Artscene With Erika Funke

Brenda Grunza, Co-President, and Ann Manganiello, Music Director & Conductor, speaking about the Catholic Choral Society and its annual Lenten Concert, Sunday, March 13, 2022, at 3:00 pm, at the Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1090 Carmalt Street in Dickson City, PA. Admission is free, but a free will offering will be taken. www.catholicchoralsociety.org/

Michael Stretanski of the Slovak Heritage Society of Northeast PA, speaking about the ongoing collaboration with World Artists Experiences, to bring international performers to northeastern Pennsylvania in a spirit of learning and cultural exchange. There will be a concert featuring 4 musicians from Italy, on tour, presenting an original work by composer & conductor Frederico Longo, as well as opera arias and classical songs, Monday, March 14 at 7:00 pm, at the First Presbyterian Church, 97 South Franklin Street, in Wilkes-Barre. Admission is free, and a reception will follow.

Angel Berlane Mulcahy, Director, speaking about the production of the musical "Footloose" that is part of the 100th Anniversary Season of The Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre, running Fridays and Saturdays, March 11, 12, 18 & 19, 2022, at 8 pm; and Sundays, March 13 and 20 at 3pm. 537 North Main Street in Wilkes-Barre www.ltwb.org/

Matthew Rupcich, Music Director & Conductor of the Arcadia Chorale, speaking about the 35th Annual NEPA Bach Festival to be held March 19 & 20, 2022 in Scranton, PA. There will be a free organ recital with Mark Laubach on March 19 at 4:00 pm at Elm Park Methodist Church, 712 Linden Street; also a Chamber Music Concert on March 19 at 7:30 pm, at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 550 Madison Avenue; and the Arcadia Chorale Concert on March 20 at 3:00 pm at Covenant Presbyterian Church under the direction of Matthew Rupcich, with music by Monterverdi, Bach and Handel. www.arcadiachorale.org/

Rosemary Hay & Rudy Caporaso, Co-artistic directors and Founders of REV Theatre, speaking about their partnership with NEPA Youth Shelter to present an original theater piece, "Soda Pop Can: An American High School Shooting," on Friday, March 11, 2022, at 7:00 pm, at The Space at Olive, 541 Wyoming Avenue in Scranton. Admission is free. www.nepayouthshelter.org/

Shara McCallum, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English at Penn State University, writer and poet, speaking with WVIA's Fiona Powell about her recent book titled, "No Ruined Stone," released in 2021 by Alice James Books. For more information: www.sharamccallum.com/

Melisse Brunet, Music Director & Conductor of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, speaking about the upcoming Masterworks concert, "Celebrating Beethoven", to be presented Saturday, March 12, 2022, at the Kirby Center for Creative Arts on the Wyoming Seminary campus in Kingston, PA, at 8:00 p.m. Guest pianist Fei Fei Dong will join the orchestra for Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto. www.nepaphil.org/ 570-270-4444

Vicki Mayk, award-winning writer, editor & teacher, author of "Growing Up on the Gridiron: Football, Friendship and the Tragic Life of Owen Thomas" issued by Beacon Press in 2020. Mayk will offer a non-credit workshop titled, "Writing Pandemic Stories: A Narrative Medicine Workshop for Healthcare Professionals" from March 22 through April 26, 2022, at 6:30 online on Tuesday evenings. For information: wilkes.edu/creativewriting

Penny Griffin Lutz, director of the Gallery at Penn College, speaking with WVIA's Fiona Powell about the exhibition titled, "Golden Legacy: Original Art from 75 Years of Golden Books" that is on display through March 30, 2022, in the gallery in the Madigan Library on the campus of Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport. Admission is free. www.pct.edu/gallery

Melisse Brunet, Music Director & Conductor of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, speaking about "La Maestra" International Competition for Women Conductors--the Second Edition--taking place in Paris from March 3 through March 6, 2022. Melisse Brunet is one of the 14 finalists. The events will be live-streamed at www.lamaestra-paris.com/ For information: www.nepaphil.org/

Wesley T. Brown, ceramic artist, instructor of ceramics & Frederick Douglass Scholar, at East Stroudsburg University, speaking about his life and work in anticipation of his presentation, "My Time and Place," part of the Provost's Colloquium Series, March 2, 2022, at 5:30 pm, in Beers Lecture Hall on the ESU campus. The event will also be live-streamed on the ESU Live Events webpage. The public is invited to attend. For information: www.esu.edu/ www.wesleytbrown.com

Dr. William C. Kashatus, historian, educator and author, speaking about his recent study, "William Still: The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia," published by the University of Notre Dame Press. The book is the first full-length biography of William Still, one of the most important leaders of the Underground Railroad. For more information: www.undpress.nd.edu/

Dr. Mary Kay Pieski, Co-founder of the Eagle-Orzel Educational & nCultural Exchange, Inc., speaking about the organization's mission of creating/facilitating cultural exchanges between the US & Poland. Eagle-Orzel will present a cooking demonstration: The Art of Paczki, online on Saturday, February 26, 2022, at 2:00 EST. With registration will come the chance to view the workshop at a later date. http://eagle-orzel.org

Greg Funfgeld, Artistic Director & Conductor of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem and the Bach Festival Orchestra, speaking about the educational programs of the organization and the annual Greg Funfgeld Family Concert on Sunday, February 27, 2022, at 3:00 pm at the Zoellner Arts Center at Lehigh University in Bethlehem. The event is a collaboration with the Dance Department of the Lehigh Valley Charter High School of the Performing Arts. www.bach.org/

Holly Trostle Brigham, Figurative Artist, trained at the PA Academy of Fine Arts, and Margaretta Frederick, Annette Woolard-Provine Curator of the Bancroft Pre-Raphaelite Collection a the Delaware Art Museum, speaking about the exhibition, " 'I Wake Again': Holly Trostle Brigham on Elizabeth Siddal," opening February 26, 2022 at the Delaware Art Museum, running through May 29. There will a virtual Art Chat on March 3 at noon. For more information: www.delart.org/

Tannis Kowalchuk, farmer and artistic director of the Farm Arts Collective in Damascus, PA, speaking with WVIA's Lisa Mazzarella about "Dream on the Farm", a climate change-themed musical performance project to be presented at the Scranton Cultural Center, 420 North Washington Avenue, on Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 11:00 am. For more information: www.farmartscollective.org/

Thomas Lannon, director of special collections & college archives at Lafayette College in Easton, PA, speaking about the special collection of letters from the Marquis de Lafayette to George Washington held in the College's archives--the largest single repository of letters by Lafayette to Washington. The public is able to view the documents by making an appointment in advance. For more information: www.archives.lafayette.edu/

Bernard Lumpkin, contemporary art collector, patron and educator, and William Crow, Director of the Lehigh University Art Galleries and Professor at Lehigh, speaking about the exhibition, "Young, Gifted and Black," drawn from the Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art, running now to May 27, 2022, at the LUAG Main Gallery in the Zoellner Arts Center on the Lehigh campus in Bethlehem. There will be an artist talk and opening reception on February 22 at 6:00 in Baker Hall at the Zoellner Center. For more information: www.luag.lehigh.edu/ This is the second of a two-part conversation.

Jahmeel Powers, Visiting Assistant Professor in the King's College Theatre & Arts Department, and Mikayla Acree, cast member, speaking about "Timon of Athens" by Shakespeare to be presented February 23 through 26, 2022, at 7:30 pm, and February 27 at 2:00, at King's College, 133 North River Street, in Wilkes-Barre. Facebook.com/kingscollegetheatre www.kings.edu

Ronnie Harvey, General Theater Manager & Film Booker at the Dietrich Theater in Tunkhannock, PA, speaking about Winter Festival 2022 that gets underway with a special opening night double bill plus refreshments on February 18 and continues through March 10, with 21 films in 21 days--at the Dietrich Theater, 60 East Tioga Street. For more information: www.dietrichtheater.com/ 570- 836-1022.