 604 Fourth St., Catasauqua, on Friday, June 21st at 7:00 pm.
For more information: www.mosaicyouthchorus.org/

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 range of
favorite songs including "Stand by Me" and "Let's Get Away From It All." For more information: www.singwb.com/ 570-285-4810

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 about
creative writing at the university and LitFest 2024.
LitFest is a weeklong series of readings, discussions, screenings and more, celebrating the written word, running from June 21 through June 27th, open to the public at no charge.
For information: www.wilkes.edu/cw